"Rhine ......"

Appaya let go of the arm that had embraced Reins and walked around to her after making sure she was on her feet, then bent down to gently hold her face. The worry and concern flashing in those light brown eyes let Reins know that the other party felt the somewhat violent emotions she had just faced.

"I'm sorry, don't be angry, okay?" Apaya carefully stroked Reins' cheek, "You know, I'm just used to ......"

"Can you continue to get used to it once you get used to it?"

Reins unhappily stepped back to avoid the other's hand, but the Engineer was not one to back down from her angry refusal, so he simply took Reinse's hand and put it in his face.

"So you're going to help me, remind me when I haven't changed it, and then let me change it."

The silver-haired mercenary blinked, and Apaya's sincere admitting of mistake made her less irritable. However, the other party will never be satisfied with just a little surprise for her.

"You're afraid I'm going to die, aren't you?" Appaya looked pensive, not taking into account Reinse's tendency to become angry, "Are you afraid...... Will I leave you alone? ”

The mercenary who was said to have hit the nail on the head almost jumped up from the spot, her fair face quickly turned red, and when she wanted to pull her hand back regardless of it, the other party unexpectedly didn't catch her this time, so she was pulled back by the strength she exerted.

Of course, this is nothing for a mercenary, and she can easily put herself back on her feet. But before she could do anything, Apaya had already grabbed her wrist again and took her into her arms.

"No matter what the case may be, I won't leave you alone."

Apaya's firm words stunned Reins, who had been struggling, and took advantage of this opportunity to kiss Reinss on the lips until her attention was diverted and her emotions were less ashamed, but he still locked the mercenary's body firmly in his embrace.

"Don't be ashamed—"

"I'm serious." Apaya muttered dissatisfiedly, "I've also thought about it carefully, as long as you are by my side, you will control me, then of course I won't be desperate and overdone, and I won't die early, I can always be with you, isn't that right?" ”

Reins couldn't help but grind her teeth, the engineer was so arrogant that she wanted to punch someone.

"Then you're still talking nonsense!" Rhine retorted unceremoniously, "The argument 'whatever the case' is too big, you will only pit yourself into it." ”

Apaya's eyes narrowed, but Reins was not afraid in the slightest and glared at him fiercely.

"I said I thought it through, and you didn't believe me at all."

His accusations choked Rhine, and she couldn't understand how the other party could be so brazen.

"I don't want to argue with you anymore." Reins pursed her lips, "That's enough, we should do something serious—"

Her words were interrupted again, and she looked angrily at the engineer who refused to let go of her and gagged her, intending to give the other a hard lesson for a while.

However, maybe today is a bad day for her, and all her plans will always be disrupted by the other party.

"Why do you want to keep running away?"

had just finished her unreasonable domineering behavior, and before Rhines could speak, the other party threw out words that made her think still.

"What are you talking about, you can't escape—"

"Isn't it?"

Reins couldn't understand why the other party said such a thing, but looking at those light brown eyes, she was inexplicably a little flustered.

"Of course not, right? I had it in the beginning, I admit it, but why do you say such things now? ”

Apaya's eyelids sank slightly, his expression made Rheins feel more and more uncomfortable, her instincts were telling her to get out of this state, but Apaya didn't give her time to do anything.

"Although I have a lot of examples to give you examples, I think that using what you just happened is the most important thing that you will have no excuse for."

Reins felt her heart beat faster and faster, and this feeling made her very unpleasant.

"It's a lot of words, 'whatever the case is,' but I'm a 'rigid,' thoughtful engineer, and of course I'll think about the whole situation before saying something like that — you know, right?"

Yes, she knew that even if Apaya became fond of saying things she liked after being with her, he wouldn't tell lies. Even though she had doubted this at first, as she spent more time together, she became convinced of the other party's sincerity.

"So, even if it's a topic you've been afraid to bring up, I've thought about it."

Apaya's statement seemed to provoke the nerves in Reinth's brain, which made her subconsciously refute it.

"What do you mean by a topic that I'm afraid to bring up? What are you kidding? ”

"Am I kidding?" Apaya's lips pursed slightly, "Even if I took the initiative to bring up that topic myself, you didn't take it seriously, did you?" ”

This ambiguity made Rhines irritated.

"What exactly are you trying to say? Is it necessary to be so vague! ”

The look in Apaya's steady gaze made her feel a little annoyed at the overly excited tone she had just spoken, and she shouldn't have lost control of her emotions so easily, no matter what.

"What I want to say...... Whatever the reason, you have never tried to believe that between you and the family, I will choose you. ”

His words made Reines's body tremble uncontrollably, and the reaction made it clear to her that Apaya was right.

"So what exactly are you trying to say?" Reines was only subconsciously going on with the conversation at this time, because in the silence she would subconsciously think about what the other party said, which she didn't want to face, "Do you want to say that when there is a conflict between me and Morfi, will you still choose to side with me?" ”

How is this kind of thing possible-

"Didn't I already do that?"

——！

It was something that should have made her happy, but she was only panicking at the moment, and she didn't even know why she was so flustered.

But Appaya wasn't going to let her go.

"Whether it's the recent or the past, you're running away."

Although he said words that seemed to be accusations, his tone and movements were still soft. But his symbiosis didn't seem to be able to appreciate it, just staring at him with wide eyes.

"Is that all there is to it?" Reins's hand couldn't help but clench, "Just because of this matter, I made this judgment...... Too arbitrary, right? It's clearly something for a reason......"

"What is the reason?"

Apaya's seemingly completely incomprehensible rhetorical question made Reins almost lose control of her emotions again.

"'What the reason' - isn't it obvious!"

After raising her voice and yelling at such a point, Reins closed her eyes and breathed deeply, then lowered her voice and tried to regain her composure.

"The Gione family is the place where your parents stayed, and the family that raised and taught you, and Shao is your friend, and even helped you get to where you are now. Even if you don't seem to be very close to each other in normal times, but now Molphy is equivalent to family and friends to you, right? ”

The mercenary thinks that the reasons he has given are sufficient, but to her discouragement, the engineer still does not seem to agree.

"So what?"

"So—"

"If you have a dispute, I will be on your side. If Molfi deserves my attention, then they will surely be like you, because they are afraid of me and will not have any irreparable conflict with you. If they do something bad, for whatever reason, it's not worth my stay. ”

Apaya's statement made Reins not know what to say for a while, obviously thinking that what he said seemed to be unreasonable, but he didn't know where to start refuting it.

At this time, Apaya didn't continue to speak, but just looked at her face intently, which made her even more uncomfortable. But she couldn't think of what she had to say—she didn't want to just agree with the engineer.

"Stubborn mercenaries." After muttering, Apaya put her hand on Rheinse's face and forced her to look at herself, "You always have to get away with it before you can admit some reality, so I always don't give you a chance to breathe, and then don't be angry with me for this kind of thing." ”

"What—where am I so stubborn!"

Although she didn't mind that her face was forcibly broken to look at the other party, she also wanted to glare at the other party fiercely at this moment, so she didn't protest against this behavior, but refuted what the other party said. However, Apaya did not have any relenting heart because of her unfounded resistance.

"At that time...... The reason why the battle with Rossos put us in the rear and left ourselves outside...... It sounds good to protect us, but in fact, you don't believe us, right? ”

“…… Not ......"

Apaya's words tore at something inside her like a sharp blade, causing her to panic again.

"You don't believe that your Fili will be able to shake off the shadow of the 'instructor', that we will be able to respond to his attacks, that we will be easily harmed."

The blonde man paused, and slowly uttered the last words that made Rhine's face turn pale.

"You don't believe we can be the ones to help you."

"It's not...... It's not like that......"

She didn't dare to risk her Fili, nor did she dare to send Apaya to danger, not that she didn't believe them—

"If you believe us, you won't be carrying everything yourself."

"I ...... I just ......"

Apaya's aggressive offensive brought Rhines to the brink of collapse, and some of the things she didn't want to recognize were ruthlessly exposed in a misunderstood way, which was too much for her, especially ...... The other party is her symbiosis, her future partner, the last person who should hurt her so much.

"Just what?"

The other party was still pressing her tightly, which made her even want to feel resentful.

"I just...... I don't believe I can protect the ...... I want to protect."

Apaya's face had an expression she had never seen before, but she felt that Apaya seemed to be sad.

"In that case, you should trust us even more. You've always wanted to keep me and your Fili safer, but have you ever thought about it...... For me, I also want you to be able to feel at ease that you don't have to do anything, as long as you rely on me. ”

The heat from his palm almost burned her, but instead of pain, she almost lost herself in the heat.