Momo's angry yelling did not cause people to cringe, but instead made the mercenaries more actively heckle.

"Lovely peach, beautiful peach, why don't you think about it?" The man with the scar on his face wanted to imitate the aria of the noble, but his hoarse voice and pretentious tone were mercilessly ridiculed by his companions, "It's just a renovation, you see, everyone's environment will be better, and it will still belong to you, and it will not be taken away by anyone." ”

Momo's eyes widened and she looked at the other party with a condemning gaze.

"I'm definitely not going to let it be changed!" Momo screamed, "Won't it be taken away by anyone?" I don't believe it! They are family members! What so-called deeds are a piece of waste paper for them! They don't believe in the goddess at all! ”

"Then we can sign our contract!" Huck also shouted, "We won't break our contract, and we won't ask you to renounce your faith!" ”

The mercenaries may have never had such a lively day, the mercenaries miraculously did not attack the family boy, they watched the two quarrel, occasionally muddy the water to make the two quarrel more fierce, and then took the wine glass next to the side to watch the fun.

Jura and Gail had a slight headache, they looked at the mechanical watch hanging on their chests, it was almost night, and if they didn't go back by 24 o'clock today, their alliance would come to their door, and things would be even more difficult to clean up.

Reins seemed to be used to this kind of bickering, just watching the arguing at the bar as if it were a play. Fang Cai's words seemed to have never been spoken, making Apaya a little unsure of how to deal with it for a while.

But no matter how little emotional intelligence he had—something his colleagues often lamented—he knew it was best to use a topic to continue the conversation again at this point, or they might end up in a terrible stalemate. Just like the few times they met before, the other party is not a rectum that complains when there is unpleasantness, on the contrary, she will swallow her dissatisfaction in her stomach...... Unless someone who annoyed her comes to her to apologize or make her feel better, maybe she may even be able to express her opinion.

Apaya sighed in her heart. He's not the type to apologize or make people feel good, in fact he doesn't know what he's done wrong most of the time, and he never thinks he needs to apologize when he does that - yes, even when he gets into an argument with Shao, he thinks some of his opinions are correct and refuses to admit it, often at which point Shao rolls his eyes and drives him back to the engineering department, with a gift like "Your communication skills are really incorrigible".

However, he still didn't understand what he was wrong with at that time, those drinking parties and marriage plans between families really didn't mean anything at all, one party made a request, and the other party offered the reward he wanted and met the demand. Why do you have to spend time on this, because of these chores, Shao's time for research projects is getting less and less...... It was most enjoyable to study engineering every day when they were teenagers, and there was no need to think about annoying things at all.

yes, there wasn't that curly-haired bastard to ruin their lives.

At this thought, Appaya pursed his lips with resentment towards Huck, but then he realized that he had more important things to think about than to wander into something else. He saw that the silver-haired mercenary was already sitting at a table, his chin was folded and his arms were propped up on the table, as if he was very bored and distracted. Jura and Gail were also seated at the same table, but a seat or two away from Rheinz, which looked very much like it was for someone to be empty.

Although Apaya knew exactly that he was thinking too much, it was simply that Gail didn't want Jura to get close to the mercenary. But...... Well, he always has to pass, and the seat next to the other party is naturally more conducive to what he wants to do.

It was as if a heavy burden had been placed on his heart, and he could realize that there was something wrong with what he said, but if he knew what the specific problem was now...... This is a real problem for an engineer who currently spends 80% of his life immersed in machinery.

And he had never apologized to anyone before, or done anything to improve the relationship - Shao would never be really angry with herself, she had not broken her relationship for more than a decade, and she was known as the smartest and wisest person in the family, she always understood that she was not really hostile to her.

Of course. Apaya bit her tongue gently. It's also possible that her energy is more focused on other things, and she doesn't have the heart to care about this kind of thing, such as ...... She's always keeping an eye on some curly-haired guy.

Thinking of this, Apaya felt a little heavier in his heart, and he found himself once again moving away from what he was supposed to do, perhaps because he was really afraid to face this. But you can't help but do something, countless facts have proved that if you don't let that mercenary discourage, he will definitely be the one who will be unlucky in the end.

For example, the combat equipment he used suddenly collapsed in the face of monsters and traps, he was pulled back to the safety line by the collar a second before he died, he ate some kind of poisonous food without being reminded, and he was not rescued until he almost choked, and when he returned to the base, he was pointed at by his companions and snickered only to find that the clothes on his body had been written with the words "stupid who don't know how to change", and he was even changed into loose women's clothes, and the most puzzling thing is that he didn't notice it at all......

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but rub the corners of his forehead.

They are being carried out in a frenzy, some of which are life-threatening...... In fact, most of them would have brought him to the brink of death, and that small number of safety situations were the result of some arguments over academic issues. If he was treated like this by others, he would have chosen to cut off contact completely for the first time, but what surprised him was that in the face of her targeted behavior, even if he was occasionally a little angry, he was more of a weak heart.

And once, after Shao's guidance, he asked the mercenary directly if he was wrong about that particular sentence—and he didn't even refute it at that time—that she snorted lightly and stopped these actions.

Since then, there have been a few more cases where I tried some methods and finally decided that a direct apology or a way to make the other person feel better would help solve the situation. Yes, he wasn't really stupid enough to find out what the immediate cause of these shenanigans was, it's just that he had previously refused to think about complex things.

But, seriously, even if you don't really die, it's still not a pleasant experience to face death again and again. Perhaps it was the pressure that made him react quickly to the connection. It's not that hard, it's subtly similar to his engineering calculations. The wrong cause leads to the wrong result, doesn't it?

In fact, discussing his work and her magic is one of the ways to put each other in a better mood. Appaya remembered the brief discussion about Huck's situation. And what makes him feel the most incomprehensible is that every time after letting the other person's mood recover, even he himself will have an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

Okay, stop—just repeat the project, and don't be afraid to think about it to the point of thinking about it.

He finally sat down beside the mercenary, and she was stingy enough to give her a look. He noticed that her cloak was still wrapped around her, and that there was no doubt that it was insulating - if he was wearing it, the sweat must have run down his head. However, he could still feel a faint cold aura on the other party's body. He suddenly remembered that he had wanted to ask about her from the beginning, and although he was shunned by the other party, he still wanted to ask again after he had finished getting down to business...... But it was disturbed by Huck.

The blonde man mentally made another note to a man with white curly hair. At the same time, I also recalled that I was also entangled in other things and forgot about this problem...... However, it also gives myself an entry point.

"What happened to you?" He allowed himself to recline to face Rheins, but the other party still ignored him, so he continued to whisper, "This weather shouldn't make you so cold...... Is the commission in trouble? ”

The red eyes finally turned to look at him, but still did not speak, and Appaya noticed that her face was very pale—even though it was usually as white as snow, it was now without a trace of blood, and even faintly blue. Appaya frowned, if she just wanted to turn the other party's mood around and provoke the topic, then now he was indeed a little worried, as if she had really lived in an iceberg for a long time, and even her lips were a little purple. He almost wondered if the other party would really freeze into ice in the next second.

The owner of the red eyes just looked at him for a long time without speaking, and the solemn atmosphere between them was even noticeable to Yura and Gail, but as the family elves, the two of them pretended not to see it very much, and looked intently at the bar counter that gradually calmed down the quarrel. And just as Apaya was about to say something to break the silence, she finally spoke.

"There's a snowfield on the north side of this continent." She turned her gaze back to her hand, "There are some special herbs growing there, and some pharmacists always use them when making some special potions. ”

Tokro's Snow Field, as the people of this continent will know, that in the far north of this continent - and the union is located in the south-central part - there are some special medicinal herbs that cannot be cultivated anywhere else.

The place where the herbs grow is often beyond the reach of the pharmacist, so they will entrust mercenaries or families - usually the former, because the people of the family are not ordinary pharmacists can cooperate, only those who are noble and become members of the family. And even if it is a mercenary, it is not just a small mercenary who can reach those steep places, most of the time a team of 10 to 20 people can go there to ensure survival.

And this answer did not answer Apaya's doubts, if it was just the herbs in the snowfield, although it would be more dangerous for others, but for the Fili mercenary group, especially for her, one person was enough to come and go freely and achieve her own goals.

"Icestone grass is usually surrounded by giant ice crystals that protect them." Speaking of which, she seemed to feel the chill again, and wrapped her cloak a little tighter, "I received a contact from Momo, and she told me that there was a blonde, candy-eating man belonging to the family, who came to the mercenary guild with my personal badge and wanted to see me. Given that it was my personal badge, I could not break its authority. I thought about the time it would take to get back to the union from the snowy fields and decided to speed up the process to collect enough of them - I was only 10 plants away from completing the commission. ”

Reins's words caused Appaia to mobilize his knowledge of the Icestone Grass in his head, and he decided not to evaluate the adjectives he used in his mouth. The other two at the same table were drawn to the topic, but they still stared at the bar, just keeping their attention on the table, listening to the mercenary continue to tell her story about the day.

"But...... Something went wrong. I accidentally stepped on one of the burrowing snowwoods' lair, causing them to be angry. You know, when their nest is affected by the outside world, they get very angry, no matter how severe. Reins began to rub her hands gently, and the gloomy waiter, who had been called by Peach to connect the line, came over with the hot tea, placed it on the table and left, she picked up the cup in satisfaction, as if that would ease her coldness, "Roth is always so good at observing other people's needs...... Okay, let's move on. Actually, I was almost done with my mission, and it would take a lot of time to completely clean up the nest of snowmons, so I decided to take a risk and just take the ice grass away......

Apaya's expression looked like his thoughts froze, but then he narrowed his eyes.

"'Just take it away.'" His voice tended to rise, and the other began to avoid his gaze, "You know that magic can anger them even more, so you chose not to protect your hands in any way, and went straight to the act of plucking the ice stone grass?" ”

The mercenary captain exhaled and covered his face.

"Do you have to make it clear?" She grumbled, "Wouldn't you understand that...... I feel like an idiot to say this. ”

The corners of Apaya's mouth tugged at the corners of his mouth, he didn't understand the point of her struggling with this at this time, it was obvious that the incident she had just said was more important.

"The environment in which the Ice Stone Grass grows is destined that you can't take the Ice Stone Grass if you don't break those ice crystals." He went on to make it clear that all four people present knew the facts, "And you don't use magic...... You smashed those ice crystals with your bare hands? The effect of the ice crystals being broken is enough to make your blood clot on the spot, and the elites of the big family don't dare to break those things up close. You can come back alive, you really deserve to be the head of Filly......"

Reins looked like she wanted to shrink into a ball to avoid every word he spoke.

"I didn't really fail to protect myself completely!" She retorted weakly, "Don't call me like a fool who doesn't know anything, my gloves have what they should, I just didn't activate that magic sigil to make it more protective, but that doesn't mean it's completely defenseless." And while shattering the ice crystals, I snatched the Ice Stone Grass and protected every drop of water from me, and moved from there somewhere else - seriously, you be quiet, I don't want Momo to hear and tell Ella that I'm going to be read to death-"

"So that's why you're so late, because you've used so much magic to keep yourself from dying that you can't appropriate it on the road." Apaya continued to choke back, but he lowered his voice and grabbed the mercenary's wrist to help her stand, "And you can sit here and talk to us for so long without doing anything other than a cloak and hot tea?" ”

Reins struggled to pull him back, though to little avail of her stiff limbs, and she had to continue to use her words to stop the other party from trying to take her to the clinic.

"After I gave the Icestone Grass to the Apothecary, he saw my condition." She tried to keep herself from leaving the stool, "He's already helping me concoct the reagent to relieve the regurgitation of ice crystals, in fact, if you have a little patience, he will probably show up in five minutes." ”

The Engineer glared at the mercenary, who glared back. Eventually, the man sat back in frustration after realizing that it was he who had let the mercenaries waste time resting and recuperating and that it was he who was sitting here.

"You should have told me." He rubbed his hair in annoyance, making them a little messy, "You can wait until you recover, maybe come back tomorrow." ”

The mercenaries raised their eyebrows again, and Yura, unable to control herself from turning her gaze back to them, noticed that she seemed to be particularly fond of making such expressions at Apaya.

"Amazing." Reins' voice was a little dry, "Some people seem to be accusing me of not being able to treat his friend right away. ”

Appaya slapped her forehead in chagrin. He finally knew exactly why he had annoyed the other party.

"That's mine...... Well, you win, that's my fault. Having gotten the message from the mercenary's long silence that she was particularly angry this time, he decided to back down a little more than usual, "I'm just a little anxious...... I was already on the verge of reaching hope, but the road was suddenly pulled away for unknown reasons, which made me feel irritated. ”

While Apaya may have been a fool for a while, indeed, most of the time, who didn't know anything but engineering, the biggest reason was that he refused to transfer his thinking skills from the machine to these "trivial things", and that he could be a person who would be liked by all if he was really willing to think and do that...... But he usually refuses to do so.

Yura pondered with her cheeks crossed, as a young lady who had been imprisoned at home and doing nothing, she had honed her skills in observing and figuring out their minds on a daily basis, which gave her a deep understanding of everyone in her family, and at the same time became more interested in the communication between the engineer who was originally indifferent to people and the mercenary who should be on top. Yes, there is no warning of the change in the position of the strong and weak in the communication between these two people, one second the engineer may still be educating the mercenary, and the next second the mercenary regains the initiative.

The most amazing thing was that she had never seen this engineer of hers apologize to anyone on a matter other than engineering. This is true even in the face of what he considers to be the most important Shao. Moreover...... Oh, it couldn't be more obvious, isn't it? He was more worried about the safety of Miss Mercenary.

I wonder if Apaya is aware of this? Jura thought to herself, with a little wickedness. I'm sure he definitely didn't, even if he would even find a reason to explain his actions when confronted by Miss Mercenary, but that didn't mean much more. Even Shao would refuse to allow Apaya to attend any balls for the sake of the family's social connections.