The blonde engineer unsurprisingly immersed himself in front of his screen, and of course, if he was delving into his invention, he would only be in his lab.

Reines silently walked up to his side, casually glancing at the screen, which was unsurprisingly incomprehensible. She dragged a chair beside him, nestled in it, and waited for the man to pull himself out of the study.

Of course, it could be quite a long time, but at least she could say with confidence that the engineer hadn't worked more than 24 hours straight since the Arka affair was over.

After all, not everyone is like Hellett, who takes the matter of a lover falling out with him as a pleasure.

Apaya's work desk wasn't as clean as a man like him should be, but it was. In Apaya's view, anything on the table could affect his thought process. Important things are kept in the drawer, such as various documents, as well as his candy.

However, it seems that as their relationship has grown, Apaya has become less and less dependent on his candies, and they are more useful for improving the taste in his mouth for the mercenaries who dislike the bitter taste after Apaya's coffee.

It must be said that since she once almost turned her face over his all-night work, even coffee didn't show up in their room very much.

Reins withdrew her thoughts that had been too far away, and focused on Apaya. He frowned at the moment, as if he had encountered something that he needed to think about.

Apaya has no habit of muttering on her own, and she is not influenced by others, and dealing with those data in his own world is an incomprehensible experience for Reinse, and she will never be so absorbed even when she is learning magic and communicating with the elements of magic.

In short, she will not question his behavior in a bad way, as long as his behavior does not have an undue impact on himself, she will not care.

All sorts of things have been happening since this morning, and I'm afraid Apaya had already started this research before Pat came, otherwise he wouldn't have been so "leisurely" immersed in his screen.

Speaking of which, she hasn't eaten very seriously yet. Although she filled her stomach a little when she told the priest about her intentions, the examination of Elion caused her to exhaust the little cat food.

Reins glanced at Appaya again, who had already loosened his eyebrows and returned to the counter to quickly tap something. Obviously, his research couldn't be finished anytime soon, otherwise Apaya would have noticed her by the time she sat down.

She slid her chair to the side slightly, leaning half out from Appaya's table.

"Fries."

The mercenary was not worried that his voice would wake up Apaya, but it was just right for her, but unfortunately the other party was still immersed in the study. The black-haired boy whose name was called looked up and looked innocently at Reins.

"Yes, what's wrong?"

Friess belongs to the data group, and can be considered his direct subordinate and assistant when Appaya needs to delve into the data. The 16-year-old is said to be as talented in stats as he was in engineering as a teenager, but it's clear that the teenager is far more sleek than Apaya.

Fries was already aware of her status when Leynes was first brought into the institute by Apaya, and the next few times it was even more clear. So, he wisely became her "spy", and when Apaya was not there, or could not answer her, Friess would honestly tell her Apaya's schedule for the day.

When Apaya wasn't inventing in the lab, Fries' seat was next to him. Although Fries couldn't see Appaya's situation because he was the chief, at least, he could know when the other party was sitting here. Apaya wouldn't object to him doing so, as it would help make the mercenaries care more about him, and there was nothing better than that.

"Since the morning?"

Reines lifted her chin in the direction of Apaya, and the black-haired teenager nodded.

"As you might have guessed, there was no rest, and there was no meal." He blinked, "Do you need me to bring you some food?" I don't have a job on my hand right now, so I can run errands at any time. ”

In order to train Fries, he never had a long-term job in his hands, and he would help wherever he was needed. It may seem like he has been placed in a miscellaneous position, but in reality, a variety of different contingencies can be a good exercise in his resilience.

"Let's see." Reins glanced back, "If it's going to be like this in an hour, I'm afraid I'm going to bother you." ”

Fries smiled and agreed.

Fifty minutes later, the sound from Apaya's seat opened the eyes of the closed Rheins, the blonde engineer seemed to have solved something, although his face did not change, but Rheins, who knew him well, could see that his eyes were full of pleasure, and maybe a little smug.

She had always liked the smug look that Apaya occasionally showed, Apaya was never arrogant because of the momentary complacency, and it was only reasonable to be happy and proud of her achievements. If she was around, Apaya would naturally have the look of wanting to be praised by her, like a domestic dog.

If in their own room, Apaya would drag her to tell her about the problem she had encountered and how he solved it. It's a pity that he is in the research institute now, and Apaya will take care of his image and will not do such a "worthless" thing.

"Rhine?" The blonde engineer didn't notice his lover sitting next to him until this moment, "When did you come?" You can call me a name."

The silver-haired mercenary raised an eyebrow, she didn't think a mere scream was enough to bring him back to reality, but the little erroneous wording didn't matter.

"Your job is over?"

"Nothing important." Appaya casually closed his screen, and the files inside had been saved while he was solving the problem, "It's not a necessary item for the family, I want to know a little bit about it myself"

Reins couldn't help but laugh as she looked at Apaya's somewhat cautious demeanor.

"Since it's okay, let's go, it's not time to eat yet, but I think we all need something to eat." She took Apaya's hand and stood up, "Maybe you'd like to tell me about what you just researched on the road?" ”

The light brown eyes lit up imperceptibly, which made Reins snicker inwardly. It's fairly easy to make Apaya happy, and with a little curiosity in what he's good at, he'll be able to get excited in an instant.

"We're gone, Fries." Reins greeted the black-haired boy, "Don't learn from Apaya, it's not a good habit to forget to eat and sleep." ”

"Okay, I understand."

Fries waved his hand with a flattering smile, his lovely face fitting his behavior.

The two of them whispered and laughed as they walked towards Gioone's dining area, insisting that Reins take the food back to her room as she was still going to discuss things with him.

Naturally, Apaya had no reason to object, and after he had been addicted to research, he also realized that Rhines had other things to do with him, after he had vaguely shaken off his feathers. He wouldn't be disgruntled, he wouldn't be so stupid as to think that Rhines was looking for something to do with him and listen to him so much, and his mercenaries wouldn't be patient for some purpose in her impatience.

By the time the two of them returned to their rooms to finish eating and cleaning up the scraps, they changed into pajamas and sat comfortably on the soft floor stalls to talk, it was already getting dark.

"This is what Pat brought in, about the priest's opinion." Reins succinctly told Appaya everything that had happened during the day, "Of course, it doesn't have much to do with us. Molfi had nothing to do with it, and Fili was at best an intermediary between the church and Tsyrau, not even the gods. I'm just telling you this to prepare you a little bit. ”

"So what's the most important thing?" Apaya just thought about it and put aside what she had just learned, "It shouldn't be the only one, right?" ”

Reins nodded, yawned, and lay down on Appaya's lap.

"Do you remember when Talos wanted an extra part of Ellie's soul? I did a test on Ellie today and I don't think it's as simple as Talos said. ”

She rested the back of her head on Apaya's legs, and looked at each other face to face with her head down, which seemed to calm her down a lot.

"Ellie's soul was torn in half by the woman's torture, and because even we didn't know how to do such a massive treatment, we had to let it develop freely. Originally, Talos thought that it was the growth of their own souls that would keep Eli from recovering, but today, I see the shadow of a god in her soul. ”

Apaya listened to her quietly, not interjecting at will.

"There is a trace of black energy on the white soul that connects to the black soul, and vice versa. These two halves of the soul seem to present the shadows of the goddess Imorella and the demon king Amos, but the breath is different. That breath was more like the breath of the world like Philip and Omano, the breath of the world. ”

Rhines stopped, and she blinked at Apaya, which made the latter realize that it was time for him to speak.

"The breath that belongs to the world belongs to the creator god according to the theory of magic."

Because of the priest's idea, now they are no longer shy about mentioning the name of the god directly, and they will meet in a few days anyway.

"So I don't understand." Reins muttered, "We only knew from Ciruo that he had the breath of the Creation God, so we were worried that the child might be sacrificed, but now Ciruo is not alone. Although we know from experiments that there are many people who have similar reactions, none of them are as severe as Zruo. Now Ellie too"

"There are many possibilities." Apaya said as she stroked the top of Rhine's head, "Maybe this aura is lurking in their bodies, and after a while, there may be an opportunity to burst out and cause a burden on them." Or maybe it's because of the different amount of weight it has in each person's body. ”

"A tiny amount of poison can also be a good medicine." Reins raised an eyebrow, "Is that what you mean?" ”

There is some truth to this sentence, it's just

Who let the breath of the creator God shine out? If it is the creator God Himself, for what?