Because it would take some time for Hua Shao to get in touch with the people at the four extremes, Reins simply stayed in the research institute of Gione, waiting for Hua Shao to give the results.

The evacuation of the goddess did not have much impact on the institute, according to Hua Shao, Morfi would suddenly conduct evacuation drills from time to time to exercise everyone's reflexes and adaptability. In terms of actual performance, it really worked.

It's just that in the panicked environment, there are indeed some unexpected situations, such as some documents that cannot be completely saved because the evacuation is too urgent, or what is knocked down in the process of leaving, and it is too late to help - this group of technicians at the institute has always been the least serious about carrying out the part of the exercise.

After the crisis was over, the researchers didn't care about anything else, and the first thing they did was to carefully check whether their project was damaged, and then they had time to care about the condition of Morfi and their companions.

Now that the Gione Institute has returned to its former order, everyone is immersed in their own research, and they have long been accustomed to the constant presence of non-staff personnel in the institute - not to mention that the permanent non-staff member spends most of his time in the laboratory with his chief engineer.

"What have you been up to lately?" Rhines stared at the complicated calculations and data on Apaya's screen, and felt a slight headache, "It looks like you've made a lot of progress, obviously you've been with me all the time, and you haven't done much serious work." ”

"Isn't it a good thing to be with you?" "At least I'm sure that if I'm not with you, I won't want to get down to business." ”

The mercenary glared at him, and then couldn't help but laugh.

"Don't talk about it, that's not what you're good at." She lifted her chin, "Tell me, what the hell have you been up to lately?" If you keep it hidden like this, I'm going to complain to Shao, saying that you are planning something unspeakable. ”

Because of the time spent with her, no one in the institute would take her words as a serious threat, but, of course, if it did provoke the mercenary, it would go from a joke to a warning.

"Alright." Appaya touched Reins' head soothingly, "Remember when you first came to Morfi?" At that time, we were working on the concealment function of flying ships...... We only took one ship for experiments, although the effect is very good, but for the energy consumption is too large, it is not suitable for promotion, and now we are thinking about how to reduce the cost. ”

As for what he said, Reins remembered it as soon as he remembered it.

"You're still tossing this." She raised an eyebrow, looking a little surprised, "I thought that your family's technology had to be new every day to be worthy of your reputation." ”

"Oh, of course." "While our inspiration is endless, we also need to be responsible for what we make, otherwise people with old products will complain that we are biased. ”

After finishing speaking, the two of them made a "poof" together, completely unable to hold back the serious expression on their faces.

"Great consumption is inevitable, and you must always abide by the principle of conservation. It's the same for us mercenaries, if you want to be confusing enough, you have to spend a lot of magic. ”

"But if you say that, you mercenaries won't be so persistent in respecting you." Apaya glanced at her, "Maybe you have more magic power than other magicians, but if that's all there is to it, other magicians can do it with a few more power-ups to store their magic power." ”

"You think it's so easy to get a mana storage item?" Reins rolled her eyes, "Isn't it that we always take out a bunch of random stuff that makes you think it's easy to do?" ”

"Nope." Appaya quickly made it clear, "I'm just saying that you are admired for a unique reason. Let's say you have an understanding of magic that no one else can ever do, and you can analyze the essence and come up with the best way to use it - it's like we are constantly deducing and changing programs to find the optimal solution, right? So there's definitely something we can improve. ”

Reins stared inquiringly at the Engineer until the latter twisted his face uncomfortably.

"What's wrong with me? Why are you looking at me like this? ”

"I'm thinking about something." She said seriously, "You really haven't been with Hermiria for a while?" ”

Apaya gave an undisguised look of disgust.

"How did I get mixed up with him?" He pursed his lips, and Reins noticed with interest that his movements were becoming more and more like hers, "Being forced to be with Huck is already my limit, and I don't want to have any more trouble with that kind of fool." ”

"But......," said the mercenary, as if hesitantly, "I think you speak in the same way as Hermiria. ”

The blonde engineer's face darkened in an instant.

"You compare me to him?" He grumbled angrily, "What kind of person is that?" He's been provoking you ever since the dinner party where Morfi and Filly were allied, and his mouth hasn't been idle until now - if Huck dared to do that, he would have been taught a hard lesson by Shao, and I really doubt how that kind of character could be endured......"

Reins raised an eyebrow as she knelt in Apaya's chair, sat on his lap with her legs apart, and then brought her face to Apaya's face, carefully studying his expression. This intimate distance also left Apaya no time to continue her conversation, and all her attention turned to the person in front of her.

"Do you remember the vinegar you ate so long ago?" She happily pointed her finger at Apaya's face, "What a cautious fellow. ”

That being said, Rhines didn't look unhappy at all.

"It's like you've forgotten the vinegar you once ate because of Shao."

Apaya's whispering didn't escape Reins's ears, she narrowed her eyes and reached out to pull Apaya's cheeks to the sides, refusing to let go until the other grinned and begged for mercy.

"You're so ruthless." Apaya rubbed her flushed face as she said, "Say a few words and do it...... In the past, you would only fight with me to the end. ”

The mercenary clasped his hands to his chest and looked down at him condescendingly.

"What, you mean you're not happy with our current relationship?" She asked with a smirk, "It's not been a few years, Engineer, you should be patient, it's not the time for you to have a seven-year itch." ”

Apaya pursed his lips, and instead of paying attention to his cheek, he grabbed one of Rheinse's hands with both hands and put it to his mouth.

"I'm not going to make that kind of mistake." He muttered under his breath, "I feel like my status is declining every day...... Whatever the case may be, it seems to be my mistake in the end. ”

"Then you should learn language arts." She touched Apaya's lips with her fingers, "But I don't think it will help, my temper has been getting worse lately. ”

Speaking of which, Reins thought about it seriously, as Fili's mercenary leader, most of the time her bad temper was intentional, not that she was really so reckless.

To talk about losing his temper with this stupid engineer is also after being together for a while, so ...... This shows that it must be the engineer's fault.

Apaya, unaware that he had been detained in the wrong place, seemed to like her statement, and he put Rhine's finger in his mouth and bit it gently, gently licking her finger.

"You made me take off my gloves just to make it easier to do this?" Reins lazily placed her other hand on Apaya's shoulder, "I don't think I can understand what you're thinking every day, you're a mechanical brain that's as hard as those messy programs. ”

Apaya frowned, and he let go of her fingers and reached to the back of her head, bringing her lips to himself.

"Annoyed and embarrassed by what I said?" After finally separating, there was still a hint of hoarseness in Reins's voice, but she was still vigorously provocative, "It's this reaction every time, do you want something fresh next time?" ”

"I don't think there's a need to wait for next time."

His hand ran down Rheins' hair to her cheeks, tracing the curves of her body all the way down. The soft, elastic skin trembled slightly because of his caressing, which made his heart rise with a strange sense of satisfaction.

"What do you want to do?" Rhine's voice was tinged with softness, "I'm going to tell you first...... We are all in a state of obedience at any time now, and if Shao makes a decision, we will continue to go to the extreme. ”

"We'll talk about it then." He buried his face in the other's shoulder socket and gently tasted her collarbone, "I'm sure Shao won't even have this little eyesight......

"Do the people of the Gionet Institute know that their Chief Excellency is such a person?" Reins snorted lightly and said sarcastically, "In the laboratory where I work, my mind is full of irrelevant things, and I don't feel that I am desecrating my sacred research. ”

"Research is not a sacred thing." Apaya said lazily as she licked her lips, "I don't dare to casually evaluate my own preferences as 'sacred', lest some mercenary use this as an excuse to squeeze me again." ”

"You get the idea." Reins laughed heartily, "Blocked the words I wanted to block you in advance." ”

The conversation between them did not hinder their actions, and the always cold laboratory also generated a bit of ambiguous heat at the moment.

"Wait for you to find me a few good communicators." Reine's voice became smaller and smaller, "I don't want to use my own magic power to look at those guys every time, Rossier and they are very worry-free, it's really troublesome to go out with the people from the Demon King Continent......"

"I can't do without this kind of thing." Apaya's voice was almost whispering, "I'll help you find it out later......"