Only I can make them stronger

An Ke is still in the awkward period with him, but now she no longer avoids him when she sees him, but deliberately avoids talking to him.

Now all it takes is the right opportunity.

Early in the morning, when everyone was having breakfast, there was a knock on the door.

"Open the door, open the door!" A loud voice came from outside the door. Everyone in the house was very familiar with this voice and had expected their arrival.

As early as when they parted in the highway area, they said that they would come to the city-state of Xia to find Canaanzi.

When the door was opened, Karen, wearing a combat jacket and carrying a giant sword, and Jinelle, who was wearing a high-necked protective suit and goggles, came into view.

"It smells so good! Is there anything delicious I can have? I'm so exhausted from the journey!"

As soon as she entered the door, Karen went straight to the point as if she had entered her own home.

"Please sit down. It's prepared for you." Luo Qi stood up with a smile and brought out two bowls of thick soup with toasted bread cubes from the kitchen.

"Prepared for us?" Jinelle took off her goggles and looked around the apartment, which was full of life, with her amber eyes.

"Janaanzi said that according to the time, you should arrive today." Xia Ye sat casually next to Karen and spread his hands.

“It’s amazing that you can even estimate this.” Karen took a big sip of the thick soup, and then he relaxed completely. He exhaled comfortably, took off his jacket and giant sword and put them aside.

The area not covered by the combat vest has strong muscles that are rosy and shiny, full of the beauty of strength.

Unlike Shana, who is a spell-like domain and relies solely on her own exercise to maintain her figure, Karen looks more sturdy and his lines seem clearer and stronger.

And from the towering neckline, Xia Ye could already imagine how solid and elastic this pair of bold shoes would feel.

"It's really far from Phoenix to your place, and we had to go around some high-level dangerous areas, so it took almost a week."

"It took that Heaven's Messenger less than a day to get here. The strength of an eighth-level person is truly terrifying..."

"But where is your office? Would it be better for us to go there to do the mission?"

Karen said casually while eating with relish.

"This is our office." Luo Qi smiled helplessly.

"Ah?" Karen sat in a daze, looking around like Jinelle.

"Here? Isn't this a dormitory?"

"Not every firm is like Phoenix, idiot." Jinelle also picked up the soup and took a sip, and her cold expression became much more relaxed.

"Without sufficient clerks and a large number of commissions, an overly large site would only increase useless expenses."

"And it seems that you are more like relatives and friends. The office and clerks are just a way for everyone to work together and survive."

"That's about what I mean." Luo Qi nodded and brought another plate of grilled sausages to the two of them.

"But it feels good this way. We are closer and the atmosphere is more relaxed. It's not like where we are... basically everything has to go through the process, which is so troublesome."

Karen exclaimed thoughtfully, made a "you understand me" gesture to Luoqi, picked up a sausage, and without fear of the heat, stuffed the whole sausage into his mouth.

Such actions of the Abyss Mouth made Xia Ye look sideways.

"Can you eat a little less wildly? We're in someone else's house after all." Jinelle rolled her eyes.

"We're all brothers, right, little Leah!" Karen picked up another sausage and said to the nervous Leah.

"If you don't take Leah's food, you'll agree!"

"Look at how stingy you are. Come on, some sausage!" Karen smiled and picked up another sausage and handed it to Leah. After touching it with her, she put it into her mouth again.

Jinelle shook her head and decided to ignore this self-familiar idiot. She looked at Luo Qi who was also smiling helplessly and asked:

"Where is Canaan? Why can't I see her?"

"She asked Xia Ye to take some samples some time ago, and has been staying in her room for research these days. She even brings her meals directly back to her room..." Luo Qi explained.

"Then let's wait for her to finish. There's no rush anyway. Could you please take me around the Xia city-state later? I'm a little interested in the architectural style and city system here..."

Jinelle said it didn't matter and continued asking.

"No problem, just come with me to buy some things." Luo Qi was also very close to this pair of partners and did not keep a distance like she would with ordinary guests.

From the first time they met, Karen and Ginelle gave her a feeling of comfort, but also a sense of being different from their "kindred spirits".

Luo Qi has always followed her intuition. Since they are getting along well, she doesn't need to think too much.

"Thank you very much." Jinelle nodded politely to Luo Qi.

Karen on this side has already changed the topic from Leah to Fiti:

"This chick looks different than before...why do you think she's gotten prettier?"

"She's already very beautiful, she just changed her clothes." Xia Ye knocked on Karen's head unhappily.

When Fitty returned to the office wearing a nun's uniform, she immediately attracted everyone's attention and admiration, and she was even a little embarrassed by the praise.

She wore glasses just to make herself more inconspicuous, but there were not so many dangers in the Shia city-state, so based on everyone's advice, she simply put away the thick-lensed glasses that looked like the bottom of a bottle.

Since then, this nun dress has become Fitty's regular attire.

"Hey! Can you take me to your room later?" After exchanging a few words with everyone, Karen suddenly leaned close to Xia Ye and said in a low voice.

"What?" The smile on the other person's face looked somewhat malicious, and Xia Ye couldn't help but narrow his eyes and glance sideways.

"Come take a tour. Ours are all unified dormitories, and private decoration is not allowed. It's so boring. I have never seen what an ordinary man's bedroom looks like."

"Is it just like the legend says, hiding a lot of unspeakable things?" Karen said with a sly grin.

"Do you think I need something that cannot be revealed in this environment?"

Xia Ye smiled contemptuously. He had no intention of hiding the fact that Qianshi Agency was his harem since the other party had come.

"Sure... Then I'd like to see more of it. Maybe I can see something even more exciting..."

"Get out." The way he and Karen get along is more like brothers than loving his wife.

"Don't be so heartless, come on!"

As he spoke, Karen pulled up Xia Ye's arm, not caring about her plump chest rubbing against his arm. With his other hand, he picked up his backpack and giant sword, and called out to Luo Qi:

"Thanks for the treat! Xia Ye and I have something to talk about, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, he pulled Xia Ye towards the bedroom in the corridor under everyone's puzzled gazes.

116. The Shy Karen

As soon as he entered the door, Karen whistled and said:

"Let me see Xia Ye's treasure nest."

“……”Xia Ye rolled her eyes.

Karen closed and locked the door, looking around the room with interest.

"Tell me, what's the matter." Seeing the other party's behavior, Xia Ye crossed his arms and asked.

"Ah...haha, do I look deliberate?" Seeing that she was exposed, Karen laughed dryly.

"Promise me Karen, don't do undercover work, you will die miserably."

Xia Ye curled the corners of his mouth and said "sincerely".

"Okay, okay, there is something actually, and I have to tell you in private." Karen held out her hand in surrender.

Then she took out a feather from her pocket and said:

"Phoenix asked me to give it to you, and specifically told me not to let anyone else know."

"Even Jinniel doesn't know?" Xia Ye raised his eyebrows.

"She said that Ginelle was too smart and might know things she shouldn't know, which would be bad for Ginelle."

"It seems that your image is deeply rooted in people's hearts." Xia Ye joked with a smile.

"You'll die if you don't talk nonsense, right?"

As he spoke, Karen handed over the feather with a look of disgust on his face.

Xia Ye did not take it immediately, but looked at it for a few seconds.

The feathers are orange and red all over, with a multi-layered pattern similar to that of a peacock in the middle. From a close distance, you can feel the faint warmth coming from them.

"What is this feather for?"

"She said you'll know once you get it in your hands... Hurry up and take it! This thing is killing me with all the heat in my pocket!"

Xia Ye frowned slightly and hesitated for a moment.

The phoenix is a mythical species, but it seems to be paying attention to the unknown people in this remote city.

A trace of vigilance rose in my heart.

But if she really wanted to harm herself, there seemed to be no need to involve Karen.

"Forget it. The other party has already taken the initiative to negotiate. There is no point in running away."

With this thought in mind, Xia Ye reached out and picked up the orange-red feather.

A burning sensation came from the palm of my hand, and an intuition mixed with the two contradictory colors of life and destruction surged into my mind.

At the same time, the system prompted:

[It is detected that the host has the analysis data of the flawed instrument - the Eternal Fire. Do you want to start the analysis immediately?]

"Huh? No way?"

For a moment, many guesses emerged in Xia Ye's mind.

“Is this a phoenix feather?”

"【Ten Thousand Years Fire】... is it related to the Phoenix?!"

"Could it be that this object was split from her ability?"

"No wonder everyone is afraid of them until now..."

Dillwyn, Leah, even Lori and Crona, have all suffered at the hands of the Arsonist.

"But...why?"

"From my point of view, my [Origin] ability is the key to activating the [Ten Thousand Years Fire]."

"The Phoenix knew that I possessed and could use the [Eternal Fire], but it did not come to kill me. Instead, it gave me her feather..."

"Could it be that Phoenix and I are... on the same side?"

The more Xia Ye thought about it, the more complicated it seemed. The situation behind it was somewhat incomprehensible to him.

"Your expression is so wonderful. It's exactly the same as what Fenghuang said." Karen looked at Xia Ye's expression and sighed.

"Did she say anything else to you? Like asking you to tell me something or something." The latter took a deep breath and raised his eyes.

"No, that's all."

"Okay... listen to her. Don't tell anyone about this and don't ask any more questions."

Xia Ye nodded and said to Karen seriously.

It was a matter of the position of the ninth-order mythical species, and the people and things involved were definitely far more huge than he had imagined.

It is enough for both he and Phoenix to know it clearly.

"Don't worry. Since she doesn't want Jinelle to guess something, it means that the fewer people who know, the better. I understand this."

Karen spread out her hands, looking understanding.

"Hmm..." Xia Ye put the feather away, preparing to analyze and absorb it when he was alone.

"Anything else?" Then he looked into Karen's amber eyes.

"What...what else could it be?" The latter seemed a little nervous after being looked at like this.

"It's just a matter of handing over something. You don't have to come to my room, right? Can't you just find a corner of the stairs where no one is?"

Xia Ye was just asking casually, but now it seems that Karen really has something else to do.

“Uh uh…” When Karen realized her thoughts were exposed, she bit her lower lip and looked away, looking very conflicted.

"Wait for me!" Suddenly, she said this and rushed into the bathroom.

There was the sound of rushing water, as if it was washing something.