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"Did she specifically ask you not to tell Hemo?" Ashe asked, "But once she comes, how can she hide it from Hemo? Isn't she also going to join the medical department?"

"The love-hate relationship between operators is not under my jurisdiction." The doctor shrugged: "I just followed the operator's wishes and kept their entry information confidential. She was probably worried that Hemo heard the news of her arrival." Let's take Ifrit away in advance."

What can Ashe say?Ash could only sigh.

After returning to the dormitory, Ashe carefully read Ifrit's medical records.

The situation is even more serious than he imagined. Ifrit's origin stone crystal blood fusion rate has reached the critical point in the conventional sense. In other words, in ordinary people, this level of ore disease should have turned her into a human being. The source stone then exploded.

But for some reason, Ifrit was still able to maintain normal physiological activities, and the Rhode Island Medical Department specially marked it in the remarks column: Rhine Life's suspected technology.

God knows what experiments those guys did for her.

What attracted Ai Xi's attention the most was that it was repeatedly mentioned in the medical report that every time Ifrit enters the dreamland, she almost always dreams of "a monster covered in flames", and every time she has an emotional outburst, she will also have auditory hallucinations and Phantom phenomenon.

Is that the so-called "Blaze Demon"?

Ashe rubbed her forehead, put down the medical records, and pondered.

He has already finalized the purpose of this half month, first, to treat Ifrit's ore disease as much as possible, and second, to restore the relationship between Hemo and Seriya as much as possible, so that these three people can form a normal family.

After all, he was leaving in half a month, and it was fine if he didn't know the situation of Hemo and Saria before. Now that he saw such a bad situation, it was absolutely impossible for him to let it go.

Saria and Homer were his half-parents, and he sincerely hoped that they would live a happy and peaceful life—just like he hoped for Lapland and Texas.

How to do it, however, is another question.

Ashe's blood-eating talent can suppress the progress of ore disease to a certain extent, but it's hard to say how much it can do to the severity of Ifrit.

Of course, try or have to try.

In addition, Ashe still has no clue about the relationship between Hemo and Saria. He doesn't know the root cause of the breakup between the two.

This matter still needs to be kept secret from Hemer, and he will go to interview with Serena after she lands on the island.

Ah, speaking of which, I'm going to see Saria again...

His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by emotions, and Ashe's face was complicated. Thinking of the absurd story seven years ago, he felt at a loss, not knowing how to get along with Serena.

Forget it, the soldiers will block the water and cover it with soil, and the boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge.

Ashe sighed, got up and went to the kitchen to make dinner for herself.

After eating, he lay on the bed for a while, and he didn't leave for Hemer's bedroom until after eleven o'clock in the evening.

According to the schedule given by Ifrit, she should have fallen asleep by this time.

After knocking lightly on the door, Hemer quickly opened the door.

She didn't seem to be surprised by Ashe's appearance, she just made a silence gesture with her fingers, and led him quietly through the living room and into her bedroom.

"Ifrit just fell asleep."

After closing the door and locking it, Hemo said softly, "The sound insulation in this room is not bad, don't worry about being heard by her."

"Sorry... I just left without waking you up." Ashe said another thing, "I still don't know how to get along with Ifrit...with a new identity."

"Although this child has a bit of a naughty personality, it's actually not difficult to get along with." Hemo said, "If she knows that you were also an experimental subject of Rhine Life, and I was responsible for the same, with this layer of identity and sense of identity, she Should be able to accept you."

After a pause, she said, "Of course, if you want to wait for a while, it's not impossible."

Ashe scratched his head, feeling a little distressed. He didn't know if Hemer had really misunderstood, or if he deliberately avoided talking about it. In terms of Hemer's relationship, he and Ifrit naturally have no problem, so it's fine to treat him as a brother , but what about Sereya?

In terms of Serena's relationship, is he considered Ifrit's brother, or... father?

God, it's so messy... Ashe shook her head, putting aside these messy thoughts.

"I came to test one thing." Ashe briefly explained the existence of the talent of blood food. Of course, in order to prevent hope from turning into disappointment, he specially emphasized that blood food has limited filtering effect on ore disease.

Hemo's eyes really lit up, and even after hearing Ashe's emphasis, her voice still trembled a little: "Really? That's great, it's really great...Okay, let's go now."

"Give Ifrit a sedative first. This ability will be more painful to use. It's best not to let her know until the curative effect is confirmed." Ashe said.

Hemer calmed down, and according to Ashe's instructions, first brought a painless sedative (in order to prevent Ifrit from going berserk, she always had it), and put it on Ifrit, and then brought him to Eve Lee's bedroom.

Ifrit's bedroom is more girlish than Ashe imagined. He thought that according to the child's violent temper, the room would be filled with weapon models or something, but in fact it was still full of dolls.

Of course, besides the doll, there was one other thing that attracted Ashe's attention.

That is a picture frame.

Inside, Saria, Hemo, and Ifrit stood on the grass. Ifrit happily held the hands of the two, while Saria, with a gentle expression, gently kissed Hemo's side face.

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Seeing this photo, Ashe's expression became a little subtle.

In his impression, before that absurd event happened, Hemer and Serena had a very close relationship, but they were concerned about the social gap between same-sex couples, so they never broke through the last piece of paper. A little timid, let alone in front of him, it is impossible to show such a bold act.

And after that absurd incident, the relationship between Hemer and Seriya fell to a freezing point, almost breaking.

His biggest reason and guilt for leaving Hemer and Saria was that he felt that his absurd behavior had damaged their relationship and committed an unforgivable crime.

But looking at it now... it seems that it was that absurd act that accidentally pierced the window paper between them and made their relationship develop by leaps and bounds?

No, no, no, you can't put gold on your own scandalous face, even if you don't have yourself, the paper between them will be torn as time goes by... This photo can only show that before the Balrog incident, the three of them They have indeed formed a happy family.

And his mission is to restore the happiness of this family before leaving.

Shaking her head and throwing away the distracting thoughts in her heart, Ashe glanced at Hemo cautiously. As expected, she was not facing the photo, but the corner of her eye also stayed on the photo frame, showing a bit of trance.

In her heart, she is also nostalgic for the scene at that time, right?

Ashe pondered.

"Let's get started. Ifrit has been sedated many times and is resistant. This needle won't last long."

Hemer spoke, interrupting Ashe's thoughts.

Ashe nodded, and turned her gaze back to Ifrit.

The little girl was wearing orange pajamas, sleeping curled up and hiding under the quilt, vaguely revealing the insecurity deep in her heart, different from the hospital gown in the daytime, the cool pajamas exposed a large area of ​​skin, also The pitch-black Originium crystals were exposed.

Ashe gently straightened her neck, bent down, showed her canine teeth, and bit down.

Even under the dual effects of sedatives and sleep, the severe pain still shocked Ifrit's conditioned reflex, and he frowned.

Hemo on the side unconsciously clenched his palms, his eyes showed anxiety, but he didn't move a single step.

Through the hollow tooth tube, the blood full of origin stone components trickled into Ashe's mouth.

The moment the blood entered, Ashe frowned.

The taste of this blood is completely different from that of Lapland. Although both have the unique bad taste of origin stone crystals, Ifrit's blood has a bit more burning sensation.

It was like a liquid that was heated to the point of boiling suddenly poured into the mouth, or like the heartburn experience of hyperacidity, the strange stimulation spread, and Ashe was a little caught off guard.

However, he couldn't get any useful information from this experience - since the blood food, he has sucked so few people, and the ore patients are only Laplande and Ifrit Two, maybe this burning sensation is a unique constitution of the individual?Or the severity of ore disease?

Ashe was a little uneasy, but it was impossible to stop, so she had to continue smoking.

In this way, it lasted for 3 minutes, and after filtering about 500cc of plasma, Ashe stopped, took the prepared glass, and spit the dark liquid into it.

"It turned out to be a real source stone sample..." Hemo took the glass cup, looking at the liquid in it, his eyes flickering, "Even the laboratory is difficult to achieve this level of purification—"

"You can take it for testing, or do some experiments, but remember not to let other members of the medical department know, especially Kelsey."

Ashe wiped the corner of her mouth: "I don't want to be caught as a test subject again."

"I understand." Hemer's expression gradually became serious. As a former senior executive of Rhine Life, she certainly knew what it would mean once Ashe's ability was discovered in this land where ore disease was rampant, and the "experiment" three This word hurt her nerves even more, she squeezed the glass tightly: "I...absolutely, I will never let you fall into that situation again."

"It doesn't have to be so serious." Ashe coughed dryly: "I was just joking. In fact, I have made many friends over the years. With them, no one who dares to treat me as a test subject has probably yet been born."

"Really?" Hemo was taken aback, with a strange expression on his face: "It seems that you have indeed experienced a lot in these years."

"If you are interested, I can tell you slowly." Ashe glanced at the sleeping Ifrit: "Let's go first, I also took a lot of sedative ingredients by the way, she probably woke up soon. "

Hemer nodded and led him back to his bedroom.

This time, after hesitating for a moment, Hemer still chose to lock the door behind him.

Aixi was standing by the bed and rinsing her mouth with tea, she was taken aback when she saw this, her eyes became a little strange.

"You can stay here and sleep tonight."

Hemo bit his lower lip lightly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Ifrit doesn't wake up until nine o'clock in the morning. I go to work at eight o'clock, so I won't bump into her."

No, no, that's not the problem...

Ashe looked strange.

To be honest, sleeping with Hemer is not a new experience. Seven years ago, he would sleep with either Hemer or Saria most of the time (according to the nightly duty schedule), and sometimes the two worked overtime together. Mo and Serea put him in the middle and slept like a family of three.

But this situation only lasted until that absurd past event. After that, Seliya was driven out by Hemer, and she couldn't see him at all, and Hemer himself began to consciously distance himself from him, or in other words, Keep a normal distance, not to mention sharing the same bed, even hugs are rare.

After all, the night he had an accident with Seliya, it happened after Seliya stayed on duty alone and the two of them went to bed at night...

Although seven years have passed, Hemer still hasn't forgotten about that incident, right?

Or, one on the bed, one on the floor, or something like that?

But Ashe looked around the room, and there was only room for a bed and a table. After all, Rhodes Island is a land mothership with limited space, and there is a limit to treating Hemer preferentially.

His expression became even weirder.

However, Hemo didn't look directly at him, nor did he explain his reasons. He went straight to the bed, opened the storage cabinet under the bed, took out a new set of pillows and sheets, and remade the bed.

Well, at least two quilts.

Ashe bravely stepped forward to help. After everything was packed, Hemer sat by the bed and silently took out his pajamas.

Ashe was familiar with this process, and she consciously turned her back on it. When Rhine was alive, although Hemer and Saria had an excessively close relationship with him, they still taught the basic differences between men and women.

However, when she turned her back, listening to the rubbing sound of her clothes and skin behind her, Ashe suddenly felt the burning sensation when she sucked Ifrit's blood.

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It was a weird feeling, like excess stomach acid surging up from her stomach pouch, burning her throat and making Ashe feel numb.

This was a feeling I had never experienced when I was with Laplande. The digestion ability of blood food was extremely powerful, and combined with the effect of the immortal body, it was impossible for any toxin to stay alive in his mouth for more than half a minute.

Is it psychological?

Ashe calmed down, trying to feel the burning sensation again, but it came and went quickly, and it was gone now.

Ashe frowned, but before he could think carefully, Hemer's voice came from behind: "Okay."

He subconsciously turned around and saw Hemer in pajamas.

Same as seven years ago, Hemer's pajamas were still the most conservative style. The light brown color was the same as her feathers, covering any body other than the hands, feet and head, and there was no confining effect to highlight the figure.

There is no sense of ambiguity, only the familiar warmth, a warm current surges in Ashe's heart, and she feels that the distance brought by time has been shortened a lot again.

Aixi had a shower when he came. Although he didn't bring his pajamas, his underwear was just changed, and it wasn't very dirty. He simply took off his coat, put on long johns, and tucked into the bed with Hemo.

The two pillows were so close that they could almost feel each other's breath.

At first, she was a little nervous, but after Hemo gently turned off the light and the darkness fell, Ashe soon felt relieved.

At this moment, he suddenly understood why Hemer asked him to stay and sleep.

If he was in his bedroom now, lying on the bed, after turning off the lights, he would probably have to toss and turn for a long time before he could barely fall asleep.

Because, as soon as he closed his eyes, his mind was full of Hemo's shadow.

To be precise, it was the details of Hemo, Saria and him getting along day and night seven years ago.

People's memory is always so magical. When you don't notice it, it seems to have dissipated with time, or it is buried in the bottom of the window, covered with dust, but there is always a moment, somewhere soft When something is touched by an unexpected scene, every detail will come to mind, no different from what happened just a quarter of an hour ago.

At this moment, he seemed to have returned to seven years ago, and he had auditory hallucinations in his ears, as if he could hear Hemer on the left and Seliya on the right, their rhythmic breathing one after another, will He surrounds.

Along with it, there is also the warmth called "home".

The feeling when being with the Sicilian lady is completely different, and it is even less hot than when sharing the bed with the teacher, and it is as warm as water.

Ah, no, it’s not good to compare my experience of sharing the same bed with different women at this time...

Ashe blinked, and suddenly had a strange thought.

"Can't you sleep either?"

Hemo's whisper interrupted his thoughts, she said softly: "If you can't sleep, why don't you tell me about your past years?"

It was no longer the same as the awkward silence when they first met. After repeatedly getting closer, he and she were finally able to discuss the stories of these years again.