Speaking of this, as if the events imagined subconsciously had already happened, a hint of blush couldn't help but rise on Evelyn's originally indifferent face.
Andrew watched her, maintaining his poker face.
However, the rosiness on her cheeks and the involuntarily shy movements of her body transformed her from an emotionless figure into the peerless beauty that was Evelyn.
Looking at Evelyn before him, Andrew's heart couldn't help but skip a violent beat.
But sensing a slight anomaly earlier, he opened his mouth to ask:
"Although I'm very happy you came specifically to find me, Eve... but speaking of which, don't you need to protect Astra's safety right now?"
Hearing Andrew's question, Evelyn's originally flat gaze instantly and unconsciously dodged for a split second. Immediately after, as if it were merely Andrew's illusion, her expression returned to normal.
Subsequently, Evelyn said seriously:
"It doesn't matter. Ever since that sudden attack by the Vanishing Wolves, the security intensity DGA Entertainment arranged for the Young Miss has increased significantly."
Although Evelyn tried her best to conceal it, a trace of unnaturalness still unconsciously appeared on her face.
It was just that this trace of unnaturalness was extremely subtle. So, although Andrew, who had trusted her completely from the start, instinctively detected something wrong, his subconscious mind ignored it out of trust.
Therefore, Andrew didn't notice Evelyn's slightly unnatural expression at all.
Evelyn continued:
"Besides, she is recording the program in a closed set. Plus, after you modified 'Hemiola' earlier, with Hemiola's enhancement, the Young Miss's self-preservation ability is already much stronger than before."
"So, the recording period at the program site has thoroughly become my free time. I only need to pick her up after she finishes recording."
Without waiting for Andrew's reaction, Evelyn quickly stepped up to Andrew's side. Not giving him any time to react or ruminate, she leaned gently against his body.
Then, she leaned close to Andrew's ear and whispered:
"Also, I've already received news from Belle that you have nothing to do for the next few days. So, in this rare free time, let me properly comfort you~"
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Speed Version:
Evelyn secretly ate her fill without eating the dinner Andrew made.
(Original version in group chat)
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"Well then, I'll go pick up the Young Miss now."
Following a light kiss that carried a trace of reluctance, Evelyn maintained her calm expression and continued:
"The Young Miss will be recording programs for this entire period, including times later when she has events but can't let you participate. As long as you contact me, I can perform comfort work for you anytime, just like this."
Although her expression was flat and she called it work, coming from Evelyn, whose face still carried a pink flush, it inexplicably sounded more like a husband and wife engaging in some sort of roleplay.
To be honest, for a moment, Andrew felt even more turned on.
As Evelyn, her face still carrying a tidal flush of pink, tidied up her clothes and left, Andrew still hadn't discovered where that slight anomaly he felt earlier actually lay.
However, relying on his keen observational skills, he still detected that something was off about Evelyn's demeanor.
He just felt that today's Evelyn seemed to occasionally show a sense of guilt, as if...
As if she was hiding something?
But looking around and reviewing the events of the past two days, Andrew didn't find any so-called anomalies or concealed matters.
Scratching his head in confusion, Andrew, who was clueless, simply decided not to dwell on it.
After all, if it were something truly important, Evelyn wouldn't possibly hide it from him. And since she was hiding it, it meant the matter itself wasn't actually very important.
Probably.
As if his intuition was sounding an alarm, for some reason, when Andrew thought of this sentence this time, he wasn't as firm as before.
It was as if Evelyn had really learned to be bad and was hiding something.
But how many days had it been since Evelyn broke away from the organization?
So it shouldn't be... right?
However, because he had pulled an all-nighter yesterday and had been busy all day today, neither the remaining time nor his energy was enough to support Andrew in continuing to process materials and craft armor for the three of them.
Normally, just simply not sleeping for one night wouldn't drain Andrew's energy to this extent.
So the fundamental reason was still that battle with Hoshimi Miyabi.
The battle with Hoshimi Miyabi this morning was simply too mentally exhausting. As a powerful Void Hunter, although they were outside the Hollow...
With limited Ether energy, she couldn't fully exert her strength.
However, a Void Hunter is a Void Hunter.
Sufficiency of Ether energy could only be said to be icing on the cake for her. Even without Ether energy, Hoshimi Miyabi herself possessed incomparably powerful strength.
So, although Andrew gained a lot from that battle, as time passed, Hoshimi Miyabi became more and more serious.
At the same time, as Andrew was constantly defending against her attacks, the energy he consumed grew rapidly.
And what happened afterward could be considered to have properly relaxed Andrew's spirit.
After Belle and Evelyn took turns, Andrew, who had thoroughly relaxed, fell into a deep sleep in the tidied-up room with satisfaction.
Nothing was said all night.
In the early morning, after sufficient rest, Andrew, who had fully recovered his spirit, began to get busy in the workshop.
No matter how perfect the Paolumu fur itself was, as long as it was fur, it couldn't be made into armor or clothes before being processed.
So before using it to make equipment, all the fur had to be properly treated and processed in advance before it could be made into wearable clothing.
And the first step in processing fur was scraping off the oil and removing dirt.
No matter how clean and neat the carving technique was, when the fur was carved off, there would inevitably be many impurities left on it.
Fat, residual meat, blood stains.
As long as it was carved fur, the existence of these things was inevitable.
If one didn't want the clothes made to start emitting the smell of rotting meat within a few days, then cleaning it with tools was a mandatory step.
Previously, in the world of Monster Hunter, Andrew would use a specially made bamboo knife to scrape.
But in New Eridu, Andrew chose the more easily accessible electrician's knife.
Normally, to prevent static electricity, the direction of hair growth needed to be sheathed over a rubber rod during processing.
But the Paolumu's body was simply like a Pokémon Farfetch'd that came with its own seasoning.
The rubbery shell on its tail was the most perfect large piece of rubber substance needed for anti-static purposes when processing its fur.
It could be called a model example of 'the antidote must be within three steps'.
And after gently scraping off all the retained body tissue with the knife, the next step was further degreasing.
To prevent local rot, the entire pelt needed to be completely soaked in alkaline water.
So, Andrew directly used an inflatable pool on the rooftop terrace to create a huge low-concentration alkaline water bath as a container for soaking.
But even this just barely managed to soak the entire pelt inside.
And the low-concentration alkaline water used as pool water could actually also prevent damage to the hair.
Compared to the speed of scraping impurities, where practice made perfect allowing it to be done in just about an hour, this soaking step required five to six hours to complete.
And this was because the fur was fresh.
If it were dried or salt-dried fur, the time would directly double to twenty hours, or even up to twenty-four hours to get it done.
And during this waiting time.
Idle with nothing to do, Andrew simply started processing a pile of Jagras skins that had accumulated in the workroom due to the past few days of hunting but were basically useless.
To be honest, Andrew hadn't planned to process them at all.
After all, the Jagras itself was small, and its skin was useless no matter where it was put.
And Andrew showed no mercy when hunting Jagras.
Often, a small Jagras would be cut to pieces under Andrew's dagger, or directly smashed by Andrew's fist, making it unusable.
One couldn't blame Andrew for not caring about preservation during the hunt.
After all, the strength of this thing wasn't even as good as the Paolumu. Andrew really couldn't think of what use this material would have after being processed.
It was just that, as the saying goes, being idle is being idle.
Since it was all processing fur, rather than piling it here waiting for it to rot, Andrew decided to process it together.
As for specifically how...
That could be discussed later.
Doing this now was purely to find something to do while saving the trouble of specially mixing another pool of low-concentration alkaline water later. This could be considered making the best use of everything.
It wasn't until finally, when Andrew washed the soaked Paolumu fur clean, that the touch no longer had the smell of alkaline water or the slippery feel of grease.
Looking at the perfectly processed snow-white fur in front of him.
Andrew nodded with satisfaction.
Now, this Paolumu fur had thoroughly turned into material that could be used to make clothes.
And this simple step of basic rinsing had already kept Andrew busy from the crack of dawn until noon.
But the production still hadn't started.
Although the basic materials were processed, Andrew encountered a difficult problem before making them.
That was, what exactly should the clothes look like?
Since it wasn't being made as pure armor anyway, naturally, in terms of style, he should choose the type that looked better.
It was just that although the intention was good, the specific style design of this clothing left Andrew unable to come up with an idea for a while.
After all, if you asked Andrew to think about modifying armor, he could talk logically and endlessly.
But if you asked him to design women's equipment.
Then Andrew would only have a face full of blankness.
After all, his previous forging was basically DIY-ing his own armor, or making equipment for his own use. The number of times he made things for women could be said to be almost zero.
However, speaking of improvements in styling design...
Andrew instantly thought of a very good person to ask.
That was Astra Yao, who had managed to style Evelyn into her current incredibly attractive look.
As a genius recognized by fans.
Astra Yao's genius was never limited solely to music.
The reason her genius in music was more famous was purely because that was what she loved, so she poured most of her learning energy into aspects related to being an idol.
But this didn't mean she was short in other aspects.
As a young girl.
Given that she already did research on dressing and styling herself, plus the fact that styling design was related to concert performances.
So at least in terms of clothing styling and design, many of her concert stage costumes and scene decorations actually followed her suggestions.
In terms of image design, her strength was also incomparably strong.
In the design of women's clothing, Astra Yao was much stronger than Andrew, whose few creative ideas for equipment were about how to match them to look more like Kamen Rider armor or Gundam.
Likewise, she was also much stronger than Belle, who liked abstract styles, and Evelyn, who didn't understand this aspect at all.
No sooner said than done. Andrew took out his phone and decisively sent a 'Knock-Knock' message to Astra Yao.
"MeowscularAreCutestInTheWorld: Astra, do you have time to come to the smithy? I have some questions I want to ask you."
And as soon as Andrew's message was sent, it was read almost instantly on Astra Yao's end.
Then came a swift reply:
"Messy Fried Rice: Good, good! I'm coming right away, wait for me Andrew!"
?
Didn't Evelyn say Astra Yao was busy recording programs these past two days?
How did she reply that she's coming right away?
However, facts proved that Astra Yao didn't lie.
Less than half an hour after receiving her reply, accompanied by a gentle knock on the door, Astra Yao, wearing a pair of sunglasses, appeared at the door of Andrew's workshop.
But behind her, having come here alone, the figure of Evelyn did not appear.
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