On the Ark.

"I thought you knew a lot about the first snow."

“Why would I, a grown man, know so much about a female operator?” Ansel said.

Lin Ye was at a loss for words.

Because he forgot.

He forgot that although his roommate was an adorable-looking rabbit-person, he was still a male creature at heart...

"Is Horn Peak planning to send you to find Snowflake and persuade her to return to Kjerag?" Ansel asked.

Lin Ye nodded: "He does hope I can help him."

"So what do you think?"

"I'm not entirely sure either. After all, I've never met Frostleaf, and today is only the first day I've met Cliffheart. But it's easy to guess. Giving up a perfectly good saintess position to come to Rhodes Island as an operator must have a reason. After all, looking at Frostleaf's photos, she doesn't seem like an immature person. If she has her reasons, then it's really not appropriate for me to advise her." Lin Ye felt a headache coming on. "In the end, this is not something I should be doing at all. I'm just a psychologist. It's one thing to take care of demons occasionally, but to persuade a saintess to go home? What's going on? It's not as good as when I was in Chernobog."

Ansel instinctively asked why, and then immediately regretted it.

"Because all I need to do at the pet hospital is my job," Lin Ye said. "Giving pets injections, medicine, and spaying/neutering..."

Snapped.

Ansel slammed the book on the table, glared at Lin Ye, turned off the light, and went to bed.

Lin Ye was left alone in the darkness, completely bewildered.

What's wrong with this?

Chapter Thirty-Six: This isn't medicine, it's jackfruit.

"Ah, Mr. Lin Ye, you've arrived very early today." Outside the ICU, a girl with purple hair and devil horns opened the door for Lin Ye with a smile. "We haven't called you yet, and Sister Nightingale hasn't gotten up yet."

Lin Ye sighed, "I was afraid you'd call me. I didn't want to be late this time, so I came first. Hello, Furong."

Hibiscus is one of the medical team members and the doctor responsible for taking care of Nightingale. She was the one who called Lin Ye around this time yesterday, sounding extremely anxious, as if the sky were falling, which hastily persuaded Lin Ye to come... well, "persuade" isn't quite accurate. Because without the use of neurotoxins, none of the other operators here, even Shining, could effectively approach Nightingale, so Lin Ye came. Then Lin Ye figured that since Nightingale had stayed with him all day yesterday without incident, there was a high probability the medical team would also leave Nightingale with him today. Rather than waiting for them to call and urge him, he might as well get up early and come ahead of time.

It was still dark, and Lin Ye had returned to his old routine from Chernobog. However, he hadn't really slept in much since arriving in this world; it was different from the real world, and there was no way he could relax.

More importantly, Lin Ye's sleeping environment had been terrible these past two days. His lop-eared rabbit had been grinding its teeth for three days straight, and although Lin Ye had prepared by stuffing two wads of cotton into its ears last night, it did have some effect—the annoying teeth grinding stopped—the feeling of having foreign objects in its ears wasn't pleasant, resulting in still only so-so sleep quality.

Ugh, I wish I could have a different roommate.

As Lin Ye pondered this, he followed Fu Rong into the intensive care unit.

Watching Furong's retreating figure, Lin Ye suddenly seemed to remember something and asked, "Speaking of which, Furong, you're also a Sarkaz, right?"

“Yes,” Hibiscus skipped along, “I’m the devil you all talk about too.”

"...Do all demons like being healers?"

“Not all of them. My sister, Flamebringer, is a combat mage.” Fleur stuck out her tongue and said with a smile, “I chose to become a healer because I don’t have the same combat talent as my sister. Actually, my sister and I both came to Rhodes Island to treat patients at first, but later we found that my abilities could help other people, which made me very happy. Flamebringer is the same; she thinks saving others is a very cool thing.”

Lin Ye nodded.

Good heavens! The demons here dream of "world peace." If even demons are so positive, then wouldn't angels be the embodiment of truth, goodness, and beauty?

Lin Ye couldn't help but become curious about the "angel race"—Sarkata—whom he had never met before.

Furong led Lin Ye to the room where Nightingale was resting and stopped.

"Nightingale is still sleeping," Hibiscus asked. "Do you want to go in and wake her?"

"Then I'll wait outside for a bit..."

"You should go in and call her, or you'll be late again." As she spoke, Furong took out a medicine bottle from her pocket. "And this, remember."

Lin Ye's eyes widened: "Why do I have to feed her medicine again! Shouldn't this be the job of your medical staff?"

"There's nothing we can do. Right now, apart from you and Sister Flash, no one else can get close to Sister Nightingale," Hibiscus said, shrugging helplessly.

"...Where's Shining?"

"Huh? Shining hasn't told you yet?" Fleur said, somewhat surprised. "She's no longer on Rhodes Island."

Lin Ye was stunned.

“Don’t misunderstand, Shining went on a mission. She left last night with Nearl,” Hibiscus said. “It was probably too late, so she didn’t tell you. As one of Rhodes Island’s best medical operators, Shining rarely stays at Rhodes Island headquarters. She and Nearl are in the same group and often go on some unexpected missions.”

Lin Ye breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought something had happened."

Hibiscus smiled and said confidently, "Don't worry, Shining is the most powerful Sarkaz. If she weren't unwilling to draw her sword, no one could defeat her."

"That's true, after all, he's a Sword Saint."

"Hehe. But while Sister Flash is away, I'll have to trouble you to take extra care of Sister Nightingale."

Having said all that, Lin Ye could only accept the medicine bottle with a wry smile.

“Although I can understand Nightingale’s resistance to this medicine, there’s no other way. In order to live longer, infected people can’t live without it.” Hibiscus pointed to the medicine bottle in Lin Ye’s hand and said quite seriously, “So for Nightingale’s health, please make sure she takes it.”

Lin Ye suddenly felt a heavy burden on his shoulders, so he nodded solemnly: "Don't worry, I'll stuff it into Nightingale's mouth even if I have to."

Furong: "???"

"Alright, I'll go call her then." Lin Ye was about to push open the door when Fu Rong called him back.

"Wait a minute." Hibiscus ran off and then ran back, carrying a cup of warm water. "If Sister Nightingale doesn't want to drink it, you can dissolve the pills in the water and make her drink it. That's how we deal with children who don't want to take medicine."

Lin Ye was stunned: "Why didn't you say so sooner if you had such a good method?"

Furong immediately looked away, whistling guiltily.

……

The nightingale was still asleep, in that same sleeping position that looked so insecure.

Despite being called a demon, Nightingale, from a certain perspective, looks more like a little lamb, and her sleeping posture is quite adorable. If one could capture her in this state and post it on the internet in my past life, it would surely garner a bunch of "WTMSB" comments from otaku.

Ugh, shut-ins are disgusting.

"Nightingale, Nightingale." Lin Ye went up and nudged Nightingale. "It's time for you to get up."

Nightingale slowly opened her eyes, still groggy: "Pineapple bun?"

"Who the hell are you calling a pineapple bun... Fine, I am a pineapple bun, get up now."

Nightingale sat up in bed, still looking sleepy, probably like Lin Ye, she hadn't slept well last night. Seeing Nightingale yawning and rubbing her eyes, Lin Ye had a sudden thought; this was an opportunity!

"Nightingale," he said gently, stroking her hair, "come on, it's time for your medicine."

Upon hearing the words "take medicine," Nightingale's spirits immediately lifted, and her eyes, which had been hazy from sleep, gradually cleared.

“No,” Nightingale said. “I want a pineapple bun.”

Tsk, the raid failed. It seems this devil isn't as stupid as he thought.

Fortunately, Lin Ye was prepared and immediately put away the medicine bottle. Then he took out the boiled water that Furong had given him. He had already added the pills to it before coming in: "If you don't want to take it, that's fine. I won't force you. But it's okay to drink a glass of water. It's always good to drink a glass of warm water in the morning."

Although Nightingale's eyes brightened, she was still a little dazed. When she saw Lin Ye hand her a glass of water instead of pills, she instinctively wanted to take it, since she was thirsty after sleeping all night.

Then, both her and Lin Ye's hands stopped halfway in the middle.

The warm water in the cup had turned a dark yellow color and was constantly bubbling, as if it had boiled.

Lin Ye's face immediately turned green.

Who the hell dares to call this kind of thing warm, boiling, or water?

The nightingale naturally became suspicious: "What is this?"

Fortunately, Lin Ye's mind worked quickly. After thinking for a while, he calmly said...

"This is jackfruit."

Author's BB:

Staying in Rhodes Island all the time is getting boring, so we're getting ready to send the protagonist on a mission. Which operator would you like to see on the first mission? If you want a male operator, please vote; if you want a female operator, please vote; if you want Ansel, please…

Chapter Thirty-Seven: A Sudden Commission

As soon as Fen entered the reception room, she greeted Zilan, who was already sitting there drinking coffee: "Hey, Zilan, you're here really early."

Zilan put down her coffee and said elegantly, "I'm so sorry to bother you again."

“That’s not how it works. Anyway, it’s pretty boring for me to be on duty alone,” Finn said. “Besides, if anything really happens, you can help me. There are a lot of things I really don’t know how to solve. Ah, I wish Amiya could come back soon.”

“I also really hope Amiya comes back soon,” Zilan said. “That way I can go back to my office.”

Is that Lin Ye still using your office?

“Well, Lin Ye isn’t the key, it’s Nightingale that’s the main issue,” Zilan said softly. “My office is a completely new environment for Nightingale. The medical team hopes that Nightingale can come out of her closed-off state of mind, so changing her environment is essential. Besides, Nightingale does like to be around Lin Ye, so I can only cooperate and come to bother you.”

"I already said you didn't bother me at all." Fen placed her backpack on the desk and then untied it. "I was just about to work on some documents, can you help me?"

Zilan smiled and said, "It's my honor."

Fen took out a stack of documents, then gave half to Zilan, saying, "Speaking of which, I haven't met Lin Ye yet, even though I was the first person to get information about him."

Are you too busy?

“Yes, I’m so busy I’m dizzy.” Finn tilted her head and complained, “I have no idea how Amiya and the Doctor manage to handle so many documents. Looking at all this dense text is driving me crazy. So I’m really not suited for clerical work. I’m better suited for running errands and going on missions.”

“Stop complaining, you’re the captain now.” Zilan said while looking at the documents Fen had given her. “To keep Rhodes Island running like a giant ‘battleship,’ every aspect has to be meticulous. But you’re right, Amiya is indeed outstanding. In my memory, the Doctor doesn’t participate much in Rhodes Island’s own affairs. Amiya is in charge of all the daily work, and she does it very well.”

Finn sighed: "That's why I can't compare to Amiya. If Rhodes Island had stayed in my hands, it probably wouldn't have lasted more than a few months before going bankrupt."

“Then I should be a bit better than you,” Zilan said, “at least I can last another month.”

The two smiled at each other.

“Come on, come on,” Fen said with a smile. “Then let me see what you’re capable of.”

“Just watch.” Zilan took out a document. “Let me learn from Amiya… Hmm, this is a request.”

"What kind of commission?" Finn asked. "Is it a pharmaceutical commission? If so, we can take it. If not, forget it. We don't have many people available right now."

Zilan quickly read through the contents of the commission, and her expression gradually changed. Finally, she smiled wryly and said, "This is indeed a tricky task. The other party needs us to escort a batch of goods. Is this a hired operation?"

“Yeah, of course it’s hiring.” Finn was still somewhat dismissive. “We can just refuse hiring requests. We don’t have any operators to send out right now.”

"It's really hard to refuse this."

"Ok?"