On the Ark.

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A few minutes later, Saria led Lin Ye aside and handed Eyjafjalla's medical examination over to the other medical operators. Himeru followed them out.

"It seems I've found you another not-so-easy job." Saria, afraid that Eyjafjalla would hear Lin Ye's words, led him out of the medical department and spoke to him in the corridor. "Will you find it troublesome?"

Lin Ye shook his head and said, "It's not really a problem, I've been quite free lately anyway, but is this really a good idea? I know nothing about the work of your medical department."

"Are you really completely clueless?" Saria said with a smile. "I see you coming here every few days."

Lin Ye smiled rather awkwardly: "Well, it's all for work."

“Alright, enough joking around.” Saria’s smile faded as she said, “You’ve seen Eyjafjalla’s condition. Because of the Orivirus’s pressure on her brain nerves, her vision and hearing have deteriorated to a very bad level. This has seriously affected her life, and even… her life.”

"...So, since things have come to this point, it's probably better if you take charge yourself."

Himer took over the conversation, saying, "Of course we won't abandon Eyjafjalla; we'll keep an eye on her treatment. Saria's intention is to have you assist us."

Saria nodded: "Yes, that's what I mean."

"If that's the case, there's definitely no problem."

“I knew you wouldn’t refuse,” Saria said with a smile. “Although I don’t know how you did it, Eyjafjalla does have a subtle sense of closeness to you, probably because she can hear your voice. As her condition worsened, the world that Eyjafjalla saw and heard became increasingly monotonous. This inevitably affected her emotions, and emotions are always key to fighting illness.”

“I understand.” Lin Ye took a deep breath. “This is my job too.”

"Hmm... I almost forgot about your main job at Rhodes Island." Saria looked at Lin Ye, pondered for a moment, and said, "To be honest, you have too many secrets about you, even I'm curious. If Eyjafjalla's condition weren't a higher priority, I would have considered making you a research subject. I feel that it wouldn't be surprising if we found the key to curing Oripathy in your body."

Lin Ye's lips twitched slightly, and he gave an awkward laugh: "That's a bit too much."

Saria smiled and said, "Just kidding."

Hemer said irritably, "What time is it? You're still joking."

Saria immediately stopped laughing.

“Alright, Dr. Lin Ye,” Hermer said. “I’ll give you Eyjafjalla’s information in a bit. Take it back and take a look. I’ll leave this child to you.”

Lin Ye nodded: "No problem."

"Also, do you understand what Saria meant just now?"

"Huh?" Lin Ye didn't react. "What do you mean?"

Hamer said, "Saria wants you to take care of her as her attending physician, not as her psychologist."

"...What's the difference?" Lin Ye couldn't quite understand.

Himer sighed softly: "Because this is a child who doesn't want to cause trouble for others. If he knew that he would need a psychologist to take care of him, he would probably overthink it."

After Himer's explanation, Lin Ye finally understood what Saria meant and nodded gently: "I understand."

“Of course, this is just an identity. We will still be responsible for her treatment. You shouldn’t talk to her about medical matters,” Hermer said. “Because she’s not a medical novice. She’s an intern in our medical department. You could say that she knows everything you know, and she also knows things you don’t.”

...Nonsense, would she get sterilized?

Lin Ye couldn't help but complain in his heart.

Halfway through her sentence, Himer sighed again: "She really is an outstanding child. She's intelligent, capable, and possesses exceptional magical abilities. If it weren't for Oripathy, no one knows where her future would have been."

Lin Ye sensed the sadness in Himer's words and guessed that she was probably thinking of Ifrit through Eyjafjalla. So Lin Ye wanted to say something to comfort Himer, but before he could speak, Saria patted Himer's shoulder and said softly, "Don't worry, everything will be alright, whether it's Eyjafjalla or Ifrit."

Himer nodded.

Next, Lin Ye followed Himer back to the medical department and obtained Eyjafjalla's information. Before he could even look at it, Sussuro informed Lin Ye that Eyjafjalla's medical examination was complete and the report would be delivered to him in a day. Although it wasn't particularly useful, it would still allow Lin Ye to better understand Eyjafjalla's physical condition.

After that, Lin Ye went to find Eyjafjalla.

When I saw Eyjafjalla again, she was standing at the entrance of the medical department, surrounded by several black sheep.

"Eyjafjalla?" Lin Ye walked towards Eyjafjalla, then looked at the sheep beside her with some confusion. "Are these your pets?"

Eyjafjalla turned around and nodded nervously, "Yes, yes, senior."

"I'm here, you've turned in the wrong direction."

"oh oh."

Lin Ye found the black sheep quite interesting, so he reached out to touch them.

Eyjafjalla sensed something and said urgently, "No, senior, you'll get burned!"

"Huh?" Lin Ye rubbed Eyjafjalla's fluffy head, looking at her with some confusion. "What did you say?"

Eyjafjalla didn't speak, because she heard her little black sheep making a comfortable "baa" sound.

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Author's note: I'm going to an event tonight, I'll try to update as much as possible~

Chapter 412 The Reasons for Becoming a Messenger of Natural Disasters (Part 1)

There are quite a few operators on Rhodes Island who keep pets, but none like Eyjafjalla who keeps so many sheep at once. These black sheep gathered around Eyjafjalla, and with the long, narrow staff in her hand, she didn't look like a messenger of the Scourge or a caster, but rather like a shepherd girl, which was quite amusing.

Lin Ye stroked the head of each sheep, finding it quite pleasant to the touch. Satisfied, he stood up and said to Eyjafjalla, "Your sheep are quite well-behaved."

Eyjafjalla said weakly, "Actually, they are quite xenophobic and often burn people."

"A burn?" Lin Ye was somewhat surprised. "How could it be a burn? Shouldn't it be a bite?"

Eyjafjalla shook her head and said, "They don't bite, or rather, they don't attack people. They just generate extremely high temperatures when they are stressed, which is their self-protection mechanism."

It generates high temperatures in extremely hot weather... Lin Ye felt that this concept sounded familiar. He thought for a moment and asked, "Aren't your little sheep called Heavenly Fire?"

"Skyfire?" Eyjafjalla tilted her head, somewhat confused. "They're not called Skyfire, they're called Blackie."

"Um... don't mind it, I was just joking. Also, don't tell Tianhuo that." Thinking of Tianhuo's volatile temper, Lin Ye quickly coughed twice for his own safety and changed the subject. "Don't worry, your little lambs won't hurt me. I'm a friend of animals. No matter what kind of animal it is, they'd be too busy being close to me to hurt me."

"Is that so?" Eyjafjalla said. "You're amazing, senior."

"It's nothing special." Lin Ye glanced at his phone and realized there was still some time before he got off work, so he simply said to Eyjafjalla, "Is there anything I can help you with? If not, you can come and sit at my place for a while."

Eyjafjalla nodded obediently: "You are my senior, I will listen to you."

So Lin Ye led Eyjafjalla to his office, with Eyjafjalla following behind him. The flock of sheep following behind Eyjafjalla attracted a lot of attention. Then Lin Ye asked about the origin of the little black sheep, and Eyjafjalla replied, "These were left to me by my mother."

"Really? That's a very precious gift."

“Yes,” Eyjafjalla said softly, “so I will always keep them with me.”

As they were talking, someone walked towards them. Lin Ye wanted to remind Eyjafjalla, but then he noticed that Eyjafjalla had also stopped and made way for the person. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Did you see that person from just now?"

"Ok?"

"It's the one that just walked by," Lin Ye said. "I thought you couldn't see it clearly, and I was just about to remind you to be careful so you don't bump into it."

“Hmm…it is indeed a bit hard to see,” Eyjafjalla said. “However, I can feel the body temperature of the people around me. If someone is walking towards me, I can sense it in advance, so I won’t bump into them.”

He could even feel the body temperature of the people around him; it seemed somewhat like heavenly fire. Lin Ye pondered.

Eyjafjalla said, "So don't worry about me bumping into you, senior. I can feel your temperature and will keep a distance from you... Ouch."

Before she could finish speaking, she missed a step and fell forward, crashing headfirst into Lin Ye's back. Fortunately, given her size, the impact was minimal for Lin Ye... oh, it did hurt a little, because he'd been poked by her horn. But it wasn't enough to knock him over, so Lin Ye straightened up, preventing Eyjafjalla from falling to the ground.

"I'm so sorry, senior." Eyjafjalla covered her forehead and immediately took a step back. "I... I didn't see where I was standing. I definitely didn't mean to!"

"I don't think you did it on purpose... Don't be nervous," Lin Ye said. "But you should still be careful, it can be dangerous if you can't see the road clearly."

“...I usually let the little black ones go first,” Eyjafjalla said weakly. “They help me scout the way.”

Hmm, so you mean it's my fault?

Well, since things have come to this point, he absolutely cannot be worse than the sheep. So for the rest of the journey, Lin Ye reminded Eyjafjalla to watch out for the "road conditions" ahead almost every few steps, and reminded her to walk carefully and be careful not to fall.

It was like a helpful GPS, guiding Eyjafjalla all the way to his office, and Eyjafjalla's face turned bright red.

"S-senpai," Eyjafjalla finally mustered her courage and stammered to Lin Ye, "You don't need to do this. I'm a messenger of natural disasters, I'm not that fragile. Your constant talking makes me a little nervous."

"Really? Okay, then I won't say anything more." Lin Ye also felt that reporting the traffic conditions all the time was too much of a waste of breath, so he agreed to Eyjafjalla's request. "The room on your left is my office. Go in."

"Hmm." Eyjafjalla nodded, then turned around and bumped into the wall.

Lin Ye: "..."

A few minutes later, Lin Ye put a band-aid on Eyjafjalla's forehead.

Eyjafjalla lowered her head and said softly, "It wasn't like this before. Although I could't see the road very well, I never kept bumping into walls. It's all because I was too nervous."

"Nervous? Why would I be nervous?" Lin Ye was somewhat speechless. "Do I look like the Big Bad Wolf?"

"Grandma Wolf?"

"He's a bad person."

Eyjafjalla immediately shook her head and explained, "Of course not, how could you be a bad person? I just... haven't heard anyone speak to me so clearly in a long time. Because I have to wear hearing aids most of the time, but hearing aids feel strange."

After hearing Eyjafjalla's words, Lin Ye felt even more sorry for this kind-hearted girl.

"It's alright," Lin Ye said softly. "Everything will be alright. Sooner or later, you'll return to normal."

Eyjafjalla pursed her lips and gave a soft "hmm," but Lin Ye detected a hint of absent-mindedness in her voice.

Perhaps it was because, as an expert, she currently lacked the technology to cure her illness; at most, she could only delay it, so she hadn't held out much hope. Lin Ye sighed softly to himself, then decided to temporarily skip the topic: "I heard you're a messenger of natural disasters?"

"Yes, senior."

"That's really impressive," Lin Ye said with a smile. "Why would you want to become a messenger of natural disasters?"

Eyjafjalla was silent for a moment before saying, "Because it's the will of my parents..."

"The will of the parents?"

“Yes.” Eyjafjalla nodded. “I want to prove their worth.”

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Author's note: I'll only update 5K today. I'll be out all day tomorrow, but I'll try to update as much as possible.

Chapter 413 The Reasons for Becoming a Messenger of Natural Disasters (Part 2)

How can we prove their worth?