On the Ark.

Leaping Wave Strike is indeed a powerful skill, but its drawbacks are also quite obvious. After using it, Lin Ye felt so much pain in his hands that he could barely lift them, and he could barely grip his sword. Night Blade had clearly noticed Lin Ye's condition, which is why he ended the training early.

"How long can you maintain that sword technique?" Yato asked Lin Ye.

Lin Ye shook his head: "I'm not too sure either, I haven't tried it yet."

“Then let’s try it tomorrow,” Yato said. “I was careless tonight, but I won’t be like that tomorrow. I also want to test the limits of your swordsmanship, so get some rest tonight. You don’t look like you’re in very good shape right now.”

Lin Ye nodded with a wry smile. He could foresee that tomorrow night would be anything but easy. Facing Nightblade at full strength, Lin Ye didn't think he had a chance of winning. Although he hadn't tried it yet, he knew that his Leaping Wave Strike could only last for about a minute at most, after which it wouldn't work. In other words, to defeat Nightblade, he had to do it within a minute.

That was absolutely impossible. After all, even with the Leaping Wave Strike activated, Lin Ye could only slightly contend with Yato in terms of strength; in other aspects, he was far inferior to Yato.

Yato seemed to have seen through Lin Ye's thoughts and comforted him, "Don't think too much about it. I'm not that petty. Tomorrow's sparring isn't about getting revenge or anything. I just think that this kind of sparring will help you improve faster and more. And you also need to know where your limits are when using that sword technique. As a swordsman, you should know these things."

Lin Ye took a deep breath and then nodded: "I understand. I will try to defeat you tomorrow as well."

Yato smiled and said, "That would be perfect."

The training ended there, and Lin Ye returned to his dormitory and naturally fell asleep immediately. He didn't know if it was because of the Leaping Wave Strike technique, but even though he had slept for almost a whole day, he was still incredibly sleepy at night, just like those first few days when he was training with Yato. But compared to those days, at least Lin Ye could be woken up by an alarm clock now.

The next day, Lin Ye woke up and was about to have breakfast when he found a text message in his phone inbox.

"Dr. Lin Ye, I'm entrusting Ifrit to you. Hemer."

Chapter 147 After taking care of one demon, another must be taken care of (Part 2) (3K)

If it weren't for this text message, Lin Ye would never have remembered the job that Hermer had entrusted to him—to take care of another unruly child.

No, it's a bear demon.

Thinking about this, Lin Ye felt a bit exhausted. He had barely finished taking care of one demon when he had to take care of another. What was this all about? It seemed Rhodes Island hadn't hired him as a psychologist at all, but rather to take care of unfortunate kids. In that case, his counseling center could be renamed a daycare center.

Moreover, compared to the well-behaved Nightingale, Ifrit was the other extreme—a complete brat. In his previous life, she would have scared away any otaku to the point of putting away their figurines. Her unruly nature was far beyond what Nightingale could match. But Lin Ye had no choice but to complain inwardly; after all, it was his job.

After tidying everything up, Lin Ye yawned and went to Ifrit's room to knock on the door.

"Ifrit!" Lin Ye called out as he knocked on the door, "Your mother asked me to take you to breakfast."

No one responded. Lin Ye checked the dormitory number and, finding that he hadn't gone to the wrong one, relaxed and continued knocking.

"Open the door, Ifrit." He knew very well that with a stubborn kid who wanted to stay in bed, you had to be persistent. "You have the guts to stay in bed, but not the guts to open the door? Open the door! Open the door now!"

Lin Ye knocked for more than ten minutes before the door finally opened slowly, and what he saw was the expressionless White Owl.

"A white-faced owl?" Lin Ye was taken aback. "How did you end up here?"

White Owl replied, "This is Operator White Owl's dormitory."

“But this isn’t Ifrit’s… Oh, you live with Ifrit.”

"This is a three-person dormitory. Operators Shiny and Mrs. Himeru live together with Ifrit."

"But weren't you supposed to be going out with Himer today?" Lin Ye asked, somewhat puzzled. "Why are you still here?"

"It's been cancelled at the last minute. Ms. Himer went out alone," said White Owl. "Dr. Lin, White Owl believes that knocking on the door so early in the morning is an unethical act."

"Oh."

"The white-faced owl cannot detect any remorse in your tone. Please try again."

"Come here my foot!" Lin Ye tapped the white-faced owl on the head and said irritably, "Look at the time! Himeru told me to take Ifrit to breakfast, where is Ifrit?"

The white-faced owl shook its head: "Ifrit is still sleeping."

"Tsk, couldn't you just go and wake her up?"

"Operator Shining is unable to fulfill your request; Shining's system needs a rest."

"Rest my foot! We all have to go to work!" Lin Ye said. "You haven't shown up at my place for two days. Are you planning to skip it again today?"

The white-faced owl asked, "What does 'pigeon' mean?"

Lin Ye explained.

The white-faced owl pondered for a moment and shook its head: "The white-faced owl doesn't think this is a pigeon, because the white-faced owl has important work to do, which was assigned by Miss Amiya. The white-faced owl has been working continuously for twenty hours and has just gone to sleep."

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing that White Owl had worked for twenty consecutive hours, Lin Ye felt a pang of guilt. He thought about how he himself slept during work hours and yet still expected the incredibly hardworking White Owl to come work for him. This was simply not something a normal person would do. So Lin Ye lowered his voice and said as gently as possible, "Then go back and get some sleep. Everything's fine with me; it's okay if you don't come."

The white-faced owl's ears twitched: "Thank you for your understanding."

"It's nothing. By the way, are you still busy with pharmaceutical orders?"

White Owl shook her head: "That's the pharmaceutical team's job. As a programmer at Rhodes Island, White Owl naturally does the work of a programmer."

"for example?"

“For example, the task that Miss Amiya assigned to me the day before yesterday,” White Owl replied, “to compile the work transfer records and attendance records of all registered operators on Rhodes Island over the past year, so as to make additional adjustments and distribute bonuses at the end of the year.”

"This is indeed a troublesome job. Is that why you didn't sleep all night?"

“Yes,” White Owl said slowly. “Operator White Owl must delete all of her absences and late arrivals from the database and change them to perfect attendance within ten hours in order to be rated as an outstanding employee and receive a reward.”

Lin Ye: "..."

At that moment, Lin Ye's guilt about slacking off and his admiration for White Owl's hard work vanished completely. His lips twitched, and he asked, "You only did this kind of thing all night?"

“Yes.” White Owl nodded, looking very tired. “Because there are too many absences and late arrival records of Operator White Owl, they have to be corrected one by one, which has taken up a lot of time.”

"...So how many shifts have you missed? Wait, why are you telling me this?"

Lin Ye looked at the white-faced owl with some confusion.

Then Lin Ye noticed that the white-faced owl's expression gradually became more and more confused, as if it were thinking, "Oh yeah, why did I say that?" or "Oh no, how could I have said something like that?" Of course, this was just Lin Ye's imagination, but the white-faced owl's expression was indeed very confused.

At this point, Lin Ye could probably understand why Himer didn't let the White Owl take care of Ifrit.

"Never mind." Lin Ye sighed. "Whatever you want. Move aside, I need to go wake Ifrit up."

The white-faced owl did not back down, saying, "The white-faced owl believes you are not suitable to enter Ifrit's room."

"Oh, then go and call them."

The white-faced owl thought for a moment, and then slowly backed away, whether out of fear of trouble or for some other reason: "The white-faced owl thinks it would be better if you went."

Lin Ye: "..."

Speechless at the sight of the White Owl, Lin Ye went straight into their dormitory. Just as the White Owl had said, it was a three-person dormitory, and there was even a private room inside. It was so much better than the room where Lin Ye and Ansel had two beds facing each other.

However, the dormitory's decorations were truly appalling; it looked like a mad scientist's laboratory. Lin Ye even saw a glass on the table with an eyeball soaking inside!

"Don't worry about it," the white-faced owl said leisurely from behind Lin Ye. "Those aren't human eyes."

"what is that?"

“Those are MA eyes used for experiments,” the white-faced owl replied. “They’re just normal props.”

Lin Ye's lips twitched. He decided it was best not to stay in the living room for too long, lest he see something that would lower his sanity. It was better to keep things light so early in the morning. So he went straight into Ifrit's room, and then saw a completely different scene, which made him click his tongue: "This... is too amazing."

This is probably what's known as a shut-in girl's room.

A whole bunch of electronic devices. The most eye-catching were the game console in the center of the room, and the two speakers next to it. You have to understand that Terra is different from the world Lin Ye lived in before. Electronic products in Terra are very expensive, especially game consoles, which are truly "toys for the rich".

Lin Ye glanced back at the white-faced owl standing behind him and muttered, "You guys are way too rich."

The white-faced owl shook its head: "The white-faced owl has no money."

"So all of these were bought by Himer for Ifrit?"

"No, it's Saria."

Lin Ye was somewhat surprised.

“Actually, this game console is broken,” said the White Owl. “It hasn’t been playable for a long time, and because the broken part is an important component, it can’t be repaired, so it can only be left here as a decoration.”

"I see." Lin Ye nodded, then looked at Ifrit, who was still sleeping in bed.

Ifrit's sleeping posture was far from elegant. Unlike Nightingale's pitiful curled-up position, Ifrit's sleeping posture was quite unrestrained, with half of her body almost falling to the ground, yet she was completely unaware. The sheets had been kicked to some corner, and since they couldn't be seen from the bed, they were most likely under the bed.

"Ifrit!" Lin Ye walked over and patted Ifrit's bed. "Get up."

Ifrit did not react.

"Hurry up." He nudged Ifrit's shoulder again. "Your mom wants me to take you out to eat."

Ifrit rolled over, but still didn't wake up.

Lin Ye looked at the white-faced owl with a helpless expression and asked for help: "Does she always sleep this soundly?"

The White Owl said, "The White Owl believes Ifrit is not dead."

"I mean, how do we wake Ifrit up?"

The white-faced owl thought for a moment and said, "The white-faced owl suggests roasting it over a fire."

"What kind of ridiculous suggestion is that?!"

“Ifrit is not afraid of fire,” the White Owl said seriously. “So go ahead and do it. I can keep watch for you.”

"...You are beyond redemption."

While Lin Ye was talking to the white-faced owl, Ifrit finally slowly opened her eyes. She immediately saw Lin Ye standing beside her bed and froze. Perhaps because she wasn't fully awake, it took her several seconds to realize who it was. Then she jumped out of bed: "You! What are you doing in my room!"

Seeing that Ifrit had finally woken up, Lin Ye was relieved: "You're finally awake. Your mother asked me to take you out to eat."

"Huh? You want me to go out to dinner with you?! Who would go?!" Ifrit exclaimed angrily. "If you suddenly appear in my room, do you believe I'll burn you to the ground?!"

"Then I'll tell your mom."

"You... I'm not going to eat!" Ifrit crossed her arms, turned her back to Lin Ye, and sat on the bed angrily.

"Then I'll tell your mom."

Ifrit gritted her teeth: "Go ahead and talk to her. I, Lady Ifrit, would rather starve to death or jump off this bed than eat with you!"

This left Lin Ye somewhat helpless. He couldn't really take Ifrit seriously, so he looked at the White Owl again, as if to say, "You'd better think of something!"

The white-faced owl pondered for a moment, then walked over to Ifrit and said to her, "The white-faced owl thinks you'd better listen to him."

"Why?!" Ifrit was still angry. "Why should I, Lady Ifrit, listen to him?! Even if I starve to death..."

"Dr. Lin Ye knows where Saria is."

“Jump off this bed…” Ifrit stopped mid-sentence, her eyes widening in disbelief. “What did you say?!”