Doctor will never die in a hellish situation.

To be honest, she's a naive and kind-hearted girl who's quite easy to fool. If I had those kinds of thoughts, I could have won her over in no time.

Pooh!

When did I start thinking like that guy, considering the difficulty of winning over a girl first?

"It's a very magical Originium Arts. If used properly, it can instantly change the course of a battle. However, she currently lacks combat experience and her control over the arts is not yet proficient. She needs more training." Considering that the Suppression Mode's cooldown hadn't finished yet, Qin Duanyu answered honestly.

Qin Duanyu wasn't surprised at all that Kal'tsit knew about his shopping trip with Angelina. After all, the head of the engineering department was her loyal follower, and she could easily find out by checking the rooftop cameras.

“So I sent her to the Operations Department, hoping she can grow up quickly.” Kal’tsit took out Angelina’s ability test results and placed them in front of Qin Duanyu. “Alright, tell me about your training plan.”

"What else can we do? We'll just follow the normal caster operator training. We can't just send her straight to the battlefield, can we?" Qin Duanyu shrugged and said helplessly.

Angelina's future is promising, but her current role is extremely limited. This is also a problem facing Rhodes Island: there are many operators with development potential, but they still can't be of much help until they grow up.

Time... Think about Chernobog slowly approaching Lungmen, and the Reunion Movement completely disappearing into the shadows. Sure enough, this is exactly what we lack right now.

"Oh? Actually, I've heard people say that the simpler method is to just give them the most basic training and then send them directly to the battlefield to cultivate true combat elites through a harsh environment," Kal'tsit said tentatively.

"Huh? Who taught you such nonsense? Human life isn't just a disposable commodity." Qin Duanyu frowned and said with some doubt.

They are all excellent tools. Even if their combat power is slightly inferior, they can still work and earn money. Sending them to the battlefield to be wasted in the hope of finding gold through the process of sifting through sand is the most wasteful approach and a tactic that should never be used unless absolutely necessary.

In any case, Qin Duanyu couldn't bear to let her operators go to such lengths; only a ruthless person could do something like that.

“That’s definitely something a bastard would say.” Kal’tsit seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, a mocking look on her face.

"Although I don't know what I did in the past, don't worry, with you all here, how could I possibly become like that again?" Seeing the action report written by Nearl on the table, Qin Duanyu understood why Kal'tsit was testing him.

The stone coffin and the altar are both deeply connected to him. From the fragmented memories and the old agent's reluctance to talk about his past, some clues can be deduced.

He had a vague feeling that he might not have been a good person in the past.

"Hmph, all talk and no action... If there's nothing else, you can leave." These words seemed to have stirred up unpleasant memories for Kal'tsit, and her expression suddenly turned grim.

That bastard kept using his abilities, confidently promising he wouldn't be affected, but he slowly turned into an emotionless monster, and finally disappeared without a sound...

The current situation is so similar to that one. If she were to experience the same scenario again, Kal'tsit didn't know if she would break down.

As she wavered, a pair of arms gently encircled her. This sudden closeness made the lynx squirm uncomfortably, like a cat suddenly being hugged by its owner, and it couldn't think of anything else.

It's clearly a weakling that could be knocked to the ground with one punch, or at the very least, it could summon Mon3tr and easily bite off this guy's head.

But after being held in his arms, Kal'tsit's whole body went limp. After struggling weakly for a few moments, she gave in and slowly closed her eyes, leaning against his shoulder.

"Oh, I suddenly want some strawberry ice cream!" he mumbled, gently biting the lynx's furry ear.

Upon hearing this, one could clearly feel the person in his arms rising in body temperature, and a blush spreading across her fair neck. Even without seeing her face, it was easy to imagine her shy expression.

"Tch, so you thought of me because you got humiliated outside... um... umm..." Kal'tsit muttered unhappily, but then a hand lifted her chin, and Qin Duanyu's face was already close to hers, and they could feel each other's breath.

Several minutes later, the two heads, which had been pressed together, finally separated, and a silver thread was pulled out.

"Thank you for the treat, the ice cream was delicious!"

Qin Duanyu licked her lips and escaped from Kal'tsit's office before the black monster appeared.

By the way, the lipstick doesn't have the effect of lip balm, so let's just consider it a product of a parallel universe.

One more thing: giving a girl lipstick is a risky business. Unless you have an excellent eye like me and can choose something that suits her taste, it may backfire.

Chapter 38, Section 217: Jie-ge, no!

The bright afternoon sun streamed in through the windows. Since it was a day off and they were free from training, the operatives gathered in small groups on the deck, enjoying their leisure time.

"Lingguang, is there any work to do today?" Qin Duanyu asked, stretching as she signed a document.

"Thanks to your hard work these past few days, there are no new documents to review." Lin Guang quickly handed over a cup of coffee, saying with a hint of admiration.

The pile of documents, resembling a small mountain, consisted mostly of cooperation agreements with other companies. Qin Duanyu's job was to select those with suitable compensation and difficulty, and then dispatch the appropriate teams to carry them out.

Just looking at her from the sidelines was enough to give her a headache, let alone carefully examining the terms and conditions to find the problems. In her memory, only Dr. Kal'tsit could compare to her.

After enjoying the special strawberry ice cream and replenishing her energy with the lynx, Qin Duanyu was full of energy for the next few days. She not only finished processing all the documents that had piled up during her absence, but also reorganized the newly recruited operators and formed several combat teams based on their abilities.

"Thank you for your hard work, even though it's your day off you still have to work with me." Qin Duanyu threw five or six sugar cubes into her coffee, took a small sip contentedly, and then patted Lin Guang's head.

“Sharing the burdens of my lord is a knight’s duty, there’s no need for…” Lin Guang wanted to say something forceful, but the warm touch on her head seemed to affect her speech center, “…This work isn’t tiring, but thank you for your concern.”

"That's right. I've never doubted your qualities as a knight, and accepting care from others appropriately won't make you weak." Qin Duanyu nodded in satisfaction, thinking that after spending so much time by her side, this girl had finally come to her senses and was no longer as stubborn as before.

"You're right, I'll pay attention in the future," Lin Guang casually agreed, her mind already wandering far away under the influence of the warm touch.

Once the hand left her head, she slowly came to her senses. Her slightly reluctant gaze seemed to say: Touch me a little longer, a little harder!

"Alright, since there's nothing else to do today, you can go back and keep Miss Nightingale company." Qin Duanyu thought she was thinking about her two friends, so she gestured for her to leave work early, while she bent down and rummaged through the cabinet for something.

"Thank you very much for your understanding." This time, Nearl didn't mention the duties of a knight again, but thanked Qin Duanyu in a low voice. After all, according to past habits, she would stay in Nightingale's ward on weekends to take care of her amnesiac friend with Shining.

Although she enjoyed working with Qin Duanyu and occasionally received the perk of being patted on the head, she wouldn't forget her friends. Indulging in pleasure was not the quality of a knight.

However… she smoothed her hair and tail, feeling a slight sense of regret.

The doctor didn't even notice all day, even though he had just touched it.

"Lingguang, I've been wanting to ask you this for a while now, have you finally washed off the dye?" Qin Duanyu suddenly said as she was about to leave.

"Well, thanks to the help of my colleagues in the medical department, the color has finally been restored." A hint of smugness flashed through Lin Guang's mind, and his little ponytail perked up.

“However, forcibly washing it off with chemicals will damage your hair a lot. I could feel it when I touched your hair just now. The split ends are quite severe, and it doesn’t feel smooth. Take this bottle of conditioner and try it first.” As he spoke, he took out a bottle of conditioner from the cabinet and handed it to Lin Guang. “If you don’t feel that it works well, you can come to me anytime. I have some knowledge of hair care in Kuranta.”

Anyway, according to Platinum's feedback, his technique is pretty good, and he should be able to handle Nearl as well.

Doctor... combing the tail... smoothing the fur...

The resolute Radiant Knight suddenly felt as if he had been struck by some kind of spell, and his head was spinning.

……

After seeing off the somewhat strange Lin Guang, Qin Duanyu slumped in her office chair, intending to take a nap before having dinner.

Even though everyone has returned from Siesta, Nearl is still serving as an assistant, instead of Blue Poison, Platinum, and Lappland, who almost fought over this position in the past.

The reason is simple: none of the girls are paying attention to him anymore.

Not only was Melantha, who returned early, extremely indifferent to him, but the other girls also ignored him completely, avoiding him from a distance, clearly indicating that they had reached some kind of consensus.

For example, leaving him out in the cold as punishment.

However, based on Qin Duanyu's understanding of the girls, this seemingly solid alliance would definitely collapse on its own in the end, but he still couldn't help but kick it, accelerating its collapse.

Boom boom boom!

"Please come in." Qin Duanyu came back to her senses.

"Doctor... Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Angelina, a new operator who joined the Operations Department a few days ago." Angelina still looked timid and didn't seem to recognize him.

"Oh, it's Miss Angelina. Don't be so formal." Qin Duanyu deliberately lowered her voice to avoid being recognized. "Did you come to see me so suddenly today because of something important?"

After talking with Kal'tsit, he classified Angelina as a trainee operator, hoping that she could first lay a solid foundation. After all, the girl had no combat experience before, and even if she had great potential, she needed time to accumulate experience.

At the same time, in order to speed up her familiarity with Originium Arts, she was also assigned the task of logistical support. However, it was indeed a waste of her talents to use such powerful abilities to transport logistical supplies.

"Here's the thing, I've passed Instructor Dobermann's official operator assessment and I'd like to join an official operations team." Angelina handed a form to Qin Duanyu, speaking with a hint of anticipation.

"Huh? You've already passed the basic courses for caster operators too?" Qin Duanyu asked, somewhat surprised.

Although Qin Duanyu is not responsible for the promotion assessment of official operators, given Dobermann's strictness, he would certainly not allow those who are not strong enough to pass. This means that Angelina has reached the level of others after several months of training simply by relying on her talent.

“That’s right, even a genius like Miss Skyfire was shocked by my speed of progress.” Angelina smiled demurely.

"In that case, congratulations on becoming a full-fledged operator. I have a special operations team here that needs someone like you." Qin Duanyu handed over a file and said with a hint of excitement.

He had planned to put Angelina into the team long ago, and now that she had passed the assessment in just a few days, it was a good time to get her into the team early.

"Understood, I will definitely get along well with these seniors." Angelina took the file and saw the names "Ah Xiao" and "An Suo" written on it.

She was familiar with the first name; after all, when Skyfire was teaching trainee operators in the caster class, she often complained about being splashed with water by the new squirrel because it triggered a fire alarm. Although she hadn't heard of the second one, since he had become a full-fledged operator, he must be pretty good too.

This three-person squad doesn't need to engage in high-intensity combat, but rather is responsible for carrying out some special missions, which allow them to accumulate combat experience and hone their skills in the process.

In Qin Duanyu's view, this was the team that Angelina was best suited to join before she grew up.

Then came the polite inquiries and pleasantries. Before leaving, Angelina looked around as if searching for something, and finally asked somewhat hesitantly, "Doctor, where is your assistant, Mr. Quin? Isn't he at work today?"

"Quin? Sorry, we don't have any operators with that name here," Qin Duanyu denied without even thinking.

“But Mr. Quin was clearly working here that day, and he even said he was your assistant…” Angelina frowned and said with some doubt, then glanced at the cabinet next to Qin Duanyu that was not yet closed.

This box is the one Mr. Quin used when he bought the gift!

Because they were in a hurry to chase the thief, a large piece of the box was torn off. Mr. Quin complained that it would have to be repackaged when they got back, so she remembers it quite clearly.

Wait, how did it end up in the doctor's closet? If that's the case, then Mr. Quin is...

"Doctor, may I see what's in your cabinet?" Angelina asked in a low voice, but with an unyielding firmness.

"No, these are all personal belongings..." Qin Duanyu followed her gaze and realized something was wrong.

After giving the hair conditioner to the customer, I forgot to close the door properly!

"Let me see!" Angelina gripped her staff and moved closer, reducing Qin Duanyu's weight to a minimum, then forcefully slammed him against the wall.

Feeling deeply manipulated, she disregarded the fact that the person in front of her was her boss and prepared to investigate further.

"Jie-ge, no!" Although Qin Duanyu was weak, Angelina, aside from her magic, was just an ordinary high school girl. She was at a complete disadvantage in terms of strength. However, because of the reduced weight, he couldn't find any chance to fight back and could only be slammed against the wall.

"Doctor, I've brought you a cake!" Just as they were at an impasse, Blue Poison's soft and pleasant voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Both of them panicked at the same time, and without continuing to pull each other apart, they hurriedly separated.

Chapter 39, Section 218: My Desk Is Quite Big (Part 1)

The disturbance from outsiders temporarily calmed Angelina down.

Qin Duanyu did say before that he was a PhD, but she herself didn't believe it. Strictly speaking, he had tried to prove his identity, but he failed because he was too lousy.

Logically, the doctor should be the one who gets angry after being misunderstood, but to avoid making Angelina feel embarrassed and uncomfortable, he followed her train of thought and made up a few more sentences, and even took her to buy clothes and daily necessities.

She can be described as a very gentle and sensitive person. Even if she's a bit of a jerk when it comes to relationships, she's not the PhD student's girlfriend, so it's true that her temper tantrums were a bit inappropriate.