"Even you can't cure Irene?" Cliffheart asks in surprise.

In the SilverAsh residence, Irene was sitting on the living room sofa. She looked very pitiful while everyone else gathered around her.

They were all watching Messiah slowly shake her head, "Remember. The Arts that the enemy planted in her body was very destructive. Although it wasn't completely used, it was still enough to destroy her body."

Messiah's words made the atmosphere heavier.

After all, now they know that Irene isn't a spy. She was just a miserable and pitiful feline instead.

Irene also heard Messiah. She lowered her head down. Her eyes filled with a sense of loss.

Lappland who was standing behind her wanted to say something but when she opened her mouth. No words came out.

Seeing this, Lin Ye tries to think of a solution.

"It's not completely hopeless, right? As long as she comes with us back to Rhodes Island, we can ask for help from Shining and Liz. Sussurro didn't you say that Sarkaz's medical skills are the best?"

Sussurro was about to speak but Messiah cuts her off.

"It's still impossible." She says faintly, "Sarkaz's medical skills are excellent in limb regeneration. But that is not the kind of healing we need to heal her."

Lin Ye suddenly doesn't know how to reply.

Messiah's voices out her thoughts again,

"But then again, even if the hope of a cure is indeed slim. It's still not too difficult to extend her life. All she needs to do is to stay with me. I can work hard to get her a normal lifespan. And even if it doesn't work, it would at least prevent her from dying immediately."

Messiah is a God, so everyone naturally wouldn't doubt what she said.

Lin Ye thought this was good. Even if her life will be shortened at least she won't die immediately.

However, what he did not expect is that Irene suddenly took a piece of paper and pencil and began writing. Once done, she picked the paper up and showed it to Messiah.

"If I leave now, how long can I live?"

"A month at most." Irene lowers her head again and writes another sentence.

"In that case, I want to go out and live my one month freely."

Everyone is stunned, except for Lin Ye. He just stared at her and began thinking.

She still has some problems living her life.

"When you get to Rhodes Island, Doctor Kal'tsit may have something for you but even then, the chances of it being able to fully cure you are slim. It is still safer for you to be around God." Sussurro attempted to dissuade her from her decision.

Even with Sussurro's persuasion, however, Irene shook her head and continued writing.

This time, she took a long time to write. Then she shows her words to the others.

"I have been caged in this place for far too long and I don't want to stay here anymore. I want to go back to my hometown, the Feline tribe. I want to visit the place where Lin Ye and Lappland work. I want to see more. I want to see the world."

The long sentence left everyone speechless for a while. But Lin Ye was able to understand why she wanted to do this.

She was bought by Galvin as a slave when she was young and was used as a seduction tool for his schemes. Furthermore, she was caged and isolated in the Aiben residence with no friends and family to help her.

In the end, her suffering ended with a betrayal, and now her body was ravaged to near death.

It was natural that she wanted to escape from this place.

Faced with this reasoning. Everyone doesn't know how to stop her.

"Have you really thought about it?", Messiah looks at Irene, "In this world, few people will ever reject me. You are one of them, but I am willing to respect your choice."

Messiah looks at her, Irene nods seriously.

Bam*

However, in the next second, a fist harshly smacked her on her head. She dropped the pen and paper, hugged her head, and then turned to see who did that.

"Are you an idiot?" Lappland says, "What kind of freedom is one month. Are you dumb?"

Pramanix frowned.

"Miss Lappland-." Pramanix was about to reprimand her but was stopped by a tug from Lin Ye.

She turned around to see Lin Ye shaking his head and placing his index finger above his mouth, a smile was behind it.

"I told you a long time ago didn't I? People should live by all means." Lappland held her hand out while her tail began swaying slowly,

"What you want can only be obtained by living. If you give up..." She then scratched her head, "Ah! I don't know what to say anymore. In short, I don't want to see you die in Rhodes Island."

Lappland turns and leaves while waving her hand,

"Don't let me see you anywhere near Rhodes Island. If I see you, I will hit you. I really look down on people who have given up on themselves and I don't want to be near those kinds of people."

Irene's eyes dimmed little by little. And when Lappland walked to the door, she stopped and went silent for about three to five seconds before speaking again, "Continue living, I'll come to visit you."

Irene is stunned.

When Lappland left the living room. Irene's eyes had begun welling up in tears. She glanced at Lin Ye with her pitiful look.

Lin Ye smiled at her

"Did you forget? You can repay me by smiling more. And I think a month is not enough to satisfy me."

Lin Ye pushes the corners of his mouth up with his fingers to make a smile, "So smile. Smile at fate and say that you will be strong."

Irene abruptly rushes towards him in a burst of speed, but Lin Ye seems to have expected this as he had captured her in a hug. He gently wrapped his arms around her and began to softly caress the back of her head as she buried her face into his shoulder.

He tenderly whispered into her ear.

"It's okay to cry. But after this. Smile more for me? Okay?"

Irene's soft sniffles slowly devolved into a howling weep.

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

After she was done crying her heart out, Irene had fallen asleep. Crying had exhausted her energy by too much.

As for Lin Ye, he was a bit helpless as Irene had used his lap as her pillow.

"Unexpectedly, the silly wolf also has this side.", Lin Ye touches his chin. Looking at the door went off. He says fondly, "It's kind of interesting."

Messiah glanced at Lin Ye and snorted. "She's not that bad. If you really think she is stupid, then you are wrong."

Lin Ye looks at Messiah and smiles. He asks, "What's your opinion on her then?

"That is none of your business.", Messiah did not answer Lin Ye directly, but she says lightly, "But she is indeed a very interesting Lupo."

After listening to Messiah, Lin Ye suddenly thought of something. He glanced at the Feline sleeping on his lap and looked hopefully at Messiah, "Can you make Irene speak again?"

"Speak?"

"Yes, heal her tongue. I heard that Sarkaz doctors can do it."

"You think I can do what the Sarkaz can?"

Lin Ye thought for a while and he couldn't help but laugh, "Yes. I thought you could do that. You are Messiah after all."

"Of course I can't." Messiah spreads her hands out, "I'm not Sarkaz. You're making me embarrassed with how high you think of me."

If Lin Ye had carefully observed her, he could've seen that Messiah's ears had slowly turned red.

Alas, he was too focused on his thoughts. After a while, he lets out a helpless sigh.

Lin Ye then asks Matterhorn to help him carry Irene into a room so that she can sleep peacefully.

On the way to his room, he thinks back on his experience that he had in Kjerag.

With what had happened to him, he feels that he had been in here longer than he actually has.

Walking up the holy road. Fighting Reunion again. Meeting a real God. Torturing someone in a dream. Getting a God Sword. Fighting Reunion...Again. Helping a suicidal feline. He can say that this trip was not what he expected.

However, tomorrow he needs to go back to Rhodes Island and leave Kjerag.

Even if he has been through so much, he has still enjoyed his stay here. When he was not fighting for his life at least. But regrettably, Lin Ye needs to pack up his things.

As he opens the door to his room, he sees a figure sitting on a chair. While on top of his table laid a chessboard with the pieces neatly arranged. Seems like this person had been waiting for him

The person in question is the current patriarch of the Silverash family. Enciodas Silverash.

When he noticed Lin Ye entering the room. He smiled lightly and gave Lin Ye an inviting wave.

"Doctor Lin Ye, would you care to partake in a chess match with me?"

Lin Ye swore he just popped several blood vessels inside his brain.

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

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