Mostima's sudden action caught Lin Ye by surprise. Under the soft moonlight, Lin Ye could see her figure shine. Her soft skin could be seen and when Lin Ye looked at her face, he saw her smiling at him.

Realizing what was going on now, Lin Ye acted quickly.

With a fluid motion, Lin Ye took off his jacket and walked toward her. This reaction surprised Mostima. However, she was too late to do anything because Lin Ye was now standing in front of her now.

Without waiting for a reply from her, Lin Ye acted accordingly.

He tossed his jacket around her naked body. His jacket fell on her shoulder, shielding her from the cold wind of the night.

After making sure his jacket was secure on her body, Lin Ye nodded to himself and took a step back. He only had his long sleeve black shirt on his torso now. Luckily for him, his body was not really affected by the cold anymore.

"There," Dusting his hands, he nodded at his work in pride, "Better."

Mostima looked at him and then at the jacket that was covering her body. She gripped it and smiled at him.

"Why did you do that?" She asked.

Lin Ye narrowed his eyes at her after hearing this from her.

"Why?I should be the one asking that from you," He folded his hands around himself, "It's late at night and the first thing that you do is take off your clothes? Are you not cold?"

Mostima just stared at him in bewilderment. Then a joyful laugh escaped from her mouth.

"Are you not a doctor?" Finally getting control of her laughter, Mostima asked him with a smile, "Are you not used to seeing a naked woman's body?"

Lin Ye sighed at this.

"Treating patients and looking at a woman naked is completely different," Lin Ye massaged his head. He raised his head and stared at her blankly, "And why are you naked?"

Mostima pushed his jacket away from her body, exposing her stomach to him.

"I want to show you this," She replied with a smile.

Lin Ye then focused his attention on her stomach. As he expected, her skin was smooth but something looked odd.

Black markings could be seen on some parts of her stomach. It was like cracks on her skin.

"This is what the demon's soul is doing to me," Mostima explained, "You can say it is bound with me now."

Although Mostima was close to him, Lin Ye did not hear anything that she just said. Something about the marking was luring him toward them.

It was so strong that Lin Ye was slowly reaching out to it.

The moment when his finger touched the cracks, Lin Ye could feel a sudden surge of warmth from it. Too focused on what he was doing, he did not notice that the moment he touched her skin, Mostima's body shivered. She even let out a small yelp at the sudden touch. He might be seeing things but the crack on her skin started to gather where he was touching her, gathering to where his finger was. Lin Ye then noticed there were more cracks below her stomach.

Just as Lin Ye was about to guide his finger to where they were, a voice stopped him from doing it.

"If you go further, I need to untie my belt."

Consciousness returned to his brain. Then he found himself just inches away from Mostima's face with his hand on her stomach. It was closed. Lin Ye could basically feel her breath hitting his face.

Realizing what he was doing, he abruptly pulled his hand away from her and took a few steps back. He hid his hand behind his back.

"Sorry about that," Lin Ye apologized to her. His face was slightly red from what he had done just now, "I don't know why I did that."

"It's no big deal," Mostima said dismissively, "If you want me naked, I have no problem."

"..."

Lin Ye did not know what to say to what he just heard from her just now.

Seeing this reaction from him made Mostima giggle in delight.

"You don't have to be so nervous," Mostima said with a smile, "If you want to do something to me, I will not object. There is no one here anyway so it's fine."

Lin Ye couldn't help but hold his forehead.

"Wait, wait," Lin Ye held out his hand at her, "Let's calm down and think before we act."

Mostima tilted her head as she got closer to him.

"Do you want to continue after calming down?"

His headache was getting worse now.

"Do what now?" Lin Ye had no idea what was going on now. This might be even a fever dream he was having with how bizarre this whole situation was now.

"Okay, okay. I'll stop."

Before he could say anything, Lin Ye felt something on his face. He turned to two glowing blue eyes staring at him.

"It was just a joke." Mostima stretched out her hand and touched Lin Ye's face, "I know what kind of person you are, so don't worry."

Being touched by people was not something he liked to experience. However, when Mostima was doing this to him, his whole body seemed to relax on its own.

Something that was rare for him to do.

He then realized how strange he acted just a few moments ago. Grabbing the Mostima's hand that was on his face, he pulled it down to the side and still held it.

"What was that?" Lin Ye asked her, "What happened to me just now?"

"The soul in me might be the culprit for that," She explained with her hand still in his, "Although its body has been imprisoned if you are too close, you are still easily influenced by it. Diana has already told you its name, right?"

He nodded.

"Abomination."

"That's its name," Mostima whispered as she lowered her face away from him, "Were you scared?"

"Scared?" Lin Ye sounded confused, "I did not feel anything like that. I was just intrigued by it."

Mostima raised her face quickly to stare at him with wide eyes. She blinked at him a couple of times before realization hit her. A laugh escaped from her mouth as the gripped harder to his hand.

"I almost forgot who you are," Mostima smiled brightly at him.

Lin Ye hummed at her reaction.

As he was interacting with her more now, Lin Ye noticed how similar she felt. Only two people were ever able to make him feel like this.

Mira.

And Snow.

Did that mean-.

As the thought was forming in his head, Lin Ye could feel the grip that Mostima had on his hand lessen.

With her letting go of his hand, Mostinma walked away from him.

"So?" She hummed at him, "Do you have anything else to ask me?"

Lin Ye did not need to think to ask her this question.

"Are you fine?"

She did not expect this from him.

"I thought you would ask about me hurting my kind," She admitted, "I thought you wanted to know did I really do it."

"Why should I ask that?" Lin Ye raised a brow at this, "I know you have a reason for doing so."

"... Why are you so sure of yourself?" She whispered this to him.

"I just believe you." Lin Ye shrugged his shoulders as he answered her, "That is enough for me."

Mostima pursed her lips, put her hands behind her back, and turned it to Lin Ye.

"It's unreasonable for you to believe that," Said Mostima. "We've only known each other for less than a year, right? No, it should be said that we have known each other for less than a month."

Lin Ye watched as she slowly walked away from him.

"I am a person that has a demon in myself. People would be scared to be just near me. Is that a person you should be trusting?" Mostima asked.

Lin Ye couldn't quite understand what Mostima meant. When he was thinking about how to reply, Mostima spoke again. Her voice was very soft, like the evening wind blowing slowly at him.

"I've travelled far. Visited many places. From the city wells of Yan to the suburbs of Ursus to the ancient ruins of Victoria. Although I still have so many places I have not seen, I think I should stop. I think I finally found where I belong."

Mostima said this, then slowly turned around and looked up at Lin Ye. Those blue pupils that were as bright as glass reflected the moonlight on him. Her smile was brighter than the sunset today.

"Now I want to settle down now." She said with her beautiful smile.

"Settle down?" Lin Ye thought for a while and said, "If that is what you want, do you need my help? Not to brag but I can help you if you want a place in Kjerag or Yan."

She laughed as she walked back to him.

"You don't need to do that," She stood in front of him, "But you can help me with something."

Mostima then placed her finger on his chest.

"Wait for me, okay."

Just as Lin Ye was about to ask what she meant by this, the world started to shake out of nowhere. It was followed by a couple of explosions.

"Ah," Mostima smiled and clutched his jacket, "It seems that your sister became impatient."

The moment she said this, a crack appeared between him and Mostima. Seeing this, she jumped away from him.

Just in time for a large red sword to stab through the floor under them.

The floor slowly collapsed and Lin Ye also lost his footing. The moment he was about to fall, he felt something holding onto his chest.

He looked to the side and saw it was Nian.

"Nian!" He shouted at her, "What did you do?!"

"No time to explain!" She yelled back. "We need to go!"

The last thing Lin Ye saw before the world started to morph around him was Mostima waving at him.

"Wait for me."

{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}

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