The ham and cheese sandwiches were as delicious as expected.

Although there were two girls helping out, Lin Ye was the one who did most of the work. They still couldn't wrap their heads around the fact that the Doctor was a good cook.

What he made was nothing grand. It was just a simple sandwich with ham and cheese in it. However… Something about it made it feel like it was better than any ordinary sandwich.

The cheese melted evenly on their tongue when they first bit into it. Even Blaze was surprised that hers had a spicy kick to it.

But their surprise about the food was quickly overshadowed by one crucial piece of information.

The person who helped the Doctor was the one and only goddamn princess of Yan!

A being of royalty!

No one in this room did not know who this person was.

Luckily for them, after they finished their food, Lin Ye offered to wash their dishes. Although they wanted to help him, he declined their offer saying that washing dishes calmed him. However, Lily and Nian forced themselves to help him and they would not accept no as an answer. Not bothering to persuade them, he let the two of them help him out.

With the Rhodes Island's operators now alone, they all huddled up at the table to discuss what was going on.

"So, are you guys seeing what I'm seeing, or am I hallucinating?" Blaze whispered this question to the rest of them.

"You mean the fact that a princess just cooked breakfast for us?" Ansel raised a brow at her, "Yep, we're seeing it."

Blaze nodded at this.

"Glad to know my eyes are still working," She ran her hand through her hair, "When Kal'tsit told me there would be an important person coming to us yesterday, I did not expect a princess of all people."

Steward looked behind her.

"And now they are washing our dishes."

They all looked back at the kitchen and saw three figures at the sink.

"Lily, can you help me with something?" Doctor looked to his left to the princess, "Go to my room and see if there are any plates lying around. Your guards have probably finished their food by now."

The princess smiled at him and nodded.

"Okay."

With that, the princess dried her hands and went away.

Lin Ye smiled as she walked away. Without warning, a pot was shoved into his face.

"Gege! Help me! This stain isn't going away!" She whined at him.

A deity asking a mortal for help with a stain? How could Lin Ye not laugh at this?

"Gege!"

It seemed the said deity was not as amused as him now with how she was pouting at him. After having a good laugh, Lin Ye stopped and took the pot away from her. However, there was still a smirk visible on his face. Something that only made Nian pout more.

He traced the stains on the pot, which were stuck to it like glue. Lin Ye gently placed the pot back into the sink and filled it with water.

"Leave it to soak for a day," Lin Ye smiled at Nian, "We will take care of it tonight."

Nian nodded and took another plate to wash.

"Gege, they ate them."

Lily walked back into the kitchen with six plates in her hands. Lin Ye looked at the plates and smiled.

"Glad to hear," Lin Ye stepped to the side a bit, "Put them in the sink."

The Rhodes Island's Operators did not know what to make of this situation. A princess and a deity were following the Doctor's every command. From what they had heard about the rumours, it was like he had the two of them wrapped around his pinky finger.

Worst of all, the man in question did not know the extent of his own influence.

Everyone was shocked by this.

Except for Ansel, who seemed more tired than shocked.

Just as everyone was trying to wrap their head around what was going on, someone in their circle muttered.

"So the rumours are true about him," Steward muttered something under his breath.

Unsurprisingly, this caught the attention of all of them.

"Rumours?" Blaze leaned in closer to the Caster, "What rumours?"

Steward was about to say something but stopped himself and looked at the Doctor. Seeing that he did not seem to be listening to their conversation, he leaned in closer to the rest of them.

"Well, the Doctor is a popular figure on the Landship. However, even before he became the Doctor, he is well known with the rumours surrounding him," Steward said in a whisper, "The most well-known one is how he… how do I say this... feels."

This only caused Blaze to raise her brow.

"What do you mean?" Blaze was confused.

"I only heard a bit about him," Steward started, "But it's said that he has an aura that makes people feel safe when they are around him. And he's kind of attracted a lot of attention from the opposite gender."

This did not help Blaze understand anything. In fact, it only confused her more.

Steward noticed this and looked to his side.

"Ansel, you know him more," Steward gasped for help from his friend.

Suddenly being called out, Ansel's eyes widened.

"How would I know?" He asked back, "That man barely stays on the Landship before going on another adventure."

"I heard most of the rumours came from the medical department, so you must know more about this." Adnachiel said, "Well, at least more than us, that is."

As Ansel was being stared at by the rest of them, he did not know what to say. It was true that the medical department had a lot of rumours about Lin Ye, it was just Ansel never paid a lot of attention to them.

One of the most prominent rumours was that Lin Ye did in fact have a girlfriend. However, Ansel knew that Lin Ye was single.

How?

Lin Ye never really seemed to be the kind that had a significant other. It was not like Lin Ye to whine about this, it was just with how much he was travelling, and now that he was the Doctor, Lin Ye did not really have the time to have one.

Luckily for Ansel, Lin Ye was done doing the dishes and was heading towards them with the two women beside him.

The others must have sensed this and quickly sat back in their seats, acting as if nothing had happened.

Doctor sat on his chair and the other two sat beside him; Nian on his right while Ying Li on his left.

"So?" Doctor folded his arms under his chest, "What are we going to do for today?"

Hearing this, Adnachiel quickly pulled out a tablet from his jacket and swiped the screen.

"Based on your schedule, Kieran asked if you could meet him today."

This made Lin Ye raise a brow at him.

"Kieran? That was fast," He hummed, "I thought it would take him at least a few days to contact the council."

Adnachiel nodded at him.

"That's what we thought as well. However, he called us yesterday asking to meet you today," The Angel reported back, "He sounded a bit excited when he asked that."

His reaction was to chuckle to himself as if he expected something like this to happen. Nian was glaring at him while Ying Li was confused.

"So when is the meeting?" Lin Ye asked.

"This evening, based on the schedule," The sniper said as he was reading his tablet, "Is that fine for you Doctor? We can always ask to rearrange the meeting. Even Kieran is okay with that based on his call."

Doctor hummed at this.

"This evening," He thought hard on this before nodding to himself, "Sure, I can do tha—."

"No."

The word echoed in the room.

Everyone's eyes went to the person who said this while she was glaring at Lin Ye.

"No?" Lin Ye smiled at her as he repeated her words, "Why?"

Ying Li's glare became harsher now. The people in the room became worried because this was the princess of Yan. Whatever she wanted, she got.

"I wanted you to give me a tour of the city." She leaned in closer to him and clenched his sleeve.

Lin Ye looked troubled now.

"I can't at the moment. I have work to do," He explained to her patiently, "Don't you have a small army of bodyguards with you? Why don't you just go with them?"

They all almost choked on their own saliva hearing this. He just rejected a request from a princess!

Who would even do that?!

"I want you," The princess was not taking his answer.

The Doctor only chuckled at her attempt to intimidate him.

"You just want me to carry your stuff?" He guessed.

"… No."

"Why the hesitation?" Lin Ye smirked as he leaned closer to her, "And why are you blushing?"

True to his words, there was a slight hue of red on her cheeks now.

"I am not here to go shopping!" With a red face, the princess shouted.

The only one who was not in shock now, Nian, was laughing on her side.

Lin Ye raised a brow at this.

"Oh? So what do you want to do?"

Although what he said was nothing out of the ordinary, it managed to make the once-angry princess docile and meek.

"… I just wanted to spend more time with you," She managed to say, "If the only time I get with you is in your room, it's not enough..."

The rest bristled hearing this.

His room!

Did the Doctor-!

With the princess-!

Wasn't Nian in his room too?!

Did they—!

What was going on here?!

Ignorant of what was going on with the rest of them, Lin Ye thought hard about what to do in this whole situation.

He must pick the choice which would have the least consequences.

Like a bolt out of the blue, an idea struck him.

Lin Ye snapped his finger and looked at the girl in front of him with her now looking at him.

"How about this? Follow me to the meeting?" Lin Ye offered.

Her eyes widened at this.

"Follow you?" She repeated his words back.

Lin Ye smiled and nodded at her.

"Yeah. It's just a meeting. With your guards guarding you and the rest of them here, our safety is basically secured," Lin Ye said. Then he looked back at the rest, "If that's fine with you guys, of course."

"Sure!"

The boys of the group immediately agreed. How could they not?

Especially since the princess was sending glares in their direction, daring them to disagree with him.

Blaze just nodded rapidly, not wanting to anger the princess of a country like the rest of them.

Seeing their eager reaction, Lin Ye nodded at them.

"Thanks," He said to them with a smile. He looked down at his phone to see the time, "How about we go an hour later?"

They all nodded.

"All right, we'll leave an hour later then."


{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}


Lin Ye found himself back in the Church. As always, the sight of this place always left Lin Ye in awe.

His journey into the building was almost the same as last time.

Walking through the halls of the silent church.

Him wearing his Doctor's outfit.

Nian walked beside him.

However, there was something different. He had another person beside him.

Lily was staring at the inside of the building with twinkling eyes.

The moment she saw the towering monument, she literally dragged him into the building. The rest were waiting for them outside and Lily told him that her guards were surrounding the building at that very moment.

He still did not see anyone one of them, but he knew they were watching them

Now inside, her eyes would always dart to a different part of the church.

Windows, statues, benches.

You name it, Lily was looking at them with glee.

He was glad that he came up with the idea of bringing her with him.

Lin Ye was not really surprised by how excited she was now. Lily was isolated from the rest of the world because of the last emperor, so seeing new things brightened her mood significantly.

Remembering what the past emperor did to her, Lin Ye thought that he needed to pay a visit to him.

Catch up with him.

Have some drinks together.

Maybe even stab a sword right through his heart?

You know, the usual son and father bonding session.

However, Lin Ye plotting on how he was going to "entertain" royalty for his second time was put on hold when he saw a familiar figure in front of him.

He stopped just a few feet away from the figure because the man literally ran towards them in excitement.

"Doctor!" Kieran said in glee as he stood in front of him, "You came!"

Chuckling, Lin Ye held out his hand to him.

"Good to see you again," He smiled at the Angel, "How have you been?"

The man quickly grasped his hand and shook it excitedly.

"I have been fine," The man smiled, "May I ask, are you still considering staying in the city longer?"

Lin Ye laughed good-heartedly at his words.

"Can't do," Lin Ye hummed, "I have things to do."

Although saddened to hear this, Kieran still had a smile on his face. He was still glad to be able to see the man.

Letting go of his hands, Lin Ye tried to start their conversation but was stopped when he felt something tugging on his sleeve.

He looked down and saw something he did not expect.

Lily was staring at him with her face pale and eyes wide.


{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}


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