Sure enough, it was Leizi.
If the blond-haired and sparks flying when her eyes widened after he saw him was not a dead giveaway, the way she addressed him was.
Only two people in this world called him Your Highness.
Lily's housekeeper, Mr. Hu, and Leizi.
Those two called him Your Highness and nothing else.
No matter how hard he tried; they did not want to call him by his name. Well, that should be expected from the people that Lily trusted after all.
He smirked at Leizi's shocked expression. Just as he thought he could enjoy this much longer; a voice could be heard beside him.
"Um... Doctor?" Amiya looked confused, "Why did she call you Your Highness just now?"
Both he and Leizi turned their gaze at the confused-looking girl beside them. They almost forgot she was there.
Leizi's eyes then widened. She just told His Highness' identity out of shock. Living a normal life was something that the prince earned more than anything and she just ruined it out of shock.
Just as she was about to slam her head into the concrete ground below her to ask for forgiveness from him, Lin Ye hummed as he raised his brow at the bunny.
He looked more confused than angry at this moment. This was not something Leizi expected.
"Hmm?" Lin Ye hummed, "So you did not know? Kal'tsit did not tell you yet?"
"Miss Kal'tsit tells me what?" Amiya tilted her head. She was more confused now, "What do you mean?"
"I see," He nodded, "Well, let me just tell you myself."
He stood in front of her and his small smile was still on his face.
"Let me introduce myself formally," Lin Ye chuckled as he placed his hand on his chest, "You know me as the only Psychologist on this Landship, Lin Ye. However,"
With his thumb, Lin Ye pointed it at Leizi who was still trying to understand what was going on, "For her, I am Ying Zhen. The third prince of Yan."
Amiya's eyes widened,
"... You're royalty?" She managed to mutter out this question through her lips.
"Technically yes," He chuckled at her reaction. Then he smiled at her, "But just treat me like how you would want to. I am just-."
"The same as all of you after all."
A woman's voice finished his sentence in Amiya's mind. Her eyes widened even more. Amiya then realized something. He was almost the same as... her.
Her long pale hair fluttered in the wind. Although she was a Sarkaz, she was angelic. She was the hope of the Sarkaz. The only person that was able to unite almost all of the Sarkaz under the same banner.
She had a calming aura around her. It was so strong that even the most savage Sarkaz could calm themselves down if they were in her presence,
Theresa. The queen of Sarkaz. No one could be compared to her. Amiya agreed with that statement.
She did at least.
Amiya now understood why she felt so safe around Lin Ye.
He had the same presence as Theresa.
As Amiya stared at Lin Ye, she could see two other people in his place.
Theresa and the Doctor.
Not only did he have the same characteristics as the Doctor, but he was also so similar to Theresa's calming nature.
Maybe picking him as the new Doctor was the right move.
As Amiya was having a moment of realization about all of this, Lin Ye looked away from her and had his eyes on Leizi at the moment. This made Lin Ye unaware of the episode that Amiya was having with herself now.
He folded his arms around his body and smiled at his bodyguard, "So Leizi? Why are you here?" Then an idea popped into his mind. A sigh escaped through his lips, "Did Ren send you to get me back? As I said, I will not be the goddamn Emperor. Do I need to tell him this to his face myself?"
Panic filled Leizi's body when she heard him.
His Highness was someone that did not care about the status someone had themselves. If they annoyed him enough, His Highness would kill them. No matter how many men or walls they tried to put between them and him, His Highness will kill them.
So, for the sake of Yan, she needed to defuse this situation fast or else. If she couldn't, the whole country of Yan will fall into chaos.
Just as Leizi was about to explain to him the situation, she stopped herself and glanced at the other person in the room beside them.
Amiya was finally able to snap herself out of her daze. She was now looking between His Highness and her.
Leizi was not going to repeat her blunder again in front of the prince. Lin Ye raised his brow at her sudden silence. He noticed that Leizi was staring at Amiya.
He only needed a few seconds to understand why Leizi's lips were sealed on this topic.
"Amiya. Can I have some alone time with her?" Lin Ye smiled at her, "This might be something people outside shouldn't know about."
Although his request was sudden, Amiya smiled and nodded at him. She was really a mature person. Well, she was the leader of Rhodes Island, so it was expected.
As the door was about to close behind Amiya, Lin Ye ushered Leizi to go into his office. His attention was on Leizi, making Lin Ye miss the subtle glance at Amiya sent his way before she closed the door behind her.
Lin Ye was about to start where they left out but then he remembered something. He looked around and saw some cameras hiding in the ceiling of the office. He racked his mind for a solution and on pop up.
"PRTS," He said out loud, "Stop all the cameras in this room for an hour."
At first, nothing happened. Just as Leizi was about to ask what he was doing a robotic voice echoed into the room. This made her body instantly freeze up.
["Access Allowed."]
Leizi looked around to find where the voice came from but other than them no one was there in the room. Lin Ye ignored this and stared at one of the cameras on the ceiling. Its lens closed.
Seeing everything was now secure. He looked back at his bodyguard.
"Sorry about that," Lin Ye smiled and apologized to her, "Just want to make sure we really have privacy on this topic."
Leizi turned her gaze back at him. The realization hit her and she nodded at him. Her eyes twinkled in amazement at how thorough the prince was in doing things. He knew there was some sort of a recording system in this room. The very first thing he did was to turn that off.
From this Leizi got the idea that the prince had a high role in this company, seeing that he could command the very AI that was controlling this very Landship.
"Your Highness?" Leizi's curiosity got the better of her, "Who are you in this company?"
"Well, just a few days ago, I got a little promotion." Lin Ye chuckled at her question, "I am now the Doctor." He hummed as he stared at her, "And I heard you wanted to see me about something?"
Leizi's eyes widened at this new information she was hearing now.
"... You're the Doctor?" Her shocked expression slowly morphed to a proud-looking smile, "Of course you are. You're Your Highness."
Lin Ye chuckled.
"Enough of that," Lin Ye smiled, "Why are you here? And If you are here you get me back to Yan, killing Ren will get more appealing."
"Nothing like that!" In a panic, she hastily said to him, "I am here as a representative of Yan to oversee the progress of this company."
The former prince raised a brow at this
"Really?" Lin Ye hummed, "That might put some people on Landship a bit on the edge when they see you then."
Leizi folded her arms around herself, "I am fine with that. I am not trying to harm Rhodes Island so why should they?"
"True," Lin Ye chuckled, "But there's still the chance of them ruining the relationship we have with Yan. Seeing that we lost Ursus' partnership some time ago, they do not want to lose Yan. So that should be understandable on why they will be so tense with you."
Liezi hummed and thought about this.
"You are correct, Your Highness," She nodded. She then placed her hand on her chest, "If you are so worried about me sabotaging the company, you can monitor me."
"Monitor you?" Lin Ye sounded confused.
"Yes," She nodded, "We can live together if you want to."
"..."
Lin Ye's brow twitched after hearing this.
{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}
Kal'tsit could be seen doing some documents behind her desk. They were responses from Yan. Not from the government.
No. They were directly from the royal family. On it, the prince, who was the one that sent them these files, said that he was pleased with their success and had already donated a handsome amount of money.
Handsome? Kal'tsit thought of that word.
Handsome was not enough to cover the amount of money they just got. In comparison, the amount of money that they just got from the prince was more than what they gained from their past years working with Ursus.
On it, he also stated they sent a representative to Rhodes Island to oversee their progress on the cure. This was where the new Doctor, Lin Ye played a big role. He will be responsible for updating this representative on their progress on the cure.
"Miss Kal'tsit? May I come in?"
Just as she was to ponder on this topic more, Kal'tsit heard the doors of her office open. She put down the document on the table and raised her head. In front of her, she saw a familiar figure standing.
"Yes, you can Amiya," Kal'tsit leaned back into her chair, "From the expression on your face, I believe that you already met with the new Doctor."
Amiya's face looked tired. She walked deeper into the office and was now standing in front of the office table.
"... Yes." She muttered out.
"So, what do you think of him?" Kal'tsit asked curiously.
Amiya did not even hesitate to answer that question.
"He's dangerous." Her face was serious when she said this, "He... He was like two of them merged into one."
Rather than be surprised, Kal'tsit nodded.
"Yes. Theresa and Ian into one..." She agreed. Kal'tsit let a heavy breath from her mouth, "Something I did not think was possible to have in someone."
Amiya looked down and gripped her hands into a pair of fists.
Kal'tsit noticed the crystals on her hand had decreased. It seemed that the cure she had given to her was doing great on her.
She also noticed that Lin Ye was doing something to Amiya. Something that was bothering her to no end.
"Amiya," She called her, "What's the matter?"
"It's... Doctor Ye. He's..." The normally well-prepared girl was fumbling with her words now. Something that was rare to see, "He is... too much like them."
"How so?" Kal'tsit asked, interested in her thoughts on him.
"When I talked to him, it was like I was talking to the Doctor in one moment and then Miss Theresa in another," Amiya explained in a lost tone, "Not only the way he talked and acted was like the two of them combined, his emotions, his thoughts are similar."
That caught her attention. Kal'tsit leaned closer to her. This was the reason why Kal'tsit wanted to meet Amiya at the moment she arrived on the Landship. Kal'tsit wanted to know what was in Lin Ye's mind.
Although he acted as any normal person should act, her intuition told her this was not all true.
"What were they like?" Kal'tsit pried deeper into this topic to her, "What was similar with his and theirs?"
Amiya was about to answer but she stopped herself. Her mind raced as she remembered what she saw briefly in Lin Ye's mind.
"No... He was worse." Amiya muttered.
Kal'tist's eyes widened but she did not say anything. She waited for Amiya to continue.
"Doctor's mind was like a computer, all data organized and easy to find. Miss Theresa's was like a garden. Although it was more random, one can easily find her memories and emotion." Amiya felt a shiver crawling behind her back, "But his..."
Kal'tsit was now worried. She has never seen Amiya look so...
Terrified.
"There was nothing," Amiya's body shook, "When I was in his mind. There was no sound, no light and no heat. All of my senses were gone... I was in there for a few moments but I felt like a life span flew right past me."
She raised her head and stared at it. Her eyes were enough to show how it still terrified her.
"It felt like I was dead."
{Rhodes Island's Psychologist}
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