A Vulpo Lady's Life as a Rhodes Island Operator

She seemed somewhat indifferent toward this giant, yet there was also a deeply hidden trace of concern.

To be honest... Fengling really did feel a little intimidated this time.

She was also glad she had never chosen to cause trouble on Reunion Movement territory.

This giant...

Could kill her with ease.

Fengling had no doubt about that.

From him, Fengling deeply felt...

What it meant for one man to be an army.

He was undoubtedly someone invincible on the battlefield.

But even though she was intimidated, Fengling had plenty of negotiating experience telling her what to do.

He felt very, very old.

Fengling took out the pocket watch and addressed him, "Sir... is this something you lost? I found it by a small stream outside the settlement."

The other party remained utterly still. After a brief silence, he finally replied, "Yes. But how did you know?"

"Just a talent of mine. Since it truly was something you lost, I suppose this counts as returning it to its rightful owner." Fengling stepped forward, raised her hand, and placed the pocket watch into the giant's hand.

Then Fengling looked at FrostNova, her face finally bearing the pleased smile of someone who had fulfilled a promise. "Well, FrostNova? I wasn't making things up, was I?"

"You really weren't... That really is the old man's pocket watch. I recognized it at a glance." FrostNova now believed what Fengling had said. "It's amazing."

"Right? But... what is your relationship with this old gentleman? You seem very close." Fengling looked curiously at FrostNova, seeming eager for the answer.

Was it an illusion?

Fengling felt that... the giant also seemed to be awaiting FrostNova's answer.

His face and body were wrapped up so tightly that even Fengling herself had no idea how she had reached such a conclusion.

"He is my father." FrostNova turned her head slightly aside. "My adoptive father. Here, you can simply call him Patriot."

Ah, no wonder.

Then it made sense that FrostNova was so young yet possessed such formidable strength.

"You found it. Thank you. This is my son's relic."

Patriot expressed his gratitude to Fengling.

Fengling recalled the bits and pieces of information she had pieced together before. It seemed everything fit together now...

But why was this instinct for finding lost items so pronounced with Mr. Patriot?

Was it because he was a Sarkaz?

Or something else?

It was a little... unreasonable.

In any case, Fengling first made a mental note of what had happened.

At this point, the matter should have come to an end.

But Patriot stopped Fengling.

"Little girl, the medicine... did you give it to FrostNova?"

Quick-witted as Fengling was, after Patriot asked that question, she roughly guessed what might have happened.

It seemed that word of her giving FrostNova the medicine had reached this old gentleman's ears.

It was a reasonable suspicion, perfectly normal.

"Yes. This is a stabilizer developed by Rhodes Island. Though it has the side effect of weakening Originium Arts, it can genuinely stabilize an Infected person's condition." Fengling explained it to Patriot face-to-face. "It cannot be considered a cure, but it can at least let the Infected live longer... At the very least, it gives them hope that treatment may be found in the future."

"Oripathy has ravaged this land for a long time. Why can Rhodes Island solve it?" Patriot pressed.

The pressure emanating from the giant before her made Fengling instinctively feel a burst of fear.

Faced with that question...

Fengling thought of those people striving aboard the landship.

Those respected seniors in the Medical Department.

"It will be solved."

Fengling looked at Patriot with resolute eyes.

"Someone has to do this. Rhodes Island has never claimed to be noble, but fighting for the living is our belief."

The other party fell silent again.

Fengling did not rush to leave, simply waiting quietly.

"Who leads Rhodes Island?"

A figure appeared in Fengling's mind: a girl whose face still carried a trace of youthful innocence, yet who steadfastly led everyone onward.

This was publicly available information about Rhodes Island, so she could say it.

"Our leader is named Amiya. She's a very cute little rabbit!"

Fengling pointed at FrostNova. "Her coloring is kind of the opposite of yours, though."

Still, Fengling knew that was not what Patriot truly wanted to know.

"If you're asking about the medicine, it should have been led by our Medical Department, along with one of the seniors who founded Rhodes Island. Her name is..."

"—Kal'tsit."

Though it lasted only an instant.

At the sound of that name, the immovable giant visibly wavered.

Kal'tsit the Doctor's Age Seemed to Be a Mystery!

"That Kal'tsit... lady..."

"What does she... look like?"

Fengling felt Patriot staring at her.

This soldier, whose entire body radiated a grim killing aura, seemed to attach great importance to Kal'tsit's name.

Rhodes Island had many secrets, but those who appeared publicly were not among them.

So she could answer.

"She is a very young and beautiful Feline lady, with green-and-white hair. Her ears are somewhat different from those of ordinary Felines, with tufts of fur sticking out from the tips. She looks a little aloof, but she cares deeply for everyone at Rhodes Island, as well as the patients."

Recalling Kal'tsit's appearance, Fengling gave a roughly subjective description.

"Yes, it is Kal'tsit, Lady... Lady Kal'tsit... She has not grown old?"

Patriot assumed that Rhodes Island had likely been brought about by Kal'tsit alone after hearing Fengling's words.

But Fengling was different.

"Huh?"

Patriot had revealed quite a lot just now, enough to make Fengling's brain overheat.

Hmm... this old gentleman was probably no small number of years old.

He even held Doctor Kal'tsit in such high regard!

So Doctor Kal'tsit was actually very old too?

If she were an ordinary Feline, she probably could not possess such an exceptionally long lifespan.

Could it be... Doctor Kal'tsit was already several decades old, but simply knew how to preserve her youth?

Ahahaha... She had learned something incredible.

And besides her age, old Mr. Patriot had used a term like "Lady."

So Doctor Kal'tsit had originally been an Ursus noblewoman?

But Patriot did not seem particularly concerned with such details.

His long life had made him indifferent to many things.

Whenever he encountered something that made him even slightly happy, speaking his mind directly was his choice.

And amidst his ordinary days, even though he had not directly run into an old acquaintance who had once helped him and earned his respect, it had undoubtedly sent a faint ripple through Patriot's heart.

"Little girl, help me deliver a message."

"The Reunion Movement needs me on the front lines. I cannot pay a visit in person."

"Tell her—"

"Bocorcas sends his greetings to Lady Kal'tsit."

Patriot's vocal cords had clearly suffered from illness for a long time.

Speaking so many words in one breath had indeed left him mentally exhausted.

After that, he said no more.

"Alright, I'll definitely remember."

Fengling made the promise solemnly.

Patriot—Bocorcas.

Fengling remembered that name. Though she instinctively wondered about the story behind it, she also knew that now was not the right time.

She would save her curiosity for later.

After bidding farewell to Bocorcas, Fengling prepared to leave with FrostNova.

As they stepped out of the wooden house...

"FrostNova, use the medicine as the little girl said."

Patriot's words drifted out from the wooden house on the wind.

"The old man actually agreed to use the medicine you provided..." The surprise in FrostNova's eyes was impossible to conceal.

It was the first time Fengling had seen such a pronounced expression on FrostNova's face.

Apparently, in FrostNova's eyes, it was unimaginable that the old gentleman named Bocorcas would agree to her using medicine from such an unknown source.

"Fengling, just who is this Doctor Kal'tsit you mentioned?"

"I don't know either... To me, she's just a good doctor worthy of respect. You'd probably have to ask your old man about that." Unable to provide an answer, Fengling could only shrug.

After all, they were juniors. They had no idea about those ancient secrets.

What was more, Fengling was only a new operator at Rhodes Island.

"He probably won't say much either... Forget it. At least I now know from the old man that I can trust you a little more. I'll tell Talulah about this afterward."

"That would naturally be wonderful." Fengling nodded happily.

Who would have thought that such a small accident could trigger such a little episode?

And now that FrostNova trusted Fengling, at least within the Reunion Movement, Fengling's credibility would reach a fairly high level.

Doing more side quests really had its benefits!

Fengling gave herself a satisfied score for this small impulsive act.

Because of that, FrostNova was willing to use the medicine from Rhodes Island that Fengling had provided.

That was premium stuff! Usually, only operators sent on missions were allocated some.

And although Fengling knew that her illness was not actually as severe as it appeared on paper, as a publicly acknowledged severely Infected person, she had been allotted quite a lot of medicine.

Still, it was Reunion Movement's overall conduct that had made Fengling decide to give away medicine she did not really need.

As a grassroots organization built from nothing, they could maintain relatively strict military discipline, fight for the Infected, and still look after the surrounding villages.