Volume 3 Chapter 225
by Need_More_SleepVolume 3 + Chapter 225: So Despicable
Xia Yi hadn’t even realized what was happening before she was pinned beneath the Doctor on the sofa.
That pale, ample chest was already about to smother her face.
“Xia Yi, your very first task now is to obediently listen to the Doctor…”
As the Doctor spoke, she raised her hand and undid the ribbon on Xia Yi’s school uniform.
This…
Directly made Xia Yi go numb.
What on earth was this Doctor doing!
Why was she running into workplace harassment on her very first day?!
Could it be that this Doctor had some serious problems?!
“N-no way!”
Xia Yi pushed the Doctor away, scooting her bottom backward in an attempt to put some distance between them.
“Doctor, this is a crime, you’ll end up in prison for this!”
She really couldn’t figure it out—why would the Doctor do something like this, untying her clothes.
Surely this wasn’t part of an assistant’s job description, right?
“Xia Yi, how can you be disobedient on your very first day? How can you be my assistant if you’re like this?” The Doctor sighed. “You really disappoint me.”
“This isn’t about obedience or not, Doctor. It’s just… I only have respect for you, nothing beyond that. Keeping some distance is more appropriate. Distance creates beauty!!”
“Heehee.”
The Doctor laughed.
“Xia Yi, you’re overthinking. This is just an entry physical examination.”
“An entry physical examination?”
Xia Yi had never heard of any kind of “entry examination” that involved pressing someone onto a sofa and groping around.
This was way too suspicious.
“No way!”
“Come on, let me check if your body is normal or not.”
“No no no way!”
Xia Yi jumped off the sofa, clutching her chest.
“No matter what you say, the answer is still no!”
“But I really can’t hold back much longer…”
The Doctor fixed her gaze on Xia Yi, as if she were about to strip off her clothes right then and there, unable to suppress her burning curiosity and eager to satisfy it.
To see what secrets lay hidden beneath that petite frame—it made her itch to uncover it all.
“If you won’t agree, then I won’t allow you to be my assistant! Xia Yi, you don’t want to lose this internship opportunity, do you? You know perfectly well what you should do.”
“This…”
Xia Yi hesitated.
This was bad. Who could have guessed the Doctor would suddenly make such a demand?
No matter what, she definitely couldn’t agree to it.
If the Doctor discovered anything suspicious and her dragon identity was exposed, it would be dangerous.
But judging by the Doctor’s attitude, this was outright coercion…
That’s it!
All of a sudden, she thought of an idea.
“Doctor, do you really want to examine my body that badly?”
“Yes, as long as you agree to this, I can accept you as my intern,” the Doctor nodded.
“Alright then…”
Xia Yi began taking off her clothes, letting her coat slip to the floor.
“You agreed!”
Ecstasy spread across the Doctor’s face.
This was wonderful. First she would anesthetize Xia Yi, then dissect her body and see if her internal structure was normal…
“Well then, I won’t hold back!”
“But… not right now.”
“Eh?”
“As long as the Doctor lets me intern with you for a week, and really makes me feel that you’ve sincerely accepted me, then I’ll agree to let the Doctor examine my body… even research me if you like.”
“A whole week?”
The Doctor felt this was hard to accept.
“No way, I can’t endure that long! I want you right now!”
“Then forget it. Doctor, you’re really awful. You don’t even want to show me any sincerity, you just want me one-sidedly. I don’t like that…”
Xia Yi sighed, picked her uniform coat back up, and put it on again.
“Doctor, let’s just leave things between us at this.”
“……”
“Goodbye.”
Xia Yi turned and left to leave the office.
Of course, she wasn’t really planning to go—she was gambling.
Gambling that the Doctor wouldn’t be able to let this opportunity slip away.
Even though she understood that if she left Rhine Alchemy now, getting back in later would be nearly impossible, she also couldn’t just fall into the Doctor’s hands like this.
The Doctor obviously wasn’t normal. She said “examination,” but who knew what strange things she might actually do. Definitely a dangerous element.
The black-haired loli had already pulled open the door, one foot stepping out…
“Alright, alright, you win, Xia Yi!” The Doctor admitted defeat. “Then follow me as an intern for a week first. As for the examination, we’ll talk about it afterward!”
“Really?”
“Really. You have to keep your promise, you can’t go back on it.”
“Of course, I’m very honest and trustworthy!” Xia Yi smiled sweetly.
Heh.
After a week, once I figure everything out, I’ll just run away. I won’t stay in the human world, I’ll return to the Dragon Kingdom.
Keep a promise?
Dream on!
The seemingly innocent loli had already made up her mind—not only to run, but to leave the Doctor fuming and mocking her.
When the Doctor was both angry and helpless at her escape, that would be the most fun of all.
“You must swear, Xia Yi.”
“Alright. O Sun God above, please bear witness to my oath. If, after the Doctor lets me intern with her and I truly feel her acceptance, I go back on my word after one week, then I shall…”
Xia Yi rolled her eyes around, then struck a pose of solemn conviction.
“Then I shall no longer be human!!”
The Sun God was a widely revered deity in the human world, carrying great weight. To swear in the name of the Sun God was an oath that must never be broken…
But what did the gods of the human world have to do with me, a Silver Dragon Princess?
The Dragon Kingdom doesn’t believe in that nonsense.
“Very well. With the Sun God above, let the Sun God bear witness to our oath. It’s settled!”
The Doctor accepted.
Even if she had to wait a week, building up her anticipation and releasing it all at once afterward… wouldn’t that be even more satisfying?
Anyway, Xia Yi was already as good as hers. How could a student of Laurel Academy possibly escape the palm of her hand?
“Come, Xia Yi, let’s go get your credentials and badge processed. From now on, you’re my personal assistant,” the Doctor said.
“Doctor, did you have an assistant before?” Xia Yi asked curiously.
“Yes, but once you become my assistant, that one was dismissed,” the Doctor said nonchalantly.
Poor assistant.
Xia Yi silently mourned for the unlucky predecessor for three seconds.
The Doctor led Xia Yi out of the office to find Rhine Alchemy’s internal staff.
On the way, she suddenly asked a question.
“Xia Yi, there’s something that’s been on my mind.”
“Mm? What is it?”
“Back during the alchemist’s test, you brewed a certain alchemical potion, do you remember?”
“Oh… yeah, I think there was something like that.”
Xia Yi recalled.
At the time, she had made a conversion potion. The Doctor even took a sip, and immediately puked a rainbow.
When the Doctor asked what potion it was, she had made up a story that it was for height growth.
“That experimental formula of the potion—how did you obtain it?”
“Someone told me.”
“Someone?”
“Yeah, my first alchemy teacher. My family had found a teacher to give me alchemy lessons, but halfway through, he ran off because he was apparently selling medicine illegally… I just studied by myself for a while with the textbooks he left.”
Xia Yi improvised an “origin story” on the spot.
The key was to make it untraceable—since the teacher already ran, there was no way to prove truth or falsehood.
“Oh, I see…”
“What is it?”
“I looked into your formula a bit and made some improvements. I gave it to a friend to drink,” the Doctor said, “and then he grew bigger and taller.”
Xia Yi was somewhat surprised.
Don’t tell me this Doctor really remembered all my formulas and procedures from that time?
As expected, this Doctor wasn’t simple.
“Is that so? That’s great then, as long as it’s useful!” Xia Yi put on a sweet smile, feigning ignorance.
“We’re here. This is the office for internal credentials. Let’s head straight in.”
The Doctor brought Xia Yi to the office for Rhine Alchemy’s internal personnel documents, pushed open the door, and led her inside.
“Doctor, greetings—eh, this is!?”
The members of Rhine Alchemy, upon seeing Xia Yi, all showed astonishment.
After all, this was a restricted area. Outsiders were absolutely not allowed in casually. One glance at her student uniform and it was obvious she was from Laurel Academy.
“Doctor, please don’t bring outsiders here,” one member reminded. “Little miss, you’d better leave now, otherwise we’ll have to call security—”
The Doctor raised her hand to cut him off. “She isn’t an outsider. Her name is Xia Yi. From now on, she’s your colleague.”
“Colleague??”
Now they were even more dumbfounded. No one had received any orders from above, and suddenly a new colleague appeared.
“Doctor, are you joking? Today isn’t April Fool’s, is it?”
“Do I look like I’m joking?” the Doctor said coolly. “Now, help Xia Yi process Rhine Alchemy credentials. From now on, she’s my assistant.”
“This…”
The members’ faces twitched.
This was too much. How could a mere student with no experience be allowed inside Rhine Alchemy?!
Even a skilled alchemist would need to work hard for years in the guild before earning the right to step inside and gain entry into Rhine Alchemy.
“Doctor, why… why would you choose this Xia Yi to be your assistant?”
The Doctor smiled. “Isn’t it obvious? None of you see it?”
“Obvious?”
Everyone was puzzled. They all turned to look at the black-haired loli and started racking their brains.
“Miss Xia Yi must have published in an authoritative journal?”
“No,” the Doctor denied.
“Then she must have achieved a research result that shocked the alchemy world!”
“Not that either,” the Doctor shook her head.
“Then she must be a super alchemy genius, with talent rivaling the Doctor herself?”
“Even less so.” The Doctor still shook her head.
Everyone was left utterly baffled.
Xia Yi herself was curious what reason the Doctor would use to convince them. But the next words from the Doctor almost made everyone’s jaws drop.
“Fine, I’ll reveal the answer.”
The Doctor poked Xia Yi’s cheek.
“Don’t you think she’s cute?”
“……”
“……”
“……”
Silence fell.
After a long moment, someone asked: “And what does Miss Xia Yi’s cuteness have to do with letting her into Rhine Alchemy?”
“Being cute is enough,” the Doctor said matter-of-factly. “Moe is justice.”
“……”
“……”
“……”
Another round of silence.
Even Xia Yi was speechless—how could the Doctor use a reason like that?!
The faces of Rhine Alchemy’s members nearly cracked. Their expressions were practically identical: ‘Are you f*ing kidding me??’
“Doctor, this won’t do. How can you let an outsider in for a reason like that!! This is the highest holy ground of alchemy in the human world!!”
The members protested loudly:
“Doing this is simply abusing your…”
…abusing your position to open the back door for someone.
Everyone understood perfectly well what that implied, hoping the Doctor would take it back.
“Then give Miss Xia Yi an assessment,” one agitated member proposed. “If her alchemy level reaches our standard, then we’ll recognize it!”
The others all agreed.
“Yes, that would be more fitting.”
“No one else gets this kind of chance. This is already a huge opportunity for Miss Xia Yi.”
Compete in alchemy against these people?
Xia Yi thought it over.
Actually, it shouldn’t be a big problem. Even though she liked to slack off back in the dragon royal palace, she had still listened to more alchemy classes with Grandmaster Gran. She wasn’t bad—otherwise she wouldn’t have been able to make a conversion potion by herself.
Judging by the situation, the Doctor seemed about to agree, but suddenly she gave a cold laugh.
“You people are just talking to yourselves, making decisions on your own. I’m here to inform you, not to ask for your opinion.”
The Doctor didn’t care about what anyone else thought anymore, not even bothering to hide it.
“You’re right. I am abusing my connections, opening a back door. I think she’s qualified, and that’s enough.”
“Doctor, if your family finds out about this…”
“And then?” the Doctor asked.
The other party fell silent.
There really was no “then.”
That shut everyone’s mouths immediately.
What could they do? She was the Doctor. If she got annoyed and quit, there’d be no one to take over her research projects. No one else was qualified.
That’s why she could always act willfully, doing outrageous things, yet still hold her position.
“…Fine…”
The members of Rhine Alchemy were helpless, and had no choice but to begin processing credentials for Xia Yi.
This maneuver left Xia Yi dumbstruck.
Wow, this Doctor is so despicable!
After a while, Xia Yi received her Rhine Alchemy staff ID and badge, along with a standard-issue white lab coat.
The white coat draped over her petite figure, she actually did look the part.
“Doctor, Assistant Xia Yi, reporting for duty!”
Wearing the lab coat and the Rhine Alchemy badge, Xia Yi walked up to the Doctor and cheerfully raised her hand.
“Doctor, everything’s done. Can I go back for today and come to work tomorrow—”
Bang!!
At that moment, the door suddenly swung open, and a Rhine Alchemy member rushed in, flustered.
“Doctor, something terrible has happened!!”