There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 292

Chapter 292: Chapter 284. More Than A Duty

"Captain!"

"There you are, Captain," Nadine waved her arms the moment Zein and Bassena entered the venue.

Those who came from Trinity were already there—not many, just those who were really close to Abel and had enough free time to spare during the busy schedule of preparation. Most of them were guides, and from Zein’s division, it was only Nadine and Dean, simply because only the two had satisfying enough results during the last training, so Zein did not ground them. But the two were also part of the first-generation Trinity guides, so they were among the closest colleagues.

The rest were some guides from Abel’s own division, and some espers whom Abel usually took care of, including Rina—before Zein took over the duty. She turned to look at them and sighed. "Oh, finally. I thought you wouldn’t make it."

"We were visiting the groom," Bassena shrugged, letting Zein take a seat first.

"Lies," Rina squinted at the couple. "I was there not long ago and he said you were already going to the venue." _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

Ops. "We’re detouring since we arrived too early," Bassena deflected. "It’d be too boring if we had to sit around doing nothing for half an hour, wouldn’t it?"

Rina only narrowed her eyes even more, tilting her head to see Bassena and Zein more keenly. She wasn’t sure what kind of detour it was, but it must be pretty wild, seeing the way Bassena’s ear and neck were still red, and how their hair definitely had gone through something before being fixed quickly. But Zein looked as nonchalant as usual, with no change of expression nor a speck of fluster, so Rina could only scoff.

"Well, I guess it’s hard to hold back if you have someone looking this pretty by your side," she clicked her tongue. "Gods, why are you so pretty? I’m jealous," she sighed and patted her cheeks. Wasn’t it rather humiliating that Zein looked prettier when she was the one who was supposed to be the celebrity?

Wait...

Rina blinked and turned to look at Zein, finally realizing that the guide did not wear the mask. She parted her lips, but Zein beat her to it. "Yes, I know. It’s just for the wedding."

"It’s truly different seeing you without it while wearing something like this," Nadine commented. Unlike other people, the members of Zein’s division had the privilege of looking at the Captain’s bare face during the Training, because Zein was still a human who needed to drink. But he would either be in training uniform or a combat outfit.

Certainly, it was different seeing that pretty face in formal clothes and styled hair. No spiky menacing vibe, just this beautiful-looking art of the God that sucked the room’s attention the moment Zein walked inside the room. It was inevitable; humans were always drawn to beautiful things.

And if it wasn’t for the beauty, people were drawn to power. The Saint candidate, the lost child of Freyja, the head of an Old House; even without the fact that he was Bassena Vaski’s guide, Zein swiftly climbed up the ladder of elite society despite only spending his time in the guild and their apartment.

"If I didn’t know you, I would think that it’s the Commander who told you to wear mask," Rina chuckled, covering her mouth with the fur-lined fan she brought so she would be able to keep her celebrity charade. "You know, so the world wouldn’t know how you look like and fall for you."

"People already fall for him even with the mask," Bassena clicked his tongue. But he just had a very affectionate session with the guide in the restroom, so he was in a good enough mood to not feel jealous of people’s eyes on his boyfriend.

"The guests might take pictures of you," Rina whispered, knowing that some of them had stopped being awestruck and moved to their commlink, probably to update their social media.

"It’s fine, my face has already been circulating out there since the black gate," Zein shrugged.

It wasn’t really his face that he wanted to hide behind his mask. If that were the case, he would never take them off even during mealtime. He wore the mask because he felt threatened by the environment, and it became a habit and an anchor.

Nowadays, while it was still a habit he couldn’t let go during guiding, he already had a new anchor beside him. Just like that time during the welcoming party, he felt safe enough to not carry his security blanket since Bassena was here.

"What if they come to you?" Rina smirked, wiggling her brow because she knew Zein didn’t like being crowded by people he didn’t know.

"For what?" and just like a clueless new superstar, Zein tilted his head in confusion. Why would people come to him at a wedding? Shouldn’t they come to the bride and groom instead?

Rina chuckled, already expecting such a reaction from someone who had been sheltered from the public by everyone around him. "Most of the people from Abel’s side of the family are guides. Don’t you know they had been looking at you with googly eyes?"