There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 294

Chapter 294: Chapter 286. Little Creatures

Zein and Bassena immediately left the venue not long after the bouquet throwing, because guests had already posted something on their social links, and the venue manager had told them some reporters already spotted within the estate.

By the time they arrived in Eiyuta, pictures of them at the wedding venue had already circulated far and wide through people’s social links and news articles. Of course, now that they had a better, clearer picture of Zein, it was all people talked about.

"How could a random candid photo look like a magazine shoot?"

Or...

"If I have a partner that good-looking, I would tell them to hide their face too,"

And the opposite;

"If I had that kind of face I would never hide myself, ever."

It was good that Vallaria was still on probation because she definitely would throw a tantrum in the Temple when she heard about how people started comparing Zein’s visual to her.

"I understand now why the Serpent Lord chose him instead of the Saintess,"

"It pisses me off, but they do look good together,"

"Damnit—beutiful people shouldn’t be allowed to be together!"

But Zein had no leeway to think about all those news and reactions because he had a mission to accomplish—not that he would care either way.

The moment they entered the yellow-zone city, they immediately followed the map to the address of Lucia’s shared house thirty years ago. It was located in an unassuming neighborhood, almost at the edge of the city. Most of the houses had been inhabited since a long time ago, and were inherited by second or third generations.

Not the house they visited, however.

It wasn’t a big house, a bit smaller than Cohen’s. The place was dark, and from the unkempt yard, it seemed to be empty. There was a small iron fence they could easily bypass by jumping over it—which they did.

"Doesn’t seem like anyone has been here for a few months already," Zein muttered. "I was sure they were still here when Radia’s agent investigated my mother’s origin."

There was no way they could obtain the letters that Lucia sent to her friends otherwise. But Zein had told Radia to stop the investigation in this direction, so they had no idea what happened to the two friends ever since. He was kind of regretting it now.

"Should we check the house?" Bassena suggested.

"Inside? Wouldn’t that breaking and entering?"

"Not if it isn’t locked," Bassena shrugged with a grin, and Zein couldn’t help but chuckle as they climbed into the veranda.

The house looked abandoned, but abandoned house sometimes was left unlocked, so they were hoping they could gain some clue inside. Unfortunately, the front door was locked, so Bassena suggested they try the back door.

There was a small garden in the backyard and a small shed with a pile of unused stuff on the side. While Zein was trying the back door, Bassena checked on the small shed for something; a key, perhaps, or a clue to where the owner of the house might be.

Again, however, Zein had to sigh in disappointment as the back door was also locked. He knocked on the window and tried to peek inside, but it seemed like the blind was drawn, so he couldn’t even see whether the house had been emptied of furniture or not.

"Should we ask the neighbor—"

CRASH! CLANG!

"Aagh!"

Zein flinched when he heard a loud sound of things crashing down and bumping against each other, followed by a yell from his esper. His whole body tensed—because what could make the Bassena Vaski scream couldn’t be good news—but before he could turn around, a wisp of darkness arrived beside him and crashed into the wall.

Bassena materialized and immediately grabbed Zein’s arms, eyes wide and shaking. Zein turned around in alarm, but he couldn’t see anything in the backyard. An invisible enemy? Zein narrowed his eyes as he felt Bassena’s hand tremble.

"Zein, l-let’s get out of here f-aagh—!"

Again, Bassena yelped and pulled Zein in front of him, as if...using the guide to shield himself from the enemy?

Zein tilted his head. That wasn’t like Bassena at all. But then he saw something fleeting by. No—not just something, but several creatures, running away from the humans invading the backyard.

Bassena shook his head frantically, and Zein would have laughed if it wasn’t for the true terror in the esper’s eyes. "Zein, honey, throw it away...please?"

"Did you just call me honey?" Laughing softly, Zein reached out his hand to pat the adorable esper’s cheek, but Bassena stepped away out of his reach again. Blinking, he looked at the esper who swallowed nervously, eyes on Zein’s hand.