There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 434

Chapter 434: Chapter 427. Sabatical

"Azra, mind the timing!"

"I get it!"

"Stay back until Kei gives a signal!"

"Alright!"

Bassena playing as a Demon King of some sort--or rather, the villainous Serpent Lord--was fun, but Zein paid more attention to Senia. She could barely work together before, making him wonder what kind of raid she had been having in Celestia. She couldn’t match well with a trained squad, although it was understandable.

In a team play, what they needed the most was trust. But she was their adversary--if not enemy--before, so it was hard for them to trust Senia. Meanwhile, the Princess had been used to ignoring the words of those whose rank was below her, so she couldn’t receive instruction well.

It needed getting beaten up so much by Bassena and getting wordlessly scolded by Zein’s guiding to make her finally listen to the other espers.

At some point, Zein wondered if this was the method that Radia and Han Joon used on Bassena a long time ago.

But thanks to that, she could somewhat do team play as long as they gave her clear instructions and strategies. Of course, to match the level of teamwork from Anzus, who knew what skills and movements their teammates would use just by a glance at their limbs was impossible for her.

But at least, she was usable now. Just like Radia wanted.

She wouldn’t be in Anzus for long anyway, if Zein read Radia’s plan well. The guildmaster would send Senia on a different mission inside the Deathzone--especially after they established the first base.

But it was fascinating seeing her development as an esper, and how careful she became around guides. Technically, Zein was supposed to be the one who guided her, but he let other guides do it sometimes--as learning experiences for both sides. He also wanted to see if the girl only acted well in front of him, or if she could maintain it in front of others weaker than her.

Well, at best, it was awkward. On bad days, it would be a guiding session full of tension. But he could say that Senia made a significant change. Whether she did it to curry favor with Zein or something genuine did not matter. She would gradually learn how much better it was living with that change.

As for Radia, he just cared that she could be used.

He had to. If there was a weakness of Trinity, it was their size. Pulling it off while dividing between people to be sent and people to stay behind only with their manpower alone was impossible, so he would gladly welcome any additional chess piece he could use. Sure, they had hired mercenaries, but how many mercenaries was a five-star esper?

Talking about Radia though...Zein hadn’t been seeing the man often. It had down to once a week, on the day of the executive meeting--which had become weekly now with the impending start of the campaign. They would use the time to guide the summoner, before Radia was gone again, going around Mortix’s factory to take care of the logistics.

Everyone had been busy, even Han Shin, who had to juggle between being a healer and a researcher; attending the raid training as well as checking on all of the equipment and devices the guild would take. Zein did not fare any better, with raid training and preparing his kids thoroughly, not to mention taking care of all his side projects before he went away--especially the school and the Temple. With the little free time he had at hand, he could only start to make his will in the middle of May.

"This is almost as dizzying as taking care of tax," Zein felt his eye twitch from a bad memory.

"It’s not that bad," Logan chuckled. "You just have more assets now. It’s important for you to track all of them to make a detailed will."

"Hmm..."

Zein looked at all the papers in front of him while massaging his temple. Last year...yeah, last year, the only thing he had in hand was the salary he had from the borderland unit for four years, minus what he used to buy equipment and travel fees. It didn’t even amount to what he earned monthly now.

No--if it came down to it, he obtained more in a week than in those four years, with his guiding fare and what he received from Iron Shield.

How laughable.

"Seems like in the end, I use my grandfather’s will again," Zein snorted as he took out the previous patriarch’s will, the one dividing the clan assets into those for Zein and those for the Templar of Arms Master.

He had decided to use the will as an example and divided his liquid assets into percentages; for the clan and the foundation. He felt sorry for the Iron Shield, but most of his wealth would be put in a trust fund running the foundation. It couldn’t be helped--he had to make sure the orphanage and the school kept on running.

"By the way, it’s rare to see you without Sir Vaski," Logan said after Zein was done scribbling some calculations.

"He’s busier than me," Zein chuckled.

But he could rarely do that now, which frustrated him. _{freeweɓnøvel.com}