There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 762

Chapter 762: Side Story 4. Endless Journey - 45

The twins had always been inseparable.

Everything about them, except for their faces, was different from each other. Their personality, their likes and dislikes...they had their own preferences since their early days. _{ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com}

That, however, never prevented them from doing everything together. Kar preferred savory while Asa loved sweets, but they still shared their snacks. Kar would accompany Asa in reading books, and Asa would stay beside Kar while the older twin was playing with mana. They had different clothing styles, but they always shopped for clothes together. Even later, when it was more about equipment than clothing, they would still shop together.

It was hard even for their parents to separate them. They stayed in the same room, didn’t matter even if they had to have smaller beds because the room wasn’t made for two kids. When one of them got sick, no one could take the other twin away. They could try, but the wailing that came out of them could wake up the whole city, so their parents gave up in the end. It was easier to treat two sick children than calming two screaming babies.

When they entered the academy, however, they could no longer stay together all the time.

They might stay in the same dorm, but except for the general knowledge class, they had their own specialized classes--which comprised eighty percent of their classes. Even if they didn’t want to, they had to spend their day away from each other.

It was uncomfortable at first, but at least they could be together after school ended. Gradually, they got used to being away from each other, and exploring what they liked in their own time.

Still, for some reason, it was hard for them to get close friends when they were alone. Kar had no interest in making connections in the first place, and students were too intimidated by him. Asa was more sociable than Kar, but he was too busy to hang out with the other guides and espers from their generation.

But that was also nothing more than an excuse. Kar and Asa just weren’t used to people who couldn’t understand them with minimum explanation. They were also so used to each other as companions that they would habitually compare people trying to be their friends with their absent twin.

Naturally, there would be no one quite like their other half, and they couldn’t get past the ’acquaintance’ stage with any other people that wasn’t part of their childhood friend group.

That had never been a problem before when they were still living in their bubble. And, well...Kar would continue living in that bubble. Not Asa, however.

Asa decided to go to college to pursue his engineering dream. There was rarely any esper or guide there, and those awakened who did choose to go to college had left their awakened life from the start--unlike him, who was being greedy and wanted to do everything. So, people there didn’t know him.

In the sentinel community, Operation Fallen Star was taught as a part of the curriculum. The recordings of the fight inside the Deathzone were used in guilds as part of the training, and the simulation chip was one of the bestsellers not only in the Eastern Federation but also in the whole continent. Naturally, the people who had the biggest contribution were well known in the community--including the children of those people.

But general people didn’t know much about them. They knew Operation Fallen Star, of course, but they wouldn’t know or remember the faces of the great figures, just like how they wouldn’t recognize the head of Old Houses or the face of the conglomerates. Heck--most of them wouldn’t even remember the faces of the government officials except for those who often came out on television.

Asa, for the first time, entered this whole new world where people didn’t know him. Even if people heard the name ’Ishtera’, they wouldn’t immediately connect him with the Old House. Logically, people wouldn’t think the child of a legendary esper and a legendary guide would enter college.

And, oh...it was fun.

At that point, Asa was already getting used to separation with his twin. He no longer had to stress himself with entrance exams, and he didn’t have to endure people gawking at him or trying to get close to him because of his parents.

Well...people still gawked because he was naturally good-looking with good fashion--thanks to his Auntie Reina--but that was normal. They would look and then walk away, maybe take a picture or two. Still normal. It was easier for him to blend with his peers because he had grown out of the habit of comparing them with his twin, and most of the time, he didn’t have to disclose his family name.

"So...have you found a girlfriend yet?" Nari asked at their monthly meet-up in Althrea.

"Ugh..." Asa dove into his parfait instead of answering--which, in itself, was an answer already.

Nari laughed and stroked her chin. "Let me guess...you couldn’t find someone who tickled your fancy, and then your friends brought you to a mixer, only for all the girls to focus on you."

Asa parted his lips. "How..."

"Your friends felt disheartened and you felt bad so you left, but that only worsened the situation," Nari continued.

"And several girls approached you at the same time in college, and you couldn’t just pick one because you were afraid of a fight breaking out...right?" Lucy wiggled her brows, and Asa grabbed her face to stop it.

Nari tilted her head. "Fights breaking out? Aren’t you being too...I don’t know, cocky?" she chuckled. "Do you think they’ll bully the girl if you say yes to one?"

Asa pursed his lips and hissed. "What do you know? I found out they were already fighting before I even gave any answer!" he mixed the parfait in front of him in annoyance. "Something like ’you can’t aim for someone I’m aiming!’ and pulled each other’s hair. Why would I agree to go out with girls like that?"

"Whoa..."