There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 734

Chapter 734: Side Story 4. Endless Journey - 17

"Suddenly?!"

Rina parted her lips in shock. If Cohen had been able to get here, it would have meant that Zein was fine when he had called earlier. In that case, something happened during that time frame?

"Seems like his waters broke," Cohen replied after reading the message from his clansmen. "It’s four days earlier than the planned c-section, but it’s nothing dangerous."

"Oh, so he’s alright?"

"Yes. He’s on the way to the hospital now, and the C-section will be held tonight."

Rina let out a relieved breath, but Cohen frowned slightly. He looked at his new official girlfriend apologetically. "I’m sorry...I know you want me to stay, but--"

"Let’s go," Rina nodded instead, snatching her long cardigan from the coat closet.

Cohen blinked. "Yes?"

"Zein is my friend too," Rina shrugged. "If he’s about to give birth, I also want to be there."

She couldn’t do it last time because everything was so sudden, and she was in the middle of clearing a dungeon outside of Althrea. Certainly, after spending a lot of time with Zein’s current pregnancy--while visiting Cohen and the twins--she wanted to be one of the first people who witnessed the princess of Ishtera.

"But I’m going to be guarding, so--"

"And I’m going to babysit," Rina smirked. "Do you think Bassena will be able to babysit two energetic boys? He’ll turn into a panic child himself."

"...right."

"Right?" Rina winked and grabbed the man’s hand. "Let’s go!"

Cohen looked at the defender while getting dragged to the door. "Rina,"

"Mm?"

He placed his hand against the door frame and leaned down to kiss her softly. In her lips this time. "Would it be too early to say I love you at this point?"

"No," she smiled and kissed the man again, just to suppress the giggle that wanted to escape her. "Say it a lot, as much as you can."

* * *

This time, Cohen went to the Iron Shield’s branch and used one of the new helicopters purchased this year. He didn’t want to do it while going to Rina’s place because it was a personal business, but getting back to the patriarch was a clan’s business.

Looking for Zein’s room was not difficult; it was a Mortix-owned hospital, and naturally, the patriarch of House Ishtera occupied a whole VIP section. Not because of his status or anything but because they were worried Bassena would spread his terrifying mana everywhere.

And it was a wise decision.

When they arrived, only the Iron Brigade and Han Shin were there aside from Zein’s family, which was understandable--since there were waves of strong, distressed mana coming from Bassena. Reina and her children wouldn’t be able to get close at all.

Funnily enough, those waves of mana had no effect on the twins, who were patting and stroking their Baba’s back and arms.

"Auntie?" Kar greeted Rina when she got close.

"Pfft--why are you being babysat by your sons, Commander?" she scoffed in jest, but Bassena only raised his head dazedly.

"...huh?"

Rina chuckled and shook her head in amusement. "Geez--it’s not even your first time," she couldn’t help but roll her eyes. "But I guess Zein does like this side of you."

Hearing his husband’s name made Bassena flinch. He looked around and gasped. "Yeah? What about Zein? Is he out yet?"

Rina raised her brows--had Bassena acted like this before too? She had asked Cohen on the way and Bassena was not away this time. He was in the middle of playing with the twins when it happened, and he was sober enough to get Zein to the hospital as planned.

Once the c-section was underway, however, he became like this--according to the bodyguards. It seemed like not being able to see Zein made him overthink things too much. With the twins, he arrived without seeing Zein in pain or looking uncomfortable. This time, he saw everything.

And he was terrified.

Turned out that being there but not able to do much was as bad as being away when it all happened.

"Hey, I think you should guard him instead," Rina glanced at Cohen, who was smiling wryly. "I’ll take the twins."

"Okay," Cohen nodded gratefully. Because of this mana, the nannies also couldn’t be there to take care of the twins. It was truly a blessing that Rina came with him. "Thanks."

"Reward me later," Rina winked, before clapping her hands at the twins. "Let’s go, kids!"

"Go? Go where? Dada is thele, Auntie!" Asa pointed at the room at the end of the corridor.

Rina leaned down and whispered to the twins. "Your Dada won’t be out for another hour, so let’s prepare some gifts for him and your sister while waiting--how about it?"

"Plesent!" the amber eyes sparkled.

Kar nodded with a firm gaze. "Yes, let’s."

Rina laughed and gave her hands for the twins to grab. "Okay, follow me!"

They went hand-in-hand to the hospital’s ground floor. There was a section near the general maternity ward where people could buy flower bouquets or maternity gifts. The twins argued about which animal plushie to choose but reconciled while choosing flowers for the bouquet. White and blue ones. Rina wrote a simple message that children could do so the twins could copy it to the card attached to the bouquet.

While rewriting the message on the beautiful card, Asa asked curiously. "Auntie...ale you with Uncle Co’en now? Like Dada and Baba?"

Rina blushed a little bit. "Yeah..."

The older twin gasped. "So Auntie will come to play lots more?"

Rina turned to Kar with an arched brow. "You just want me to make you ice, huh?"

"Hehe..."