The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 86

Chapter 86: Zenick’s Predicament (1)

An hour ago.

"Are you really alright?" Zenick asked Aisha one more time, his gaze wandering to her face.

Aisha nodded. "I am. Don’t worry about me."

Zenick took a second to look her over carefully, perhaps waiting for her to change her mind. Yet, Aisha was determined to go to the ceremony, and he could do nothing about it.

He had known long ago how stubborn his younger sister could be when she set her mind on doing something. In fact, when she was younger, he’d worried a lot about her well-being. Soon after she was announced to be the prince’s fiancée, Aisha had taken proper etiquette lessons and became even more studious. Their parents hadn’t noticed anything back then and thought this was a good idea to tame and turn her into a good future consort. But Zenick thought otherwise.

He noticed how she was slowly destroying herself. Always up late in the night, going to bed much later and waking up earlier than the servants in their home. She wouldn’t listen to him even when he warned her to rest. She would only tell him to mind his own business and not interfere in her life.

Zenick had tried everything he could for her until the day he was finally given a task as the Novalis family’s heir to start learning the ropes in their merchant business.

"Fine."

In the end, he knew he would do anything she wanted. After making certain that Aisha wouldn’t bleed out and collapse, he stepped into the hover car and reached his hand out to help her in. Just as they were about to take off, however, his terminal started buzzing with incessant noise that broke the tranquil silence inside the hover car.

"Who is it?" Aisha asked curiously.

Zenick looked down at his terminal, a frown taking over his face. He read each word from the message he received from his employees. Even his Vice Captain was urging him to return to the merchant ship he had returned with on the planet.

He briefly glanced at it once more before looking up at Aisha, who looked at him expectant of his answer. But how could he tell her that the merchant ship was under attack? And it wasn’t just a normal attack. It seemed that this had been planned the moment he stepped into Gaia.

Not wanting to make her worry after what she went through, Zenick didn’t tell her the truth.

"It’s my Vice Captain. It seems one of the crewmates in my merchant ship messed up and blew his arm off while repairing the ship."

He watched as Aisha’s eyebrows were raised. "Is it serious?"

Zenick shook his head and replied, "It shouldn’t be. We can send him to a treatment room in the ship and have his arm healed. He’s... he’s also a close friend of mine. Additionally, there seems to be something wrong with the repair of the ship..."

He paused, unsure of how he could break the news of him leaving her before he could escort her inside the imperial hall. A part of him didn’t want to leave her alone. But thinking of the lives of his crewmates being in danger, and possibly already on their way to open the gates of the underworld, Zenick didn’t know what to do.

Aisha didn’t know the turmoil swirling inside his heart, but a sweet smile spread across her lips. The sight of her only made him feel regret and guilt.

"Brother, you don’t have to come with me if you have something urgent to do."

She gave him the chance to leave, but Zenick still hesitated.

"I’d hate myself if I held you back from checking up on your friend’s life. Besides, the state of the merchant ship is an important matter that can’t wait," Aisha smiled gently, patting his hand to assure him that she wasn’t upset about this.

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