Chapter 230 - 223. Night of Sparkling Lights (1)
"You really pierced your ear?" Rina parted her lips, looking even more excited than Bassena, who technically owned the earring that was placed there.
Instead, Bassena kept staring at his hand and looked as if he was traumatized. Not that things went wrong--in fact, it was done superbly that Zein didn’t even feel pain except for the initial sting. Since it was done by pure magic energy, there was no risk of infection, and the wound healed fast. It only stayed red for an hour, and Zein already put on the earring when Radia and Rina came back from the emergency meeting.
Bassena, however, swore to never inflict any harm on Zein’s body again, ever. He only pierced the guide’s ear, by request, and he was horrified.
The Serpent Lord, who had no qualm smacking other espers in friendly training.
While Bassena still had a mental breakdown of ’hurting’ Zein, Rina held her commlink and, with sparkling eyes, begged the guide. "Please please please, let me take a picture!"
"Why?"
"Just because!"
Zein stared at the widely smiling tanker and turned his face away. "No," he said.
"Aww, come on!" Rina stomped her feet like a child about to throw a tantrum.
"We’ll have a picture later anyway," Zein gave her a reason.
The banquet of New Year’s Eve functioned as the peak of the annual gathering, the closing ceremony. There would be tons of journalists, and since it was a party, Zein was told there would be pictures to be taken.