Chapter 640: Side Story 1. The Twilight Zone - 22
Bassena couldn’t hear them at first. After all, they were behind the recovery room that was designed to be soundproof.
But then, the door opened and before the nurse came out to call for him, he heard them already. Two sounds of cries overlap with each other. Like a bell, like a warning, it awoke every sense in Bassena’s body and before he knew it, he was already in front of the slightly open door, surprising the nurse.
"Sir Ish--oh, Gods!" the nurse took a step back and clutched her chest in surprise. Seeing a tense-faced esper with unblinking eyes was not healthy for anyone’s heart.
"Zein! My sons!"
But seeing the way that Esper couldn’t say anything but the name of his beloved, the nurse recovered quickly and smiled, realizing that one of the strongest humans in the whole continent was just like any others.
"Your husband is fine, the doctor is stitching him up," the nurse said while opening the door wider. "I thought you might want to see your sons first."
Of course Bassena wanted to! What kind of question was that?!
Despite his aggressive thought, however, Bassena nodded timidly and followed the nurse inside with wide eyes and a drumming heartbeat. Zein was still in the surgery room, so the recovery room was empty. He waited impatiently for a door to open and--
Oh, those voices. He finally heard those voices again. Two cries of different volumes and characters as if telling him they were different people. But of course they were different. Bassena could clearly feel two different sets of heartbeats, coming from two wriggling blankets that the nurses brought close to him.
And then he finally saw them. A pair of fists clutching the blanket strongly, and another pair clawing the air. Their small head wiggled as their mouth opened to let the world know that they were finally there.
For a while, the room was filled with their cries, as Bassena only stared there, staring at the pair of miracles letting out the most beautiful sound in the world. He felt like he was in a trance, wondering if it was the real world or if it was a trap inside a dungeon.