Chapter 100: Zuan's Child
One month later, Zaun.
In a garbage-strewn alley, two scruffy Zaun kids, who looked only about 13 or 14 years old, were squatting on the ground in a completely ungraceful manner, playing with something around a tattered wooden box.
"Humph! Crow? I'll make sure he never comes back!" The boy proudly pointed at his hero card [Blade Dancer Irelia] and looked at his opponent provocatively:
"Wine, fire kills——"
"Zeli, haha, you only have one drop of blood left now!"
"Why, why?" The girl with green ponytail was very unconvinced.
She pointed at her own [Revenge Flame Soul Brand] and questioned stubbornly, "I'm playing a fire man! How can a fire man be afraid of fire?"
"Chuck, I don't play this game much, so don't lie to me!"
Ze Li questioned her companions with confidence.
The boy named Chuck was silent for a while after being asked this question.
"You want to cheat? If you do, I won't play with you anymore!"
"Well..." Hearing the words "I don't want to play with you anymore", Zeli finally calmed down reluctantly: "Okay, one drop of blood is one drop..."
"It's my turn now, draw a card... Thunder Kill!"
"Hey, where did you get the thunder kill?" Chuck was confused: "Isn't this just a normal kill?"
“But I am electrified myself.”
Zeli stretched out her slender fingers, and with just a thought, electric flashes appeared at her fingertips.
She is a natural elementalist and a magician of lightning.
Although she is still far from being able to control this ability freely, she can still release electricity with her fingers.
"Look, this is kill." Zeli raised the word [Kill] with her left hand.
"This is thunder." The right hand was releasing electricity.
Put together: "Thunder kill!"
"I'm Rene!" Chuck threw the cards down angrily, "I told you, this is not how you play the game!"
"Zeli, if you don't know how to play, then just admit defeat!"
"Ah..." Zeli complained with a sad face: "Let's change the game. This game is boring when two people play it."
"Just play Gwent. I heard it's just for two people."
"Gwent?" Chuck glanced at her complainingly. "I'm lucky enough to have found a set of Three Kingdoms that was soaked in sewage from the garbage. Where can I get a complete set of Gwent for you?"
"I don't have the money to buy it anyway - do you have any?"
Zeli: “…”
Of course she has no money.
Although her family was well off in Zaun, they didn't have the spare money to spend on meaningless games.
The games played by people in Piltover are indeed fun, but unfortunately, children in Zaun cannot afford them.
Even if you tie 10 Zaun children together, they may not be able to find a silver wheel on them.
And the kids from Piltover... I heard that they sold a limited edition [Blue-Eyes White Dragon] for 10 gold Hexcoins in just one month.
A game card made of 1 piece of paper is actually worth 10 gold hex coins!
Although they are only separated by a river, the world of Piltover people is so far away that it seems magical.
"Okay, I give up." Zeli sighed helplessly: "Let's stop here today."
"Then I'll admit defeat! " Chuck reached out to her for the bet: "Lend me your Walkman for half an hour."
"Hmm..." Zeli hesitated.
She had spent several days rummaging through garbage in the sewer area, searching for and collecting every part of the Walkman with great effort.
"You want to cheat again? Then I really don't want to play with you anymore!" The boy glared at him.
"Okay, okay..." Zeli handed over her treasure with great pain.
Chuck took the crude homemade Walkman and frowned immediately: "Where's the tape?"
"Here it is." Zeli carefully took out an iron box from her pocket and slowly opened it.
There were only 2 tapes in the box.
Volume 1 is Symphony No. 5 in C minor.
The boy was disappointed at the sight: "C minor, and a horse-riding symphony? You have the temperament of an uptown gentleman!"
Apart from Lord Piltover, who the hell would listen to a symphony ?
People in Zaun don't like to hear this. Of course, they usually don't have the opportunity to hear this.
"But my mother and my grandmother like it very much..." Zeli muttered softly.
In fact, she also prefers rap, rock and some down-to-earth music.
But the family could only afford to buy one tape at the time, and even this one tape was bought for her by Zeli's mother with great determination.
She can't ignore her family and buy whatever she likes to listen to.
"Actually, this song is pretty nice..." Zeli muttered softly, "You'll know when you listen to it."
"I heard that Miss Seraphine made her debut at the Golden Hall in Piltover. After the conductor played this piece, all the musicians in Piltover were excited."
"Tsk, let the Piltovers listen to whatever they want! I don't want to listen to the music of Master Piltover!" The boy took away the first tape angrily, and then looked at the second tape under the box.
The cover of the second tape reads:
A Brief Introduction to Janna's Thoughts: Phonetics Learning Course
"This..." The boy was stunned: "Zeli, are you crazy?"
"A tape is so expensive. If you have the money, why don't you just buy a few more songs? Why are you using it to buy study materials?"
"I didn't buy this with money," Zeli explained, "It was given to me for free along with the song."
"No matter what tape you buy, as long as it's from Zaun, the Piltover people will give it a copy of 'A Brief Account of Janna's Thought' for free."
"In addition to the audio tape, there is also a hardcover booklet!"
"Huh?" Chuck looked confused.
People from Piltover would actually give things to people from Zaun for free?
What do they want to do?
Just to make the people of Zaun learn this "Jana thought"?
"I think they have no good intentions!" Chuck said angrily.
"So are you going to listen or not?" Zeli urged: "If you don't want to listen, just give the Walkman back to me!"
The boy was speechless for a moment.
Of course he would listen.
Never mind what kind of symphony or study material the tape contained. Even if it contained a recording of a pool of croaking frogs, he would be able to listen to it patiently for half an hour.
Because this is a Walkman, which is the most coveted thing for children in Zaun nowadays.
"I'll listen, I'll listen..."
Chuck was struggling to choose between the two tapes.
Finally, he put down the volume of "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor" and first chose "A Brief Introduction to Janna's Thoughts: Phonetic Learning Course".
There is no other reason.
This is because it is stated on the cover of this volume of "Janna's Thoughts" that the voice actor for this audio course is Seraphine.
Seraphine is the most dazzling music idol in the Twin Cities today, and a superstar that children from Zaun can only dream of.
As long as I can hear her voice, it doesn't matter if I'm studying in class.
So Chuck picked up the tape of "Jana Thoughts", carefully put it into Zeli's Walkman, pressed the play button, and began to listen carefully.
After a long time...
"What the hell is this?" Chuck looked at Zeli : "Zeli, do you understand?"
"I don't quite understand either..." Zeli used her young girl's cognition to try to understand and summarize: "I guess their general meaning is:"
"Goddess Janna is real, she will come back to help everyone escape from suffering!"
As a 13 or 14 year old child, this is all she could understand.
"Goddess Janna? Save us from suffering?" For some reason, Chak sighed sadly: "Oh, if only there really was such a kind goddess in Zaun."
"Hmm?" Zeli vaguely sensed that her companion was in a bad mood.
"Forget it... I'll give this Walkman back to you." Chuck returned the Walkman to her without much interest.
Then he brushed off the dirt on his body and stood up from the ground:
"I'm leaving , Zelie. Thanks for the Walkman."
"From now on, I'm afraid I can't play with you."
"Why?!" Zeli's eyes widened: "I, I am willing to admit defeat and not cheat..."
"That's not the reason." Chuck sighed:
"Zeli, you know why."
Of the group of friends who used to play together on the streets, now only the two of them are left.
Friends are becoming fewer and fewer because:
“We’ve all grown up.”
Chuck, who is not even 14 years old this year, said in a natural tone:
"Zeli, I'm going to work in the factory."
