Chapter 101 Alchemy Baron Renata

The time to say goodbye has finally arrived.

No child in Zaun can escape the fate of becoming a child laborer.

Zeli's childhood friends "grew up" one by one, entered the factory, and then completely disappeared from her life.

Others even started going out to work and earn money when they were 7 or 8 years old.

A child like Chuck, who had a relatively free childhood and didn't start working in a factory until he was almost 14, was considered a "young master" from a well-off family in Zaun.

"Can't we go later?" Zeli said a little disappointed.

"No." Chuck said, "In fact, I have already signed the contract and will officially start working in the factory today."

“Well…” Zeli became even more dejected: “But…if you also go to work, then we will never see each other again.”

Her friends who used to work in the factory never showed up again after they left.

Zeli was a little worried, wondering if they were dead.

Although her mother told her that they were just too busy with work and had no time to meet her again.

But if a person doesn't even have a few minutes of free time to meet with friends because of work, what's the difference between that and death? Zeli is still young, she can't imagine that kind of machine-like life.

"Chuck, you should start working later."

"I can go to your house and help you talk to your mother..."

"My mother is dead," Chuck replied calmly.

Zeli: “…”

This news should have been shocking, but Zelie was surprisingly calm.

Because she had heard similar news countless times from her friends, relatives, and neighbors.

People die in Zaun every day.

If Zeli were shocked and cried every time she heard such news, her eyes would have been swollen long ago.

"Chuck, I'm sorry." Zeli sighed dejectedly.

"It's okay." Chuck smiled and comforted her: "Zeli, you don't have to worry about me."

"The job I found is actually quite good. It's in Lady Renata's alchemy potion factory. I heard that you only need to work 12 hours a day there, and the income is much higher than other factories. You can get a full silver wheel after working for a week!"

"Really?" Zeli's eyes lit up.

Although this treatment is far inferior to that of Zaun apprentices in Piltover, it is already a very generous condition in Zaun.

If she only had to work 12 hours a day, then Chuck might be able to find some free time every day to meet and chat with her old friend!

"That's great!" Zeli couldn't help but feel happy for her friend.

"Well, Chuck..." She gathered her thoughts and reluctantly said goodbye to him: "See you later."

"Well, I'll see you there."

Chuck left anyway.

Only Zeli was left.

Then Zeli suddenly realized that she seemed to have nothing to do.

Although there were many things to play with, no one wanted to play with her anymore.

Maybe... "Should I make more friends?" Zeli is a very outgoing person and she actually knows quite a few people.

If she really wants to find someone to play with her, it’s not difficult to find one.

But... she didn't want to feel that lost feeling again as her friends left her one by one.

That is even more unbearable than being alone.

Because Zeli's family conditions are better than others and she does not have to work in a factory before adulthood, as long as she makes friends, she is destined to be "abandoned" one by one by her friends in the future.

"Forget it, let's go home..." Zeli sighed.

She walked back home alone, and acquaintances greeted her along the way.

The uncle in the shop, the homeless kid, the old lady next door, there was no one she didn't know.

But Kezelie still felt lonely.

She was still worried about something and couldn't let it go.

Finally, Zeli returned home.

Her home in Zaun can be said to be unique in its "luxury configuration".

because……

"Dad! Mom! Grandma!" As soon as Ze Li got home, she greeted her parents who had returned from the night shift, and her grandma who was resting at home.

Yes, not only are her parents still alive, but she also has a grandmother who is over 60 and still very active.

This kind of family configuration is rare not only in Zaun, but also in the entire Runeterra.

"Zeli, you're back so early?" Grandma hugged her lovingly and smiled kindly, "Don't you want to play outside for a while longer?"

"No." Zeli sighed: "Chuck has gone to work, and there will be no one to play with me in the future."

"That's right." Without any comfort from her family, Zeli cheered herself up and asked her knowledgeable parents:

"Dad, Mom, Chuck said he's going to work at Baron Renata's alchemy potion factory."

"I forgot to ask him just now - is it far from our home? If I have the chance in the future, can I go to the factory to find him?"

"This..." As soon as this question was asked, the expressions of her family members became a little subtle.

"Baron Renata's pharmaceutical factory..." Mom was silent for a long time with a complicated expression before she finally answered, "It's quite far from our home, and it's in the ditch area, so the security there is very bad."

"Zeli, please don't bother Chuck."

"Yes." Dad followed up and said, "Zeli, you don't have to worry about Chuck... Baroness Renata is a famous philanthropist in Zaun. Chuck is lucky to work . He will be fine."

"Well... I understand." Zeli nodded, as if she was finally relieved.

"Then Dad, Mom, I'm going back to my room to rest."

She walked back to the bedroom as usual with easy steps.

Back in the bedroom, Zeli casually hung her dirty coat and jacket on the chair, stepped on her heels and threw her shoes on the ground, and then lay down on the bed like a salted fish, wearing her dirty socks with holes in them that showed her toes.

She then took out her beloved homemade Walkman, put the tape of "Symphony No. 5 in C Minor" in it, put on headphones, and quietly enjoyed this beautiful melody that belonged only to her.

Zeli was immersed in the world of music and gradually forgot all the troubles in reality.

But suddenly...

The music stopped abruptly and the sound in the headphones disappeared.

"Damn it!" Zeli suddenly became nervous: "Is it broken?"

She was about to take off her headphones and turn on her homemade Walkman for a closer look.

But outside the bedroom door, which had extremely poor soundproofing, a conversation could be heard faintly:

"We are talking about this now, Zelle won't hear it, right?"

It was her father who spoke.

It was her mother who answered in a low voice: "It's okay. Zeli is in the room listening to music with headphones on."

"Ah..." Mom began to sigh as she spoke, "I didn't expect that Chuck would end up in Renata Golask's alchemy factory."

"Husband, do you think we should find a way to help him?"

Zeli's father was silent for a while.