Chapter 102 Zeli's Confusion

Lady Alchemist Baron Renata Golask is a well-known philanthropist in Zaun.

She would provide jobs and loans to those desperate Zaun people, as well as medicine for their children's illnesses, saving them from desperate situations. Although she would ask for a small reward each time, even if the recipients could not pay, she would agree to let them repay her with loyalty.

That sounds good.

But this behavior translates to:

They took advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to lend money at high interest rates, sell incarceration contracts, and force the people of Zaun to sell the last thing they could sell - their lives and freedom.

"Chuck!" Zelie couldn't stay still any longer.

Chuck would be a slave? No, absolutely not!

She jumped out of bed excitedly, put on her shoes and rushed into the bedroom:

"Dad! Mom! Tell me... was Chuck tricked into becoming a slave?!"

Seeing their daughter suddenly rush out with eyes wide open like an angry little lion, Zeli's parents were caught off guard and stunned for a moment.

They looked at each other, and then suddenly realized:

"Zeli, calm down! Chuck is fine..."

This lie just can't be told anymore.

The mother had to step in and gently persuade her daughter: "Zeli, don't get excited."

But this couldn't persuade Zeli.

She has been an impetuous person since she was young, and was born in a rare family in Zaun with both parents alive, so she has always been well protected.

While most Zaun children have been educated to wake up completely by reality at an early age, Zeli still has a little bit of the innocence and willfulness of a young girl.

"I'm going to Chuck's house to find him! He shouldn't have gone to the factory yet. I... I still have a chance to save him!"

Zeli rushed out of the house without thinking.

"No, absolutely not!" Dad shouted in a serious tone.

The mother also stood up and tried to stop her daughter: "Zeli, don't go! It's too dangerous!"

But how could they stop it?

Zeli is a natural born lightning elementalist and the future [Zuan Firework].

Although she cannot yet freely control her abilities, her magic will be released naturally along with her emotions.

She was born with a unique connection to electricity, with each laugh creating sparks and each cry triggering an electrical current.

And now, Zelie is angry, worried and nervous.

So...she lost power.

"Bilibili..."

Countless tiny white-green electric flashes surged with her emotions and violently burst out from her petite body.

The next second, there was a flash of lightning.

Zeli disappeared from the spot in an instant like lightning, leaving only a fleeting dazzling flash of lightning behind her.

The tiny snake-like electric light was like ripples created by a speedboat, spreading and rippling in the air as she rushed forward, and then slowly disappearing as she left.

By the time Zeli came to her senses, she had already escaped from her parents' obstruction and appeared downstairs of the apartment building.

"Zeli, come back!"

Dad rushed out of the house in a panic, holding onto the railing and shouting to Zeli downstairs.

"Dad, I want to go to Chuck's house!" But Zeli had made up her mind.

She carefully put away the Walkman, turned around and rushed towards Chuck's house.

There was no way her parents could catch up with this "electric rat" with a built-in acceleration plug-in, and they could only watch their daughter run away.

"Chuck, you must be at home..."

On the way there, Zeli's worries not only did not decrease, but became more serious as they got closer to the destination.

Because it was only then that she realized that Chuck's mother was dead.

This means there are no adults left in his family.

Except for a few core areas in Zaun where order is maintained by powerful alchemy barons, most places in Zaun are implementing the advanced "free housing policy".

You don’t have to spend any money to buy a house. As long as you have a strong fist and the original owner can’t fight, you can get a house in Zaun for free through the “zero-yuan purchase” promotion.

Therefore, it is very important for Zaun children to have an adult at home.

If all the adults in a family died, the children would immediately be kicked out to the street by a group of good neighbors who wanted to take advantage of the family.

"Chuck wouldn't have been kicked out a long time ago..."

Zelie didn't know if she would ever find Chuck at his house again.

This guy might have already become a homeless orphan, but he just kept it a secret from her and didn't tell her.

With this anxious mood, Zeli ran faster and faster...

As she ran, electric flashes surged uncontrollably from her body again, allowing her to reach the downstairs of Chuck's house at high speed with sparks and lightning.

Zelie hurried upstairs and knocked heavily on Chuck's door.

Fortunately!

There were footsteps at the door.

"Chuck is still home?!" Zeli held her breath nervously.

Finally, the door opened.

But the person who came out of the door was not Chuck, but a middle-aged woman with half of her body wrapped in bandages and a haggard face.

"You, you? What's wrong with you..." Zeli turned pale with fright.

"There was an accident at the factory and I suffered some injuries," the woman explained.

This was not the explanation that Kezelie wanted to hear.

Because she knew the woman in front of her—she was Chuck’s mother!

"But you, aren't you dead?!" Zeli took two steps back in horror.

How could a dead person be in the house? Is it haunted?

"Oh..." The woman's corpse-like face showed no ripples: "Is that what Chuck told you..."

"You're not dead?" Zeli's eyes widened.

There is no need to ask, she is indeed not dead.

"What about Chuck?" Zelie asked again.

Chuck's mother didn't answer.

"Chuck was deceived and signed a contract to sell himself. He is going to work as a slave in Golask Industries! Did you know about this?!"

Zeli anxiously held Chuck's mother's hand, hoping that she, as a mother, would say something.

But Chuck's mother just stood there motionless, like a unconscious corpse.

"Auntie!" Zeli pulled Chuck's mother and wanted to say something.

But she inadvertently noticed that on the shabby coffee table in Chuck's living room were several bottles of powerful resurrection potions produced by Renata Golask Industries.

This alchemical potion has a great healing effect, but it is also extremely expensive.

Although Chak's mother was a skilled worker, her income was decent in Zaun, but it was just decent.

How...could she afford it?

"You--" Zeli is young, but not stupid.

She stared with wide eyes, looking at the once amiable woman in front of her in disbelief:

"You, you sold out Chuck?!"

Chuck's mother's mouth trembled, and finally she murmured as if she was possessed by a demon: "I... I deserve to die, I deserve to die if I'm injured... But I'm scared... I still want to live..."

"..." Zeli was speechless.

Just a few weeks ago, Chuck's home was as warm and harmonious as hers, and considered middle class in Zaun.

But just like that, a gust of wind blew over... and overnight, the sand castle collapsed without any warning.

The people she was familiar with also turned into monsters.

How could this happen?

Zeli felt fear, anger, and confusion.

The electricity was surging around her uncontrollably again, stronger than ever before.

The light bulbs in the entire apartment were flickering violently with her emotions. The flickering light became brighter and brighter, and finally there was a crisp sound...all the light bulbs exploded.

"Auntie, tell me--" Zeli asked, "Where is the factory where you sold Chuck?"

"I'm going to find him!"

These words woke Chuck's mother up instantly.

"No, you can't go!" the woman begged like crazy: "That's Baron Renata's factory!"

"I don't care about Renata or not...I want to go and rescue Chuck!" Zeli said impulsively.

"Don't... please, don't." Chuck's mother grabbed her and said, "If you go there and cause trouble..."

"Then whether it's Chuck, me, you, your mother, your father, your grandmother... everyone will die!"

She seemed to be deeply afraid of the name Renata .

She questioned Zeli: "Zeli, are you going to take risks with your parents' lives?"

"I..." Zeli was poured with a bucket of cold water on her head.

The lightning disappeared. She calmed down.

Yes... everyone in Zaun knows how powerful and brutal those chem-barons are.

She was only 14 years old. Although she was born with magic, she couldn't even control it freely.

If she challenges Golask Industries for Chuck, what will be waiting for her and her family?

When she thought of this, the girl's blood ran cold.

She is still too weak now. She can't protect anything.

"Then, what should we do..." Zeli asked in despair.

"Go back, child." Chuck's mother avoided looking at her, "Baron Renata's factory is not as bad as you think. Chuck... at least he is still alive now."

Zeli: “…”

She could no longer speak.

She couldn't even remember how she left Chuck's house.

Zeli just walked blankly on the street, not knowing whether she should go home or ask more about Renata's alchemy factory.

"Hey, Zelie!"

"I just got a batch of the freshest magic frogs. Would you like to try some?"

An acquaintance uncle who was selling magic frogs on the street called her over in a friendly manner.

This little girl with green ponytail is cute and cheerful. She is very popular in the community and everyone is willing to take care of her when they have something delicious or fun.

"I..." It didn't seem like the time to eat now.

But Zeli didn't know what to do now.

It would be better for her to talk to this acquaintance about her troubles and ask other people what they think about this matter.

It would be great if someone could teach her what to do.

"Thank you, uncle." Zeli sat down on the uncle's snack stand with a melancholy look on her face.

The uncle’s stall is not big , just enough for two people to sit.

Zeli took up a seat, and the empty seat next to her was already occupied.

She subconsciously looked at the guest who came first:

He’s a big brother, um… he’s quite handsome.

And on his shoulders...

There is also a bluebird standing there.

Zeli subconsciously stared at the young man for a long time.