Chapter 69: The Civilian World (1)
The old man's home was very clean, so clean that there was nothing but the four black walls.
"Looks like you have to sleep on the floor!" said Shiryl in a low voice, "Where's your family, old man?"
The old man was silent for a while before sighing gloomily, "They...... Not coming back anymore......"
"Why?" Mu Li asked idiotically, immediately attracting several rolls of her eyes, which frightened her so much that she lowered her head and didn't dare to make a sound.
“...... Family...... It's gone, hehe......" The old man smiled sadly, slowly sat down in his chair, and in an instant, he seemed to have aged a lot.
"Grandpa, don't be like this, you tell us what happened, maybe we can help you?" said Sheryl with concern, and at the same time, her eyes involuntarily glanced at Mu Li and Xia Feng, who was always silent, as if she was used to it, and she would think of them and rely on them when she was in trouble.
"Alas...... Family...... No family...... I don't have a family anymore......" The old man's mood was unexpectedly calm, "My daughter and little granddaughter have been taken away and will never be found......"
"Can't find it? Have you looked for it?" how do you know you can't find it?" Linda asked incredulously interrupting him.
"Find?" the old man sneered, his body suddenly trembling violently because of excitement, "Where are you going to find it?"
"Don't get excited, speak slowly. Weiss stepped forward to help the old man sit down, and his warm smile soothed the old man's emotions.
The old man gasped slightly, and after a long while, he continued: "In the Outer Netherlands, it is very common for girls to disappear, and even some surrounding provinces have been implicated, but no matter who is missing, no one has ever dared to find it, let alone find it. Speaking of this, the old man couldn't hold back his anger and raised his voice, "Because everyone knows that McGonagall Bronn must have taken those children, and even if they find it, it will not help, but may harm their own family!"
"Who is McGonagall Bron?" asked Weiss subconsciously, as it seemed to be a somewhat familiar name.
"The current heir of the Burong family, the eldest young master. ”
"It's that bastard!" sheryld and Linda screamed in unison.
Mu Li blinked widely, and finally decided that it would be better to ask: "Uh...... You seem to know him?"
"What kind of bastard would know him?" Linda yelled angrily, and Mu Li was so frightened that she couldn't say anything anymore.
"It's the owner of those who captured you, right?" Xia Feng asked.
I remember the last time I was in the woods, I heard those people mention words like "big young master".
"That's them. Wei Si replied with a gloomy expression, "In the few days I was arrested, I often heard them mention this name!"
"It's very arrogant!" Mu Li smiled, "You are so bold that you dare to leave your name if you do bad things." ”
"There's no fear. Xia Feng said.
“...... You guys...... Have you ever been caught?" the old man stood up at some point, holding Shiryl's hand tightly and trembling for verification, Shiryl nodded affirmatively, and was immediately grabbed tighter by the old man, "Then how did you escape? How did you escape, ah? Tell me, I ......"
"They were the ones who saved us...... "Shellyl shouted busily, for her hand would break if she was caught by the agitated old man again.
With a loud "bang", the old man knelt down in front of Mu Li without warning, so frightened that she retreated several steps in a row, and almost got planted.
"Grandpa, ...... you are"
"Good Samaritan!" the old man burst into tears with excitement, "why are you only here now!"
"You get up first, get up quickly!" Xia Feng hurriedly helped the old man up from the ground with irresistible force.
Mu Li also yelled urgently: "If you have something to say, say it slowly, don't be like this, you are an elder, get up quickly!"
"Good Samaritan, you must save my child......" The old man pulled Xia Feng's arm tightly, begging and crying, "My daughter and granddaughter don't expect to be found back, but please save my son...... Save my son!" Saying that, the old man was about to kneel down again, but fortunately, Xia Feng had been supporting him, and he finally didn't succeed.
"Okay, okay, we'll get him out, you calm down first and tell me slowly what's going on, okay?"
"Why did you become a son again?" Mu Li curled the corners of his mouth distortedly, with a question mark on his head.
"Could it be that McGonagall Bron is also interested in men?" said Sheryl's bold words, which prompted Linda to blow her hammer on the spot?
Mu Li covered his mouth and snickered on the side, it's so good, finally someone has been trained like him, hehe!
Fortunately, the smile was not seen by everyone, otherwise it would have been another meal, and she could still laugh at this time.
But she can't be blamed for this, because she doesn't understand what family affection is. Even if she understands, she will have no feeling that people should live on their own, not on the help of others, and if they can't live, they don't have the ability to live. As for begging others, it is even more incomprehensible to her, this is the result of life training since childhood, simple, and out of the rules of survival of human nature.
Caused by the absolute living environment, no matter how you say it, the dragon clan will never have so many complicated entanglements.
"My son wasn't taken away, but he was almost requisitioned to the mines. The old man finally calmed down and said.
"Mine?" Xia Feng wondered, "What mine?"
"There is a large magic crystal mine in the southeast of Yabu City, and every year, the Holy See will forcibly pull many strong men to mine, and if the adults are gone, they will pull the children, and no one dares to say a word...... Alas, there are no slaves in Stamia, but the workers there are not as good as slaves......" The old man bowed his head and trembled unspeakably.
Mu Li thought for a while, and asked curiously: "Old man, how do you know that their lives are not as good as slaves?" Since they let them save his son, then the people there should not be able to come back, as for the person in charge of the mine, he will never go around publicizing how bad his working environment in the mine is.
Wei Si and the three of them all stared at Mu Li in surprise and incredulity, looking straight at Mu Li, after hearing such a tragic thing, how could she still have such a calm and indifferent attitude?
“...... "Every year some people escape from the mines, but no one survives for three days, covered with wounds and ......" the old man muttered in a trembling voice, "I don't know if my son is still alive ......or not." As he spoke, cloudy tears rolled down from the corners of the old man's eyes.
In this way, the management of the place is relatively lax, and it should not be difficult to get in.