Chapter 225 - 225: Earring (1/2)

Chapter 225 - 225: Earring

"This is mother's favorite coffee shop"

"Hain looked at the other people in the establish the them by themselves?

At least the people here have a sense of privacy, unlike thea lot lately ever since he arrived in the country

"How… did your mother die?"

"She's not dead!"

Adia instantly slammed her palm on the table as soon as Van's words reached her ears But although it thundered throughout the entire coffee shop, it wasn't enough to break the table Adia re at Van for a few seconds before she started to calm down

"She and father are stuck so a sip of her coffee, "My father, you see, was an Explorer from Xin"

"Xin?" Van asked as he too sipped on the straw Van iue inside his ot him felt like it melted in his mouth

"China," Adia followed, "He wasn't that faot married"

"Oh," Van let out a short hum as he stared at Adia's face He alondered why she and her brother seehter skin than everyone else in the country; even Adia's face was smaller than every woman he has seen so far-- She was mixed

"I know that look," Adia let out a short but loud sigh, "Their relationshi+p wasn't favored by grandpa, of course Mother was his only child, and for her to ner was looked down upon by everyone else But still, grandpa gave in at the end"

That wasn't really the reason he was staring at her, Van thought

"And you think the both of them are still somewhere in the Deadzone… alive?"

"Ho there, even if they held a high status like Miss Charlotte?"

"That's right," Adia nodded, the sorrow fro into Van's ears, "But mother and father wanted to reclaim the Deadzone"

"Reclaim it?"

"Africa… used to be a whole continent, you see," Adia tapped her cup a couple of ti wasteland Whatever was left after the Portal Calamity beca sip before continuing her story, "They said the Deadzone will continue to be a waste if ere too afraid to see what's out there They wanted to prove to people that it was safe… that they could make it safe for the people; that there thousands of untapped resources there that could make the country evolve even more than it was before the Calamity

But they didn't return"

Most of the people here, Syste better than even those in the major cities in America… and yet they still crave for more Perhaps no one can blame them It was an innate trait for people to have what they do not and can not

It was a story that Van had heard a million times from the people in the Relic Graveyard back ho more; in a way, it was his story as well

"How long ago was that?" Van said, asking when Adia's parents disappeared

"18 years ago"

"" Van was not even born yet that year He could only let out a sigh as he looked Adia straight in the eyes and say, "They're most probably dead, Ms Adia"

"They--!" Adia stood up from her seat She was about to screa Van's blunt words, but in the end, she chose not to do so and calmed herself down

"I know they are still alive," Adia said as she returned Van's gaze, the tone of her voice-- ada to come back…

they have to"

"Why are you telling me this?" Van finally asked

"If you and the White Iates and explore the Deadzone…

I want to go with you"