It's night, but Zach hasn't come back yet.
Louise held the receiver in the office and helplessly repeated the words she had repeated countless times, "Mr. Quest, I know you are anxious, but Zach is handling it, so stop calling to urge him."
"No! No!!" said with great emphasis, "I need the disgusting destruction to stop! I have a new shipment coming tonight! Food! Imported stuff! Imported from the Republic! I can't accept the thought of my goods being buried again. Under the ashes!! I have already paid you! Complete my commission... "
Bang, Louise hung up the phone directly. There is no way to communicate with this Quest.
Louise looked at the ringing phone standing by, rolled her eyes and replaced the tape that was already full on the answering machine - everyone thought Louise wanted to answer Quest's call? Of course not, I don’t want this guy to continue occupying the messages.
Louise was speechless as she watched the tape she had just put on begin to spin after the ringing ended. She curled her lips and tore off a note, pasted it on the tape she had replaced, and wrote 'There is a message from Eve and Anthony' on it. The desk is in the middle.
Sighing, he continued to write in small letters, 'There is also Quest pressing for his commission. '
"I think Zach completely forgot about this commission." It was Mo who spoke. After Alice finished her homework, she occupied the TV to catch up on the 'Cook's Kitchen' video, so Mo had nothing to do and accompanied Louise to sort out some things. The official, who was carrying a suitcase at this time, glanced at Louise with his head shaking, "The cash that Quest sent yesterday is still here, he hasn't touched it yet."
"Just forget it." Louise waved her hand, "He doesn't like Quest anyway, and this commission is very boring."
Mo blinked and opened the suitcase. While looking at Louise smiling, he touched two piles and stuffed them into his pocket.
Louise was amused, "Mo, you are so funny. Do you need money? You can conjure anything you want."
"Grand never paid me a salary~This is what I deserve~"
"Well, this reminds me." Louise started to look for some documents in the drawer, "When Grande first submitted the financial review required by the city, you didn't have an identity. So, the salary expenses in the financial report There is no such person as you at all. Now that you have an identity, I should add you to avoid any trouble in the future..." I found a thick financial document. After opening it, I fell into confusion, "What should your salary be? How much should Rand pay you? After all, strictly speaking, you can only be regarded as a live-in nanny, doing cooking, cleaning, etc... "
Mo also raised his eyebrows. He didn't mind being called a nanny, but he floated to Louise's side and flipped through the Grand account, "How much did Zach pay you?"
Louise blinked and flipped through it for a long time before reporting a number.
Mo complained about this behavior, "Louise, don't you even know your own salary?"
"Uh... I haven't really received a salary. After I came to Grande, I didn't have any expenses, and Zach paid for them. Now, I have no place to spend money..." Louise chose. Eyebrow, "Should I make up for my salary?"
"Absolutely!" Mo had already pushed the checkbook directly in front of Louise, and put the pen into Louise's hand, "Payday~" He looked very happy, "I guess Danny didn't receive a salary either, We sent it together~ I’ll go tell him the good news~ Open it for me, um, just don’t pass Matthew~” He floated away.
Louise smiled silently and began to pay wages to Grande's aliens. Of course, Louise has already mastered the signature of 'Zachary Grande'~
Mo, Danny, and Louise put the signed checks into the envelopes one by one. Louise suddenly raised her eyebrows, turned her head, turned back the account, and added Sam after just adding Mo's salary expenses. I almost missed this guy. As for the amount of salary, Louise knows it well. Refer to Matthew... No, just do it yourself. You see, Sam is Zach's wizard.
Seeing the two alien souls floating in, Mo Zizi looked at his salary envelope happily, but Danny the Fantasy looked speechless, "What do I need the money for?"
"Buy a gift for your teenage friend?" Louise gave a casual suggestion, "Isn't he going to Newton?" She stood up and left the office with the check that belonged to Sam.
There are two lights on in the new living area, employee Bain's home, and then Sam.
In a moment, Louise was standing at the door of Sam's house, a family-style apartment occupied by the wizard.
"Come in." Sam invited after the knock on the door.
Louise opened the door and took a look at the living room, which was exactly as it was when it was built. Sam had not added any household items. All the places where things could be placed were the witchcraft materials he moved from the basement. "You What are you doing?" The reason why he asked this was because Sam was carving something.
"Get ready." Sam gestured to a chair casually, "My vampire..." Forgive Sam's wording, it is his habit, "is preparing for battle, of course I will not be idle."
Louise pursed her lips, sat on an old chair that was not very clean, and pushed the check directly over, "With your salary, you should buy some furniture, um, to make this place more 'home'."
Sam raised his eyebrows, looked at the number on the check in surprise, and smiled, "Thank you." He put it away, "But there's no need to bother with that. This is the most 'home' I've ever known in my life. "Smiling and continuing the carving in his hand.
Louise naturally had to ask, otherwise she wouldn't have sat down, "What is this?"
"Witch puppet." Syme would naturally answer, otherwise he would not have invited Louise to sit down. "I will leave the last process, and then when the Sabbat Toledo arrives, drop their Blood." He shrugged, "I'm not good at physical control, so it's probably impossible to control the enemy's actions, but it's still possible to limit it."
Louise pointed to the thing on Sam's hand again, a bit like a grenade, "What is this."
"Fire thunder." Sam continued to explain, "Throw it out, and it will burn with just one word."
"Well, Zach wouldn't use this kind of thing." Louise pursed her lips. Sabbat Toledo was afraid of fire, and Zach was also afraid.
"It's not for Zach, it's for Mo or Danny. They need to protect themselves." Sam raised an eyebrow, "Mo probably doesn't need it. But Danny, he will. I have been observing him for a while, and in Ge Rand has never been 'full'. Most of the time, there are only me, Hank, and the Bain family in Grandly to replenish his body. At night, there will be Alice and Maya, who are protective of Grandly. He is very strong, but his fighting ability is almost zero."
Louise pursed her lips, nodded, and pointed to something like a wire ring next to Huo Lei, "This is silver." Louise felt it.
"Well, humans are not affected by silver. Alice and Maya can use it, and Hank can also use it. It can be regarded as a means of self-defense."
Louise continued to nod, saying her final words of thanks, "What about this?" The whole table was the most uncomfortable thing for Louise.
"Haha, we are a funeral home, so naturally we have to make use of it." Those were small bottles filled with dark red liquid. Ah, yes, the blood of the dead.
"Are you going to use this?" Louise asked. Neither she nor Zach would touch this thing.
"Well, I'll use it." Sam nodded, "This may be the first time you've heard of this kind of thing, but wolves and wizards often use this method to restrict vampires, whether it's to avoid battles, traps, or even roundups. .These things are very useful.”
Louise shook her head, "Looking at Zach, he has no intention of avoiding the fight."
"That's his plan." Sam waved his hand directly, "But my top priority is to keep him alive." He tilted his head and said, "If necessary, I may still be able to use the blood of the dead to attack Zach."
"Uh... why?"
"Because if Zach is poisoned, Sabbat Toledor will not attack him at the risk of being contaminated by the blood of the dead. This is Grande, and Zach can recover."
Louise raised her eyebrows, "Oh." Oh? what is this! Fortunately, he was not carried away by Sam's logic, "Well, it's better not to do this kind of thing, Zach will be very angry."
Sam shrugged, "If I don't do that, Benjamin will do the same. When necessary, he will use his wolf body to attack Zach and inject the wolf's blood into it. The effect will be the same. As long as Zach is at a disadvantage in the battle, Either Benjamin or I will take action and save Zach first.”
Louise frowned and said nothing.
The puppet in Sam's hand seemed to be completed. He stood on the table, took out a new wooden block and started carving it, and said, "If I were you, I would start to reserve blood now, the blood of vampire Toledo." , your blood. Whether it is during the battle or after the battle, it will come in handy." When Louise nodded thoughtfully, Sam continued, "I know Zach already has the habit of saving blood, and you should too. Make it a habit, a good habit.”
Louise was quiet for a while, then she agreed with her face. She looked at the new wooden block in Sam's hand. It had already been carved into a human shape. It seemed a little different from the previous doll, as if it was a one-piece combination. Engraving, "This is?"
"The Bain family." Sam turned the wooden block with some smooth lines in his hand to Louise, as if to show off, and pointed to the bulge on the left, "This is Bain." Moved to the bulge on the right First, "This is his wife." Then in the middle, "Child."
Louise blinked, already understanding. Looking at Sam a little speechlessly, "Don't put their souls into strange things."
"Haha, no." Sam continued to carve, "I will hide this in their house. Once something happens that they shouldn't know about, the soul will temporarily exist here and they won't feel anything."
Louise curled her lips and could only nod. It could be regarded as protecting this ordinary family. It was almost time for Louise to say thank you. The salary paid to Sam according to her own salary standards seemed to be very worthwhile. decision, "Sam, I know Zach may be a little cold, but you know, this is a new beginning for you and him, vampire and wizard, and he needs to adapt. Thank you..."
Before she finished speaking, Louise glanced at the door and said, "Collect your things, Bain is here."
Sam raised his eyebrows and traced a complex combination of Indian characters on the table with his fingers. In Louise's somewhat surprised gaze, a faint cyan flowed through the room, and everything related to witchcraft disappeared. in view.
"Many times, wolf wizards have to deal with the 'disaster scenes' created by werewolves after their transformation. This is a necessary skill."
After a brief explanation, Louise fell silent. At the same time as the knock on the door sounded, "Miss Louise, are you there?"
Actually coming to see Louise, Sam shrugged, "Yes." and opened the door.
Bain only took a look at Sam's somewhat 'poor' home, and looked at Louise nervously. "Miss, can we talk?" He gestured to the outside of the house.
Louise nodded and nodded towards Sam as a farewell. She followed Bain out of Sam's house and walked towards the public patio area in the center of the living area.
"What's the matter? Bain?" Louise listened to the direction of Bain's house, and his wife was coaxing the children.
"Well..." Bain hesitated, "I heard that Mr. Madison brought a lady here today."
"West?" Louise asked, "What's wrong?"
"She told me just now..." He gestured in the direction of his home, probably referring to his wife, "Told me that they talked about a lot of Grande things at that time..." He stopped and looked at Louise, seeming to observe the reaction. .
Louise didn't feel the purpose of this conversation, and nodded with some confusion, "Yes, that's Madison's friend, who came to get familiar with Grande's working environment for writing."
"I know." Bain nodded. "She (wife) said that she received another call in the afternoon. Ms. West was very interested in some of the things she said and wanted to ask her out to chat." Uneasy, "She agreed."
Louise was still puzzled, "Well, that's good. When you were working in the cemetery, your wife stayed in Grande except when she went out to buy daily necessities." Louise smiled, "Honestly, Grande is quite boring. I feel like I just sit behind the counter in a daze every day. It’s nice to go out and chat with others and walk around.”
Bain pursed his lips and looked at Louise, just looking at her without saying a word.
Louise began to feel embarrassed, "Bain, if you have anything, just say it."
"Grand is not boring." Bain spoke, and it seemed that he had made up his mind. "Funeral work may be boring, but Grande is not boring." Bain shook his head, "Start from here. In the cemetery area, we can often see some good cars driving to Grande via small roads." Instead of taking Route 27, they come from the dirt road on the west side. "But the owners of those cars are not here to arrange funerals. For business, those cars are coming and those cars are leaving. Not only our employees, but the security guards can also see them clearly. Sometimes they can even recognize some cars. After all, they are security guards who have seen big scenes. Those cars, There are big shots from the West District and big shots from the North District. And every time, Mr. Hank, who often comes to the cemetery to chat with us, looks irritated when he sees a car like this."
Louise opened her mouth, so it was so obvious.
Bain didn't finish, "After living here, I saw it more clearly. I don't mean to say anything bad, but I know that the funeral work is basically left to you and Matthew. . During Mr. Grande’s outing, not once did visitors come to Grande for funeral work. There was only one thing that needed a funeral. All kinds of people would come to Grande, and sometimes they would stay in Grande all night long. I don’t know what happened. What are you here for? As well as the police and even today's North District Police Chief, everyone has read the newspaper some time ago and everyone can recognize him. Miss Louise, I know, I confirm, Grande is not boring at all. "
Louise could only nod, and lowered her head, "What do you want to say, Bain." There was a little redness in her pupils, slowly brewing and spreading.
"I am very grateful to Grande. I may not have wanted to continue to be a Grande employee before and hoped for better development, but now, I am very, very grateful for everything Grande has done for my family, this home, and these employees. Welfare..." Bain shook his head, "I don't want Grande to get into any trouble, and I don't want Grande to get into any trouble because of my family." It was not a turning point, "After passing the previous reporter Kate, I Just be conscious and be cautious about anything you say to anyone other than Grande.”
The redness in Louise's eyes stopped, "Thank you, Bain."
"Well, Miss Louise, no, I should. So, I, um, I want to confirm, can this Ms. West be trusted? If my wife says anything to her, it will bring trouble to Grande. Is there any trouble? If so, I won't let her go, I promise."
The red faded, and Louise raised her head with a smile, "It's okay. Ms. West is a friend of Madison, that is, a friend of Grande. There won't be any trouble if you talk to her."
Bain breathed a sigh of relief, "Then I'm relieved. Thank you, Miss Louise. Then I won't bother you."
"It's okay, oh, I'm just curious, what does West want to talk to your wife about?"
"Oh, regarding Allen Funeral Home, they talked about the matter in the morning that Allen Funeral Home deliberately made things difficult for us in cooperation. It seems that Mr. Madison also mentioned that Allen Funeral Home deliberately inflated the purchase of mills. Price, so I wanted to ask in detail, saying it was to better sort out Mr. Madison’s pressure in writing.”
"Oh." Louise raised her eyebrows, "Then, let's have a good chat..." I feel like, um, a little excited about doing bad things~(.)