Louise is ready to take Matthew out, hey, to continue looking for the missing Charlie.
I could have gone out earlier, but I was delayed by boring things, more than one. Let’s start from the beginning.
James called and asked Louise to go to Newton for a run...
Without saying anything about the reason, Louise refused angrily, "No."
"I really need your help now..."
"Then who will help me now?" Louise was speechless. James actually emphasized 'now', ha, now, as if Louise was very free now.
"Can you at least help me contact the black witch in Newton?" The tone was completely pleading.
Louise almost relented, "Are you a black witch? Are you looking for them? Sorry, Maya has already gone to school. You can ask Sibella to help you."
It wasn't that Louise had to be so cold, but she could tell with her toes that James was doing it for Kate. Therefore, Louise strictly adhered to Zach's explanation, completely avoided suspicion, and was not prepared to get involved at all.
"I've already looked for it!" James on the other side of the receiver became inexplicably irritable, "Sibella refused directly! She said that I was the seed planted by the Sabbat in Barton! If I still have any, I am being two-faced. I should not have any contact with her or the wizard when there are Sabbat vampires in Barton! After calling me stupid! I hung up the phone!!"
ha! So Grande was not James' first choice for help! Okay, Mr. Detective.
But it's also really stupid. Just like Zach and Eli, who share the same name of 'Toledo', are opposed to each other, the Sabbat and the Indian wizards, who have the concept of completing the colonial mission, are also bound to be opposed. James really has no idea of the overall situation. This kind of thing actually needs to be reminded.
Louise raised her eyebrows and said, "Sibella is right." Then she hung up the phone. I had already said that I could hang up like this, so why bother
Of course, it was inevitable that James' second call came immediately. Louise hung up after picking up the call and confirming that it was still James. After repeating this twice, the guy over there must have given up. The phone stopped ringing, giving Louise a chance to check on someone before going out.
This person is Russell who temporarily lives in the Grand Living Area.
Russell's mental state is very bad. In his original words, "What?! Charlie is not the same Charlie? He can walk in the sun? Is he Toledo? What is Toledo? Is Toledo a vampire?" ??”
The point is never the literal meaning of the words, but the meaning behind these emotionally charged questions.
Russell knew that there were vampires in this world, but his knowledge was too, too small. He doesn’t know about the Thirteen Clans, he doesn’t know about foreign tribes, he doesn’t know about the gifts given by the Holy Lord to the Thirteen Clans, he doesn’t know how vampires appeared on this continent…
He didn't even know much about alien races. The only thing he knows is that, well, it's a little awkward
A few years ago, his good friend, Charlie, came to him and asked to stay at his house for a while. Then, he dislikes his friends for not working, having a messy schedule, and bringing back strangers in the middle of the night... All kinds of behaviors will make a host gradually lose patience with the people living in his home. You can make up your own mind. So, Russell prepares to drive Charlie away. Then something happened, in Russell's words, 'something that shattered all my knowledge of Charlie': Charlie told Russell that it wasn't that he didn't work, it wasn't that he had a chaotic schedule, or that he was living a disorderly life... it was that he was a vampire. , he is not human.
At the end of this story, Russell moved.
Louise knocked on the door, "Are you awake, Russell?"
"I'm awake." The man wrapped in a blanket opened the door to Louise. The dark circles under his eyes showed his physical and mental state.
"Don't worry, I'll find Charlie."
"This is retribution!" Russell huddled in the corner of the bed. We can’t cause any misunderstanding. Grande’s living area has complete facilities and first-class heating. Russell’s performance is just his personal behavior! The opening of the blanket was already emitting a sour smell. I'm afraid this guy had been covering it all day.
"Don't say that." Louise actually didn't know how to comfort this human being. Because, the whole thing is a bit, well, bloody.
"This is retribution! I was the one who 'escaped' first!! I betrayed our friendship because of my meaningless fear!! I spent so many years looking for him! I want to say sorry to him!" After all, this guy's The state was very bad, "Now I finally found him! He ran away! No! He didn't run away! He didn't want to see me! I drove him away!! Just when his life finally stabilized, I drove him away. Got it!!”
Look, it's bloody, very much like a soap opera, where various characters have inexplicable emotional outbursts.
Louise pursed her lips, maybe Mo was better suited to deal with this situation, forget it, and said goodbye as she prepared to leave, "We will find him."
"Wait a minute!" The guy stretched out a hand from the blanket, surprisingly white, "What if you find him and he doesn't want to come back?! What if he doesn't want to come back because I'm here?!"
Louise wanted to say, 'Find him first! 'But such inconsiderate words were not spoken after all, and he sighed, "Why do you always think like this? After so many years, you came here with apologies just to see him. You can put down your, uh, 'fear' , to regain this friendship. Can't he let go of his past 'betrayal' and see you?" He shook his head incomprehensibly. This is already the most 'nice' thing Louise can say.
He let go of Louise's hand and took it back, "Thank you, thank you..." He seemed to be touched.
Louise needed to leave quickly before her speechlessness showed up, nodded, and prepared to continue...
"You must think this kind of thing is stupid, right?" Unexpectedly calm, Russell still huddled in the corner of the bed.
Louise knew that she couldn't leave for a while. When a guy who had been emotional and making dramatic remarks a moment ago suddenly spoke calmly, everyone knew that this was definitely not the time to turn around and leave.
Louise lowered her head helplessly to hide her expression, sat back on the bed, and said in a typical manner, "No, I don't feel stupid." Just rebut, so that the obedient person can continue to be moved.
"You know some movies, they always like to extend the time span, film a person's life, and then express the feeling that the person lasts a lifetime and is gone when he is gone." Hey, who knows what this guy with a bad emotional state wants to say.
"Yeah." Louise could only play the role of a good listener, "I've seen movies like this."
"Then my life movie, for a lifetime, for decades, is about the person who betrayed and ran away from my friends when they needed them most. And then at the last moment, it was me lying on the bed, leaving behind a I shed my turbid tears and said to the air, 'I'm sorry, my friend.' Then the screen went black, the subtitles started rolling, and the play ended."
Louise had to hold her face and glance sideways at Russell to see if this guy was sick. She quickly withdrew her gaze and said, "You're overthinking it. You should know by now that death is definitely not the end of the show." Because she didn't know how to communicate with this guy at all, Louise could only throw out the real facts, "You He will become an Earthbinder, and then like most people in the Federation, go to heaven or hell... "
I didn't even finish throwing out the facts before I was interrupted. Russell became excited again, "That would be even worse!" His face was filled with all kinds of negative emotions, and he also began to throw away the real facts, "You just told me yesterday what a vampire is! If you want to go to another world, that is Farewell! A farewell that can't even say goodbye! Charlie will live forever in this world! And I, and I! Will regret it forever in another world!" The curled up body seemed to get into the gap in the corner of the bed! "I'm definitely going to hell!! Absolutely!"
The corners of Louise's mouth twitched a few times. This can be regarded as the charm of soap operas. While you are speechless about the absurdity of the plot, you will be infected by the emotions of the characters... "Actually, you don't have to blame yourself. You didn't do anything wrong. Fear is not something you should blame yourself for. Your escape, It's not betrayal, it's not a sin. To be honest, you have spent so many years looking for Charlie, you have proven that you are a good person, and you will go to heaven." Of course, Louise had the conclusion, and tried to get up and leave again, "Find Charlie, say what you want to say, and the whole thing will be better, and your life movie will have a happy ending..."
The white hand stretched out again. Louise almost rolled her eyes when she saw this hand grabbing her sleeve. Looking forward, she saw a pair of eyes covered in blankets that made it impossible to look directly at them, "Thank you..."
"You're welcome." Louise tried to be as calm as possible, taking away Charlie's hand, "See you again..." She didn't say it out loud.
"Have you ever experienced this kind of thing?" Russell's new question appeared.
It is human nature. When you are comforted, you will naturally think that the person who comforted you understands you and is a similar person who has experienced the same thing. After exposing your embarrassing side, you will instinctively want to know the other person's story. It's not a bad idea of balance, it's just to gain more experience from people who have done it.
"No." Louise disappointed Russell, "I have never experienced this kind of thing." Louise frowned herself, and a somewhat inexplicable sad thought appeared in her mind. "I don't know if I said it to the friend who once lived with me." What would happen if I were a vampire? '
The other party's fearful escape should be something that can be determined. Human behavior is easy to predict. So, what next.
Louise shook her head, getting rid of this inexplicable thought. It's a good thing that things don't happen to you in soap operas. Unfortunately, he clearly felt that the hand holding his sleeve became stiff. Well, the other party is still seeking life experience! Just empty talk will disappoint people!
Louise's reaction was quick, "But Zach has." Zach has shared the story many times, that he was still poor at words... As everyone knows, "That was a tragic 'movie', and he has lived to this day, More than four centuries later, Zach can’t even remember the name or appearance of the person who was first scared away by fear.”
"Oh." The stiffness eased a little, "So I still have a chance to correct this tragedy."
Louise pursed her lips. The fact was that it was easy to tell other people's life stories. She nodded, "Yes, you still have a chance." She took Russell's hand away again, "And for this chance, I need to find Charlie first. ." The landing point must be here, and Louise's patience has been worn out.
It could be considered self-aware. Russell on the blanket did not say any words of reluctance again, only one sentence, "I know this is nothing, but I hope that Zach, um, Mr. Toledo's experience will be better, um, at least... This 'end of the play' is not something you can't even think about forever."
Louise frowned as she walked out the door. This hope was not only meaningless, but also sounded like a curse. It's meaningless because it was so long ago, I hope it's useless. The curse is that Zach can't remember his name and appearance now. It would be best to forget about it in the future. Why should it last forever? Ugh. Forget it, why bother arguing with a human who would compare his life to a short movie...
Louise stopped in the hallway. His face started to look strange. I thought of something.
I hope Zach’s story will at least have an ‘end’…
'I'm sorry' was the message Eli Torrido left next to the deer carcasses, confirmed by Alice and Maya.
Deer... The reason why the once inarticulate Zach confessed to the human who had lost his name and appearance that he was a vampire in order to defend himself from stealing food from the nobles.
Louise rushed out of the living area with a complicated expression. Benjamin, Louise could only share her guess with Benjamin now. I hope that Alpha who doesn’t care about anything can beat himself up and tell himself that such boring and bloody things will not happen to Zach!
Halfway through his rush to Benjamin's warehouse, he was blocked by the phantom Danny standing in front of him.
"On the phone, the caller calls himself Lesembula."
Louise's face turned completely gloomy, she moved her eyes away from Benjamin's warehouse with difficulty, and turned towards Grande.
"Do you feel honored? I'll call Grande personally."
This was the first sentence Louise heard after picking up the receiver. Louise didn't respond because her patience had been completely exhausted by the previous two things.
"Don't speak?" The other side of the receiver seemed a little confused, "This is not Toledo's usual thoughtful etiquette style~ Didn't Zach teach you, Miss Louise?"
Louise still didn't speak. What was the reason? The other party already knew who they were, so introductions could be omitted. There was no need for careful etiquette.
"Okay." The other side of the receiver didn't seem to be prepared to wait forever. "Since it's a telephone communication method, I won't care about it, but you'd better give a clear response to what I'm going to say next. Haha." The most speechless behavior, without saying anything, he started to laugh into his own emotions, "Because it is very important, it will affect Toledo, Barton, and even the Federation..."
Louise couldn't hold it back, "Hurry up, I still have things to deal with."
The receiver was quiet for a while, "I forgive you." He said it very slowly, and then he was afraid that the receiver would not understand the connection between the deliberately stretched sentences, "I..."
Being interrupted again, Louise was very direct, "Forgiveness, you will only forgive if you have to continue to deal with each other in the future, right? So, you have made a choice, right? You chose Zach." It was unclear. Well, if you don’t choose Zach, forgive me, just contact Eli and kill Zach.
There was silence on the other side of the receiver for a while, "I..."
"Okay, I understand." Louise hung up.
I went to Benjamin's warehouse, then came out and grabbed Matthew... (..)