This was not Zach's destination, but he still left the train, which still had a few stops to go. He made a promise that he would send Earthbinderborg home. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
Which district, which road, which house number Zach is in now, ha, it doesn't matter which city or state he is in. The important thing is, “Do you need help?”
"Uh..." The woman with still red eyes glanced at the four strangers who appeared in front of her driveway, two strong young people (Wes and James), and two more mature people (Zha Grams and Dale), "Thanks..." don't look like bad guys.
As Zach helped stuff the suitcase into the trunk, the woman was loading the five confused children into the car.
This is a situation that I can’t explain clearly at once, but trust me, it will become clear. Now Zach made sure the woman had the mental strength to drive, "Have a nice day."
"Thank you." This was probably the first kind blessing this woman received after going through a day of hell. A little smile appeared on her face, but it quickly disappeared. The kindness from a stranger was obviously unbearable. Offsetting what made her eyes red.
The woman said goodbye to the stranger who was kind enough to help, started her car, and left the driveway.
The four of Zach continued to move forward at a slow speed for a short distance, making sure that the woman's car disappeared around the corner, and then turned back.
"Stop crying." Zach's voice became calmer, "Do you have a spare key to your house, or do I need to break into it illegally."
Here it comes again, in Dale's opinion, Zach's 'bad habit' of talking to the air. Well, after traveling through three states on the train, Dell, although he still didn’t fully understand it, had begun to realize one thing. His boss, Zachary Grande, was not talking to the air, but just He's talking to someone he can't see.
The 'person' Zach is talking to now is the 'Earthbinder, Mr. Berg' in the words of James and Detective Weiss.
Berg was crying. Dale tried his best to remain calm. A certain person who died in their carriage at the beginning of this 'business trip' and whose body was confirmed to have been moved turned into something he couldn't see, and then apparently temporarily let his boss The itinerary was changed. As a result, they are now in a strange city, with people in front of strange houses crying.
This situation is really not uncomfortable at all.
"Under the potted plants." Zach glanced around and shook his head while standing on the front porch of someone else's house. "Look around Berg. There isn't a potted plant here." It seemed that Zach was not in a good mood either.
Zach seemed to have heard some instructions from the Earthbinder. He walked to the side of the front porch and squatted down at the corner of the fence. "No." He said quietly, "There is no hollow railing here. The key is not here."
Apparently having instructions again, Zach walked down the front porch, crossed the lawn, and began to check the mailbox on the side of the road. "No." Zach seemed to be impatient. "To be honest, do you still have any interest in your home?" How much do you know…”
Before Zach could finish his words, a spark burst out in front of the thimble on Zach's finger. Zach straightened his arms, moved his fingers as far away as possible, and said a little irritably, "Sam, control him."
There wasn't any strange light or shadow, just a person who didn't belong here, standing on someone else's lawn, stretching his arms.
This static scene didn't last long. Zach withdrew his hand and rotated the thimble between his fingers. "I'll go in through the window." This was the decision to enter illegally.
Just like the character setting of some vulgar game, James jumped in front of Zach and said, "I can't let you invade civilians' homes casually!!"
"Then stop me." When the voice disappeared, Zach had already disappeared.
Just as Dale felt his legs go weak, the front door opened. Zach helped us, "Do you want to come in?"
When James had already put on his expression and was about to say something, Wes kicked him, "Shut up! James!" He took the lead in entering this strange city, strange streets, and 'stranger' people's homes.
The quotation marks are necessary, this is Berg's home, he just lost his physical form, not the physical form who doesn't know where the spare key to his home is. Look, you don't have to listen to James.
As long as he wasn't the first to go in, Dell didn't think he had anything to worry about. Dale held onto Wes' shoulders, borrowed a little strength, and followed him into this strange home.
"Uh." Zach seemed to have regarded this place as his own territory and walked straight to the back, "Don't cry, Berg." Zach really didn't have much patience anymore, "So what if the furniture has been changed? You Are you making money outside just to keep using old furniture for your own family? Now, tell me, where are you hiding your cigarettes? I hate this temperature. Hum, don’t say you don’t have any. People who work outside for a long time must have something hidden... "Zach has already Don't know where it went.
Dale was a little surprised that Wes noticed that his center of gravity was a little weak, and he didn't wander around other people's homes with Zach without leaving any trace. He controlled the speed and entered the living room and sat down on the sofa. Dell felt the soft and comfortable cushions and relaxed a little.
James came in anyway, leaned against the door, and stared gloomily at the corridor Zach walked through. He was not prepared to sit around casually.
I don’t know which room the sound of rummaging came from, accompanied by Zach’s unclear tone,
"Wow ~ good stuff ~"
James, over here in the living room, clearly had a tendency to penetrate Zach in his usual rough way. Probably because of the word 'gun'. Wes noticed it and suddenly said, "How much do you think you know about the current situation?" He asked Dale.
Dale glanced at Wes, hesitated to speak, and then shook his head. He didn't want to answer. If you are smart, there is no need to look stupid, right? In other words, Dell really doesn't understand the current situation.
"At least you should understand that Zach is helping this guy named Berg." Wes glanced at James as he continued to talk to Dell. Very useful, got a 'tsk' from James. But James also gave up his intention to provoke Zach.
Dale didn't want to speak, but, "Earthbinder, you said, is not a human being."
Wes probably didn't expect Dale to care about such a thing. He was stunned for a moment and then kept quiet for a moment, as if he had figured out something. He nodded in agreement, "Well, it's the Earthbinder. I just said it smoothly." Looking at Dale, "If We have to use these terms formally and accurately in every conversation, and the conversation will become very... strange."
Dale stopped talking again. He didn't care about the weirdness, he cared about the words and he needed them to be accurate in the dialogue. Just like when we learn a system, the more accurate the wording in the introductory manual you need, the better.
What's going on? It's Dell's introduction.
Zach came back, holding a cigar between his teeth, with a satisfied expression on his face as he exhaled the smoke, "Good stuff~" His tone changed, and he lost his previous impatience, "Does anyone want it? Berg still has a lot of stock. ~”
"This is not your home!" It was James. "This is not your thing!"
"What does it matter?" Zach shrugged and settled comfortably into the sofa that did not belong to him, leaving only the hand with the thimble on the armrest. "Berg didn't need it anymore, so he gave it to me~"
What else James wanted to say was interrupted by Dale, "How long are we going to stay here?"
"It depends." Zach's eyes drifted to the display cabinet in the living room. It is a piece of furniture that is very hard to ignore in this space. The horizontal display rack, which almost acts as a screen, is filled with models and ship models, "We either Wait until the angels come here to send Berg to heaven, or Berg's soul will naturally dissipate into this world." Zach tilted his head, "Whichever happens first."
Zach seemed to have no intention of explaining the reasons for these two situations. He raised his chin towards his finger with the thimble and looked at the ship model on the display cabinet. "These are all your works?"
Answer, we can't hear it.
"It's impressive." Zach raised his eyebrows and continued to ignore the emotions of the other three people in this space. "So, which ship is in Barton's new port?"
Answer, we can't hear it... Same goes for the rest, don't ask.
"Oh. That's a pity. Wait a minute, how did you put such a complicated model in the suitcase? I think these designs are very sophisticated. I can't imagine such a delicate and complicated thing after long-distance transportation. What will it become?"
Just enough time to accommodate an answer.
Zach had a smile on his face, "That's really... awesome~ I bet your kids really enjoy building these models with you. Let them understand the work their dad always does when he's not home. I bet they really enjoy it. Worship you and know that your father built these ships.”
The same time gap.
The same response with only Zach participating, "Haha, it's good. Will you take your family to see your work? I mean to visit it on the spot."
Same.
"Oh. That's a bit of a pity, but it's understandable." It sounded like Zach, who was relying on his cigar to regain his patience, became close friends with Berg, whom no one could see...
This is the most disgusting situation!
This makes any onlookers seem to understand something about what is happening, yet be completely unsure of what they are talking about! The most disgusting situation!
Some people are not prepared to put up with this.
Of course, it was James "How long are we going to stay here! Someone might come back at any time! That woman! Berg's wife! We can't stay here forever!"
Zach first looked at his thimble and looked apologetic, then looked at James, "And you are a police detective, what is your expertise?" Zach was sarcastic, "She brought her luggage. , James, she took the child with her. She had obviously cried, and the child seemed to have no idea what was happening. James, use your brain, they went to Newton to confirm the body, and they will not be back in the short term. "
James's suppressed red face had a tendency to become overripe. Fortunately, Wes was there to prevent James from continuing to press, "After the normal procedure for a corpse in a different place, it's about this time to notify the family. We know it very well. James Sir, stop talking. Please."
Since Weiss said please.
Zach cast a grateful look at Wes and looked back at the thimble in his hand. The next words were intended to be comforting, "When your wife gets your belongings, your children can assemble the boat you made in Barton." Zach looked at the display cabinet with a comforting smile, "They could put the boat there..."
Zach didn't even finish raising his hand to point to the empty space on the display cabinet. He once again moved the hand with the thimble away from him and sparks burst out again. Zach didn't want to get hurt by accident.
"Sam, don't you have better witchcraft to control Mr. Berg?" Zach's impatience returned.
So far in the story, we have focused on what is perceptible in the physical world. There was no need to break now, so we pretended not to care and continued with the progress of what Sam answered.
When Mars was gone, Zach also retracted his hand, and the living room fell into a subtle silence, except for Zach's obvious breathing sound, whether it was intentional or out of practice.
"Do you think that angel can come before Berg disappears?" Weiss asked. It could be seen that he didn't want to ask, but breaking the silence seemed more important.
"Let's see how long it takes Angel Crowley to question my character." Zack shrugged.
Inevitably, the topic could not continue. Subtle quiet return.
If we were to count the person who had the hardest time in this scene, it would have to be Dale.
So he started trying, trying to engage, "This is the Berg you've been talking about, the Berg we're all here for now." Careful choice of words, "It sounds like he doesn't have much time left." Know at Dell In the fact that, well, there was no time left, Dale watched as Berg's body was picked up at Newton Station.
Zach knew Dale was just asking for an explanation, and that was understandable. But Zach didn’t want to explain for some special reasons, so he changed the topic, what Toledo is best at, “These two (James, Wes) don’t need to stay here. Haha, Dell, you too There is no need to stay here, you have to follow me."
Before Dale put on his 'I already regretted being with you' expression, Wes said, "I don't care about James. Being able to meet you is my prayer come true." Wes didn't look like he was joking, "I don't want to Back to the west, back to the Sabbat, and there is only James by my side. Having you here is my greatest sense of security." In order to avoid James interrupting, Wes glared at James, "I said I don't care what you do. Think. You want to leave first? Let’s go! I won’t stop you.”
James stayed quiet.
"Haha." Sorry, Zach couldn't hold it back, "Thanks, Wes."
Another thing that Dell couldn't understand at all. What the hell is the relationship between these three people! enough.
No matter how calm a person is, there are times when he can't bear to be constantly excluded and watched from the sidelines.
Dale stood up, "I didn't plan this! And I'm not going to allow you to treat me like a fool for the rest of the trip!" No one treats Dale like a fool, but I guess that's what he did in this situation. Feel like, "I demand to know what happened at this time! Clearly..."
Not even finished.
Zach also stood up and said, "Let's go." In an inexplicably relaxed tone, "Berg has completely disappeared."
This is really... abrupt.
Zach was already walking towards the door. He seemed to remember something when he opened the door. He looked back at Dale, "When a person dies, the soul will continue to exist in this world for a period of time. We call them earthbinders because they are bound to them. Things that are still meaningful to them at the last moment of their lives, corpses, houses, objects, anything is possible. Regarding angels and demons, you have heard us say it many times along the way." Zach curled his lips, "Go. Church, I'm too lazy to explain. As for the matter, Berg, was a ship engineer who wanted to go home, worked in Barton, he was also a husband and father. Unfortunately, he died on the way, so he was tied to returning home. on the vehicle. When we arrived in this city, the meaning of the Earthbinder's bondage ended and there was no meaning to continue to stay in this world. He would disappear. But I agreed to wait for the angel. The only way my wizard and I could think of was Give Berg something that he can still meaningfully keep, and see if he can get back to the Earthbinder stage."
Zach looked at the three tight lips and smiled, "Haha, as you can see, I guess this is the problem that men who work outside for a long time have to face. There is nothing meaningful for him in this house. Except , my last attempt at models that definitely made sense to him.”
Finally, Dale, who understood all this, said, "It has the opposite effect."
Zach nodded, "Yes, I think my attempt reminded him that what he lost will not come back. He has no nostalgia for this world at all. He disappeared."
Without giving anyone time to sigh, Zach was already standing outside the door, "Haha, lucky us, we are only a few cities away from our destination~ How about a road trip~ It will be fun~" He walked briskly down the back porch, "James pays~"