"Do I need to spend money to do things here?" Zach looked at the price list in his hand and asked the new housekeeper Lesembra, who took the initiative to send him a Cappadocia that was once Revro's. Vertex 23S. The update is the fastest and you still have an impression. One of the ways the Sabbat punishes its members is to change vampires with high status into Cappadocia without status.
The butler who came was very taciturn. He glanced at Zach and did not answer. He continued to clean up the traces of the fight in the villa.
The police's 'invasion' was not completely useless. At least they concluded at the scene that the entire kidnapping process was not going smoothly. The chase and fight between the two humans spread throughout the villa, which can be said to be very intense. Zach's blood was scattered on the stairs, which proved that the fight ended with one party losing mobility. Judging from the results, it was James who lost.
So the new housekeeper needs some time to restore the place to its original state.
The butler also brought what Zach was looking at now, which was regarded as Lesembra's 'gift', and told Zach what process he would need to follow if a member of the Sabbat vampire wanted to complete something other than work.
Since the housekeeper was unwilling to talk to his master, Zach went to the balcony to find Nick.
"Do I need to pay someone to find James?"
Yes, even though General Lance said before leaving that he would leave this matter to the vampires, only Zach was willing to handle it.
"Everyone in the Sabbat has his own life, Zach. There is a price for letting people interrupt their lives and do things outside of their own lives and entrusted by others. Money, Zach, money is the price." Nick said in He was not very happy to be interrupted during his meditation, "You should know that the eight people sent to Patton all have their own identities."
I don’t know if anyone still remembers that Mr. Ford, the owner of Ford Funeral Home, asked Nuo to investigate the identities and backgrounds of the eight people that Allen Funeral Home took away from Grande at a large price. Remember, Ford was worried and said to Zach, 'These 8 people have no experience in this area, let alone high-end funerals! '
"So? You ask them to do some things outside of life and you want me to entrust them and ask me to pay?" Zach thought this was a bit unreasonable. "I am the only Toledo of the Sabbat, and I am also the ancestor of Toledo. So far, The only benefit I have received so far is this villa. I have no rights whatsoever." Zach clicked his tongue, "I still have to pay for things. Unbelievable."
Nick sat cross-legged, was silent for a while, and patted his side, signaling Zach to sit down too.
"I don't meditate." Zack sat down anyway.
Nick took the price list from Zach's hand and said, "What did you see."
"I saw a lot of '0's." Zach looked at where Nick was pointing, which was the first name in Giovanni's directory.
"He is my brother." Nick glanced at Zach, "A corpse that I accidentally 'resurrected' when I first became a vampire."
Zach looked at Nick, waiting for an explanation.
"He was buried alive. When my father took me to dig a grave, I was too stupid. I chose a grave where the people in the grave were still alive." Nick said very calmly, "So he became a person who was just one day away from me. younger brother."
Zach still looked at Nick, waiting for a conclusion.
"His name is on this price list." The conclusion came, "I'm not here."
Zach's mouth was slightly open, but he didn't speak. He flipped through all the forms, but his name was nowhere to be found.
"As the highest-ranking person in the clan except for the dormant clan ancestors, one of our rights is that our lives will not be disturbed."
Zach shut his mouth. How you understand this right is up to you.
Nick spread out several pages of price lists, "What did you see?" Apparently asking Zach to answer from an overview perspective.
Zach knew that Nick was helping him understand the Sabbat's style of doing things, so he cooperated.
"I saw..." Zach curled his lips, "I didn't see the catalogs of Lesembra and Toledo."
"There is no one in Toledo, so there is none here." Nick first eliminated the obvious situation, "Then, yes. There is no price tag for the Lesembra clan here."
Zach shook his head, "Then I guess this is Lesenbra's unique privilege as the leading clan of the Sabbat."
"No." Nick shook his head, took out a watch from the hand, and put it in front of Zach, "Here it is."
Zach frowned and looked at the only content in the entire paper, "That is, more '0's."
*lesembra
1000000… *
"As the leading clan of the Sabbat." Nick began to explain, "If there are matters that require the Lesembra clan to take action, the price, as you can see, and the person to be dispatched will be selected internally by Lesembra."
Zach's lips twitched, "So the person entrusting the task can't choose?"
"No." He said simply and neatly, "You may spend all your life savings and all you will get is a Descendant Lesembula."
Zach started sideways, too lazy to speak.
"I didn't let you look away." Nick began to enjoy this teaching moment, "Keep looking, what do you see~" It was still these price lists spread out.
"Uh." Zach could only cooperate, "The price of Zimich is generally higher than your Giovanni's, and yours is higher than Revro. Cappadocia..." Zach looked back and saw a certain butler. Mopping the floor, "It's very cheap. It's almost the price of a business in human society."
If Zach judged it that way, then it was the truth. Because that's what he does in Grande.
Nick was very satisfied with Zach's observation skills, "This is the most intuitive reflection of the status of a vampire." Then he picked up Zmich's price list, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it away, "This one should be useless~" smiled Looking at Zach, he did not extend the topic, but continued to teach more price lists, "Now, what do you see~"
The price spread out now is much simpler, it is, "the price of an alien."
Artificial species, shapeshifters, ghouls, goblins, chimeras...
Zach's eyes were shining. "This is really cheap." He picked up one at random and said, "Uh, I don't want the Inheritor." He put it back and picked up a price list for the Skinchanger. The reason why Zach's eyes were shining, "Oh, the cheapest one is only the price of a hamburger."
Nick took the price list away from Zach and said, "Don't rush to choose someone yet~ Tell me what you saw~"
"Uh, okay." The teaching seems to be continuing, "I see that the human slave movement did not liberate the alien races. Right."
"Yes, that's not right either~" Nick smiled, "Aliens are still the subject of rule. What's wrong is that they are no longer slaves~ slaves don't have to pay~ and this price~ is the price equivalent to the interruption of their lives. ~”
"Wow~" Zach just imitated Nick's tone, "What a big improvement~" Then he took the price of the skinchanger again and returned to himself, "Now, I have to choose the person to save James."
"What's the hurry~" Nick did not continue to take away the price list from Zach's hand, but continued to put the last price list in his hand, "Look again, what do you see?"
Zach's gaze only tilted for a moment, then straightened out. "I saw it again, a lot of '0's." To avoid misunderstanding, "There are only '0's." Zach is also a guy who changes his mind when he sees something different~ He lost his shape in an instant He picked up the last price list with all prices being 0, "Soul aliens~" For some reason, Zach unconsciously curled his lips.
People describe status as something that can only be higher, something that follows the system and has no upper limit for development. Actually, the lower limit is the same.
"Ha. I know this." Zach began to show off, "The soul aliens have no life of their own in this world, so their lives are interrupted to complete other people's commissions..." Zach didn't even finish speaking. I started to feel stupid. Do soul aliens need money? What can they do? Throw it into the air and float with yourself.
Zach curled his lips and didn't want to speak. Everyone makes mistakes, let Zach go.
"You're partly right." Nick confirmed Zach's momentary mistake.
"Am I right?" Zach didn't even confirm it himself.
"Well, that's partly true. The soul aliens have no life in this world. In other words~" Nick narrowed his eyes and highlighted the key points, "They don't need to exist in this world~ so~~" The last word was played twice A turn.
Zach had an epiphany and picked up the price list in his hand again, "If another alien race wants to exist here, in the west, it must make itself somewhat useful."
"That's completely correct~" Nick was very satisfied. "In the Sabbat, the only guarantee to prevent an alien soul from being killed by us is that he is creating the value of existence and carrying out someone's commission~"
Zach picked up the price list of the skinchangers again, looked at the soul aliens, and then looked at the skinchangers. For tracking, both options are suitable...well, the soul alien is more suitable. Everyone needs to be objective. Zack really doesn't save money on a hamburger. In the same way, a foreign soul that doesn't need to exist in this world doesn't need to be saved.
It's time to choose a client. Zach just calmed down and looked at the information about these soul aliens...
"What did you see~"
Uh, here we go again.
Zach glanced at Nick, "What else is there to see?" He waved his hand, "You can meditate, I won't disturb you."
"No~" Nick is in high spirits and can teach Toledo more time than sincerity. We should know it very well. So Nick is just seizing this opportunity, "Tell me, what did you see~"
"Okay." Even if Zach didn't want to, the fact was that if there was information he needed to know, he didn't want to miss it. "I saw it..." His eyes kept shifting on the form, "I saw it... I saw it. ..." Zach frowned and his eyes stayed in one place, "What on earth do I want to see." He gave up.
Nick didn't make Zach sad and smiled, "There's no devil up here~"
This is proof that something is so common sense that it is ignored. Zach looked impatient, "Of course there are no demons. The Sabbat and the demons have an agreement not to interfere with each other. I already knew it."
"The agreement has been voided~"
"What?"
"The agreement has not been overturned, it is just equivalent to being invalidated~ Because the devil has left the west, haven't you noticed? There is no devil in Vega."
Zach recalled it, indeed, "I thought I just didn't touch them. Where did they go?"
"I don't know, but if I had to guess, your dear Barton~because they were the ones who left a week before you came here~" The time point was just before Zach boarded the ship, which means that the Barton vampire was exposed on the train. of leaving, the news spread.
Zach showed a thoughtful look, thought for a while, and nodded, "The angel's reappearance, the secret of rapid advancement, and my departure." He glanced at Nick, "The devil also knows that the Sabbat will not help them. The West doesn’t make sense either. Hmm, that’s understandable.”
"You don't sound worried at all~"
"Why worry, there is Newton standing in front of Barton. You know what Newton has, haha, there are angels and black witches." On the contrary, "Then I guess the Sabbat's support for the religious academy is no longer a secret. , it can be made public.”
"Ha~ yes~ before I came to live with you, I just donated a sum of money to the church~"
Zach smiled and did not respond. Selecting people...
"I remind you that there are no demons here, because there were demons here~"
It seems it's not over yet.
Zach glanced at Nick, "Why?" Why are there demons. Don't the Sabbat and the Devil go their separate ways and have no influence on each other? The fact that they appear on this price list clearly formulated by the Sabbat does not have any influence. Not to mention too much, just a price tag that reflects the direction of the Sabbat's status should be something that no creature's self-esteem can accept.
"If I have something to do, I don't need this price, I can directly ask my descendants to do it ~ the vampire tradition of respect and inferiority ~" Nick said with a smile, "It's like a parent ordering a child to do housework. I Everything is Giovanni’s housework~ At most, I’ll be looking for my brother at the Sabbat meeting~”
Zach thought for a moment, "I'm alone. So, I have to hire someone to do my housework. Is that what you mean?"
"I am~" Nick nodded, "Then where do you usually find these housekeepers that can be hired~"
Zach looked at the entire price list again this time and answered, "Newspapers, small advertisements tucked into the cracks of the door, introductions from friends..." Zach's human life experience. Zach started thinking again.
Has anyone realized this? This price is like a public advertisement to the entire society just like housekeeping services.
First of all, to answer the devil's question just now, Nick, "The devil likes the convenience that the Sabbat has created in this society. There is such a simple way for humans to come to the door and sign a devil's contract. They have no reason to reject it."
Although the analogy is housekeeping services, the event that requires this price list is not mopping the floor and making the bed, as everyone should understand.
Then, Nick, who had been teaching Zach, said, "Anyone in the West can get such a price if they want to. In other words, this is not a business run by the Sabbat in the West, it is common sense in society~" It's a bit like calling the police, calling xxx, calling xxx in case of fire, calling xxx for first aid... Rules rooted in the grassroots of society, "So, the devil has appeared here before~"
Finally, "Basically, foreign races don't need this kind of thing~" Well, it's such a simple fact, "If you even bring a descendant here, you don't need this kind of thing~" Nick looked at Zach and smiled happily , "Only humans need this thing~" At the end, it must be something very important, "So, all the things you just saw from here, any human being who gets this price can see it~"
Zach was taught his lesson, and facing the dividing line between the desert and the city on the balcony, "Is this the society created by the Sabbat? Haha, it's not bad."