Grande entered a wonderfully harmonious state. Vertex 23S. The fastest update: When Zach came back, Alice was making lunch, and Benjamin was urging and talking about daily life in the restaurant.
Zach gave Benjamin a confused look at the door of the restaurant. Two questions, why is Benjamin still here? Why did Alice come back
I don’t know if Benjamin didn’t understand Zach’s eyes or something, but Benjamin didn’t answer Zach anyway. Zach could only say to himself, "I saw Joe."
"Who?" Hey.
Alice heard Zach's voice and ran out of the kitchen immediately, "You're back! I've been worried for a long time!" This was probably why Alice was at home.
After a long-lost hug from Grande's sister, Zach patted Alice on the back and said, "There's something, it's blurry."
Alice yelled and ran back to the kitchen.
Zach said at the dining table, "Fat Joe, it's behind the police station. Remember, it's the place Anthony used to go to when he was a policeman."
"Yeah." Benjamin snorted nonchalantly.
"He just knew who we were." Zach deliberately told some inside jokes that only aliens would understand. "He was shocked when he found out we were Grande. It turns out that we are very famous~"
Benjamin glanced at Zach, and then looked away, as if he was too lazy to care.
This attitude, hey. Zach had no intention of arguing with Benjamin, "Why don't you go back to our ancestors' office?" After all, the person he needed to protect was not in Grande. Benjamin has no reason to stay here.
Benjamin said nothing again.
Zach looked at Benjamin carefully and said, "You're not Benjamin, right? You're a wolf."
'Benjamin' raised his eyebrows and looked at Zach, "*." A non-expletive modal particle, "How did you tell? I thought I had imitated him well enough."
"It's true that he's too lazy to pay attention to me." Zach answered, "But the real Benjamin won't just be satisfied with ignoring me." This means that the real Benjamin doesn't want to stay in Grande. There is no need to explain this. Benjamin has stated his attitude many times.
Zach smiled, "And you are afraid of Mokavi, so instead of going 'home', why not 'bear' with me here~"
"Don't be complacent." Now that he has been exposed, 'Benjamin' no longer conceals his true character, and faces Zach with his chin, "I'm just too lazy to go back and deal with the commissions of those inferior races."
Speaking of commissions, Zach happened to have something to ask the wolf, "Do you know how James rationalized and Benjamin opened the Ancestors Firm?" It seemed like a long heart-to-heart discussion, and Zach touched a bottle of wine. Come out, fill yourself up, and hold the glass, "James thinks it's compensation, the identity of Alpha, which is you."
"Me?" 'Benjamin' smiled and glanced at Zach.
"Alpha is a leader, a parent, a protector, a relyer..." Zach listed a bunch of titles that have a halo of praise, "Benjamin is not, so the commission from the Ancestors Firm can fill the gap in Benjamin's identity. Vacancy. So, compensation."
'Benjamin' raised his eyebrows and twisted his lips as if thinking, "Is this James' idea?"
Zach nodded and took a sip of wine, "Yes, I didn't even think about it. I just thought Benjamin was abducted by Mokawi." Zach has never concealed his opinion of Mokawi, right
"Uh-huh." 'Benjamin' stopped looking at Zach and tilted his head as if he was seriously considering James's opinion.
"Looking at it now, I would agree with James." Zach didn't look at Benjamin, "Every time you show up, you think about doing something bad, now." He looked at the other person, "How honest. That part The twisted feeling of being unable to navigate the meaning of Alpha identity that had been held in Benjamin’s body disappeared.”
"Haha." 'Benjamin' smiled, slightly exaggeratedly, "Are you saying that I am enjoying helping Barton's inferior aliens solve daily chores?? Hahaha..." Smiling, his face darkened, and he automatically There was no movement. Awkward.
"Lunch!" Alice came out in a full mood and brought the food to the table. But from the look of her, she didn't seem to be planning to stay and eat with Benjamin. "I have to go back to Parker Elementary School. Teacher Trisha is back. She also wants to vote, so we have to accompany her."
Zach nodded, "Be safe." So Alice came back purely because she was worried about her brothers.
Zach watched Alice leave and then looked at 'Benjamin' again, "Why don't you eat." 'Benjamin' didn't touch the food in front of him.
'Benjamin' glanced at Zach gloomily, raised his hand to pick up the knife and fork, and asked a very distant question, "Why did Papa create 'me' at midnight." Me? Just a general term for werewolves.
"Consequentialism?" Zach answered. This was the only opportunity to discuss this kind of issue with a true Alpha. As you all know, alpha wolves cannot talk to each other under normal circumstances. Zach was not prepared to let such an important historical moment slip away from his eyes, "For the war, India needs soldiers."
"So the meaning of my existence ended before I was born." To translate, the war that the Indians needed to win was lost long before Benjamin was born. Does the meaning of existence seem ridiculous
"The same consequential theory explains the reason why 'I' was created by the Holy Lord." Zach shrugged, "Preacher. A preacher vampire that will not break, once and for all." Zach smiled at 'Benjamin'. Because this statement is really worth laughing at.
"Ha!" 'Benjamin''s gloominess eased a little, "Thank you." Although it didn't sound sincere, "I feel much better."
We all know how 'devout' Zach is in his faith in the Holy Lord, so I won't explain it.
So the conclusion is here, the reason why creation was created, and the reason why creation is still alive in this world, haha, are very different. Tracing things back to their origins is just a joke.
Zach looked at 'Benjamin' with an inexplicable emotion... Weird, Zach, I like this 'Benjamin', this guy knows how to explain himself, in other words, this guy is smarter than Benjamin, eh. He raised his hand and took off the thimble and put it on the table, "Sam."
Sam responded, "I'm here."
Zach glanced at 'Benjamin' and said, "Once, when I was driving a wedge between werewolves and wizards in the Secret Alliance, I deliberately distorted the meaning of werewolves' existence. When Papa created werewolves at midnight, I gave them the 'protection' ", guard' meaning, became a captive fighting tool used by wizards for profit." This was not a sudden confession, but a statement of facts, "The effect was extremely good. The werewolves began to trap wizards in turn, turning wizards into their own tools."
"Haha." 'Benjamin' glanced at the thimble and said to Zach, "We." Of course it is us. There is an Alpha and a wizard here, right? They are the direct victims or beneficiaries of Zach's actions. , "Should we 'thank' you?"
"Actually, you should." Zach nodded, "I'm very young for the history of vampires." To be honest, and a bit of what Zach once said to teenagers, "When I was in Toledo, The influence of religion on the human era has been..." Zach couldn't think of the correct statement for a while, "Colonial war is the Holy Lord's last control over human politics." He answered quickly, "And it failed."
'Benjamin' glanced at Zach, "Failed? It doesn't look like it. The mainstream faith in the Federation is still the faith of the Holy Lord."
"When I became Toledo, Toledo already understood what his clan should do to survive in the original country." Becoming a privileged class, becoming a noble, gaining the privileges and space to maintain the survival of the clan, and even such Zach's previous job was to maintain the reputation of vampires in the human community, wasn't it? "The meaning that faith brings to us, at least to Toledo, is not much anymore. Although it is disrespectful to say this, the fact is that vampires , the relationship with the faith of the Holy Lord has been very weak a long time ago. I was lucky enough that when I became a vampire, the vampires had already formalized their own race, were proud of their immortality, and realized the principle of living for themselves. "
Sam answered, "Everything you did after becoming a vampire was actually taking this to the extreme. You never wanted to gain colonies for your original society and win colonial wars for your beliefs."
Zach hesitated for a moment and nodded, "Yes or no." Zach swung his glass, "The reward promised by the Holy Lord for victory in the war is still a bit attractive, and besides the thirteen clans, there were also demons at that time. Even Tori I don't want to care about the 'honorary' goal of the war, and I can't show it."
At this point, the topic becomes a bit scary. We have long known the results of the colonial war. The human side of the colonists won, but the alien side lost. Could it be that it's Toledo...
"You all know my rejection of witchcraft." Zach spread his hands, "You have all heard the story about me creating a descendant of Indians for information about werewolves during the war, right?"
Let’s review it. Zach created a descendant, the Indian, and then the man took advantage of Zach's trust and committed suicide.
"That's how I really saw the impact of faith on the world as a bystander." Zach shook his head, "I just said, I was lucky. When I became a vampire, the vampires, at least Toledo, He has already passed the stage of being positioned by faith, Toledo, and has self-awareness, the consciousness of being a vampire, rather than the bondage of belief in creation."
It was Sam again, "You saw that the Indians were controlled by Indian beliefs and almost copied and created werewolves, just like the Holy Lord created vampires." Yes, the focus is not on the Indian descendants who committed suicide, but on intelligence and werewolves. .
"So, I immediately knew that werewolves would, sooner or later, take the path of vampires. Every creation, as long as it exists long enough, will have self-awareness, rather than being forever controlled by the reasons for its creation."
'Benjamin' finally joined in, "Haha, you are really interesting. Do you mean to say that you helped the werewolves find their racial self-awareness?"
"That's what I mean." Zach nodded, "I helped the werewolves save the time of slowly groping in the Federation and freed you from the control of wizards. I will never let go of this credit. I am very proud." Zach seemed It's sincere, "And just like vampires, they are all proud of their immortality at first. I believe that werewolves who have freedom will also discover what you are proud of, the true meaning of your existence."
'Benjamin' didn't say anything, Sam said, "Uh... entrustment? Help foreigners solve troubles and compensate?"
Zach raised his hand, "Protection and protection are also the reasons why werewolves were created, aren't they." Then, "The Holy Lord allows vampires to survive on blood and must interact with the world. Werewolves are also created in a similar way. Your lives You spend most of your time as humans, with food, work and rest, and all normal human functions. At the same time, you have abilities beyond humans. You have the advantage of naturally integrating into human society, and you also have the ability to escape from human society and exercise your own power independently. So. , why not. Why can’t it be the meaning of Alpha’s existence to protect one’s own wolf pack and the social group in which the wolves live? Why can’t we be proud of it?”
'Benjamin' frowned, "The difference is that the werewolves used to only protect wizards, but now they have become a society, a society where aliens and humans coexist. Is this what you mean?"
"Yes." Zach nodded, "This is the attribute of the werewolf, isn't it? Humans, wolves, you are in the middle. Just like the attributes of vampires, blood and immortality."
Sam's tone was a little unnatural, "So a wizard trapped by werewolves, what the hell..." Thimble didn't show his expression, "You said that you were very successful in driving a wedge between werewolves and wizards. Now you say that the thing that werewolves should be proud of is that werewolves are against Society can, uh, 'contribute'. So, who are we, wizards who have been stripped of our identity by werewolves, who are we?"
Zach shook his head, not in a good mood, "It is an inevitable loss on the road." Zach looked at the thimble, "The wizard has his own meaning. For those who kept werewolves in captivity in the past, this is the compensation they must pay." As he said that, he picked up the thimble and said, "Do you think it's unfair? You should think so. Before the vampire realizes his consciousness, I can tell you that there are also many injustices that happen."
"Demon hunters." Sam spoke again, "Their twisted beliefs are also unfair."
This is secret information that we don’t know.
Zach nodded, "Witcher, I'll tell you the reason why I don't attack vampires when I get the chance."
Bring back the thimble. Zach looked at 'Benjamin' again, "Okay, I won't bother you anymore. If you want to hide from Mokawi in Grandli, feel free, but don't do anything I don't like. Now that I know you are not Benjamin , maybe I wasn’t as patient as I was with Benjamin.”
It's a threat, nothing serious.
'Benjamin' said nothing and started to handle his food. Muzzy.