Taking old Hank's advice, lunches needed to be made even though no one needed human food. Vertex 23S. The fastest update Zach is doing.
"How do you know I'll be back now?" When Zach turned around, Benjamin was at the kitchen door, "It smells good."
Zach turned back to look at the contents of the pot and raised his eyebrows, "Do you like the taste?"
Benjamin was approaching, "It's okay. What is it?"
Zach hesitated and stepped aside, just in case Benjamin didn't recognize "sheep's eggs."
Benjamin looked at the things in the pot for a while and asked, "Can sheep lay eggs?" Alpha, who was so upright, really didn't recognize it.
"No, sheep don't lay eggs," Zach answered.
Benjamin looked at it for a while, turned around, and left. He was probably full.
Half a minute later, Murphy stood at the door of the kitchen, "I will leave Barton for a while. My ancestors promised that the human dependents from the Republic will be protected by the federal Assamite clan. There is no Assamite clan in Barton." protection, at least not now, I need to escort them to settle in the middle."
Zach looked back at Murphy, then turned back and turned the... thing in the pot. This thing was what Louise asked Zach to make. Louise copied several recipes from TV. It's said that I copied it, but actually I just drew it according to the characters on the TV. Louise had no idea what she had copied. An hour ago, I took what I copied and went to the Gonghe Food section of Daq Supermarket to buy the same.
"You're right, I lied." Murphy must have made up for Zach's response in his mind, so he started a conversation with Zach in his mind, "This is just an excuse for me to leave you temporarily. Those human dependents are in Barton It is much safer than in the middle, but I deliberately informed them that Barton is not the territory of Assamat, and I need to be protected even here. So they asked to go to the middle and be effectively protected. And I am Barton The only Assamat here who can shoulder this responsibility."
Zach looked back at Murphy, curled his lips and turned back, still saying nothing.
The imaginary conversation continues. Murphy: "You're right again, Benjamin has told me how childish this behavior is. But I need this, I need to reorganize my feelings..." Murphy got stuck.
Zach turned around again, and this time, he really spoke, "Put together your strategy and my negotiation strategy."
"Yes. My strategy." Murphy looked at Zach, but he couldn't look at it for long. Zach quickly looked back at the pot.
It's not that Zach wants to see what's in the pot, it's just that Zach isn't sure how it's done.
Well, of course Zach won't eat this thing. Zach just thinks that getting familiar with this thing is the last... respect for it.
Murphy walked towards Zach, "But this also means that when I return to the central part this time, I must bring some results for the clan, otherwise they will not forgive me for my unexpected return." She paused for a while, "I need an answer, please." Ancestor of the Redo clan, you are your answer to the merger of Toledo Asamat."
Since Murphy was already standing next to Zach, Zach didn't need to look back. With Murphy in his peripheral vision, he said, "I agree, let's merge Toledo and Assamat."
Murphy "How can you refuse? I have already told you that the merger can eliminate the disadvantage of the Toledo clan in the Sabbat (problems of population and true ancestors). In addition, the Assamite clan can also give you The Sabbat has an advantage that no clan has, humans, humans who fully support vampires."
Zach still looked out of the corner of his eye and said, "Wake up, Murphy."
Murphy was quiet for a while, "Oh. You said consent. I just didn't practice the situation where you said consent."
Zach lifted the pot and took out a plate to serve. Regardless of whether it's cooked or not, Zach doesn't want to continue making this ingredient. He's given enough respect.
Murphy looked at Zach who was loading the plate and said, "Then we can start the second phase." Remember, after it was confirmed that Anthony would be re-elected and Barton was still under the control of Toledo, he told Zach that the reason why Murphy came here was for the second phase. stage one. Murphy inexplicably blocked the direction where Zach placed the plate, and caught the plate that Zach had installed.
Murphy used this to successfully come face to face with Zach, only a plate away from them, "sharing a last name."
Zach used a little force but failed to take back the plate. He frowned and thought about the 'shared surname' that Murphy just said. Then, Zach curled his lips and said, "This is what your clan thinks is the success of sending you to Barton to negotiate with me." Is the probability higher?" Zach looked at Murphy, "Because we have already shared a surname..." Are you aware of it, "We have been married. This merger is not an alliance, it is a 'marriage'."
"You are right. This is not an alliance. Facts have proved that Toledo doesn't care about the so-called alliance at all, even if it is an alliance initiated by Toledo himself." This should be talking about a secret alliance. But as expected, the rational Assamite is very fair, "We Assamt are the same. We have never cared about the interests of the Secret Alliance. All we have always cared about and worked hard is to use the functions of the Secret Alliance to complete the Assamite clan. It's just a cleanup." How fair. "What we are asking for now is a more essential combination. It is higher than alliances and agreements, and can completely unite the two bloodlines."
Murphy looked into Zack's eyes, "At that time, what we shared was your fake human identity of 'Moriarty'. Together we built Moriarty's status at that time. Even if you left, I was still trapped There's no way out of a 'Moriarty' marriage. What we Assamaites want is this, a relationship that can't go out. Now, I need your real last name, 'Toledo', and together we will build The future of 'Toledo-Asamate'."
Hehe, Murphy put 'Toledo' in front.
The timing couldn't be 'better'.
Louise wandered in, light and airy, "I just came to see how 'our lunch' went." The distance between Murphy and Zach's plates could just accommodate one of Louise's heads.
Louise observed the food sandwiched between the two people very carefully for a while, "It looks... cooked. Hmm." Louise withdrew her head from between the two people, "I have told Old Hank how to prepare the food here. There are more, this... should I send it to the living area?"
Zach pressed hard again, but Murphy let go. The plate was passed smoothly to Louise's hand. Zach said calmly, "Send it over. Tell old Hank that this thing is very chewy."
"Yeah." Louise took the plate and left.
No problem, right? The point of making lunch is to break the 'rumor' in the living area that Grande and the two don't eat lunch. Once the play has been performed, it will be fully performed.
Zach used his peripheral vision to pretend to be Murphy again, and he had already started to clear the desk, "I can't. My last name is 'Toledo'. In addition to the daily travel (remuneration for becoming a colonist) prepaid by the Holy Lord, there are also Saints." The image of Sissi’s payment (Zac paid for Sissi’s place in Barton). The Toledo contains the last name of a saint, Yahiel. I can’t share it casually.”
"Our clan doesn't care about the images given by the saints. This is just a ceremony for us to merge the clans, just like a human marriage, linking the two clans and merging them together to become a family. Toledo is still Toledo, and Assamat is still Assamat, the bloodline that defines us will not change. As independent individuals, nothing has changed. What we want is for the law to recognize us as a family to bind our interests to Assamat's reason and trust. Redo's sensitivity to people's hearts. It's just that we vampires don't have human laws, only the more absolute, the surnames given to us by the Holy Lord. This is our law. It is our only ritual to make the law effective."
"Thanks for the explanation, although it's completely unnecessary." Zach was working hard to remove the smell from the pot, and the brush and the surface of the pot were prickly... "I thought of these when you said you shared a last name. But, you really should tell me this first Because unlike you, you are so optimistic and ready to welcome the new... "Zach, give up. Anyway, Louise said that she doesn't want to marry Zac, so what else does Zac care about? Woolen cloth? ? Tsk, "Old marriage. I'm not optimistic at all. You see, the problem is the bounded interests. Since you used the human analogy of marriage, then the interests should be the interests generated at the beginning of the marriage, right? So before marriage How to calculate the benefits?"
Murphy... frowned, and then immediately said, "Assamat can give Toledo the real ancestors, population, and human dependents. These are also pre-marital benefits. You can't be so selfish and only count your own gains. without giving.”
"Haha." La La La La, "What I count is selfless dedication." La La La La, "Toledo's sensitivity to people's hearts and Assamite's rationality, together, create future benefits. We Let's treat it as equivalence. Can the ancestors, population, and human beings of the Assamaite clan now be equivalent to the saint surnames of Toledo?" Ci Ci La La "I am not selfish, I am Talk about a matter of principle. I have the ancestors, population, and human beings, and Toledo has them. It’s just a matter of time. But Yehir? I’ll give you a hundred thousand years, and you Assamat won’t be able to see it in the mirror. My own appearance." Lala stabbed, "You don't seriously think this is reciprocal, do you?"
"Ancestors, population, and human beings can make Toledo profit, and they can make profits now. Images are useless to Assamite." Murphy stared at the source of the noise, "And what I can think of now These are all disadvantages. Our appearance will be captured and retained. This will be troublesome for the human replacements looking for the descendants of Assamite, as well as the actions of our clan members." His eyes moved up and looked at Zach's profile, "Just like you wouldn't want to be interviewed by James' girlfriend and have Zachary Grande's body strapped to your face."
"That's right~" Zach looked very happy, "My Toledo surname will 'selflessly' give you Asamat things, which is a disadvantage. So, when you go back to the central part this time, just have a good time with your Let the clan discuss the inherent shortcomings of the Toledo surname. The 'marriage partner' you envision is not as perfect as you presupposed. It is wonderful that marriage brings 'shared joys and sorrows', but before you are ready to 'share sorrows' , please think carefully.”
Murphy frowned, and seemed to instinctively raise his hand to pinch his hair, but was interrupted.
James rushed into the kitchen, "Come out! I have something to tell you!"
Pausing for a while, Zach put the pot in front of his nose. It seemed that the smell was gone. He turned around and said, "Are you going to propose to me too? I'm really popular today."
"*!come out!"