It was past midnight when Zach returned to Grande, and he reluctantly brought back his follower-James Lance.
The funny thing is that James also kidnapped a follower - Wes.
There is no need to explain the reason why James followed Zach. Everyone knows that James wants to ask Zach the truth.
As for Wes, the forced follower, in James’s original words, “If you don’t watch him, who knows what stupid things he will do!”
Wes retorted weakly, "That's not stupid. Blake is asking me to teach me fighting skills. He volunteered."
OK. Zach knew that this was not a bloody triangle situation that he was suitable to intervene in.
After returning to Grande, Zach took some time to tell the complete story at the carnival, and James also asked a key question, "So you are not going to punish Andrew at all??"
"The life he thinks is clear from now on comes from the false memories given to him by my Charming Eyes. Don't you think this is not punishment?"
"You're just quibbling! The fact is that he killed someone, and then he didn't have to take any responsibility!"
"If you can hold Andrew accountable, what are you going to do? As far as I know, federal law does not provide for the execution of a child."
"Then he should be punished under the law! Sent to a juvenile detention center!"
"Perfect, locking up a powerful wizard child with a twisted heart and a bunch of problem children." Zach looked at James, "You really want more tragedies to happen in this world, James? Detective Lance."
James asked his own question, but he asked it to death.
Zach didn't care about James and arranged a place for Wes to sleep. James, huh, who cares about him. Then out of Grand, meet Porky on the dirt road between Porky Quinn's house and Grand.
Pochi, Moon, and Andrew had returned a long time ago. Pochi's first words when he saw Zach were, "They are asleep."
Zach's first words were, "I didn't see the cash." Zach wasn't making some silly joke. If he said this was a commission, it should be taken seriously.
"Uh, I'll make it up for you tomorrow!" Pochi wasn't planning to enter Grande either. He saw Zach being followed by two police detectives when he returned to Grande. Pochi was too lazy to deal with James.
"Cash." Zach emphasized, knowing that Pochi had something to ask him, so he waited patiently.
Sure enough, "I didn't know Andrew cared so much about his Indian ancestry and the surname Quinn!" Pochi's face showed self-blame. Hey, you can stir up some emotion, paternal self-blame.
Zach was expressionless, "Will you accompany them to the carnival tomorrow?"
"I..." We already know the reason why Pochi didn't go today, and we also know what happened next. Although the presence or absence of Pochi's father might not have an impact on the incident, "Yes!" Pochi answered with a frown.
Zach remained expressionless and took out a dining coupon to Porchi... This was a funny act to lighten the atmosphere.
Pochi answered with twitching eyes. Then, "Do I still need to ask Amelia to provide psychological counseling to Andrew?"
Zach shook his head, "You haven't realized it yet, but this incident is the result of Amelia's tutoring."
"Wha, what?"
I don’t know if you still remember that Amelia was helping the mother and son with psychological counseling when Mu En and Andrew first came here. Zach remembered it very clearly, because at that time Emilia told Zach her focus on the psychological construction of mother and son: "It was Emilia who established Andrew's sense of belonging in his current life on his Indian ancestry and Your father’s last name is Quinn.”
Pochi's face was briefly dazed and then turned angry! "Emilia this..."
Zach didn't let Pochi finish, "No, you can't blame Amelia. Amelia didn't do anything wrong. If Andrew wants to grow up like a normal child, this is the only way." Zach paused. For a moment, "To cut off the life they once had surrounded by werewolves, both Moon and Andrew need a new life to belong to. Emilia has done a good job."
Pochi's face was blank again.
Zach was still expressionless, but shook his head, "Emilia just didn't consider that Andrew is a powerful wizard. There is nothing wrong with Andrew's strong sense of belonging. What is wrong is that once Andrew uses his power to maintain this sense of belonging, When it goes up, it will have an impact on the outside world.”
Pochi's face turned irritated again, because this topic was inexplicably connected to the previous topic he and Zach had - Emilia lacked the expertise to have a social impact on this world that no one can create.
Zach was not prepared to change the topic. After all, Porch had no problem with Corden becoming Emilia's assistant. "The person who should teach Andrew how to use and where to use his power is your father, Porch." "Quinn." Zach's main point is actually just the last sentence, "Don't let others teach your son, you have to teach it yourself."
For this commission that has not yet received any money, Zach can be regarded as doing his best.
Pochi thought quietly for a while, "Will the charm pupil you used on Andrew have any impact on his future?"
"Of course." Zach turned around and saw James standing at the door of Grande, staring gloomily. Zach ignored him and said to Pochi, "I am Toledo, and that is the enchanting pupil I use. From now on, if you find that your son is obsessed with his own identity, don't doubt that it is because of me. "
The corners of Pochi's mouth twitched, "That doesn't sound like a good thing."
"Of course not. No one should be fooled by self-confidence, but do you want your son to develop freely?" Continue to slaughter after feeling that your identity has been insulted in a twisted mentality?
"In no mood… "
"That's it." Zach shrugged, "Andrew now has the identity of 'Mysterious Confidence'. You can start teaching him how to behave in the world from here."
Boqi frowned, "How to teach? That's my son, not some nurturing game! You can't just add any attributes to my son and expect me to accept it!" Boqi was not arguing with Zach, It's just that this situation, if you all feel it, is really quite speechless.
"You should ask someone with parenting experience. It's not me anyway." Zach thought of ending this conversation, which was similar to a commissioned report. It was time to say that the answer had been answered. Zach was tired and wanted to eat...
Pochi had no more questions to ask, especially when there was James Lance staring at him not far away. He shook his head and said goodbye to Zach, and returned to his home.
Seeing that James was about to approach Zach again, Zach raised his hand to stop him in advance, "You are a married man. Do you know what you should learn from this matter?" Zach is not going to be with James. When talking about life, Zach wanted to say, "It's time for you to think about how you are going to educate your children in such a world, James." Block James' brain with an issue that he can't turn around. .
It was so successful that James stayed put.
Zach was exhausted physically and mentally, so he went to the basement to replenish food. Then he stood on the stone platform in the basement, let go of all the thinking activities that only living things can have, and entered the sleep of a vampire.
"Zach, Zach, Zach, Zach..."
Zach felt his face being poked. Opening his eyes, it was impossible to judge the time in the basement. Zach looked at the person who poked him - Emilia, "What time is it?"
"Saturday at 8 o'clock."
"Morning?"
Emilia said expressionlessly, "At night."
"Have I slept for almost a day?" Zach sat up stiffly and slowly moved his limbs that were still unconscious.
"Yes." Zach's stiffness seemed to make Emilia a little uncomfortable, and there was a slight disgust on his face. But this expression is already considered very 'friendly'. After all, Emilia has also been trained by living together with Harrison, and she doesn't have much ill will towards the inhuman aliens.
"Why are you here?"
"Corden invited me here."
"Corden?" A guest inviting another guest to the Grande? As soon as Zach took a break, everyone in Grande was shocked, "Why did I invite you here?"
"Today he visited my work in the nursing home. Surprisingly, we had a good chat, so we came to Grande for dinner." The expression on Emilia's face became more natural as Zach's condition recovered. . "Alice's high school students are back, and the dinner they cooked is great."
"Alice is back?" Zach looked up. The soundproofing in the basement was different from the soundproofing in other rooms. Zach didn't hear any noise from the teenagers.
"They have already left to attend the carnival." Emilia then explained, "They were invited by Sibera. After what happened yesterday, Sibera wanted Alice and Maya to go to the carnival to sit in."
Sitting is a very appropriate word.
Zach nodded, glanced at Emilia, grabbed a bottle of blood and brought it over to help with recovery, and said, "Do you know what happened yesterday?"
"Pochi was angry with me when he arrived at the nursing home early in the morning." Emilia's expression disappeared again, "But he said that you could help me speak professionally, thank you."
Zach put down the bottle of wine in his hand and took a few sips. "Where's Corden?" He stood up and prepared to leave the basement.
"Went to the wake. Roy Zmich was with him."
Zach tilted his head speechlessly, really not knowing what Roy wanted to do. Could it be that I overcorrected? Roy falls in love with Corden, who is an Indian? Hahaha, Zach was amused by his own idea...
"Did I say anything interesting?" Emilia followed Zach.
Zach curled his lips and turned back, "No. Why are you still here?"
"I wanted to wait for you to get up and talk to you about that Slime Bill. But after waiting for you for an hour and you still looked like a corpse, I got impatient and woke you up."
Well.
After leaving the basement, Zach went to the kitchen first. Sure enough, there were traces of high school students sweeping through the kitchen. The dinner dishes he was looking at were piled in the sink. He must have finished eating and no one wanted to pick them up before heading to the carnival.
If Zach doesn't accept it, no one in this family will accept it - think about it, do you expect Hank to do the housework? Don't dream about it.
When he started to take action, he said, "I'm not interested in that Slime Bill." This was a way of telling Emilia her attitude towards this topic.
"I know." Amelia actually agreed. Seeing that Zach was working, he had no intention of helping. There is no politeness, "But you also read the information I gave you yesterday. He is very interested in you and Grande. So I want to hear your opinion."
"My opinion?" Zach was washing the dishes. "My opinion is that I don't care whether Bill wants to come to Grand. Grand has no intention of recruiting people recently."
"So I can think that this is your attitude towards everyone who tries to get close to you?" Amelia asked a question that was somewhat out of context, but in the logic of this psychological doctor, what could this question be? Let’s sum it up.
Zach didn't think much about it. Playing psychological games with Emilia has been proved to be very tiring by the past facts. "Isn't this attitude okay?"
"It's not that it can't be done, but in the information, I objectively recorded Slime Bill's... Well, admiration, I think this word is appropriate. Because he feels that Grande has a strong influence on him. Attraction, whether it is interest or something else, anyway, he longs to live with you in Barton. This is his purpose in Barton now."
Zach was washing the dishes while listening to Amelia's words. He had nothing to refute, and occasionally twitched the corner of his mouth and was speechless.
"Envy makes him want to get close to you. Now there is only one slime with clear logic like this. I think there will be many such aliens to be evaluated by me in the future. So your attitude is very important. For these guys who admire you, you Your words and deeds are likely to have a major impact on their lives in Barton, either positively or negatively. So I need to know your attitude."
"What do you expect me to say?" Zach looked back at Emilia, "Do I open my arms to all the guys who want to get close to me? I am not such a gentle creature, I am a vampire, Emilia .”
This is sometimes the case. Even Toledo, who likes to create social connections and cause trouble, sometimes suffers from unnecessary relationships.
Emilia opened her mouth, but no words came out. It seemed that something I wanted to express was suppressed. When he spoke again, "Then I can at least hope that if you just meet these guys who have a crush on you on the road, you won't do anything malicious and offensive."
Zach smiled, "Do you remember the first time I met you, outside Maggie's house? I didn't know you at that time, but you knew I was a vampire."
Amelia opened her mouth again, and this time she spoke, "I remember that I hated you very much at that time, because Harrison's entire life was under your restrictions."
"I don't see any difference in you now." This was not a test. If it was a test, Zach would look at Amelia and say it to observe the other person's expression. But as I said before, Zach doesn’t want to play mind games with Emilia, it’s tiring. So what Zach said was just a factual joke in Zach's mind, the kind of harmless thing he said, "Haha. But I feel like I was a gentleman during our first encounter."
Emilia, who was no longer in Zach's sight, lowered her head once, then raised it again, "That's good. Now I know that your personal cultivation determines that you will not keep these foreign aliens who have intentions towards Grande. Malice.”
Zach was still joking, "It was still a dream just now, but now it has become an attempt, haha."
Emilia actually accepted the joke, "Of course I have to sugarcoat it when I ask you about your attitude. Since your answer is so positive and your accomplishments are impeccable, why bother to sugarcoat it? Whoever gets close to you probably doesn't come to Grande because of yourself. He has his own motives and intentions."
Zach laughed twice at the sound of the water, "Yeah, speaking of which, you are one of them." Zach was just telling the truth, "First you did it to help Harrison, and then you did it for the nursing home project. , and then you have been helping others with their psychological problems, humans and aliens. Now, you are for the harmonious development of Barton." Zach looked back at Emilia again, smiling, "So many things happened to people around me. Of all things, you are a good person, Emilia, and I am honored to know a human like you in my eternity.”
This is sincere.
Emilia was quiet for a while, looking at Zach's back as he turned back to wash the dishes, with his mouth slightly open: "You are going to make me sad, vampire. I am such a good person, but I am just a human being. This is a sad conclusion."
Zach stopped washing and turned around with a frown, "Oh no, Amelia..."
Zach understood, and the strange feeling he had vaguely felt from Amelia since Sibella's funeral was finally solved.
"You shouldn't say such things." Zach looked at Emilia and shook his head, "This is a sad conclusion."
Another human being is about to give up his self-respect as a human being. (To be continued)