Back at Grande, Benjamin was rubbing his clothes naked in the bathroom on the second floor of Grande.
Benjamin obviously has not mastered the physical habits of his human son. He rarely imitates Zach. The clothes he wears are stained with saliva, vomit, excrement...all kinds of dirt that a human baby would make.
Zach mentally expressed his sympathy and was not ready to help Benjamin wash his clothes. "Do you mind if I ask you about your life among wolves?"
The topic started suddenly.
Benjamin turned back and glanced at Zach, "Mind."
The topic that was suddenly opened is closed. Zach stopped disturbing Benjamin and went to find Lily.
Grande didn’t know who made the lunch, but looking at the girl Nana sleeping soundly on the back porch, she must have been very satisfied.
Lily was standing next to her, caressing the girl's back intentionally or unintentionally. It seemed that this behavior could make the girl's dreams better.
Zach gestured to the side first, and Lily glanced at Zach and said, "You can talk. I'm afraid Nana's only advantage is that she won't wake up even if the sky falls after she falls asleep."
Zach was relieved, "What are you looking at?" The reason for asking this was because Lily's hand was caressing her 'kidnapped' daughter, but her eyes followed Hank who was working on the coffin in the backyard.
Hank's procedures are progressing very quickly. Grande's funeral is also the time when Hank leaves the Federation and goes abroad to 'gild', so now is Hank's last chance to complete his job as a coffin maker.
Hank is not only rushing work, but also training people. After Hank left, there was no one to customize coffins in Grande. Among the current Grande employees, the only ones who could be entrusted to the company were Logan who had returned and who had been in Grande Bain. Hank is teaching the two humans how to make a coffin.
This job is not going smoothly. Hank has scolded the two clumsy humans more than once, "You don't even have half of Matthew's talent!!"
Matthew once held a position in Grande, and he was Hank's apprentice. Don't forget.
"Look at how a second-generation Lesembra (Hank) compares humans and werewolves." Lily replied, looking at Zach, "I don't know if you guys in Grandli took a look at yourself outside of Grandli. The living situation, the relationships under this Grande roof, is confusing.”
yes. This is indeed something you need to step outside of Grande to realize. You think it’s weird that Alpha’s human son is Toledo’s godson, but what’s even weirder is actually that Alpha’s werewolf descendant is Lesembra’s apprentice.
Zach tilted his head and sat down next to him, "I have to explain that when Matthew was Hank's apprentice, Hank was not Lesembra."
"It's not important. If someone wants to use this to make a fuss, they won't care about the time." Lily pointed at Hank, "The fact is that if it weren't for the current Matthew and his human girlfriend Lola, the princess of the Barton family, in Republic, after Hank left Grande and went abroad, the only apprentice recognized was Matthew."
Zach raised an eyebrow and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "You do understand all the interpersonal relationships around Grande."
Everyone knows about the relationship between Matthew and Laura. Not bad, this Lily.
"I'm Root's secretary, what do you think?" Lily glanced at Zach and responded by asking, "Everything about you, Root used to read countless times every day."
Zach smiled and noticed another fact worth noting: Those who are addicted to Zach will not end well, and Lutresembula is a representative one.
After a moment of silence, Zach asked casually, "Does Nana know now that she can't 'go home'?"
The sleeping girl seemed to sense something and turned over.
Lily's hand also changed direction and continued to caress the girl's body, "She has known for a long time that this child is very smart. If she doesn't want to leave with me, I will simply 'cheat' her out of the new foster home. "
What does this mean? Zach waved his hand and gave up the daily chat, "I want to discuss something with you. As someone who once worked at the top of the Sabbat, you should be able to give me some advice."
Lily turned her head and looked at Zach's smiling light green eyes for a while, "What are you discussing."
"The way vampires rule other alien races." Zach kept smiling, "The interests of vampires who are accustomed to secret alliances always come first, and they use various conspiracies to create disadvantages for other alien races without ever expressing their position of power. "
Lily frowned and looked at Zach again, this time sizing him up, "You mean those things you did when you were in the Secret Alliance?"
"Yes." Zach admitted, "Everything is determined by the nature of the Secret Alliance." Zach seemed to be evaluating something objectively, "The Secret Alliance imitated the parliamentary system of human civilization, and initially advocated the peaceful end of colonization. During the war, the tone of the Secret Alliance was set, and the Secret Alliance represents the interests of the majority of people. And the majority refers to vampires."
Lily actually understood what Zach meant, "Because the Secret Alliance uses various means to make the living conditions of other alien races worse, they will always be a minority in society. The secret alliance's principle of maintaining the interests of the majority is based on the fact that the Secret Alliance is the majority. superior."
"Absolutely correct. Like I said, the Secret Alliance copied the model of human civilization." It's just a capital model. I want to represent it, and I want to maintain my representative position. For the rest, no matter how miserable you are, "The Sabbat is not like that. "." Zach looked at Lily, "I think the Sabbat's model is more like..."
"Centralization of power." Lily said for Zach, "Absolute obedience from top to bottom."
Zach nodded. This was more appropriate for Lily to say. Zach was only responsible for expressing his own opinions, "The Sabbat is not like the Secret. Vampires each have their own interests. Lesembula's dictatorship solves the problem of conflicts between vampire clans." This is something that the Secret Alliance has not been able to resolve for four centuries."
Lily seemed to have something to say, but she didn't know whether this 'feeling' really belonged to her or if she heard it from Root, "Toledo's destruction was due to Toledo's conflict of interests among the various clans. I lost my balance and became a minority among the majority." Lily shrugged, "You deserve it. This kind of thing can't happen in the Sabbat."
"Indeed." Zach actually nodded and said that Zach's mentality has changed and he no longer cares about Toledo's past history, because Zach is building the future Toledo.
I hope everyone can realize that what Zach is doing now is to chart a new path for Toledo in the future. Barton is just the beginning.
"Elitoredo, whom the Sabbat obtained, has the ability, or his bloodline attribute has the ability to destroy vampires. But after entering the Sabbat, he was also aggrieved to be restricted to the social class created by Root. . In the Sabbat, where the status hierarchy is clearly defined, Eli Toledo could not take action even if he wanted to destroy the dictator. Not to mention the original clans in the Sabbat, I am afraid they have no idea of shaking Lesembra's status. If When it comes to internal harmony, the Secret Alliance is probably just an alliance that looks good on the outside, while the Sabbat is the real iron barrel."
The metaphor of the iron bucket was said by Nick.
By the way, Nick is now at the window of the warehouse, looking over here.
Lily suddenly opened her mouth once, but immediately closed it. She pursed her lips and didn't know what she was thinking.
Zach knew the reason for Lily's reaction, "In the central area controlled by the Secret Alliance, all alien races have their own living space, but there is no need to whitewash it. Everyone's life is not as good as that of vampires. This is not good, and it directly led to the withdrawal of the Secret Alliance. , the backlash of the aliens has created the chaos of the aliens in the central part of the country." Zach looked at Lily with a smile, "I want you to assume that if the Sabbat suddenly disappeared from the west, do you think the aliens in the western society would become how is it like?"
Lily seriously considered this issue. After thinking for a long time, she said, "Chaos is impossible. Every alien race in the West has its own life. The previous consecutive murders targeting the relationship between alien races and humans in the West have proven that humans in the West The relationship with the alien races is already inseparable. Unless the disappearance of vampires causes chaos to humans, there is no reason for the alien races in the west to be in chaos."
Zach knew Lily would say this, "Do you think the current anti-alien movement of humans in the West is chaos?"
Lily shook her head, "Not really." She looked at Zach, "Have you seen any news about the anti-alien movement outside the West? No." Lily began to wave her hands, "You may think it's the vampires who occupy the upper class of Western society who are blocking the way. I can tell you that it is not the news from the media. It is humans who block the news. Those humans who know how important aliens are in western society. Some people are unhappy with aliens, while others know how rare the cheap labor of aliens is. Things are always relative. In the face of interests, high-level human beings will only do things that are more in line with social interests. This anti-alien movement, like any other anti-system protest that humans like, is something that is within the scope of society. Except that the duration is a bit long, Not worth caring about at all.”
Zach nodded, "I guess so."
Lily asked anyway, frowning, and her movements of touching the girl slowed down a little. She didn't know what answer her question would elicit, "Why do you ask these? What are you thinking?" A better question, "What do you think? What to do?!”
"I'm sorting out all the information I know and my experience." The experience refers to the history in the Secret Alliance, "and the experience of the Sabbat." Lily just asked, "Accept everyone's suggestions and consider how to establish Interracial Lifestyles in Patton.”
Lily kept frowning, as if she didn't understand.
"I took over Barton." Zach said matter-of-factly, "I should take care of the citizens of my city, right?" Then regardless of the change in Lily's face, "I'm not going to repeat the secret experience, because I don't want to do it now. Any conspiracy to frame any alien in Barton." Zach tilted his head, "Unlike the Secret Alliance, when the Secret Alliance was established on this continent and in this country, the Secret Alliance was an outsider and the aliens were the native aborigines. The Secret Alliance was an outsider. For the sake of its own living space, the Alliance must squeeze the living space of others." Zach's head came over, "Barton is different, and the intention is different. Benjamin and I have solved the living space problem in Barton long ago, and now we are still in or before The foreigners who come to Barton are all seeking asylum.”
Lily was conscious, "Like me."
"Yes, like you. I can provide living space, so why do I have to cause trouble to make you sad." This principle seems to be very simple, compared with the experience of the Secret Alliance. But immediately, Zach shook his head again, "As far as social stability is concerned, the Sabbat's experience in using the power hierarchy system seems to be useful. But I really can't agree with the Sabbat's values. Absolute power hierarchy creates stability, but... "Look at Lily again.
Lily is really self-aware, "People in positions of power will always feel aggrieved."
Zach nodded. This grievance was what Zach and Lily had talked about before, about the price on the foreheads of the aliens in the Sabbat. "I don't think Barton's original aliens would accept the Sabbat's method. As for the newcomers, If Barton is just a copy of the Sabbat, they might as well not come."
If Barton is formed into a secret alliance and the social foundation is established based on capital interests, then the interests of alien races will definitely be exploited under the interests of vampires. Secret alliances are not advisable.
But if Barton is formed into the Sabbat Alliance and uses social power to establish the social foundation, then the alien race will not be able to climb to the top and continue to be exploited. The Sabbat is not an option.
Zach is expressing that neither of these experiences satisfy him now.
Lily's face was still wrinkled, "So you want to ask my opinion on how to let Barton formulate a society that can make all alien races happy and satisfied? You..." looked at Zach for a while, "Are you sick?"
Zach was amused, "Do you think this is too ideal an idea?"
"No, I just think you are crazy." Lily said, but she still curled her lips, "I should probably express my gratitude to you for having such a heart, but I'm sorry, your expectations are boring. The racial attributes of vampires are the same as those of big ones. Unlike most alien races, you are an alien race that relies on the human race. As long as humans still lead the civilization process of this world, vampires will follow. Isn’t it enough that both the Secret and the Sabbat are imitating the human political system? And other alien races ?" Lily shook her head, "There are many alien races abandoned by the times. I remember that Root received a report before, saying that Grande had taken in a Ripken, right? Didn't he die in the end? Are you in Grande?"
Lily shook her head. This was her real sigh, "You want my advice? Okay, I'll tell you what I really think. The aliens don't need the sympathy of vampires to build a so-called beautiful place. Vampires will always follow humans. , it is your vampire desire to coexist with humans all the time, alien races will not do it, so if you really want to do something for the alien race, just consider phased things, and give the alien race a place when they need to live in human society. The place is enough.”
Zach thought quietly for a moment and nodded, "I learned it~"
Let's talk about the reason why Zach "learned" this thing. Zach was going to intervene in the internal affairs of the old secret alliance revealed by Max, and the point of Zach's intervention was wizard ghosts, non-vampire aliens.