Grande. After Zach watched the sunrise on the back porch, Lily dumped a heavy stack of papers on Zach.
For a moment, Zach thought he was being attacked, but before he could ask anything, Lily had already led Nana and Mu En, who was holding Andrew, and the two mothers sent their children to the nursery together. Zach opened the file. It was the file of the spirit sucker.
Files of all human identities used by the spirit flayers in Sabbat society over four centuries.
Zach was flipping through thick documents that could kill someone, "My file?" Manfield walked into the back corridor, looked at Zach for a while, and asked with a smile.
"It looks like it." Zach glanced at Manfield, stopped flipping through it, and opened the top file, name, photo, Manfieldxxx.
To explain why Manfield is in Grande.
Last night, when Zach and Manfield left the alley and went back to find Roy, Roy had already brought the inspection team back to Yuri Hotel.
Zach knew that Manfil could return to the hotel safely alone, but for obvious reasons, Zach could not let a soul sucker from the west wander around Barton City, so Zach decided to send Manfil back.
Halfway through, Sibella, who had not shown up until now, appeared. Maybe she predicted that after Zach sent Manfield back this time, Sibera would never see this philanthropist in the west again in the future. Sibella asked Manfield to lose that fake smile and explain frankly. Called 'Expect the Indians to Kill Papa Midnight'.
It is impossible for the three of them to talk about this kind of thing on the street in the middle of the night, let alone such a 'sensitive issue' in Yuri Hotel where there are other foreigners. So, the three came to Grande.
Manfield is a member of the inspection team led by Roy, so he is Roy's obligation. After arriving at Grande, Zach left Sibella and Manfield to Roy and let them have a good chat in the warehouse. Zach, himself, passed the time counting stars on the back porch and eavesdropping.
Sibella left in the early morning, and Roy then kicked Manfield out of the warehouse, saying that he had no obligation to care for those who left the team without permission.
So Zach lent his bedroom to Manfil, and he only rested for more than an hour. It was daybreak, and it was now.
"You were born as a human Manfil." Zach actually didn't understand much about the ecology of the Sabbat keeping foreign races in captivity. So far, I only know a little bit about the inheritors. Darcy and Linda, two inheritors raised in captivity by the Sabbat, came to Barton one after another. From their actions, we can probably understand the way the Sabbat captives the inheritors, using the inheritors to maintain the integrity of the human race against intelligent creatures. Persistence. But this method is not suitable for soul-sucking monsters that already need soul marks, as explained below.
"Yes." Manfield was looking at his current status file with Zach, "The Lesembra clan did not give me any freedom of choice. They will choose my next parasitist."
"Parasite." This is part of Zach's knowledge base. Regarding the race of soul-sucking monsters, they do not have a true identity. They are parasitic... 'things' in the soul. Sucking soul marks is just a preliminary step in their physiology. The purpose is to free up space in the soul and live in it... live in it. , can control the soul, and then control the human body. "Have you been parasitic on this Manfield since he was a baby?" That's what the file meant, Zach summarized.
Manfil smiled, "That's the essence, but I personally prefer to think that since Manfil has been me since birth, then, I am Manfil~"
Whatever. Anyway, the real Manfil has no chance to grow...
"Lesenbra forces you to integrate into human life from scratch." The Sabbat's method is good, forcing an 'old monster' to experience life from a human baby. The words "I am Manfil" came out of the mouth of a parasite. Obviously, the Sabbat's method of forcibly binding the identities of aliens and humans was very successful! Have you ever seen a tapeworm that thinks of itself as a human being? Have you ever felt sick after thinking about that image? It's disgusting, that's what I meant. The Sabbat suppressed roundworms and turned them into humans!
Zach glanced at Manfil, "Have you ever gotten tired of this oppression and found a new host to escape?"
"I tried~" Manfield shook his head, maybe because he slept in Zach's bed. His tone was very relaxed, not as respectful as when he first met Zach last night, and he didn't know whether this was a good thing or a bad thing. He sat directly next to Zach, flipped through the thick document, pulled out one from the bottom, opened it, "Ah~" handed it to Zach, "Look. If I remember correctly, this is what I was assigned to The third decade since the Sabbat’s capture.”
Zach scanned it roughly and found that this long-standing file record was incomplete. It only recorded the two years of gold mining experience in the west by a man from the central part of the Federation.
Taking into account the background of the time, Zach raised his eyebrows and looked at Manfil, "You are trying to escape the Sabbat by parasitizing the civilians in the middle."
"Then it failed." Manfield tilted his head, "I actually never quite understood how the Lesembra clan caught me from so many civilians until a century ago." He looked at Zach, "I heard about the head of Lesembra's family. Lutresembra used some blood from members of the Central Hidden Alliance to piece together the complete life of another vampire."
Uh, Root makes Zagar.
Zach's mouth tilted, not wanting the topic to be brought to him, "So you underestimated Lesembra's ability to interpret blood information."
"Yes, as a parasitic creature that does not have its own material body~" Manfield smiled, "It is impossible for me to care about my parasitic material body, at least that was the case in the past." Now, he Losing weight! The difference couldn't be greater, "Especially in the Sabbat, human blood should be the most convenient 'currency' for survival. In the past, exchanging blood for two meals was a common practice in the West. I don't know if While sleeping, he sent his message to Lesembula."
"It took three centuries to figure out the answer after making this kind of mistake. I'm afraid the person you parasitize every time is not very smart." Zach curled his lips.
"It wasn't that long. I gave up escaping after half a century, because in my opinion at the time, it was impossible to escape from the Sabbat." Manfil shrugged, "I can't be a parasite on someone with status in society. Because I am too close to the Sabbat vampires. I cannot choose the middle class who have already established themselves in the Sabbat society, because my purpose is to leave the Sabbat. The middle class does not have this need. I am exposing myself by doing this. Before I could get out of the Sabbat, I was dragged back. All I could choose were the floating population in the lower class, and the lower class, as I said, exchanging blood for survival is a common operation. I never understood why. I can’t escape, and now I know I deserve it.”
This is self-knowledge.
"That century ago, after you realized Lesembula's ability, didn't you try to change your policy and escape again?" The fact now is that the soul-sucking monster has completely given up on choosing its parasitic target and has been living as a human being under the control of the Sabbat. !
"I have no motivation." Manfield replied, "After accepting the identity arrangement of the Sabbat, I must admit that my living situation is much better, and my relationship with humans is closer." He pointed to Zach's arms. "If you look through all the documents, you will find that I am my own great-great-great... grandfather."
Well.
Therefore, what the Sabbat imposes on the soul-sucking monsters is not only the personal identity of human beings, but also family identity. sharp. This is even more heart-wrenching than the identity rotation of a vampire. See, the spirit-fuckers live fully within the life cycle of each human identity, and have much more in-depth 'characters' than a vampire's ten or twenty years.
Zach stuffed the extracted file back into its original position, frowning without saying anything and thinking about one thing. Why did Lily throw these answers to him? Help Zach understand this Manfield better? Zach didn't have this need, especially after eavesdropping on his conversation with Sibella in the middle of the night.
Are you curious about what Manfield and Sibella said? Not urgent.
"Lily hates me." Manfield suddenly broke the silence.
"ha?"
"I discovered her and gave her to Lutresembra."
Zach raised his eyebrows, then decided not to care about such things, lowered his eyebrows, "I don't care."
"I found her in the Indian slums in the west." Manfield did not stop because of Zach's words, "She was just born from a wizard."
Zach's eyebrows raised again, and the ghoul was born... We have experienced similar things like Harrison being resurrected by the seeds of the soul-inducing plant.
"I helped the wizard escape from the west, but left Lily behind." Manfield looked at Zach, with... guilt on his face? "I have lived in the Sabbat for three centuries. I have learned a lot about the various Sabbat clans that control everything around me, especially Lesembra. I know..." Perfect timing, Anna Bell walked from the back corridor past Zach and Manfield with a smile on her face, entered the showroom, sat down behind the counter, and started her work at Grande. Manfil's words continued, "...I know the story of the countess who made Lutresembra hate her during the colonial war. I speculate that if Lutresembura was so obsessed with creating a vampire colleague that he once hated, Then he will definitely be happy with Lily’s existence.”
Manfield paused for a moment, because Zach responded to his guilt, and Zach shook his head. Zach must have guessed the direction of the story.
The guilt on Manfil's face became clearer, "I have been helping the Indian community in the Sabbat society. I know that although the Sabbat has assigned me an identity every time, I feel that I have accumulated a lot of malice. I Need to take some pressure off, not just for myself but for my family."
See, personality identity to family identity. Why.
"I saw an opportunity and I took it. I gave Lily to the leader of the Sabbat, Lutresembula. Of course, I deceived Lily at first. I told her that seeking help from the Sabbat society All aliens living in the world will be jealous of her getting this kind of opportunity. There are countless aliens struggling at the bottom of the Sabbat who are looking forward to this kind of opportunity to rise to the top, but I didn’t give this opportunity to anyone, so I gave it to her.”
Zach had no expression and followed Manfield's words without thinking anymore, "There's nothing wrong with saying that." Root's secretary, the highest rank a foreigner can obtain in the Sabbat.
"That's how I comforted my own conscience." Manfield shook his head and laughed at himself, "So, she hates me as a result."
This made Zach wonder what kind of treatment Lily received under Root.
After all, regarding Lily, this woman, her paranoia that vampires are the only way out is really weird. What kind of life experience would it take for her to come up with this morbid worldview that denies the value of her own existence, denies the existence value of all other species in the world, and only recognizes vampires
Never mind, no matter how bad it was to work for Root, it probably wouldn't be as bad as working for Pochquin.
So is Lily expressing her dissatisfaction with Zach for bringing this soul-sucking monster to Grandri? So he gave Zach so many files? Trying to smash Zach to death? This is too childish.
Zach's wild thoughts only lasted a moment. Roy came out of the warehouse. When he walked to the back corridor, Manfield had already stood up, and his face regained the respect that a Sabbat alien should have for a vampire.
"Today's itinerary is to take them to the West District." Roy only glanced at the spirit-sucking monster, and then began to report the day's itinerary to Zach.
Manfil took a few steps back, keeping his head lowered, and did not show his expression when he saw that the two vampires who had a leader-assistant relationship yesterday were now in a superior-subordinate reporting screen.
Roy continued, "Corden has chartered a sightseeing car. I will take them to see the West End Manor and introduce various West End families."
It's probably similar to the way tourists pass by the homes of some celebrities to see how those people who seem to live in another world live...
It's quite an old-fashioned sightseeing arrangement, but Zach knew that Roy's arrangement would not be that simple. "It's very important to understand the status of the West End family in Barton." This is true. The biggest change will be when the Sabbat aliens come to live in Barton. It may be due to the change in social perception that the Sabbat is the vampire, and in Barton, the West End family is the priority. Zach looked at Roy, "Is this the plan for the whole day?"
"One day may not be enough." Roy snorted, "Nick." He turned his eyes to Manfield, who had his head lowered, and changed his title, "Giovanni persuaded Bishop for me to open the Bishop Manor. , the inspection team can enter the home of the evil spirit and experience..." His eyes were fixed on Manfield, "The living conditions of alien souls in Barton."
Manfil's body moved, and he looked up in shock, only to find that Roy and Zach were looking at him. Manfil immediately lowered his head cautiously again, but his body was tense and he might not be able to recover for a while.
This reaction is expected.
The living conditions of the Indians in the Western Sabbat society were terrible, so Roy took the inspection team to Paisying, right. So since the inspection team's itinerary has this theme of highlighting the differences between Barton and the West, how can it not include a comparison of the living conditions of the soul aliens~
What is the living situation of alien souls in the Sabbat society? Oh, by the way, no! Either live, or be killed casually. There is no 'condition' at all!
If there is an absolute lower class in the Western Sabbat society, it is the soul alien race!
And Barton’s evil spirits are the Bishop family. This is the difference between heaven and earth~