When Derek arrived at Grande, Zach just finished the third item on today's schedule.
Since she was about to go to the Sabbat and wasn't sure how long she would be going, Grande needed an agent who could keep the funeral business going after Zach left.
Don't talk about Annabel, Zach can't continue to give to this woman, she is the boss's wife's wrong delusion~ The reason for not looking for Benjamin is also very simple, Zach is very sure that Benjamin will refuse. Hehe, hehe.
If Ford doesn't have it... Zach will probably look for Ford. Zach was looking for Ceres Cappadocia, who had previously worked at Grande.
Of course Nenad had no problem with it. If Mr. Allen wasn't in the Federation now and Allen Funeral needed him to take care of things, he would have wanted to come to Grande to act as his agent.
I went back to Grand Serres to coordinate the content of the work, and by the way, I gossiped about the situation of the land where Ford was buried. Nenad really rented out the land, but not to Toledo ( 'General'), to Nophele. Sires said that the geographical location there is so good, with both the ground and the underground extending in all directions. Novel has moved their base from the original Paisiying Youth Center. Judging from Paisiying's actions, it seems that they are planning to move the wizard as well. Our laboratory was moved there.
The main point that Zach extracted from these gossips was that Sibella was systematically downplaying her experimental partnership with Rimmer. Why. Some scars may never heal. The research in the Tower of Babel was stolen and spread by the wizard family. Sibera was not at fault, but Rimel obviously could no longer cooperate seamlessly with Sibera and the wizards. The matter of sharing knowledge between alien races in the Republic has been delayed again and again. Rimel did not give any help to Sibera's wizard ghost's growth path.
It's worth sighing. Rimel joined the Thirteen Clan and came to this continent for the purpose of exploring witchcraft knowledge. Now, we know how fragile this desire for exploration is when it comes to truly protecting one's own interests.
What needs to be done is done, and the gossip is over. When sending Siris away, Derek dragged his overtired body to Grande.
"Oh my god." As soon as Zach saw Derek coming out of the car, he quickly stepped forward to support Derek, who felt like he might fall to the ground at any time. "You can take a nap before coming over, and no one will rush you." He came closer. Derek, Zach smelled the indescribable smell of death on his brother. Zach knew that Derek's extremely long operation was a failure. The patient died.
Therefore, Derek's current fatigue is not only physical, but also psychological.
First, he helped the person into Grande. There was probably no way to go upstairs. Zach directly helped the person to the restaurant. Fortunately, Alice came back. Grande regained the habit of always keeping delicious snacks. Zach found some Food was put out for Derek.
Derek was not polite and started stuffing food into his mouth, and at the same time slurred, "The gift for Alice is in the car." Zach nodded and went out to get it.
Derek really means it. Stationery and learning materials for study, as well as accessories and cosmetics for girls in daily life, and hobby toys in their spare time. Zach even saw a model doll of human organs among the many gifts.
I don't know if you still remember that Maya and Derek once had a debate on 'destiny and science' in Grandry.
It seems that Derek is also not very big-minded... Now that he remembers it, he is determined to let the Banshee feel the charm of modern civilization and science.
There were too many things for Zach to carry alone. "Come here." He greeted the two girls who were already planning a 'drill field' in the warehouse. "Derek gave you a gift for the beginning of school. He is in the restaurant. You go Thank him."
Maya maintained her original attitude towards Derek, "He is not my brother." She rolled her eyes and walked away.
Alice got better and went to thank Derek with a gift.
Zach didn't interrupt Derek's chat with Alice. Zach always had a weird feeling that he and Benjamin had usurped the position of Grande's son, and his half-mother relationship with Derek was really 'ridiculous'. And Alice, the sister who originally came to Grande under the name of adoption, has a more 'real' brother and sister relationship with this real Grande son~ It's weird, but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong~
Zach felt that always being in the middle was not conducive to the exchange of feelings between the 'real' siblings, so he packed up the gifts and put the mannequin on Maya's bed out of boredom. Then they waited for a while, and when both Alice and Derek really couldn't think of anything to talk about, they returned to the restaurant and let Alice go to the warehouse to continue having trouble with Maya.
Derek's condition recovered a little, "Alice said she was competing with Maya to see who was the attacker." Derek's face was helpless, "I have no idea what she was talking about."
In front of Derek, Zach didn't have to pretend, "You don't have to worry about the black witch."
Derek smiled and continued to chew the food for a while, seemingly not knowing what to say to Zach.
Awkwardness is a given. Zach tried many times to get Derek to leave Barton and leave the Grand House where he didn't have to adapt. Derek himself stubbornly stayed. Well, fine, stay, then what? Then Derek admitted here that as an older brother, he could not understand what his sister was going through at all!
Don't blame Zach for not taking the initiative to say something to comfort him, all comfort is just a whitewash! There are so many things that Derek can't understand. Does Zach want to be a cheerleader beside him all the time, cheering up Derek's mood? Sorry, Zach didn't have this plan from the beginning, and he won't have it now.
But remaining silent is not the answer. Zach needs Derek's help with Miles.
"Today is quite a coincidence." Zach said the coincidence in a descriptive tone without pretending to be polite, "I have an employee who is not very peaceful." Seeing that Derek was listening, "You too Knowing the attributes of Grande's employees, I won't explain much. He was injured a little, and considering that letting him go out for medical treatment may bring negative news to Grande, I would like to ask you to go and see him." Zach naturally It also wants to show the difference from old Hank, "I won't force you if you don't want to. Don't worry, no one in Grandli will die."
I don't know if it was the word in Zach's words that stimulated Derek. Derek's body obviously paused, and the snacks in his hands were slightly deformed due to the momentary uncontrollable force. Derek was quiet for a while and said, "I'll go take a look later." He accepted Zach's request.
Zach continued to explain the details in a calm tone, "This employee has some trauma, and at the same time, he has recently been experiencing some..." Zach thought about the words, "Involuntary amnesia, his self-judgment is that his brain was damaged by someone. I was injured…”
Before Zach could finish speaking, Derek looked a little excited and interrupted Zach, "Are you abusing your employees?"
Zach was speechless and curled his lips, "Do I look like a boss who would abuse his employees?"
Derek looked at Zach and continued to put a mouthful of food into his mouth, "Honestly, I don't know what you look like." Spirituality~ At least this Derek finally recognized the attributes of the Grand House, beyond He has common sense.
Zach waved his hands and continued to state, "I did not abuse him. The injuries on his body were not caused by me, and his amnesia symptoms were not caused by me." Regarding the doubts about his personality, Zach still had to explain. "Vampires have no interest in causing meaningless physical pain to humans. And even if Toledo's Charming Eyes have sequelae, they won't be as low-level as amnesia fragments."
really. In the former, most vampires have the habit of treating the wounds caused by eating after eating, right? As for the latter, haha, now we know that there are two "sequelae" of Toledo's Charming Eyes, one is No, one is Andrew~ One is too subjective and believes that the advantages of humans and vampires being friends outweigh the disadvantages, and the other is overconfidence in the Indian community at a too young age.
How advanced! The result of Tori's Charming Eyes changing her memory is to aggravate a certain trait of her personality! Amnesia? Don't insult Toledo!
Derek looked at Zach, finished chewing the food in his mouth, and took another bite. "Those are your other employees. Why don't you care about them?" It seemed that he really wanted to discuss Grande's internal problems with Zach. .
Zach didn't kill him. He just said that there was no point in being embarrassed all the time. Derek understood that Grande had to start somewhere. Zach's answer was: "I took care of it, and the result was that restless employees were beaten by other restless employees." Zach was also 'bad'~ He didn't explain Miles' situation to Derek~ but Deliberately throwing the awkward fact in his face, "Of course, I can continue to care, but it won't be a matter between some restless humans." What Zach is expressing is, Derek, with your current situation To understand Grande, it’s better not to play the role of the brother who gives advice~
Derek avoided Zach's sight, breathed out through his nose, and swallowed all the food in his mouth in silence, "What do you want me to do?"
"It's up to you to deal with trauma and the like." Zach still considered some situations, "But don't prescribe some sensitive drugs. Grande employees are all ex-criminals, and the previous batch of employees had hidden illegal drugs. "Some don't remember, "I'm going to be away for a while in a few days, and I'll give them a chance to cause trouble."
Derek nodded in approval. Of course, Derek also understood that in Grande, as long as Zach didn't allow it, no one's injury should be fatal. Derek was distracted, "How many days are you going to go?"
Zach shrugged, "I don't know." He said politely, "Is there anything you need me to bring you from the west? Specialties or something?"
Derek shook his head and muttered under his breath, "I wish Alice had brought me a gift from the Republic." Haha.
Zach pretended not to hear, "Brain injury and amnesia." Zach pouted and returned to the topic, "What I can say is that these symptoms will not disappear and will probably always exist." This was telling De Rick wants a name for a disease that causes long-term amnesia...
Derek didn't know if he had started to think about Zach, but Derek was obviously distracted by something beyond his common sense. "If it's not your charming eye, what is it? Is your brain really injured?" "
"It's a spirit sucker." Zach said bluntly, "You can just use the name of vampires to think of this race. The difference is that humans don't use blood to record their experiences." Parasite? It's too advanced, no need to tell Derek.
Derek's cheek twitched, "Have you admitted another alien into your family?"
Zach shrugged.
Derek shook his head, probably too lazy to comment, "How old is that employee?"
"Thirty something."
Derek pouted, "Then I can only say it's a traumatic concussion, but concussions can recover automatically. This statement won't fool people for long."
Zach tilted his head and thought for a while, "Okay." Zach's thoughts were very... realistic, "This employee will probably be traumatized for a long time."
Derek's face wrinkled and he stared at Zach, "When you clearly know that one of your employees is suffering, you say that he will continue to suffer anyway?"
Derek is also cute, but now he is seriously questioning Zach’s character~~
Zach really didn't need Derek to point fingers here, so he was polite, "Otherwise, what should I say? Forgive him for being restless in Grande, and go over to save him when you see him injured?" Because of Zach Military doctors who have been pretending for a while, remember, "You swore an oath to save everyone." The doctor's oath, invented by some ancient philosopher named Hippocrates, "I didn't. I'm Grande's Master, apart from maintaining the stability of Grande, I don’t need to do anything extra. And I think I have done a pretty good job.” Zach’s intention was just to emphasize again that regarding matters under the roof of Grande, sincerely, Don't need your advice Derek.
Derek put down the food in front of him, sat upright suddenly, and looked at Zach, "I lost my patient today. You can smell it, right? My hand, before coming to Grande, held a Lost heart of life!”
Yes, Zach smelled it. But if that means Derek has to have a, uh, philosophical discussion with Zach about it, then so be it.
Zach shook his head and said, "Like I said, if you don't want to help me, don't force it. It's not necessary, I can solve it myself."
Derek ignored what Zach said and continued, "When I left the operating room, I informed the patient's family of the bad news. You know, all of us doctors have a fixed saying on this kind of thing, 'We have done everything we can. I tried my best, but it’s a pity’.”
Is it a fixed phrase? Well, it’s pretty good.
Zach didn't want to talk and looked at Derek without any emotion. Derek always had to find someone to vent to. He was someone's 'brother' after all, so just bear with it.
Derek: "This sentence is also true, because God knows that we really tried our best! And then we still encountered regrets!" Does Derek believe in God? Or maybe it was just a verbal statement, "But today, I know that I didn't try my best! I know that you went to the hospital to find me this morning! I know that as long as I find an excuse to come out and meet you, I will get a little bit of sex from you. My son’s blood! That disease can be cured..."
From Zach's point of view, Derek was actually quite inexplicably choking, so choked up that he couldn't speak anymore.
Forcibly suppressing his emotions, Derek stared at Zach, "That's not fair!" What's unfair? Is Derek's logic exhausted? What on earth was he trying to say
Then
"I am trying my best to hold on to my identity, which is seriously lacking in ability! Doctor! I feel sorry for every life lost in my hands! But you easily occupy an identity that is completely under your ability, my half-mother Brother, it doesn’t matter how you live your life!”
Wow~ Derek probably has no idea what the identity of Grand Master now means~
But... Zach listened to Derek in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking, and blinked, "Is this... jealousy? Are you jealous of your brother and me? Then, should we change things? ?”