The continuous rainy days bring out the coolness of autumn.
"Ah sneeze!"
"The Holy Lord bless you." Zach curled his lips and stood on another tree. Are vampires afraid of germs? How could it be possible? What he was afraid of was the snot sprayed randomly by Max, "You really don't need to come, and Benjamin won't be grateful."
Here comes Max and his girlfriend, in the woods on the southern border of Barton. Remember them? Max is the parallel import wizard who came from Newton with Benjamin. His girlfriend is the guy who volunteered herself as soon as she met Benjamin and wanted to be Benjamin's wizard.
"I don't need to be grateful." The wizard held a pot, yes, a casserole. "I have been a werewolf wizard for a while. This is the only place where I am useful - 'Aconite soup'. I just want to give it to Let Benjamin try it and see if he likes it.”
"Aconite soup?" Zach raised his eyebrows. Aconite is used by hunters to track and kill werewolves (Volume II. If eaten by werewolves by mistake, it will leave tattoo-like traces on the skin. After the transformation, the hunters will be asked to confirm the werewolves. The human identity is convenient for werewolves to be killed one by one when they are in human form, vulnerable and must avoid the public), "This name sounds difficult for werewolves to like."
"The raw material is aconite grass, but the preparation method is my own creation." The witch explained, "It was originally to get in touch with the mark of aconite grass on werewolves, but I made this thing by coincidence." She glanced at the prick. Gram, "It can delay the fading of the werewolf's senses after transformation. The more powerful the werewolf, the more obvious the effect will be."
Zach twitched his lips, "Another thing that makes werewolves powerful." First it was spices, and now it's this ghost soup. Why don't vampires have such a thing? Zach was unhappy.
"Sneeze!" Max said again.
"The Holy Lord bless you." Zach glanced at him habitually and didn't bother to care.
In fact, Benjamin no longer needs Zach to send clothes. This is one of the benefits of being able to control the wolf body - Benjamin will no longer tear his clothes and can still look at Matthew. Zach came here again purely because the two wizards went to Grande early in the morning to ask for instructions. To pick up Benjamin, Zach can only be the guy who leads the way.
"You're here again." Benjamin and Matthew, who were dressed normally, walked out of the woods and looked at Zach impatiently. What it means again is that Zach came here once a few hours ago, named James.
Zach tilted his head, not wanting to explain.
"Alpha, this is..." The wizard came forward with the pot. Max pinched his red nose and followed.
"I heard it." Benjamin glanced, "I don't need this thing."
The sorcerer opened the lid, and the hot air curled up.
Benjamin raised his eyebrows, "It smells good."
The wizard knew the timing very well and quickly instructed Max, who was sniffing, to take out the soup bowl and fill it up...
"No need for him." Benjamin waved his hand, looked at Max, whose nose was red, and took action himself.
Zach didn't want to look anymore and returned to the car with his lips curled up. Secretly watching Benjamin's reaction after drinking in the rearview mirror.
"A little salty." Benjamin held the empty bowl and gave Matthew, who looked a little sluggish, a look that said he was ready to drink. "Others are okay."
"I remember it." The wizard nodded vigorously, "I will pay attention next time."
"How long will it last?" Benjamin started to fill the second bowl.
"The previous Alpha can last for two weeks. With the Alpha skin, it can almost exert the power of the wolf body..."
Benjamin raised his eyebrows and sipped his soup. Zach rolled his eyes.
"Ordinary werewolves have average effects, up to a week, but they can slow down Alpha. It is painful when adopting Alpha skin." Everyone has seen the so-called adoptive Alpha skin. By biting, Alpha transfers blood to his own tribe, temporarily turning his tribe into the same Alpha skin as himself (during Newton's battle).
Benjamin started filling the third bowl and raised his eyebrows, "This is really good. Doesn't it have any side effects?"
The wizard smiled and said, "Your urine will turn blue."
The atmosphere became awkward.
"A sneeze! A sneeze! A sneeze!... "
"Holy Lord bless you!" Zach shouted from the car.
"The original intention was to eliminate the influence of aconite grass." The wizard explained. "At this point, it can be considered a success."
Benjamin was silent for a while, curled his lips, and emptied the third bowl in his hand, "I also want to spare my appetite for breakfast. Give the rest to Matthew."
"Of course!" The wizard looked at Matthew with a smile on his face, "Another bowl?" The casserole almost hit Matthew's face.
"What's your name?" Benjamin asked as he walked towards the car.
The wizard introduced himself, but apparently no one remembered. But fortunately, she didn't seem to mind, "Call me Katie, my middle name." She smiled, "The first and last name given by the family have no meaning to me now." Also, these are given by the family. The wizard who gave up really didn't need that.
Benjamin nodded, as if he remembered it, got in the car, ignored Zach and smiled, "You smell weird, stench, what did you eat."
"Nothing," Zach replied, "Don't remind me, I don't like the taste either."
"what."
"I followed James to take a look at the North District in the middle of the night." While Matthew was still being 'encouraged' by Katie to drink soup over there, Zach explained to Benjamin the reason for his 'stench' now, "Massa A corpse was found in the sea at the port warehouse, and this smell comes from it.”
Benjamin frowned, "Did you touch that thing? It smells so bad."
"No." Zach curled his lips, "The police are here, how can I touch it, just glance at it from a distance." Zach shook his head helplessly, "Do I need to remind you, are you in a state of heightened senses now? Don’t say that I stink anymore, no one else feels it. If you wait until James comes back, tell him that he has been in close contact with the corpse and it stinks more than me.”
The two Grand owners were speechless in the car and looked towards Matthew.
Katie almost pressed the casserole against Matthew's face, "Come on, come on, more!"
"Uh... I, I'll do it myself... Thank you, thank you..."
"Thank you, please give me some more!"
“…”
And next to it is a sneeze! '
Zach curled his lips and said, "Get in the car, stop hanging out in the wind. Go back!"
The two wizards squeezed into the back seat with Matthew and Benjamin and Zach in the front seat, and the car drove onto Route 27, heading home.
Matthew looked sad, partly because he was forced to drink half the pot of soup, and partly because he was too close to Zach. But of course. Matthew would not attack Zach, a benefactor-boss guy. He tilted his head, pursed his lips, and silently restrained himself.
In order not to make the atmosphere in the car too awkward, Zach turned on the radio.
"... With the influence of cold air from season to season... Citizens please pay attention to precautions... All pharmacies have stocked up... "
Max said "Sneeze!" in response to the situation.
"Do I need to give you some of my blood?" Zach looked at the rearview mirror. Max's nose had been pulled by a tissue and was frizzy and peeling.
"No, there's no need... I'm Ah Ji! Just take some medicine, okay, Ah Ji!"
Zach pouted. Max was more serious than when he first arrived in Grande. It was probably due to the wind blowing for so long while waiting for Benjamin. "You wizards don't have any special medicine, and you still catch a cold." Zach shook his head and kept a low profile. of ridicule.
"Yes." Katie said, "Voodoo control, there is witchcraft that controls a person's sensitive nerves and seals his nose. Then he won't sneeze. I can do it a little bit."
Zach imagined Katie holding a puppet and holding her nose. He shook his head and said, "Don't bother me. I'll give you some blood when I get back to Grande."
"Thanks, Ah Zhi! Thank you!"
Radio - "... the recent employment situation that citizens are concerned about... the three districts of South, North and West will provide a large number of job demands... "
To the west, Liszt's project was started, and to the north, the land of the former Hermann factory was rezoned. There is also the opening of Quest's new supermarket chain (the cemetery of the former Ford Funeral Home), and as for the South Side, it is the cemetery on the east side of the original Allen Funeral Home, and we don't know what to build yet.
Zach controlled the steering wheel with one hand and fiddled with the radio with the other. He wasn't very interested in the news.
"What happened to the wolf pack you used to serve?" Benjamin glanced at Katie in the rearview mirror.
Zach frowned. He didn't like the reason why Benjamin suddenly asked this question, whether it was out of curiosity or something else.
"I don't know." Katie shook her head. "They found a better wizard, stole my soup, and then threw me away."
The car was quiet for a while, with only the electromagnetic noise from the radio, and Zach sped up.
"How lucky you are." Benjamin spoke again, shaking his head with no expression on his face, "I let you go. You are a woman. Generally speaking, you have to be imprisoned, then bred, have children, and train the next generation of wizards. Continue Serving the wolves is the way to go.”
breeding. Need to be reminded that we are talking about human beings now, living human beings.
"I'm infertile."
"A sneeze! A sneeze! A sneeze!... "
"The Holy Lord bless you, the Holy Lord bless you, the Holy Lord bless you..." Zach kept up with Max's rhythm and repeated these meaningless words. He glanced at Benjamin and signaled him to stop this terrible topic.
Benjamin accepted it, but Katie didn't.
"Actually, my witchcraft talent is average. If I work harder, I can still gain some status in the family." Katie held an empty casserole. "But because I didn't have the ability to pass it on to future generations, I was abandoned by the family."
Zach glanced at Benjamin, who pursed his lips, and shook his head, meaning, 'Look, you're off to a good start. 'Turn off the radio. This is a thoughtful gesture to prevent the noise from disturbing the people in the back seat.
"Maybe it will make people laugh when I say it." Katie's tone was quite calm, "But when I was picked up by a group of werewolves, I still felt very lucky. I felt that I had some value. That's it."
"Katie, sneeze, sneeze, don't be like this, sneeze..." Max's face turned red from suppressing it, and he huddled in the back seat. His body, driven by the sneeze, kept pushing his head against the back of the front seat. .
Well, Zach curled his lips, crossed his fingers directly across his wrist, and stretched back, "I'm driving. For the sake of your life, please hurry up."
"Thanks, ah..." Zach put his hand on Max's face, rubbed it twice, and then took it back.
Ignoring the bright red Max, Katie continued, "Sorry, I made an inexplicable request when we first met. I think I just miss a life of being needed and valuable."
Benjamin waved his hand.
It was Zach who wiped off the remaining blood on his wrist and interjected, "Then why did you respond to Sibella's call and come to Barton? If you miss that kind of life, just stay outside and find another wolf pack to serve you." ."
"I can't." Katie shook her head. "When the wolves let me go, they told me that they kept me alive because they thanked me for my dedicated service, and the two sides were even. But if I bring the monkshood soup If I go to any other wolf pack and help others become stronger, they will hunt me until my soul is destroyed." Then his voice trailed off, "I am worthless again."
Then, there was a smile on her face and her volume picked up, "But there is no need to worry now, haha, I am safe in Barton, in the North and South Districts. Benjamin likes my monkshood soup, I feel much better."
Is it valuable again, hey.
How to respond to a story like this? I'm afraid no one in this car knows about it. Fortunately, there's no need for it anymore. We're in Grande.
"Stay for breakfast." Zach looked a little helpless. It was Benjamin who started the topic, but it was Zach who pushed it to such a point that people were speechless. This breakfast can be regarded as Zach's compensation, "I'll answer the phone."
Walking onto the back porch, Zach was not in a hurry. Experience tells us that the calls to Grande are very persistent and insist on ringing until someone answers. There is no rush. If you have time, let Ike stop Zach in the stairwell, "I have decided."
"Yeah." Zach nodded and glanced at the former colonel who had returned to a somewhat normal human body. "When are you going?"
"Today, I'll go after breakfast." Ike's eyes seemed determined, "Well, do I need to prepare anything?"
"Keep your new identity certificate." Zach thought for a while and gave some advice. As for this new identity, he bought it from Mr. Steve Walker. Ike can't hide in Grande all his life. "Behave more calmly, no longer need to be as capable as a soldier, be gentler..." What the hell is Zach talking about.
"Uh, I, I mean that aspect, that, being possessed, that angel..."
"Oh, this, I don't have any suggestions." Zach waved his hand and went upstairs.
Angel Camille has a vessel, Ike, for no particular reason.
Camille didn't want to spend time looking for it, and she couldn't find a container like Crowley's - one at the level of Jessica who could hear the sounds of sin, so she decided to grab one at random. Zach's only request for him is not to kill anyone and not to affect the container's personal life. Oh, Ike is a 'dead man' and he has no life to be affected.
So, Camille asked this former colonel who had been riding in the same car, probably the only human being he knew in Patton, and Ike agreed, and that was it.
Zach answered the phone in the office, "Grand."
"Sneeze! Uh..." James' voice was very nasal, "I'm sick. I don't have time to go to the hospital. Give me some blood. I have to work."
Zach curled his lips and hung up the phone. People are so fragile, they have only been gone for a few hours. (.)