Anyway, the whole morning was wasted, so Zach was not in a hurry. Anyway, Louise was back, and Madison hadn't left yet. He contacted Ford to transfer the customer. In the afternoon, as the owner of Grande, he made arrangements for this first meeting. A joint business between Mill and Grande itself.
"I insist on cremation because my father said that if I want to leave this world, I don't want to leave any residue here." This is the client, a very young guy named Eric. And this is quite confusing, what does 'any residue' mean.
"I insist on going to Holy Son Church." The other party paused, "I just want to insist."
Zach had been observing Eric from the moment he entered Grande. It was not for any boring reason, but that Eric seemed more inclined to look at Grande than to plan the funeral for his father. Virtue. And his eyes are always focused on places they shouldn’t be—
For example, there is nothing in the backyard except Ryan, the Earthbinder. Like the ceiling of the showroom, again, there's nothing there except the newly arrived Angel Jimmy.
Also, in most of the conversations after entering the office, he avoided eye contact with Zach and Louise. It was clear that there was nothing worth discussing about cremation. The focus was on the ceremony before the cremation, wasn't it? But he seemed to be aware of it. Only communicate with Madison.
Zach listened to the discussion for a while and then said, "So Madison, the mill needs to be handed over, and the cremation part after the farewell ceremony is left to you." Then he clearly signaled to Madison with his eyes that you can leave.
"Louise, you should go and take a rest. You have worked hard this morning."
Louise shrugged and left, leaving behind notes recording the customer's requirements. She almost didn't remember anything. Eric didn't answer her questions at all.
There were only Eric and Zach in the office. Zach took the notebook and said, "Although you insist on having a farewell ceremony at the Holy Child Church, whether it is the information Ford gave me or the content of your answer just now, it seems that you have nothing at all. Guests can be invited to attend.”
"My family doesn't have many relatives or friends." Eric answered calmly without looking at Zach, "My father came to Barton to recuperate after he retired. Our life is simple and peaceful."
"I can imagine that." Zach waved his hand, "A lot of things happened in Barton, and we only met now. You must have lived a very simple and peaceful life, perhaps, I should say, a low-key life." What does Zach mean?
Eric lowered his head, but his voice remained calm, "So, vampire, are you willing to hold my father's funeral?"
"Aren't we discussing the funeral?" Zach shrugged, "At least for the sake of mutual respect, you have to tell me what you are."
"I'm human." Eric answered quickly.
"I know, but you are not completely human, are you? You are the third type of alien race." Including wizards, demon hunters, banshees, Walter... all humans with special powers, "Be specific."
"My father and I insisted on using the Church of the Holy Son, didn't we? What do you think we are?" asked rhetorically.
"Witcher." Zach answered.
Eric glanced at Zach and was convinced. Continue to lower your head and avoid looking.
Do you still remember the description of the demon hunters? They believe in the Holy Lord. And cross the line. As a human being, to carry out the judgment against the devil. In life, he expelled demons to maintain the stability of the world for the sake of his faith in the Holy Lord. After death, he fell into hell because of exercising powers that were not meant for humans. The fate of the witcher.
It was because he was dissatisfied with this concept that Constantine studied the method of coming back to believe in the trial (he failed, but he studied the method of soul transcending in the faith of the Holy Lord), left the west, and lived in seclusion in Barton.
Demon hunters have special feelings for the Holy Son crucified on the cross, probably because they think that they are the same as the Holy Son.
"Father Constantine of the Church of the Holy Child, he..." Zach wanted to ask.
was interrupted, "He doesn't know. He heard from his father that Constantine had a principled disagreement with all his colleagues and was forced to leave the west. My father is retired and just wants to find a quiet place to recuperate. We don't There needs to be intersection.”
Zach nodded, then smiled, taking it as a test, "Barton is not quiet now."
"It doesn't matter. My father was lucky. He lived a very peaceful life in the more than ten years since he came to Barton. He is very old. In the last year, he was not sober, so it doesn't matter."
Although he didn't test anything, Zach was quite pleased that the other party's intention was natural. It's no wonder that except for some attitude problems, he has always been calm.
Can you understand what Zach is thinking? Now Barton can't bear the accidental death of a demon hunter. Eric's family has managed to keep a low profile in Barton for such a long time, so it's best to keep it low-key.
"Just think of it as my personal curiosity. Your father is now..." This was an automatic pause. Anyway, the other party knew what was behind it.
"The Cerberus appeared, but it was not needed. The trial of faith came quickly. My father left the request for cremation and the Church of the Holy Child, so." Paused, "Go down." He shook his head, "Then the fallen angel Jessica came. After all, only people like demon hunters, whose beliefs are so fanatical that they cross the line, would be judged so quickly and clearly. But we didn't communicate or anything, but she seemed to." She frowned, "I don't know. It should be. It was out of respect for my father’s and my position that I didn’t say anything else.”
Zach nodded and suddenly raised his eyebrows, "How old are you?"
Probably thinking that Zach was confused, he glanced with a frown and said, "24, what are you doing?"
"So when your father came to Barton to recuperate, you were still a child." Zach said with a smile on his face.
"So what?"
"This shows that you are not a demon hunter. You are just an ordinary person with the knowledge and abilities of a demon hunter."
Eric was silent for a while, "I was born very late, and my father became a father when others had become grandfathers. I guess, he loves me too much, and he doesn't want me to follow the same path as him, so he took me here with him." To the farthest east.”
Zach gave the other party time to adjust his emotions, and then smiled again, "Then let's arrange your father's funeral. Well, you should already be familiar with the process when you were at Ford. Let's discuss the coffin. "
Eric pursed his lips, probably changing his mood, and finally met Zach's eyes, and nodded, "Yeah."
"Okay. Ford has mentioned that since it is not a burial after all, the exhibition coffin he used at the farewell ceremony is ordinary, but Grande is different..."
After Eric started communicating sincerely, the progress went very smoothly. After discussing what Grande could do, they also discussed the arrangements for the Church of the Holy Child, because to be honest, no one attended the funeral. Even if Eric and his neighbors were added to the guest list, there would only be Less than ten people. This will probably be another deserted funeral held at Holy Child Church after Pierce's funeral.
Zach asked Constantine a question, because he didn't know if Eric would like another witcher to officiate the ceremony. But Eric didn't seem to have any objections - "It doesn't matter, it's not good if you can avoid it. I still want to live a peaceful life and don't want to cause anyone's resentment."
After finishing this work-like matter, Eric asked, "Is that thing in the showroom an angel?"
"Yes, his name is Jimmy." There is no need to explain the past to Eric in detail.
"I also felt the breath of a fallen angel, in the direction of your warehouse."
"The wings of the fallen angel are there."
"That earthbinder in your backyard, I sense witchcraft."
"That is the son of the wizard Sibella. He is not very honest, so he was bound by witchcraft to the soul-inducing grass seeds and placed in Grande."
"The young men and women chatting over there." Eric was talking about Matthew and Maya. Maya was fine, but Matthew was a little, well, anxious.
"Oh, that's Maya, the black witch who came to Grande to play. Matthew, it's normal to be a little emotionally unstable, you know, the full moon cycle."
Even when leaving, "She..."
"Mo, the ghost of the Republic. Just returned from a walk with the shapechanger."
And just like any visitor to a funeral home, Eric left with mixed emotions.
After handing over the work arrangements to Louise, Zach was also ready to leave for the North District to finish what Louise had not finished in the morning.
Before leaving, "Benjamin." He said helplessly, "I know you have found it fun to use the wolf body recently, but after all, it is a full moon cycle. How about you be a little considerate of my nervous mood."
This is what Eric mentioned just now, Maya and Matthew were chatting.
Benjamin may be the first Alpha in history who can break through the limitations of the full moon cycle and use the wolf body at other times at will. It didn't matter before, but the closer to the full moon cycle, the weirder Matthew felt next to the Alpha Wolf. According to his original words, "It's obviously not the full moon cycle yet, but my senses seem to have started to explode in advance."
Maya was helping to soothe her, "It is recorded in Salem's books that Alpha, who transforms into a wolf in advance during the full moon cycle, has an effect on improving the overall ability of the tribe. Probably because Benjamin can now transform into a wolf body at will, this improvement The influence of the ability has also been extended beyond the full moon cycle."
Tonight, when the moon passes its highest point, the cycle will officially begin. Now Matthew has entered this state early. What Zach calls "nervous" is actually for Matthew.
Benjamin's response to Zach, who gave Matthew the spice, was, "I think Matthew could use this."
The effect is immediate. Same as the first time Benjamin.
But Zach really doesn't know that this is not a good thing. Benjamin's two personalities have already troubled Grande a little, accepting commissions indiscriminately and having special thoughts about Fitz's group of otakus. If Matthew did it again, duh.
But everything is unknown, and Zach doesn't know how to predict the future. Forget it, I left Grande with the information that Louise had not submitted in the morning. On the way, I met Alice who was coming back from school, and Laura who came to Grande because she wanted to accompany Alice to learn how to drive.
Our focus remains on Grandry.
Because Alice came back, and Laura didn’t really teach Alice how to drive. She drove Little Pink herself and walked around with Kyle. Just then, Maya had the opportunity to ask the question she had always had -
"That spice, I heard Yuehua talk about it, was made by John, right? It's so magical. It can actually make Alpha transform at any time. Can you tell me about it?" Do you remember that Maya touched Benjamin inexplicably.
Alice didn't know what to say to Maya, "It's about inspiring the soul to be reborn..."
As for Matthew, who was using fragrance for the first time, Benjamin was also observing Matthew's changes, starting with the lighter, Alpha skin.
Under the protection of Maya and Alice, as well as the phantoms scattered around observing the route of Laura's car, Benjamin used his Alpha skin form to peck Matthew on the shoulder.
Louise wanted to avoid Grande at this time. When Matthew's body began to be covered with down, she went to the Church of the Holy Child to discuss the funeral with the priest.
That's the time.
Slightly south of Grand North, a point on the straight line connecting Grand to Hermann's Warehouse. Some distance away from Grande, two figures disappeared in the shadow of a certain farmer's house.
"Are you sure it's Grande?!" Dora frowned and spoke in a bad tone. When she first arrived, she was still in a good mood, because Mokawei was surprisingly cooperative with their transfer operation. It was expected that the transfer would take an entire afternoon and be completed in two hours. Mokawei was now staying in the temporarily abandoned building. in the Hermann factory.
"I'm sure." Bumi also frowned, "That's what that female Toledo said, Grande's accounting information!"
"There are two Alphas in Grande now! You told me Toledo was in that kind of place?!" Dora gritted her teeth.
Wait, two alphas? Did Dora include Matthew? Oh, don't blame her, only Alpha can use Alpha skin, unless in battle, Alpha transfers his own blood.
"Don't you always emphasize not to speculate!" Bumi's face was no better than Dora's, "Maybe Grandry is a werewolf fighting!"
"Is it good news for us that we are fighting?!" Dora's face turned ferocious, "There is Alpha in Glendale! Now we can know why Alpha's hair is in the woods in the south..."
It is quite now.
What happened at the same time was that both Bumi and Dora had their faces blackened. The two guys looked at each other, "Two, wolves!" The aura coming from Grande was no longer as simple as Alpha skin, but two fully formed wolves! Again, the full moon cycle hasn’t started yet!
Dora suddenly grabbed Bumi's arm, "Vampire, vampire breath! I feel the faint vampire breath!"
Two Nophiles, anthropomorphic breath-holding.
Quiet. Short-lived.
"Disappeared. The vampire's aura disappeared!"
"Being, killed??"
"I, I don't know..." Dora shook her head vigorously, "You, what clan did you sense that vampire's breath belonged to?! Is it the female Toledo?!" asked very urgently.
"No, no..." Bumi replied tremblingly, "The time was too short, and it disappeared too suddenly..."
"We should get out of here!"
Disappeared.
Returning to Grand Bar, Georgina stared gloomily at the two wolves in front of her, "Don't ask me for such experiments in the future!"
The brown and black wolf spoke in human language, Benjamin's voice said, "I can only find you. Your clan talent does not feel bloodline suppression, so there will be no special reaction to werewolves. Do you think Zach and Louise will be willing to Can you help me test this?"
Georgina twitched her lips, "So, what's the result?"
The yellow-haired wolf blinked and jumped a few times, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
"He said it's fine. Even if you give off your full vampire aura, he still doesn't want to attack you."
Georgina rolled her eyes and closed the warehouse door, "The promised reward! Blood! A bucket! I'm hungry every day now!" (.)