When everyone started to leave, Austin's call came over—
"Haha, I knew you would still come to me, Mr. Grande. How about this? I already had the distribution of Grande's buildings for the last decoration. How about I just get the design plan this time and then come over? "
Of course Zach had no objection. He glanced at Father Constantine, who had belatedly entered the office. "Now there are nine employees in the Grand Perimeter." Zach was talking about the tombkeepers in the cemetery. "Since we have decided to build a I don’t want to make the staff living area too cramped. You can design it according to the specifications for twenty people.”
The person on the other side of the receiver was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "I understand, the development space is the most important." It was Austin who once said that Grande was the symbol of Barton's funeral industry, so he understood quickly, "Haha , Don’t worry, I’ll give you a call once the design is ready.”
Putting down the phone, he looked at Constantine with a smile, "Things about the funeral home."
Constantine did not smile, however, and looked at Zach with some confusion, "Are you going to build a staff living area here in Grande?"
Zach's final answer was, "Old Hank wanted it."
There is no need to say more.
Constantine shook his head slightly and then had a helpless smile on his face. He changed the topic, "It seems that I am late, you have already finished the discussion." He shook his head again, still helpless, "My strength as a demon hunter , seems to have been ignored by you."
Zach shrugged, comforting, "The power of demons and angels have been ignored." Of course Zach would not say that Siberella and Sissy questioned the positions of Constantine and Taylor. It's a good thing Constantine is late.
"Haha." Constantine nodded, "Understandable. So, what are you going to do?"
"The wizards and hunters on Sibera's side will start scouting and preparing traps at the border." Zach waved his hand, "You know the habits of wizards and hunters. They don't fight unprepared battles."
"This is a good habit." Constantine smiled, no longer caring that he was ignored.
"Saint." Zach smiled and shook his head, "Let me remember to call her when the time comes." Sissi is a girl whose confidence knows no time and place. "As for the vampires, our current task is to provide logistics for Sibella." Smiled, "Sibella didn't let this opportunity to collect our blood slip away." Literally blood.
Constantine also laughed out loud, "If the battle will take place during the full moon cycle, they really need some protection. After all, we are still human beings. Haha, but now Barton, only Riemer, Gangro, you, Constantine Ding started counting his fingers, but none of them were fully raised, "Can you support the healing of the entire group of wizard hunters? In terms of numbers, apart from the demons, they are now the largest group in Barton. "
This seems to be a concern that the supply and demand of vampire blood, which has healing power, may be unbalanced, but it is actually a reminder that Grande seems to be prosperous and responsive. But the reality is here, Toledo, there are only Zach and Louise, the werewolves only have Benjamin and Matthew, and the forces outside Grande, there are three in Rimmel, five in Gangro, and one in Saint. Three angels. Putting aside the demonic forces that were useless in defending against this invasion, the largest number were the wizards on Sibera's side.
As Ford said, there are a lot of Indians recently.
"They are all wizards who have nowhere to go and have been abandoned by their families." This was Zach's answer, and then he returned to the topic, "It is a little difficult to supply them, but we still have Alice and Maya, as well as those in Newton. The black witch can be regarded as our biggest support." Zach smiled, meaning that as long as no death occurs, it is enough. "If it doesn't work, I still have the 'general' from the southeast."
"By the way, talking about 'General'." Constantine had an uncertain smile on his face, "Mason said that 'General' turned several of his resurrected men into vampires."
"I know." Zach pointed at today's newspaper, "Blood pressure 300?" He shook his head. Zach didn't explain much while reading the newspaper. Now, everyone can think about how to push the blood pressure to 300. Well, it should be the same as forcing a pot of rice into a stomach that can only hold a bowl of rice.
Zach paused for a moment, "But he didn't take the initiative to find me, I think." He raised his eyebrows, "He should still be able to control the situation. It's enough for me to remind you." Then he smiled, "I'm talking about you. Mason and Blitz are watching over there, I feel relieved.”
Constantine made a cross on his chest, then smiled and nodded, "The situation is still under control now." Looking at the desk for a while, all the previous emotions were gone and he became serious, "We can talk About the funeral on Monday?"
Yes, the low-key funeral of the witcher has been scheduled for Monday. After Zach and George finished talking yesterday, Louise arranged the funeral and then went to the Church of the Holy Child to make arrangements. So at this time, Constantine already knew that he had a low-key companion in Barton.
Constantine brought up this matter, which was expected, so Zach was very direct, "Do you want to see it with your own eyes? The body is in the basement of Grande because it needs to prepare for the cremation ceremony."
Constantine frowned and thought for a while, then nodded.
Needless to say, Zach stood up and led the way out of Grande, bypassing the basement door on the east side and going down.
After opening the corpse cabinet where the corpse was stored, he directly took out the information in the file cabinet. The old-looking demon hunter did not mention his name, but said, "...Those who died in the hospital should have died peacefully. He His son, George, also said that the trial of faith went quickly and he should not be in any pain."
Constantine stared at the pale body. The body was intact and showed no signs of anatomy—not required for natural death. Objectively speaking, it is a convenient thing for Grande to organize her appearance.
"I know him," Constantine began. "He was my teacher for a while."
If Zach's understanding of the witcher is correct, the teacher-student relationship mentioned by Constantine at this time does not make any sense. The learning process of a witcher will go through many teachers. Why? The teacher one day may be in hell the next day. A long time ago, probably before Zach was even born, in order to prevent such bad emotions from affecting the growth of witchers, it was stipulated that the inheritance of witchers would be constantly replaced by teachers.
"George also said that in the last year, his thinking was not very clear, he was not very clear about what happened in Barton, and his life was very stable." Zach used the tone of a professional in the funeral industry, telling the facts without personal feelings. , of course, a comforting fact, "So, he lived a very happy life. That is, he served his beliefs, adhered to his own path, completed the work of a demon hunter, and in the last period of his life, he served for himself Future generations paved the way to a peaceful life.”
The basement was quiet for a while, a little cool, and the freezers were filled with white mist.
"People will take it for granted that such a happy life..." Constantine said, "will go to heaven." Can't the priest have personal feelings? Of course he can.
Zach said nothing. People will take it for granted that the priest is the guy who comforts everyone, so who is going to comfort the emotional priest. This great responsibility cannot be shouldered by vampires who believe in the Holy Lord. That is the job of the Holy Lord who the priest claims can listen to the Holy Word.
Constantine himself shook his head, "I'm right." He covered the white cloth with the last trace of lust for the deceased, pushed it back to the corpse cabinet, and looked at Zach, "The concept of the demon hunter has always been wrong. , The cause and effect of the world should not be like this. It is wrong to serve a firm belief, but in the end become a sinner of the belief and be sentenced to hell. So I studied the method of summoning the trial of faith and left the west."
"What can I say?" Zach still spoke, not to comfort him.
Constantine nodded.
"You might not like what I said." Zach also put back the deceased's information and looked at Constantine seriously, "I don't think you are right."
Constantine frowned.
"In the Holy Lord Faith..." Zach began to pace.
Zach is not a true believer of the Holy Lord, maybe the original vampire is, but since vampires began to regard their punishment-eternal life as the pride of the race, maintaining this belief is a bit hypocritical.
Need to make it clear.
The Sabbat did not maintain their faith, all they wanted to maintain was the Holy Lord's giving. Because of the colonial work, the Thirteen Clans can walk in the daytime. So what can they gain if they complete this work? Although it is impossible to know, if you maintain the trust of the Holy Lord, you may gain something in the future, right
In a sense, today's vampires are the same as those who are retired and have nothing to do but go to church every week to listen to sermons to kill time. I am one of them, but I am not really there. I can Do you understand
"..., I don't think the profession of demon hunter should exist." Zach raised his hand and temporarily stopped Constantine from speaking. "Following the guidance of the priest and becoming a believer is certainly a way to join the faith of the Holy Lord. , but it is not the only one. People will have the myth that all believers will go to heaven, but Constantine, you know this is wrong. Every time you say that the Holy Lord will forgive you, it is false, you do not It is the right to forgive anyone on behalf of the Holy Lord, you, only a human being, not a saint, not an angel.”
Constantine pursed his lips.
"But you still say this to those who confess their sins, because you are a priest, and this is your job. Your job is to spread the doctrine and make people believe, even if it is deception." Zach shook his head, "The deception is too serious , in fact, we all know that the priest is a master at transferring points of contact. You don't need to deceive anything, just divert the attention of the person who needs comfort and make the other person feel comforted." Just like the priest comforting Matthew's father, , the problem is obviously that he has no job and is a drag on his family, but in the end he is comforted by the fact that he is a good father and has raised a good son.
Zach didn't want to be sarcastic, so he spoke very straightforwardly, "The job of a priest is to preach and let people come to believe. It is the Holy Lord who gave you this job, and you have done a good job. Then, the question I want to ask now Yes, who gave people the job of expelling and hunting the demons of this world."
Constantine frowned and said nothing.
"Whether it is heaven or hell, once you enter it, you are already the soul of the Holy Lord's faith. There is no difference in faith." Isn't that right? Heaven is what the Holy Lord believes in, and so is hell. Why does the Holy Lord care where people go? Aren't they all his? The Holy Lord is at the top of the faith. According to Sibera, the Holy Lord's faith is a faith that steals souls in this world. It can never be looked down upon by witchcraft faith that believes in nature. You have stolen it, do you need to care about which hand the stolen goods are in? "When angels come, you think it is good because they can guide people to go to heaven, but demons, you think it is bad because they can really guide people to heaven. They come to tempt people to go to hell. They all bring people’s souls into the place where faith belongs, but they treat them differently. Why.”
"Because everyone hopes that the future will be good." Constantine lowered his head. "Since beliefs are divided into two poles, people have the right to hope that they belong to the good side."
"Then who gave the demon hunter the right to respond to people's expectations." Zach followed closely, "I am very sure that the Holy Lord did not do this, otherwise, the demon hunter will not be directly sentenced to hell. . Who else, other than the Lord whom the priests serve, can give you this right?"
Constantine frowned and looked up at Zach, "No one. We think we should do this because we are human beings."
"So it's a sacrifice." Zach nodded, "Sacrifice your own expectations to respond to the expectations of others, expel demons, and increase the chance of believers going to heaven."
Constantine's expression had become strange, and he began to figure out Zach's direction.
"Just like the Holy Son, he sacrificed himself." Zach continued to nod, "But it's not like the Holy Son. The Holy Son sacrificed himself for his faith. You sacrificed yourself for the good expectations of others. That's not the Holy Lord. Faith, that is simple, human nature.”
Zach looked at Constantine, "The Holy Lord loves people, no, the Holy Lord loves people's souls. The entire Holy Lord faith is based on the soul. I probably shouldn't say this to a priest, but the Holy Lord doesn't care Humanity’s expectations, the Holy Lord created hell, hoping that souls would be put in it, otherwise why create hell? The devil has never been the enemy of man, it is part of the Holy Lord’s faith, and it is a growth of the Holy Lord’s faith soul. direction. Whether they enter through judgment or are tempted by demons, they are all souls that belong to the faith of the Holy Lord. The tragedy of the demon hunters is not that you have crossed the line and tried to judge demons as humans, but that you have let go The persistence of faith goes against this bipolar system created by the Holy Lord Himself, putting people's expectations at the highest level, and even being willing to sacrifice yourself. You have stood in a place that makes the Holy Lord unhappy." (.)