At lunch time, Zach thought he could finally live in peace for a while, because vampires didn't need food, James did.
But James was completely unaware and continued to intervene in the conversation of the vampires while holding the dinner plate.
"Dora, continue what you just said. The third conflict between the Sabbat and the Secret Alliance..."
"Why are you so interested in the history of the Secret Alliance?" Zach was confused and glanced sideways at James, "Do you have any special purpose?"
"I just want to know, do you have any opinion?" James replied.
Zach tilted his head and said helplessly, "No objection." He glanced at Dora, the main target of James' harassment, and gave him a casual look.
Dora had no expression, but glanced at Bumi. Oh, by the way, Bumi and the others are back. After Eve learned the latest news, she left back to the West End. Louise is now sitting quietly next to Zach.
"Same as the second time, it's also because of the Northern Alliance. It started with the support policy of the Northern Alliance (the countries in the northern part of the federation)." I don't know what kind of eye contact she made with Bumi, but Dora began to answer James's question, " Although the Secret Alliance barely won the first alliance conflict, it left many problems. The West had no intention of aiding the Northern Alliance, but the Center tried its best to promote an aid policy." He glanced at Zach and said, "Please ask Rideau for lobbying. Thanks to this, the political core in the central part of the federation has realized the untapped mineral resources of the Northern Alliance. The aid policy can be exchanged for the federal control of the resources of the Northern Alliance, which is a huge help to the country... "
Although this history seemed to be Toledo's great achievements, Zach didn't seem to want to hear it again, and poked Louise... It's the kind of flirting between lovers, everyone knows, "After you come back, you will be very Be quiet."
"Well." Louise gave Zach a smile with a lowered profile, "I don't even know what you are reminiscing about the past, so I can't participate."
Yes, a very reasonable explanation. Zach smiled and looked at Bumi. At this time, Bumi was not wearing a hood. From an objective evaluation, he was pretty average-looking. His face was completely ruined by the bumps on his face, like a chipped stone sculpture. "Bumi, when you were with Eve, , are there any interesting topics to talk about?"
"How can I be in the mood?" Bumi also lowered his head, touching the corner of his mouth, and gave Zach a smile, "I was worried about Mokawi, Louise was worried about Benjamin, and we didn't know each other, so we almost didn't talk. "
Okay, that's a reasonable explanation.
Zach shrugged and looked again at James, who was listening to Dora's story about history. When Dora said, "... Toledo, the person in front of you intercepted Senator Lesembra at the congressional dinner and asked him to The central and eastern representatives have the opportunity to reach an agreement and advance the aid policy..." interrupted, "How long are you going to stay here, James."
"You can take as long as you want, okay." He said in a bad tone, "You vampires have something to do, don't you want to be disturbed by me?"
Dora shut up for the moment and actually looked at Bumi again. Bumi also looked a little strange, lowering his head and ignoring Dora.
Zach didn't see it, but was amused by James' directness, "Yes, now Grande has the Novel that I have been waiting for, and..." He raised his hand to Benjamin's warehouse and curled his lips, "Mokavi, my kind, you, a human being, are quite a hindrance here."
Looking to the west, the construction site was empty. Austin and the others had also taken a lunch break. Zach was demonstrating a point and hoping James would realize it.
"Then I'm honored to be in your way!" James stepped on the guardrail of the back porch, probably feeling that this gesture was domineering, "Dora! Let's continue talking about us!"
Zach shook his head and had nothing to say to James. Just then, the phone rang, and Zach waved his hand in a give-up manner and went to the office.
The call came back from Alice, "Zach, Zach! I finally got rid of Laura and the others, how are you doing over there?! Is anyone injured, is anyone dead..." She was very anxious but didn't want to say it out loud. ask.
It's always good to be cared about and cared about. Zach smiled and answered, "It's unexpectedly good. Nofele is here and so is Mokawi. I'll tell you what happened when you come back."
After a while of silence on the other end of the receiver, he let out a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good." Then someone said to the receiver, "Ah, Laura! I, I'm telling my brother about this afternoon..." The receiver was snatched away and turned into Laura's voice.
"It just so happens that Laura will come back later in the afternoon and let you know." Informing tone.
"Why." Zack is also Alice's guardian after all, so he must ask.
"Why do you care so much about girls' affairs?" He hung up.
Zach looked at the receiver and was in a daze for a while. What about girls? Forget it, he probably went somewhere to play again. Zach shook his head, put down the receiver, and glanced out the window. The conversation on the back porch continued, and Zach had no intention of talking or listening. The past secret alliance, with the current form of the 'Vandro Alliance', the little bit of nostalgic meaning it once had has disappeared. What's there to talk about? of.
Yes, James started a topic that Zach didn't like. Zach tried to give Dora a signal not to worry about any of James' questions, but Dora, for some unknown reason, cooperated with James' questions and told him everything she knew, leaving Zach helpless.
"Louise." Zach called down, "You are not interested in useless history like James. Come up here and I will tell you other meaningful things."
Louise actually shook her head, raised her head and gave Zach a smile, "It's okay, I'm very interested, I want to listen." She did what she did best, leading the conversation to a point where people could only smile and be unable to refute. On the spot - squinting, "Isn't it because I mentioned so many of your achievements that you are shy~"
Bumi also assisted, "He will not be shy, he will only complain that he does not occupy enough space, and wants to be a storyteller himself to better modify his image. He is a very cunning narrator. Believe me, knowing this Guy has four centuries, I know him too well.”
Zach laughed dryly, forget it. He had just heard that although Louise and Bumi had met first, it seemed that the two had little communication, so he wanted to introduce the Novel clan to Louise and help Louise understand that this gang belongs to Zach's friends, so as to prepare for the future. lay the foundation for getting along with each other.
But now it seems that it is no longer necessary. The foundation has been laid. As long as both parties are willing, they can start a conversation at any time by using Zach as the topic.
We can't go find Benjamin now, uh, Mokawi is over there. This inexplicable combination left Zach at a loss—
"Why only Matthew?" Mokavi.
"It was just an accident, but he is a nice kid, so he stayed with me." Benjamin, "What about you?"
"Me? I have very objective requirements for my descendants. Haha, you know, what do you think of Briar..."
Zach stopped eavesdropping. He had a headache. Why were these two guys discussing the issue of descendants? It's so straightforward. It's rare for Zach and Benjamin to have a discussion and try their best to find a subtle way to say it. How can these two guys discuss it so naturally
Zach pursed his lips and sat in a daze in the office for a while, then dialed the phone number and called the mill. Now in an extremely boring mood, Zach remembered that he still had some work to do today—
"Madison, is the cremation of Eric's (low-key witcher) father over?"
"It's over." Madison replied coldly, "I left the things there waiting for someone to pick them up."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by waiting for someone to come get it?"
"After the ceremony, Leon sent the body over. The relatives were not with him and stayed in the church."
"Eric stayed at the church? Why did he stay there?"
"Are you asking me?" Madison's indifference was answered here, "The boss walked away after sending someone to the church. Is this the attitude of doing joint business with a mill for the first time?"
"Uh..." Zach curled his lips speechlessly, "Madison, you know what's going on today. You can't expect me to stay in the church to watch the ceremony."
"What can I expect from you?" Madison was really not polite at all. He kept quiet for a while, and his tone finally softened a little. He must have finally gained some employee intuition, "Forget it, no one has come to get it anyway. , does that guy know that the funeral home only keeps it for one day, and if he never comes to pick it up, I will throw it into the 'memory pile' somewhere, and he will not be able to find his father if he wants to find it."
Memorial pile, well, a whitewashed term with countless layers, is a garbage pile, a garbage pile that cannot be recycled. How do you expect the funeral home to handle the ashes of the deceased that the family members ignore. It has been said that cremation is a product of the convenience of the times. This convenience not only shortens the funeral process, but also these details. You must understand that the corpses that were once ignored must be buried in the North Park by the funeral home and cannot be thrown away in a trash can.
"Uh, I'll remind him." Zach waved his hand in the air, "Hang up."
Going to church in person? It was impossible. Zach dialed the number of Holy Son Church and was answered quickly.
"Father Constantine? Is Eric still there with you?"
"Zach? Well, he is here, right in front of me." The priest answered, while explaining into the receiver, "Zach."
"Are you here, um, chatting?"
"Well, haha, I'm a little surprised. We seem to be getting along very well. We've been chatting since the ceremony. I looked at the time..." After a short wait, "Well, it's noon, no wonder I feel a little hungry."
Zach didn't know how to interpret this trivial information and pursed his lips, "I just had a phone call with Madison and wanted to inform Eric that his father's ashes are ready and he should go get them, otherwise one day later , they will be disposed of casually by the funeral home."
"Oh." Constantine over there was quiet for a moment, then turned to the receiver, conveyed Zach's notice, and then turned back, "I told him, and he said thank you."
Zach frowned, feeling like he still wanted to say something. For example, why would a son not follow his father on the last journey after his father's funeral ceremony, but chatted with a priest until he lost track of time? For example, what can these two demon hunters with very unconventional stances talk about? They talk so speculatively...
"So, Zach, is there anything else?" Constantine broke the short silence.
What Zach wanted to say was knocked back, "No more, haha." Finally, he ended it with a joke, "Don't let yourself go hungry, neighbor."
"Haha, thank you for your concern, neighbor." He hung up.
Zach also put back the receiver, hoping that Constantine would gain some consciousness because of the last neighbor's name, and would come to Zach to answer Zach's questions.
Barton is already very complicated. Please, Constantine, don’t drag a demon hunter who has been keeping a low profile and is no longer recognized by anyone into this already infinitely complicated force.
But, of course, that's hope, and Zach has no control over it.
Zach glanced under the window again. James' question was already "Why is there no major event in the Secret Alliance that involves Toledo?" I don't know if he noticed Zach peeking up there with an irritable expression. Pointing to the top, "Is there him?!"
"Why not?" Dora did not look up. "He is a core member of the alliance. Of course he will be involved in every incident. I think Mr. Detective, you are a little too personal with Zach. In the history I told you , not only Zach’s personal deeds, but also Mokawi, me, Vanzhuo, Bruch... everyone participated. Don’t you think your current attitude is that you have only heard about Zach from Toledo? , do you have any personal feelings for Zach? Or are you in love with him? "
James was confused and then went crazy, "What did you say?!"
Zach tilted his head, Dora liked to say this kind of thing very much today.
"Don't yell at me. You can't blame me for having such thoughts. Based on what I heard from you and what Zach said, and all the information about Barton, you were targeted by aliens when you first came to Barton, and then Zac Ke saved you, and then subverted your understanding of the world with his own hands, and also made you, well, how should I say, to resist the control of the Sabbat. I don't understand, in my opinion, the Sabbat The future prepared for you is wonderful, why resist? Then, I can only think about personal factors. Are you in love with Zach? Sorry Louise, I have no other meaning. If James can't tell me now He also has someone he loves, not Zach, like a girlfriend or something, so I will retract my inappropriate question."
That's it! Oh I see! Do you understand the direction Dora is going to take
"I have a girlfriend!!"
Zach raised his eyebrows behind the window, and then smiled. He might have misunderstood - Zach thought Dora was helping him verify James' credibility, and James' girlfriend - a Sabbat Toledo girl. , credibility.
Now, no one can explain to Zach the error of his understanding. only-
"Really, who?" Dora continued to ask for the information she already knew. "If you don't tell me, I will only think that you are trying to cover up your anger that I revealed your personal secret, and you even went so far as to make up a fictional girlfriend. .”
"She's real! Her name is Georgina!"
Dora held down Bumi who she thought would be instantly excited. Yes, the purpose of that meaningless question was to get the name spoken. Dora wants to let her companions know that in Grande, they are not completely safe and have found an ally. There is also a bomb in this ally's house that may explode at any time, destroying the joy of Nofil and Toledo's reunion.
The name has come out, and Dora has to continue. The next step is to let James say that George was kidnapped by a hunter and left Barton to go to the middle to find a force that could deal with Zach. Then there is the logical logic. Dora believes that Bumi can think of the hatred that hunted his companions in the middle and gave the two new Sabbat Tore more talents and skills to practice.
But Dora was a little surprised. Bumi she held down didn't react at all.
"It's an ex-girlfriend. Georgina is your ex-girlfriend." Louise interrupted inexplicably, "James, how long has it been? Be mature and you should turn over this page and move on." Yi Si stood up and said, "I'm tired, so I went down to rest. You guys can chat." She left. (.)