After listening for a while at the door of the recreation room, I felt that there was no need to participate. I nodded to Steve Walker to express my gratitude, and then went downstairs to Benjamin's warehouse.
The real Benjamin has come back. Zach went to see him in the early morning, but seeing Benjamin shrinking in front of a painting, Zach really didn't want to stay any longer, so he left just to send Alice to school. Now that he's back, he hopes that those two The guy has let go of the uncomfortable painting titled "Pregnancy" and is talking.
Zach was disappointed, "Conception" was thrown into the corner, but Benjamin was still joking with Mokawe, and the topic was-
"I didn't know werewolves had such a history."
"Of course I won't pass on this history. It's too shameful. I'm an Alpha in captivity, haha~"
"This can explain something. It is indeed karma," and now the Alpha captive witch... "
"Benjamin." Zach came over with a sad look on his face. Because Benjamin didn't pay attention to him when he came in, he was sad, "I have something to discuss with you."
"Now?" Benjamin looked completely unaware, "We are talking about history..."
"Ah, little Zack, come on." Mokawi waved his hand, "If I remember correctly, you participated in that period of history. Tell me how the first generation of Alphas broke away from the wizard family and began the real inheritance of the wolf pack. ~”
Benjamin raised his eyebrows, and now he became a little interested in Zach's arrival. Well.
Zach looked at Mokawi, with some helplessness he could only suppress deep in his heart. What was on his face could only be respect, "Mokawi, I need to talk to Benjamin about something, can you step aside?"
"What are you talking about?" Benjamin looked at Zach's serious expression and finally felt a bit of 'brotherly' affection. He waved his hand to Mokavi, "You've always wanted to go find Briar. The weather is nice today."
Under Zach's complicated emotions, Mokawi actually nodded and tilted his head obediently, "You reminded me, I'm going~"
Zach watched Mokavi leave briskly and pursed his lips, "She listens to you."
"What's wrong? Is it weird?"
"Mokavi doesn't listen to anyone's orders... No, Mokavi's inexplicable way of thinking makes it impossible for them to communicate with anyone. She listens to you."
Benjamin waved his hands indifferently, "You think too much, and you can't communicate with Briar, but Briar listens to Siris. You have nothing and nothing to do to Brian, but Brian, listen to Amelia. ." Benjamin actually said a certain truth, "You are too good at using common sense to communicate with others and ultimately achieve the purpose of influencing others. Naturally, you are not used to understanding these people who think in unreasonable ways. You cannot understand the other person's thinking direction. You cannot successfully influence the actions of such people, and you will naturally come to the conclusion that communication is impossible. In fact, communication is just talking to each other, there is nothing that cannot be done."
Zach just fell into thinking, did Benjamin just say the biggest flaw of Toledo so casually? Benjamin is right, no matter what Zach said, he had a purpose, to make the Charming Eye the strongest in Toledo Ability assistance and communication have been weaponized by Toledo and have become the foundation of their clan. However, this weaponized communication has lost its original function, which is just to simply talk to each other.
"What do you want to talk about?" Benjamin looked like he had forgotten what he just said and looked at Zach waiting to speak.
Zach shook his head and threw away his meaningless thoughts, "I was stopped by a wizard just after sending Alice to school..." Because the person he was talking to was Benjamin, Zach didn't have to go around. There is no purpose or point of view that any individual wants to express in this narrative. After everything is said, there is discussion.
But during this process, Benjamin scratched his back, curled his lips, and admired the painting "Pregnancy" without knowing what he was doing. Zach was extremely speechless, "Benjamin, can you be more serious."
"I'm serious." Benjamin answered while scratching the border of "Conception", "After listening, what next. Anyway, you rejected that Sam, right. What else are we talking about?"
"He's hiding something." Zach frowned, "A wizard who became a vampire? He deliberately made such an incredible proposal. It was just a way of diverting attention, trying to distract me from questioning his reasons." Ke waved his hand, "Believe me, Benjamin, I know this communication skill best. He thinks that being concerned about vampires possessing wizards and setting a precedent will distract me from questioning him. That's because he is too underestimated." Toledo, it’s mine.”
"That's it." Benjamin continued to scratch the border, but not blindly. There is no shortage of wood in Grande, so it is easy to make a picture frame, but Old Hank, the best carpenter, will not help Mokawi make such a thing. This picture frame was planed by Matthew, and there are warped wood residues everywhere. Benjamin was picking out the frizzy bits.
"Uh, Benjamin." Zach was speechless, "Didn't you think of it? The purpose of this Sam is you. Don't you find it baffling? He said a lot about the meaning of his existence and his sympathy for Omega. , without the werewolf, he's nothing. In the end, he concluded, hey, let me be a wizard for a vampire. Well, maybe, he wants you, Benjamin, and I just happen to be Alpha's brother. He Want to come to Grande.”
"I don't want a wizard." Benjamin turned around and opened his eyes to Zach and said this.
"I know. He knows." Zach curled his lips, "The problem now is that he bypassed this thing that everyone knows and made a proposal that no one has considered. My wizard, the vampire's wizard!"
"Haha." Benjamin actually smiled and looked at Zach, "So, it sounds like, haha, even though you just said it, you know very well that 'the wizard who becomes a vampire' is what Sam used to distract you. communication tricks. Ha, you clearly understood the other party’s tricks and still got hit.”
Zach pursed his lips, closed his eyes, and then opened them again, "Can I miss it? If I agree, I will probably create a new era for vampires. No, I will create a new era for faith. On one side is The vampires who lost the favor of the Holy Lord's faith, and the wizards who lost the favor of the witchcraft faith, came together." Sam said, he was born in the wild, has no surname, and does not belong to any witchcraft family.
Zach was indeed distracted and thinking about this.
The wizard Seme should be proud of himself. He and Toledo, who weaponized dialogue and communication between people, ended up in a tie in a first exchange. It can only be a tie, after all, Zach finally rejected his proposal, for the time being.
"Haha, I thought we were the pioneer." Benjamin shrugged, without any malice, and shook his head, "No, it should be Salem who is the pioneer. Didn't Yuehua say that, because Toledo, they and Rimel Maintained long-term communication.”
"No, that's part of the private peace agreement between the Thirteen Clans and Papa Midnight." Zach waved his hand, "To maintain peace in the federation, we can't let some wizard families who are driven by profit, uh, and some follow the trend and don't know what to say. The clergy of the Holy Lord Faith, cut off the direct creation of Papa Midnight. I don’t need to be fans of any party, it’s just a transaction, but it just so happens that I am the executor. You also understand Rimel’s position, they are not originally They care too much about the purpose of the Thirteen Clan, they are here for magic exchange, and the wizard ignores them, so naturally they can only find the black witch."
Zach watched Benjamin continue to pick out the frame, "As for you and me, I don't think we can still represent faith."
Benjamin nodded, "I am alone, you are alone. We really didn't have any position at that time, haha, it's okay. Without our position, we can understand more clearly that it doesn't make any sense for us to fight on the battlefield. Then he tilted his head and glanced at Zach, "Now, it seems to be different from that time. I am still the same as before. I only have Matthew, which is an accident. I can still say that I am alone without anyone." Position, belief or power. You are different."
"Yes, I am different." Zach didn't want to say this, but it was already a fact. Benjamin directly rejected Sibella's attempts many times, which was a push away from Benjamin's belief in witchcraft. Looking at Zach again, even if we ignore that there are already five vampire clans in Barton that once belonged to the Secret Alliance, we cannot ignore that Zach almost personally gave birth to Crowley, the coaching angel of the Holy Lord Faith.
Zach could go on to say that he was not considered a believer in the Holy Lord faith. But the facts speak volumes better than his words. He accepted Sissy's last name, didn't he. He and the fallen angels have reached a cooperative relationship where there is no mutual suspicion, right? He even took in an angel named Jimmy in Grande, didn't he.
If there was Grande, everyone would have nothing to rely on. Zach is Toledo who is wanted by the alliance, Benjamin is the lonely Alpha, and even Alice is a banshee abandoned on the street. So the three of them hugged each other. Now, when we look at the threads behind the three Grandes, Alice and Benjamin may still be innocent, but a web can be formed behind Zach. Zach can no longer continue to talk without any burden, " I don't have a position anymore, at most, and he puts Grande on top.
"If you want to ask me for advice." Benjamin shook his head, "I can only say, don't think too much about it. It's nothing. If you want to create an era, just create it. But it's just for vampires and wizards without families. Faith Whatnot, don’t be too sentimental, you forgot Sissi’s wrath, they are walking ahead of you, haha.”
"The Raging Wave is an Earthbinder that was forcibly taken away by the Holy Lord's faith and turned into a dead soul in heaven." Zach frowned, "At most, he is a victim of the struggle of faith, just like my descendants of the Indians, they are expendable. It doesn't mean anything." Zach waved his hand, "But I understand what you mean. Uh, so you think I can accept that Sam's proposal? Then, don't you care that his real purpose is you? "
Benjamin shrugged, "Why should I care? I don't know him, and I don't have anything that requires a wizard to do. If you think it's a good thing to have a wizard that you can use for yourself, what can I say? Just." Benjamin raised his eyebrows, "If you have a wizard, Mokawi, uh, I don't think she will need a wizard. Needless to say, Ganggro, Rimmer doesn't need it either, and then there's Nofele. , if you really want to create something, do you need to find some wizards for Dora and Bumi? Haha, it just so happens that now Sibella has a bunch of wizards who are worried about their situation."
As expected, Benjamin was still thinking about Zach's words. This is what Benjamin thought of.
Yes, if it's like Zach said, forget about faith, he just simply opened up a possibility for vampires that has never been considered. So now that Barton has a lot of vampires and wizards, and all the conditions are met, isn't it only natural that Zak will take the initiative, and someone will want to copy it. For example, Dora also found a wizard for herself, Bumi also found a wizard for herself, haha, the 'General' also found one for herself, and Siying was so close anyway...
Zach pursed his lips and was reminded, "Sure enough, I should refuse."
"That's not what I meant." Well, as expected, Benjamin jumped out of the blue, "Didn't you say before that Siberella was not in a good situation now? She kept trying to find allies and so on, which caused some dissatisfaction among the forces within Barton. It is necessary to be suspicious. If wizards and vampires unite in such a way that no one would have thought of because of your personal behavior, it will just help Sibella. She will gain an ally, and no one can say anything to you. " The point of view changed in one sentence, but it was still a matter of serious consideration before leaving the difficult follow-up to Zach.
Zach tilted his head expressionlessly, with mixed emotions. Of course, he was more relieved that it was indeed the right thing to discuss with Benjamin, although the development was completely unexpected - Benjamin didn't care at all about the reason why an inexplicable wizard wanted to get close to him. But it did help Zach bypass the distractions and start thinking about what was really important.
After thinking about it, "Then I need to talk to Sibella and Dora."
Benjamin said nothing and shrugged, "Just don't bring me with you when we talk. I'm not suitable to participate in this kind of thing."
Zach curled his lips and nodded, preparing to return to the office.
"Don't go." Benjamin actually ignored the fact that he had cut out the whole frame of the picture. He lay back on the bed with a relaxed expression, propped up his head and nodded his chin towards Zach, "Mokavi just said, the shame of the first generation Alphas History, you know the details, anyway, I don’t know when Mokawi will come back, please tell me and listen.”
"If you need to take things seriously, you should do something that is not there." Zach looked at Benjamin helplessly, "You are interested in such long-term things that are meaningless now."
Benjamin patted the corner of the bed he had reserved, "Did you know me on the first day? Come on, tell me. Alpha was originally raised by the wizard family. Haha, what's going on?"
Zach shook his head and sat in the corner. "After the war, the wizards discovered the powerful fighting power of werewolves, so if you think about it, you will know what the wizard family wants to do."
"They want to inherit werewolves in the family." Benjamin raised his eyebrows and gave a natural answer, "But it's not easy, right? Papa Midnight's creations, except for the Banshee who possesses fragments of his sister's soul, These are all one-time transactions that cannot be passed down.”
"Yes." Zach nodded, "But the Thirteen Clan can't watch the first generation of werewolves being completely retained by the wizard family, right? In the war, the Thirteen Clan lost, and we don't want to be suppressed by the belief in witchcraft forever. , that’s easy to understand.”
Benjamin snapped his fingers. It means it’s super easy to understand, too.
"Let's put the word 'captive' aside for now. You know that werewolves are people in the wizard family who have no witchcraft talent who voluntarily accepted Papa's midnight transformation for the war, right?"
Benjamin continued to snap his fingers and passed.
"Then the wizard family is looking for ways to pass on the werewolves who are already members of their own family. Those who become werewolves and warriors will continue to guard their homes."
"It doesn't sound like it has anything to do with shame." Benjamin raised his eyebrows.
"Yes, it's not a shame at all. Then the close relationship between the two parties is broken, for the benefit of the Thirteen Clan."
Benjamin looked at Zach and actually smiled, "You, you created the shameful saying that Alpha was trapped by wizards. You, haha, drove a wedge between wizards and werewolves. It was you who buried all the ill will between wolves and wizards now. Seed."
"I dare not accept this credit." Zach shook his head, helpless, "Four centuries ago, I was not the only one in Toledo." (.)