Accepted the advice of old Hank that lunch should be made even if no one needs human food. Zach is doing it.

"How do you know I'll be back now?" Zach turned around and Benjamin was at the kitchen door, "Smells good." ”

Zach turned his head to look at the contents of the pot and raised an eyebrow, "You like the taste?"

Benjamin was approaching, "It's okay. What is it?"

Zach hesitated for a moment and moved out of the way, beware that Benjamin didn't recognize - "Sheep's egg." ”

Benjamin looked at the contents of the pot for a while, "Do sheep lay eggs?"

"No, sheep don't lay eggs. Zach replied.

Benjamin looked at it for a while, then turned around and left. He's probably full.

Half a minute later, Murphy stood at the door of the kitchen, "I'll be away from Barton for a while, my clan ancestors have promised the human dependents from the Republic to be protected by the Assammet clan of the Federation. Batonri does not have the protection of the Assammet clan, at least not yet, and I need to escort them to the central part to settle down. ”

Zach looked back at Murphy, then turned his head back and flipped the ...... in the pot Stuff - this thing is Louise asking Zach to make. Louise copied a few recipes from the TV. It's said to be copied, but it's actually drawn according to the characters on TV. Louise had no idea what she had copied. An hour ago, I took the copied things to the Republic Food section of the Big Q supermarket and bought them.

"You're right, I lied. Murphy should have made up Zack's response, so he started a conversation with Zack in his head, "This is just an excuse for me to leave your side temporarily, those human clans are much safer in Barton than in the middle, but I deliberately told them that Barton is not Assamet's territory, even if I myself need to be protected here." So they asked to go to the central part and be effectively protected. And I'm the only Asammet here at Barton who can take on that responsibility. ”

Zach looked back at Murphy, pursed his lips and turned back, still silent.

The brain-filled conversation continues. Murphy: "You're right again, Benjamin has already told me that this behavior is childish. But I need this, I need to rearrange my ......" Murphy Stuck Shell.

Zach turned back again, this time, and really spoke, "Sort out your strategy—the strategy you negotiated with me." ”

"Yes. My strategy. Murphy looked at Zach, but he didn't look long before Zach quickly looked back into the pot.

It's not that Zach wants to see what's in the pot, it's just that Zach isn't sure how this thing is cooked.

Well, of course Zach won't eat this, Zach just thinks that getting this stuff cooked is the last thing to ...... Respect.

Murphy walked over to Zack, "But it also means that I have to bring back some results for the clan this time I go back to the middle, or they won't forgive me for returning unexpectedly." She paused for a moment, "I need an answer, Toredo Ancestor, you, for the Torredo Asammet merger." ”

Since Murphy was already standing next to Zack, Zach didn't have to turn his head back. With Murphy in the afterglow, "I agree, let's merge Toledo and Asammet." ”

Murphy - "How can you refuse? I have already told you, the merger will eliminate the disadvantages of the Toredo clan in the Demon Feast (the problem of population and true ancestors), and in addition to this, the Asammet clan will also give you the advantage that no clan in the Demon Banquet has, the humans, the humans who fully support the vampires. ”

Zach was still on his radar, "Wake up, Murphy. ”

Murphy was silent for a moment, "Oh. You're talking about consent. I just didn't rehearse what you said you agreed to. ”

Zach lifted the pot and pulled a plate to serve. Cooked or not, Zach didn't want to continue making the ingredients, respect had given enough.

Murphy looked at Zach on the plate, "Then we can start the second phase." "Remember, after confirming that Anthony would be re-elected and Barton was still under Toredo's control, he informed Zach Murphy that the reason for coming here was Phase 1. Murphy inexplicably blocked the direction where Zach had placed the plate, and caught the plate that Zach had loaded.

Murphy managed to come face to face with Zach, and there was only a plate between them, "sharing a surname." ”

Zach didn't take back the plate with a little effort, frowning and thinking about the 'shared surname' that Murphy had just said, and then, Zach pouted, "Is this the reason why your clan thinks the chances of success in sending you to Barton to negotiate with me are higher?" Zach looked at Murphy, "Because we already share a surname...... "Do you realize, "We're married." It's not an alliance, it's a 'marriage'. ”

"You're right. This is not an alliance. It has been proven that Toredo doesn't care about the so-called alliance, even if it's Toredo's own initiative. "This should be talking about the Hidden Alliance. But sure enough, the rational Assammet is very fair, "We Assammet are the same. We have never cared about the interests of the Hidden Alliance, what we have been caring about and working is just using the function of the Hidden Alliance to complete the cleanup of the Assammet Clan. "How just," we are now asking for a more essential union. Higher than alliances, agreements, can completely unite the merger of the two bloodlines. ”

Murphy looked into Zach's eyes, "At that time, what we shared was your fake human identity 'Moriati'. Together, we built the Moriati position at the time. Even if you're gone, I'm still stuck in the 'Moriati' marriage and can't get out. We Assammet want this, and we can't get out of the relationship. Now, I need your real surname, 'Toledo', and together, we will build the future of 'Toledo-Asammet'. ”

Heh, Murphy put 'Toredo' in front.

The timing couldn't have been better.

Louise swayed in, fluttering, "I just came to see how 'our lunch' went." "Murphy and Zach fit just one of Louise's heads between a plate.

Louise observed the food sandwiched between the two people very carefully for a moment, "It seems...... Cooked. Kindness. Louise's head pulled away from the two of them, "I've told Old Hank that the food here is too much, this ...... Do you want to send it to the living quarters?"

Zach pressed again, Murphy let go, and the plate was smoothly handed to Louise, Zach was very calm, "Send it over." Tell Old Hank that this stuff is chewy. ”

"Yes. Louise walked away with her plate.

There's no problem, the point of making lunch is to break the 'rumors' that the two of them don't eat lunch in the living area. Since the play has been played, it will be full.

Zach reloaded Murphy with his afterglow, and he had already started to clean up the desk, "I can't. My surname is 'Toledo', and in addition to the Lord's advance payment for the day trip (as a reward for becoming a colonist), there is also an image of the payment made by the saint Sissi (which Zach traded for Sissi's place at Barton). Toredo contains the surname of a saint, Jehir. I can't just share it. ”

"Our clan doesn't care about the images given by the saints. It's just a ritual for us to merge our clans, like a human marriage, linking two clans together to become a family. Toledo is still Toredo, Asammet is still Assamet, and what defines our lineage does not change, as an independent individual, nothing changes. All we want is 'the law recognizes us as family' to bind our interests – Asammet's sanity and Toredo's sensitivity to the human heart. It's just that we vampires don't have human laws, only the more absolute, the surnames given to us by the Holy Lord, and that's our law. It is our only ritual to make the law effective. ”

"Thanks for explaining, although not at all. Zach was trying to get rid of the smell from the pot, and the brush and the surface of the pot were tingling...... "When you say share last name, I think of this. But, you really should tell me this first, because unlike you, so optimistic about preparing for the new ......" Zack, give up, anyway, Louise said, she didn't want to marry Zack, so what else does Zack have to care about? I'm not optimistic at all. You see, the problem is the binding interests, since you have used the analogy of human marriage, then, interests, should be the benefits generated from the moment the marriage begins, right? So how do you calculate the benefits before marriage?"

Murphy...... frowned, and then, immediately, "Asammet can give Toledo's true ancestor, population, and human clans. These are also premarital benefits. You can't be so selfish and only count what you get without giving. ”

"Huh. "Sting, stinging," I counted as selfless giving. "La sting, stinging," Toredo's sensitivity to the human heart, and Asammet's rationality, together create the benefits of the future. Let's treat them as equals. Can the ancestors, population, and humans that the Asammet clan has now be equal to the saint surname that Toledo has? Ancestors, populations, humans, I have them, Torredo has them, it's only a matter of time. But I'll give you 100,000 years, and you Asammet won't be able to see yourself in the mirror. "You don't really think it's reciprocal, do you?" ”

"Ancestors, population, and human beings are what can make Torredo profitable, and they will profit now. Footage is useless for Asammet. Murphy stared at the source of the noise, "And all I can think of now are disadvantages, our appearance will be captured and preserved." This is a hassle for the search for human replacements for the descendants of Assammet, as well as for the actions of our clan members. Looking up at Zach's side face, "It's like you don't want to be interviewed by James's girlfriend and tie Zachary Grande's body to your face." ”

"That's right~" Zach looked happy, "My Toredo surname will 'selflessly' give you something Assammet, it's a disadvantage. So, when you go back to the middle this time, let's discuss with your clan about the dross that comes with the Toredo surname. The 'marriage partner' in your picture is not as perfect as you prefigured. Marriage brings happiness and happiness to the good, but before you are ready to share sorrow, think about it. ”

Murphy frowned, as if instinctively raising his hand to pinch his hair, but was interrupted.

James rushed into the kitchen, "Come out! I have something to say to you!"

After a pause, Zach brought the pot to his nose, and there seemed to be no smell left, and turned around, "Are you going to propose to me too, I'm really popular today." ”

"Get out!"