25 The Funeral Rite and the Funeral
On Monday, the low-key witcher's funeral took place as scheduled. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info George didn't seem to know what to do at all, and came to Grande early in the morning, "What should I do?"
"Don't do anything, go to church and wait. Zach was in a bad mood and waved his hand to get rid of this guy.
George's face turned ugly as he saw Matthew carrying his father's coffin onto the hearse, "That, then, what am I going to do when I get to church?"
Zach glanced at the guy and pursed the corners of his lips, "Your neighbor, will you come to the funeral?" The low-key witcher had no relatives or friends at Barton, and although he insisted on a farewell ceremony, the list of invited guests was only a few neighbors.
"Probably......" George frowned, "no." I asked again yesterday and they said that if the funeral was not on a working day, they would definitely attend. ”
Ay. How low-key the life of this pair of witch hunters and fathers is.
But it doesn't matter, anyway, what they insist on holding the funeral in the Church of the Holy Son is not for the farewell ceremony, but for the 'sacrifice' meaning represented by the Church of the Holy Son, although this meaning was misinterpreted by Zack.
"Then you don't have anything to do. Zach waved his hand, "Go to church, find a place you like, and listen to the priest's prayers." Zach walked over to the hearse, "If you want, you can come along." "Matthew can't drive, remember, so Zach is going to get on personally.
Why not Benjamin?
In the passenger seat, Zach glanced at Matthew, "You don't have to follow, it will be handed over to Madison directly after the ceremony." "At the end of this funeral, it was not a burial, it was cremation, which was carried out by the mill," went to Benjamin. ”
Matthew immediately got out of the car, gave up his seat to George, who came up, and after a while he ran away - Benjamin was missing.
Benjamin was no longer at Grande yesterday afternoon, and after Walter and Tamm left, Zach asked Grande's only Ink and Danny, and they both said they didn't know where Benjamin went.
said that Benjamin despised Zack who didn't even dare to practice when he went out, but I didn't forget it, Zack and Benjamin's wolf body cooperated too badly, and Zack still wanted to live well and was unwilling to continue practicing, so he took advantage of the arrival of Detective Cousson to find something new for himself to do. So Mur and Danny could only stay evasive, not asking where Benjamin was going.
Zach then searched around and got the news of wizards and hunters arranged by Sbella to scout and set up defensive traps in the woods of Barton's borders.
They said that they saw Benjamin, because the upcoming battle was against wolves, so the wizard and hunter were not worth the trap and also against the werewolves, so someone took Benjamin to find out about the trap - although there will be three mind readers to control the field during the battle (Morellin, Oz, Morellin's son Ellie), but Benjamin is here anyway, and there is nothing bad about knowing in advance.
Then, the message was broken. The wizard and the hunter thought that Benjamin, who had learned about the situation, had returned to Grande, but this was obviously not the case, Benjamin did not go back at all, and Zach continued to search, but did not find a single hair.
Literally, when a vampire looking for death wants to find an alpha during the full moon cycle, the most direct way is to find hair, and follow the alpha's course of action all the way. But Zach, not a single hair was seen.
So this morning, Zach was in a terrible mood. On the way to the church, Zach responded to George's questioning with silence.
Not very quiet for George. Zach asked him to come along in the hope that he could give his father a ride at the end. In the future, George's chances of being able to share a car with his father are nil. It's a thoughtful move.
But George squandered this kind intimacy—
"It feels, well, weird. Zach didn't want to pay attention, "I know this should be the last time my father and I will be together." Zach didn't want to pay attention, "But, I saw my father's body die with my own eyes. Zach didn't want to pay attention, "Seeing his soul fall into hell after being judged by faith." Zach didn't want to pay attention, "Honestly, I don't know what's in the coffin behind me, well, something. ”
Zach, don't bother.
But George seems to have a very much desire to express himself in this slightly peculiar situation.
"Doesn't it seem strange that I think so, well?" Zach didn't care, "You're the owner of the funeral home, you should have seen a lot of people saying goodbye to the deceased." Zach didn't want to pay attention, "What about the others?" Zach didn't care, "Well, no. What are ordinary people like?"
"George. Zach felt compelled to tell George that now was not the right time to discuss this kind of human relationship, and Zach was not in the mood, "I don't ...... right now"
"I've been thinking about one thing for the past few days. George probably just wanted to speak, and didn't care about Zack's emotions at all, so he didn't even interrupt, just continued, "If it weren't for his father's request for cremation, he didn't want to leave any residue in this world, according to the traditional funeral, where should he be buried, should it also be the North Park that symbolizes sin." His voice was a little quieter, "I was sentenced to hell by the judgment of faith, so it must be a sin, a sinner, to be buried in the North Garden." ”
George used 'should also'.
Zach tugged at the corners of his mouth and glanced to the side of the road. The road west from Grande to the Church of the Holy Child passes by Grande's cemetery, and if you look south in the direction of George's sight, you can see the north garden of the cemetery.
On Monday morning, in the north garden of the Grande cemetery, two parties were sweeping graves.
Well, tomb sweeping is not counted, it should be the living thinking about their lives in front of the grave of the deceased. No, thinking about life is not counting, at most sighing about life. Well, lamenting that life is not right, that it is not comprehensive, because there may be only one side of life - the woman at Pierce's grave, Pierce's wife.
Pierce was buried in North Park, not forgotten. And his wife was standing quietly in front of the tomb with a bouquet of flowers, not knowing what she was thinking, and it looked very desolate from a distance.
Desolation is as it should be, and the woman was hit hard at the funeral. Pierce's funeral was an extremely cold funeral, and there is still an impression. No one attended except relatives - that is, no one came to say goodbye to the man who had gone from chief of police to vagrant to criminal in a matter of days. In the end, even the funeral process ended early, and it ended bleakly.
Since then, the wife has been visiting North Park often, and it is not known how long such visits will last. Oh, Zach has no problem with this, it is the security guard of the cemetery who has an opinion.
Those who are in the North Park on one side, and those on the other side, are in the other direction. It should be possible to guess, after all, there are only two guys with names and surnames buried in Grande's North Park, right?
Don't think of Mr. Green's son, Dream Mollip. This kind of tomb that does not exist in any of the written records of the Grande is well forgotten by everyone as soon as possible. I'm talking about Britz, a guy who came to North Park alone after being cremated at the mill.
The person who came to sweep the grave was Brill, who asked Zach to bury his ashes on the grounds that 'sinners should not be cremated, they should be buried in North Park, and after death, everyone should know that he is burdened with sin'.
Looking over from afar, Brill was humming at his brother's grave, proving to be a swigming body with his eyes closed and intoxicated.
George obviously saw these two women with completely opposite styles, and frowned, "I wondered, what kind of one could it be? Like that woman (in the direction of Pierce's wife), would there be someone who really felt sorry for the witcher's life, or, ......" George looked in the direction of Brill, "like that woman, there would be someone who smiled in front of the witcher's grave with a feeling of 'it should be like this.'" ”
If a person has to be sentimental about life, nothing can stop him. Zach stepped up his throttle. Well, our vampires still don't want to bother. To be honest with Konstantin, Zach and the 'obligation' of the neighbors, to George Please, a few days ago, Zach didn't know this guy at all, wrong, no one knew this guy.
"I see. "I said, I can't stop it. George looked at the coffin behind him and looked sad, "Father didn't want to give others such a choice, so he decided not to leave anything in this world to judge others." He didn't want me to live like he did, so he prepared a completely different ...... for me."
"It's here. Zach interrupted and stopped in front of the Church of the Holy Son, greeted by Father Constantine, "It's time for you to get out of the car." ”
"Oh. George replied, "Father...... As soon as the coffin ...... was completed, the title was changed, "to ......"
"People go from the front door, and the deceased from the back. Zach replied simply, sitting in the car and nodding at Konstantin as he walked over. This is also a new circumstance for this funeral, who Konstantin never greeted. It's not something that Zach needs to care about, and after Konstantin gave George a divine blessing and introduced the church, Zach started again and drove to the back of the church.
Leon was already waiting behind, and it seemed that he was Madison, the person in charge of the cremation after the ceremony sent by the mill, and was chattering with Mike about something.
But Zach suspects it's Maddison's arrangement - to pick up a retired witcher to be cremated and send a demon, so you can appreciate the irony of doing this. Madison is not a person of this kind of black humor. It must have been Leon himself who had to come.
It's also convenient, Zach didn't want to get out of the car, and beckoned to Leon, "You." "A finger at the back of the hearse. Sort of an order.
Leon was very obedient and carried the coffin to the church, but Mike leaned in front of the window, "Aren't you staying to preside over the funeral?"
Zach had already started the car again, "There is nothing to host, George said that there will be no guests to attend, and the only process of this ceremony is Konstantin's blessing." ”
"Oh. Mike nodded, a little hesitant, but asked, "How are you preparing?"
Zach pursed his lips and looked at Mike with a genuinely concerned look, "Okay, but, this ......"
Look at Mike's face.
Zach shook his head, forget it, anyway, this time the demon is not able to participate, it's better not to get involved with them, "It's nothing, I'll leave it to you here, I'm back to Grande." ”
"Is there any trouble? can I help?" Mike was genuinely concerned.
To be honest, Zach didn't understand what he was doing right to Mike, this guy loved Grande deeply. didn't answer directly, smiled and waved his hand, "Grande is expanding the staff living area, the construction team will come over today, I want to go back and have a look." "What Zach does best, transfer, "George is on your side and the priest, I have nothing to worry about, Leon......"
"I'm going to watch him and I won't let him say anything strange to George!" Mike was firm.
Zach smiled and nodded, "Well, goodbye." "Farewell.
Driving a car with only Zach alone, he thought he would be in a better mood on the way back, but he was wrong.
Not long after leaving the Church of the Holy Child, he had to stop on the side of the road because Pierce's wife beckoned at the boundary fence near the road in North Park, "Mr. Grande!"
"Is there something wrong? Considering the woman's fragile psychological state, Zach also got out of the car.
"Mr. Grande, is there a new funeral going on in the church?" the woman looked at the hearse parked on the side of the road.
Zach nodded with no reason or need to lie.
"I didn't see the convoy of spirits. The woman's face was a little strange, "I didn't see any guests coming to the funeral." ”
Zach didn't know what the other party wanted to say, and pursed his lips, "It's a private ceremony, there are no guests." ”
"Oh yes?" the woman's mood was not quite right, "where will they be buried?" she glanced at the North Garden, "I didn't see a cemetery prepared?"
Zach frowned, and he began to understand what the Pierce's wife was thinking, the pitiful and sad thoughts—to find her kind, to find comfort. If you can understand it, you can understand it, and if you can't, it's not a good idea anyway.
"You ought not to ask, Ms. Pierce, for I have told you that this is a private funeral. Zach replied formally.
"I, I'm ......," the woman lowered her head, and after a moment shook her head sadly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Grande. Silently retreated.
Zach pursed his lips and looked in Brill's direction, and it was a different scene entirely. Brill waved his hand in Zack's direction, and actually smiled, this was the first time Zack saw this woman with strange nerves laughing, a little uncomfortable, and saying hello was a response. Then prepare to turn around and go back to the hearse and continue the return journey.
That didn't interrupt either.
Brill walked over unhurriedly, "You take me to the intersection, the station." The tone of the command.
Based on the lesson that the day before yesterday this woman quarreled with Cyrus and ran away from home, causing James to waste time outside, Zach frowned and was alert, "You didn't run away from home, did you?" ”
"It's not. Brill shook his head, "I'm going to see a friend, Cyrus knows." ”
"You have friends, except for the Moonlight Hundred Shadows. As soon as he spoke, Zach regretted it, which was too offensive.
"New friends. Brill replied without emotion, "When we first met, I thought I must be a good friend." "Brill doesn't know what kind of mentality he raised his finger and pointed at his head, is he saying that his new friend is also a psychopath......?
Zach interrupted. No matter how much those of us who know everything want to remind Zach to listen to Brill. But our vampires, who really don't want to care what kind of friends Brill has made, "Get on the train, I'll take you to the station." And then, I had to add—
"Don't be in front of me, the owner of this cemetery, climb over my fence, please go to the exit, Brill. ”
Zach kind of knew why the security guards in the cemetery didn't like Brill so much. (To be continued.) )