After lunch, our vampires all started basking in the backyard......

No, it's dark clouds.

Zach looked up at the sky, "Rain, in the future." ”

This neurotic exclamation got a roll of the eyes of James as he rushed out of the warehouse, and he added- "Why didn't anyone wake me up!!" howled.

Zach tilted his head to look at James, "Did you ask us to call you for help?"

James's gloomy face matched the sky, and he rushed to the car, having already skipped his shift all morning.

Zach didn't bother to pay attention to him, "Be quiet, Ike is still sleeping." ”

James slammed the car door, screwed the key to start, and finally slammed the horn, which was an answer to Zack, childish enough. After being naïve, he drove out of Grande and went to work.

The reason why this happened was last night.

After two phone calls, Zach went back to the basement, and James and Ike went back to the warehouse. But Grande didn't rest on his laurels. The 'pillow talk' of James and Ike in the warehouse can almost be described as intense, so that the aliens in the Grande are not in the mood to pretend to be in line with the human routine and go to rest.

In the second half of the night, the fierce quarrel had not yet subsided. The aliens also gave up on reconciling and began to find things to do on their own.

Zack watching the stars with Louise, Benjamin playing cards with Harrison, Danny, and Matthew on the back porch wrapped in a blanket, pouring ink on republican food with the Great Dane in the kitchen, Ryan peeking at something in the window of the Grande room......

It wasn't until just before dawn that the two got tired and fell asleep, and the aliens were able to return to their places before Old Hank got up and go about their daytime routine.

So, James blames Grande for not waking him up?

Zach continued to stand on the back porch for a while. Looking at the darkening skylight, he smiled, turned back to the stairwell, went downstairs, called Louise, and came out to admire the dark clouds.

Five minutes. Zach came out again, not only did he come out, but he also carried a small folding table, spread it out on the back porch, set up the chairs, spread out the plaid tablecloth, put a vase in the middle, and put two bottles of wine, two stacks of ...... The red square-shaped thing--

Ink. Blood Tofu, a Republican novelty, food that can really make a vampire's teeth do something other than biting.

Finally, accompany the knife and fork dinner plate, which ...... Is it a date?

Louise hesitantly stepped out of the door on the back porch, looking at Zack's arrangement, "Uh......"

Zach smiled, "Sit." "A gentleman's pull out of his chair.

Louise pursed her lips and sat down. Looking sideways at the dark sky outside, "I feel." Odd. ”

"It's normal. Zach sat down across from him, "Rainy weather always gives vampires a special feeling before they get the 'gift' of daytime operations. ”

"I don't know how to describe it. Louise looked at the red object in front of her, picked up the knife and fork, tried it, and pulled the corners of her mouth. "It tastes like dirt. ”

Mo said that something was added to solidify the blood. Zach waved his hand indifferently, "At least I need something to put in front of me when I eat at the table in the future." ”

Louise raised an eyebrow, "That's not bad. He tried it again, pouting. "Well, it's still acceptable to get used to it. "There is more self-soothing in it, just look at her uncomfortable chewing expression. Remember the metaphor that describes human food in the eyes of vampires, hair? Louise's expression now is that of a human eating a piece of furry skin when eating meat.

Zach smiled, "Don't force it. ”

Louise immediately put down the cutlery, and instead poured the 'wine' directly, the movement was very skillful, and then continued to look outside with the wine glass, half-tilting her head, "I still think it's strange." ”

Zach was about to take on the role of teacher, and he also looked at the sky, "That's because you know that behind those thick clouds, there is the deadly sun." You're snickering at being able to sneak under it. ”

Louise blinked, and after a moment, she nodded.

"Well, you should throw away this kind of snickering. Zach smiled and waved his hand, "The sun is no longer fatal to us. ”

Louise's expression became helpless, and she shook her head, "You see, I can only produce a little outline in the mirror now. The meaning is that the sun is still a deadly thing to her, and in this time of 1 p.m., it is only worth stealing joy to be able to appear on the back porch.

"Then ......," Zach shrugged, "I can still feel the joy of it." In the future, you will feel that the sun is like that, and the once deadly threat can only make us a little sluggish. ”

Louise suddenly became curious, "I remember the story you told before, when you first became a vampire, Mr. Toledo's nobleman, your refugee friend, you secretly hunted for your friend, you were discovered, confessed your vampire identity, and then scared the other party away. ”

Zach raised an eyebrow, "What's wrong?"

"When you're a vampire, can you act during the day?"

"No, you can't. Zach shook his head and blinked, "So it was discovered." I always ran into the camp in the middle of the night carrying my prey. "Remember the story, Zack secretly gave food to a friend he didn't remember if he was a neighbor or any relationship, but was accused by the upright friend of being a thief stealing the food of the noble master, and Zack had to show his vampire identity to defend himself and scare people away.

"I can't really imagine what vampires of that era were living in people. Can you tell us about it? ”

Isn't dating just a process of getting to know each other?

"What do you want to hear?" Zach asked with a smile, "the life of the nobles, or a guy like me who has been mixed with the inferior for a while." ”

"Come on. "Louise for Zach to 'wine'.

"The life of the aristocracy was simple. Zach took the 'wine', "They don't have to go out, even if they do, they have a carriage to see them off, and their aristocratic status allows them to ignore day and night, they are always on the roof, on the roof of the car, on the parasol...... Under the cover, no one can question any of their actions. ”

"This ......," Louise pursed her lips, "how convenient." ”

"Those who are not nobles are more unlucky. Zach shook his glass, "Like me, at first, I was a very unlikable character. Zach's expression was a memory, "I mentioned it was a famine, right?" We're refugees, and I'm just lucky enough to be taken by Toredo. ”

Louise nodded, but didn't make a sound.

"How can I say it? Zach was organizing the words, "The nobles are not obliged to help the refugees, the refugees need to work to repay the nobles' protection." Zach pursed his lips. "And my job is to be the one who stares at the work of others, judging which one is no longer capable of working, and will only waste the property and food of the nobles......" Zach glanced at Louise, "reclaim him, cut off the possibility of his continued existence, and let him play his last value and become a vampire's blood animal." ”

Louise bit her lower lip, but still didn't bother.

"You can imagine the picture, I don't fit very well. Hiding under the pavilion built especially for me, I watched the people working in the fields, mines, stone quarries, and pastures every day, and while they cast jealousy, disgust, and betrayal, I thought about which person to recover and become food on my 'father's' table before the evening came. ”

"That friend of yours ......"

"He ......," Zach took a sip of 'wine', "I think." If I can secretly bring him food, he will be able to work more vigorously during the day. Zach said no more.

Louise received it too. This story is a tragedy for Zach no matter how it looks. Louise decided to skip this paragraph, "Were the vampires of that era only nobles and people around nobles?"

Zach tilted his head, "This is just my initial job, I haven't finished it yet." "Go on. "My 'father' seems to value me, and of course there are reasons why I am perfect at work. Let's try to forget the story he just told while Zach was complacent, and not think about what that perfect job meant, "I got my second job, hunting." ”

"Hunting?"

"Yes. Zach nodded. "Among the vampires, in addition to the vampire clans that occupy a noble position, there are many scattered bloodline branches, they hide among the commoners, and basically all the stigma about vampires in that era came from these scattered vampires. ”

It's incomprehensible.

"They are not systematic. Zach is explaining, "There is no standard of survival. "Standard?Does each clan like the Thirteen Clans have its own outstanding abilities and survival characteristics?" ”

"You mean, they don't have the resources of the nobility in human society. Louise thought of something bad, "And random actions that are not bound by the rules of society, such as, well, eating casually, killing people, making offspring?"

"Yes. Zach nodded, "Every vampire clan has nearly half of its members, and it is their job to hunt down these scattered vampires. During the day, we meet in museums, estates, and clubs, and live like normal people of a little status, and at night, we take off our ceremonial costumes and walk the streets in search of and hunt for those who are hated by humans and us at the same time. ”

Zach paused, "They're ugly, insidious, and vicious. "I don't say this because they're my target, but because it's true. They do not have a complete life, and their eternal life is forever missing the light half, and can only survive in the time after the sun is gone......"

"Didn't you do the same then?" Louise frowned. Think about what Louise wants to know, how do vampires who can't move in the sun live?

"It's not the same. Zach shook his head, "We are fortunate to be 'born' into a vampire clan that is already an aristocratic family, and we have privileges in that already hierarchical society. Zach glanced at Louise again, "Even when I didn't have status, I could have spent the whole day hiding under the eaves and watching others work, just getting the job done, and no one else could say anything." And those who are hunted, they can only 'sleep' during the day and 'work' at night, Louise, think about it, what kind of work can only be done at night. ”

Louise didn't have to think about it, she used to be. All the black professions that are shameless, despised, gray, and even hated and feared, this is the work that will only be done at night! Oh, Zach must add in his context, that era.

But Louise's face had turned bad, and she frowned, glanced at Zack, and turned her head sideways.

Zach wasn't prepared to console him, and the date wasn't going well.

He continued, "They vampires, they don't do these jobs to live, they have eternal life in countless ways to exist in this world, and they choose the worst one, recklessly perpetuating that one for themselves. Toredo wasn't born noble, and I'm not saying my 'father' was a good man, but at least he allowed his clan and his descendants to succeed in that era and live a stable and complete life. And those vampires who have lost half their lives, have no consciousness, no sense of responsibility, and abuse the power that is handed over to them......"

Zach suddenly raised an eyebrow, "Gangaro they are not nobles, they are nomads in the wild, they have found a way to survive and not to cause chaos. Neither were the Reimers, who were the most respected scholars who were obsessed with the 'occult sciences' in their labs, and they were never on our hunt list at the time. ”

Louise shook her head, "You made it very clear, vampires who don't meet your standard ......of living will be hunted and described as ugly and sinister," Louise shook her glass and didn't bother to speak.

That's exactly what I meant. Zach actually expressed his affirmation, "And our standard of living is not set by us, it is human society." Human beings create classes and privileges, and the vampires, who have lost half of their time in the day, can only seize those classes and privileges in order to better continue the race. Is there anything wrong with even hunting down those of the wrong clan to maintain the reputation of vampires?"

Louise frowned, she wanted to know how vampires survived in ancient times, and the answer was already out, to seize the privileges created by humans themselves in that era. Even though the way Zach said it was uncomfortable, she couldn't argue with it.

Louise finally shook her head, "What about now? Actually, I've been thinking a lot about my life lately. I ......" she hesitated for a moment, but still looked at Zach, "What if I can never move in the sun?"

Of course, Zach knew Louise's concerns, the truth was that he didn't know how to answer, among the descendants of the Thirteen Clans, many died in accidents practicing walking in the sun, and the rest, were successful. So in Zach's knowledge, there is no such thing as a 'can't (only failure to hang up).

But, at this moment, Zach didn't need to answer the question, and a living example appeared in Grande's backyard.

"I've been listening to it for a long time. Georgina's eyes were a little sluggish, "My suggestion, you'd better master the abilities exclusive to the Thirteen Clans." Otherwise, you'll hate yourself. ”

Zach reacted for a moment before accepting - no one was aware, no one was alert, and Grande had been invaded by a magic feast Torredo. (To be continued.) )