9 Prices and Society
"How much does it cost me to run errands here?" Zach asked the new butler, looking at the price list in his hand, and the one who had been sent by Lesenbra was Cappadocia, who used to be Revro. I still have the impression that one of the ways in which the Demon Feast punishes its members is to exchange the blood of vampires with high status to become Cappadocia without status.
The housekeeper who came was very silent, glanced at Zack, did not answer, and continued to clean up the ...... in the villa Traces of a fight.
The police's 'incursion' was not completely useless, at least they deduced at the scene that the whole kidnapping process did not go well. The chase and fight between the two humans spread throughout the villa, and it can be said that it is very intense. Zach's blood was spilled on the stairs again, proving that the fight ended with one side losing mobility. Judging by the results, it was James who lost.
So it's going to take some time for the new butler to get this place back to what it was.
At the same time, the butler also brought what Zach was looking at now, which was a 'gift' from Lesenbra, and told Zach what process he needed to go through if the vampire members of the Demon Feast wanted to complete something other than work.
Due to the butler's reluctance to talk to his master, Zach goes to the balcony to find Nick.
"I need to pay someone to find James?"
Yes, even if General Lance said that the matter would be handled by the vampires before leaving, only Zach was willing to deal with it.
"Everyone at the Feast has their own life. Zack. There is a price to pay for people to interrupt their own lives and do things that are outside of their own lives and entrusted to them by others. Money, Zach, money is the price. Nick was meditating, and he wasn't very happy to be interrupted, "You should know that the eight people sent to Barton have their own identities. ”
I don't know if anyone remembers, the owner of Ford's funeral, Mr. Ford, asked Nuo to investigate the identity and background of the eight people that Allen's funeral home stole from Grande at a great price. Come to remember, Ford said to Zach worriedly, 'These eight people don't talk about high-end funerals, they don't have any experience in this area!'
"So, you still want me to ask them to do something outside of life, and ask me to pay for it?" Zach thought it was a bit unreasonable, "I am the only Toredo of the Demon Banquet, and I am also the ancestor of Toledo, and the only benefit I have received so far is this villa. I don't have any rights. Zach snorted, "You have to pay for errands." Incredible. ”
Nick sat cross-legged, silent for a moment, patted the side, and motioned for Zach to sit down as well.
"I don't meditate. Zach sat down anyway.
Nick took the price list from Zach's hand, "What do you see?" ”
"I see many, many 'zeros'. Zach looked at the place where Nick's finger was pointing, the first name in Giovanni's directory.
"He's my brother. Nick glanced at Zack, "I accidentally 'resurrected' a corpse when I first became a vampire. ”
Zach looked at Nick and waited for an explanation.
"He was buried alive, and when my father took me to dig the grave, I was so stupid to choose a tomb where the people in the tomb were still alive. Nick said calmly, "So he became my brother by a day." ”
Zach still looked at Nick, waiting for a conclusion.
"His name is on this price list. The conclusion came, "I'm not there." ”
Zach's mouth opened slightly, he didn't speak, and flipped through all the forms, without his Zachary Toledo name.
"As the highest position in the clan except for the dormant ancestor, one of our rights is that our lives will not be disturbed. ”
Zach kept his mouth shut. How to understand this right, free to play.
Nick rolled out a few pages of prices, "What do you see?" Apparently for Zach to answer from a general perspective.
Zach knew that this was Nick helping him understand the style of doing things at the Demon Banquet, and cooperated.
"I see ......," Zach pouted, "I didn't see the catalog for Lesenbra and Torredo." ”
"There's no one in Toredo, so there's none here. Nick ruled out the obvious, "and then, yes." There is no price list for the Lesenbra clan here. ”
Zach shook his head, "Then I guess this is the exclusive privilege of Lesenbra as the leader clan of the Demon Feast. ”
"Nope. Nick shook his head, pulled one out of the watch in his hand, and placed it in front of Zach, "Here." ”
Zach frowned, looking at the only thing in the entire sheet, "That's, more '0'." ”——
* Lesenbra
1000000......*
"As the leader clan of the Demon Feast. Nick began to explain, "If there is a matter that requires the intervention of the Lesembra clan, the price, as you can see, and, the person to be sent will be chosen by Lesembra internally. ”
The corners of Zack's mouth twitched, "So the person entrusted can't choose?"
"No, you can't. "Crisply," you could spend all your life savings and get nothing but a last Lesenbra. ”
Zach started sideways, too lazy to speak.
"Didn't take your eyes off. Nick began to enjoy the moment of teaching, "Keep watching, what do you see~" is still these spread out price lists.
"Ugh. "Zach can only cooperate, "Tsmich's price is generally higher than your Giovanni, yours is higher than Revro, Cappadocia ......" Zach glanced back, and a certain butler was mopping the floor, "It's cheap." It's almost the price of the office of human society. ”
If Zach judged so, then it was true. Because that's what he's doing in Grande.
Nick was pleased with Zach's observation, "This is the most intuitive manifestation of the status of a vampire. Then he picked up Tsmich's price list, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it away, "This one should be wasted~" Glancing at Zach with a smile, he didn't extend the topic, but continued to teach and put out more price lists, "Now, what do you see~"
Now the price that is spread out is much simpler, it is, "the price of the alien." ”
Artificial species, shapeshifters, ghouls, goblins, chimera......
Zach's eyes lit up, "It's cheap." Picked up a casual one, "Uh, don't have an inheritor." "Put it back and pick up a price list for the shapeshifters. The reason why Zach's eyes lit up, "Heh, the cheapest is only the price of a burger." ”
Nick took the price list out of Zach's hand, "Don't be in a hurry to choose someone first~Tell me what you saw~"
"Uh, okay. "I saw that the human slave movement did not liberate the aliens. That's right. ”
"Yes, it's not right~" Nick smiled, "The alien race is still the object of domination. What's not right is that they are not slaves anymore ~ slaves don't have to pay ~ and this price ~ is the price equal to their lives being disturbed ~"
"Wow~" Zach was just imitating Nick's tone, "What a big improvement~" and then re-took the price of the shapeshifter and returned to himself, "Now, I'm going to pick the one who will save James." ”
"What's the hurry~" Nick didn't continue to take the price list in Zack's hand, but continued to put the last price list in his hand, "Look again, what do you see." ”
Zach's gaze was only tilted for a moment, and then he didn't come back, "I saw it again, a lot of 'zeros'." "Lest you be mistaken," there is only '0'. "Zach is also a guy who thinks differently~ Instantly lost the price list of the shapeshifter, and picked up the last price list where all prices are 0, "Soul aliens~" For some reason, Zach unconsciously bent the corners of his mouth.
People describe the status as something that is only higher, something that follows the system and develops without an upper limit. Actually, the lower limit, too.
"Huh. I know that. Zach began to show off, "The soul alien race has no life of its own in this world, so the life is interrupted to complete other people's commissions......" Zach himself didn't finish speaking, and began to feel stupid - does the soul alien need money, what can he do?
Zach pouted and didn't want to speak. When people make mistakes, let Zach go.
"You're partly right. Nick affirmed Zach's momentary mistake.
"Am I right?" Zach didn't even confirm himself.
"Yes, partly yes. Soul aliens have no life in this world, in other words~" Nick narrowed his eyes and made an important point, "They don't need to exist in this world~ so~~" The ending note made two turns.
Zach had an epiphany and picked up the price list in his hand again, "If another alien race wants to exist here, in the west, you have to make yourself a little useful." ”
"That's exactly right~" Nick was very satisfied, "In the Demon Banquet, the only guarantee to prevent a soul alien race from being wiped out by us is that he is creating the value of his existence and carrying out someone's entrustment~"
Zach picked up the price of the Changeling again, looked at the Soul Alien, and then looked at the Shapeshifter. For tracking, both options are suitable...... Well, the Soul Alien is more suitable. Everyone should be objective, Zack really won't save money for a hamburger, and in the same way, a soul alien who doesn't need to exist in this world doesn't need to be saved.
It was time to choose who to commission, and Zach had just calmed down to look at the information about these soul aliens......
"What do you see~"
Uh, here we go again.
Zach glanced at Nick, "What else is there to see?" and waved his hand, "You meditate, I won't bother you." ”
"Don't~" Nick is on the rise, and the timing of being able to teach Toredo is very little, and we should be very clear. So Nick is just seizing the opportunity to "tell me, what did you see~"
"Okay. Even if Zach doesn't want to, the truth is that if there's information here that he needs to know, he doesn't want to miss it," I saw ...... his gaze kept shifting over the form, "I saw it...... I see ......" Zach frowned, his gaze frozen, "what the hell am I going to see." "Gave up.
Nick didn't upset Zach and smiled, "There are no demons on this~"
This is the proof that something is too common sense, but it is overlooked. Zach looked impatient, "Of course there are no demons, the Demon Feast and the demons have an agreement not to interfere with each other. I already knew. ”
"The agreement has been nullified~"
"What?"
"The agreement has not been overturned, but it is equivalent to invalidation~ Because the demon has left the west, don't you realize it, Vega has no demon. ”
Zach recalled, indeed, "I thought it was just that I didn't run into it." Where did they go?"
"I don't know, but if I have to guess, your dear Barton~ because they left a week before you came here~" The timing was just before Zach got on the ship, meaning that the departure of the Barton vampire who was exposed on the train spread.
Zach showed a thoughtful look, thought for a moment, and nodded, "Angel reappearance, the secret of rapid progression, my departure." Glancing at Nick, "The demon also knows that the Demon Feast won't help them, and there's no point in staying in the west. Hmph, understandable. ”
"You don't sound worried at all~"
"Why worry, there's Newton in front of Barton. You know what Newton has, hehe, angels and black witches. "Then I guess now that the Demon Banquet's support for the religious academy is no longer a secret, and it can be made public." ”
"Ha~yes~ Before I came to live with you, I just donated a sum of money to the church~"
Zach smiled, didn't respond, and picked someone......
"I remind you that there are no demons on this, because there were demons on this~"
It doesn't seem to be over yet.
Zach glanced at Nick, "Why?" "Why are there demons?" Didn't the Demon Feast and the Demon Feast go their separate ways and not affect each other, and it didn't affect anything if it appeared on the price list that was obviously set by the Demon Feast. Not to mention much, just a price that reflects the status of the Demon Banquet should be something that is unacceptable to the self-esteem of any creature.
"If I have something to do, I don't need this price, I can just let my descendants do it~The Tradition of Vampire Dignity~" Nick said with a laugh, "It's like a parent ordering a child to do chores." My affairs are all Giovanni's housework~The most and the most, I'm looking for a brother at the magic banquet~"
Zack thought for a moment, "I'm alone. So, I had to hire someone to do the housework. That's what you mean? ”
"I'm ~" Nick nodded, "Then where do you usually find these housekeepers who can be hired~"
Zach re-examined all the price lists this time and replied, "Newspapers, small advertisements stuffed into the doors, introductions from friends, ......" Zack's experience of human life. Zach started thinking again.
Does anyone realize? This price is openly advertised to the whole society, just like domestic service.
First of all, to answer the question of the demon just now, Nick, "The demon likes the convenience created by the Demon Banquet in this society, and there is such a simple way to let humans take the initiative to come to the door and sign a demon contract, and they have no reason to reject it. ”
Although it is analogous to housekeeping, the event that requires this price list is not mopping the floor and making the bed, which everyone should understand.
Then, Nick, who has been teaching Zach, "Anyone in the west, as long as he wants to, can get such a price~ In other words, this is not a business run by the magic banquet in the west, it is social common sense~" It's a bit like calling the police to call xxx, fire to call xxx, and first aid to call xxx...... The rules rooted in the grassroots of society, "So, the devil has appeared on this~"
In the end, "Basically, aliens don't need this kind of thing~" Uh, too simple a fact, "If you bring even a descendant over, you don't need this kind of thing~" Nick looked at Zach and smiled happily, "Only humans, need this thing~" At the end, it must be something very important, "So, all the things you just saw from this, any human who gets this price, can see it~"
Zach was taught, and on this balcony he faced the dividing line between the desert and the city, "Is this the society created by the Demon Feast, hehe, not bad." ”