In the backyard of the Grande Funeral Home, Lola and Alice were lying in a hammock.
It was rare for Lola to come here on weekend afternoons. Spring was coming to an end, the Barton High School Rugby League was coming to an end, and the Beavers’ game was already over. The way for Lola to get extra credits also came to an end, but as the summer was about to begin, Lola was inexplicably excited.
It was a pity that the Grande family’s men were not there, which made Lola a little disappointed. The two girls chatted while basking in the afternoon sun.
“There was another accident at the bus terminal.” Lola’s eyes turned to one side, not knowing what she was thinking.
“What happened?” The banshee looked at Lola, she had seen a trace of remorse on her friend’s face.
“Yesterday, the police went to [Parker Primary School] to investigate. Two people disappeared there.” Lola whispered.
Alice thought for a while, and carefully distinguished where Lola’s remorse came from, only to realize after a moment that it was just the girl’s rich imagination at work. She patted Lola comfortingly on the shoulder, “This is not your fault.”
“Mhm, I know.” Lola sighed, “But there is always a weird feeling. If I hadn’t gone to that place, maybe none of this would’ve happened.” Lola’s expression became more and more gloomy, “And I also know them.”
Alice watched her friend’s remorse become worried. At least, Lola didn’t think that she was responsible for it, so she was a little relieved, “Who are they?”
“In fact, I just met them. The Quest couple who just got married on Monday, do you know?” Lola asked.
Alice thought about it. On Monday, the atmosphere at the Grande Funeral Home was still very tense. Zach kept pouring blood to help Ian’s recovery. Benjamin’s transformation was approaching, and the Gale couple were preparing to meet Papa Midnight. But Alice remembered this surname, which was very famous in Barton. Located at the junction of the northern and southern districts, the ‘Q’ on the signboard of the largest retail supermarket represented this surname.
Alice shook her head apologetically. The people at Grande Funeral Home were also very busy these days. Even Old Hank had no time to read the newspaper.
Lola shook her head, putting aside the worry. Her eyes fell on a bicycle in front of Benjamin’s warehouse, and it seemed to arouse her curiosity. “Does Benjamin ride a bicycle?”
Alice glanced at the two old bicycles, “Oh, that’s Matthew’s.”
“Matthew? Who is Matthew?” Lola asked curiously.
“Mhm.” Alice thought about the words, “Benjamin’s apprentice.”
The werewolf had a formal position in Grande, the Sculptor… Considering that Benjamin used his claws to make tombstones, this was a very appropriate title.
“Oh.” Lola lost interest.
The church near the cemetery to the west of Grande Funeral Home was currently hosting a ‘funeral’.
The current Grande was busy moving tombs in the cemetery of the Western District. Because they had expected it a long time ago, Zach had also coordinated with the customers in regards to the appointments, which would not make the people at Grande feel really stressed. It was just some people with special requirements, such as the re-customization of the coffin, would make Old Hank complain all the time. Other than that was very smooth.
Today’s client requested that the funeral be held again, so all the procedures had to be repeated. Of course, the process of displaying the body must be removed. No one would be able to maintain a straight face after seeing the ‘remains’ in the coffin. The newly made coffin was surrounded by a lot of flowers, and the base was also filled with rich incense to mask the smell of decay.
Zach and Benjamin were at the back door of the church, listening to the speech people made inside from time to time. God knows if they read the previous speech again. Everyone present also looked calm and gloomy. This was not a real funeral after all. It was just a form derived from the living wanting to express the feeling of guilt that they had caused so much trouble to the deceased.
Benjamin was amused by that Matthew’s nervous look. “Don’t worry, these people will spend some time socializing after the speech is over. When they leave and only when there are relatives left, we will take the coffin to the grave for burial.”
Twenty-year-old Matthew was also a tall and strong person, and he fitted the criteria the werewolf to select descendants. After the contact, the vampire could also understand why Benjamin’s wolf body would choose him, but what made the vampire confused was that Benjamin actually kept this guy by his side.
“Oh.” There was a touch of natural simplicity about Matthew, which was actually the most common quality of the southern country folks. Work was hard-won. He was a very diligent young man. In the past few days, he had been following the two seniors and learning the work of the funeral home. This was the first time he participated in the whole process of a funeral, which was also the reason why he was always worried that he might do something wrong.
“Don’t worry, we won’t fire you.” Zach squinted his eyes and looked at Benjamin. He was testing.
“We won’t.” The werewolf looked back at the vampire and said affirmatively.
Matthew had a faint ominous feeling, “I…”
“You can go to the car and wait.” Benjamin waved to Matthew.
When Matthew left, the vampire and the wolf began to confront each other.
“Why do you want to keep him?” Zach frowned. When Benjamin said that he wanted to hire Matthew four days ago, he thought it was just a joke.
Benjamin asked flatly, “Why do you keep Louise?”
“Loise is not a vampire yet.” Zach answered with a frown.
“Not yet.” Benjamin casually refuted the vampire.
Zach waved helplessly, “You know, I didn’t mean this. I am not jealous that you have a ‘son’.”
Believe me, Zach was telling the truth. It was really not because that his own ‘son’ left him with Papa Midnight, nor was it because Benjamin and Matthew’s relationship was so good that it looked like they would never separate!
“I know.” Benjamin raised his eyebrows and looked at the vampire with a light smile, “I just want to remind you that it is not suitable for you to ask me this question.”
“But I have to ask.” Zach sighed, “You don’t know what it wants to do. The birth of Matthew was absolutely deliberate. ”
‘It’ referred to Benjamin’s wolf body. Don’t you think that someone will survive after being attacked by a ‘wolf-like bear’? Moreover, according to Matthew’s own memory, after he was pulled off the bicycle by Benjamin’s wolf body, they looked at each other for ten seconds straight, and then the huge mouth enough to gnaw off his head only gently touched his shoulder…
So even if the honest Matthew swore at the post office that he was attacked, no one would believe him.
‘You poked yourself with a stick, right? ! Matthew, you disappointed us so much! You are fired!’
Benjamin looked at Zach and smiled, “I think he was just getting back at me for suppressing it from tearing you apart that morning, so it deliberately created some trouble.”
Zach shook his head, “I don’t think it is that simple.” Zach looked at Benjamin, “It’s your other half. As Alpha, you shouldn’t look down on yourself so much.”
“Then it just wants to rebuild the wolf pack, it’s not that big of a deal.” Benjamin said unconcernedly.
The vampire looked into the werewolf’s eyes and found that Benjamin really doesn’t care. He frowned, “Ben, you have changed.”
“It’s Ben, Ja, Min. I haven’t changed. I am Alpha, I can control my wolf pack, I will not let him touch you. ”
Zach continued to shake his head. His eyes narrowed, “Even if he wants to touch me, he won’t be able to touch it. He is not a threat to me, I am his threat.”
The werewolf looked at the flash of red light in the vampire’s eyes, his fingers twitched slightly, and he did not speak.
Zach returned to normal and looked at Benjamin seriously, “It is pulling you out of the Grande Funeral Home. This is the first step. When you are used to leading your people, there will be the second, the third… You will become that Alpha again, and you will leave Grande.”
Benjamin pursed his mouth. He knew this, and no one knew his wolf body better than him. As the full moon approached, this beast was clamoring him to leave Grande, establish his own wolf pack, and once again become the Alpha leading a wolf pack.
So the reason why the werewolf wanted to have a descendant, and the vampire wanted to have a descendant were completely different. The vampire just thought, ‘Well, it is a good idea to give this person eternal life. With him or her as a company, life in the future may be more interesting.’ After completing the teaching, the relationship between the two could develop in any direction, and they could become strangers and even enemies to each other. Therefore, vampires had clans similar to human society in order to restrain themselves.
For Alpha, ‘I am the king, let me make my own people.’ The connection between werewolves was stronger than that of vampires. Alpha was their leader, their master, and they were a family bound by the supernatural force.
“But now I can remember everything.” Benjamin also looked at Zach seriously, “I can feel every thought and every action of it, and I won’t let it happen again.”
Zach frowned again. Was it because of this that Benjamin thought that he could control the curse from the full moon?
“No, Benjamin, it’s very dangerous. You are trying to comprehend its behavior, but it does not understand yours. In such a confrontation, you’re backing away from its actions. You will lose. ”
Benjamin lowered his head, thinking, and then said lightly after a moment: “Maybe, but, at least, now I know what it wants to do. What do you want me to do? I can’t ignore Matthew. He was dragged into this by us, and Grande needs to take responsibility.”
Zach thought for a while but eventually did not say that he wanted to kick Matthew out of Barton.
The guests at the ‘funeral’ finished their speeches, and socialized with each other, and then gradually left the church. The people of the Grande Funeral Home lifted the coffin and moved to the hearse after signaling to the family.
Matthew, who was waiting, wanted to help, but Benjamin stopped him, “You drive.”
“Oh,” Matthew said, sat in the driver’s seat of the hearse, and drove to the cemetery.
Zach had been paying attention to the new member of the Grande family. Matthew was still very nervous in front of Zach just like a subordinate to a superior. Zach shook his head, ‘Forget it. I trust Benjamin’s teaching. Just wait until Benjamin tells him the history of vampires and werewolves, and then I will see how he reacts.”
In the backyard of the Grande Funeral Home, Lola and Alice were lying in a hammock.
It was rare for Lola to come here on weekend afternoons. Spring was coming to an end, the Barton High School Rugby League was coming to an end, and the Beavers’ game was already over. The way for Lola to get extra credits also came to an end, but as the summer was about to begin, Lola was inexplicably excited.
It was a pity that the Grande family’s men were not there, which made Lola a little disappointed. The two girls chatted while basking in the afternoon sun.
“There was another accident at the bus terminal.” Lola’s eyes turned to one side, not knowing what she was thinking.
“What happened?” The banshee looked at Lola, she had seen a trace of remorse on her friend’s face.
“Yesterday, the police went to [Parker Primary School] to investigate. Two people disappeared there.” Lola whispered.
Alice thought for a while, and carefully distinguished where Lola’s remorse came from, only to realize after a moment that it was just the girl’s rich imagination at work. She patted Lola comfortingly on the shoulder, “This is not your fault.”
“Mhm, I know.” Lola sighed, “But there is always a weird feeling. If I hadn’t gone to that place, maybe none of this would’ve happened.” Lola’s expression became more and more gloomy, “And I also know them.”
Alice watched her friend’s remorse become worried. At least, Lola didn’t think that she was responsible for it, so she was a little relieved, “Who are they?”
“In fact, I just met them. The Quest couple who just got married on Monday, do you know?” Lola asked.
Alice thought about it. On Monday, the atmosphere at the Grande Funeral Home was still very tense. Zach kept pouring blood to help Ian’s recovery. Benjamin’s transformation was approaching, and the Gale couple were preparing to meet Papa Midnight. But Alice remembered this surname, which was very famous in Barton. Located at the junction of the northern and southern districts, the ‘Q’ on the signboard of the largest retail supermarket represented this surname.
Alice shook her head apologetically. The people at Grande Funeral Home were also very busy these days. Even Old Hank had no time to read the newspaper.
Lola shook her head, putting aside the worry. Her eyes fell on a bicycle in front of Benjamin’s warehouse, and it seemed to arouse her curiosity. “Does Benjamin ride a bicycle?”
Alice glanced at the two old bicycles, “Oh, that’s Matthew’s.”
“Matthew? Who is Matthew?” Lola asked curiously.
“Mhm.” Alice thought about the words, “Benjamin’s apprentice.”
The werewolf had a formal position in Grande, the Sculptor… Considering that Benjamin used his claws to make tombstones, this was a very appropriate title.
“Oh.” Lola lost interest.
The church near the cemetery to the west of Grande Funeral Home was currently hosting a ‘funeral’.
The current Grande was busy moving tombs in the cemetery of the Western District. Because they had expected it a long time ago, Zach had also coordinated with the customers in regards to the appointments, which would not make the people at Grande feel really stressed. It was just some people with special requirements, such as the re-customization of the coffin, would make Old Hank complain all the time. Other than that was very smooth.
Today’s client requested that the funeral be held again, so all the procedures had to be repeated. Of course, the process of displaying the body must be removed. No one would be able to maintain a straight face after seeing the ‘remains’ in the coffin. The newly made coffin was surrounded by a lot of flowers, and the base was also filled with rich incense to mask the smell of decay.
Zach and Benjamin were at the back door of the church, listening to the speech people made inside from time to time. God knows if they read the previous speech again. Everyone present also looked calm and gloomy. This was not a real funeral after all. It was just a form derived from the living wanting to express the feeling of guilt that they had caused so much trouble to the deceased.
Benjamin was amused by that Matthew’s nervous look. “Don’t worry, these people will spend some time socializing after the speech is over. When they leave and only when there are relatives left, we will take the coffin to the grave for burial.”
Twenty-year-old Matthew was also a tall and strong person, and he fitted the criteria the werewolf to select descendants. After the contact, the vampire could also understand why Benjamin’s wolf body would choose him, but what made the vampire confused was that Benjamin actually kept this guy by his side.
“Oh.” There was a touch of natural simplicity about Matthew, which was actually the most common quality of the southern country folks. Work was hard-won. He was a very diligent young man. In the past few days, he had been following the two seniors and learning the work of the funeral home. This was the first time he participated in the whole process of a funeral, which was also the reason why he was always worried that he might do something wrong.
“Don’t worry, we won’t fire you.” Zach squinted his eyes and looked at Benjamin. He was testing.
“We won’t.” The werewolf looked back at the vampire and said affirmatively.
Matthew had a faint ominous feeling, “I…”
“You can go to the car and wait.” Benjamin waved to Matthew.
When Matthew left, the vampire and the wolf began to confront each other.
“Why do you want to keep him?” Zach frowned. When Benjamin said that he wanted to hire Matthew four days ago, he thought it was just a joke.
Benjamin asked flatly, “Why do you keep Louise?”
“Loise is not a vampire yet.” Zach answered with a frown.
“Not yet.” Benjamin casually refuted the vampire.
Zach waved helplessly, “You know, I didn’t mean this. I am not jealous that you have a ‘son’.”
Believe me, Zach was telling the truth. It was really not because that his own ‘son’ left him with Papa Midnight, nor was it because Benjamin and Matthew’s relationship was so good that it looked like they would never separate!
“I know.” Benjamin raised his eyebrows and looked at the vampire with a light smile, “I just want to remind you that it is not suitable for you to ask me this question.”
“But I have to ask.” Zach sighed, “You don’t know what it wants to do. The birth of Matthew was absolutely deliberate. ”
‘It’ referred to Benjamin’s wolf body. Don’t you think that someone will survive after being attacked by a ‘wolf-like bear’? Moreover, according to Matthew’s own memory, after he was pulled off the bicycle by Benjamin’s wolf body, they looked at each other for ten seconds straight, and then the huge mouth enough to gnaw off his head only gently touched his shoulder…
So even if the honest Matthew swore at the post office that he was attacked, no one would believe him.
‘You poked yourself with a stick, right? ! Matthew, you disappointed us so much! You are fired!’
Benjamin looked at Zach and smiled, “I think he was just getting back at me for suppressing it from tearing you apart that morning, so it deliberately created some trouble.”
Zach shook his head, “I don’t think it is that simple.” Zach looked at Benjamin, “It’s your other half. As Alpha, you shouldn’t look down on yourself so much.”
“Then it just wants to rebuild the wolf pack, it’s not that big of a deal.” Benjamin said unconcernedly.
The vampire looked into the werewolf’s eyes and found that Benjamin really doesn’t care. He frowned, “Ben, you have changed.”
“It’s Ben, Ja, Min. I haven’t changed. I am Alpha, I can control my wolf pack, I will not let him touch you. ”
Zach continued to shake his head. His eyes narrowed, “Even if he wants to touch me, he won’t be able to touch it. He is not a threat to me, I am his threat.”
The werewolf looked at the flash of red light in the vampire’s eyes, his fingers twitched slightly, and he did not speak.
Zach returned to normal and looked at Benjamin seriously, “It is pulling you out of the Grande Funeral Home. This is the first step. When you are used to leading your people, there will be the second, the third… You will become that Alpha again, and you will leave Grande.”
Benjamin pursed his mouth. He knew this, and no one knew his wolf body better than him. As the full moon approached, this beast was clamoring him to leave Grande, establish his own wolf pack, and once again become the Alpha leading a wolf pack.
So the reason why the werewolf wanted to have a descendant, and the vampire wanted to have a descendant were completely different. The vampire just thought, ‘Well, it is a good idea to give this person eternal life. With him or her as a company, life in the future may be more interesting.’ After completing the teaching, the relationship between the two could develop in any direction, and they could become strangers and even enemies to each other. Therefore, vampires had clans similar to human society in order to restrain themselves.
For Alpha, ‘I am the king, let me make my own people.’ The connection between werewolves was stronger than that of vampires. Alpha was their leader, their master, and they were a family bound by the supernatural force.
“But now I can remember everything.” Benjamin also looked at Zach seriously, “I can feel every thought and every action of it, and I won’t let it happen again.”
Zach frowned again. Was it because of this that Benjamin thought that he could control the curse from the full moon?
“No, Benjamin, it’s very dangerous. You are trying to comprehend its behavior, but it does not understand yours. In such a confrontation, you’re backing away from its actions. You will lose. ”
Benjamin lowered his head, thinking, and then said lightly after a moment: “Maybe, but, at least, now I know what it wants to do. What do you want me to do? I can’t ignore Matthew. He was dragged into this by us, and Grande needs to take responsibility.”
Zach thought for a while but eventually did not say that he wanted to kick Matthew out of Barton.
The guests at the ‘funeral’ finished their speeches, and socialized with each other, and then gradually left the church. The people of the Grande Funeral Home lifted the coffin and moved to the hearse after signaling to the family.
Matthew, who was waiting, wanted to help, but Benjamin stopped him, “You drive.”
“Oh,” Matthew said, sat in the driver’s seat of the hearse, and drove to the cemetery.
Zach had been paying attention to the new member of the Grande family. Matthew was still very nervous in front of Zach just like a subordinate to a superior. Zach shook his head, ‘Forget it. I trust Benjamin’s teaching. Just wait until Benjamin tells him the history of vampires and werewolves, and then I will see how he reacts.”
