Records Of Barton's Fantastical Events Chapter 114 – Back to Grande

Translator: Doggotranslation 

“You seem to have confirmed that it is a Tulpa.” Benjamin leaned on the back of the driver's seat, tapping the steering wheel with his fingers rhythmically in the music on the radio.

“Because it fits the best.” Zach tilted his head. This kind of music called 'goth' seemed to be very popular these days.

“Perhaps you just don't want it to be Papa Midnight.” Benjamin shrugged.

Zach raised his eyebrows and acquiesced.

“Then are we going back to Grande now? Or continue to investigate James' list?” Benjamin asked.

Zach thought for a while, “Go back. There is nothing to investigate. It has been two months. If it was really restless, it would have done something a long time ago. ”

The vampire was right. If nonhumans just wanted a simple life, there would be no threat to the Grande, but if they didn't…

“Besides.” Zach organized the logic, “Something is happening in the Federation. It is not a bad thing for us to keep our identities hidden.” Not all nonhumans were like Jim, who would shift their standpoint in the blink of an eye.

Benjamin nodded, turned to Highway 27, and drove towards the Southern District, but the conversation did not end. Benjamin asked with an unconcerned tone, “How do you want to find that Tulpa? Or just leave it alone and let James do his job?”

Zach side glanced at Benjamin, raising his eyebrows.

Benjamin shook his head and chuckled. As Zach said in James' apartment before, the disappearance of the young Quest couple did not involve anyone. Then why would Grande want to get involved?

Anyway, now the whereabouts of the harmless Tulpa Daniel was also unknown. Quest's request has also been completed. He was recommended by Hermann, but not in Mrs. Quinn's social circle, so Grande did not have any secrets in his hands. So why did they have to do their best?

Only when Daniel has done that affected Grande, then they would look for him again.

The truck has left the Northern District and entered the Southern District, “Aren't you curious? Didn't you say that Daniel has left home? Based on time, it was very close to the time of the last full moon. ”

Zach smiled, “Actually, I am really curious. But if Papa Midnight took him away, then Papa Midnight was seriously injured by you.”

The vampire meant that Papa Midnight's recruitment criteria would have dropped too much, from the descendants of top vampires, werewolves, and Shamans to the bottom level nonhumans.

Benjamin shrugged, “Then what we really care about is what happened in the church today.”

This was something that has affected Grande, whether it's Grande's own business, James's accidental encounter, or Mrs. Quinn's caregiver-Amanda. This incident has caused trouble for Grande.

“Mhm.” Zach nodded, thought for a while, couldn't figure out anything, and looked at Benjamin helplessly, “There isn't any clue. We have to wait a few days until the police report comes out before making a judgment.”

Benjamin curled his lips. “I think it's Papa Midnight.”

Zach nodded and agreed, “Indeed, it's laborious and not good for anyone. He is the only one who has such abnormal values.”

Zach suddenly thought of something and asked Benjamin, “You are not curious, why have I seen the 'Death Contract'?”

“Curious? You are older than me. Isn't it normal for you to see more things? ” Benjamin answered casually as if it was a matter of course, then frowned and thought about it, “But I never understand what the meaning of the death contract is.”

Zach pretended that he didn't hear the previous sentence and put on a usual smile, “You don't understand because you haven't experienced the history.”

Benjamin knew that Zach was waiting for him to ask, and shook his head, satisfying Zach's desire to express: “So what is this history?”

“The 'Death Contract' first appeared in the colonial period.”

“Are you serious?” Benjamin raised his eyebrows. “How old are you exactly?”

“Uh-” Zach's smiling face froze, his eyes drifted out of the window, and he did not answer Benjamin's question. “At that time, all the Dead Apostles were made up of colonists. The most important restriction of the 'Death Contract' is to allow Papa Midnight to control the soul of a person.”

Zach paused deliberately for a while to make Benjamin think. After Benjamin showed the expression of 'so it's like this', he continued, “When the Federation was established, in order to show the sincerity of peace, Papa Midnight liberated all the Dead Apostles. But half a century later, Papa Midnight began to use the “Death Contract” again. But it didn't take long before it was cleared.”

As for the “Death Contract” that Zach saw was in the colonial period, or in the federal era? If I knew, I wouldn't have used the expression 'three hundred or four hundred' for the age of the vampire…

Benjamin glanced at Zach and did not point out that the vampire wanted to avoid the question, because with his knowledge of the vampire, even if he asked, this guy would not answer. So he asked a more practical question: “What happened half a century after the founding of the Federation?”

Zach's eyes floated back, “When the 'Death Contract' appeared for the second time, the contract mark 'X' appeared.”

Benjamin nodded as if he understood. Zach had explained before that the meaning of the 'X' mark was to satirize the cross of The Church of Holy Lord. According to the history of the Federation, religious cleansing occurred at that time.

The werewolf frowned after being lectured by the vampire, “Why mention this suddenly?”

“Because the 'Death Contract' appeared the second time.” The vampire smiled, “It was not Shamans who eliminated the Dead Apostles, but the clergy in the church.”

Benjamin nodded suddenly in realization, “So this is the source of the legend that the cross, holy water, and scripture can dispel evil things?”

I once asked Zach, what is the truth behind this legend. Here's Zach's answer. You can also read it.

“It was just a group from below and a group of the highest-level 'earth-bound spirits' from above who borrowed the bodies of the clergy and did the same job as what Spell Gale did. If they could listen to their persuasion, they would persuade them. If they didn't listen to their persuasion, they would make them listen.”

On Highway 27, the truck and the approaching black limousine moved past each other. Benjamin turned his head toward the limousine with a smile, waving his hand at Lola, who was leaning on the car's window with a disappointed look, “So, Even it is a battlefield, it doesn't seem to have anything to do with us, right?”

Zach also smiled and sighed, “I'm afraid it's like this.” Zach blinked and corrected himself, “it'd better be like this.”

Benjamin turned his head again and waved to the passing van with Barton Telecom printed on it, and Fitz in the van also waved at him happily.

The sun set slowly in the west. At this time two months ago, the sun had sunk into the west horizon, but now, the bottom of the sun has just touched the horizon. In the oblique sunlight of the setting sun, Benjamin turned the steering wheel and turned into the dirt road in front of the Grande Funeral Home.

Chapter end