The dimmed firelight danced gently in the glass lampshade of the lantern, pushing away the darkness in the fog a little. The room was quiet, except for the slight sound of breathing, there was no movement.
Luna was lying on the bed, covered with a thick quilt, and the dim light caressed her face, giving her originally fair face a lazy and misty color.
I still remember that Luna didn't really like sleeping in the past, because she obviously preferred to spend her time on things that made her feel meaningful. Just like when Maka stayed at Lovegood's house, it was Luna who woke him up almost every day. Compared to Luna, Maka obviously preferred to stay in bed.
However, in recent years, Maka, who loves to sleep, rarely sleeps, while Luna, who doesn't like to sleep, seems to come back to bed from time to time for various reasons.
"...Hermione... Maka said he couldn't find the other sock. Maybe we could send him a new pair."
Suddenly, an indistinct murmur came out of Luna's mouth, which made people a little confused. Sarah, who was sitting near the end of the bed, heard this and couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at her. After realizing that she was just talking in her sleep, she lowered her eyes again and continued to sleep with her eyes closed.
Although it was said that Luna had subdued the other party, because the high-level living zombie that could use the shadow rules was indeed very threatening, Sarah asked everyone else to leave Luna's room first - after all, except for Safina, Only her alchemy skills can be said to be able to restrain that guy.
But at least so far, Sarah found that the situation seemed to be exactly what everyone said. The guy had been quietly hiding in Luna's shadow without making any other movements.
"Tuk-tuk."
Not long after, there were two soft knocks at the door, causing Sarafu to open her eyes again and turn her head to look towards the door.
And soon, the door was opened slightly, revealing Hermione standing outside the door with a lamp.
"How's Luna?"
"Still asleep."
Sarah said, thinking that Luna seemed to have called her name in her sleep just now, she couldn't help but want to mention this little thing. But when she thought about it again, she realized that there seemed to be no value in saying it, so she finally put the words back in her stomach.
"Oh, is it dinner time?" Sarah saw the meal basket Hermione was carrying in her other hand.
"Yes! Unfortunately, Luna hasn't woken up yet... You can eat it first! It will get cold in a while."
As Hermione spoke, she put down the lantern, took out her wand, and waved the meal basket in her hand, causing it to float to the table not far away. Then she raised the lantern again and said:
"Then I'll go back to eat first. If Luna wakes up, remember to call us."
"Okay, Miss Granger." Sarah nodded towards her, "Also, thank you for bringing dinner."
"Uh, you're welcome."
Hermione seemed a little surprised by Sarah's thanks. After a pause, she shook her head and closed the door before leaving.
Without the extra light source in Hermione's hand, the room became dark again.
Sarah sat quietly on the armchair for another moment, then suddenly seemed to remember something, and turned back to look at the meal basket on the table.
…
"Oh...it smells like meat."
Luna muttered vaguely, awakened by the aroma of beef pie. And when she opened her eyes and looked around dimly, she immediately found Sarah holding a fork holding a piece of pie, her mouth full, and turning her head to look towards her.
"Is it delicious?" Luna blinked.
"Well."
Sarah's mouth was full of food at the moment and she was obviously unable to speak, but she still nodded vigorously.
"It's Hannah's craftsmanship. I recognize this smell." Luna also nodded, then she sat up propped up on the bed board, touched her belly and said, "Oh, I'm hungry too, can you give me some?" Son?"
After Sarah chewed the food in her mouth vigorously and sent Luna's portion to her bedside, Luna started to eat big like Sarah.
But while she was eating, she still said a little vaguely:
"Sarah... It seems like this is the first time I've seen you eating so happily."
"Maybe it's because my mood is different!" Sarah took a sip of water, swallowed the food into her stomach, and then opened her mouth to speak, "In fact, this is the first time that I have so seriously experienced the human presence. The mood you feel when you eat.”
As Maka mentioned not long ago, he has not been able to completely complete Sarah's soul.
Apart from anything else, at least the "appetite" thing is still beyond his control - this is actually the area of expertise of Haierbo who has mastered the "Gluttony" branch.
However, the "other side" of the rules of the soul that Maka came into contact with when she led Sarah to the Department of Mysteries of the Ministry of Magic was intact. If you start from the positive side of desire to understand and experience, then at least compared to the past, you have the possibility to go further and make yourself more complete.
"By the way," Sarah thought for a moment and suddenly changed the topic, "Miss Lovegood, can you tell me how you conquered it?"
"Oh!" Luna stopped when she saw her stretching out her fork and pointing at her shadow in the light, grabbing the pie and stuffing it into her mouth, "Sarah, I'm sorry—I went into your basement."
"No, it's nothing. I just don't want you to run into any danger by mistake. Since you have a way to conquer it, then my warning is meaningless." Sarah waved her hand and said, "It's better. Answer my question first! How did you do it? Didn't you want Safina to crack the secret of the fog and the living corpse before? She said that your method may be a way."
"Really?" Luna was thinking about what to say, chewing twice more, and then said, "Actually, I don't think I can use the word 'conquer', because I just helped 'her' wake up again— We are friends now."
"'she'?"
Sarah repeated the word curiously, and Luna nodded immediately.
"Yes!" Luna said, "She is a girl, probably about the same age as me - maybe a little younger - oh, I mean, she used to be. Although she has no memory of the past now, she Her character should not have changed, she is a somewhat shy and introverted little girl."
Sarah had seen the true form of the high-level living corpse in the shadows. The hideous black body, coupled with the two sharp blades transformed from his arms that exuded murderous intent, were obviously similar to the "shy and introverted person". There's not even a single word that can describe her as "little girl."