In the past few days after living back in Buckingham Palace, everyone actually felt a little strange.
Take Hermione for example! In the past two days, in addition to spending the whole day making various preparations for the next battle and visiting Ron and Harry regularly, she would occasionally leave the palace and go for a walk outside.
The living zombie colony that I saw in the south has become somewhat presentable. A group of high-level zombies headed by the girl in the twins began to lead a group of middle and low-level kin to settle there, making that area actually... A little more flavor of life.
And precisely because Hermione went back there for a walk from time to time, in a few days, she actually got to know a few more high-level zombies. Although that is definitely not a so-called "friend", after all, most of the living corpses do not understand human language, but those who can even gesture and guess can barely be regarded as someone who can communicate on an equal footing.
"... They seem to like the night more, and they gather in an old park every evening. I met a new little girl there last night - she can't speak much, but she seems to be quite willing to get close to me. I plan to tonight Go try and 'talk' to her again."
At lunchtime, Hermione was chewing dry, buttery semolina cakes while talking to Hannah about these little things. Finally, he added with some hesitation:
"To be honest, it was only after I really got in touch with them that I discovered that their hearts are actually very simple... There are good intentions and malicious intentions, but they are almost all straightforward. It makes me feel... They are indeed all new lives. . This feeling is wonderful, and I don’t know why, but it always makes me a little bit hard to let go.”
It's obviously not surprising that Hermione would feel this way. The living corpses that she thought were bound to be enemies suddenly not only had common enemies from one day on, but also gradually became able to interact peacefully. This kind of contradictory change will be quite incredible to everyone.
But, can these living corpses really be counted as a kind of "life"
Although in her words just now, Hermione had actually subconsciously regarded them as an existence equal to herself. But if you think about it carefully, these living corpses, which were born out of human corpses but have long been completely different from humans, seem to lack all the characteristics of so-called "creatures" in people's common sense.
They have no concept of reproduction, and there is no death in the true sense. Even wisdom is given by "people".
However, Hermione recently saw their lives and saw the gradually enriching expressions on the faces of many of them who had opened up their wisdom. They can cry, laugh, and get angry. Some high-level zombies have even begun to clean their bodies and put on new clothes.
Just like the little girl last night, she seemed to like the jeans Hermione was wearing and had been secretly staring at them for a long time.
"They are all alive!"
After these few days of contact, Hermione felt this way more and more.
"Of course, I will never forget that every living corpse that can communicate with me is, without exception, an individual that has evolved to a high level. Even the girl who made people feel timid and weak last night, her Even a small body contains dangerous power that can be fatal."
Through several purposeful gatherings, most of the high-level zombies in southern England have now been gathered in London. Even though there are very few living zombies that can evolve to high levels, after all, the base is there, and with deliberate cultivation, there are already a lot of high-level living zombies in London.
To be honest, if the living zombies suddenly turned against them and started fighting, the outcome would definitely be quite bad.
The reason why everyone can live here relatively peacefully now is mainly because everyone is now roughly sure that the so-called "Lord of the Living Corpses" is Maka - for Hermione and others, if even Maka is If they can't be trusted, what else can they trust
It is because of this that Safina and Sarah, the only two doubters, have never disclosed some of their ideas and discoveries.
"Okay," Hermione put the last bite of cake into her mouth, swallowed it with water, then clapped her hands and stood up, "You guys eat slowly, I'm going back to the room first... Hannah, Remember to come to me with Luna in the afternoon, the research progress on the new formation has been a bit slow."
"Oh, okay."
Hannah nodded and watched Hermione leave the restaurant, then turned her head and looked at Neville next to her apologetically.
"Sorry, you should go and accompany Harry and Ron in the afternoon!"
"I know, it's okay."
Neville smiled very understandingly, a bit shyly. Only at this time can people be reminded of the simple and clumsy Neville Longbottom.
As a result, Hannah also showed a nostalgic smile.
It's a pity that even such a small warmth is now too luxurious, so luxurious that the young couple dare not savor it for too long. Soon, Hannah and Neville, who were looking at each other, hurriedly looked away, ate the dry food in their hands carelessly, then patted the crumbs and got up and left together.
"Miss Geofine, Miss Hohenheim, just put your plates there after you finish your meal. I will put them away when I get back from Ron in a while."
Before going out, Hannah specially said something to Safina, who was sitting by the window eating alone.
"Well."
Safina responded casually, and when she heard the sound of the door closing behind her, she put down the goblet in her hand, looked at the leftover grilled lamb chops in front of her and shook her head.
"What do you think?"
Sarah, who was sitting opposite her, waved her hand casually when she heard this.
"They just want to be vigilant, which is a good thing."
Yes, compared to Hermione and Hannah, Safina and Sarah's lunch was not sumptuous, but it was obviously much better.
In fact, this is true, because it has been a short time since the last time we replenished supplies. For Hermione and the others who were going deep into the disaster area to fight demons, the food provided by Bill was not shabby, so it was far from the time to live frugally by eating dry food every day.
As Sarah said, in order to maintain a sufficiently tense wartime state during this period of rest after the war, Hermione and the others chose to be strict with themselves at least in terms of diet and sleep schedule. Except for the two patients, Ron and Harry, most of the others voluntarily maintained a simple life.
However, Sarah and Safina were clearly not involved.
"But at least I don't need it," Sarah shrugged. "Eating rare delicacies used to be the same as chewing candles. Now that I can finally enjoy this beauty, why should I give it up... Huh?" Don’t look at me like that, I actually tasted the candle—and now that I think about it, it actually tastes pretty good.”