"I'm sorry, the master is out."
As evening approached, Hermione, who had just studied the formation structure with Luna and Hannah all afternoon, left the room and went to the main hall as usual - if the "Lord of the Living Corpses" was still in London, he would basically be there. Find each other there.
Unfortunately, Hermione's trip was almost in vain in the past two days.
And the living corpse of the young man who stayed at the entrance of the palace... well, even the younger brother of the twins only had this answer every time.
However, the young man would not prevent others from entering the hall. Hermione had gone in for a walk yesterday, and the real master was indeed not inside. Only the door leading to the apse cannot be opened, and there may be some secret hidden behind it.
Hermione didn't try to force it open. Firstly, even if there was something shady, it would be easy to alert the snake. Secondly... there seems to be no need to dig too deep at the moment, right
Even Sarah and Safina, who were secretly suspicious, didn't want to act rashly! Not to mention Hermione? She has no intention of breaking up with the other party.
"It's just... Well, it's even more confusing than the undeciphered ancient magic scrolls, making people completely confused."
Hermione, who was walking in the corridor, shook her head and sighed slightly.
The palace still looks very deserted and empty, and you usually don't encounter anyone else when walking in it. Outside in the city of London, some areas that had been cleared of ice began to see sporadic high-level zombies walking around, seemingly clearing out some more useful buildings for subsequent use.
Walking to the corner stairs not far away, Hermione glanced at the stairs going up. From here, you can quickly go around the area where everyone is currently living. Just thinking that the time was actually a little awkward at the moment, after a slight hesitation, she chose to turn around and walk towards the front hall.
After leaving the palace and arriving at the deserted square in front of the palace, she walked around the square alone.
Most of the sky here is still covered by ice covered with hoarfrost. Only the huge hole on the side leads directly to the outside of London. From here, you can see the gloomy and hazy sky.
This feeling is actually very strange. The white frost top and the clouds over there are almost connected to each other at this time. It is difficult to distinguish each other without looking carefully. But looking around, except for this square, everything was pale, as if it was held upside down by a frost-colored cauldron, which added a bit of depression.
Of course Hermione still remembered that it was said that the huge hole was almost formed together with the huge icicle itself when the demon "Wrath" broke into Buckingham Palace not long ago and had a brief confrontation with the "Lord of the Living Corpses". As long as you can fly, you can directly enter and exit this frozen city from this square.
Hermione didn't try it, because it led to the north of the city, and she usually only entered and exited through the south door.
"Ms. Granger?"
Suddenly, Hermione, who was halfway around the square, heard someone calling her in the distance behind her. Then she put aside the messy thoughts in her mind and turned around for a moment.
And soon she saw that there was a figure at the exit of the ice passage opposite the square. Seeing her looking over, he bowed slightly and continued walking this way.
That was the elder sister of the twins. Unlike her younger brother, this zombie girl looked much softer in both expression and attitude. Even sometimes, Hermione could feel a special maternal radiance from the other person.
Perhaps because of this, and because the other person's English was obviously better than other high-level zombies, Hermione was actually quite willing to talk to her.
It's a pity that the other party seems to have a lot of things to be busy with all the time - for example, the cleaning up of the city mentioned earlier is something she takes the lead in leading her fellow tribesmen to do.
"Hello!"
Hermione still didn't know how to call each other, because the siblings shared the same name, and their name - "Swallow", was also strange to humans. This is certainly not a very suitable name to call.
"Hello." The other party came closer, bowed politely again, and then said again, "I'm sorry, we haven't been able to provide you with thoughtful reception since you moved in. This seems to be a relatively rude thing among humans. But... maybe Miss Granger, you also know - I heard that you often go to the residential area in the south these past two days, and you should have seen that we are thinking of ways to stabilize our family here."
"Oh, yes, I've seen a lot in the past few days." Hermione nodded immediately, "And... how should I put it? I seem to have made a few friends among you."
"'friend'?"
The living corpse girl paused after hearing this, and then showed a subtle smile after a slight hesitation. In addition, she is a living corpse after all. Even though she is closer to an ordinary human being than others of her kind, her dull and mottled skin makes the gentle smile become somewhat eerie.
"I have read this word in the books given by the master, and I have also read some stories about it, but to be honest, I still can't quite understand its true meaning... Oh, of course, I think this should be It's a good thing - thank you for making 'friends' with my people."
Strange relationships and strange emotions are all obstacles that stand in the way of normal communication. However, this is always something that can't be helped. If we want to have deeper communication and understanding with the living zombies, it will take more time.
Fortunately, it seems that at least the two sides do not reject each other's contact - at least that is true for most high-level zombies under the guidance of the "master".
"Oh, by the way," Hermione suddenly seemed to remember something, and then said, "Speaking of 'making friends', during dinner time today, can I invite a few 'friends' from your clan to dine together in the palace?" Of course, it would be great if you could come too!”
However, after hearing this, the other party pursed his lips in embarrassment.
"... Go to the restaurant in the palace?" The girl thought about it carefully, and finally nodded slowly, "Well, if Miss Granger invites me, I understand - please tell me the candidate, and I will bring you They went to the appointment together."
In fact, although Hermione did make this invitation on a whim, she also made this invitation deliberately. Including the other party's hesitation, she could probably guess the reason.
Because she had already discovered that unless something happened, the living zombies would hardly take the initiative to step into the former Buckingham Palace.
"I'm sorry for embarrassing you..."
After a slight apology, Hermione didn't ask any more questions. She just told the other party one by one about the candidates she had in mind, and made an appointment to wait for the other party's arrival at dinner time.
Speaking of which, this should be the first time humans and living corpses have a meal together, right