harry potter book of crimes

"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 able to

Find each other there.

It's a pity that Hermione's trip has been in vain almost every time 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 had only one answer every time.

However, the young man would not prevent others from entering the main hall. Hermione went in for a walk yesterday, and the real master was indeed not inside. Only the door leading to the back hall could not be opened. Maybe there was something hidden behind it.

There may be some secret.

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! What's more, Hermione? She had no intention of breaking up with each other.

"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 won't encounter anyone else when you walk there. Outside in the city of London, there are areas where part of the ice has been cleared, and sporadic high-level living corpses are starting to appear walking around. It seems that they are...

We are cleaning up 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 about it, the time is actually a bit awkward at this moment.

After hesitating, 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 at a glance.

This feeling is actually very strange. The white frost top and the clouds over there are almost connected at this time. It is difficult to distinguish each other without looking carefully. But if you look around, you can see everything except this square.

It was completely pale, as if it had been 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 formed almost at the same time as the huge icicle itself when the demon "Wrath" broke into Buckingham Palace and had a brief confrontation with the "Lord of the Living Corpses" not long ago. As long as we can

Flying, you can directly enter and leave this frozen city from this square.

Hermione hadn't tried 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 was much softer in both expression and attitude. Sometimes, Hermione could even 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 before, she is taking the lead in leading her fellow clansmen to do it.

"Hello!"

Hermione still doesn't know how to call each other, because the siblings share the same name, and their name - "Swallow" is also strange to humans. This is definitely not a very suitable name to be called.

.

"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 checked in. This seems to be a relatively rude thing among humans.

It's just... maybe you know this too, Miss Granger - I've heard that you often go to the residential area in the south these past two days, and you should have seen that we are trying to figure out how 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 after a slight hesitation, she showed a subtle smile. In addition, she is a living corpse after all. Even though she is closer to ordinary humans than other similar people, her dull and mottled skin is

It made the smile that should have been gentle become somewhat sinister.

"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 understand its true meaning... Oh, of course, I think this

It should be 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, there is always nothing that can be done about it. If we want to have deeper communication and understanding with the living zombies, it will take more time.

OK.

Fortunately, it seems that at least the two sides do not exclude contact with each other - 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', can I invite a few 'friends' from your clan to the palace for dinner today?"

Of course, it would be great if you could come too!”

However, after hearing this, the other party pursed his lips in embarrassment.

"...Want to 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, I will

I will take them to the appointment with me."

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 during dinner time.

Speaking of which, this should be the first time humans and living corpses have a meal together, right?