harry potter book of crimes

Hermione and the others, who were originally staying at Buckingham Palace, were temporarily out. She did not deceive John about this. However, she did not let John know that Hermione and the others had not actually left.

In fact, there are two companions who are staying temporarily due to some unavoidable reasons.

"...Mr. Stewart, the rooms in this corridor have been cleaned by us some time ago. You can choose one to stay here. If you are hungry, you can always go to the restaurant on the west side.

By the way, eldest sister has previously arranged for several tribesmen to be responsible for preparing food there - the master is still very busy at the moment, but in a few days, I heard that the master will make time to meet you again."

A period of afternoon tea that was actually quite enjoyable had passed. The female living corpse whose name John still didn't know also handed over the daily reception tasks to the girl Bai Ye. At this moment, Bai Ye was working for John.

Lead the way and arrange for him to stay here.

"...If you have anything else, you can also go to the garden behind to find me. I'm usually there - just choose this one? Then please come in! Oh, just in time, look at that window, look out from there

You can see the garden now."

Just as he was talking, the girl had opened the door and walked in first. John stood in the corridor, looked around at the deserted corridor, and then followed him into the room.

In fact, when John was just walking in the corridor outside, he discovered that this place was obviously not a place for people to live in. Now he came in and saw that it was indeed the case. Except for some daily furniture that he didn't know was moved from there.

, including the desk in front of the window, many of the remaining items seemed to be office supplies.

This... used to be a room used by the British Muggle royal family for temporary offices.

"Well, thank you, please excuse me." John looked around here casually, and then nodded to the girl with a smile. Although he was still a little unsure about how to get along with the living corpse, but for the living corpse of the girl in front of him,

, but he was already somewhat familiar with it.

"Okay, then I won't disturb you sir. Please take your time and rest."

After leaving these words, Bai Ye went out from the door and closed the door for John before leaving.

Immediately, John was the only one left in the room.

"Ta-ta."

He took out his wand and tapped the surrounding walls a few times to confirm the safety of this place. Not surprisingly, in the next few days, this would be his base of "life" in Buckingham Palace.

Of course, when he lowered his wand, John didn't actually feel too relaxed on his face. Because even if he didn't detect any abnormalities, he didn't have the confidence to say that this room must be safe.

On the premise that this palace has a "like" owner, all his efforts for his own safety may be in vain - at least that's what John thinks.

"call--"

However, despite being vigilant, after doing some checks, he still took a seat on the sofa and exhaled a long breath.

Ever since he followed the zombie girl into the suburbs of London at night until now, he has always been in a state of extreme nervousness. No matter how casual and natural he looks on the surface, under the gaze of those living corpses, he cannot really

Can relax.

Although it still can't be called safe, at least it is temporarily out of the sight of those living corpses, right?

"...It's hard to say!"

He casually glanced out the window, and what he saw was not the gray clouds, but a frost-white ice wall - the ice within the palace had been cleared away. At this time, John was sitting on the sofa and glanced up.

He saw several figures hovering in the air, obviously on patrol. Because the figures were flying very fast, John was not sure whether they were monitoring him, but he could see people in this room.

Scenery.

John didn't care, or in other words, he couldn't really care. This place had already become the territory of the zombie clan. Now that he was here, he could only "do as he pleased".

"call--"

John let out another breath and leaned deeper on the expensive-looking sofa beneath him. His sigh was mixed with some fatigue.

To be honest, after arriving here, he found that his actions were actually quite free. At least the other party did not impose various restrictions on him as he imagined before coming here. Although John himself was worried all the time

, but I already had a fairly detailed plan in my mind.

However, once he had some alone time and unrestricted permission to move, he actually didn't know what to do at this moment.

"It is said to be the residence of a royal family. The building and decoration are indeed magnificent...but if you look closely, there are traces of old age everywhere?"

John muttered to himself as he looked around the room randomly. After resting for a while, he got up from the sofa again. After taking a final look at the so-called "garden" downstairs outside the window, he didn't move at all.

go out.

"Since there are no restrictions on my movements, let's take a walk around for now!"

Because he had just eaten some desserts in the side hall, John didn't feel too hungry yet. Considering that the living corpse party seemed to be quite polite to him so far, it shouldn't be a problem to walk around casually.

When the girl Bai Ye brought her here, she only mentioned one place that needed attention, and that was the main hall. It was said that her "people" were responsible for guarding there, although the master did not give any instructions not to allow humans like John to go there.

The main hall, but she specifically reminded John that the "guard" in the main hall had a bad temper and it was best not to get close there easily.

I heard from Bai Ye that even if a member of the Living Corpse Clan approaches the main hall without permission, they will probably be warned by the guard - of course, most of the tribesmen respect their master very much, and in fact no one will say so.

Just be close to the place.

After Bai Ye's reminder, John became very interested in the main hall. However, although he seemed unreliable, he was never really reckless. He knew that there was another guard who was necessarily powerful and not easy to talk to.

Guarding there, of course he would not easily seek trouble.

"Um."

After walking along the criss-crossing corridors for a while, John probably knew that he should have walked all the way from the east side to the west side on the second floor of the palace. Bai Ye mentioned that the restaurant was on the first floor on the west side. Thinking of this, he subconsciously

I touched my belly.

Although he was not hungry yet, he was wondering whether he should go downstairs to the restaurant to take a look.

"Um?"

At this moment, through the window on one side of the corridor, he saw the curtains of a window diagonally opposite moved, as if someone had just closed them from the inside.