harry potter book of crimes

"You want to send this to the master? Okay, I understand, just put it here! When the master comes back, I will personally deliver it to the master."

In the side hall, one of the twins, the zombie girl "Swallow", who is also the "eldest sister" of the zombie clan, is sitting on the side of the long table, nodding slightly towards the door. There, the woman in charge of working in the kitchen

The six-legged living corpse lady carried a meal basket and remained motionless and silent.

In fact, regardless of whether she really doesn't have the ability to speak, at least she still has the ability to communicate with others - obviously, the "big sister" in the side hall can know what she wants to say.

After a moment of silence, the girl "Swallow" finally made another move. She frowned slightly, looked at the other person and said slowly:

"I said, just leave it here with me!"

She obviously accentuated her tone slightly and emphasized the words again.

The words fell slightly, and after another pause for a few seconds, the other person moved her six legs and went to the long table. In the end, she obeyed the instructions of this "eldest sister" and gently placed the meal basket in her hand on the smooth table.

on the desktop.

But it was at this time that she finally no longer just relied on the natural communication ability among the living zombies, and spoke for the first time——

"...Master...ordered me...to invite Miss Hohenheim to inspect the human remains...and be responsible for the entire delivery process...I will stay and wait together."

The twisted head that looked inhuman and inhuman didn't look like it could speak, but she still spoke these words. It's just which part of her body the words came from is more or less a mystery.

It is worth mentioning that this "splicer" lady, who looks both scary and weird from head to toe, has an unexpectedly cool and pleasant "voice" when she speaks... Although it is probably because she doesn't speak often, there is a lot of confusion between words.

Still a little sluggish.

And after she finished speaking, looking at her standing at the table with no intention of moving, the girl "Swallow" seemed to be able to nod her head again with some regret.

"Since it's the master's order...then it's up to you."

The girl glanced at the meal basket on the table again, thought about it, and finally added:

"Next time, remember not to put things that are not food in the basket. The master doesn't like this."

"……good."

The brief conversation ended, and complete silence returned to the empty side hall.

…

Each high-level living zombie gradually becomes more and more full of its own character and thoughts, and probably because they are fundamentally different from the vast majority of life in this world, their thoughts and cognitions are different from

Wizards, Muggles, and many intelligent magical creatures are obviously different.

Therefore, if you really subconsciously treat them as humans when you get along with them because they seem to be similar to humans in many places... then I'm afraid it would be a big mistake.

And right now, our Mr. John Stewart seems to have made this mistake unconsciously.

"...Until now, although most of the living zombies I have come into contact with seem very scary, but after actually dealing with them, it seems that most of them are surprisingly easy to get along with? If this is true...then, I am actually closer to them.

Is it the most correct way for me to survive here if I make friends with others?"

John, who had returned to the first floor, seemed to be walking along the corridor aimlessly, while thinking secretly in his mind, trying to determine the path he should take to get down.

After the previous testing, he estimated that such a period of constant fear might be over. He believed that as long as he did not deliberately do anything to show hostility, based on the current attitude of the other party towards him,

Look, at least my life is safe.

In this way, new plans should also be put on the schedule.

"laugh--"

John, who had unknowingly reached the end of the corridor, walked through the last section of the aisle where the sculpture collection was displayed, and then opened the door at the end of the red carpet. As the slightly heavy door was slowly pushed open,

There was a scraping sound, and John finally saw what the entrance hall looked like when he came in.

The door he is standing in here is located on one side of the foyer, opposite the door of the side hall where the "eldest sister" of the living zombie tribe is. And at the innermost part of the foyer, which is directly opposite the main entrance of Buckingham Palace, it is natural to

It was the main hall of the main hall occupied by the Lord of Living Corpses.

Over there, John definitely doesn't dare to approach easily, but it's still okay to poke his head in the foyer and take a look. As long as he doesn't casually walk out of the main entrance and try to leave Buckingham Palace, and doesn't provoke the "master", then it should be fine -

—At least that’s what John thinks.

"Sure enough, no one still pays attention to me... ugh!"

While stretching his neck to look left and right, John, who had just carefully looked at the door at the far end of the hall, suddenly froze because he saw a figure in the shadow on the side of the door.

The figure doesn't look tall, and since it's in the shadow, it's actually just a vague appearance. If it weren't for some chance this time, you might not even notice it if you don't look carefully.

In fact, probably when he first went to the side hall, and then when he followed Bai Ye upstairs to choose a room, that figure had been staying at the door!

"Is it... him? The one Miss Bai Ye mentioned... the guard of the main hall?"

From the moment he noticed the other person's existence, John felt as if he was in an ice cellar. It was an illusion caused by the other person's eyes staring at him... No, it was not an illusion! John soon realized that he was

I really felt some kind of chill.

It seems that something is slowly being sucked out of my body; it also seems that the whole world is gradually moving away.

I don't know how long it took, or maybe it was just a moment. When the gaze finally moved away from John, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and got out of the state where he felt like his soul was about to be sucked away.

.And it was at this moment that he realized that he was already breaking out in a cold sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.

"Just looking at it...it's so scary, so scary!"

John, who used all his strength to stagger back two steps and left the door, couldn't help but murmured with lingering fear.

"I just said it! Don't get close to him. He is not as kind and kind as my eldest sister."

Suddenly, Bai Ye's voice came from behind, making John suddenly feel at ease.