"Will you take this to the master? OK, I see. Put it here! When the master comes back, I will deliver it to the master myself."
In the side hall, the living corpse girl "swallowed" of one of the Gemini, that is, the "eldest sister" of the living corpse family, was sitting on one side of the long table and nodding slightly in the direction of the door. There, the six legged corpse lady in charge of working in the kitchen held a food basket and remained silent.
In fact, whether she really doesn't have the ability to speak or not, at least she has the ability to communicate with others - obviously, the "big sister" in the side hall can know what she wants to say.
A moment of silence passed, and the girl "swallowed" finally moved again. She frowned slightly, looked at each other and said slowly:
"I said, just put it here!"
She obviously accentuated her tone and stressed her words again.
After a few seconds of pause, the other party moved his six legs to the long table. After all, she followed the instructions of the "big sister" and gently put the food basket in her hand on the smooth table.
But it was also at this time that she finally spoke for the first time, not only relying on the natural idea communication ability among the living corpses——
"... the master... Ordered me... To invite Miss hornheim to inspect the human remains... And be responsible for the delivery of the whole process... I'll stay and wait."
It was like a human and inhuman twisted head. It didn't look like she could speak, but she still spoke these words. It's just a mystery where these words came from.
It is worth mentioning that the "splicer" lady, who looks scary and strange all over her body, has an unexpectedly cold and pleasant voice... Although it is probably because she doesn't speak often, her words are still a little sluggish.
When she finished, looking at her standing at the table, it was obvious that she didn't intend to move her nest. The girl "swallowed" seemed to have to nod again with some regret.
"Since it's the master's order... It's up to you."
The girl glanced at the basket on the table again, thought about it, and finally added:
"Next time, remember not to put anything that is not food in the basket. The host doesn't like it."
"... OK."
The short conversation was over, and the complete silence was restored in the empty side hall.
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Every high-level corpse gradually becomes more and more rich in their own character and thoughts, and probably because they are fundamentally different from most lives in the world. Their thoughts and cognition are obviously different from wizards, Muggles and many magic creatures with wisdom.
Therefore, it would be a big mistake to treat them as human beings subconsciously because they seem to be similar to human beings in many places.
Now, our Mr. John Stewart seems to have made this mistake unconsciously.
"... up to now, although most of the living corpses I have contacted seem very terrible, they seem to be surprisingly easy to get along with when I actually deal with them? If so... In fact, being closer to them and making friends with them is the most correct way for me to survive here?"
John, who had returned to the first floor, walked aimlessly along the corridor, thinking so secretly in his heart, trying to determine his way down.
After his previous attempts, he estimated that the period of constant fear like that might come to an end. He believed that as long as he did not deliberately do some acts of hostility, at least his life should be safe according to the current attitudes of the other party to himself.
In this way, the new plan should also be on the agenda.
"Hiss -"
Unconsciously, John, who had reached the end of the corridor, pushed open the door at the end of the red carpet after he walked through the last aisle where the sculpture collection was displayed. With the friction sound when the slightly heavy door was slowly pushed open, John finally saw the appearance of the hall when he came again.
Here, the gate where he is located is located on one side of the hall, opposite the door of the side hall where the "eldest sister" of the Promethean family is located. In the innermost part of this hall, which is facing the main gate of Buckingham Palace, it is naturally the main hall occupied by the Lord of the living corpse.
Over there, John certainly didn't dare to approach easily, but it was OK to look around in the lobby. As long as he doesn't walk out of the front door, try to leave Buckingham Palace and don't provoke the "master", it should be all right - at least John thinks so.
"Sure enough, no one paid attention to me... Eh!"
As he stretched out his neck and looked around, John, who had just carefully looked at the door in the deepest part of the hall, suddenly froze. Because he saw a figure in the shadow on one side of the gate.
The figure doesn't look tall, because in the shadow, it's just looming. If it weren't for this accident, you might not even notice it if you didn't look carefully.
In fact, when he first went to the side hall and then followed the white night upstairs to choose a room, the figure stayed at the door all the time!
"Is that... Him? The guard of the main hall mentioned by Miss white night?"
From the moment he noticed the other person's existence, John just felt like he was in an ice cellar. It was an illusion caused by the other person's eyes staring at himself... No, not an illusion! John soon realized that he really felt a chill.
It seems that something is slowly being sucked away from his body; It 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 line of sight finally moved away from John, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and separated from the state that seemed to be sucking away his soul just now. It was at this time that he found himself in a cold sweat, as if the whole man had just been fished out of the water.
"Just one look... It's terrible, it's terrible!"
With all his strength, he staggered back two steps. John, who left the door, couldn't help muttering with lingering fear.
"I said it! Don't get close to him. He's not as kind and kind as his eldest sister."
The sound of white night came from behind him, which made John suddenly feel at ease.