Chapter 2474 The Living Corpse Girl Is Really Polite
What Snape really wanted to meet here was the mysterious Lord of the Living Corpse. As for Mr. John Stewart, who was hiding in the room and refused to show his face, it was just a small character who casually grabbed him and asked a few words when he couldn't see the Lord right away.
If I had to use an analogy, it would be like just missing a subway train, dragging a passerby on the platform, and asking the other person about the scenic spots of the destination—the only relationship between the two parties may be It's just that the other party happened to have been to that place before.
Therefore, one thing that John guessed correctly was that Snape really didn't have much interest in him. After asking two questions, and using John's answers to prove some inferences in his mind from the side, Snape stopped talking nonsense, turned around and left.
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The weather outside Buckingham Palace was still the same as usual. The huge icicles reaching directly above the overcast clouds led down the sun's rays from the top. After numerous refractions and attenuations, it turned into the colorful afterglow during the day.
It was the first time for Snape to come here. Compared with the shock he felt when he was close to the city of London and looked up at this incomparably astonishing icicle from the outside, the observation in the ice city at this time was another. Fan feeling.
Standing in the huge square outside the main entrance, he folded his hands on his chest and raised his chin slightly, and cast his gaze into the distance along the huge gap in the ice wall with no expression on his face. He seemed to be thinking about something, but also seemed to be thinking about nothing, just in a trance.
After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly seemed to have sensed something, and finally turned from stillness, turning his head to look at the exit of the ice cave on the other side of the square.
"Mr. Severus Snape, is that right? Hello." A figure came out from there, walked straight to this side with unhurried steps, "Welcome to the city of icicles, I hope I Your companions have done nothing to disrespect your Excellency to offend you."
The person who came was a woman—of course, if the living corpses did retain their gender before death, then at least the living corpse walking towards Snape must be a woman in terms of body shape.
Because in Snape's opinion, this person's appearance was much closer to that of a human being than the other living corpses he had seen so far. Even if it wasn't for the overly gray and lifeless skin, he might really be able to treat the other party as a woman.
After sizing up for a moment, as the other party got closer and closer, Snape frowned slightly and said:
"Who are you?"
"Your Excellency, do you want to ask me my name?" Perhaps sensing Snape's resistance to his approaching, the other party finally stopped in his tracks and stood still about thirty feet away from Snape.
"Master gave me and my younger brother a common name called 'Swallow', but our family doesn't really need a name, if you are willing to use 'Swallow' to call me, that would be the best—my brother and I both I am very grateful to the master for giving me the name, and I also like this name very much. But if you feel inconvenient, you can call me whatever you want."
The other party spoke in great detail, and behaved very politely and considerately. Through the gradual learning and adaptation during these days, this living corpse girl, one of the twins, has become more and more like a truly complete and even intelligent life with connotations.
Just like Snape's feeling when he looked at the other party for the first time, what stood there at this moment seemed to be a human woman with outstanding temperament but restrained sharpness.
This is a living corpse?
What happened here during the period when the entire Old England area was nearly isolated from the outside world and no one else could peek into it?
Even Snape, who had probably learned something from Bill, Lupine, Kingsley and the others, as well as Granger just now, couldn't help but be revealed by the words and deeds of the living corpse in front of him. He was secretly surprised by the information—he had seen high-level living corpses outside the city before, but although those high-level living corpses all exuded extremely powerful and dangerous auras, they were far from the living corpses in front of him. The temperament and self-cultivation shown by the corpse girl had a great impact on him.
Of course, no matter how surprised and astonished he was in his heart, Snape's Occlumency skills would at least not show any abnormalities on the surface. After a short pause, he heard him speak again:
"That's just right, anyway, I'm not interested in your name. What I want to ask is, what is your status among your tribe-this will help me judge whether you let me spend time value in you."
To be honest, if it is placed in human society—whether it is Muggle society or the wizarding world—Snape's words are very provocative. Even if the opponent happened to be a grumpy guy, it might be possible to fight immediately.
Fortunately, the one standing in front of Snape at this moment was a living corpse.
Even though the living corpse girl has acquired the emotions and emotions only human beings have, the nature of the high-level living corpse after the awakening of the will still makes her more inclined to treat people and things rationally. Such a way of thinking made her act very similar to Snape.
On the other hand, with Snape's savvy, he was clearly aware of this point in a few words, so he spoke so bluntly.
So the next moment, the living corpse girl nodded calmly, and said politely:
"Your Excellency, please don't worry too much. In fact, every individual in my family is the most loyal follower of the master. Even though we all have our own temperaments and habits, our general direction of action is the same. There is no difference between you and any of our clansmen who make inquiries and requests, so we can treat us as a whole...Of course, it is only limited to high-level people like me who can understand the expression of your will tribe."
After saying this, the girl paused for a while, but then suddenly changed the topic back to the question she started talking to, saying:
"But before listening to Your Excellency's question, I still want to ask the question just now - I don't know if my companions have acted disrespectfully to Your Excellency, so that Your Excellency stands alone in this cold place. On the square? If so, please allow me to express my sincerest apologies to Your Excellency on behalf of my fellow countrymen."
It wasn't until this moment that Snape realized that the politeness shown by the zombie girl was not just superficial politeness, she was really polite!