After about the time it took to drink a cup of tea, Fu Hua finished her spell.
"Did it work?"
Seeing Fu Hua stop casting, Chōchō looked again at the zombie girl standing before them with her eyes closed, utterly motionless.
"Awaken!"
Fu Hua did not answer. Instead, she spoke a command to the zombie before her. The next moment... Miyako Hōka, now a zombie, immediately opened her eyes.
Though her eyes were still terrifyingly pitch-black, they seemed to possess a little more liveliness. Miyako Hōka looked stiffly around like a robot, appearing somewhat adorably dazed.
"Fangxiang, are you all right?"
Seeing that the zombie girl before her was no longer attacking indiscriminately as before, Chōchō assumed the attempt had succeeded. Delighted, she moved close to her again.
"Ah... urgh... huh..."
Miyako Hōka stared blankly at Chōchō for a moment, seeming not to recognize her. The next instant, she turned to look at Fu Hua.
"M-Master..."
Miyako Hōka looked at Fu Hua and spoke in a stiff, halting tone. Instinct told her... that this person was her master, and she had to obey her.
"Immortal, why doesn't Miyako Hōka recognize me anymore?"
Looking at Miyako Hōka like this, Chōchō felt somewhat distressed. She had completely forgotten her. As for calling Fu Hua her master, Chōchō did not think much of it, since Fu Hua was the one who had restored her sanity.
"The current her is Miyako Hōka, yet she is not Miyako Hōka..."
"The real Miyako Hōka died long ago. The current one is merely her as a zombie. Still, that is not certain... it is not impossible that she may remember you someday."
Fu Hua looked thoughtfully at the zombie woman before her. Though she was a zombie, she was far prettier than Jumping Younger Sister. The only