I Got Reincarnated as a Zombie Girl

The midday sunlight slipped through the tall windows of the main study, dancing across the neatly stacked piles of documents. Behind the grand desk of smooth obsidian wood, Sylvia sat upright, her back slightly leaning, eyes focused on the latest report just delivered by an undead servant.

Though her face appeared calm, her mind wandered far. She wasn’t sure when it began, but time in this world had started to feel too slow. Days passed in routines she went through without complaint, yet also without meaningful progress. This world, which had once felt foreign, now began to feel like a second home though one that still held distance, secrets, and empty spaces that couldn’t quite be filled.

Across the desk, Alicia stood sorting through important documents. Her movements were composed, but her eyes occasionally flicked toward the window, as if sensing an unspoken tension. Meanwhile, on the cushioned chair near the window, Stacia sat curled up, her knees tucked beneath her light dress. She gazed blankly at the pale blue sky outside. In her hands was a magic notebook filled with complex formulas, but she hadn’t flipped a single page in almost an hour. Her brow was furrowed, her eyes frozen in place.

Sylvia glanced at her, her voice flat but gentle. "You’ve been staring at that page for a while. Stuck?"

Stacia let out a long sigh, then closed the book with a hard sound thak!. "I’ve rewritten it five times, changed the rune order, used different structures from both worlds’ magical theories... but this dimensional communication spell is still unstable."

Alicia paused from organizing the papers and turned, leaning lightly on the desk. "Maybe it’s time to try a different approach. Theory is important, but it has limits. Especially when this world might follow different magical laws."

Stacia stood and gathered her hair back, her voice laced with frustration. "I’ve thought the same. Locking myself in this castle over and over... it’s not helping anymore. I need real references. Maybe I need to see the outside world firsthand. Explore places with different magic cycles. Who knows, maybe I’ll find something that unlocks it."

Sylvia frowned, her gaze sharpening as she set her pen aside. "You mean... you want to go alone?"

Stacia nodded. "Yes. I want to go on a journey. Not without purpose. I want to perfect this spell, and I feel... I have to see how this world flows with my own eyes."

Silence settled briefly.

"Stacia..." Sylvia’s voice softened, like a mother worried for her child. "It’s dangerous. We still don’t fully understand the world outside. And you carry powers from our world. If they fall into the wrong hands..."

Alicia finally stepped toward Stacia and placed a hand on her sister’s shoulder. "If you truly have to go, then I’ll go with you. We can’t afford to be careless, and you won’t be able to protect yourself completely if you’re focused on research."