Chapter 15: The Red Mana League (4)
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Chapter 15: The Red Mana League (4)
“Miss Holmes. Did you really have to go this far?”
Adler, having just come out of the restroom, sighed out loud as he spoke to Holmes.
“I didn’t want to mention, but isn’t this practically sexual harassment?”
“Follow me.”
“Ugh.”
Yet, Holmes unyieldingly pulled him by the handcuff and they began to walk the streets once again.
“Oh, there’s Miss Holmes.”
“There’s Adler too. Have they finally caught him?”
“Didn’t those two just come out of the restroom?”
Hearing the murmurs from the people surrounding them, Adler could only form a bitter smile and whispered once more into her ear.
“Bad rumors might start to circulate because of this, Miss Holmes.”
“Bad rumors?”
“Rumors in London spread surprisingly fast, you know...”
“I’m not quite sure what you’re getting at, Mr. Adler.”
Nonetheless, Holmes, feigning ignorance, continued to walk ahead and soon softly posed a question to him.
“By the way, Mr. Adler. Are you feeling unwell?”
“Pardon?”
“Your face looks quite pale.”
Hearing those words, Adler touched his face and tilted his head in confusion.
“Do I look that way?”
“Even if we were to take the picture taken a few years ago at your mansion as a comparison, it is still quite different from the one taken just a few months ago.”
“..........”
“What caused you to become so frail in the last few months?”
Faced with Holmes’ sharp question, Adler stared at her with a taken-aback expression on his face.
“...You’ve been looking at my pictures?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
Adler, tilting his head and showing a cold smile on his face, posed a counter-question to Holmes.
“Well, because...”
Holmes, intending to reply with a look that asked why he would question such a thing, suddenly lost her words.
“And the picture from a few years ago at the mansion? Why do you have that?”
“.........”
Seeing her like that, Adler posed another question and then softly and soothingly said in a gentle voice.
“Miss Holmes; stalking is a crime.”
“...That’s not what I was doing.”
“Don’t do it next time, okay?”
“I told you, I wasn’t.”
Holmes, dodging his hand that was trying to pat her head, soon muttered to herself.
‘He deliberately changed the topic.’
Although his diversion was quite slick and hardly noticeable, he clearly and intentionally avoided talking about his physical condition.
That could only mean that there was definitely something wrong with his health now.
“..........”
Suddenly, the image of the hourglass she had seen earlier popped into Holmes’ mind, and she began to bite her lip silently.
‘That hourglass with an unclear origin— it can’t possibly be true...’
“Miss Holmes, we’ve arrived at our destination.”
Snapping back to reality upon hearing Adler’s words, Holmes remarked in an uncertain voice,
“This is...”
The entrance to the City & Suburban Bank now loomed in front of the duo...
“...I intended to come here later.”
“Why?”
Holmes, realizing that she had somehow been led by Adler to this location, spoke with a slight frown on her face.
“There’s nothing we can immediately obtain from here. Only after gathering all the evidence can we head to the basement...”
“I see.”
Holmes then stopped speaking.
“Hmm...”
For some reason, Adler was looking at her with a disappointed expression on his face right now.
‘...Why?’
For a moment, Charlotte began to break into a cold sweat.
‘What did I miss?’
Surely, she should have been the one evaluating and being disappointed by the riddle that the blond-haired boy had prepared for her.
However, seeing Adler’s disappointed gaze, she realized something...
...That she wasn’t the only one capable of feeling disappointment.
“If that’s Miss Holmes’s opinion, then we’ll come back here later...”
Adler, the one who set the challenge for her to face, could also be sufficiently disappointed in her for not meeting his expectations.
“Oh, no.”
“Yes?”
“This is the right place.”
As that thought struck her mind, a hurried voice sprang out of Charlotte’s lips.
“...The place I intended to go.”
“Oh, I see.”
Words that she blurted out without much thought.
But there was no time for her to regret them.
Having spoken those words, she had to follow through no matter what.
“.........”
She closed her eyes for a moment, her pupils darting around behind the blockade of her eyelids, and then fixed her gaze upon Adler after opening them wide.
“...Mr. Adler, you are my assistant now.”
“Temporary assistant, to be precise. But for now, let’s say that’s the case.”
The gleam in her eyes seemed to indicate that she had found an answer in that brief instant.
“Then, please assist me when I give the signal.”
“...What?”
“You’ll naturally know when the time comes.”
Having said that, Holmes began walking towards the counter, hiding the side of her arm that was handcuffed to Adler’s arm.
“What can I assist you with?”
“I have something I wish to entrust to your bank.”
Hearing that remark, Holmes looked intently at Adler.
“Do you, Miss Holmes, perhaps know the answer to this riddle?”
“...And you, Mr. Adler?”
As she posed that question, Adler shrugged and replied in a clear tone,
“How could I possibly know an answer that even Miss Holmes isn’t aware of?”
“Liar.”
Charlotte responded, chuckling softly to herself.
“You’ve already realized it haven’t you, Mr. Adler?”
“..........”
“The truth of this case.”
Adler’s eyes began to shine quietly at that remark.
“Well then, here’s the question...”
As those words sprang from his lips, Charlotte’s heart started to beat reflexively.
“Hah.”
A brief, sarcastic laugh escaped her lips.
“...Why do you react that way?”
“It’s nothing, Mr. Adler.”
A few years ago.
No, just a few months earlier, if Charlotte were to look at her current self...
...What would she think?
‘She would have thought that my current self was drugged.’
Or she might have tried to strangle the current her on the spot.
But now, she had no choice but to admit it.
“What truly was Joan Clay’s objective?”
She enjoyed the riddles posed by the enigmatic man before her.
“...Joan Clay’s goal wasn’t a mere bank heist.”
And she enjoyed answering those riddles.
“Diana Wilson. She was the real target from the very start.”
Seeing Adler’s expression light up upon hearing her answer was satisfying to her.
“From the beginning, Joan Clay had her eyes on Diana Wilson.”
“You’re truly remarkable, Miss Holmes.”
Afterward, she relished the genuine praise that he offered to her.
“You truly are the best.”
She relished this feeling more than any other case she had solved up to now was able to offer her.
‘If I’m not careful...’
Knowing the side effects of alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs better than anyone else, she could easily surmise.
‘...I might become addicted to this feeling.’
If she got too accustomed to this newfound pleasure, she would undoubtedly walk a path from which there was no return.
‘Well, does it even matter?’
But she didn’t care either way.
And neither did Adler.
As if she had a curse on her, she was certain Adler had his own curse as well.
And for each other, they were the perfect tokens and sources of amusement, capable of lifting those curses.
Finding happiness in each other’s destruction, wasn’t it quite ironic?
“So, where should we go now?”
“To August Academy.”
While quietly smiling at her own thoughts, Holmes instinctively responded to Adler’s question.
“To be precise, we need to head to the basement dormitory of that place.”
“...I’m not even surprised anymore. You’re indeed remarkable.”
Following Adler who walked ahead, Charlotte mused silently to herself,
‘I wonder if three people can live in the boarding house.’
If circumstances allowed, she thought it wouldn’t be bad to take him as her assistant before they destroyed each other.
.
.
.
.
.
With an inexplicable chill running down her spine, Charlotte Holmes smiled and trailed closely behind me.
“By the way, I should mention in advance.”
“........?”
As the case’s conclusion drew near, I began to whisper softly to her.
“Solving and investigating the case, as you can see, is the role of Detective Holmes.”
“Yes, I’m well aware, Mr. Adler.”
The lesson she needed to grasp...
“But, you see, the job of protecting such a detective is precisely the role of an assistant.”
To ensure she wouldn’t recklessly step in and end up with a game over in the future...
“If it becomes dangerous I’ll protect you by any means, Miss Holmes.”
I promised that I would undoubtedly protect her as we approached the conclusion of the case.
“You understand, right?”
Holmes seemed to have grasped what I was saying, silently nodding her head without uttering a word.
“...........?”
But, what’s with that hourglass she was holding in her hand?
“...Mr. Adler.”
While observing her with a tilted head, Charlotte, who had stopped in her tracks, quietly posed a question to me.
“Was what you just said sincere?”
Charlotte’s face bore an expression of disbelief on her face; as if she couldn’t understand something.
“Yes, it was.”
“..........”
Why was she suddenly acting like this? I wondered in my head...
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Chapter 15: The Red Mana League (4)
“Miss Holmes. Did you really have to go this far?”
Adler, having just come out of the restroom, sighed out loud as he spoke to Holmes.
“I didn’t want to mention, but isn’t this practically sexual harassment?”
“Follow me.”
“Ugh.”
Yet, Holmes unyieldingly pulled him by the handcuff and they began to walk the streets once again.
“Oh, there’s Miss Holmes.”
“There’s Adler too. Have they finally caught him?”
“Didn’t those two just come out of the restroom?”
Hearing the murmurs from the people surrounding them, Adler could only form a bitter smile and whispered once more into her ear.
“Bad rumors might start to circulate because of this, Miss Holmes.”
“Bad rumors?”
“Rumors in London spread surprisingly fast, you know...”
“I’m not quite sure what you’re getting at, Mr. Adler.”
Nonetheless, Holmes, feigning ignorance, continued to walk ahead and soon softly posed a question to him.
“By the way, Mr. Adler. Are you feeling unwell?”
“Pardon?”
“Your face looks quite pale.”
Hearing those words, Adler touched his face and tilted his head in confusion.
“Do I look that way?”
“Even if we were to take the picture taken a few years ago at your mansion as a comparison, it is still quite different from the one taken just a few months ago.”
“..........”
“What caused you to become so frail in the last few months?”
Faced with Holmes’ sharp question, Adler stared at her with a taken-aback expression on his face.
“...You’ve been looking at my pictures?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
Adler, tilting his head and showing a cold smile on his face, posed a counter-question to Holmes.
“Well, because...”
Holmes, intending to reply with a look that asked why he would question such a thing, suddenly lost her words.
“And the picture from a few years ago at the mansion? Why do you have that?”
“.........”
Seeing her like that, Adler posed another question and then softly and soothingly said in a gentle voice.
“Miss Holmes; stalking is a crime.”
“...That’s not what I was doing.”
“Don’t do it next time, okay?”
“I told you, I wasn’t.”
Holmes, dodging his hand that was trying to pat her head, soon muttered to herself.
‘He deliberately changed the topic.’
Although his diversion was quite slick and hardly noticeable, he clearly and intentionally avoided talking about his physical condition.
That could only mean that there was definitely something wrong with his health now.
“..........”
Suddenly, the image of the hourglass she had seen earlier popped into Holmes’ mind, and she began to bite her lip silently.
‘That hourglass with an unclear origin— it can’t possibly be true...’
“Miss Holmes, we’ve arrived at our destination.”
Snapping back to reality upon hearing Adler’s words, Holmes remarked in an uncertain voice,
“This is...”
The entrance to the City & Suburban Bank now loomed in front of the duo...
“...I intended to come here later.”
“Why?”
Holmes, realizing that she had somehow been led by Adler to this location, spoke with a slight frown on her face.
“There’s nothing we can immediately obtain from here. Only after gathering all the evidence can we head to the basement...”
“I see.”
Holmes then stopped speaking.
“Hmm...”
For some reason, Adler was looking at her with a disappointed expression on his face right now.
‘...Why?’
For a moment, Charlotte began to break into a cold sweat.
‘What did I miss?’
Surely, she should have been the one evaluating and being disappointed by the riddle that the blond-haired boy had prepared for her.
However, seeing Adler’s disappointed gaze, she realized something...
...That she wasn’t the only one capable of feeling disappointment.
“If that’s Miss Holmes’s opinion, then we’ll come back here later...”
Adler, the one who set the challenge for her to face, could also be sufficiently disappointed in her for not meeting his expectations.
“Oh, no.”
“Yes?”
“This is the right place.”
As that thought struck her mind, a hurried voice sprang out of Charlotte’s lips.
“...The place I intended to go.”
“Oh, I see.”
Words that she blurted out without much thought.
But there was no time for her to regret them.
Having spoken those words, she had to follow through no matter what.
“.........”
She closed her eyes for a moment, her pupils darting around behind the blockade of her eyelids, and then fixed her gaze upon Adler after opening them wide.
“...Mr. Adler, you are my assistant now.”
“Temporary assistant, to be precise. But for now, let’s say that’s the case.”
The gleam in her eyes seemed to indicate that she had found an answer in that brief instant.
“Then, please assist me when I give the signal.”
“...What?”
“You’ll naturally know when the time comes.”
Having said that, Holmes began walking towards the counter, hiding the side of her arm that was handcuffed to Adler’s arm.
“What can I assist you with?”
“I have something I wish to entrust to your bank.”
Hearing that remark, Holmes looked intently at Adler.
“Do you, Miss Holmes, perhaps know the answer to this riddle?”
“...And you, Mr. Adler?”
As she posed that question, Adler shrugged and replied in a clear tone,
“How could I possibly know an answer that even Miss Holmes isn’t aware of?”
“Liar.”
Charlotte responded, chuckling softly to herself.
“You’ve already realized it haven’t you, Mr. Adler?”
“..........”
“The truth of this case.”
Adler’s eyes began to shine quietly at that remark.
“Well then, here’s the question...”
As those words sprang from his lips, Charlotte’s heart started to beat reflexively.
“Hah.”
A brief, sarcastic laugh escaped her lips.
“...Why do you react that way?”
“It’s nothing, Mr. Adler.”
A few years ago.
No, just a few months earlier, if Charlotte were to look at her current self...
...What would she think?
‘She would have thought that my current self was drugged.’
Or she might have tried to strangle the current her on the spot.
But now, she had no choice but to admit it.
“What truly was Joan Clay’s objective?”
She enjoyed the riddles posed by the enigmatic man before her.
“...Joan Clay’s goal wasn’t a mere bank heist.”
And she enjoyed answering those riddles.
“Diana Wilson. She was the real target from the very start.”
Seeing Adler’s expression light up upon hearing her answer was satisfying to her.
“From the beginning, Joan Clay had her eyes on Diana Wilson.”
“You’re truly remarkable, Miss Holmes.”
Afterward, she relished the genuine praise that he offered to her.
“You truly are the best.”
She relished this feeling more than any other case she had solved up to now was able to offer her.
‘If I’m not careful...’
Knowing the side effects of alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs better than anyone else, she could easily surmise.
‘...I might become addicted to this feeling.’
If she got too accustomed to this newfound pleasure, she would undoubtedly walk a path from which there was no return.
‘Well, does it even matter?’
But she didn’t care either way.
And neither did Adler.
As if she had a curse on her, she was certain Adler had his own curse as well.
And for each other, they were the perfect tokens and sources of amusement, capable of lifting those curses.
Finding happiness in each other’s destruction, wasn’t it quite ironic?
“So, where should we go now?”
“To August Academy.”
While quietly smiling at her own thoughts, Holmes instinctively responded to Adler’s question.
“To be precise, we need to head to the basement dormitory of that place.”
“...I’m not even surprised anymore. You’re indeed remarkable.”
Following Adler who walked ahead, Charlotte mused silently to herself,
‘I wonder if three people can live in the boarding house.’
If circumstances allowed, she thought it wouldn’t be bad to take him as her assistant before they destroyed each other.
.
.
.
.
.
With an inexplicable chill running down her spine, Charlotte Holmes smiled and trailed closely behind me.
“By the way, I should mention in advance.”
“........?”
As the case’s conclusion drew near, I began to whisper softly to her.
“Solving and investigating the case, as you can see, is the role of Detective Holmes.”
“Yes, I’m well aware, Mr. Adler.”
The lesson she needed to grasp...
“But, you see, the job of protecting such a detective is precisely the role of an assistant.”
To ensure she wouldn’t recklessly step in and end up with a game over in the future...
“If it becomes dangerous I’ll protect you by any means, Miss Holmes.”
I promised that I would undoubtedly protect her as we approached the conclusion of the case.
“You understand, right?”
Holmes seemed to have grasped what I was saying, silently nodding her head without uttering a word.
“...........?”
But, what’s with that hourglass she was holding in her hand?
“...Mr. Adler.”
While observing her with a tilted head, Charlotte, who had stopped in her tracks, quietly posed a question to me.
“Was what you just said sincere?”
Charlotte’s face bore an expression of disbelief on her face; as if she couldn’t understand something.
“Yes, it was.”
“..........”
Why was she suddenly acting like this? I wondered in my head...
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Chapter 15: The Red Mana League 4Miss Holmes. Did you really have to go this far?Adler, having just come out of the restroom, sighed out loud as he spoke to Holmes.I didn't want to mention, but isn't this practically sexual harassment?Follow me.Ugh.Yet, Holmes unyieldingly pulled him by the handcuff and they began to walk the streets once again.Oh, there's Miss Holmes.There's Adler too. Have they finally caught him?Didn't those two just come out of the restroom?Hearing the murmurs from the people surrounding them, Adler could only form a bitter smile and whispered once more into her ear.Bad rumors might start to circulate because of this, Miss Holmes.Bad rumors?Rumors in London spread surprisingly fast, you know...I'm not quite sure what you're getting at, Mr. Adler.Nonetheless, Holmes, feigning ignorance, continued to walk ahead and soon softly posed a question to him.By the way, Mr. Adler. Are you feeling unwell?Pardon?Your face looks quite pale.Hearing those words, Adler touched his face and tilted his head in confusion.Do I look that way?Even if we were to take the picture taken a few years ago at your mansion as a comparison, it is still quite different from the one taken just a few months ago...........What caused you to become so frail in the last few months?Faced with Holmes' sharp question, Adler stared at her with a taken-aback expression on his face....You've been looking at my pictures?Yes.Why?Adler, tilting his head and showing a cold smile on his face, posed a counter-question to Holmes.Well, because...Holmes, intending to reply with a look that asked why he would question such a thing, suddenly lost her words.And the picture from a few years ago at the mansion? Why do you have that?.........Seeing her like that, Adler posed another question and then softly and soothingly said in a gentle voice.Miss Holmes; stalking is a crime....That's not what I was doing.Don't do it next time, okay?I told you, I wasn't.Holmes, dodging his hand that was trying to pat her head, soon muttered to herself.He deliberately changed the topic.'Although his diversion was quite slick and hardly noticeable, he clearly and intentionally avoided talking about his physical condition.That could only mean that there was definitely something wrong with his health now...........Suddenly, the image of the hourglass she had seen earlier popped into Holmes' mind, and she began to bite her lip silently.That hourglass with an unclear origin it can't possibly be true...'Miss Holmes, we've arrived at our destination.Snapping back to reality upon hearing Adler's words, Holmes remarked in an uncertain voice,This is...The entrance to the City & Suburban Bank now loomed in front of the duo......I intended to come here later.Why?Holmes, realizing that she had somehow been led by Adler to this location, spoke with a slight frown on her face.There's nothing we can immediately obtain from here. Only after gathering all the evidence can we head to the basement...I see.Holmes then stopped speaking.Hmm...For some reason, Adler was looking at her with a disappointed expression on his face right now....Why?'For a moment, Charlotte began to break into a cold sweat.What did I miss?'Surely, she should have been the one evaluating and being disappointed by the riddle that the blond-haired boy had prepared for her.However, seeing Adler's disappointed gaze, she realized something......That she wasn't the only one capable of feeling disappointment.If that's Miss Holmes's opinion, then we'll come back here later...Adler, the one who set the challenge for her to face, could also be sufficiently disappointed in her for not meeting his expectations.Oh, no.Yes?This is the right place.As that thought struck her mind, a hurried voice sprang out of Charlotte's lips....The place I intended to go.Oh, I see.Words that she blurted out without much thought.But there was no time for her to regret them.Having spoken those words, she had to follow through no matter what..........She closed her eyes for a moment, her pupils darting around behind the blockade of her eyelids, and then fixed her gaze upon Adler after opening them wide....Mr. Adler, you are my assistant now.Temporary assistant, to be precise. But for now, let's say that's the case.The gleam in her eyes seemed to indicate that she had found an answer in that brief instant.Then, please assist me when I give the signal....What?You'll naturally know when the time comes.Having said that, Holmes began walking towards the counter, hiding the side of her arm that was handcuffed to Adler's arm.What can I assist you with?I have something I wish to entrust to your bank.Hearing that remark, Holmes looked intently at Adler.Do you, Miss Holmes, perhaps know the answer to this riddle?...And you, Mr. Adler?As she posed that question, Adler shrugged and replied in a clear tone,How could I possibly know an answer that even Miss Holmes isn't aware of?Liar.Charlotte responded, chuckling softly to herself.You've already realized it haven't you, Mr. Adler?..........The truth of this case.Adler's eyes began to shine quietly at that remark.Well then, here's the question...As those words sprang from his lips, Charlotte's heart started to beat reflexively.Hah.A brief, sarcastic laugh escaped her lips....Why do you react that way?It's nothing, Mr. Adler.A few years ago.No, just a few months earlier, if Charlotte were to look at her current self......What would she think?She would have thought that my current self was drugged.'Or she might have tried to strangle the current her on the spot.But now, she had no choice but to admit it.What truly was Joan Clay's objective?She enjoyed the riddles posed by the enigmatic man before her....Joan Clay's goal wasn't a mere bank heist.And she enjoyed answering those riddles.Diana Wilson. She was the real target from the very start.Seeing Adler's expression light up upon hearing her answer was satisfying to her.From the beginning, Joan Clay had her eyes on Diana Wilson.You're truly remarkable, Miss Holmes.Afterward, she relished the genuine praise that he offered to her.You truly are the best.She relished this feeling more than any other case she had solved up to now was able to offer her.If I'm not careful...'Knowing the side effects of alcohol, cigarettes, and drugs better than anyone else, she could easily surmise....I might become addicted to this feeling.'If she got too accustomed to this newfound pleasure, she would undoubtedly walk a path from which there was no return.Well, does it even matter?'But she didn't care either way.And neither did Adler.As if she had a curse on her, she was certain Adler had his own curse as well.And for each other, they were the perfect tokens and sources of amusement, capable of lifting those curses.Finding happiness in each other's destruction, wasn't it quite ironic?So, where should we go now?To August Academy.While quietly smiling at her own thoughts, Holmes instinctively responded to Adler's question.To be precise, we need to head to the basement dormitory of that place....I'm not even surprised anymore. You're indeed remarkable.Following Adler who walked ahead, Charlotte mused silently to herself,I wonder if three people can live in the boarding house.'If circumstances allowed, she thought it wouldn't be bad to take him as her assistant before they destroyed each other......With an inexplicable chill running down her spine, Charlotte Holmes smiled and trailed closely behind me.By the way, I should mention in advance.........?As the case's conclusion drew near, I began to whisper softly to her.Solving and investigating the case, as you can see, is the role of Detective Holmes.Yes, I'm well aware, Mr. Adler.The lesson she needed to grasp...But, you see, the job of protecting such a detective is precisely the role of an assistant.To ensure she wouldn't recklessly step in and end up with a game over in the future...If it becomes dangerous I'll protect you by any means, Miss Holmes.I promised that I would undoubtedly protect her as we approached the conclusion of the case.You understand, right?Holmes seemed to have grasped what I was saying, silently nodding her head without uttering a word............?But, what's with that hourglass she was holding in her hand?...Mr. Adler.While observing her with a tilted head, Charlotte, who had stopped in her tracks, quietly posed a question to me.Was what you just said sincere?Charlotte's face bore an expression of disbelief on her face; as if she couldn't understand something.Yes, it was...........Why was she suddenly acting like this? I wondered in my head...You can rate this serieshere.Advanced chapters available on Illustrtins on our discrd discord.gg/genesistlsWe are Recruiting! We are looking for Korean Translators. For more details please join Genesis discord server
