Chapter 48: Gia Lestrade (2)
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Chapter 48: Gia Lestrade (2)
“Why all of a sudden...?”
“... Have you gone insane, Lestrade?”
Isaac Adler and Charlotte Holmes simultaneously asked Gia Lestrade, astonishment clearly evident in their voice.
“I am sane and well.”
Saying so in a chilly tone, she expressionlessly lifted the coffee cup in front of her.
“If you’re sane, then why...”
– Chomp...
While Adler looked at Lestrade with a puzzled expression, Charlotte Holmes, who had been quietly biting her nails, soon spoke up.
“... This man is trash, Lestrade.”
“Miss Holmes?”
“Many women have been ruined because of this man. You probably will be too.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Even after that, Lestrade responded while gazing at Isaac Adler with an expressionless gaze.
“From today onwards, I will be dating Isaac Adler.”
Charlotte’s eyes began to darken at those words.
“This is the most logical solution I’ve come to after careful deliberation.”
Thanks to that, the atmosphere turned slightly chilly and Lestrade began speaking as she took a sip of her coffee.
“Mr. Isaac Adler.”
“... Yes.”
“As Miss Holmes said, you are utter trash.”
Hearing her cold and unfeeling voice, Adler, donning a blank gaze, flinched ever so slightly.
“Many women cried, suffered, and ultimately were tragically devastated because of you.”
“That’s...”
“Yet, there’s no way I can legally punish you for it.”
“.........”
“Instead, the women whose lives were ruined by you ended up in prison for trying to harm you”
Lestrade’s gaze was as cold as chilling frost when she looked at Adler.
“I’ve been trailing you for the past month, hoping to catch even a hint of your illegal actions, but it was fruitless.”
“... That is, of course, an obvious outcome.”
“Therefore, I’ve come to one conclusion.”
Ignoring Adler’s muttering, she put her coffee cup on the desk and spoke.
“I will like you.”
And then, a chilling silence began to spread between them.
“And I will date you.”
“”..........””
“So, don’t touch other women from now on.”
Lestrade’s voice echoed quietly in that chilling silence.
“I will be your only lover, so I ask you to be satisfied with only me”
“Uh, um...”
“No matter how much you think about it, this is the only way to break the constant vicious cycle you create with your inhumane actions.”
Adler, who was blinking with a lost expression on his face, suddenly caught the expression of Charlotte sitting across from him in the corner of his eyes.
“Miss Lestrade, I understand what you’re saying. What can I say? It’s a decision that is very like you, I suppose...?”
Upon hearing her statements, Charlotte, already guessing what she really meant by those words, hastily opened her mouth,The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
“But, are you really okay with this?”
“........?”
“How can you tell someone that you like them when you don’t even have feelings for them? How can you hold their hands and have skinship with them in that case? How is something like that possible to sustain?”
Lestrade stared intently at Charlotte for a moment and then replied in her usual expressionless gaze.
“Public interest and achieving justice are more important than my personal feelings or emotions.”
“But...”
“So, from now on, I will look only at Issac Adler and express my love for him. This decision will not change.”
Cold sweat began to run down Charlotte’s forehead after hearing her response.
“... What if someone else could take on that role?”
“Who could do it besides me?”
“Well, for example...”
She then mumbled while watching intently at Adler’s reactions.
“Maybe me....”
“I can’t have you bear that burden.”
“N, no. Now that I think about it, I’m more...”
“Does Miss Charlotte Holmes like Isaac Adler?”
But Charlotte froze at Lestrade’s piercing question.
“... Uh, ah, um.”
She tried to forcefully open her mouth, but her face became bright red and her lips refused to open.
“Look at that. You’re overdoing it.”
“No, it’s not that...”
“I love you, Mr. Isaac Adler.”
“.........”
“One should be able to say at least that much to be able to date him, right?”
In the end, when Charlotte Holmes finally closed her mouth with an astonished look, Isaac Adler gazed at her with a puzzled expression before quietly standing up from his seat.
“Can you take responsibility for what you have just said?”
“... Yes.”
With his signature lopsided smirk, he titled his head toward Lestrade.
“If you truly love me, you should naturally accept this much skinship, right?”
Soon after, he gently stroked Lestrade’s silver-grey hair. She looked at him with a cold, icy gaze in return.
“... In that case, can you also kiss me?”
– Probability of Assassination — 1% → 33%
“Now I might get death threats even from the men...”
“Huh?”
“... It’s nothing.”
Having seen the consequences of meddling with not one but two idols of English men in the message before me, I exited the press conference while murmuring in a detached voice.
Thus, Lestrade and I began walking through the bustling streets of London, heading to the coffee shop where Charlotte Holmes awaited for us.
“I’ve noticed someone’s been following us since earlier.”
“I know...”
While walking, Lestrade whispered to me in a quiet voice, to which I nodded with a vacant gaze.
“Excuse me, could you momentarily step aside?”
“It’s a woman...”
“... Give me some time to settle my business, will you?”
Upon my request, she eventually nodded coldly, then slowly unfolded her crossed arms.
– Rustle...
As she waved to me and headed toward a side street, I blankly watched her disappearing silhouette and soon shifted my gaze backward.
“M, Mr. Adler.”
Then, taking off her deeply pulled-down hat, the stalker revealed her unique Demi-Human ears to my eyes.
“... I... I saw the press conference.”
Silver Blaze, with drooped ears and tail, stood in front of me and was looking down with a dark expression on her face.
“Did you now?”
I was slowly becoming accustomed to such incidents.
.
.
.
.
.
“... Please forgive me.”
“Huh?”
“I know you are faced with a lot of troubles because of me.”
Silver Blaze who was observing Adler’s reaction with dark eyes, began speaking in a trembling voice.
“If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have had to go through such terrible pain... I’m well aware that you wouldn’t have had to reveal your secret relationship either.”
“..........”
“Please, can you please give me another punishment?”
With that, she staggered towards Adler.
“Do you expect me to forget you and live as I wish? I won’t be able t...”
“Miss Blaze...”
“Don’t say that now...!”
She unknowingly raised her voice and soon, bowed her head with a frightened expression on her face.
“Mr. Adler...”
And then, silently, tears started streaming from Silver Blaze’s eyes.
“I’ve quit horse racing.”
Upon hearing those words, Adler’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“... Why?”
“It’s to show my loyalty to you.”
In front of him, Silver Blaze staggered and fell to her knees.
“I’ve always wanted freedom for the demi-humans because we have been harshly domesticated by humans for all our lives, but you were different, different from all other humans...”
“..........”
“If it’s you, the one who saved us, I can entrust you with my dreams, my goals, and my very body and soul as well...”
Her delicate hand grasped the sleeves of Adler’s clothes.
“... So, please accept my freedom, that I offer to you...”
With that, tears flowed down Silver Blaze’s cheeks.
“Please don’t abandon me.....”
From a distant alley, Lestrade, who watched the scene with a chilly gaze, silently took out her notebook and murmured to herself,
“Lift and drop. A typical tactic of Adler, mentioned in numerous testimonies.”
Clearly, Adler’s next words would be a devastating, no. A denial of her request.
Would he then mock the poor Demi-Human to his heart’s content?
Even after gaining her freedom, she had become so dependent on Adler that she would willingly offer that freedom back to him.
Then, he might just watch her degrade or darken right before his eyes with an amused expression and then disappear forever from her life.
Thus, the number of victims of Isaac Adler would increase by one more right before her very eyes.
“... This is the worst.”
Seeing clearly what was to come due to her long investigation and observation, Lestrade unknowingly muttered and turned away her gaze.
“To think she loves such a man...”
“All right.”
But at that very moment,
“I won’t abandon you.”
The soft voice of Isaac Adler penetrated her ears and rattled her mind.
“From today, I’ll take care of you, Miss Blaze.”
As he gently embraced Silver Blaze and patted her back, he murmured in a dreamy tone,
“... By the way, you smell lovely today as well.”
“W, waahh.... uwaaa”
Seeing the tearful yet happy expression on Silver Blaze’s face, Lestrade’s gaze turned utterly blank.
‘... What?’
This was the moment her deduction, as always, had missed the mark.
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Chapter 48: Gia Lestrade (2)
“Why all of a sudden...?”
“... Have you gone insane, Lestrade?”
Isaac Adler and Charlotte Holmes simultaneously asked Gia Lestrade, astonishment clearly evident in their voice.
“I am sane and well.”
Saying so in a chilly tone, she expressionlessly lifted the coffee cup in front of her.
“If you’re sane, then why...”
– Chomp...
While Adler looked at Lestrade with a puzzled expression, Charlotte Holmes, who had been quietly biting her nails, soon spoke up.
“... This man is trash, Lestrade.”
“Miss Holmes?”
“Many women have been ruined because of this man. You probably will be too.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Even after that, Lestrade responded while gazing at Isaac Adler with an expressionless gaze.
“From today onwards, I will be dating Isaac Adler.”
Charlotte’s eyes began to darken at those words.
“This is the most logical solution I’ve come to after careful deliberation.”
Thanks to that, the atmosphere turned slightly chilly and Lestrade began speaking as she took a sip of her coffee.
“Mr. Isaac Adler.”
“... Yes.”
“As Miss Holmes said, you are utter trash.”
Hearing her cold and unfeeling voice, Adler, donning a blank gaze, flinched ever so slightly.
“Many women cried, suffered, and ultimately were tragically devastated because of you.”
“That’s...”
“Yet, there’s no way I can legally punish you for it.”
“.........”
“Instead, the women whose lives were ruined by you ended up in prison for trying to harm you”
Lestrade’s gaze was as cold as chilling frost when she looked at Adler.
“I’ve been trailing you for the past month, hoping to catch even a hint of your illegal actions, but it was fruitless.”
“... That is, of course, an obvious outcome.”
“Therefore, I’ve come to one conclusion.”
Ignoring Adler’s muttering, she put her coffee cup on the desk and spoke.
“I will like you.”
And then, a chilling silence began to spread between them.
“And I will date you.”
“”..........””
“So, don’t touch other women from now on.”
Lestrade’s voice echoed quietly in that chilling silence.
“I will be your only lover, so I ask you to be satisfied with only me”
“Uh, um...”
“No matter how much you think about it, this is the only way to break the constant vicious cycle you create with your inhumane actions.”
Adler, who was blinking with a lost expression on his face, suddenly caught the expression of Charlotte sitting across from him in the corner of his eyes.
“Miss Lestrade, I understand what you’re saying. What can I say? It’s a decision that is very like you, I suppose...?”
Upon hearing her statements, Charlotte, already guessing what she really meant by those words, hastily opened her mouth,The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.
“But, are you really okay with this?”
“........?”
“How can you tell someone that you like them when you don’t even have feelings for them? How can you hold their hands and have skinship with them in that case? How is something like that possible to sustain?”
Lestrade stared intently at Charlotte for a moment and then replied in her usual expressionless gaze.
“Public interest and achieving justice are more important than my personal feelings or emotions.”
“But...”
“So, from now on, I will look only at Issac Adler and express my love for him. This decision will not change.”
Cold sweat began to run down Charlotte’s forehead after hearing her response.
“... What if someone else could take on that role?”
“Who could do it besides me?”
“Well, for example...”
She then mumbled while watching intently at Adler’s reactions.
“Maybe me....”
“I can’t have you bear that burden.”
“N, no. Now that I think about it, I’m more...”
“Does Miss Charlotte Holmes like Isaac Adler?”
But Charlotte froze at Lestrade’s piercing question.
“... Uh, ah, um.”
She tried to forcefully open her mouth, but her face became bright red and her lips refused to open.
“Look at that. You’re overdoing it.”
“No, it’s not that...”
“I love you, Mr. Isaac Adler.”
“.........”
“One should be able to say at least that much to be able to date him, right?”
In the end, when Charlotte Holmes finally closed her mouth with an astonished look, Isaac Adler gazed at her with a puzzled expression before quietly standing up from his seat.
“Can you take responsibility for what you have just said?”
“... Yes.”
With his signature lopsided smirk, he titled his head toward Lestrade.
“If you truly love me, you should naturally accept this much skinship, right?”
Soon after, he gently stroked Lestrade’s silver-grey hair. She looked at him with a cold, icy gaze in return.
“... In that case, can you also kiss me?”
– Probability of Assassination — 1% → 33%
“Now I might get death threats even from the men...”
“Huh?”
“... It’s nothing.”
Having seen the consequences of meddling with not one but two idols of English men in the message before me, I exited the press conference while murmuring in a detached voice.
Thus, Lestrade and I began walking through the bustling streets of London, heading to the coffee shop where Charlotte Holmes awaited for us.
“I’ve noticed someone’s been following us since earlier.”
“I know...”
While walking, Lestrade whispered to me in a quiet voice, to which I nodded with a vacant gaze.
“Excuse me, could you momentarily step aside?”
“It’s a woman...”
“... Give me some time to settle my business, will you?”
Upon my request, she eventually nodded coldly, then slowly unfolded her crossed arms.
– Rustle...
As she waved to me and headed toward a side street, I blankly watched her disappearing silhouette and soon shifted my gaze backward.
“M, Mr. Adler.”
Then, taking off her deeply pulled-down hat, the stalker revealed her unique Demi-Human ears to my eyes.
“... I... I saw the press conference.”
Silver Blaze, with drooped ears and tail, stood in front of me and was looking down with a dark expression on her face.
“Did you now?”
I was slowly becoming accustomed to such incidents.
.
.
.
.
.
“... Please forgive me.”
“Huh?”
“I know you are faced with a lot of troubles because of me.”
Silver Blaze who was observing Adler’s reaction with dark eyes, began speaking in a trembling voice.
“If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t have had to go through such terrible pain... I’m well aware that you wouldn’t have had to reveal your secret relationship either.”
“..........”
“Please, can you please give me another punishment?”
With that, she staggered towards Adler.
“Do you expect me to forget you and live as I wish? I won’t be able t...”
“Miss Blaze...”
“Don’t say that now...!”
She unknowingly raised her voice and soon, bowed her head with a frightened expression on her face.
“Mr. Adler...”
And then, silently, tears started streaming from Silver Blaze’s eyes.
“I’ve quit horse racing.”
Upon hearing those words, Adler’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“... Why?”
“It’s to show my loyalty to you.”
In front of him, Silver Blaze staggered and fell to her knees.
“I’ve always wanted freedom for the demi-humans because we have been harshly domesticated by humans for all our lives, but you were different, different from all other humans...”
“..........”
“If it’s you, the one who saved us, I can entrust you with my dreams, my goals, and my very body and soul as well...”
Her delicate hand grasped the sleeves of Adler’s clothes.
“... So, please accept my freedom, that I offer to you...”
With that, tears flowed down Silver Blaze’s cheeks.
“Please don’t abandon me.....”
From a distant alley, Lestrade, who watched the scene with a chilly gaze, silently took out her notebook and murmured to herself,
“Lift and drop. A typical tactic of Adler, mentioned in numerous testimonies.”
Clearly, Adler’s next words would be a devastating, no. A denial of her request.
Would he then mock the poor Demi-Human to his heart’s content?
Even after gaining her freedom, she had become so dependent on Adler that she would willingly offer that freedom back to him.
Then, he might just watch her degrade or darken right before his eyes with an amused expression and then disappear forever from her life.
Thus, the number of victims of Isaac Adler would increase by one more right before her very eyes.
“... This is the worst.”
Seeing clearly what was to come due to her long investigation and observation, Lestrade unknowingly muttered and turned away her gaze.
“To think she loves such a man...”
“All right.”
But at that very moment,
“I won’t abandon you.”
The soft voice of Isaac Adler penetrated her ears and rattled her mind.
“From today, I’ll take care of you, Miss Blaze.”
As he gently embraced Silver Blaze and patted her back, he murmured in a dreamy tone,
“... By the way, you smell lovely today as well.”
“W, waahh.... uwaaa”
Seeing the tearful yet happy expression on Silver Blaze’s face, Lestrade’s gaze turned utterly blank.
‘... What?’
This was the moment her deduction, as always, had missed the mark.
Probability of imprisonment if you don’t RATE this novel: 100%
Chapter 48: Gia Lestrade 2Why all of a sudden...?... Have you gone insane, Lestrade?Isaac Adler and Charlotte Holmes simultaneously asked Gia Lestrade, astonishment clearly evident in their voice.I am sane and well.Saying so in a chilly tone, she expressionlessly lifted the coffee cup in front of her.If you're sane, then why... Chomp...While Adler looked at Lestrade with a puzzled expression, Charlotte Holmes, who had been quietly biting her nails, soon spoke up.... This man is trash, Lestrade.Miss Holmes?Many women have been ruined because of this man. You probably will be too.It doesn't matter.Even after that, Lestrade responded while gazing at Isaac Adler with an expressionless gaze.From today onwards, I will be dating Isaac Adler.Charlotte's eyes began to darken at those words.This is the most logical solution I've come to after careful deliberation.Thanks to that, the atmosphere turned slightly chilly and Lestrade began speaking as she took a sip of her coffee.Mr. Isaac Adler.... Yes.As Miss Holmes said, you are utter trash.Hearing her cold and unfeeling voice, Adler, donning a blank gaze, flinched ever so slightly.Many women cried, suffered, and ultimately were tragically devastated because of you.That's...Yet, there's no way I can legally punish you for it..........Instead, the women whose lives were ruined by you ended up in prison for trying to harm youLestrade's gaze was as cold as chilling frost when she looked at Adler.I've been trailing you for the past month, hoping to catch even a hint of your illegal actions, but it was fruitless.... That is, of course, an obvious outcome.Therefore, I've come to one conclusion.Ignoring Adler's muttering, she put her coffee cup on the desk and spoke.I will like you.And then, a chilling silence began to spread between them.And I will date you........... So, don't touch other women from now on.Lestrade's voice echoed quietly in that chilling silence.I will be your only lover, so I ask you to be satisfied with only meUh, um...No matter how much you think about it, this is the only way to break the constant vicious cycle you create with your inhumane actions.Adler, who was blinking with a lost expression on his face, suddenly caught the expression of Charlotte sitting across from him in the corner of his eyes.Miss Lestrade, I understand what you're saying. What can I say? It's a decision that is very like you, I suppose...?Upon hearing her statements, Charlotte, already guessing what she really meant by those words, hastily opened her mouth,The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.But, are you really okay with this?........?How can you tell someone that you like them when you don't even have feelings for them? How can you hold their hands and have skinship with them in that case? How is something like that possible to sustain?Lestrade stared intently at Charlotte for a moment and then replied in her usual expressionless gaze.Public interest and achieving justice are more important than my personal feelings or emotions.But...So, from now on, I will look only at Issac Adler and express my love for him. This decision will not change.Cold sweat began to run down Charlotte's forehead after hearing her response.... What if someone else could take on that role?Who could do it besides me?Well, for example...She then mumbled while watching intently at Adler's reactions.Maybe me....I can't have you bear that burden.N, no. Now that I think about it, I'm more...Does Miss Charlotte Holmes like Isaac Adler?But Charlotte froze at Lestrade's piercing question.... Uh, ah, um.She tried to forcefully open her mouth, but her face became bright red and her lips refused to open.Look at that. You're overdoing it.No, it's not that...I love you, Mr. Isaac Adler..........One should be able to say at least that much to be able to date him, right?In the end, when Charlotte Holmes finally closed her mouth with an astonished look, Isaac Adler gazed at her with a puzzled expression before quietly standing up from his seat.Can you take responsibility for what you have just said?... Yes.With his signature lopsided smirk, he titled his head toward Lestrade.If you truly love me, you should naturally accept this much skinship, right?Soon after, he gently stroked Lestrade's silver-grey hair. She looked at him with a cold, icy gaze in return.... In that case, can you also kiss me? Probability of Assassination 1% 33%Now I might get death threats even from the men...Huh?... It's nothing.Having seen the consequences of meddling with not one but two idols of English men in the message before me, I exited the press conference while murmuring in a detached voice.Thus, Lestrade and I began walking through the bustling streets of London, heading to the coffee shop where Charlotte Holmes awaited for us.I've noticed someone's been following us since earlier.I know...While walking, Lestrade whispered to me in a quiet voice, to which I nodded with a vacant gaze.Excuse me, could you momentarily step aside?It's a woman...... Give me some time to settle my business, will you?Upon my request, she eventually nodded coldly, then slowly unfolded her crossed arms. Rustle...As she waved to me and headed toward a side street, I blankly watched her disappearing silhouette and soon shifted my gaze backward.M, Mr. Adler.Then, taking off her deeply pulled-down hat, the stalker revealed her unique Demi-Human ears to my eyes.... I... I saw the press conference.Silver Blaze, with drooped ears and tail, stood in front of me and was looking down with a dark expression on her face.Did you now?I was slowly becoming accustomed to such incidents......... Please forgive me.Huh?I know you are faced with a lot of troubles because of me.Silver Blaze who was observing Adler's reaction with dark eyes, began speaking in a trembling voice.If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have had to go through such terrible pain... I'm well aware that you wouldn't have had to reveal your secret relationship either...........Please, can you please give me another punishment?With that, she staggered towards Adler.Do you expect me to forget you and live as I wish? I won't be able t...Miss Blaze...Don't say that now...!She unknowingly raised her voice and soon, bowed her head with a frightened expression on her face.Mr. Adler...And then, silently, tears started streaming from Silver Blaze's eyes.I've quit horse racing.Upon hearing those words, Adler's eyes widened in disbelief.... Why?It's to show my loyalty to you.In front of him, Silver Blaze staggered and fell to her knees.I've always wanted freedom for the demi-humans because we have been harshly domesticated by humans for all our lives, but you were different, different from all other humans.............If it's you, the one who saved us, I can entrust you with my dreams, my goals, and my very body and soul as well...Her delicate hand grasped the sleeves of Adler's clothes.... So, please accept my freedom, that I offer to you...With that, tears flowed down Silver Blaze's cheeks.Please don't abandon me.....From a distant alley, Lestrade, who watched the scene with a chilly gaze, silently took out her notebook and murmured to herself,Lift and drop. A typical tactic of Adler, mentioned in numerous testimonies.Clearly, Adler's next words would be a devastating, no. A denial of her request.Would he then mock the poor Demi-Human to his heart's content?Even after gaining her freedom, she had become so dependent on Adler that she would willingly offer that freedom back to him.Then, he might just watch her degrade or darken right before his eyes with an amused expression and then disappear forever from her life.Thus, the number of victims of Isaac Adler would increase by one more right before her very eyes.... This is the worst.Seeing clearly what was to come due to her long investigation and observation, Lestrade unknowingly muttered and turned away her gaze.To think she loves such a man...All right.But at that very moment,I won't abandon you.The soft voice of Isaac Adler penetrated her ears and rattled her mind.From today, I'll take care of you, Miss Blaze.As he gently embraced Silver Blaze and patted her back, he murmured in a dreamy tone,... By the way, you smell lovely today as well.W, waahh.... uwaaa Seeing the tearful yet happy expression on Silver Blaze's face, Lestrade's gaze turned utterly blank.... What?'This was the moment her deduction, as always, had missed the mark.Probability of imprisonment if you don't RATE this novel: 100%
