Chapter 54: Fait Accompli
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Chapter 54: Fait Accompli
“Mi, Miss Holmes?”
“........”
“Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
Isaac Adler’s voice, his tone filled with utter astonishment, echoed throughout the room.
– Drip...
But right in front of him, Charlotte Holmes knelt down on the ground, shedding tears like tiny beads.
“Uhm...”
As the game-over warning message flashed before his eyes, cold sweat started to form on Adler’s forehead.
– Shhh...
“Calm down.”
After hesitating for a moment, Adler gently embraced Charlotte in his arms.
“... It’s because of me that you’re dying, isn’t it?”
Charlotte’s somber and broken voice whispered in his ear.
“What are you even talking about...?”
“Every time you’re with me, you seem to grow weaker and weaker...”
Caught off guard by her explanation, Adler’s face displayed his astonishment.
“Every time I solve a case, I can clearly see you becoming more frail.”
“It’s just a coincidence.”
“Then how would you explain the bleeding just now?”
“That was...”
“How do you explain the state of that body of yours, getting sicker day by day like that?”
As he was momentarily lost for words due to the overwhelming misunderstanding that she was harboring, Charlotte’s somber voice relentlessly pressed on.
“I’m scared to fight with you any longer.”
“........!”
Then, she finally voiced that sentiment of hers.
“Ever since I was born, I’ve always lived in a state of apathy.”
“Miss Holmes...”
“Whenever an incident occurred, I could momentarily escape that apathy but that was all there was to it.”
Charlotte, nestled in Adler’s embrace, continued her story in a trembling voice.
“After every incident ended, it was just an endless series of days filled with debilitating apathy.”
“.........”
“The problem is, unlike my sister, my apathy could be overcome with some form of stimulation.”This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
Lost in her words, Adler silently began to stroke her back before he even knew it.
“Cigarette addiction, Mana Poisoning, and then the next stage... it was only a matter of time before I fell apart.”
“.........”
“That was... until you appeared, Mr. Adler...”
The shivers running through her body were completely felt through Adler’s touch.
“I’ll be honest with you, I can’t live without you anymore.”
In that state, with tear-filled eyes, Charlotte Holmes looked up at Adler.
“I’ve already been devoured by you.”
“That’s...”
“No stimulus, no incident, no drug can ever replace you.”
There was a twisted look in her eyes.
“You are the very definition of stimulus itself for me now...”
“........”
“If you were to disappear, how would I even continue living?”
Adler, who was about to say something, eventually chose to close his mouth without uttering a word.
“What if I were to surpass you?”
Then, Charlotte, leaning in closer to him, poured out that question.
“What if I destroy the kingdom that the Professor and you are trying to build, and put you guys in prison?”
“........”
“Then, what should I do with my life?”
But there was no response from Adler.
“I’m scared.”
Charlotte’s faint murmur echoed in his ear.
“I’m afraid...”
The greatest detective in all of London was nowhere to be found...
“I don’t want to do anything...”
All that stood before his eyes was a young girl paralyzed with unbridled fear.
“...........”
Utter silence thus ensued.
“... Miss Holmes.”
After contemplating for a while and looking down at the quivering Charlotte in his embrace, Adler spoke to her in a soft voice.
“No matter what happens, I won’t leave you.”
Then, Charlotte began to gaze at Adler intently.
“I swear.”
“.......”
“Far more than a lousy professor who can’t even make such simple deductions.”
Then, she asked with a slightly sharp tone in her voice...
“Right?”
“Huh?”
“Right...!?”
“... Yes.”
As Adler hesitantly answered, Charlotte, who initially looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied gaze, soon wore a smile on her lips.
“Well, with this contract in hand, the conclusion has already been set in stone, more or less.”
And then, she slightly lowered her head, tapping on the contract she had been carefully holding onto her arms to show it to him.
“Indeed, I need to make things a bit more certain, don’t I?”
The very next moment...
– Bite...
“... Huh!?”
Charlotte’s teeth sunk into Adler’s soft neck.
– Crunch...
“...? .....???”
Baffled by her sudden act of sucking blood, Adler wore a perplexed expression on his face.
“Mi, Miss Holmes.”
“... Puhua~”
“Ha, Have you perhaps become a vampire?”
Then, Adler urgently pushed her away and asked that question.
“No.”
“Then why...?”
“I’ve come to a conclusion.”
Charlotte, giving that response, gazed intently at Adler while being lost in thought.
‘No matter how much I ponder, there’s only one conclusion I can reach.’
Isaac Adler was her enemy.
Moreover, he was an entity she shouldn’t be entangled with as a detective.
But at the same time, he was an essential part of her life.
“... Charlotte?”
The life of such a being was fading away because of her.
Even if not for that, this struggle would inevitably come to an end one day.
Then, was there no way to keep him by her side forever?
If not that, at least, couldn’t she retain his essence within her?
After a series of logical and rational deductions, there was only one way— only one answer she could reach.
“I’ll devour you.”
Having reached that conclusion, Charlotte wiped away the blood of Adler from her lips with her finger, consuming every drop, and whispered...
“... This isn’t about me being tainted by you.”
At the same time, Charlotte reached out and touched Adler’s head.
“It’s about me tainting you.”
Carefully plucking a single strand of his hair, she placed it into her mouth and whispered those words.
“... Mmm.”
Then, she began to chew thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hand and staring intently at Adler.
– Gulp...
Moments later, with a bright smile on her face after swallowing the strand, Charlotte spoke up.
“Having done this much, we’ll have some good news soon.”
“... Pardon?”
“Watson informed me.”
Adler, initially looking slightly uneasy, froze in place upon hearing her follow-up words.
“To establish a Fait Accompli, genetic material is required.”
Charlotte, wiping her mouth with her sleeve and pointing to the golden seal imprinted on her lower abdomen, whispered in a soft voice.
“... Just wait a few days.”
At that moment, Adler was finally able to understand...
『Hidden Route — ???』
– Progress: 20% → 50%
The moment Charlotte’s knowledge became complete, he could sense what was about to happen to him.
Warning!
– Probability of ??? — 60% → 70%
“... Ah.”
The messages appearing before his eyes faintly foreshadowed the event that would soon transpire.
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Chapter 54: Fait Accompli
“Mi, Miss Holmes?”
“........”
“Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?”
Isaac Adler’s voice, his tone filled with utter astonishment, echoed throughout the room.
– Drip...
But right in front of him, Charlotte Holmes knelt down on the ground, shedding tears like tiny beads.
“Uhm...”
As the game-over warning message flashed before his eyes, cold sweat started to form on Adler’s forehead.
– Shhh...
“Calm down.”
After hesitating for a moment, Adler gently embraced Charlotte in his arms.
“... It’s because of me that you’re dying, isn’t it?”
Charlotte’s somber and broken voice whispered in his ear.
“What are you even talking about...?”
“Every time you’re with me, you seem to grow weaker and weaker...”
Caught off guard by her explanation, Adler’s face displayed his astonishment.
“Every time I solve a case, I can clearly see you becoming more frail.”
“It’s just a coincidence.”
“Then how would you explain the bleeding just now?”
“That was...”
“How do you explain the state of that body of yours, getting sicker day by day like that?”
As he was momentarily lost for words due to the overwhelming misunderstanding that she was harboring, Charlotte’s somber voice relentlessly pressed on.
“I’m scared to fight with you any longer.”
“........!”
Then, she finally voiced that sentiment of hers.
“Ever since I was born, I’ve always lived in a state of apathy.”
“Miss Holmes...”
“Whenever an incident occurred, I could momentarily escape that apathy but that was all there was to it.”
Charlotte, nestled in Adler’s embrace, continued her story in a trembling voice.
“After every incident ended, it was just an endless series of days filled with debilitating apathy.”
“.........”
“The problem is, unlike my sister, my apathy could be overcome with some form of stimulation.”This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
Lost in her words, Adler silently began to stroke her back before he even knew it.
“Cigarette addiction, Mana Poisoning, and then the next stage... it was only a matter of time before I fell apart.”
“.........”
“That was... until you appeared, Mr. Adler...”
The shivers running through her body were completely felt through Adler’s touch.
“I’ll be honest with you, I can’t live without you anymore.”
In that state, with tear-filled eyes, Charlotte Holmes looked up at Adler.
“I’ve already been devoured by you.”
“That’s...”
“No stimulus, no incident, no drug can ever replace you.”
There was a twisted look in her eyes.
“You are the very definition of stimulus itself for me now...”
“........”
“If you were to disappear, how would I even continue living?”
Adler, who was about to say something, eventually chose to close his mouth without uttering a word.
“What if I were to surpass you?”
Then, Charlotte, leaning in closer to him, poured out that question.
“What if I destroy the kingdom that the Professor and you are trying to build, and put you guys in prison?”
“........”
“Then, what should I do with my life?”
But there was no response from Adler.
“I’m scared.”
Charlotte’s faint murmur echoed in his ear.
“I’m afraid...”
The greatest detective in all of London was nowhere to be found...
“I don’t want to do anything...”
All that stood before his eyes was a young girl paralyzed with unbridled fear.
“...........”
Utter silence thus ensued.
“... Miss Holmes.”
After contemplating for a while and looking down at the quivering Charlotte in his embrace, Adler spoke to her in a soft voice.
“No matter what happens, I won’t leave you.”
Then, Charlotte began to gaze at Adler intently.
“I swear.”
“.......”
“Far more than a lousy professor who can’t even make such simple deductions.”
Then, she asked with a slightly sharp tone in her voice...
“Right?”
“Huh?”
“Right...!?”
“... Yes.”
As Adler hesitantly answered, Charlotte, who initially looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied gaze, soon wore a smile on her lips.
“Well, with this contract in hand, the conclusion has already been set in stone, more or less.”
And then, she slightly lowered her head, tapping on the contract she had been carefully holding onto her arms to show it to him.
“Indeed, I need to make things a bit more certain, don’t I?”
The very next moment...
– Bite...
“... Huh!?”
Charlotte’s teeth sunk into Adler’s soft neck.
– Crunch...
“...? .....???”
Baffled by her sudden act of sucking blood, Adler wore a perplexed expression on his face.
“Mi, Miss Holmes.”
“... Puhua~”
“Ha, Have you perhaps become a vampire?”
Then, Adler urgently pushed her away and asked that question.
“No.”
“Then why...?”
“I’ve come to a conclusion.”
Charlotte, giving that response, gazed intently at Adler while being lost in thought.
‘No matter how much I ponder, there’s only one conclusion I can reach.’
Isaac Adler was her enemy.
Moreover, he was an entity she shouldn’t be entangled with as a detective.
But at the same time, he was an essential part of her life.
“... Charlotte?”
The life of such a being was fading away because of her.
Even if not for that, this struggle would inevitably come to an end one day.
Then, was there no way to keep him by her side forever?
If not that, at least, couldn’t she retain his essence within her?
After a series of logical and rational deductions, there was only one way— only one answer she could reach.
“I’ll devour you.”
Having reached that conclusion, Charlotte wiped away the blood of Adler from her lips with her finger, consuming every drop, and whispered...
“... This isn’t about me being tainted by you.”
At the same time, Charlotte reached out and touched Adler’s head.
“It’s about me tainting you.”
Carefully plucking a single strand of his hair, she placed it into her mouth and whispered those words.
“... Mmm.”
Then, she began to chew thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hand and staring intently at Adler.
– Gulp...
Moments later, with a bright smile on her face after swallowing the strand, Charlotte spoke up.
“Having done this much, we’ll have some good news soon.”
“... Pardon?”
“Watson informed me.”
Adler, initially looking slightly uneasy, froze in place upon hearing her follow-up words.
“To establish a Fait Accompli, genetic material is required.”
Charlotte, wiping her mouth with her sleeve and pointing to the golden seal imprinted on her lower abdomen, whispered in a soft voice.
“... Just wait a few days.”
At that moment, Adler was finally able to understand...
『Hidden Route — ???』
– Progress: 20% → 50%
The moment Charlotte’s knowledge became complete, he could sense what was about to happen to him.
Warning!
– Probability of ??? — 60% → 70%
“... Ah.”
The messages appearing before his eyes faintly foreshadowed the event that would soon transpire.
You can rate this serieshere.
Advanced chapters available on
Illustrаtiоns on our discоrd – discord.gg/genesistls
We are Recruiting!
『We are looking for Korean Translators. For more details please join the Genesis discord server!』
Chapter 54: Fait AccompliMi, Miss Holmes?........Why are you acting like this all of a sudden?Isaac Adler's voice, his tone filled with utter astonishment, echoed throughout the room. Drip...But right in front of him, Charlotte Holmes knelt down on the ground, shedding tears like tiny beads.Uhm...As the game-over warning message flashed before his eyes, cold sweat started to form on Adler's forehead. Shhh...Calm down.After hesitating for a moment, Adler gently embraced Charlotte in his arms.... It's because of me that you're dying, isn't it?Charlotte's somber and broken voice whispered in his ear.What are you even talking about...?Every time you're with me, you seem to grow weaker and weaker...Caught off guard by her explanation, Adler's face displayed his astonishment.Every time I solve a case, I can clearly see you becoming more frail.It's just a coincidence.Then how would you explain the bleeding just now?That was...How do you explain the state of that body of yours, getting sicker day by day like that?As he was momentarily lost for words due to the overwhelming misunderstanding that she was harboring, Charlotte's somber voice relentlessly pressed on.I'm scared to fight with you any longer.........!Then, she finally voiced that sentiment of hers.Ever since I was born, I've always lived in a state of apathy.Miss Holmes...Whenever an incident occurred, I could momentarily escape that apathy but that was all there was to it.Charlotte, nestled in Adler's embrace, continued her story in a trembling voice.After every incident ended, it was just an endless series of days filled with debilitating apathy..........The problem is, unlike my sister, my apathy could be overcome with some form of stimulation.This chapter was first shared on the Nvl1n platform.Lost in her words, Adler silently began to stroke her back before he even knew it.Cigarette addiction, Mana Poisoning, and then the next stage... it was only a matter of time before I fell apart..........That was... until you appeared, Mr. Adler...The shivers running through her body were completely felt through Adler's touch.I'll be honest with you, I can't live without you anymore.In that state, with tear-filled eyes, Charlotte Holmes looked up at Adler.I've already been devoured by you.That's...No stimulus, no incident, no drug can ever replace you.There was a twisted look in her eyes.You are the very definition of stimulus itself for me now...........If you were to disappear, how would I even continue living?Adler, who was about to say something, eventually chose to close his mouth without uttering a word.What if I were to surpass you?Then, Charlotte, leaning in closer to him, poured out that question.What if I destroy the kingdom that the Professor and you are trying to build, and put you guys in prison?........Then, what should I do with my life?But there was no response from Adler.I'm scared.Charlotte's faint murmur echoed in his ear.I'm afraid...The greatest detective in all of London was nowhere to be found...I don't want to do anything...All that stood before his eyes was a young girl paralyzed with unbridled fear............Utter silence thus ensued.... Miss Holmes.After contemplating for a while and looking down at the quivering Charlotte in his embrace, Adler spoke to her in a soft voice.No matter what happens, I won't leave you.Then, Charlotte began to gaze at Adler intently.I swear........Far more than a lousy professor who can't even make such simple deductions.Then, she asked with a slightly sharp tone in her voice...Right?Huh?Right...!?... Yes.As Adler hesitantly answered, Charlotte, who initially looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied gaze, soon wore a smile on her lips.Well, with this contract in hand, the conclusion has already been set in stone, more or less.And then, she slightly lowered her head, tapping on the contract she had been carefully holding onto her arms to show it to him.Indeed, I need to make things a bit more certain, don't I?The very next moment... Bite...... Huh!?Charlotte's teeth sunk into Adler's soft neck. Crunch......? .....???Baffled by her sudden act of sucking blood, Adler wore a perplexed expression on his face.Mi, Miss Holmes.... Puhua~Ha, Have you perhaps become a vampire?Then, Adler urgently pushed her away and asked that question.No.Then why...?I've come to a conclusion.Charlotte, giving that response, gazed intently at Adler while being lost in thought. No matter how much I ponder, there's only one conclusion I can reach.'Isaac Adler was her enemy.Moreover, he was an entity she shouldn't be entangled with as a detective.But at the same time, he was an essential part of her life.... Charlotte?The life of such a being was fading away because of her.Even if not for that, this struggle would inevitably come to an end one day.Then, was there no way to keep him by her side forever?If not that, at least, couldn't she retain his essence within her?After a series of logical and rational deductions, there was only one way only one answer she could reach.I'll devour you.Having reached that conclusion, Charlotte wiped away the blood of Adler from her lips with her finger, consuming every drop, and whispered...... This isn't about me being tainted by you.At the same time, Charlotte reached out and touched Adler's head.It's about me tainting you.Carefully plucking a single strand of his hair, she placed it into her mouth and whispered those words.... Mmm.Then, she began to chew thoughtfully, resting her chin on her hand and staring intently at Adler. Gulp...Moments later, with a bright smile on her face after swallowing the strand, Charlotte spoke up.Having done this much, we'll have some good news soon.... Pardon?Watson informed me.Adler, initially looking slightly uneasy, froze in place upon hearing her follow-up words.To establish a Fait Accompli, genetic material is required.Charlotte, wiping her mouth with her sleeve and pointing to the golden seal imprinted on her lower abdomen, whispered in a soft voice.... Just wait a few days.At that moment, Adler was finally able to understand...Hidden Route ??? Progress: 20% 50%The moment Charlotte's knowledge became complete, he could sense what was about to happen to him.Warning! Probability of ??? 60% 70%... Ah.The messages appearing before his eyes faintly foreshadowed the event that would soon transpire.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 the Genesis discord server!
