Becoming Professor Moriarty's Probability

Chapter 29: The Secret of the Speckled Band (4)

"...What are you looking at, Mr. Adler?"

Helen Stoner, sitting on Adler's lap, noticed his eyes darting around with his face colored in a pale hue.

"Why are you looking at my employee?"

Then, Stoner carefully extended her hand to shift Adler's gaze from Professor Moriarty to herself before adding.

"That woman is just someone I hired."

"..........."

"Talk to me now."

Though Professor Moriarty had began to intently watch the interaction between Stoner and Adler, he found himself unable to tell the girl on his lap that he wanted to speak with the professor first.

– Swoosh...

He was fully aware that if the knife pressed against his neck were to move just a fraction more, everything could come to an end.

"Yes, that's it. That's exactly it."

As Adler began to look at Stoner with slightly quivering eyes, she started whispering in a voice filled with gentle warmth.

"If you can look at me like this now, why haven't you done so before?"

"......What?"

"I've been watching you for a long time."

Upon hearing her last words, Adler made a somewhat bewildered expression and tilted his head to the side. Professor Moriarty, who had been leaning next to him, began to whisper in a soft voice, clearing his confusion about this matter.

"Ms. Helen Stoner, here, has been a long-time fan of yours."

"...My fan, you say?"

"Talk to me."

Then, Stoner's icy voice flew in without fail.

"Mr. Adler, do you remember who was the one that watched your debut performance from the very front row?"

"What?"

"Who was the president of your initial fan club?"

"........."

"Who holds the most of your autographs in London?"

With her eyes deepening further with each word she uttered, Adler quietly averted his gaze to the side...

"That would be me."

And in the next moment, suddenly advancing her head closer to his own, Stoner whispered.

"I enrolled in the August Detective Academy, which I had no interest in, all thanks to you. I even studied mind-control magic just in case I needed to use it for you."

In that maniacal state, she asked him in a quivering voice while gently stroking Adler's cheek.

"But then why didn't you even spare me a glance, let alone a conversation?"

"........"

"You were always surrounded by women, so why only me?"

Avoiding her gaze till now, Adler finally frowned slightly and couldn't help but ask.

"...Were you stalking me?"

In the world of the game, Stoner and Adler had no points of intersection. Hence, he had unconsciously asked the question to her.

"Stalking?"

However, Stoner only replied with a creepy smile on her face.

"That's a harsh way to speak to your future wife."