"It's been a while, Holmes?"
"Watson."
A few days after Adler informed Charlotte and Jane about the bet...
"What brings you here?"
Finished with her duties at the hospital, thus returning to the boarding house to relieve some of her exhaustion, Watson immediately discovered Charlotte sitting in her armchair, smoking from her favorite pipe. Her eyes opened wide in surprise, she couldn't help but ask the question to her partner.
"I've been out and about recently, but this is still my home, isn't it?"
"Is that so? I thought you had already set up a new household with Adler."
"........."
"I was slightly jealous, thinking you were getting married before me."
As Watson, saying so with clear mirth in her voice, chuckled and hung her coat on the coat rack, Charlotte's eyes were now glued to her, her expression blank.
"... How are things going on with Neville?"
"Not good."
Hearing her question, Watson couldn't help but grimace.
"We are already engaged, but he is too reserved, conservative even, so I tried to seduce him a few days ago. But something urgent came up and our plans got cancelled."
"I see..."
"It's a pity but what can I do? I can only look forward to our next date."
Watching her, Charlotte subtly smiled.
"So, what brings you home, Holmes?"
"I have a visitor to meet."
"... Could it be... a new case?"
At her words, Watson, gloomy as she thought about her relationship with her fiance, brightened visibly.
"Along those lines, yes. It's more or less the same as receiving a case request."
"That's good news. I've been living quite the dull life these days."
"To be precise, I am currently in an uncompromising bet surrounding the ownership of Isaac Adler."
"... What?"
She couldn't help but wear a dumbfounded expression on her face as she heard her words.
"Among the three of us, the one who incapacitates the person who will knock on the door in a few minutes will be the winner."
"Among the three? Incapacitate? Winner?"
"If I win, Adler becomes my assistant and if the Professor wins, he becomes her assistant."
Ignoring Watson's expression, Charlotte rested her hands on her chin and wore a serious expression.
"And if Isaac Adler wins..."
At that very instant, just as she was about to reveal Adler's part of the bet, her eyes shining darkly...
– Knock, knock, knock...
Knocks began to resonate from the door of the boarding house.
"... Let's talk about it later."
"Hey, by the way..."
Watson narrowed her eyes and asked Holmes who immediately stood up and started heading towards the door after hearing the knock.
"I would like to know the identity of the person who is coming right now."
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Becoming Professor Moriarty's Probability
Acción[the I do not own] [Author[s]Kim Mamo 김마모] Description I fervently critiqued the development of a Sherlock Holmes-based mystery gal game. Villain Maker: Fulfilling the probability of Professor Moriarty's appearance. Love-Hate Relationship: Becoming...
