Chapter 479: Drost is very relieved

Chapter 470 – Drost is very relieved
Although Drost had already known that “Aleister Crowley” was the eldest daughter of the Earl’s family,……, or possibly the grandmother of the Earl’s family, he had already known that “Aleister Crowley” was the eldest daughter of the Earl’s family.

But when he came back, he was still amazed by the noble beauty of “Miss Crawley”.

Her skin is fair, her height is even taller than Drost, and her long straight hair with a sense of humidity is as black as night and as smooth as a waterfall.

She was sitting with her legs together where Ivars Moriarty had just been, resting her eyes with her hands on her cheeks.

Ms. Crowley was currently wearing the low-cut black and red dress that Star Antimony nobles only wore when attending a dinner party, and a silver-embellished black crystal cross dangled from her chest. The black stockings over her legs still looked slim and strong even though they were quite thick and wearing black boots.

Drost could also vaguely see two lines written vertically on the front of her stockings in silver alchemical script …… but Drost couldn’t read the exact meaning and could only see it as some sort of decoration.

That kind of overriding nobility was alarming.

It was as if she was the Queen of Avalon, and she herself was the subject who had an audience with the Queen.

“…… Ms. Crowley.”

Minister Drost respectfully kneeled on one knee and performed a knight’s salute, but because he had fattened up into a ball, he instead looked a bit comical.

–Even these past few years, he hadn’t been so respectful to Queen Sophia.

“Oh, back?”

Miss Crowley opened her eyes slightly. A pleasant and teasing smile floated up at the corners of her mouth.

Her pupils were a disconcerting scarlet red, and were shining with a dangerous red light.

In that instant, Drost knew …… why she looked so young, but gave off the impression of appearing sophisticated and dangerous.

–She was not only an amber artisan, but also a noble Moonchild! Even as “Crowley”, she was also one of the heirs of the Demon Family.

Black Phase, Red Phase, Demon Family. Three in one.

It’s like a concentrated manifestation of the power of Star Antimony!

Drost was secretly alarmed and had a clear thought: this could never be a disguise for Ivars Moriarty.

So he pressed the thought that had just floated through his mind.

–When he went up to look for something before, he always felt that something wasn’t quite right …… but couldn’t say exactly what was wrong.

It was as if he had overlooked a very important detail. But Minister Drost for a moment and dead can not remember what he forgot …… just in the heart of the faint, faintly invisible suspicion: could he be Aiwas, but only in the bluff?
After all, Ai Huas did not show a real extraordinary power, just only showed a substantially ahead of their own intelligence. And intelligence was something that could be given to others.

And so he came up with a thought he shouldn’t have had: could it be that these things were actually intelligence that Sherlock had investigated, and that Aiwas had simply used them to play along. And then found some way to bypass the detection of the True Flame?
There wasn’t any evidence for Drost’s speculation.

Or, he is simply immortal …… trying to find a reason not to give Diomedes to “Ivars”.

But when he came back and really saw “Ivars”, who had already become Miss Crowley, Drost felt that his previous conjecture was so blank, vain and ridiculous.

…… This person has no qualms about changing back to his own body, what else is there to say?

If you can quietly replace the identity of the other party without worrying about revealing it, I’m afraid that the real Ivars Moriarty is already dead. In other words, the current “Bishop Moriarty” has been Ms. Crowley since somehow.

If she could replace Ivars, she could also replace herself.

From this point of view, how many other people in Avalon have been replaced by them?
Drost couldn’t stop shuddering just thinking about it.

It was the fear that his existence and his entire life so far could be easily stolen without anyone noticing.

Drost knew Professor Moriarty well. It was a very intelligent and somewhat dangerous fellow.

He was constantly on the prowl and had friendships with some strange guys. In his spare time, on top of being a university professor, a renowned academic, a wealthy businessman, and a great philanthropist, he was also a “crime consultant” to Lloyd’s.

The Lloyd’s syndicate, which is in between the businessmen’s union and the underground gangs, is not completely angered by Professor Moriarty’s guidance, and only because of that has the Temple of Silver and Tin not been completely angered.

It wasn’t just about sponsoring the Knights – if they simply had money, they would have been blackmailed by the Knights forever.

It was because they always strayed above the bottom line, maintaining their explicit innocence while bringing a new order to the Lloyd District …… This made it bad for the Inspectorate to intervene in the Lloyd Society s sphere of influence as well. Because they can’t afford to lose the Lloyd’s District which is bound to go out of control.

As the slum area of the royal capital, it is also the main labor area, plus the harbor area. The Lloyd’s District is so intertwined that many issues affect the whole body. The Ombudsman’s Office is also a system of accountability, and the people in charge are responsible for their own decisions, so no one has ever dared to touch the problems in the Lloyd’s District.

Coupled with the fact that the Lloyd’s Hopper Society is in command of all the major gang organizations, the deterrent power …… and the ubiquitous, ubiquitous penetration brought about by their ruthless and covert tactics can only make the Lloyd’s Hopper Society in recent decades a grey force known to everyone.

All this is from Moriarty’s personal guidance. Despite having existed for two hundred years, Lloyd’s had begun to spiral out of control after the death of Prince Lloyd. It wasn’t until Moriarty came into contact with Lloyd’s as a young man that he was able to reintegrate it into his own resources.

In addition to this, in the Glass Island, and even Avalon …… if someone accidentally makes a big mistake, or goes on a desperate path, they may also be guided to contact Professor Moriarty.

And the professor is always there to guide them, patiently and generously providing resources and strategies to solve their problems perfectly.

He doesn’t do anything himself, he just helps the person with an idea, or gives them some money or writes a letter of introduction. But he always helps them to solve their problems perfectly.

In a sense, Prof. Moriarty’s high reputation in the Glass Island came from this. The people who have been helped by him are all over the entire Glass Island …… The vast majority of them are not big names, but small characters who are not the least bit conspicuous.

The professor never demanded the other party’s commitment to loyalty, not to ask for the other party’s remuneration, and even do not need the other party in the future promise to repay …… just to a seemingly non-existent “friendship”. As if helping the other party to solve the problem itself is what the professor wants to do.

–What’s the use of that? Not to mention the fact that for some of the most vicious criminals, it is even more illusory.

Drost always scoffed at that.

In his opinion, a “friendship” that did not ensure the completion of a bond was as fragile as a chain made of straw.

But even so, he admired Prof. Moriarty’s keen observation, his intelligence, and his calm approach to the world. If the other party was willing to become a detective, that young man from the Hermes family was absolutely no match for him.

Because of this, when Drost unexpectedly discovered that his own illegitimate daughter was working as a maid in Moriarty Manor …… it felt very tricky.

If she was at someone else’s, Drost casually invited an assassin to go over and kill her and be done with it. But just because of Professor Moriarty’s intimidation, let Drost hesitate to do it.

He also had to devise a trap to get her to leave Moriarty Manor on her own initiative in order to make her “disappear”.

Drost also hired someone to play the role of the illegitimate daughter, whose name he had forgotten, to escape and leave traces and evidence. She will be killed by another wanted man, who will then kill her as well.

In order to do so, he has to kill two more people.

And that’s just to kill one of Moriarty’s maids. That’s how scared Drost was of Professor Moriarty.

If only Professor Moriarty had disappeared as well.

Sometimes Drost thought so.

If Prof. Moriarty was not on the Glass Island …… he would have a lot of things to do as he pleased. And he wouldn’t have to be so careful about communicating with the Star Antimony people at all.

Because he had no idea how many people Prof. Moriarty had placed around him. Sometimes he even suspected that “Diomedes” also accepted Professor Moriarty’s friendship.

Now was a good opportunity.

Minister Drost thought darkly.

Even such a Professor Moriarty has completely failed to realize that his son has been silently replaced by this woman ……

–Might as well use Diomedes as bait and let this fake Ivars and Professor Moriarty fight each other.

Minister Drost, who was as fat as a ball, fawned and flattered, “Ms. Crowley, let’s sign the contract now.”

“You are quite impatient.”

Aleister looked at him with a smile.

…… For some reason, Drost saw a hint of a vestigial feeling similar to Prof. Moriarty in that woman’s smile.

It should be an illusion, he thought.

“This mandatory contract is signed in the presence of the Nine Pillar Gods, wedged by the witness of the Silver-Crowned Dragon, the god of the covenant. The covenant will take effect as soon as it is established.

“Party A is Charles Drost. That is, the contemporary heir of House Droste, the founding family of the Kingdom of Avalon, recognized by Queen Sophia as Minister of Trade, and Servant Lord of the Guardian Elf Diomedes.

“B is Aleister Crowley, granted the name by Valentine VII, third daughter recognized by Earl Crowley of the Kingdom of Star Antimony. Its identity and appearance is also known as Ivars Moriarty, or Duchess Vignes Emile Zola Bayard ……”

In the midst of Miss Aleister’s subdued voice, Minister Drost plopped down on his desktop and scribbled furiously.

–This was a contract for the Silver-crowned Dragon.

She couldn’t lie about it, could she!
Minister Drost felt very relieved.

(End of chapter)