Chapter 49: Gia Lestrade (3)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 49: Gia Lestrade (3)
“A... secretary?”
“Yes. I’d like to hire you as my secretary.”
At the sound of Isaac Adler’s soft voice, Silver Blaze wiped her tears and pricked up her ears.
“I let my previous staff go some time ago. It’s about time I brought someone new on board.”
“But… all I know how to do is run,” she murmured, her expression clouded with a hint of fear. “I haven’t learned much… and I’m not good at arithmetic, either. Can someone like me really serve as your secretary?”
“Miss Blaze.”
Adler, stifling a small chuckle, pulled her into an embrace and began to whisper in her ear. “Being a secretary is mostly just for show.”
“So…”
“Didn’t you say you wanted to be taken care of by me, Miss Blaze?”
Caught off guard by his words, Silver Blaze nodded eagerly.
“For certain reasons, I’m living in the professor’s office instead of the dormitory. It’s a very quiet place, and it gets lonely when I’m by myself. So, I was thinking of getting a pet…”
Adler, recalling the image of Princess Clay when she had transformed into a cat, continued his thought, viewing her as a sort of living doll.
“Would you please become my pet?”
“…Yes!”
With sparkling eyes, Silver Blaze nestled deeper into Adler’s arms.
“Really?”
“It’s all I want…”
“Mmm.”
Adler gazed down at her with a look that was almost pitying. He brushed her hair gently and muttered into her ear, “Think about it carefully.”
“...?”
“Once you choose, you can never change your mind.” His eyes glimmered with a hint of darkness. “If you change your mind now, you can live freely for the rest of your life.”
“I don’t want that.”
“But if you choose to become my pet, you’ll never be able to escape. Because in that moment, you’ll be surrendering your rights to me.”
As Adler’s demeanor shifted, Silver Blaze began to gaze at him intently.
“I tend to be a bit… possessive, you see.”
She shivered at the low, deep resonance of his voice.
“To be honest, I don’t quite understand.” Realizing that her reaction wasn’t born of fear, but rather anticipation, Adler asked with a wry smile, “You’ve been running your hardest to gain freedom until now, haven’t you?”
“Yes.”
“So why do you wish to be dependent on me now?”
Hearing that, Silver Blaze smiled gently. “I desired freedom for the demi-humans, not necessarily for myself.”
“That’s just playing with words.”
“Unlike the demi-humans from the back alleys, I was born and raised for racing. Being cared for by someone is more familiar to me.”
Adler’s expression turned somber at her confession.
“If someone like me were to step out into society, what could I possibly do?”
“…If you wish, I can help you adjust to the world.”
“Ha…” Hearing the sincerity in his voice, Silver Blaze let out a deep sigh.
Sigh…
She stared intently into Adler’s eyes and hugged him with all her might.
“…Miss Blaze?”
Despite her delicate appearance, her strength—far beyond that of a normal human—caught Adler off guard.
“This is the first time in my life…” Silver Blaze began in a soft, trembling voice. “…that someone has been kind to me.”
“It’s not just me…”
“That was my dream.” There was a new light in her eyes. “The reason I ran so hard, the reason I hoped for the freedom of the demi-humans, was simply because I wanted to be treated with kindness by someone.”
She took a step forward, forcing Adler to stagger back while still holding her tight.
“When my dream is right before my eyes, why should I step into an unpredictable society?” Silver Blaze whispered into his ear. “…Just raise me, won’t you?”
A brief silence followed.
“Please…?”
When Silver Blaze tilted her head, prompting him for an answer, Isaac Adler scratched his head for a moment before answering with a kind smile.
“If that’s what you truly wish.”
“Mr. Adler…”
“No.” Adler corrected her with a gentle shake of his head. “From now on, call me Master.”
Silver Blaze’s face turned a deep shade of red, the color spreading all the way to the tips of her ears.
“…Master.”
She lowered her head, her tail and ears swaying gently with affection.
‘…Did I perhaps misunderstand her earlier?’
Just as he thought that the strange, intense demeanor he’d briefly seen in Silver Blaze might have been his imagination, a message appeared before him.
[Silver Blaze now obeys you wholeheartedly.]
Another message followed immediately, bewildering him further.
[Even in the future, no situation will make her change her mind.]
As he tilted his head in confusion, a final message appeared—a type he hadn’t seen since arriving in this world.
[Conquest — Complete!!]
“Wait, what?”
Cold sweat began to bead on his forehead. He realized he had inadvertently "won over" a character who wasn’t even a main focus of the story.
*
A few minutes later.
“Then, head to the academy.”
“…Yes!”
“If you explain everything to the professor, she’ll make the necessary arrangements for you.”
“All right!”
Breaking away from their embrace, Silver Blaze nodded, her eyes shining with a dazzling light.
Chuup…
Suddenly, she raised her fluffy tail upright, brushing it against Isaac Adler’s face.
“It smells like Miss Blaze.”
“…Is that a good thing?”
“There’s no way your scent wouldn’t be pleasant.”
“…Hehe.”
Fidgeting with her fingers and wearing an expectant look, she lowered her tail and let out a soft, giddy laugh at his praise.
“Lately, I’ve been getting contacted by demi-humans from various places.” Then, with a shy expression, Silver Blaze wrapped her tail around Adler’s arm. “We’re organizing them with our comrades. Just wait a little longer.”
Her demeanor shifted momentarily, turning sharp and cold, just as it had before.
“…I will offer London to you, Master.”
With those whispered words, Silver Blaze slowly unwrapped her tail from his arm and began to walk away.
“…Is this a dream?”
As she distanced herself, she turned her head back to give him her usual, joyful smile. Adler rubbed his eyes, blinking in disbelief.
“It doesn’t seem so.”
“…Huh!”
Adler was startled by the sudden voice coming from the shadows and quickly turned around.
“Have you changed your methods?”
“Miss Lestrade.”
“What are you scheming now?” Lestrade asked, her eyes cold and suspicious as she glared at him with total vigilance.
“I’ve only done as you wished.”
“What do you mean?”
Adler stared blankly at her for a moment, then cleared his throat and spoke in a soothing tone. “Didn’t you say that, in exchange for courting you, I shouldn’t touch any other woman?”
“I did. And just now…”
“So you wanted me to behave as I usually do?”
“…I didn’t hope for it, but honestly, I thought you would.”
“That would break our promise, wouldn’t it?”
As he took a step closer, Lestrade frowned and staggered back.
“Originally, you were someone I could never have—the idol and crush of every man in Great Britain.”
However, the more she backed away, the more Adler pressed forward.
“An Iron-Walled Knight who has never accepted a confession from anyone.”
“Wait…”
“It’s an opportunity to handle such a woman as I wish.”
Cornered against the wall, Lestrade tried to push him away, but she eventually gritted her teeth and slowly lowered her arms, letting him in.
“It was a promise you made with your own mouth…”
“………”
“…That you would satisfy me in place of other women.”
Adler reached for the top of her clothing.
“You said you’d comply with anything I ask, right?”
His fingers began to unbutton Lestrade’s police uniform, one by one.
“You willingly agreed to be ruined by my hands.”
Lestrade trembled, feeling every distinct movement of his fingers. As his hand brushed just above her breast, she shut her eyes tight and whispered, “Finish it… quickly.”
Her voice, a mix of coldness and disgust, echoed in the dark alley.
“Do it quickly while no one’s looking… Just get it over with…”
Then, there was only silence.
“……?”
Feeling the cool breeze against her skin through her unbuttoned uniform for a long moment, she opened her eyes in confusion when nothing happened.
“I just unbuttoned it for now…”
Seeing Lestrade’s reaction, Adler smiled with his eyes and gently took her hand.
“The rest, we’ll continue once we reach our destination.”
Lestrade nodded, her face still twisted with disdain.
“It’ll surely be an enjoyable experience,” Adler added softly.
‘I already expected to be treated this way…’
Lestrade’s hand, intertwined with Adler’s, trembled as if chilled to the bone.
‘…Endure it for justice, Lestrade. Only you… can do this…’
*
“Huh…?”
A few minutes later…
“Ta-da~!”
As she looked at the place Adler had led her to, her expression went completely blank.
“Where is this…?”
“It’s a clothing store!” Adler replied cheerfully. He led her into the boutique with an excited look. “I always wanted to visit one with my girlfriend.”
“…..???”
Question marks practically materialized above Lestrade’s head.
*
Meanwhile, across the street.
“”………..””
Charlotte Holmes, after waiting in the coffee shop for quite a while and seeing that the two hadn’t returned, had finally decided to search for them.
And Jane Moriarty, unlike her usual self, had wrapped up her morning class in a gloomy mood and immediately left the academy to find her assistant, fearing he might be in danger.
The two women stood side by side, watching Adler’s back as he entered the clothing store hand-in-hand with Lestrade.
Warning!
– Probability of Abduction — 25% → 40%
– Probability of Confinement — 80% → 90%
– Probability of being Tamed — 50% → 70%
The risk associated with Adler was steadily reaching its breaking point.