Ch.161Chapter 161 – Let’s Change Our Perspective

“Ugh, uugh…”

My head hurts. I feel like I might retch at any moment.

“…mmph.”

But somehow I have a strong feeling that I shouldn’t throw up, so I forcibly hold back the nausea and open my eyes to find a very familiar scene before me.

“This is…”

Judging by the familiar surroundings and furniture, I’m currently lying in the faculty office at Auguste Academy.

Though I haven’t been here often lately, it’s a very familiar space in this strange world.

“Ah…”

For some reason, my body feels a bit heavy. When I look down, I finally understand the source of that odd sensation I felt earlier.

“Professor…”

Professor Moriarty has buried her head against my chest, embracing me as I lie on the bed.

If I had thrown up earlier, what would have happened? Just thinking about it gives me chills.

“……..”

The chill running down my spine soon gives way to indescribable emotions that begin to wash over me as I look down at the professor.

“…Did you save me again this time?”

My memory is a bit hazy now, but the figure who appeared in the study just before my memory cut off while I was caught by the tentacles was definitely Professor Moriarty.

“You really are amazing, Professor.”

Just how strong is she? I don’t know why such a being was lurking in the study of a university professor living in England, but it clearly seemed like something beyond human comprehension.

With just a gesture, she separated that thing from me when I was on the verge of losing my mind.

“Recently, I’ve only seen her cute side…”

*Rustle…*

No matter how cute Moriarty may appear before me, the final boss is still the final boss.

I can still vividly remember how she descended like an evil god during the beta test, reducing everything to nothing at the last moment.

“…She looks beautiful like this.”

And I ended up falling in love with such a being.

“……..”

If everything ends and we completely prevent the world’s destruction, I’ll have to return to my original world.

Because I myself am an entity that continuously attracts anomalies, as long as I exist, the anomalous phenomena won’t disappear.

*Rustle, rustle…*

But then, what about the professor and Sharlotte?

Come to think of it, it’s not just about those two.

Watson, who was used by me from beginning to end; Lestrade, whom I somehow ended up marrying; the three minions who have been following me around for days.

And everyone else who has been influenced by me, whether significantly or slightly.

“…Haah.”

What will happen to them if I disappear?

“Adler. Why are you making such an expression?”

“Well… no matter how much I think about it, something keeps bothering me…”

As I was pondering these concerns that had been circling in my head for some time, stroking the professor’s hair, I naturally began to answer the voice from below.

“…Huh?”

Then I looked down with a slightly dazed expression.

“It seems you’re finally coming to your senses.”

“………”

“So, was your little escapade fun?”

Professor Moriarty was looking up at me with dark eyes, asking me that.

“Th-that’s…”

“Adler. Do you know something?”

Suddenly feeling a chill throughout my body, I tried to get up, but with this cursed body, I couldn’t resist the professor’s grip as she had already climbed on top of me.

“…Getting hit by you a few days ago was the first time in my life I’ve been one-sidedly struck by someone.”

“………”

“Very few beings have succeeded in attacking me, and even those are all in the afterlife now.”

The professor, straddling me, murmurs quietly and then leans her face closer.

“I merely thought we were married and called you by your name, was that so disagreeable to you?”

“That’s not it…”

“Was it so distasteful that you assaulted me one-sidedly and then had that thief arrange your marriage with that youngster?”

“Professor…”

Trembling at the cold aura she was emitting, I could only wear a blank expression for a moment.

“Do you dislike me…?”

“………”

“If you dislike me, just say so…”

As she said this while staring at me intently, the professor’s eyes were trembling.

As if she might burst into tears at any moment if I said I disliked her. It was a look that didn’t suit her at all, this transcendent being who had attained enlightenment.

“…I like you.”

“Then why did you abandon me?”

“Urk.”

When I absentmindedly whispered, perhaps momentarily entranced by that gaze, the professor began to apply pressure, tightly gripping my arms that she was holding.

“I even swallowed my pride and gave you that childish marriage registration document first, so why…”

“…My marriage with Lestrade is a contract marriage.”

In an atmosphere where I felt I might be devoured if I said anything wrong, I began to make excuses while sweating nervously.

“It’s a fake marriage with a contract drawn up for our mutual benefit…”

“…….”

“W-we haven’t even had sex or tried to make children… even the kiss was our first time just now…? Haha…”

“…Kiss?”

But the professor’s cold voice immediately returned.

“So you actually intertwined tongues with that youngster?”

“…Ah, you didn’t know?”

Feeling my mouth go completely dry, I asked in a shrinking voice.

“Professor… don’t you always watch me…”

“My connection to your vision has become unstable recently.”

“I see.”

So what I just said was a slip of the tongue.

“…Are you prepared?”

“F-for what…?”

As I was failing to collect my thoughts with an “oh no” feeling, the professor began to whisper coldly in my ear.

“You know what I mean.”

At that very moment.

[Um, excuse me.]

[I wanted to lay low a bit longer…]

[But I think I need to tell you something…]

A system window with somewhat timid font appeared before my eyes.

[…Probability of being victimized: 99.99999999999999999%]

[I thought 100% would be too depressing, so I expanded the system display digits as much as possible.]

Seeing that ridiculous message with so many digits that the front was cut off, I couldn’t help but give a hollow laugh.

[You know you’re heading straight for a bad ending at this rate, right?]

“Ah…..”

How can I escape from this situation that’s practically a death sentence?

‘…Wait.’

They say the human brain shines brightest in crisis, don’t they? As I examined countless possibilities in just a few seconds, a lightbulb went off in my head just as the professor’s face came right up to mine.

‘Let’s think about this from a different angle.’

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“Why didn’t I think of this until now…?”

“……?”

When Adler’s demeanor suddenly changed from trembling like a herbivore pounced on by a lioness, a question mark appeared on the professor’s face as she straddled him.

“Professor.”

“Why are you calling me?”

“Excuse me for a moment.”

With those words in a cheerful voice, Adler began to wrap his arms around her back.

*Smooch…*

“……!?”

The next moment, his warm lips touched the professor’s neck, transferring warmth.

*Nibble nibble…*

“…Mmh?”

But not stopping there, Adler bit the professor’s neck with his mouth and began to nibble on her skin, causing a surprised moan to escape from her lips.

*Rustle…*

“A-Adler.”

As the situation continued, Professor Moriarty tried to pull back with a stunned expression, but surprisingly, Adler trapped her legs with his own.

“What are you doing…? What is this…?”

“I just realized something.”

When the professor asked with a puzzled expression, Adler finally removed his lips from her neck and whispered in a low voice.

“If I take the initiative too, it’s consensual, isn’t it?”

“………”

“…So, Professor.”

Embracing her increasingly warm body even more tightly, he shyly whispered in her ear.

“Are you prepared?”

And a momentary silence hung in the office.

“I-I…”

“…Yes?”

“That’s not what I meant when I…”

Adler listened carefully to the professor’s statement, which seemed rather shaky, breaking through the silence.

“Sorry, I couldn’t hear you clearly.”

*Rustle…*

“…Could you speak more clearly and in detail?”

Gently stroking the professor’s head, which had somehow frozen, he now leaned his face toward hers.

*Smooch…*

The moment he carefully kissed the professor’s lips.

*Thwack…!*

“…Keh!?”

With his face pushed away by her palm, Adler was slammed back onto the bed.

“………”

“……???”

After catching his breath and coughing for a moment, he got up from the bed and met the eyes of the professor who was looking down at him coldly, his expression becoming confused.

*Creeeeak…*

“…What’s going on?”

As she clenched and unclenched her fist while emitting a cold aura, she left the office with gritted teeth, leaving Adler looking bewildered.

“S-something’s not right…”

Rising from the bed in that state, he belatedly began to scroll forward through the system message that had appeared before him.

“…Oh.”

Then Adler froze in place.

[Probability of being killed: 99.99999….]

“…It was the probability of being k-killed.”

His face quickly turned into a look of despair.

“So this is how it ends……”

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Meanwhile, at that time.

“………”

Jane Moriarty, who had rushed out of the office and into a nearby bathroom, sat on the toilet with a blank expression.

“Ugh…”

How much time had passed like that? Covering her increasingly hot face with both hands, she muttered in a low voice.

“That’s not fair…”

Her gray eyes, which had been like a viper’s, momentarily flickered golden before returning to their original color.