Sitting in the quiet reception room, under the dim light.
The silence not only did not eliminate the embarrassment between the two, but instead made the atmosphere gradually become ambiguous.
In addition, Nock realized that the air in the room was filled with the scent of Mrs. Holmes, and he couldn't help but sniff.
This behavior was difficult for Anna not to notice in a quiet room.
Anna's face was as red as fire, and her shy eyes glanced at Nok from time to time.
And Nok, who had been secretly sizing up Anna, could see the other person's shy expression.
For a moment, Nok felt distraught.
Nok hurriedly muttered in his heart: "Merciful Lord, please forgive your humble servant. I was seduced by beauty."
Nok, who secretly confessed, quickly opened his mouth to break the ambiguity in the room.
Knock said: "Mrs. Holmes, I accept your apology. Is there anything else you can do?"
When Anna heard this, her eyes suddenly showed a bit of resentment.
She asked a little aggrievedly: "Father, are you so eager to drive me away? I still have something serious to say!"
Well, Knock was instantly convinced.
You came to apologize for your feelings in passing, but you haven’t mentioned the serious business yet!
Just when Nok was complaining, Anna Holmes revealed her purpose.
"Father Ryan, I came here mainly to hear what my nephew Sherlock said. You found clues about my husband's disappearance. During this period, Sherlock offended you due to a misunderstanding, so you refused to help him continue the investigation. This is true. ?"
Nok touched his nose with his left index finger and replied: "That's what happened. What, madam, do you want me to help you continue to investigate the whereabouts of your husband?"
Before Anna could reply, Nok accidentally said something else: "With all due respect, Mr. Holmes has been missing for so many days. I'm afraid he has been killed..."
Nok didn't know why he said such "cruel" words. Normally, he would never be so reckless.
After hearing what Nok said, Mrs. Anna did not appear as excited as Nok imagined.
Instead, he shook his head calmly and said in denial: "No, Father. I don't want you to continue the investigation. On the contrary, I want you to help me stop Sherlock from investigating this matter privately."
Anna's reaction confused Nok.
"Wait a minute, madam, what do you mean?" Nok didn't understand what Anna meant.
Anna grimaced and explained with a sad expression: "Father, you don't know. My husband Ford is a very successful businessman. Especially after my husband's brother obtained the status of aristocrat, my husband's business became bigger and bigger. .”
She hesitated for a moment and seemed a little embarrassed to say: "You don't know, as this business gets bigger, it will inevitably have some shady methods. My husband is naturally no exception. On the contrary, his methods are worse than other businessmen.
Therefore, many people are offended.
I tried to persuade him, but he had completely become a slave to money and did not listen to my advice at all. "
“And every time he gets into big trouble, he still needs his brother Sig to step in and smooth things over for him.
Although Sig is a noble, he is just a small baron, and he is nothing in the aristocratic circle of the British city.
Soon, Seager's advocacy for Ford was criticized by the aristocratic circle.
For this reason, Seager was very disgusted with what Ford did and once warned him that if this continued, Seager would no longer interfere with Ford's affairs. "
"Ford naturally knows that the expansion of his business depends entirely on the influence of Sig's noble status."
"In order not to lose Sig as his backer, Ford turned to Sherlock."
"Father, you don't know that Sherlock's mother passed away when he was five years old. Sig worked for Her Majesty the Queen. He left early and came back late every day. It was common for him not to go home for several days."
"So, Ford asked Sherlock to move to our family's manor on the pretext of taking care of him. Over time, for the sake of his son, Sig had to move in with us even if he didn't want to."
"With Ford's special flattery, Sherlock, who spent less time with Sig and spent more time away from him, respected Ford as his uncle. In fact, in his heart, Ford was probably his father."
"So, Ford's disappearance hit Charlotte hard. I was concerned that the kid was putting himself in danger by investigating Ford."
"I'm not afraid of your jokes, Father. Although I have been married to Ford for many years, our relationship is not very good due to the large age gap between us. In addition, we have no children, so I have always raised Sherlock as my own son."
Hearing this, Knock glanced at Mrs. Holmes a few times and thought: This is not a bit big, this is too big!
Anna, unaware of Nok's mental activities, continued.
"I no longer have a husband, and I can't also lose my nephew who is my son."
"So please, can you help me protect Sherlock? In his eyes, he has completely offended you. If you come forward to stop his investigation, he will only think that you are making things difficult for him and won't think much about it. "
"Even Sig is unwilling to intervene in this matter. I guess Ford must have offended someone who cannot be offended. Ford's disappearance is his own fault. I have long expected that such a day would come.
But I don't want Sherlock to get into it too. Please, Father! "
Nok did not expect that the beautiful woman in front of him did not come for her husband's safety, but for that smart-aleck kid.
To be honest, ever since he saw through Sherlock's disguise, Nook hated this brat from the bottom of his heart.
Even if he was worried that Ford's intentions were true.
But his ill will towards the monastery was not false either.
Nok is only a priest, not a god.
Besides, the idea that gods are benevolent to the world is just a lie to fool stupid civilians and harvest their faith.
Smart people all know that gods are selfish.
No god can be selfless, let alone Nok.
Knock refused simply: "I'm sorry, madam. Although I sympathize with your experience, but the relationship between me and young Mr. Holmes is more than just a misunderstanding. Therefore, I don't want to deal with Sherlock Holmes anymore."
Anna suddenly became anxious when she heard Nok rejecting her so simply.
"No! Father, I beg you, help me!"
She cried out regardless of the disgrace and threw herself forward. She knelt on her knees with a "thud" sound, half of her body pressed on the low table, and reached out to grab Nok's hand.
The frightened Nok instinctively shrank back and shook off Anna's grasping hand.
However, due to excessive force, Anna was carried away and fell onto the low table with a "snap".
Anna's snow-white beauty hit the table hard, and the huge impact pressured it and deformed it. The pain caused Anna's face to deform, she had forgotten her purpose, and she screamed in pain.
"Ah! It hurts!"
Anna's screams made Nok realize that he had overreacted and injured the other party.
Regardless of the difference between men and women, Nok quickly stood up, went over to help Anna's arms, and lifted her up from the low table.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Madam, are you okay? Are you injured anywhere?"
Anna, who was helped up by Nok, didn't even bother to answer Nok. Instead, she broke away from Nok's hand and reached towards the calm sea with both hands.
It hurts so much! She had to rub it to relieve the pain!
This was the first time she knew that a place like this could not withstand a frontal impact, even if the height just now was actually not that high.
If it were to fall on other parts of the body, it would definitely not hurt as much as it does now.
With the movements of her hands, the calm sea surface surged with waves, one after another.
Anna was rubbing it so hard that she forgot all about it, while Nok was dumbfounded.
Due to the angle and distance, seeing the turbulent scene at close range made Nok's nostrils feel hot, and a stream of heat rushed out of Nok's nostrils uncontrollably.
"Snapped!"
A drop of bright red liquid dripped from Nok's nostrils, and hit the rough sea without hesitation, splashing bright waves.
"Yeah!" Nok's eyes widened and his mind went blank.
"Huh?" Anna's movements stopped suddenly, and the sea returned to calm. Only the bright waves on the snow-white sea are left.
Anna looked at the bright red with a blank expression, and her mind hadn't realized what was going on.
"Did~dah!"
Another drop of red liquid hit the sea and fell to pieces.
Anna raised her head sharply and met Nok's panicked gaze and his face with two bloody red lines.
"Pfft!"
After Anna realized what was going on, she couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, hahaha!"
Anna suddenly didn't feel the pain anymore. She laughed and fell on the low table holding her belly. The pain transferred to her stomach.
She laughed until her stomach hurt!
Nok was awakened by laughter.
Embarrassment and embarrassment rushed into my heart together, and I quickly reached out to cover my nose in a panic, but I couldn't stop the rushing torrent.
But even so, he still didn't forget to apologize.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you, madam. I don't know what happened, but I started bleeding all of a sudden. Maybe it was because I suffered internal injuries when I left the city before, and it just happened now!"
"Yes! It must be like this! It must be!"
Nok's pale and ridiculous explanation made Anna, who had already collapsed from laughter, burst into laughter again.
"Hahaha, internal injuries? Oops, I can't survive. You want to laugh me to death! Hahaha, internal injuries!"
"Ouch! I can't do it! Haha...ha, I...I laughed so hard that my stomach cramped! Hahaha, internal injuries! You can't imagine it!"
Anna was holding her belly on the table and laughing so hard that she was instantly adorable by Nok's explanation.
I didn't expect that this young priest would be so cute.
Hundreds of times cuter than her nephew who is full of eyes!
Thinking of the reason for the other person's nosebleed, and recalling the nosebleed dripping on her own sea just now, Anna's face involuntarily turned red.
I didn't expect that there would be such a simple and handsome young man in the British city.
You know, in the aristocratic circle, people of this age have long been full of flowers and show mercy.
Even her twelve-year-old nephew Shylock was given the forbidden fruit by the daughter of a businessman who attended the banquet and learned the taste of meat.
Therefore, Nok's pure and innocent expression made her feel strange, and she couldn't help but have a plan in her mind.
A completely different plan than when I arrived.
[The ambiguous atmosphere is difficult to control. I revised it for several hours for fear of violating the wording rules. But the plot requires it, and if you don’t write it, the subsequent plot will seem very abrupt. Because this Anna is the most important character in the first volume, bar none. 】
