Giving Up

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The glaring words on the light screen were painfully glaring at this moment, yet Li Ye did not feel much disappointment.

This was normal.

He was not a Magus of the Atlas Institute. It was perfectly normal for this result to come from using Trismegistus Hermes.

Perfectly normal.

Yet the light screen, far too close before him, seemed like one faceless hole after another mocking Li Ye, freely ridiculing his ignorance.

"Mr. Li Ye!!"

Holmes rushed forward at once, enduring the unsettling Dragon's Might and magical energy as he grabbed Li Ye and pulled him away, turning to block the light screen from him.

"Mr. Li Ye, you are not from this Singularity! You were transferred here by some unknown means, yet you know so much about this Singularity, as well as Chaldea's intelligence. Who exactly are you?!"

Even Holmes could not help losing his composure at this moment.

With Holmes's intelligence, the moment Li Ye asked those questions, he could immediately infer countless possibilities, especially given how suspicious Li Ye already was.

So he really was someone transferred from another era!

A Chinese man—was his time the Age of Gods?!

Although Holmes had once suspected that Li Ye came from China in 2017, or perhaps an even later time, the Dragon's Might emanating from Li Ye forced Holmes to overturn that assumption.

The Dragon Blood within Li Ye had undoubtedly come from a Dragon Kind of the Age of Gods. With Mystery declining in the modern era, it was nearly impossible for Dragon Kind of that level to exist on the surface, let alone for someone to inject a large amount of Dragon Blood into Li Ye and transform him.

When the Dragon Blood in Li Ye's body revived, Holmes had also more or less seen what had happened to him. Someone had used immensely potent Dragon Blood to alter Li Ye's body, giving him such a powerful physique and magical energy.

And judging from Li Ye's control over the Dragon Blood, it could not have been long—

Had he only been altered after arriving in the Singularity?

And in response to Holmes's question—

"I don't know—"

Li Ye grabbed his head and raised a hand to shake free of Holmes.

Only after moving slightly away from Holmes did the Dragon's Might around Li Ye gradually subside.

Though Holmes's suspicion of him had reached its peak, Li Ye instead felt a trace of relief. He smiled. "Mr. Holmes, just as you thought, I am not someone from this Singularity—this is common sense, my friend."

Perhaps because he had faced the cowardice within his heart, even when confronted with predetermined fate, Li Ye had strengthened his resolve to keep moving forward.

Therefore, Holmes's wisdom was necessary.

Receiving Li Ye's confirmation, Holmes lowered his head, replaced the tobacco in his pipe, lit it, and took a deep puff. "That is not common sense, Mr. Li Ye."

"Simply put, I was transferred into this Singularity without knowing it, and then somehow ended up like this."

Li Ye spread his hands.

Hearing that, Holmes raised a brow and examined Li Ye. "Precisely how long have you been here, Mr. Li Ye?"

"About four days!"

Li Ye thought over the timing, then said, "Mr. Holmes, that is all I can answer for you. As for any further questions, I am powerless to help."

Li Ye felt that the only suspicious points about him were the process by which he had been transferred into the Singularity and the source of his information.

Of those two, one was something even Li Ye himself did not understand, while the other could not be revealed.

The existence of the Grand Order of Fate was shrouded in mystery, leaving Li Ye at a loss as to where to begin.

Although Holmes's intelligence might be able to clear up his doubts, Li Ye still instinctively wanted to conceal the matter of the Grand Order of Fate.

The piercing alarm around them gradually quieted.

"Hm? Did the power go out?" Li Ye noticed that after the red light on Trismegistus Hermes faded, the familiar blue light did not appear. Instead, it fell silent.

As Trismegistus Hermes went silent, all the surrounding photon crystals dimmed as well.

It was as if all their energy had been drained away, forcing them into shutdown.

"Hermes's energy has run out. Does Mr. Holmes have any idea why?"

Li Ye glanced at Hermes and immediately understood that Hermes would be unusable for the time being.

"It seems that searching Mr. Li Ye's questions exhausted the last of its energy. Of course, I also secretly searched how many charming unsolved mysteries remained in the world. I suppose this is my punishment—"

Holmes looked guilty, and even the pipe in his hand no longer seemed enjoyable.

My questions probably accounted for most of it—

Li Ye silently recalled his questions. Every one of them had been a heavyweight.

Together with Hermes's alarm system activating, they had exhausted Hermes's remaining energy.

Seeing that Li Ye was unwilling to say more, Holmes did not press him. Instead, he asked about the Singularity's current state. "Since Mr. Li Ye has already been in this Singularity for four days, do you know anything about its current situation?"

Holmes had arrived at the Singularity only a short while ago. Before he could begin gathering intelligence, he had encountered Li Ye, leaving him unable to speak with Li Ye on equal footing when it came to such matters.

Li Ye nodded and said frankly, "The current situation is that the pure white Lion King destroyed Jerusalem, summoned the Knights of the Round Table upon its ruins, and established the Holy City—Camelot!"

"The Knights of the Round Table, Camelot?"

Upon hearing those familiar terms, even Holmes raised his brow and looked at Li Ye in surprise. "Could the Lion King be that King of Knights?"

There were very few rulers in history associated with both the Knights of the Round Table and Camelot. The most famous among them was that King of Knights.

But how could the King of Knights possibly still be alive now?

A sharp gleam flashed in Holmes's eyes as his rapidly turning mind continuously eliminated possibilities.

Moreover, Arthur Pendragon, the King of Knights, had an anecdote everyone knew.

The anecdote of Britannia's Red Dragon—

"Mr. Li Ye, are you loyal to the Lion King?"

Holmes did not hesitate, asking directly.

"That's right. I am loyal to the Lion King. If Mr. Holmes wishes to know My King's current circumstances, I can only tell you that My King intends to establish a world of towers. That is also why this Singularity is so unusual."

"As for deeper intelligence, I hope Mr. Holmes will investigate it himself. After all, words alone prove nothing, do they?"

Li Ye continued, "Just as Mr. Holmes thought, My King's true identity is Arthur Pendragon, the King of Knights—or rather, she was once Arthur Pendragon, the King of Knights."

Li Ye looked at Holmes openly, without the slightest trace of falsehood in his tone.

"As expected, the Dragon Blood within you came from the Lion King, did it not?"

The moment Li Ye admitted the Lion King's true identity, the source of the Dragon Blood within him was confirmed.

At the same time, Holmes confirmed that Li Ye was not someone from the Age of Gods. He truly came from 2017, perhaps even a later time, and was someone deeply connected to Chaldea!

If Li Ye knew that Lev Lainur had blown up Chaldea, then he could not possibly have been transferred before that. He might even have been there at the time!