"Who are you?"
The sudden voice put everyone on guard. Mash raised her shield, intending to stand at the front, but Lancelot appeared before her with his holy sword in hand. With him there, he naturally would not let Mash face the enemy head-on.
"Me? Just a detective."
"A detective?"
"That's right. Sherlock Holmes. People of Chaldea, I have been waiting for you for a long time." The newcomer introduced himself and said that he had been waiting for Chaldea's arrival.
"Sherlock Holmes." Mash looked rather excited upon hearing his introduction. It was no wonder—she was, in a sense, a Holmes fan as well. During her free time in Chaldea, Mash most enjoyed reading detective novels, especially those centered around Holmes. It was only because she knew where they were that she did not go up and ask for an autograph.
Come to think of it, that hobby was somewhat similar to Gray's.
"Charlotte Holmes, Irene, I'm your fan." Seeing Holmes, Shen Fei suddenly thought of a certain immortal's story.
"Why were you waiting for us here?" Da Vinci immediately asked after Holmes finished introducing himself.
"You needn't be so wary of me. In fact, this is not our first meeting, and I promised Babbage that I would assist you." Seeing everyone watching him vigilantly, Holmes brought up Babbage and the matter of the City of Fog.
"You're the one who left those documents at the Mages Association." Mash and Ritsuka immediately realized it. Back in the City of Fog, they had discussed who could have organized the information so thoroughly and placed it somewhere so conspicuous.
"Yes. There are two reasons I waited for you here. First, I need to go to the Atlas Institute to investigate something, but the mechanisms below prevent me from getting there. After all,