Arsene sighed. "Mainly because I just don't have much emotion left..."
He had originally wanted to say, It's all Jester Angel's fault.
But he was ultimately no Iver and didn't have the nerve to badmouth Angel Si to his face.
Iver, however, was completely fearless. He immediately explained, "Because we encountered a Jester Angel impersonating you earlier..."
Iver explained everything that had happened before to Sherlock.
Arsene pointed at the Jester Angel beside him. "He's right here... Huh? Where is he?"
Only then did they realize that the Jester Angel beside them had disappeared at some point.
At the beginning, he had clearly been standing quietly to the side the whole time—
After hearing this, Sherlock glanced at the empty space, deep in thought.
He sized up Iver and Arsene, sinking into serious contemplation.
Seeing this, Iver narrowed his eyes slightly as well.
"...I have to ask."
Suddenly, Sherlock spoke slowly. "You two wouldn't happen to be Jester Angel in disguise, would you?"
"Huh?"
Arsene was somewhat displeased. "How could that be!"
"...No, it's not impossible."
Iver suddenly spoke. "Actually, I thought of that possibility too...
"You're not... Jester Angel in disguise as well, are you?"
"How could that be!"
Arsene repeated his own words, speaking with absolute certainty. "This is definitely Sherlock! There's no way Jester Angel could know those secrets... His domain is directing and acting, not secrets and the mind!"
But Iver merely locked eyes with Sherlock.
Sherlock said, "Let's compare notes."
Iver asked, "Who spoke first?"
"I did—you?" Sherlock asked in return.
"...Jester Angel," Arsene said.
Iver pressed, "Then, before I mentioned that 'we encountered Jester Angel,' did you hear us mention Jester Angel at all?"
"—No."
Sherlock said with absolute certainty, "Trust my powers of observation and memory."
At that, Iver and Sherlock exchanged a