--At that moment, Iver felt a suffocating silence, so intense that it made him dizzy.
Although there had already been plenty of evidence, and Iver had long since had his suspicions...
He desperately wished that, at this moment, his adoptive father could give him a negative answer.
Ever since awakening the memories of his Previous Life, Iver had been wary of Professor Moriarty... but he truly respected his adoptive father.
It was not merely because of Professor Moriarty's extensive knowledge, nor simply because he had taken in and raised Iver and Yulia. More importantly, Professor Moriarty had a humble and gentle personality. When Iver was young, he had deeply admired his adoptive father's calmness in the face of trouble, his wisdom and gentleness, and his unassuming composure.
That was the image of the "perfect man" in Iver's mind.
From Iver's perspective, he actually did not want to become enemies with his adoptive father. Not to mention the debt he owed him for raising him.
But if Professor Moriarty had first killed Iver's biological parents and then adopted him, that was entirely different from adopting Iver as an orphan.
"Are you surprised?"
Robin showed no particular reaction. Instead, he asked, "You should have guessed it long ago, shouldn't you?"
"...Why?"
Iver asked in a low voice, "What was the reason?"
"Of course, it was because I was wary of Jacob. Since you have already come into contact with Cardinal Loki and know that you are a key... I guess you should already know about Jacob's forbidden research... right?"
"To achieve a miracle that even the gods could not complete with a mortal body—replicating souls and creating life. He even wanted to create gods, or something that surpassed the gods... As expected of the world's greatest Transcender. He truly possessed unparalleled ambition."