"I say—you! The guy in the cockpit right now, wearing a black coat and with absolutely terrible driving skills!"
Apparently having heard that bizarre assessment of herself, Lawrence da Vinci puffed out her cheeks in an adorably angry expression, planted her hands on her hips, and walked over.
"I showed up at exactly the right moment as a very important savior, you know? You could at least give me a better evaluation, couldn't you?"
Sherlock Holmes's mouth twitched.
A better evaluation? I think your description of me as 'the guy in the black coat with absolutely terrible driving skills' was far worse!
"Is it... really you?"
"Miss Lawrence and Leonardo da Vinci...?"
Mash did not quite dare approach Lawrence da Vinci. Or rather—
She found it unbelievable.
And a little strange.
After all...
How should she put it?
Leonardo da Vinci and Miss Lawrence were both people close to them—very, very close to them—but they were still two separate people. Yet now, the two of them coexisted within the single body before her.
Two people had become one person who possessed both of their memories.
Lawrence da Vinci stroked her chin, seeming to think for two seconds.
Then she suddenly raised a hand, and a gemstone eye appeared in her palm.
She put it on her face and smiled at Mash.
"Do you believe it now?"
"Mm-hm. Ritsuka, Mash—although this is my first time meeting you, I actually know a great deal about you!"
"After all, I inherited memories about you from [us]. I've been looking forward to the moment I could greet you for a very long time, you know? Hm? Was that not quite the right way to put it?"
Lawrence da Vinci blinked blankly.
"Anyway, anyway! Although I'm just a tiny little bit less all-powerful than before,