"This child was the [disaster] caused by that magus."
Sherlock Holmes seemed somewhat weary. He chose to close his eyes, but he continued speaking.
"And the magus family responsible for that disaster descended from Lawrence Anno Falgao—the Zolgen Family."
"Zolgen? You mean Japan's Matou Family?"
"Come to think of it, the timeline does seem to match up."
Goredolf nodded instinctively, then abruptly froze and stared at the boy in disbelief.
"Wait, you're saying this child is—"
"Yes."
Leonardo da Vinci closed her eyes in pain and nodded.
"A homunculus familiarization experiment. It was an experiment filed at the Clock Tower by Serim Zolgen, the current head of the Zolgen Family. Though I—or rather, one of my predecessors—would rather not admit it, he truly was a descendant of one of my predecessors."
"He collaborated with the Einzbern Family, hoping to compensate for the disparities in strength caused by bloodlines. But the Einzbern homunculi at the time could not keep up with his consumption rate, and he did not wish to halt his experiment, so..."
"He reached out his hand to... this child."
Leonardo da Vinci let out a long sigh and looked at the child lying there quietly.
"This—"
Goredolf's eyes flew wide open.
"Norla Broll. A name that should have been utterly insignificant amid the sweeping tide of Britain's Industrial Revolution."
"But because of that disaster, the name was permanently entered into the Clock Tower's files."
"As... one of the victims of that disaster, and the disaster itself that directly caused the London 'Meteorite' incident."
Sherlock Holmes supplemented Leonardo da Vinci's words.
Or rather, some things really needed to be said by him.
For Leonardo da Vinci—rather, for Lawrence Anno Falgao—some matters were still too cruel, even if she was merely recounting them.
"You mean this child was modified into