Embers?
What did that mean?
Did it refer to the embers of Ragnarok?
But within this Lostbelt...
"I think that depends on one's perspective."
Scathach-Skadi shook her head, giving an answer that seemed ambiguous.
[Yes.]
"Wait, Mr. Holmes—are you saying you had already noticed Surtr's situation?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka interrupted Sherlock Holmes and Scathach-Skadi's conversation in surprise, turning to Holmes.
[...I wouldn't put it that way.]
Holmes's projection shook his head.
[At the time, I had perhaps only a twenty percent certainty. Saying something based on that little confidence would have been meaningless at the time; it would only have disrupted everyone's thinking.]
[However, I could determine that the man who attacked the submarine was not Sigurd. It was just that...]
There had been no time to say it.
At the time, Holmes had nearly been cut down outright by Surtr's demonic sword, Gram. He spent the remaining time recuperating in the computer room and analyzing the Lostbelt's situation, so he had never had the opportunity to mention it.
[However, the flames on the mountain were indeed my mistake. Please allow me to apologize.]
It had been the great detective's misjudgment, so Holmes straightforwardly chose to apologize.
"I don't think there's any need to apologize. After all, we're only working backward from the outcome to speculate on the possibilities. We had just arrived in this Lostbelt then, and we didn't know anything yet."
[...You could only say that it was an old habit of mine acting up. At the time, I should indeed have reminded you that this Lostbelt was, at least to some degree, connected to Surtr, the Giant King.]
[But there is little point in saying that now.]
As he spoke, Holmes shook his head.
[Then why didn't you tell me?]
Leonardo da Vinci looked at Holmes speechlessly.
[Sure,