Chapter 353

AD1867 · Early Spring · London, England

"...Have you heard? Last night, there was a gas explosion in Count Moriarty's palace."

"I have heard that only the eldest son Albert, the second son William, and a bad adopted son escaped. The older brother of the adopted son was burned to death along with the adults in the fire caused by the gas explosion."

"It's so pitiful that he lost his parents at such a young age..."

The magicians who had completed their identity transformation within half a year through legal and illegal means of this period sat in different clubs and heard the same thing from different nobles.

"Gas explosion..." Lansemero raised his hand and used the delicate lace folding fan to cover the lower half of his face. "Although I would like to say that the frequency of gas explosions in London is indeed very high in this era... But for magicians, "gas explosion" itself means an event rather than an accident."

"C.W.: ...I think this is the problem of the Holy Church. Why is it that every time they cover up the incidents caused by the Holy Grail War, they always use the excuse of "gas explosion"!?"

"C.AG: But if Sherlock Holmes existed at this time... maybe he could have discovered the truth."

"C.W.: I am very confident that Charlie will not tell the truth. After all, I have given him at least four opportunities to get to the bottom of the case and make it public."

"C.S.: Yes, but I ended up following your script."

"C.W.: It's not in my script that you jump off London Bridge into the Thames with me."

"C.AG: Well, now that this incident has come to an end, can I reveal the details to Kirsch and Olga? This is no longer considered a spoiler, right?"

"C.W.: If it's just the fire and the details before, then there's no problem - the rest is still "No Spoilers". After all, since they didn't read the report on the Whitechapel anomaly carefully, they should bear the consequences themselves."

Afterwards, the three magicians returned to their new spacious base.

"Is Ritsuka up?" Lansemero asked the member on duty in the control room in the study room where the communication base was set up. "I'm going to record the origin of this world's 'Morieti'."

"I'm on duty in the control room right now." Fujimaru Ritsuka sat down at his workstation and answered Lancer Mello, "So, that means Professor William's 'origin' has been established, and all that's left is to engrave this record on the Throne of Heroes, right? I'm ready, when do we start?"

"Now." Lansemello sat down at the desk and watched Olgamari and Kirshtalia enter the study one after another. "Let's start from the East District and talk about the gas explosion last night."

"Then let me go first." Kirshtalia stepped forward and began to sort out her own inferences. "First of all, Professor William's real name is not William, and it can even be said that he is not James Moriarty. The only titles that can describe his true nature are probably 'Lord of Crime' and 'Professor'."

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, wasn't it my turn to be on duty in the control room during that period of time?!" Fujimaru Ritsuka hurriedly stopped Kirshtalia from speaking, "How did it suddenly develop to the point where I can't understand it!?! Isn't Professor William's real name William James Moriarty!?!"

"That's just his real name as a Heroic Spirit. I'm afraid no one knows his real name as a human being." Lancer Mello sighed and explained to Fujimaru Ritsuka, "This name once belonged to someone else, but William has made this name closely connected to himself... You should know about Faker, right?"

"Yes, he has no real name. He is a shadow warrior who is the substitute of Hephaestion and King of Conquerors Iskandar..." Fujimaru Ritsuka nodded and quickly repeated the information she knew about the Servant. "Ah! In other words, Professor William also replaced someone's identity and almost made the whole world think he was that person!?!"

"That's it." Kirshtalia smiled at the projection of Fujimaru Ritsuka in the communication array, "That is to say, Professor William, in our 'Magicians', the only name related to him that can curse or bless him is 'William James Moriarty', but the name he originally used is unknown."

"Well... but I think someone still knows his real name." Lansemello murmured and winked at the students. "But if we come to that, William will jump out and tell me that 'spoilers are prohibited' - let's talk about this later. Since Fujimaru has no doubts, Kirsch will continue."

"Okay, I'll continue." Kirshtalia nodded and continued in a tone of writing a paper report, "Then, according to my personal speculation, Professor William may have been accustomed to the relationship of exploitation and being exploited a long time ago - that is, he is accustomed to social activities based on transactional relationships."

"Before he and his brother entered the poor school, they survived by providing help to adults in exchange for food and water. Of course, this behavior did not stop after entering the school, and it can even be regarded as the origin of his criminal counseling and case planning."

"However, as the Lord mentioned in the text of the report on the Whitechapel anomaly, compared to the other two Moriartys, Professor William is indeed an idealist - and compared to the other two who came up with the plan of 'killing people', Professor William seems much more rational."

"——Because Professor William clearly knows that killing people will not solve the problem."

"Wait a minute, let me think about it." Fujimaru Ritsuka once again stopped Kirshtalia's report, revealing a very subtle expression, "To be honest... I always thought that Professor William's safety factor was higher than the other two Moriartys, but doesn't this mean that the danger has become higher!?! 'Murder' - I'm still a little worried about the situation of that Beast."

"Oh, yes, you were not here before." Lansemello smiled and reminded Fujimaru Ritsuka to look at the Servant's data, "See what William's attribute has changed from Order Evil to?"

"?... Order-Good!?!" Fujimaru Ritsuka widened his eyes, "Why is it Order-Good!?! After all, the attribute of Order-Good is more likely to produce people who are more dangerous than those with other attributes!!! Well, then, what is the 'murder' plan proposed by Professor William?"

"Kill all those bad nobles." Olgamari sighed and repeated the words that shocked her greatly. "Although we didn't hear Professor William say this in person during this period, the children who were influenced by him shouted it out - but Professor William's target was not those bad nobles."

"According to him, since there are endless bad guys to kill, killing nobles and committing crimes are just a means of achieving his goal." Lansemello supplemented Fujimaru Ritsuka, but his gaze shifted from Fujimaru Ritsuka's projection to Kirshtalia, "As for his real goal..."

"It was Britain at that time." Kirshtalia concluded based on her observations during this period, "The Lord placed a 'self' that was split off through segmented thinking in the poor school, so we collected a lot of useful first-hand information there. For example, Professor William's point of view."

"What is Professor William's opinion?" Fujimaru Ritsuka tilted his head in confusion.

"To put it simply - just like Kirsh's plan to make all mankind become gods is to continue human nature; Professor William's method of killing bad nobles is to make more people happy and to make this country a better place..." Olgamari closed her mouth silently halfway through her explanation.

"This is human evil," Fujimaru Ritsuka complained, "baring dangerous fangs at the present for the sake of a better future."

"It's still a long way from the level of human evil." Kirshtalia laughed. "In short, the reason that drove Professor William to choose this path was that he believed that all lives were equal and everyone should have equal access to happiness. But this is not the case in Britain today. People are cursed by the deep-rooted class system, and the hearts that should have been pure and innocent have been polluted and twisted, giving birth to terrifying demons."

"Based on this view, Professor William concluded that -"

"As long as the demons are eliminated, people's hearts will be purified and the curse will be lifted."

"Hmm." Fujimaru Ritsuka blinked and looked at Lancermello. "But, based on the knowledge I gained from everyone's teaching content and the books in the Chaldea Library... the root of the problem that Professor William is obsessed with is the class system, right? If the class system is not resolved, the devil will continue to be born, and it needs to be constantly purified to maintain a beautiful world-"

“It’s not a one-time solution.”

"The only permanent solution is death," Lansermelo commented calmly. "After all, only death will befall everyone equally. Everything else is not equal to human beings. But from the perspective of Britain at that time, William's idea was very advanced."

"Well, in short, based on this idea, Professor William attracted the attention of Albert James Moriarty, the eldest son of the earl who was engaged in charity activities, and was taken back to the Moriarty family by Albert." Kirshtalia made a simple summary and added some minor information, "At that time, Earl Moriarty was forced to accept the proposal of a noble lady to adopt an orphan for the sake of face. Albert took this opportunity to bring Professor William and Professor William's brother home."

"Let me tell you the rest." Olgamari and Kirshtalia swapped places. "The Moriarti family at this time consisted of Count Moriarti, Countess Moriarti, eldest son Albert, second son William, and the two adopted sons—"

"With Albert's permission, Professor William during this period wore his old clothes and went out in the name of his second son, William."