149 What the Professor Truly Is (1/2)

The Professor halted. Silver dust suspended in the air before him, drifting in the wind like catkins. Under the dim light, they glittered slightly, clear and translucent. But as soon as they fell on the Professor's body, they began to sizzle as if burning!

Ye Qingxuan smiled. He slowly raised his right hand which carried a heavy and thick leather bag. When he loosened his grip, the bag fell on the ground and a huge amount of silver sand flowed out. Bai Xi had spent the entire day searching through Avalon's jewelry processing workshops for them. A bag full of pure silver sand.

”What's the matter, Professor?” Ye Qingxuan squatted down, picked up some silver sand from the bag and held it in his hands. He watched as the silver metal dust fell from his fingertips. They reflected a beautiful rainbow under the dim light. ”I bought these just for you. What do you say? Do you like it?”

The Professor was silent. He stood rooted to the spot, unable to get closer. But his eyes were full of a rage that Ye Qingxuan feared! Seeing his reaction, Ye Qingxuan smiled. He seemed to like it. That was great.

”Mr. Professor ...” In silence, the young man gazed at the Professor’s cold and cynical face hidden under his hat. ”Or perhaps I should call you one of the legends of Avalon—Mr. Vampire.”

The Professor remained silent, but Ye Qingxuan’s voice came from the darkness. He spoke at a steady pace with a calm voice that was full of annoying arrogance and elegance. ”It’s been so many years and no one discovered that you’re the legendary vampire, a moon spirit hiding in Avalon. No wonder you’ve always been mysterious, nocturnal, and never one to show your face...Do you vampires really have pointy ears?” Suddenly changing to topic, he looked curiously at the Professor's hood, wanting to have a look at his ears.

The Professor finally spoke with extreme coldness. ”Holmes, knowing too much is not a good thing.”

”Oh, really?” Ye Qingxuan played with the silver sand through his fingertips. ”But I love this feeling! If this is a crime, I’m willing to spend the rest of my life in the prison.”

The Professor gazed at him and asked coldly, ”How did you find out?”

”It was probably because of…the blood words. I really have to thank that traitor of yours.”

Ye Qingxuan slowly stood up, supported by his cane, and leaned lazily on the wall. ”Did you want to use his death to lure the parliament into the trap and retaliate against them? It’s very clever! I went to the scene.” Ye Qingxuan shook his head and exclaimed, ”It was so tragic. You burned his entire body to crisp. But was this for the sake of killing him, or to conceal what you did to him?”

The Professor froze.

Ye Qingxuan reached out and touched his own carotid artery. ”There were two very small holes on his neck here, where it had been burned. If you don’t look with a goal in mind, you wouldn’t even notice. But the moment I saw the two holes, I realized what the so-called 'Professor' is.

”The coroner said the murder was very cruel, and that the temperature was high enough to evaporate half of his blood, but the blood had actually been drained by you, right? He betrayed you, so you drained his blood. Maybe it was to heal yourself, or maybe just to punish him.

”Finally, you set him on fire in order to destroy the corpse, silence him, leave your own breath to guide the house to come, and supply your healing with blood...you hit three birds with one stone!” He paused and smiled lightly. ”But you’ve underestimated his revenge on you.”

The temperature around the Professor seemed to drop, but Ye Qingxuan was still enjoying it all. ”Let me guess, when you noticed someone approaching, you lit him on fire and watched him scream and die before turning away, am I right?

”But a viper can only raise another viper. He used his last moments to take revenge. He left some words in blood on the wall, revealing your 'big secret'. Initially, I was very confused because I’ve never seen that type of text before. Finally, I suddenly realized that what he left was not words, but just blood.” He narrowed his eyes at the silent ”legend.”

”This is the secret he wanted to tell the others—the criminal mastermind of Avalon, the mysterious man who has been hiding behind the scenes, the fearsome Professor...is the a moon spirit of the fallen clan, a bloodsucking demon! 'Professor' Moriarty is the legendary vampire of Avalon!”

He pointed to the Professor and said in cold voice, ”That was my study of the blood words. Please correct me if I’m wrong!”

After a long, long time, the Professor laughed hoarsely. ”There is nothing to be corrected. Your reasoning is all correct, but you could identify me with just that?”

”Maybe it’s because of my amazing imagination.” Ye Qingxuan raised his finger and pointed to his forehead. ”I actually discovered something recently. Whether I want it or not, but for some reason, I always have something to do with the legends of Avalon. Even if I try to avoid it, I always run into something strange.

”If you were me, when you encounter something like this, you’d think…what the h*ll is it this time?!”