On the evening of November 1, 1877, while Londoners were still celebrating Halloween, a crisis quietly descended.
Sherlock Holmes had just moved into a house on Montague Street in London and was about to begin his career as a consulting detective.
That evening, an urgent knock shattered the calm. When he opened the door, he found a young woman dressed in a medieval wizard's robe and holding a crystal ball.
Oh, this must be a Halloween prank.
But just as he was about to send her away, the mysterious young woman suddenly spoke. "I'm not here to play a prank. I've come to invite you to help resolve a crisis unlike any the world has ever seen."
"The future of London's people depends on it," she added.
Sherlock: Save the world? Who would believe a story like that, something you'd only find in a novel?
He coldly shut the door in her face.
But from that night on, his life began to veer off its normal course. Reports of supernatural creatures began appearing in the media, and no one seemed surprised, as if it were all perfectly natural...
As the whole world became shrouded in the shadows of occultism and ghost lore, it seemed that his was the only memory gone awry.
No. As Europe's first consulting detective, he refused to believe that his memory was the thing at fault.
That mysterious young woman who knocked on his door on Halloween must know something.
Althea Hawthorne is a "master of the supernatural" from the distant future. She travels between different eras to resolve abnormal world mergers and supernatural incidents caused by ghosts, correcting timelines that have gone astray and restoring the minds of those whose perceptions have become confused.
While enjoying the wonderful vacation her organization had approved, she received an urgent notice: the "World Crystal Ball" had suddenly detected an impending crisis in the distant Victorian era, where occultism was about to cause a timeline to go off course.
Forced to cut short her lovely vacation, she took the "World Crystal Ball" to Victorian-era London and knocked on Sherlock Holmes's door on Halloween night.
Then he coldly shut the door in her face.
Very well. Just perfect.
Althea was already looking forward to seeing the look of regret on his face.
A few days later, on London Bridge.
Althea looked pleased with herself. "Well, Mr. Holmes? Do you believe me now?"
Sherlock smiled. "Would the mysterious young lady, whose name I still don't know, be willing to put our earlier encounter behind us and invite me to help save the world?"
"I'd be delighted."
From that moment on, an unconventional adventure across time and space officially began.
Before you read:
1. As the title suggests, this is a mystery story with a supernatural setting inspired by the Victorian era, but don't worry, it's easy to follow.
2. The story begins in 1877 and follows the original canon. Watson will appear later.
3. The author knows very little, and everything serves the plot, so please don't overthink it!!! (Important)
Theme: Never stop thinking.
