The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 154

Originally, Ciel had planned to get up and carefully review what happened during the simulation and the information recorded in her mind using “Photographic Memory,” but given the current situation, if she got up again, she would definitely wake Avena.

Under the moonlight, Ciel saw that Avena’s eyes were slightly red and swollen from crying. Avena’s brow was slightly furrowed, as if she was having a bad dream.

She raised her left hand and gently rubbed Avena’s hair. Only after Avena’s brow gradually smoothed did Ciel close her eyes.

“System.” Ciel muttered inwardly.

In the system settlement just now, besides Ciel’s existing skill 【Nemesis】 leveling up to Lv.2, she seemed to have gained a new ability 【Omniscient】 Lv.1.

Ciel needed to see the specific descriptions of the upgraded 【Nemesis】 and the new skill 【Omniscient】.

【Nemesis Lv.2: Passive ability. People who felt fear towards you or were killed by you in simulation will feel slight fear towards you in reality. The more times they were killed, the deeper the level of fear felt.】

【Omniscient Lv.1: Passive ability. If someone is constructing a creation directed at you, you will know of its existence. Consuming spiritual power allows for temporary control of the creation.】

Nemesis can be triggered without killing now… Is this a small improvement?

As for Omniscient, it gave Ciel a sense of déja vu.

Will it evolve later to the point where as long as someone calls her name, she will know of their existence and location?

Isn’t this like the mythical Old Gods?

If she had this ability in the simulation just now, then when the “Dream Thief” constructed her appearance in the dream, as long as it was directed at her, she would have been aware of it?

Moreover, she could actually consume spiritual power and directly take over creations remotely…

Ciel realized this was definitely an extraordinary skill. At least in terms of rank, it far surpassed most of the skills she had obtained, comparable to divine descent—except for having no combat power.

What did she do to gain this skill?

Killed two Tier 3?

No, she had killed them before.

Turned Berren City upside down?

Not that either. Ciel had done worse before and didn’t get this reward.

The only possibility was her action of testing the “Uniqueness’s” anti-mental attack capability.

This like a low-tier version of a deity’s ability, it must be related to “Uniqueness”…

However, in terms of practicality…

Besides using it for fishing, Ciel couldn’t think of any practical application for this ability for the time being.

As for the system’s suggestion earlier about entering the simulation with another save file…

Ciel, of course, knew which save file it was. It was “Instigator.”

Perhaps only Ciel with the “Instigator” save file could better understand all the thoughts of the Society of Merriment members and come up with countermeasures.

Even without the system saying it, Ciel had already planned to use the “Instigator” save file for the next round of simulation.

Perhaps the newly obtained ability could also give “Instigator” a sample, see if it could develop any different uses.

Ciel directly opened the simulation interface, looking at the next available time to enter.

【Future Days: 24 Days (Holy Year 741, July 26th, 18:00) (Cost: 10 Fate Points)】

【Past Days: 10 Days (Holy Year 741, June 22nd, 11:00) (Cost: 10 Fate Points)】

【Old Days: ***, *** Days (???) (Cost: 10000 Fate Points)】

24 days later?

This date made Ciel’s heart sink slightly.

This was the day Avena was attacked in the simulation.

Ciel wished she could immediately continue the simulation, resolve this incident, and prevent the image of Avena covered in bandages lying on the bed from appearing in her mind again.

But now her spiritual power was in a semi-crippled state. Coupled with a full 24-hour simulation, she had consumed a lot of spiritual power.

Forcing herself into the simulation again would definitely cause irreversible damage to her spirit again.

Ciel had to force herself to rest.

She took a deep breath. Feeling the softness in her embrace and the faint fragrance in her nostrils, Ciel calmly settled down and tried to let her mentally exhausted self enter a state of sleep.

Fortunately, she succeeded.

Perhaps because Avena was in her arms, the sleep tonight was very smooth. Avena’s healing also contributed somewhat.

Sleeping until dawn, feeling a warm presence, Ciel slowly opened her eyes.

Upon opening her eyes, Ciel saw Avena before her, eyes tightly shut, cheeks slightly flushed.

She was facing away from the window. The morning sunlight shone on her back, giving her outline a golden halo. At this moment, she seemed to want to do something stealthily. With her eyes closed, her cheek slowly, stealthily moved closer towards Ciel.

Perhaps because she had slept, the redness and swelling of Avena’s eyelids had dissipated somewhat. Now only a faint blush could be seen. This not only didn’t detract from Avena’s appearance, but also gave her a slightly cute quality.

But Ciel wasn’t going to just wait for her to slowly get closer.

Before Avena could react, Ciel slowly lifted her chin, propped herself up slightly with her elbows on the mattress, leaned in, and gently touched Avena’s lips.

Ciel’s action seemed to startle the stealthy Avena. She almost sprang back with a curved body and rolled off the bed, somewhat like a kitten startled at a corner.

“What are you doing, Ciel!”

Avena braced herself on the mattress and stood up, arms crossed over her chest, looking down at Ciel. Even with her defense posture fully up, the blush on her face betrayed her current emotions.

Before Ciel could answer, Avena had already turned her face away and said, “Remember to ask next time. Don’t be sneaky. It’s not like I won’t let you…”

Uh…

Can’t be sneaky?

Then what were you doing just now?

At this moment, Avena’s heart pounded. Just after saying that, she already regretted it somewhat.

Was I… too loud just now? Was I being a bit unreasonable…

Will Ciel be angry?

Just as Avena was about to soften and apologize, she turned her head to look at the bed, only to find Ciel already kneeling by the bedside, slowly raising her hand and lifting Avena’s chin.

“Good morning kiss.” Ciel asked with a smile, “May I?”

“Ye… Yes…”

This was clearly the move I was practicing… Avena thought somewhat grudgingly before closing her eyes.

…

After washing up, Avena simply checked Ciel’s mental state. Finding nothing wrong, she put on her glasses and left the bedroom.

Avena had many things to be busy with today. In her words, she wanted to earn enough money for the two of them to spend. Although Ciel told her not to worry about money, Avena clearly didn’t quite believe her.

Not that she didn’t believe Ciel could earn money, but she didn’t believe Ciel could earn money legally.

At least when it came to earning money legally, Avena only trusted herself. If left to Ciel to earn money, she might cause some major trouble.

After Avena left, Ciel sat on the sofa. Silver light flickered in her hand, and a manual appeared before her.

Mental state stable and recovered quite a bit. Time to consider continuing the simulation.

She picked up a pen, placed the endless manual on her lap, and began writing.