The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 157

“Do you know the ‘Combination Law’?” Ciel looked at the Keyman before her and asked.

“I know. A law proposed by the Roswell family, probably around two or three decades ago?” The Keyman nodded slightly.

Although she had only a superficial understanding of legal knowledge, she was somewhat familiar with laws enacted because of a certain person’s advancement to transcendent.

“The purpose of this riot is to force the higher-ups to abolish the ‘Combination Law’ and allow the existence of unions and workers’ associations.” Ciel explained, “This is the goal of this action.”

The Keyman looked calmly at Ciel. After a few seconds of silence, the Keyman slowly said, “Is that all?”

It wasn’t difficult to hear the Keyman’s voice filled with disappointment, faintly carrying a hint of provocation.

“Subverting the law is just the first step.” Ciel shrugged and said, “Haste makes waste, you can’t eat hot fried fish too quickly.”

“How long will it take to reach the step where you can subvert the kingdom?” The Keyman asked.

“Who knows?” Ciel raised her eyebrows, saying somewhat indifferently, “If luck is good, forty or fifty years.”

Forty or fifty years was just a number Ciel casually threw out, because Ciel knew that even just two or three years would be unacceptable to the other party.

Because they certainly couldn’t last that long.

As expected, upon hearing the number of years Ciel mentioned, the Keyman slightly frowned and said:

“Now those commoners will listen to your instructions. Why can’t you directly instigate the army and lead them to overthrow the Ansu Tower? Like in Pharos fifty years ago, just one ‘Instigator,’ instigating only a few hundred people, subverted a country’s monarchy.”

After the Keyman finished speaking, they saw the young girl before them, the smile in her eyes gradually turning into mockery, as if ridiculing their ignorance and foolishness.

“Respected ‘Keyman’.”

Ciel specifically emphasized the word “respected,” then continued, “The great revolution in Pharos had preconditions, namely the economy.”

“What was Pharos’s economy like a hundred years ago? What is Ansu’s economy like now?”

“I dare to bet that the current Ansu citizens’ respect for the Queen hasn’t diminished much. The only thing they hate in their eyes are those factory owners.”

“Even a miner who has labored in a coal pit for 16 hours before coming out to catch their breath, covered in coal dust, will still smile with pride when thinking of Ansu’s imperial fleet and overseas colonies while gnawing on their moldy potato.”

“Moreover, fifty years have passed. The army’s weapons have also improved, Keyman… Oh, sorry, I forgot Tier 3 transcendents can indeed live for over a hundred years.”

Ciel finished speaking all at once, without even taking a breath, just calmly waiting for the Keyman’s reaction.

However, the expected situation of provoking the Keyman did not occur. They just calmly looked at Ciel. After a long time, they slowly said, “What about the Divine Advent Church and the Church of the Savior Goddess?”

Given up?

Ciel was slightly disappointed. If the other party insisted on intervening in matters related to the riot, Ciel could propose more extreme solutions.

Ansu’s national strength was currently at its peak. Subversion was basically impossible. So her simulated self’s strategy had always been focused on division, cracking from within.

If the other party wanted to focus on the churches… then it was back in her comfort zone.

Moreover, Ciel had a question.

Why would the Keyman, or rather, the Society of Merriment, focus so much attention on the Church of the Savior Goddess?

Is it just a simple coincidence?

Within Ansu’s territory, the influential churches are not just the Church of the Savior Goddess. There are three other legitimate church groups, and the Church of the Savior Goddess is merely the weakest among them.

Is that the only reason? Picking on a weak one?

Crucially, the Church of the Savior Goddess’s main focus is currently tied up with the great famine in North Ansu, and they have been held up there for two or three years. The Society of Merriment launching an attack at this time… Could it be related to the great famine, or the transcendent causing the great famine?

“The fusion of the Church of the Savior Goddess and the Divine Advent Church?”

Ciel shook her head and said, “This is too simple, not very interesting.”

Ciel’s words were blunt and direct, but the Keyman actually took the bait.

“How is it simple?”

The Keyman was clearly interested. They leaned forward slightly, looking at Ciel and asking.

“How did you do it before?”

“Just by slightly instigating an archbishop, making her believe I am the Mother Goddess.” Ciel said in a relaxed tone.

Instigating an archbishop… making her believe I am the Mother Goddess?

Simple?

The Keyman knew these words, but combined together, they were completely stunned.

These cultists or church members, let alone an archbishop, even just a bishop, are basically impossible to instigate.

Their faith in God has almost reached an abnormal level, especially those “Radiance Bishops.” Rather than saying they are people, it’s more accurate to say they are just symbols representing the church.

The better the potion is digested, the less emotion there is to speak of, let alone cultists above Tier 3.

This is clearly not something an “Instigator” can do.

The Keyman had monitored the Faceless young girl’s movements. They even knew where the “Coroner” doctor she used to change her face was, thereby mastering all the faces the Faceless had used.

However, the Faceless’s identity was indeed somewhat elusive. The faces she used to change to could rarely be found with corresponding identities, as if conjured out of thin air.

According to the “Coroner,” before each face change, the Faceless would first draw a complete three-view portrait of herself, and then have the “Coroner” disassemble bones and use knives.

One could imagine how many stitches and “Coroner’s” spider silk were under the current Faceless’s skin.

Such a body would never be able to advance to Tier 3. This was the Keyman’s confidence in being able to always control the young girl.

“What method did you use?” The Keyman suppressed their excitement and asked.

“And how do you plan to continue?”

“Just summon their god out, display some miracles, and make them reconcile.” Ciel said, “Continue? Continue summoning.”

Keyman: “?”

Initially, they were a bit skeptical, but now they were certain. The young girl before them was truly insane.

The young girl talking about summoning a god and performing miracles as if it were a simple matter. If it were truly that simple, the Holy War wouldn’t have lasted for an entire epoch.

The Keyman was starting to lose patience completely. The restraint they had been suppressing was becoming irrepressible. Their eye-like fissure narrowed slightly, and they asked coldly:

“You better be serious, Faceless. Recognize your identity and position.”