The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 171

Instantly, the mask on Ciel’s face shattered. A phantom pain, as if her brain was being gnawed, came from Ciel’s head. But what she was losing wasn’t her brain, but knowledge and spiritual power—the thing Lucy called “brain-eater” was frantically devouring Ciel’s knowledge and spirit.

The connecting stream of light emitted a brilliant pink glow. The “Keyman’s” head was also rapidly swelling.

Its eyeball, which was originally like a pink starry sky, began to be covered by silver light, rapidly filling its eyeball… Then—

Bang!

The Keyman’s massive head exploded, leaving only a dried corpse, which was swaying in place. After a few seconds, it knelt down with a thud and fell onto the luxurious carpet.

“Are you alright?”

Lucy knew that the attack deflected by her luck had landed on Ciel.

She was about to turn and look at Ciel, but at this moment… her neck twisted.

“Hiss…”

Lucy crouched down, clutching her neck. At this point, she no longer dared to look in Ciel’s direction. She knew that her luck had taken effect again.

The one-minute effect of 【Overlimit】 hadn’t passed. If Lucy turned her head, it would be Lucy’s head that would explode next.

At this moment, Ciel gently held her forehead, slightly taking a deep breath.

The feeling of her “knowledge being gnawed” just now disappeared. She felt that the knowledge she had lost had returned to her mind… And the Keyman, corroded by the potion before her, was completely dead…

It was “Uniqueness” protecting her spirit and knowledge…

Damn “Fate Holder”…

Ciel clenched her fist. Her gaze was on Lucy, who was now crouching on the ground.

Just now, she was expecting Lucy to kill the opponent… So you were planning to use me to kill, huh?

Then, in that state of the Keyman going insane, if it automatically used an attack like “spirit absorption,” wouldn’t absorbing me either directly cause me to explode due to “Uniqueness,” or be overloaded by the knowledge sealed in my mind?

This time, I really gained a lot of knowledge.

Then if I can kill the Keyman myself, what do I need you for, Lucy?

Looking at Lucy, who was slowly standing up, Ciel slowly spoke, her tone gradually becoming cold: “Lucy… let me ask you something…”

“Uh… Go ahead…”

At this moment, Lucy felt a little sweaty.

The result of the “Strong Luck Coin” toss could only guarantee that the “outcome” was correct, but how the process unfolded was not something Lucy could control.

It was clear that she had tricked this terrifying “Subverter,” and from her tone, one could tell—she was very angry.

“Is the outcome of your ‘Strong Luck Coin’ fixed every day? For example, on July 7th, you roll heads then tails. If you go back to July 7th and roll again, will it still be heads then tails?”

Ciel asked coldly.

Gulp—

Lucy swallowed. She completely didn’t understand what the other party was asking. She could only force herself to answer, “I… I don’t know. But the coin is tossed at a fixed time every day. I think the outcome of each day should be fixed in advance…”

“Good,”

Ciel nodded slightly and said, “Roll it again.”

If Lucy rolled heads, Ciel would spare her, because she was too lazy to waste time.

If it was tails… then apologies.

Ding—

Lucy, sensing the killing intent, directly tossed the rusty coin. The coin rotated with a bloody glow and landed on the back of Lucy’s hand—the eyeball angel stared directly into Lucy’s eyes.

Hmph…

Whether Ciel said so or not, Lucy had to roll the dice a second time to save her life. Now that she rolled heads, at least it meant she wouldn’t die.

Lucy put away the coin and slowly turned back, looking at the blonde young girl behind her. The fear in her heart suddenly intensified. She quickly lowered her eyes, no longer looking directly into the young girl’s eyes, but at her legs and shoes.

“Clean it up.”

Ciel took a deep breath and said, “Send the sealed artifact to Roswell Manor. Keep the materials for yourself… I’m going to deactivate my ability.”

“Mhm mhm mhm…”

Lucy nodded repeatedly, afraid that if she agreed too slowly, she would lose her share.

After saying this, Ciel directly turned around and left along the corridor.

Although she really wanted to kill Lucy, Lucy couldn’t die too many times…

Killing them a few times would allow her to control their hearts with fear in reality. Killing them too many times might cause them to become highly agitated.

Like Oppold before, after she used 【Nemesis】 with 【Overlimit】 once, he immediately panicked and attacked her.

However, this time, it at least showed that when she returned to reality, she could kill the Keyman alone, even without calling Lucy.

But she had to contact Lucy.

Because this person was also coming to the banquet on July 7th. Heaven knows if her incredible luck would cause her and the Keyman to simultaneously explode like gold coins.

At least by keeping her as a teammate, Lucy’s luck wouldn’t accidentally harm me.

Anyway, Ciel already had a way to contact Lucy.

Next… Ciel still had things to do.

At this moment, Ciel was using the “Subverter’s” ability to fake the normal scene within the manor.

And Oppold by the lake, and those people from the Chaos Squad, would not notice anything unusual here.

Now, Ciel needed to contact the Chaos Squad.

She would use the “Subverter’s” ability now to brainwash all of them, learn everything about them.

Then, she would add a layer of 【Nemesis】 to them, to make it easier for her in reality to control them.

The most ideal situation would be for no one to discover that the Keyman was dead—not even anyone from the Society of Merriment knowing what happened until Ciel left Berren City.

Keyman’s spiritual note did mention the Society of Merriment’s involvement in the North Ansu Great Famine… Ciel didn’t want to be involved in this matter in any way.

What she had to do next was very boring… Ciel felt almost no interest at all.

These things were not what she wanted to do, but just paving the way for her in reality.

Disguising herself as the Keyman, spreading false information, having the Chaos Squad gather outside the city, brainwashing them one by one, recording what she had done, then inflicting fear, and finally killing them—it was that simple.

Besides gaining some sealed artifacts, the memory of one person piqued Ciel’s interest.