The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 210

Pitter-patter—

Fine raindrops fell on the roof, making a crackling sound. Ciel calmly glanced at the Blood Rolands blooming on the two corpses. They swayed, nurtured by the muddy rainwater, like they were performing a strange dance.

She slowly looked up, towards the gang members who were frozen in place, trembling.

Someone finally let out a strange shriek. The gang members scattered and ran. Fear continuously grew in their hearts.

Silver light flashed, and 【Deadly Blood Roland】 disappeared from Ciel’s hand.

Ciel actually wanted to shoot them a few times, but she decided against it.

It would only mean letting 【Deadly Blood Roland】 draw a few more mouthfuls of her blood, but Ciel felt her blood shouldn’t be wasted in this place.

She slowly walked towards the two corpses. She bent down and directly pulled out a revolver from Solari’s corpse.

She turned back to look at her sister, who was sitting slumped on the steps. She walked towards her step by step, turned the muzzle of the revolver in her hand, and slowly placed the grip beside her sister’s hand. She slowly applied force with both hands, making Lichie grip the gun tightly.

“Sister, I need to go out for a little while,”

Ciel said with a gentle smile, “If anyone comes.”

She held her sister’s hand and slowly wiggled her index finger.

“You pull the trigger and send them home.”

Lichie seemed to have completely panicked. Only after Ciel helped her back to the living room sofa and she sat down, and after Ciel left, did she gradually calm down.

What… what happened just now?

Was that… really my sister?

Why… did she become so…

Lichie racked her brain, unable to think of a suitable adjective. Her heart was filled with fear, but she was unwilling to use any unpleasant adjectives to describe her sister.

She threw the revolver onto the table and slowly moved to the window. Through the bullet hole from earlier, she looked outside.

At this moment, the North-South Stone Street, where a light rain was falling, seemed to have returned to tranquility. The two corpses on the road had also disappeared. Only a few scarlet Roland petals, scattered on the muddy sewage, proved that Lichie had not been mistaken just now.

…

Berren City, Gem District, Gem Avenue.

This was the most prosperous street in Berren City. The buildings from number 50 onwards were the residential area near Sir’s Bridge District. Generally, middle-class families would choose to rent houses here. These terraced houses were very suitable for a family to live in.

At this moment, an uninvited guest arrived at the door of the building at 31 Gem Avenue.

Ciel slowly raised her hand and gently pulled the rope beside the door twice. The hand-cranked doorbell, connected to the inside of the door by a simple mechanical device, rang with a crisp sound.

Behind Ciel, below the steps, many people walked on the flat road, holding umbrellas. Carriages passed by from time to time. No one noticed anything unusual here.

Ciel waited for a long time, but no one opened the door. Just as she was about to ring the bell again, the thick wooden door was slowly pulled open. An elderly man with a slightly cautious look appeared at the door before Ciel.

“Hello, sir.”

Ciel slightly lowered her head, looking at her shoes. She reached out and handed over a 1 shilling silver coin. “I am Adele’s friend, the one who rented the entire 4th floor. Would it be convenient for me to come in?”

Ciel didn’t know who else she had Nemesis layered on in Berren City either—to be safe, it was best not to make direct eye contact, to avoid complicating simple matters.

“Oh… oh! Of course you can. What a well-behaved child. You don’t need to give me a tip. I am the landlord here.”

The old man chuckled, opened the door, and let Ciel walk in directly.

How could a shy and cute young girl, who didn’t even dare to make eye contact with an adult, be a bad person?

“You can go directly to the fourth floor and knock on the door. She happens to be home today.”

The old man smiled happily and watched Ciel go upstairs before closing the door and returning to his room.

Ciel quickly went up to the third floor using the stairs.

A simple wooden railing was installed on the stairs to the fourth floor. It wasn’t even locked. With just a gentle pull, the wooden railing opened directly.

Ciel went directly up to the fourth floor. As soon as she stood in the living room, she smelled a faint scent of mint.

This was something Adele liked to add to her potions the most—although most of the time it had no effect. It was just a personal preference for the taste.

The sound of glass dropping caught Ciel’s attention.

She walked directly towards the room where the sound came from. The room door was not closed, only half-open. Ciel raised her hand and gently knocked on the door.

Knock knock knock—

Perhaps her knock was a little too strong, and the wooden door was pushed open slightly. Ciel saw Adele sitting inside, aiming a surgical knife at herself nervously.

“You… uh? Hmm…”

Adele was about to angrily reprimand whoever it was and ask why they were trespassing in her home, but when she saw Ciel’s appearance, her somewhat imposing aura immediately weakened, and then she forgot what she was originally going to do.

Is this the influence of 【Charm】?

Being able to make a transcendent drop their hostility the moment they meet her was one of the top three most practical abilities on Ciel’s skill list.

“Don’t be nervous, Miss Adele.”

Ciel said with a smile, “My name is Ciel. I am a friend of High Priestess Uris. After hearing her recommendation, I came here to seek your help.”

“Oh, oh…”

Adele blankly put down the surgical knife in her hand and quickly got up to bring a stool. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry…”

She didn’t have any doubts and immediately believed what Ciel said.

Only a few people knew about her relationship with Uris. And being able to accurately say Uris’s identity was High Priestess made her essentially a trustworthy person in Adele’s heart.

After Ciel was seated, Adele sat down and asked Ciel curiously, “May I ask what brings you here, Miss Ciel?”

“It’s like this. Professor Ashford told me that Sherlon has a graduate student named Fred Hopkins. Do you know him?”

Looking at Adele, who didn’t recognize her, Ciel felt a little curious.

Fred Hopkins…

One familiar name after another came out of Ciel’s mouth. Adele at this moment completely dismissed the possibility of Ciel being a bad person.

Adele nodded and said, “I know him… He is my senior.”

“Oh.”

Ciel nodded and continued to ask, “Do you know where he is now?”

“He should still be at the Redemption Society’s research laboratory today. He is planning to do research all night tonight.”

When she said this, a hint of sadness appeared on Adele’s face.

Looking at Adele’s expression, Ciel could probably guess what had happened.

According to Adele’s previous experiences, the students under Sherlon hadn’t bullied her any less. Looking at Adele’s expression, it’s likely that one of her research projects was intercepted by Fred or Sherlon.

Uh… could it be the research on the pathogen of dehydration syndrome?

Actually, Ciel had already gone to Fred’s residence just now, but he wasn’t there. To avoid missing him again, she had chosen to come and find Adele.

For some reason, Ciel felt very confident about tricking Adele. It was as if Adele would believe anything she said.

She didn’t know if it was because of her own reasons or because Adele had weaker resistance to 【Charm】 and 【Art of Conversation】.

“Thank you, Miss Adele.”

Ciel stood up and said, “Then I won’t bother you any longer.”

“Okay…”

Only after Ciel left and closed the door did Adele, who was sitting blankly, blink. She tilted her head, but since she couldn’t think of any suspicious points about the other party, she got up and started clearing up the broken glass pieces that had fallen on the floor.

After obtaining Fred’s exact location, Ciel wasn’t in a hurry to go find him directly.

Tier 2 “Plague Doctor” Sherlon might also be present. Considering that Sherlon might be carrying poison that could even infect a “Crown Guard,” Ciel wasn’t 100% sure she could win.

But there was a place where Ciel was 100% sure she could kill everyone, or gain a group of helpers, and get some potions along the way.

Deton Manor.

Ciel beckoned in the rainy night, summoning a carriage.