The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 222

It took about three minutes. Ciel quickly finished changing clothes. She put on her boots and walked downstairs. Led by Tara, she arrived at the reception room.

Tara knocked on the door in front and said, “Lord Ciel has arrived.”

Then, she opened the door, slightly turned to the side to let Ciel walk in, and prepared to continue waiting by the door.

“You come in too.”

Ciel looked at Tara by the door and said.

“But… I was going to tidy up the nightgown you changed out of…”

Tara looked troubled. It seemed there was something she had to do.

Ciel: “…”

Tara… does she truly see herself as a maid now?

Adapting to the role so quickly?

Seeing Ciel’s speechless look, Tara also realized she had misjudged the priorities. She quickly lowered her head and said, “I apologize, Lord Ciel. I shouldn’t have disobeyed your command. I will go in with you.”

The conversation between the two people at the door was naturally heard by the people inside.

This looked like a conversation between a normal employer and a maid, but the two Tier 4 individuals could instantly discern that the maid was a Tier 2 transcendent.

To be able to make a Tier 2 transcendent willingly become a maid, and even be trained so well?

The force behind that girl named Ciel is indeed not small…

Ciel sat on the empty sofa. Her gaze swept over Eleanor and Cardinal Madeline. She said, “Have you discussed and reached a conclusion? There are about 50 minutes left.”

After Madeline and Eleanor exchanged glances, Madeline slowly raised her hand and took off the white faceless mask on her face, revealing the normal human face beneath.

“Your Excellency Ciel.”

Madeline slowly said, “We have discussed and reached a conclusion.”

Madeline no longer had any doubts about the time rewind and Uniqueness issue. All the evidence was in Forte’s brain. She had even met the new Saintess Eleanor had mentioned… that noble girl with a divine servant protecting her.

Everything proved that Ciel had no possibility of lying… As for Forte and Mond’s conjecture that Ciel was the “Keyman,” it was naturally invalid in front of them.

Because they could see through the “Subverter”‘s disguise, they could tell that Ciel was just an ordinary “Queen Bee” who had suffered physical mutations due to potion erosion at Tier 2.

They had also confirmed that this Excellency named Ciel wanted to promote the merger of the Divine Advent Church and the Church of the Savior Goddess. They also knew that at a certain time point, Ciel had once summoned a Grim Worm.

However, Madeline’s visit this time was precisely to confirm the truth of all this—no lie could escape the notice of an “Ascetic,” let alone a Tier 4 powerhouse of the “Ascetic” path like Madeline.

Madeline directly asked Ciel about the church merger and the “Grim Worm” according to the results of their previous meeting. The results all came back with no lies detected.

The simple test concluded, and Madeline finally exhaled a long breath.

Surprisingly… it was all true… The Holy Spirit was indeed summoned by this girl before her at a certain time point in the future…

“Your Excellency Ciel, my biggest question now is… Do the people of the Divine Advent Church know about the church merger?”

Madeline spoke, voicing her concern.

Previously, the conflict between the Divine Advent Church and the Church of the Savior Goddess had reached a point where they were almost mutually exclusive. Not to mention the insane terrorist attacks carried out by the Divine Advent Church against the Church of the Savior Goddess and the sacrifices and murders targeting believers.

The merger of a reformist church embracing the new era with an extremely conservative and increasingly extreme cult after separation—no one knew what the product of the two would be like.

Ciel seemed too lazy to answer this question. She just waved her hand towards Tara.

Tara stepped forward, her gaze sweeping over the two people before her. She said, “The Divine Advent Church will naturally abide by all of Lord Ciel’s decisions.”

At this moment, Madeline and Eleanor both looked in Tara’s direction, a hint of confusion in their eyes.

Who are you?

And how are you representing the Divine Advent Church now?

“We should not be meeting for the first time,”

Tara said expressionlessly, “Perhaps saying my name will make you remember something… Tara.”

Tara…

This name originated from Mount Tara. Although rare in North Ansu, it wasn’t an obscure or unfamiliar name.

But…

Once this name was associated with the Divine Advent Church, there was only one person it could be.

“It’s you…”

Madeline unconsciously frowned, but quickly controlled her expression.

This name was considered one of the most detested names among the high-ranking members of the Church of the Savior Goddess.

She was rescued by the monastery of the Church of the Savior Goddess and dedicated herself to studying sacred scriptures, but she became immersed in ancient texts, and her thinking became increasingly extreme.

Originally, Tara had been transferred by the Church from North Ansu to the Ansu Holy See to be specially trained and developed. Who knew that this woman, who was quite accomplished in both potions and theology, directly defected to the Divine Advent Church.

Not only that, she also published many theological papers that caused a considerable stir in the Church of the Savior Goddess, making many people “suddenly realize” and defect to the Divine Advent Church. She even won over a Cardinal.

It could be said that this Tara’s dismantling of the Church of the Savior Goddess’s unity was equivalent to the Divine Advent Church’s terrorist acts over the years. She was a great threat.

She just didn’t know… why she had turned into a child-like appearance, and her potion advancement had stagnated…

Logically speaking, a genius like Tara should have been strongly developed by the Divine Advent Church.

It wasn’t just this that was illogical.

There was also Tara’s excessive respect towards the girl named Ciel… It was quite intriguing.

“I was fortunate enough to attend your class, Your Excellency Madeline.”

Tara looked at Madeline and said.

Although she really wanted to criticize Madeline’s one-sided understanding of the Mother Goddess on the spot, to avoid interfering with Lord Ciel’s plan, Tara temporarily held back.

“How fortunate indeed… Because of your betrayal, I was subjected to a full 3 months of scrutiny by the Judicator’s Court.”

Madeline said coldly with a forced smile.

Then, Madeline seemed to not want to continue talking with Tara and turned to look at Ciel, saying, “I understand the Divine Advent Church’s intention… Your Excellency Ciel, please examine this Sacred Contract.”

Madeline took out a parchment scroll, stood up, and handed it with both hands to Ciel, who was sitting opposite her.

Ciel took the scroll, unrolled it directly, and scanned its contents.

They were all clauses aimed at preventing harm to the Church of the Savior Goddess… mainly to limit the time and scope of the power Ciel would gain.

This was a very normal approach.

“If you agree to the above clauses, please sign this Sacred Contract under the witness of the Goddess.”

Madeline offered a golden quill pen.

Tara, who had already retreated behind Ciel, heard Madeline’s words. Her tense little face couldn’t maintain its composure, and a smile appeared on her lips.

You are asking the Mother Goddess to witness the Mother Goddess signing a Sacred Contract, to ensure that the Mother Goddess, under the supervision of the Mother Goddess, does not betray the Mother Goddess?