The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 225

In the dream, the world fell apart. The giant Grim Worm spread fear and chaos. These details were simulated by Ciel with great realism.

But the key moment arrived.

The Grim Worm, upon seeing Forte, stopped.

It seemed to peer through Forte’s brain and saw the Uniqueness within his body.

Then, the Grim Worm opened the door to the Other Side. On the other side, Forte saw a strange silver pocket watch in a left hand. A voice there said that Forte had stolen its item and wanted it back.

The immense pressure and fear almost caused Forte’s mind to collapse—the reason for the collapse was that Ciel in reality was truly watching him with a transcendent nemesis. The Grim Worm’s eyes and the Other Side in the dream were merely Ciel’s projection of reality.

This made Forte choose to leave a mark and then kill himself—he chose a way to preserve his mental power, rewind.

This directly led him into the second layer of the dream.

In the second layer of the dream, the simulated Ciel directly had Forte obtain a way to enter the Other Side from Lafayette, allowing Forte to temporarily enter the Other Side and obtain the “Uniqueness.”

“Knowing everything,” he directly had Lafayette, along with a “Soul Walker,” control “Keyman.” From her modified memories, he obtained the “true information” of the Other Side and a method for summoning the Other Side.

That was, after entering the Other Side, Uniqueness would attract each other. As long as Forte manifested his Uniqueness, that “pocket watch” would definitely be attracted to him. Both instances of Uniqueness would fall into a brief dormancy until they were combined again.

They didn’t know much about “Uniqueness.” Ciel could fabricate anything she wanted.

The simulated Forte, using the method Ciel left behind, directly opened the door to the Other Side—summoning Little Left.

She also wanted to see if she could truly kill Forte using the Other Side.

In the second layer of the dream, Ciel directly summoned Little Left in reality, using the flesh and blood Forte had expelled in his sleep, her own blood, and Forte’s finger. She summoned Little Left and had Little Left drag Forte into the Other Side.

This caused Forte’s dream to instantly collapse. However, his powerful mind prevented him from immediately going mad in the Other Side. Under the intense mental pressure of the Other Side, he almost erupted with terrifying power, crushing Little Left. He barely managed to force his way back to reality through the door to the Other Side.

This time—he had truly returned to reality.

The door to the Other Side became the connecting point between the dream and reality, allowing Forte to transition smoothly from the dream to reality.

Returning to reality, Forte was surrounded by controlled “Keyman” Mond, Lafayette, the still-open door to the Other Side, and a real experience of the Other Side, as well as terrifying whispers from the Other Side in his mind.

He had Lafayette call Windsor, and he read the modified “correct memory” again, along with the watch chain still in his mind, and the other part of the “Uniqueness” from his memory…

Forte completely believed all of this.

Ciel closed the notebook and slowly exhaled.

So… the Forte outside now is the Forte who completely believes everything?

Just by reading the contents of the notes, Ciel felt as if she had personally experienced it all.

As long as the “pocket watch” didn’t appear again, and until Forte started doubting the authenticity of the pocket watch, he wouldn’t take any more action targeting the Keyman. Instead, he would wholeheartedly dedicate himself to Lafayette’s research on the Other Side.

It looked as if he was in control of everything.

But it was all a lie meticulously woven by the simulated Ciel.

“This is also possible…”

A smile slowly curved on Ciel’s lips.

The risk of Adele being exposed and Forte’s threat had been temporarily resolved…

But why would Forte appear at the banquet?

This was something not recorded in the notebook… The simulated Ciel also seemed not to have anticipated this.

Ciel just wanted to stay put now, avoiding any form of contact with Forte.

Ciel looked at the two people before her and said, “There’s nothing for now… Please enjoy the banquet below. We can talk after the banquet ends.”

First, send away Forte, this plague, then consider the subsequent matters.

There were simply too many transcendents attending the banquet below. To avoid anything happening without Ciel being immediately informed, she had to stay below, just keeping her distance from Forte.

However, just then, there seemed to be some commotion below. The music had even stopped.

Ciel walked to the window and looked down at the crowd.

She saw Forte holding a wine glass, standing beside Avena, raising his glass and saying something to everyone.

Ciel directly opened the window, and Forte’s voice also came through.

“Today, I am fortunate to borrow Miss Avena’s influence. Since transcendents from different churches are gathered here… I can announce something…”

Forte raised his wine glass high. An unrestrained smile was on his face, which was covered by a half mask. “The Ansu government has decided to establish the Ansu State Church Affairs Department. Miss Mond will become the minister of the new department.”

“I hope that under the leadership of the Ansu Royal family, the various churches can coexist more harmoniously…”

Ciel frowned slightly.

Forte… is already trying to seize control of the churches?

On what grounds?

Didn’t you see that the people from the Church of the God of Order below were showing dissatisfaction?