The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 257

Ciel walked directly to the desk, picked up a quill pen, randomly took out a sheet of notepaper, and quickly began writing on it.

【There is danger. Forte is very likely to investigate Lucy. It is possible that we are being targeted.】

Avena, having put on her thin, lace-trimmed nightgown, had also walked to Ciel’s side at this moment. Ciel held up the notepaper in her hand, showing Avena the contents.

The moment she saw the notepaper, Avena’s brow furrowed slightly.

“So fast?”

Avena murmured.

She thought for a moment, took the pen from Ciel’s hand, picked up Ciel’s notepaper, and wrote.

【When I returned, I saw many people from the Queen’s Sword… The direction they were heading seemed to be Lucy’s mansion, but I didn’t see Forte.】

They’ve already sent people?

Did the Deton Group sell out Lucy so quickly?

It seems it was the same in the previous simulation. With a little pressure from Forte and the Church of the God of Order, Lucy’s position as executive director was suspended.

At that time, Lucy had only been an executive director for a short time and her foundation was not stable, let alone now that she hadn’t even taken office yet. If there were people who had a conflict of interest with Lucy, or who had their position taken by Lucy, it was not strange that she would be betrayed.

Ciel just hadn’t expected it to happen so quickly…

Looking at the words Avena had written, Ciel fell into deep thought.

Now, Forte’s people must be confronting Lucy, and it must have been soon after Lucy sent the letter…

Ciel had to consider whether the person who delivered the letter had exposed them.

The person who delivered the letter was just a “Gambler.” No matter how good his luck was, he couldn’t have escaped the pursuit of so many people on the “Detective” path.

【Avena, I hope you can do something for me.】

After a long time, Ciel picked up a new sheet of notepaper and wrote this sentence.

“What is it?”

Avena sensed the seriousness of the atmosphere at this moment. She suppressed her inner worry and asked.

【You, take Nia, Adele, and Amy, and go to Duke Charles to seek his protection.】

After writing this sentence, Ciel put down the pen, turned to look at Avena behind her, and showed her the notepaper.

Seeing Avena’s mouth open and close, she looked at Ciel before her and slowly said, “Has it… become this urgent?”

“It’s very urgent.”

Ciel nodded. She didn’t elaborate on how dangerous this matter was. She believed Avena would make the right judgment.

Unless absolutely necessary, Ciel would never ask Avena to do something she was unwilling to do in this way.

Forte could search the house at any moment. The only way to get Avena and the others to a relatively safe place was this.

“…Okay.”

Looking at Ciel’s eyes, Avena nodded gently. She didn’t refute Ciel’s words. Instead, she quickly walked to the wardrobe and quickly put on her clothes. She didn’t even have time to take off her nightgown.

Watching Avena’s actions, Ciel’s worry gradually lessened a little.

Avena in the initial hundred-day simulation had also chosen to return to the Roswell family in order to rescue Ciel, who was imprisoned by Princess Windsor. Ciel was certain that Avena could guarantee her basic safety within the Roswell family.

“I will stay at the Deton Hotel. Trust me, nothing will happen…”

Ciel said to comfort her, but was interrupted by Avena.

“Right now, you should have more important things to do than stand here,”

Avena didn’t even look in Ciel’s direction. Instead, she walked directly to the door. After opening the door, she turned to look at Ciel and slowly said, “Don’t waste time.”

This time, it was Ciel who didn’t know what to say.

Avena left the room, seemingly going to find the others. When Ciel walked out of the room, she only saw Avena entering Adele’s room.

Ciel turned around and went back to her own room, in the opposite direction from Avena.

Ciel closed the door. She looked at Tara in the room. After a moment of silence, she said, “Tara, if you continue following me, it might be very dangerous… If you wish, you can leave with Avena and the others.”

Hearing Ciel’s words, Tara took a deep breath and immediately knelt down halfway, looking up at Ciel and saying, “Lord Ciel, please do not test my loyalty to you with a meaningless life.”

Ciel took a deep breath and nodded slightly.

She walked to the window and pulled back the curtains to look at the street below.

The weather in Ansu in the afternoon was still unusually clear, but there were fewer wealthy people who would come out to bask in the sun on the streets. Instead, there were knights in full armor galloping by from time to time—those were the knights of the Queen’s Sword.

A police carriage was still parked across the street. Ciel saw a knight in silver-white armor walking towards the carriage, seemingly talking to the people inside, and even handing them a letter.

That was Nia…

Along with Nia, Adele, with her messy silver long hair, also came out. She seemed not to understand what was happening before Nia shoved her into the carriage.

Amy was not living at the hotel currently. The carriage would probably have to go around to pick up Amy. Ciel saw Nia also get into the carriage, and then the carriage immediately drove away…

What about Avena?

Not long after the carriage drove away, several knights on warhorses had already stopped at the entrance of the hotel, seemingly preparing to set up a cordon at the hotel entrance… The property of the Deton Group, like the Church of the God of Order and the Church of the Savior Goddess, was to be thoroughly investigated.

Crack——

Ciel’s door was opened. She pulled the curtain shut and turned back to look. She saw Avena standing at the door.

“Avena…”

Ciel looked at Avena at the door, her heart slightly constricted.

Now, Avena had missed the best time to leave… But there was still a chance. Ciel could see that there were no real “Crown Guards” downstairs. Without Ciel having to act, even Tara could easily bypass them and take Avena away.

Lucy certainly hadn’t been pressured into revealing anything so quickly… Now Ciel and the others still had a chance to leave.

Ciel took a deep breath. She was already preparing to go directly to Eleanor.

She still had a chance to go all out. If she exposed her identity, she could drag Forte into rewinding one more time…

“I told you, if you are ever in danger,”

Avena walked to Ciel’s side and said, “I won’t listen to you.”

“Even if I’m just a puddle of blood, if I can slightly delay the enemy’s steps for you, then it’s also helping you… isn’t it?”

As long as Ciel was in danger, no matter what she encountered, Avena would choose to stand with her side by side—she kept her promise from before.

Ciel looked at Tara and Avena before her, clenching her fists tightly. Her fingernails were even digging into her flesh.

She couldn’t feel any sense of blame towards those who loved her…

It was Forte… who was forcing her to make such choices, forcing the people around her to bear the danger with her.

All the anger would be poured onto Forte’s head… settling all the hatred, one by one.

At this moment, Ciel felt a kind of empathy with herself who had drunk the “Avenger” potion, as if their hearts were connected.