The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 258

However, this also didn’t raise suspicion, because the people of the Church of the God of Order, who were mostly on the “Detective” path, already had a list of transcendents from the Judicator’s Court, and Ciel was not on it.

Ciel met Pope Erigma, just as she did in the simulation, and proposed cooperation to her.

But just as the other party asked Ciel to demonstrate her ability, when Ciel used Spiritual Summoning… something went wrong.

Just like in reality, Ciel borrowed a finger from Pope Erigma and performed a Spiritual Summoning on the spot.

Ciel had given plenty of blood. A blood ritual array also floated before Ciel. A bloody vortex composed of blood threads also appeared, just like every time she summoned before… Even that steel finger had been completely drained.

But Little Left… was slow to come out.

This was a blood ritual array Ciel used every time, specifically researched to point only to Little Left. It was impossible for it to fail to connect.

In the current Other Side, a bloody vortex connecting to reality should have appeared beside Little Left.

But the bloody vortex was just swirling quietly before Ciel. There was no movement inside—however, Pope Erigma and Henry didn’t notice anything wrong. They were shocked that Ciel could create an Other Side portal with her bare hands and thought that waiting was part of the summoning ritual.

Thinking about it… Little Left also hadn’t prayed to her for a long time…

Just as Ciel attempted to directly contact Little Left using 【Omniscient】, a faint red light flickered in Ciel’s mind.

Looking at the phantom in the red light, it was that white armor…

A phantom metallic buzzing sounded in Ciel’s mind.

“Lord Ciel… your little pet doesn’t seem to be very available right now…”

“What’s wrong with it?”

Ciel slightly frowned, communicating in her mind.

“It… it’s evolving. Life, the metamorphosis of life, you know.”

The white armor nervously explained something, seeming afraid of saying something wrong and causing Lord Time-Binder to give it another little “warning.”

“Cough cough… Is there anything I can help you with?”

The metallic buzzing sounded again.

“Just throw out some Other Side specialties,”

Ciel sighed softly. “Anything is fine… Preferably something connected to the person who was always going to your place and stealing things before.”

“No problem, no problem.”

The red light dimmed. Before Ciel, the scarlet vortex accelerated its rotation. Soon, a dark green Other Side item, emitting a terrifying and ominous aura, was thrown out and landed on the table.

Splatter——

The item landed, making a sticky sound.

At the same time, a slight buzzing sounded in Ciel’s mind. Even the potion within her body began to stir restlessly.

Ciel looked at the item… What was thrown out was a piece of dark green brain.

“This is!!!”

Cardinal Henry almost shrieked in surprise. He quickly took several steps back and averted his gaze.

And Pope Erigma was completely stunned. She fought against the chaotic whispers raging in her mind, staring directly at the brain that seemed to be breathing and murmuring.

It was fortunate that Pope Erigma’s current form couldn’t make any expression, otherwise she would have been unable to hide the shock in her heart.

The Church of the God of Order had spent hundreds of years exploring the Other Side node. After all these years and so many deaths, they had only managed to obtain one piece of brain…

And the young girl before her, with just a little blood, casually rubbing her hands, had produced a brain…

How could this not shock people? How could it not make people question their lives?

She even suspected that the other party had stolen the brain stored by the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order to deceive her.

Splash splash splash——

But just then, from within that Other Side portal, disgusting, repulsive masses of dark green brains poured out, almost filling the entire table.

“Enough.”

Feeling the spiritual alarm in her mind beginning to go wild, Ciel slightly frowned and quickly stopped the pure white armor’s actions.

Henry screamed and fainted.

And Pope Erigma, completely powerless, slumped onto the iron holy throne. Looking at the pulsing mass of dark green brains before her, she had no strength or will to move at all.

In the end, Ciel had to put some of them back herself before Pope Erigma reacted and stopped Ciel’s actions.

She had already agreed to lend the Other Side node to Ciel, and even help her set up the node. In return, she would receive the brains, which were useless to Ciel, in the simulation.

Aside from the consumption of blood and mental power, this was essentially a no-cost business for Ciel.

Not long after the deal was struck, Ciel, who was still at the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order, received information from Pope Erigma.

For some reason, Forte had gone mad and sent people to seal off every church of the Holy See of the Church of the God of Order. Even people within the Holy See were not allowed to move freely and had to undergo inspections and registration by the Queen’s Sword.

And the reason was to find the members of the Society of Merriment who had infiltrated Ansu City and were planning to cause great destruction…

It was correct not to use “Subverter” and “Source of Cholera,” which had soft connections with the Society of Merriment.

And Forte’s lockdown also made Ciel breathe a sigh of relief.

This proved that her theory was correct.

Forte could be killed by her in the simulation…

The flames of the past could still burn away the grudges of reality.

All of this… just had to wait until the morning of the next day.