The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 283

In reality, Tara greatly disliked her current life.

Although she was now a Cardinal and seemed to have gained more power and respect in the eyes of outsiders… she still missed the days of serving the Mother Goddess in a maid outfit…

She now wished the church would stabilize immediately so she wouldn’t have to worry, allowing her to return to the Mother Goddess’s side and serve wholeheartedly…

At this moment, Ciel closed the diary in her hand, which recorded fragmented daily routines, and subtly closed her eyes.

The merger of the Savior Church was her foundation. Among these organizations, only the people of the Savior Church would help her wholeheartedly, without concern for profit.

Even the Roswell family, Charles had to consider too many things. But the Church of the Savior Goddess and the Divine Advent Church were different. Especially the Divine Advent Church, they would truly sacrifice their lives for faith.

The current church merger was actually also about drawing more people within the Church of the Savior Goddess, who had gradually drifted away from the Mother Goddess’s faith, back to the Mother Goddess’s faith.

Since everything had been resolved, Ciel seemed to have only one thing left to do in the simulation.

“Avena, that lost path you said you’d help me investigate… any clues?” Ciel looked in Avena’s direction and asked.

Avena shook her head and said, “I’ve tried many things, but no clues…”

“I also tried to find out, but information on this aspect is simply too scarce.” Tara also spoke with her head down, “I even privately offered a bounty for this kind of information within the church, but the information I received was very little.”

Even Tara couldn’t gather any information?

And it’s been so many days?

This result surprised Ciel.

Then, Ciel carefully asked Avena and Tara what efforts they had made. After receiving their answers, Ciel also felt a little lost.

Avena and Tara had basically made every effort, but there were no results… It looked as if this path had been completely lost.

This was a path adjacent to, or opposite to, the “Butcher” path. If they had made any move to complete a reconstitution ritual, it would definitely leave some traces.

To leave no trace at all… Ciel only had three conjectures.

Either this path is completely lost;

Or this path simulates other paths;

Or this path inherently has a need for “concealment”…

Avena and Tara had basically tried every method. Even if Ciel herself tried, she would probably only do about the same as them. She originally asked them just to see if they had missed any methods…

Now it seemed, finding a successor to that path would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

Even if Ciel were to directly confine everyone in Ansu and interrogate them one by one through brainwashing, she might not find anyone on that path—after all, there might truly not be anyone on that path in Ansu.

“Fifteen paths are enough, aren’t they? You don’t have to insist on that one path. Can’t other paths work?” Avena looked at Ciel, who was deep in thought, and asked.

She was a little worried that Ciel might get fixated on something that didn’t even exist. In Avena’s opinion, Ciel could totally find the most suitable one among the known 15 paths to consume.

There were quite a few paths suitable for Ciel, even just the ones Avena knew.

Can’t other paths work…?

Avena’s words made Ciel feel a flash of inspiration.

Yes… can’t other paths work?

The system only told me to collect sixteen paths, it didn’t specify which sixteen… Couldn’t I just fill No. 16’s save slot with a different path?

As for where else there might be other paths?

Didn’t the Church of the God of Order go through great lengths to get a wrong path from the Pure White Knight?

In other words, “Crown Guard” is actually also an independent path.

She didn’t need to painstakingly search for the path corresponding to “Butcher.” She just needed to switch from “Law Officer” to “Crown Guard” and then save both separately…

However… in that case, this simulation wouldn’t be able to directly switch to “Crown Guard.” This would require her to drink “Detective” and “Law Officer,” and then consume the unstable “Crown Guard.”

Perhaps, the moment she drank “Crown Guard,” she would become a tinman like Nia.

If she could get the prerequisite paths for this “Crown Guard”… perhaps she could.

However, Ciel could only save two archives per simulation at most, so there was no need to rush to try this.

Knock knock knock——

As Ciel was thinking about what she needed to do next, a knock sounded at the door again.

When the door opened, standing at the doorway was Ciel’s housemaid. Ciel had some impression of her; she seemed to have been with her since the beginning, assigned by Lucy.

“Miss Ciel, Miss Silva is visiting. May I ask if you are available to see her?” The maid slightly bowed to Ciel and said.

Lucy?

Ciel thought for a moment, then said, “Bring her to the study.”

“Yes.”

The maid exited the room and closed the door.

Avena and Tara were closer to Ciel, so talking in the room was fine. For Lucy, the drawing-room was too formal and distant, so the private study was just right.

“Do you want to meet her together?” Ciel stood up and looked at Avena and Tara.

“I don’t mind.” Avena didn’t refuse. She just followed Ciel. Anyway, she didn’t plan to attend her remaining classes.

The teacher skipped class, so what if she skipped one too?

“I… actually have nothing to do right now…” Tara said, lowering her head.

In reality, she was busy all day, but she decided to move her work to the middle of the night today and cherish this hard-won time she could spend with Lord Ciel.