The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 287

However, this soul link indeed allowed Ciel to gain much information, and she also understood why Cora chose to assist her in secret.

Her transaction with Sadhana seemed to be based on a church merger… Compared to the original Divine Advent Church members, a Tier 4 from outside the Divine Advent Church was indeed a good candidate for the commission.

Sadhana was almost certainly unaware of what kind of group the Deton Group was, just as Grim Worms were unaware of the Church of the Savior Goddess and the Divine Advent Church.

Cora believed she was merely engaging in a transaction with an Ascender, while Sadhana wanted to use Cora to facilitate a church merger. However, their communication was very difficult due to the barrier of the Other Side.

It’s just unclear what Sadhana truly wants to achieve by merging the churches.

‘You will never replace me’…

In Ciel’s mind, Sadhana’s final deranged whisper surfaced.

Did They believe that by altering the church’s faith orientation, she was trying to redirect faith towards herself, completely replacing Them?

How is that possible… I was merely pretending to be the Mother Goddess, getting some high-ranking officials to work for me, and later planned to establish a church-within-a-church to directly control the church’s high-ranking officials…

Uh…

It does sound a bit like replacing…

Now, Ciel understood why she had provoked the other party…

But the other party’s deranged state didn’t seem conducive to normal communication.

Ciel’s understanding of the Other Side was only slightly more than that of ordinary transcendents. Currently, the only one she could contact was the Pure White Knight…

Perhaps she could try to contact it and learn more about Sadhana from its mouth.

“Dispose of the corpse,” Ciel said, rubbing her somewhat dizzy temples. “Maintain the surrounding blockade. I need to do some things…”

“Ciel.”

Avena spoke, interrupting Ciel.

Ciel looked forward, meeting Avena’s and Adele’s worried eyes.

“You should rest, Ciel…” Avena’s voice was trembling slightly, her tone even carrying a hint of pleading.

“I… I also think it’s better if you rest first… Let Avena and I help you with some healing…” Adele also slightly looked down at Ciel and said softly.

Ciel noticed something amiss from their expressions.

She turned to look at Tara, who was supporting her. In Tara’s pure eyes, she saw her own reflection.

Her eyeballs were completely covered with dense blood spots. Her entire eyeballs looked as if they had been painted dark red, and the blood flowing from her eyeballs almost covered the lower half of her face.

Ciel subconsciously licked the corner of her mouth and tasted the metallic, bloody flavor.

Strangely, Ciel felt no pain at all. She only felt that the voices in her mind were more chaotic and her vision was blurrier.

This was normal. New whispers in her mind were due to contact with a hostile Other Side creature, and blurred vision was due to her eyeballs being injured by the soul link just now.

Ciel raised her hand, intending to lean on the table, but immediately saw herself falling to the ground in a dizzying spin. The next moment, her vision returned to normal, and Ciel’s hand stopped, no longer reaching for the table.

Ciel was slightly startled.

Ciel tentatively raised her hand, wanting to shield her eyes, but the next second, her vision immediately plunged into darkness.

Precognitive Sight.

This wasn’t her own vision. This was the vision of Precognitive Sight.

She tentatively closed her eyes, but the blurry image before her still persisted.

And under her control, her vision began to rise, looking down at her surroundings.

Her eyes were blind…

“Huuu…”

Ciel breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It was fine. Her only requirement for her simulated body was that it shouldn’t die.

Anyway, the damage sustained in the simulation, as long as it didn’t involve the Other Side or her mind, wouldn’t be carried over to reality.

Avena, looking at Ciel, whose eyes were devoid of expression, felt a wrenching pain in her heart.

She took a slight step forward, raised her hand, and waved it before Ciel’s eyes, but Ciel’s pupils showed no reaction, unable even to focus on her fingers.

“Ciel… you can’t see?” Avena asked with a trembling voice.

“I’m alright…” Ciel spoke, intending to comfort Avena.

“How is this ‘alright’…?”

Avena’s eyes were already somewhat red. At this moment, she regretted agreeing to help Ciel… She should have pretended that she still didn’t have the “Soul Walker” ability and intentionally failed.

The side effects Ciel experienced were completely unexpected by Avena. A soul link shouldn’t cause such side effects, and Avena had stopped the mental backlash against Ciel before it could take effect.

Even Tara, who always believed all of Ciel’s decisions were right, couldn’t help but want to speak up and persuade Ciel not to continue damaging her body.

“…Alright.” Ciel nodded, saying nothing more.

Communicating with the Pure White Knight could be postponed a bit… After all, she did plan to stay in this simulation for 24 hours. She would let them examine her body to see what was wrong, to avoid not even lasting through the 24-hour simulation period.

Percy stayed behind to clean up the corpse, while Avena and Adele, one on each side, helped Ciel out the door. Tara followed closely behind Ciel, just as she had when she was Ciel’s maid.

The four got into the carriage and returned to Adele’s house.

Adele’s house had undergone extensive renovations, and the medical equipment and potions inside were quite complete. For healing, going to Adele’s house was the most convenient.

Nia did not follow Avena to find Ciel. During the completion of the “Soul Walker” reconstitution ritual, Nia’s mental state had undergone a huge transformation, and she was now recuperating.

While it was impossible to break through new shackles, her current mental state could ensure Nia lived longer.

After the carriage stopped in front of Adele’s house, Ciel, with the help of the others, lay down on Adele’s bed.

There was no experimental bed in the laboratory. Adele had offered her own bed.

As soon as she lay on the bed, Ciel smelled a faint minty fragrance… It was clear Adele really liked this scent.

“Don’t move.”

“Lord Ciel, water.”

“That’s my cup… p…”