The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch - Chapter 72

【Reality】

【Saint Year 741, June 20, 16:05】

【Evaluation: Ho ho ho, you got kills just by sitting there, amazing^^】

【You’ve learned how to utilize the “Other Side,” effortlessly killing seven transcendents and blasting off the head of a second-tier transcendent with one shot… Pity, that doesn’t count as punching above your weight.】

【However, your actions have attracted the attention of many “Other Side” entities. They are very interested in you…】

【Take it, you deserve this based on your performance.】

【Reward: Fate Points × 26, 【Dexterity Lv.2】, 【Charm Lv.2】, 【Spiritual Summoning Lv.1】】

【Fate Points: 80】

【Spiritual Summoning: By sacrificing certain items, you can attempt to summon a low-tier spiritual entity from that world who is interested in you. They will not be hostile to the summoner, but their abilities are often unpredictable.】

Ciel slowly opened her eyes, her body instinctively curling up as if in a spasm.

The system screen displayed the results, but Ciel stared blankly, taking a long moment before slowly uncurling her body.

The phantom pain from being stabbed through the heart and disemboweled seemed etched into her nerves. Even though she was unharmed now, she felt waves of illusory agony.

It was like someone who had lost their arms years ago still feeling intense pain in limbs that no longer existed.

To distract herself, Ciel shifted into a more comfortable position, lying down on the sofa and reading the text on the system panel.

26 points rewarded… not too much, not too little, slightly less than Ciel expected.

It seemed her final shot at Kitty didn’t truly count as defeating someone above her tier.

Dexterity had increased.

Once the phantom pain subsided slightly, Ciel tried lying prone on the sofa, slowly pushing herself up with her arms.

A standard push-up, effortless.

Next, Ciel attempted more difficult movements, including one-handed push-ups and planche holds, completing them easily.

Of course, her relatively low weight and height contributed to making these movements easier.

She felt a significant increase in her body coordination and strength, but she couldn’t test her overall agility at the moment.

Ciel sat back down on the sofa and looked at the remaining skill upgrades.

【Charm】 had reached level 2. Like 【Art of Conversation】 or 【Calm Mind】, this improvement wasn’t immediately noticeable.

Besides, according to the system’s previous description, increased 【Charm】 didn’t significantly affect ordinary people. Its greatest impact was on humans with transcendent traits and certain spiritual beings.

Ciel looked at the last skill she obtained.

【Spiritual Summoning】

Sacrifice items to summon low-tier spiritual beings from the Other Side for help?

What exactly needed to be sacrificed? What were low-tier spiritual beings?

As if hearing Ciel’s silent questions, a screen appeared before her.

【Any item with transcendent traits can be sacrificed, including but not limited to various spiritual materials, transcendent flesh and blood, or sealed artifacts.】

【Spiritual beings do not have a specific uniform appearance. Rest assured, only spiritual beings favorably disposed towards the Host and incapable of harming the Host will be summoned.】

Sacrifice items with transcendent traits or the flesh and blood of transcendents…

That didn’t sound very friendly.

“Is each summon random?” Ciel asked inwardly.

If the summoned spiritual being was random every time, the skill would be somewhat useless.

A previous summon might yield a powerful entity helpful to Ciel, but there would be no guarantee of summoning it again in the next battle.

Highly unstable.

【Low-tier spiritual beings possess almost no cognitive ability or memory, but most have preferences for different sacrificial offerings. If the Host masters their patterns and preferences, targeted summoning is largely achievable.】

That sounds… like summoning an evil god.

Sacrifice specific items to summon them for assistance.

Ciel decided to try this ability in the next simulation. Since it was a simulation, she wouldn’t lose anything regardless of what she sacrificed.

Like in the previous simulation, with so many transcendent corpses lying around, if she had possessed this ability then, she could have experimented.

She wondered what kind of entity would be summoned from the flesh and blood of so many transcendents.

Ciel glanced at the current time—just past four in the afternoon.

At five o’clock in the simulation, she had made her first diary entry, noting Avena’s secret plan to contact Adele and report the cult together.

Avena would likely approach her soon to discuss involving Adele. Now that Ciel knew the danger, she would naturally prevent them from reporting it in reality.

Moreover, regardless of whether Avena reported it or not, in two days, a third-tier “Radiance Bishop” from the Divine Advent Church would arrive on the outskirts of Berren City to meet with Kitty at Deton Manor.

Ciel didn’t know the purpose of the “Radiance Bishop’s” visit, nor their subsequent plans.

If events unfolded according to the timeline where Ciel wasn’t involved, Kitty would likely present her plan to utilize Adele to the Bishop.

Kitty was probably already investigating Adele’s role in writing Sherlon’s papers. Depending on how far the investigation had progressed, if Ciel didn’t intervene, Adele would likely be captured and taken to Deton Manor on the morning of the 22nd.

Ciel had spent too much time with Avena and Adele recently. If the “Radiance Bishop” ordered Kitty to investigate thoroughly, Ciel, who had been in frequent contact with them, would likely be discovered soon.

Before the “Radiance Bishop” arrived, she had to ensure, by any means necessary, that Kitty took her secrets to the grave.

The best method Ciel could think of was to sacrifice Kitty’s flesh and blood to a spiritual being, erasing her existence entirely.

To guarantee the success of this plan, Ciel needed strength comparable to Kitty’s.

Even if she couldn’t match her evenly, she needed to be able to gain a significant advantage through an ambush.

Therefore, she had to run another simulation, promote the “Avenger” save file to the second-tier “Judicator,” and refine her plan.

If she gained the ability to transform into a second-tier transcendent, she would have enough confidence to approach Uris in reality.

Knock, knock, knock—

As Ciel contemplated her next steps, a knock sounded at her door.

As expected, it was Avena, coming to discuss her plan.