The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 130 - Obtaining "Uniqueness" and Other Side Contamination (4/4)
The liquid in the light tube gradually cooled down, the light also gradually dissipating. The two just hugged each other in the dim factory, quietly feeling each other’s body temperature.
Neither seemed to want to break the current tranquility.
But after a while, when darkness completely encroached, the rustling whispers in the dark started making Ciel’s brain throb. She slowly said, “Avena... can you turn on the light?”
At this moment, Avena in the darkness slowly pushed Ciel away, walked to the light tube that was almost completely dark, picked up the finger-long glass rod, and pressed it against Ciel’s forehead.
Quickly, the liquid inside melted again, and with Avena’s gentle shaking, light once again dispersed the darkness.
“Is it... over?” Avena asked softly.
“Yes, that curse sealed artifact has been destroyed by me, forever left in the ‘Other Side’.” Ciel nodded and said.
Ciel seemed to remember something, asking, “You said ‘you too?’ just now...”
While speaking, Ciel changed her posture, holding the light rod, shaking it occasionally, while leaning against the wall.
Avena, disregarding the dirt on the ground and dust on the wall, sat beside Ciel, their shoulders pressed tightly together.
“Nia’s situation is very similar to yours.” Avena hugged her knees, half her face almost buried in her knees.
“Other Side contamination.”
Other Side contamination?
Expected.
However, this level basically wouldn’t affect Ciel much—but for a short time, she definitely couldn’t use 【Spiritual Summoning】 or enter the Other Side again.
This point must be written in the notebook later.
She picked up the nearby notebook and pen with her left hand. When Ciel raised her right hand, she saw again her strange and terrifying right hand, resembling a mutation.
Ciel really wanted to ignore the existence of this right hand, but when she held the pen, the trembling of her right hand made it almost impossible for her to write.
When Ciel finally put pen to paper, she found that the characters she wrote, even she herself didn’t recognize, as if all the fonts in her mind were jumbled together.
Finally, she gave up writing herself. She handed the notebook and pen to Avena sitting on her left with her left hand, and said, “Can you do me a favor?”
“Hm?” Avena took the notebook somewhat puzzledly and asked, “These... I can’t write them.”
“It’s fine, just write in Ansu script.” Ciel said, “I’ll say one sentence, you write one sentence.”
Just like that, Ciel said one sentence, Avena wrote one sentence, recording everything that happened just now—excluding “Uniqueness” and the system—in the notebook.
“Who is this for?” Avena noticed the writing seemed like it was for someone else, not recorded for memory reinforcement.
“People from the organization.” Ciel replied.
That organization again...
Avena’s hand holding the pen tightened slightly.
Making Ciel torture her spirit like this, no matter how secretive this organization was, it successfully aroused Avena’s desire to investigate.
Avena would find the person who gave Ciel the task and teach them a harsh lesson.
“Congratulations,” Ciel looked at the somewhat absentminded Avena and said, “Second tier?”
“Mm.” Avena nodded.
“You didn’t encounter any danger just now, right?” Ciel continued asking.
Although this plan succeeded, if the price was damage to Avena’s spirit or spiritual body, Ciel would have to consider changing the plan slightly.
“No.” Avena shook her head, “I was just scared.”
Ciel: “Scared?”
Avena: “Scared you would become like Nia.”
Ciel: “Become... a monster?”
Avena: “Might leave me at any time.”
“Is my condition very dangerous?” Ciel pressed.
If her mental state was really on the verge of collapse, Ciel would have to consider changing plans, possibly even discarding “Uniqueness” in extreme situations, just to avoid going mad herself.
Ciel hadn’t yet experienced the benefits of obtaining “Uniqueness,” but she didn’t think anything was more important than her own life.
“No, your condition is much lighter.” Avena shook her head. ƒrēenovelkiss.com
“As long as I’m alive, your mental condition won’t worsen, can recover slowly.”
“Provided that,” Avena emphasized, “you can’t be too far from me. If it worsens and I’m not around, treatment will be more troublesome.”
“Help me write one more sentence.” Ciel said.
Avena picked up the notebook and pen, asking, “What?”
“After the task is completed, I cannot leave Avena too far, best to stay by her side at all times.”
Avena’s pen paused slightly, then she still wrote it down in Ansu script.
“Did Nia come with you?” Ciel asked.
“Yes.” Avena nodded.
“Can you go wait for me with Nia first? I’ll be there shortly.”
“But...”
“It’s fine, won’t take long.”
“...Okay.” Avena obediently stood up, left the light tube behind, and walked towards the factory entrance. When she reached the entrance, she looked back at Ciel once, saw Ciel raise her left hand and waved at her.
After Avena left the factory and completely disappeared from sight, Ciel supported herself against the wall and slowly stood up.
Her real self couldn’t experience her current feelings. She had to make a detailed assessment of her own body.
Ciel glanced at the time, still two and a half hours until her real self arrived... The unconscious period was indeed quite long.
What happened next couldn’t be heard by Avena, especially details about the system. She had to write it down herself for her real self—even if it meant drawing, she had to draw everything out.
