The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 203 - Seeking Potions Suitable for Combat (3/3)

After explaining her needs, Ciel looked at Lucy.

“...Why did you come here today?”

Ciel looked at Lucy’s irrepressible smile and probably guessed what she had come for. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

“Just a small matter, Miss Ciel... I am just here to report that I heard some internal news... It seems there might be some small personnel changes at the board meeting on the 25th.”

Hearing Ciel mention this, Lucy slightly lowered her head, suppressing a smile as she spoke.

Anyone could tell that Lucy was very happy at the moment.

“Congratulations,”

Ciel was also very supportive and praised with a smile, “It seems from now on, I should address you as Director Lucy.”

“Oh, no, no... Just an Executive Director. The power is not that great, hahaha!”

Lucy scratched her head and smiled, looking at Avena. She said, “At the promotion celebration dinner, I hope Miss Avena and Miss Ciel will certainly grace us with your presence.”

After returning to Ansu, Lucy had also obtained a lot of news about Ansu, and even learned about Avena’s mine being forcibly acquired. This time, she specifically invited Avena to attend her promotion celebration dinner.

Lucy was, after all, an Executive Director of Deton Group. The people attending the dinner she hosted would be wealthy and influential. By treating Avena as an honored guest at that time, it would make more people believe that Avena and Lucy’s interests were linked.

Although to others, it might seem like Avena was leveraging Lucy’s influence, Lucy knew that as long as Ciel remained by Avena’s side, she herself would eventually be the one who needed to leverage influence.

This could also be considered a small, risk-free investment.

“Thank you for your invitation, Your Excellency Lucy.”

Avena nodded and said, “I will seriously consider it.”

“Then I look forward to your good news...”

Lucy casually took out a small notebook from her inner uniform pocket. She took out a portable ink bottle and a dip pen. She looked at Ciel and said:

“Oh, by the way, Miss Ciel, before I leave, I have a small request... Deton Hotel is conducting a survey on customer satisfaction with the meals recently. May I ask for some opinions or suggestions?”

Ciel and Avena almost immediately saw through Lucy’s intentions. Ciel smiled and shook her head, saying helplessly, “The breakfast and lunch dishes are a little oily... Everything else is pretty good.”

“Received. Thank you for your suggestion. I won’t bother you any longer. Goodbye.”

Lucy quickly wrote down Ciel’s requests in her notebook. She put away her items, bowed to the two, left the room, and finally closed the door.

Ciel and Avena exchanged glances. Neither of them could help but laugh.

“She doesn’t act like she’s going to be a director at all.” Ciel said with a smile.

“Perhaps that’s how she can become a director. She’s ambitious, smooth, and adaptable.” Avena looked at the direction where Lucy had left.

“Indeed.” Ciel nodded.

It’s a pity that Lucy in the simulation only got a trial experience card for being a director. By the time Ciel found her in the simulation, she was already in a state of complete despair.

For the rest of the time, at Avena’s request, Ciel still ate a little bit of vegetables to fill her stomach. After calling a waiter to clear the table, Ciel also felt waves of drowsiness coming over her.

She had expended too much energy in the previous simulation. Ciel at the moment needed to rest for a while.

Avena, who had no other plans, naturally chose to stay and keep her company. She and Ciel changed into their pajamas and embraced each other on the bed.

Avena wasn’t sleepy. She just held Ciel, gently stroking her hair, just so Ciel could sleep more peacefully.

About two hours later, Ciel slowly woke up.

Ciel slept exceptionally soundly during this nap. There were no nightmares as she had imagined. She didn’t even dream. When she woke up, she only felt her limbs were numb from sleeping. She didn’t even have the strength to support herself and get up from the mattress.

After slightly resting her eyes for a while, Ciel recovered from this drowsy state. She looked at Avena, who was watching her from the side. She slightly leaned forward and gently kissed Avena’s lips.

...

“‘Detective’ potion? You want one?”

Avena asked with some curiosity, looking at Ciel who was changing clothes before her.

The “Detective” potion was one of the potions Avena had the most of. She even had two complete sets of “Detective” potion ingredients in her luggage, ready to be made into finished potions at any time.

“I am a little interested... Do you have any?”

Ciel put on her shawl. After pulling her hair out from under the shawl, she shook her hair and looked at Avena.

“Yes.” Avena nodded.

“If you need it, I can have Adele help make it into a potion.”

Before, when Ciel wanted a potion, Avena had always recommended “Detective.”

Although Avena herself had not taken the “Detective” potion, that was only to break free from the control of her family and the church. But Avena had to admit, the “Detective” potion was truly the safest and most stable potion.

At least according to the formula of the Roswell family, if she completed the ritual and advanced, with Ciel’s talent, she could definitely digest and advance without any pressure. She could at least smoothly advance to the “Crown Guard” tier.

However, this was just Avena thinking it was safer. The final choice of potion still depended on Ciel’s own wishes.

“Okay, have her make me one.”

Ciel raised her hand. Silver light flashed on her hand. A simple, ancient notebook appeared.

This was Ciel’s 【Endless Manual of Instant Forgetfulness】.

“Okay... I’ll go find Adele. I’ll be back soon.”

Avena walked to the door. Before opening it, she looked back at Ciel again. Seeing that she was just writing something at her desk, she left with peace of mind.

Finding the ingredients and giving them to Adele would only take a few minutes.

Ciel at this moment picked up a pen and began to write in the Endless Manual.

She wanted to see if there would be any changes in Ansu City three days later due to the influence of “Uniqueness.”

Then, she would also digest a potion.

Dealing with a Tier 4 was a bit tricky for Ciel. At this moment, she also realized the inadequacy of her strength.

Even a “Subverter” couldn’t perfectly handle every situation. At least in the last simulation, being instantly seen through by the Tier 4 “Disciplinarian Saint” Eleanor made Ciel break out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, Ciel had two plans for improvement.

First, collect all potion paths as quickly as possible, and start the Old Days simulation to see what the system was talking about regarding creating paths.

Second, find a potion with strong direct combat ability that was highly compatible with her, and retain its high-tier save file through multiple simulations.

Ciel decided to pursue both plans simultaneously. While collecting paths, she would also look for the most compatible direct combat path potion for herself.

Swish, swish, swish—

The tip of the pen moved across the paper, making a pleasant sound.

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