The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 83 - Sacrifice Everyone Present, Summon the Mother Goddess? (2/3)

She had just advanced to “Instigator” without saving yet, and this body lacked the Sadhana mark.

Fooling other cultists was simple, but Ciel didn’t know if this mask, combined with her instigation ability, could actually bluff Kitty.

But regardless of success or failure, Ciel had to try. It served as trial and error for her real self.

Anyway, advancing to “Instigator” felt quite easy. Even if this save file wasn’t secured, she could easily save it on another attempt.

“Wait here for me a moment. I have tasks for you later.” Ciel spoke to the three men and one woman bowing before her.

Then, she walked past them, directly into the secret passage, ascending the spiral stone stairs towards Kitty’s office.

As the surrounding temperature gradually rose and the chilling cold completely faded, Ciel saw the bookshelf before her.

Gently pressing the stone switch beside it, the grinding sound of gears echoed. The bookshelf parted from the middle, revealing Kitty’s back to Ciel.

“Who?!” Kitty shot up abruptly, the black skirt pulled up to her waist instantly sliding down. She turned her head angrily, then instantly lowered it.

A drop of cold sweat slowly trickled down her temple.

Meanwhile, under the desk in front of Kitty, a woman with short, flaxen hair emerged from underneath, standing behind Kitty, head bowed, trembling. A glistening strand of liquid seemed to hang from the corner of her mouth.

“You are...” Kitty spoke slowly, her heart filled with uncertainty and suspicion.

She couldn’t sense any transcendent aura from the person before her, but just that brief glance had nearly scared her soul out of her body.

The Mother Goddess’s whispers in her mind began to boil. She feared that just one more look would send her to meet the Mother Goddess.

Is it the Bishop?

But why was there no trace of the Mother Goddess’s aura on the person before her?

“You, go to the underground sanctuary, wait with them.” Ciel looked at the woman behind Kitty and spoke slowly. “Georgine.”

The woman whose name was called trembled violently. After a moment, she nodded shakily and walked step by step towards the person before her, whispering, “Yes, milord...”

Only after Georgine descended the passage did the bookshelf behind Ciel slowly close.

Before Kitty could figure out how the person before her knew Georgine’s name so easily, she saw the person take a step forward.

Smack—!

A slap landed solidly across Kitty’s face.

The sudden, heavy slap snapped Kitty’s head to the right. Her ears rang, and she was somewhat stunned by the blow, not even thinking to wipe the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

Anyone pulled from that state, startled, then slapped, would be stunned.

“You still have time for this kind of thing now! Kitty!” Ciel’s voice rose steadily, filled with disappointment. “The plan failed, yet instead of finding a way to fix it, you’re indulging yourself here?!”

“I... I...” Kitty finally reacted.

This person is... the Bishop?

A wave of fear washed over Kitty from the depths of her heart.

“Lord Bishop, it’s not like that, please listen to my explanation.” Kitty knelt down abruptly without any hesitation, shuffling forward on her knees to Ciel’s feet.

Prepared for this, Ciel took a step back, her back hitting the bookshelf behind her, her face filled with disgust.

Trying to lick my shoes again...

“Don’t call me Bishop.” Ciel spoke slowly, her tone gradually calming. “That one will arrive at Deton Manor at 1 PM on the 23rd... If you want to live, you must clean up this mess before that ‘Radiance Bishop’ arrives, understand?”

Don’t call her... Bishop?

Right, this lord must have come in disguise. Even her life force was faint; no wonder she couldn’t sense the resonance of the Mother Goddess’s mark.

But she could still passively sense whether this lord’s words contained lies. Perhaps it was a side effect of the artifact suppressing her power, allowing her uncontrollable passive ability to function.

She could feel that, so far, the mysterious lord before her hadn’t lied.

“Aibai, Marcello, Georgine... are they all still here now?” Ciel recited the names of the other transcendent cultists like reading a menu.

Hearing this, Kitty felt slightly more at ease.

Knowing even these confidential details... it seemed this really was a Bishop from the upper echelons, possibly even an Archbishop.

Kitty just couldn’t figure out the purpose of this lord coming here to remind her.

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“Yes, milord. They await your command at any time.” Kitty kept her face towards the red carpet on the floor, maintaining her kneeling posture, and spoke respectfully.

Everyone’s here... not bad.