The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 108 - Then Let the Misfortune Come Fiercer (1/3)

“Are you okay?” Hearing Avena’s voice, Ciel gradually regained her senses and looked towards Avena.

Although her spirit had recovered significantly, faint red mist still lingered before her eyes, but most things around her no longer mutated.

Ciel looked at Avena’s dark purple eyes, yet a strange feeling arose inexplicably within her.

Clearly, Avena’s eyes behind her glasses were looking at her own eyes, but she always felt Avena’s gaze wasn’t focused on her face, but rather looking at something behind her.

Ciel had already observed her surroundings when she looked around earlier; there was nothing behind her...

The most unwelcome possibility surfaced in Ciel’s mind.

Previously, when Avena helped heal her spirit, she seemed to have shouldered part of the spiritual contamination as well, having experienced some of the pain Ciel felt.

Did this treatment also let Avena experience the scenes from the Other Side, thus contaminating her spirit and causing hallucinations?

Ciel didn’t feel much guilt, because she had already anticipated this possibility before coming. All she could do now was find a way to compensate.

Ciel stood up directly from the bathtub, stepped out of the pure copper tub, placed her somewhat wet hands on Avena’s shoulders, and asked worriedly:

“Are you alright? Avena? What did you see? Can you tell me?”

Just now, Avena was trying hard to focus her attention on the water droplets on Ciel’s forehead hair, trying her best to avoid direct eye contact with Ciel.

She was doing her utmost to maintain her composure, preventing her gaze from sliding down Ciel’s perfect face—even though she had seen it before.

But earlier, Avena was more concerned about Ciel becoming immersed in the false comfort caused by hypnosis, observing Ciel’s mental state after falling into the water, having no time to think about other things.

At this moment, Ciel’s sudden standing up and her somewhat urgent questioning instantly disrupted Avena’s meditative state.

In her line of sight, the water droplet from Ciel’s forehead hair dripped down. Avena subconsciously followed the path of the falling droplet downwards.

Instantly, Avena felt her emotions were about to break. A fiery heat rose on her face.

“I... I’m fine... I didn’t see anything. I was just trying to make you better feel the sensation of falling and hitting the water so...” Avena shut her eyes tightly, took several steps back, and stepped onto the puddle of water spilled on the floor from adding water earlier.

The soft slippers, designed only for comfortable indoor walking, had no anti-slip function. Stepping onto the puddle with eyes closed, Avena only felt her foot slip, followed by a dizzying spin.

It’s over... I’m going to make a fool of myself in front of Ciel...

“Careful!” In a daze, she only heard Ciel’s cry of alarm, then shut her eyes tightly, waiting for the sharp pain after her back hit the ground.

The expected sensation of the hard floor didn’t come. She fell backward, almost reaching a lying position.

But the back of her head felt a soft touch... like a hand supporting the back of her head.

Click—

“Milady! What happened...”

Bang—

The bathroom door opened for an instant. Before even hearing clearly what Nia said, the bathroom door slammed shut again with a bang.

“Are you okay?” This question, which should have been asked by Avena, now sounded above Avena’s head.

Avena’s glasses had fallen to the side. Feeling the damp strands of hair brushing against her face, she slowly opened her eyes a sliver.

Before Avena’s eyes, she saw the naked Ciel, currently sitting astride her lower abdomen with her legs slightly parted.

Ciel’s slender waist was slightly bent, her left hand supporting the ground, while her right hand cradled the back of Avena’s head. The soft touch from behind earlier came precisely from Ciel’s right hand.

At this moment, Ciel looked at Avena, whose eyes were slightly squinted open, and her heart relaxed somewhat.

Seeing Avena’s unstable state earlier, starting to back away, Ciel already had a slight premonition.

When Avena was about to slip, Ciel directly summoned a black shadow from the shadow beneath Avena, supporting Avena’s head to prevent impact.

But to avoid startling Avena upon opening her eyes with the black shadow, she swapped places with it.

Actually, Ciel’s heart was also somewhat apprehensive and worried now, because she didn’t know if her current self, in Avena’s eyes, would transform into the appearance of those fleshy monsters.

“I’m fine...” Avena shook her head gently, the blush on her face completely unconcealable.

“Sorry,” Ciel looked at Avena beneath her and said, “I originally didn’t want to involve you, but I’m rather selfish... I want to live a little longer.”

Ciel’s words, for some reason, caused a slight pang in Avena’s heart.

Ciel’s personality of shouldering all the bad things alone made Avena feel somewhat distressed, but she couldn’t say anything.

Her identity was only Ciel’s friend. She could only offer help from a friend’s perspective, not yet reaching the point of “sharing joys and sorrows.”

If possible, Avena also wanted to face these things together with Ciel.

But Ciel always habitually maintained a certain distance from others, her psychological defenses extremely high. And whenever dangerous matters arose, Ciel would exclude others.

Just then, Ciel’s voice came from above again.

“Is there anything you want to do, or anything you desire? I can help you to the best of my ability, as compensation for this soul healing...”

Compensation...

Is there anything I can’t obtain?

Hearing Ciel talk about compensation, Avena’s originally somewhat heated mood gradually cooled slightly.

Ciel didn’t consider her one of her own at all.

She pressed her lips together tightly, looked up at Ciel, and said, “Yes.”

“What is it?”

“Revenge.” Before Ciel could react, Avena supported herself on the floor with her elbows into a half-sitting position, took a bite on Ciel’s soft neck, showing absolutely no mercy.

After taking a bite, the frustration in Avena’s heart lessened slightly. She slowly tilted her head back, looked at Ciel on top of her, and calmly said, “Please move.”

“Mm...” Ciel got up and moved aside, watching Avena stand up again, slightly adjust her clothes, then turn and leave the bathroom.

Revenge?

Revenge for biting Avena before?

For Ciel, that incident actually happened not long ago, but for Avena in this simulation, it had likely been over forty days?

Ciel raised her hand, touched the bite mark on her neck. A slight pain emanated, leaving her somewhat confused.

Judging from Avena’s appearance, the impact didn’t seem significant. After all, even Ciel wouldn’t be able to bite down on a terrifying fleshy monster.

But why did she seem somewhat angry?

Ciel found she could no longer quite grasp Avena’s thoughts.