The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 92 - Waiting for the Final Moment (2/2)

There were still five or six hours until 1 PM. Ciel held a deck of cards, scanned the crowded card room, waiting for Georgine to appear.

If Georgine followed her plan precisely, she would definitely come to check the blood array again before noon.

As long as she saw her checking, it meant the blood array was ready.

Next, she just needed to see when those cultists would be summoned to the underground sanctuary.

“Fighting Nobles? What game is this?” Avena asked curiously, showing no awareness of being a noble herself.

The card game Ciel just mentioned was completely unfamiliar to her.

“Hmm hmm hmm?” Adele was also full of confusion. She didn’t understand why 1 and 2 were higher than 3.

Just sitting here wasn’t appropriate either. Ciel took the previous life’s “Fight the Landlord”, renamed it “Fighting Nobles,” and began teaching the two how to play.

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Playing cards together was much better than wandering around and attracting suspicion.

After a few rounds of “Fighting Nobles,” Avena and Adele became interested in this novel game. Their card game also attracted many gamblers to watch, many hoping to get acquainted with Avena.

However, the attendants at Deton Manor were reasonably diligent, blocking those people for the black-gold member Avena. But they couldn’t stop the growing crowd around Ciel’s table... it was starting to obstruct Ciel’s view.

Three beautiful young ladies and a novel, fun new card game—either alone was enough to attract the attention of these gambling dogs, let alone both combined.

Just as Ciel was thinking about how to clear some people away, a path opened up beside the table.

“Lady Roswell, so it was you.” A familiar voice came from behind a red chip mask. The woman stood beside Avena, turning to the people nearby and asking, “What’s going on, why the crowd? Don’t disturb Miss Roswell’s game.”

“Don’t, Miss Georgine, I haven’t figured out the rules yet. Let me watch a few more hands, and I’ll know how to play ‘Fighting Nobles’.”

“I know how to play. Let’s start a table over there. Anyone want to play ‘Fighting Nobles’? I can teach if you don’t know.”

“Me, me, me! Are you really teaching, bro?”

Shrewd gamblers had already grasped the gameplay of this simple card game. They had to plunder some chips by leveraging their understanding of this new game before more people learned it.

Soon, the crowd around the table dispersed, all preparing to try this new card game.

“Thank you.” Avena looked towards Georgine and nodded slightly.

She really disliked this feeling of being watched, and the assistant administrator’s arrival happened to ease the situation.

“You’re too kind, Miss Roswell. It’s my duty.” The expression under Georgine’s mask held a hint of a smile. She possessed a confidence she usually lacked. “If there’s anything else, you can have the attendants find me. I still have matters to attend to, so I won’t disturb the young ladies’ entertainment.”

Georgine bowed elegantly to them, then turned to leave.

As she passed behind Ciel, an inconspicuous silver flash occurred. The “Sadhana Emblem” Georgine carried disappeared, returning to Ciel’s system inventory.

A sense of security filled Ciel’s heart at this moment.

She watched Georgine circle the large card room, seemingly inspecting, occasionally approaching crowded gambling tables to place a bet herself and liven up the atmosphere.

But in Ciel’s mind, the path Georgine traced gradually formed a shape on her mental map... the outline of the blood array.

Ciel slowly withdrew her gaze, looked towards Adele who was starting to lose interest, and asked with a smile, “Adele, want to play ‘Old Servant’?”

Adele: “Mm-hmm!”

Although she didn’t speak, her actions clearly showed Adele was more interested in “Old Servant.”

Because she had already lost terribly earlier. If they had been betting chips, Adele would have definitely lost her pants by now.

Compared to the slightly strategic “Fighting Nobles,” “Old Servant,” which resembled the previous life’s “Old Maid,” suited Adele better.

Adele enjoyed herself, but as time passed, Avena grew increasingly nervous for Ciel.

Seeing the time approach 1:01 PM, when the Divine Advent Church Bishop was due to arrive, Ciel seemed completely unconcerned, as if she had come today just to casually play cards.

Wasn’t she supposed to find the Bishop’s identity?

Was she searching now? Or had she already found him? When? Who was it?

Constantly thinking about these questions made Avena somewhat absentminded while playing cards, repeatedly drawing the “Old Servant” card from Adele and losing several rounds.

Slap—!

Adele slapped her last pair of cards onto the table again. Unable to speak, she could only express her joy of victory this way, which somewhat blended into the surrounding environment.

At this moment, Ciel began to notice people gradually leaving the card room. Compared to earlier, the card room seemed slightly less crowded now.

Georgine, who had been wandering around the card room, also seemed to receive some information and hurriedly left.

The cultists had begun gathering towards the underground sanctuary...

A system interface appeared before Ciel’s eyes. The time had reached 11:31 AM.

One hour and thirty minutes left. As time ticked by, Ciel’s heart grew calmer.

The sacrifice, rehearsed countless times in her mind, was finally arriving today.

Just a little more time... haste makes waste.

...

“Kitty, is everyone gathered? The Bishop is arriving soon.” Georgine questioned Kitty in front of her.

Kitty, standing below the platform, turned back towards Georgine’s direction, merely looking at her indifferently, without speaking.

After a long pause, Kitty finally spoke slowly, “Where is your Bishop emblem?”

Georgine’s pupils constricted slightly. She instinctively reached for the place where she kept the Bishop emblem, but felt nothing.

“Hehe...” Kitty grinned, looked at Georgine’s gradually panicking eyes, and slowly said, “It seems the Bishop has already arrived early...”

“Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you...”

“At least, before the Bishop’s task is completed...”

“I won’t do anything to you...”

Kitty’s tone gradually turned sinister. The unintentionally condescending tone made Georgine’s adrenaline spike.

The Bishop emblem... was taken back by the Bishop!

When? When did the Bishop arrive? Was she already at Deton Manor long ago?

It’s fine... The Bishop promised me she would transfer me away. Kitty can’t threaten me.

The underground sanctuary teemed with people. The two figures below the platform harbored ulterior motives, both quietly waiting for the final moment to arrive.