The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch-Chapter 113 - Let’s See Whose Life is Harder (2/2)

“Relic” was an ancient Old Ansu vocabulary term, referring to items of religious or historical significance. In the context of “Fate Vessel,” it could refer to ancient and mysterious divine artifacts.

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Can I interpret this as powerful sealed artifacts?

Then the meaning of “Fate Vessel,” could it be “sealed artifact related to fate”?

If that’s the meaning... Ciel looked again at the prompt translated and polished by Avena.

“Fate Calamity arrives, punishing the three Fate Vessels.”

Something is punishing three fate-related sealed artifacts...

No, no, need to connect it with “the chosen ones” below.

For a moment, Ciel felt like she was back when she first started learning Ansu script, as headache-inducing as learning English in her previous life.

Is it fate-related sealed artifacts held by the chosen ones?

Fate-related sealed artifacts...

Sealed artifacts...

Fate-related...

The first thing Ciel thought of was the “Strong Luck Coin” in Lucy’s hand.

If any sealed artifact had a strong connection to fate, Ciel would definitely vote for the “Strong Luck Coin.”

And at the end, that sealed artifact, clearly on her person, returned to Lucy’s hand on its own—as if bound to her.

During the fire tornado disaster, the “Strong Luck Coin” in Lucy’s hand changed, breaking the twice-daily limit, and could adjust the coin’s landing point according to Lucy’s will—this was an extremely terrifying breakthrough and evolution.

‘I can control it now’. Ciel remembered the phrase Lucy said crazily when the fire tornado expanded.

This was a fate-related sealed artifact bound to Lucy, and Lucy hadn’t fully controlled it yet.

One person’s sealed artifact alone couldn’t convince Ciel to accept this version of the guess and translation.

Ciel thought of Oppold.

When Oppold followed the “misfortune rule,” he also gained obvious benefits; his potion digestion became smoother and smoother.

He, who basically had no chance at fourth-tier, could actually look forward to fourth-tier again—this was the reason why he endured such tormenting life and insisted on staying in Clock Tower Alley.

Then Oppold’s fate-related sealed artifact... Ciel remembered when she went to Oppold’s house disguised as a Judicator, the crystal eye on the dining table staring deadly at her, covered in what looked like purple blood vessels.

Oppold learned so many “misfortune rules” relying on that sealed artifact he called the “Evil Eye”—he could be said to be the one among the three who grasped the rules most completely.

Clearly, the “Evil Eye” was the fate-related sealed artifact controlled by Oppold.

Thinking here, Ciel’s brow couldn’t help but furrow slightly.

Lucy and Oppold’s sides made sense.

What about her side, how could it be explained?

Where did she get a fate-related sealed artifact?

What fate sealed artifact did she have?

Besides 【Deadly Blood Roland】, there was only the exclusive sealed artifact 【Echo of the Silver-White Timebinder】.

Wait!

Ciel opened the system, looked again at the description of the “Echo of the Silver-White Timebinder” sealed artifact.

【【Echo of the Silver-White Timebinder (Damaged Beyond Repair)】: Exclusive Sealed Artifact, Bound, More abilities can be obtained as the sealed artifact is repaired】

“Echo of the Silver-White Timebinder” wasn’t in its complete state.

Who could guarantee that its complete state didn’t include abilities related to fate?

Combined with the system’s earlier mention of “open source,” Ciel felt her line of thought could connect.

First, the term “Fated” appearing before her eyes in the simulation came from the system; this was certain.

Ciel could basically rule out that the threat of this “misfortune rule” came from some organization or powerful individual.

Even if they could know about the sealed artifacts in Lucy’s and Oppold’s hands, Ciel could understand that, but they absolutely couldn’t know about the sealed artifact on Ciel.

Even if they knew, they were in the dark while Ciel was in the light. If they wanted to kill Ciel and snatch the sealed artifact, they could act anytime. There was no need to create such a huge spectacle—that was a meteorite! A city full of people!

“System, is that a fragment of the ‘Echo of the Silver-White Timebinder’? Used to repair the ‘Echo of the Silver-White Timebinder’?” Ciel asked the system in her mind.

This time, the system still gave no answer, but Ciel already had at least a thirty percent certainty in her heart.

Usually, when the system didn’t answer her, it meant she was on the right track. Only when she went down the wrong path would the system gladly come out to mock her a bit.

Thirty percent certainty... enough for Ciel to give it a try.

She flipped the notebook to the front pages, picked up the pen, and began thinking.

Thirty percent certainty, this probability was already very high, high enough to be worth Ciel going into a Future Days simulation once to verify this idea.

The crucial point now was, what plan should she use to prove herself right?

First, prove her line of thought.

Second, try to digest a new potion, earn Fate Points.

Third, find a way for Avena to digest the second-tier potion.

This was Ciel’s priority list for her next simulation.

The importance of the first point was beyond doubt. The purpose of this investigation was to survive. If she could survive, everything else could be discussed.

The second point was also crucial. The more Fate Points, the more security Ciel had. She could even start another simulation further into the future—the time span of this crisis was very large; simulating only within thirty days might not be enough.

Ciel reached out, dipped the pen in the ink bottle, and began writing.

【Try living completely according to the rules of the misfortune pattern for a few days, see if there are any changes, temporarily don’t try to find Lucy and Oppold】

【Write the misfortune rules into letters, mail them to Avena, have her forward them to Lucy and Oppold in an untraceable manner, let them know the misfortune rules in advance, but you need to add some fabricated rules for easier control】

【If they don’t follow your instructions... secretly break the rules yourself, make them think it’s punishment from you】

【Let’s see whose life is harder】