Miss Witch's Speed ​​Run Manual

This gear obviously does not participate in the rotation of the pocket watch, but seems to be a decorative component independent of the pocket watch.

After a brief hesitation, Ciel placed his hand on the gear.

Even if it's just a decoration, it's still a "unique" decoration, so it should have some special abilities...

The moment Charles placed his hand on the pocket watch, a familiar system panel jumped in front of him.

[[Echo of the Silver Timebinder (Damaged)]: Exclusive seal, bound. Gain more abilities as the seal is repaired.]

[Current Ability: [Echo of Time Lv.2]]

[Echo of Time Lv.2: Records the host's current individual time. After 15 seconds, or if their life is threatened, the host will return to the recorded time and remove all negative statuses.]

[Side Effect: Within 45 minutes after use, the host's individual time and space will be disrupted, and the host's status will jump between different save files.]

【【Overlimit Gear Lv.1】】

[Overload: Turn the gears to put the host's designated skills, items, or seals into [Overload] mode, allowing them to exert abilities beyond their limits and ignore side effects. This lasts for 1 minute.]

[Side Effect: Skills, items, or sealed items amplified by [Overload] will enter a 72-hour [Overload Damage] state and cannot be repaired.]

Overload?

Beyond the limit?

And it can be used on any skill items and seals?

Anything that meets these three concepts can be amplified and overloaded by oneself?

Just by seeing the description, Ciel realized the power of this gear.

Its strength lies in its concept.

Gears do not impose any restrictions on things and items that can exceed the limit, which means that no matter what it is, it can be exceeded by gears.

I just don't know how this "possession" is determined.

If it is considered as ownership only after exchanging it in the system store, then the items that Charles can use will be greatly limited.

Ignore the type of item skill seal and the upper limit for overloading... If what you hold is a high-level item or a high-level seal, overloading it will cause it to exceed the upper limit.

The most important thing is that during that minute, the side effects of those items, seals and skills are ignored.

If it can be combined with specific powerful seals or skills, Ciel will have 1 minute of unreserved crazy attack time.

It can be considered a powerful card... As for whether it has other uses, I can only wait and develop it slowly in the future.

So that raven relied on this overload to unleash an ability beyond its own capabilities and summon the meteor...

A sudden pain in his brain made Charles temporarily stop reviewing what had happened before.

Just as Charles was about to calm herself by watching the system countdown, she heard a burst of hurried footsteps.

"Ciel?"

After hearing this familiar voice, Charles, who was leaning against the door, relaxed immediately. As soon as she relaxed a little, she fell into coma.

Before falling unconscious, Ciel felt a soft embrace.

……

So hot...

Charles, who was in a coma, felt a dull and hot feeling all over her body. This feeling made her more and more dizzy, and the splitting headache made her want to smash her head directly to get complete relief.

I don’t know how long it took, but when a cool feeling came from my brain, the restlessness in Charles’ mind gradually disappeared.

This change was also reflected in Charles's expression at this moment, and her originally frowned brows had gradually relaxed.

Avina was kneeling on the ground, with beads of sweat on her forehead. Her lips were trembling and her face was pale, as if she had been frightened.

At this time, Charles was lying in front of Avina, his head resting on Avina's soft thighs, with his eyes closed.

After about ten minutes, Charles' eyelashes trembled slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes, seeing Avina who was putting her hands on her forehead with an unusual expression.

Compared to before, the swelling and dizziness in Charles's brain had subsided a lot, and even the volume of his mumbling had decreased significantly.

Charles slowly raised his hand, grasped Avina's slender wrist, and slowly removed her hand from his forehead.

"Psychologist" is not a suitable way to fight. Avina's physical strength is simply not comparable to Charles. Although she struggled slightly, Avina's hand was still moved away by Charles.

The healing was interrupted, and Avina suddenly opened her eyes. She glanced around with lingering fear, and after realizing that there was no fog or monster, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Avina lowered her head and met Charles's eyes, which were a little weak.

"Charles..."

Avina was about to say something but was interrupted by Charles.

"never mind……"

Ciel forced a smile and spoke.

"It has ended."

After Charles let go, Avina didn't know where to put her hands. After hesitating for a moment, she slowly placed them on Charles' shoulders and asked:

"How do you feel now?"

At this time, Avina had not yet recovered from Charles' words "It's okay" and was still worried about Charles' physical condition.

Even if she didn't touch Charles' forehead, but just put her hand on Charles' shoulder with her thumb close to Charles' cheek, Avina could feel the heat from Charles' body.

"I'm fine... just a little dizzy."

Charles shook her head, but this simple action made her feel dizzy and even nauseous.

As if she noticed Charles' reluctance, Avina gently supported the back of Charles' neck with her hand, slowly changed her position, supported the back of Charles' neck with her right hand, and passed her left hand through Charles' legs, and was about to pick her up directly.

Ok?

Avina, who was about to pick up Charles in a princess hug, froze slightly when she was about to stand up.

Although Charles' body was very light, Avina was unable to pick him up immediately...

Avina didn't know how to carry a lying person on her back. If she carried him face to face with her buttocks supported, it seemed a bit awkward... Time was running out, and Avina didn't know what to do.

However, this period of time was just enough for Charles to calm down his dizziness.

She put her hands on the ground and tried to stand up.

Seeing this scene, Avina had to quickly support Charles' shoulders and help her stand up little by little.

"Charles, hold on a little longer, the carriage will be here soon."

Avina whispered.

carriage?

In her somewhat confused mind, Charles imagined the bumpy ride in the carriage... Riding in a carriage now might really cost her her life.

“Not taking a car…”

Ciel said slowly, "Can you help me get home?"

Come back home?

Back to where?

His own home? Or the house that Charles rented on Jewel Avenue? Either way, it wasn't a place Charles could walk to right now.

But there is still one place where Charles can persist and walk to it.

"North and South Stone Street?"

Avina asked tentatively.

"Um……"

Charles nodded slightly.

"Okay, hold on for a while."

Avina supported Charles and moved slowly towards the outside of the factory.

At this time of day, there were almost no pedestrians except for horse-drawn carriages carrying goods and children running around on the road.

The streets still exuded an indescribable sour smell, but Avina did not feel disgusted at all. She just observed the road carefully, avoiding puddles, pedestrians and carriages.

The journey, which should have taken only six or seven minutes, took them almost twenty minutes. Finally, they stopped at the door of No. 144 in the Clock Tower Lane area.

Charles reached into his pocket, fumbled around a bit, took out a key, inserted it and opened the door.

As soon as I opened the door, there was no smell of dust as I had imagined. Everything in the house was spotlessly clean, as if someone had been coming to clean the house regularly.

After helping Charles to the sofa and letting him sit down, Avina went back and closed the door, then walked towards the kitchen and began looking for the kettle, but couldn't find it.

Some of the kitchen utensils, kettles and other items here have been taken away, and what is left are some furniture that the landlord originally left behind and cannot be taken away.

Finally, Avina rummaged through the drawers and finally found a wooden barrel and a ladle that looked as if they had never been used. After filling the ladle with some tap water, she walked directly to the living room and handed it to Charles' mouth.

"Char, drink some water."

Avina just finished speaking, but quickly withdrew her hand, "Sorry, I'll go wash it..."

The clear water in the scoop just now turned red and turbid after shaking a few times, accompanied by an indescribable smell of rust.

Is this blood...

In the kitchen, Avina kept rubbing the stains off the ladle with her hands, but after she tried for a long time, the clean water was still turbid, only the color was slightly lighter.

Avina, who had never done housework since she was a child, was almost going crazy at this moment.

When she finally filled a bucket with water and brought it to the living room, she found that Charles had curled up on the small sofa with cracked surface and had fallen asleep long ago.

About thirty minutes later, Nia, who had returned to the factory but didn't see anyone, found this place. After Avina told her some things, Nia went out again.

Following Avina's instructions, Nia first went to the clinic in the jewelry district, called Adele over, and then returned to the unfinished factory to deal with all the bodies inside.

After rushing to Charles' home, Adele gave him a routine check-up.

This time, no physical problems were found. Charles' physical symptoms were caused by mental exhaustion. After recording all of Charles's symptoms at the moment, Adele hurried back to the clinic laboratory to prepare new medicine.

Throughout this process, Avina stayed by Charles' side, observing his mental state.

Now Charles is sleeping and recovering naturally. As long as there are no symptoms of deterioration, Avina will not interfere.

Mental healing is not something that can be accomplished overnight. If there were such a simple cure, there wouldn't be so many crazy superhumans.

At this moment, Charles, who was sleeping, was having a clearly visible dream.

In the dream, Charles was in an empty room surrounded by mist, and the wooden floor under his feet was creaking.

No matter where she walked along the fog, there seemed to be no end. She kept walking in this almost infinite space, but her mind became more and more panicked.

She began to run, sprinting with all her might, but all she could see was fog, as if it would never end.

Just when Charles was about to be exhausted, she stepped on one of the wooden boards and broke it, and her body fell down into the endless darkness beneath the boards.

At this moment, Charles suddenly opened his eyes and saw the warm candlelight.

She looked down and found that a soft and warm blanket had been covering her body without her knowing when.

She just raised her right hand to rub her eyes when she was startled by the scarlet tentacles that appeared in front of her eyes. Then she remembered that her vision was still polluted and the spiritual damage on her right hand still existed.

But compared to the beginning, the dizziness in my head has lessened a lot.

The most important thing is that her brain no longer feels overloaded, and her body temperature has returned to normal.

Apart from the hallucinations before his eyes and the monster's roar that seemed to be constant in his mind, Charles' spirit had recovered a lot.

She sat up on the sofa with her right hand and gently rubbed her forehead with her left hand.

The self in the simulation was not unconscious for so long... and there was no description of this fever-like state. This can basically be determined to be due to the absorption of the "uniqueness" gear.

After all, the difference between real and simulated variables lies in whether they are truly "unique".

"System, is all that knowledge sealed in my mind?"

Charles asked the system in his heart.

【I can’t waste my memory^^】

Good heavens... I have to pay for the knowledge sealed in my mind if I want to use it myself...

[Just be happy, at least you don’t have to worry about being manipulated by others anymore]

No need to worry about being controlled by others... Will the situation like the feather pen controlling my body in the simulation happen again?