The Speedrun Manual of Miss Witch
Chapter 198 - The Future Queen of the Ansu Empire (1/3)

Cecile Palace, Music Hall.

Princess Vitalis sat quietly in the center, her hands on the piano keys, her eyes slightly closed, seemingly reviewing her mistakes just now.

At the moment, she was exploring original classical music. This was an indispensable part of completing the perfect reconstitution ritual.

However, Forte’s departure just now made her feel a subtle unease in her heart. Even now, her thoughts couldn’t be fully immersed in the music.

“Phew...”

She slowly exhaled softly, planning to do something else to change her mood.

She turned to look at her personal maid beside her and said softly, “Sophia, could you please bring me the viola?”

But for a long time, she didn’t hear a reply from the maid beside her. She looked up curiously at the maid’s face and saw a pair of pink pupils.

“Princess Vitalis, we meet again.”

The maid’s face gradually distorted. Her originally chestnut short hair gradually lengthened, replaced by a fiery red color.

At this moment, inside the real music hall, the maid Sophia looked at Vitalis, who had fallen asleep on the piano. She gently brought a blanket and covered her.

“Who are you?”

Vita frowned slightly as she looked at the red-haired young girl before her. Soon, she realized who the other party might be.

Red hair... Dream ability...

That “Subverter”?

Is there truly a connection between the red-haired young girl Forte intercepted from the Church of the God of Order and that “Subverter”?

Otherwise, it’s impossible that the moment I revealed a little information to Forte, the other party immediately came looking for me... There are not that many coincidences.

The fact that the other party could find her indicates that she definitely learned something from Forte—she hadn’t told anyone other than Forte about this matter. She knew that “Subverters” had extremely high requirements for concealing their identity.

Vitalis also recalled the index finger that was rapidly aging and crumbling before Forte left...

“Ciel.”

Ciel directly stated her name. From the conversation before the rewind, Ciel knew that the other party definitely knew who she was.

Ciel? That remarkably talented “Law Officer” intercepted by the Church of the God of Order? But isn’t she a “Law Officer”? How is she using the ability of a “Dream Thief”?

Even a “Subverter” couldn’t have deceived all the people from the Church of the God of Order... With her talent, someone of Cardinal rank must have met her.

“I know you have many questions, but this is not the first time we’ve met... To be precise, it’s the third time.”

Ciel said quickly.

Third time? If the red-haired “Subverter” she saw in Berren City the first time was also her, then including this time, they’ve only met twice... When was the second meeting?

“You told me about what you were planning to do in Berren City. Unfortunately, the person you were going to meet in Berren City was killed by me at that time.”

After pausing for a while, Ciel asked directly, “I need to know more about Forte.”

Forte!

Hearing this, Vita’s expression changed slightly. She quickly stood up, moving away from Ciel, and said, “Then you’ve come to the wrong person... Forte is the authority in the Royal Orchestra, he is the strength of the royal family, and I am a princess of the royal family.”

“What are you afraid of?”

Ciel looked directly into Vita’s eyes and asked calmly.

Whether it was in the previous timeline or now, when mentioning Forte, Vita always seemed to be hiding something.

Last time, she hinted to Ciel in a roundabout way that there was something wrong with Forte, but this time, when Ciel directly asked about Forte, Vitalis’s agitated reaction was clearly unusual.

Because from her previous behavior, it was quite clear that Vitalis was dissatisfied with some of Forte’s actions.

“What are you concerned about?”

Ciel could feel that Vitalis was afraid of something.

“Give up... Forte can predict the future. At the moment you are speaking to me, he must already know...”

Vitalis took a deep breath and said, “It’s too late for you to regret now.”

Predict... the future?

The ability to rewind time certainly appears to be like predicting the future in its effects—this is something Ciel knows very well and is very familiar with.

She knows that Vitalis opposite her has misunderstood Forte, or rather, the ability of the “Uniqueness” on Forte.

“This is not predicting the future, Vitalis.”

Ciel looked into Vitalis’s eyes. “This is rewinding time. Just now, Forte, sensing danger, rewound time by five hours and forty-three minutes, back to the present moment.”

“My conversation with you is already the second one.”

This was an ability that was difficult for ordinary people to comprehend. Even transcendents, upon hearing it, would have to ponder for a long time and doubt the truth of the matter.

After all, as of now, there is no path that can control time, let alone make time flow backward.

But Vitalis, after a brief contemplation, quickly believed Ciel’s explanation.

This was because Forte’s actions had always been as accurate as if he knew the future... It could be seen in every detail of his daily life.

“If it’s going back to the past... then why do you still have memories?”

Vitalis looked at Ciel before her and asked.

“Because he took something of mine.”

Ciel said, “And I want to reclaim that item... It’s that simple.”

“Because it’s not his item, he won’t retain any memory when using it. He can only rely on certain events to remind himself that time has been rewound... like his finger.”

When Ciel mentioned the keyword “finger,” Vitalis almost completely believed Ciel’s explanation.

Because, before Forte left, his finger had indeed begun to crumble and weather...

So it wasn’t predicting the future after all...

But even so, Forte used this ability to its fullest extent.

Especially since he founded the Royal Orchestra, the entire Ansu Empire had been developing at an extremely rapid pace. In just over a hundred years, it had become the world’s leading empire, with imperial warships covering the oceans and countless overseas colonies.

It could be said that Forte was absolutely responsible for 90% of Ansu’s current imperial status.

But this very person instilled fear in Princess Vitalis.

Because of his almost perverted desire for war and control.

Princess Vitalis had traveled to countless countries and many colonies. She had witnessed the bloody suppression by the Ansu army and had seen slave transport ships that had become ghost ships, with almost everyone on board dying of plague... The evil deeds committed were simply too numerous to count.

Vitalis had also witnessed several uprisings, and had even planned to liberate certain areas herself, but these attempts were easily thwarted... as if they had been predicted in advance.

Now, Ciel’s explanation gave Vitalis a concrete understanding of Forte’s ability... but she didn’t know how to deal with this ability.

Even if it wasn’t predicting the future, a Tier 4 who could rewind time was already terrifying enough...