Miss Witch's Forbidden Book Secret

At first, she could wait calmly, but as time passed and Brigitte still didn't come upstairs, her time was running out.

Marn Cullen was trapped in her spiderweb nightmare. In at most forty minutes, he would be able to break free of the spiderweb and allow his soul to float back to the material world.

Once Marne breaks free, with Sequence 6 Marne and Bridget by her side, it will be very difficult for her to escape.

Especially since Marn has figured out several of her extraordinary characteristics after fighting her, she may very well perish here.

This is very bad.

If Brigitte doesn't come upstairs within ten minutes, she'll have no choice but to use alchemy to temporarily materialize herself and evacuate the theater. This is a high-sequence ritual for assassins without sheaths, one that Cameron hasn't fully mastered yet, and he'll have to pay a huge price.

After all, she wasn't a proper spirit being. Maintaining humanity after becoming a spirit would be a huge undertaking, but this would be more than enough for her to escape.

But running away like this would obviously be too much of a loss.

He failed to kill Corde, failed to capture Bridget, the bounty was off the table, and now he's going to be spirited and have his brain burned again.

Therefore, Cameron did not want to give up so easily. He watched Tia and Brigitte like a cheetah lurking in the grass, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw them finally preparing to go upstairs.

The white-haired, dyed-out Funina Bonaparte was chatting with the young lady from the Montreal family as they walked up the stairs, speaking in a thick Silvercastle accent.

Because of the police checkpoint, the second floor was almost deserted; the Silver Knights were all downstairs, while Scarlett stood guard at the stairwell.

good chance!

Cameron quickly figured out the situation.

As soon as the two of them go upstairs to the private room, she can quickly plunge Brigitte into a nightmare without alerting those downstairs.

No, we should also deal with that Funina next to her.

The culprit behind her current time crunch is this little white-haired dwarf, who also looks like a noblewoman from Silver Castle.

Ideally, it should be marked as a nightmare, which would incur a hefty ransom.

However, there are many purification rituals for the oak tree in the soil that target curses, and it can also be killed directly.

Cameron smiled and was about to turn back to his private box.

—But the next moment.

As Funnina Bonaparte walked up the stairs, she met her gaze from afar. Her deep blue eyes were clear and bright, and the white-haired girl leaned on her cane, tilting her head slightly.

Instantly, Cameron felt a chill run down his spine.

Did they spot me?

That's impossible. I shouldn't have been exposed at all. Or perhaps Brigitte's prophetic abilities kicked in?

How can it be!

The Wisdom Palace monopolizes all the Sequence 6 Prophet rituals. Unless Brigitte makes a deal with the Celestials, it is impossible to complete the Sequence 6 Prophet advancement!

Or perhaps there are other experts present?

Cameron immediately looked away and returned to the private room, still shaken.

Time was running out. Cameron glanced at his watch; she only had twenty-five minutes left.

She decided to take a gamble.

A burning sensation rose from the soles of his feet, and as the blood vessels surged from his back to his eyes, Cameron instantly transformed into a pool of irregular, net-like ash, which was then evenly smeared onto the ceiling.

Once her prey arrives, she will suddenly throw down a dagger with fangs like a spider's, poisoning both of them to the ground.

"Bridget, shall I go in first?"

Tia's voice rang out from outside the door.

This gave Cameron a secret thrill.

We've arrived!

"Are you looking down on me, Bonaparte? I'm not cowardly enough to fear that fraudster Marne Cullen!"

— crunch!

The door was pushed open.

The moment Cameron saw the figure, his gray mud spiderweb instantly closed, and a large gray mud-like net fell down overhead. A fair and delicate arm emerged from the net, holding a bronze dagger with a hollowed-out blade, soaked in a ghostly green alchemical poison.

Brigitte, who was just finishing the ritual, didn't even see the spider web fall clearly before it landed on Frynn Bonaparte from a height of more than three meters.

Brigitte felt a chill run down her spine.

She completely ignored Tia's provocation and went to open the door, instead letting Tia take the risk in front of her.

Honestly, if Tia hadn't said she wouldn't discuss the selection of a king with Tia unless she came upstairs to deal with this strange Marn, she wouldn't have even wanted to come over. Upon hearing this, she immediately had Nogi bring over her equipment—a warhammer weighing a full thirty kilograms, its surface plated with mithril and covered in patterns.

It should work well against humans, but what about the people in this private room...?

What is this garbage?!

Is this even human?!

The large net instantly enveloped Tia, who came to open the door, but when the dagger pierced Tia's delicate skin, not a single drop of blood splattered.

　Instead, there was a loud "splash," and a puddle of water exploded in front of them.

This is the ritual "liquid camouflage" inscribed on the doll, a fake body created using bodily fluids.

It works quite well, but it consumes a lot of bodily fluids—theoretically, this thing can be used with any bodily fluid, such as blood, saliva, sweat, or honey, but the amount is large, so Tia had to drink a lot of water beforehand.

Since it's just a doll, there's no need to worry about it getting nauseous from drinking water.

Tia walked slowly from behind the liquid camouflage, leaning on her cane. Her trailing dark blue dress was soaked with liquid, and in some thinner parts of the fabric, her skin was already visible.

Cameron reacted extremely quickly. After realizing he had been tricked, the grayish-mud-like spider web instantly coalesced into a human form. A girl, sweating profusely from being burned by the spirit form and wearing a gray short trench coat, appeared. Almost instantly, she placed one hand on Tia's shoulder and thrust the other hand, dagger, into Tia's true form behind the shattered liquid human form.

Since we're already here!

We should at least retrieve one.

But the moment the dagger pierced Tia's chest, Cameron's wrist holding the dagger trembled slightly.

No, absolutely not!

The sensation was nothing like piercing flesh; it felt more like piercing a wooden door or wall. For a moment, she couldn't even pull the dagger out.

Cameron realized something was wrong and exclaimed in shock:

"You're not human?!"

"I'm sorry, Miss Assassin. But I am a real human being, or at least I believe I am."

"Impossible! You transformed your physical body? No, no, you're not an alchemist—you transformed a spirit?"

"Think what you want." Tia tapped her cane slightly, a chill spreading through her heart. She said, "This farce should end. Where is Marn? What's your relationship with her? Who sent you?"

Tia gripped the heavy revolver tightly in her other hand, the muzzle pressed against Cameron's heart.

Cameron pressed his lips tightly together, his gaze fixed on Tia, and refused, "I cannot reveal my employer. Even if you kill me, it won't do any good."

There's nothing to discuss.

In the instant of breathing—the bullet pierced his heart, and Cameron was thrown back by the impact. This heavy revolver, borrowed from Scarlett, used a more advanced propellant, and its power was in no way inferior to the elephant gun.

As Cameron flew out, he endured the intense pain of becoming a spirit in mid-air, transforming into a mass of gray mud and rushing out of the box, heading straight for Brigitte.

But before they even stepped outside, two blades suddenly emerged from the reflection in the wall, slicing through the plaster from the left and right.

Freya and Branna, the two elves who had been hiding for a long time, scoffed at Cameron's low-class trick.

It's like children playing house. Is this what you call spiritualization?

Unfortunately, these two elves were still a bit weak and couldn't stop Cameron.

Brigitte, who had been gathering her strength, wielded her silver hammer. The moment she swung the hammer, a gale howled, but it caused absolutely no damage.

The pool of gray mud had surged out long before Bridget's warhammer fell, and in the blink of an eye, it seeped into the ground and disappeared.

Tia immediately ordered, "Freya, Branna! You two go after them right now!"

"understand!"

The two elves leaped to the spot of the flash, then transformed into spirits and followed Cameron closely.

The banquet hall, which had just been calmed down by Tia, erupted into chaos again.

Someone just died, and now a monster has appeared!

Fortunately, the monster vanished in an instant, but the nobles who witnessed that large mass of gray mud still broke out in a cold sweat.

With a bang, a burly middle-aged nobleman sprang up from in front of the banquet table, as if he had just been pushed to his limit.

"Where is the Silver Knight?! What is Marn doing right now?! We came here to attend a banquet, not to be prey in a hunting game! You can't treat the lives of us respectable people like a joke! This is a complete betrayal of your so-called chivalry!"

Upon hearing this, the already panicked nobles began to protest loudly, demanding that they be allowed to leave the Sparrowtail Theatre immediately.

The few silver knights were no match for their words, and instead made the conflict even more intense.

Tia immediately grabbed the stair railing and waved, saying, "Please be quiet, everyone!"

"I am Fernina Bonaparte, your guardian. Do not panic! The assassin has been driven away by us, and the Grand Theatre of the Peacocks is now safe! Miss Brigitte of the Montlima family will be properly taken care of and compensated. I will protect you without any obligation, in the name of Montlima, in the name of the iris!"

"All Silver Knights present, maintain order at the scene! Inspector Richard—notify City Hall immediately!"

Chapter 227 Eleanor also wants to make the iris great again.

"How are you feeling after coming back from a nightmare? Would you like me to make you a cup of ginger tea?"

"oh......."

In the living room, Eleanor rubbed her eyes as she watched Mrs. Bernice descend the stairs and lift the cloak covering her.

The old lady scolded, "Father of all things! Little Eleanor, what's wrong with you lately? You used to love my ginger tea the most, and you would often come to my house. But you haven't come since the beginning of the year."

This is true.

Eleanor thought about it and realized that it was because she had moved to 16 Crown Street that Tia had been making tea for her ever since. Then Iris came, and Tia made tea for her there too.

Moreover, Tia was an excellent tea brewer, even better than Ms. Bernice in some ways, always remembering her preferred sweetness and flavor. Unlike Ms. Bernice, whose senses were so acute that her tea was always too weak.

Eleanor would call him a tea master.

But I didn't see Tia all day yesterday...

She didn't even have time to ask—Eleanor had been woken up early that morning by Ms. Bernice to prepare for her promotion ceremony.

This promotion ceremony was arranged in advance.

Eleanor must travel to the Tower Street to undergo treatment to eradicate the curse, a process that will take four sessions over three months. The "Sage" Jeremiah will be in charge of arranging the entire ritual and purifying the curse. However, before the treatment can begin, Eleanor must first reach Sequence 6.

At Sequence 6, the extraordinary power completely permeates her soul, and Eleanor's Earth Oak allows her soul to heal itself, enhances its resistance to curses, and provides a guarantee for subsequent treatment.

It's like taking some nourishing medicine before surgery to ensure adequate nutrition.

Promotion to Sequence 6 was not difficult for Eleanor. Ms. Bernice and two Sequence 7s from the Anti-Corruption Bureau accompanied her through the promotion. The entire promotion ceremony was almost like playing house.

Eleanor was carried along so quickly that she completed her promotion before she even realized it.

But after the promotion...

Eleanor wanted to go to Tia to brag about her advancement to Sequence 6.

It's not exactly showing off!

But she was happy and joyful, so Eleanor wanted to share this happiness with Tia!

Because they are good friends!

Seeing Eleanor staring intently at the door, Mrs. Bernice said with a hint of mockery, "Alright! Little Eleanor, I know what you're thinking. Although I'd love to grant your wish, your confidante, our little Frynn Bonaparte, or rather, little Sulph, is too busy to see you right now."

"Have a meal here and sit for a while."

"Oh... Is Furness alright?" Eleanor was stunned for a moment, not expecting that Ms. Bernice had already seen through Tia's identity.

"Her? She's perfectly fine. Don't worry too much about her! That little rascal, and you, Eleanor, when did you learn to lie?"

Ms. Bernice rambled on, "You knew from the beginning that little Sulph had tricked me into boarding the ship and obtained a fake identity from the Seven Seas, but you were unwilling to tell me anything about it."

"I'm telling you, you're finished, Eleanor! I'm going to tell your mother!"

The old lady got a little angry and said some harsh words.

Eleanor used to be such a good child! Look at her now, not only does she not come to see her anymore, she's even learned to lie!