Miss Witch's Speed ​​Run Manual

Charles didn't go too far and just let go of his hand.

This made Avina, who was already struggling secretly, pull her hand out directly. However, Avina seemed to feel a little regretful after pulling her hand out. She paused her right hand in mid-air for a moment before holding it in front of her again.

"We've wasted too much time. The party is almost starting."

Avina stood up, without looking back at Charles, and walked quickly towards the door of the room.

She now urgently needed the cold wind outside to cool her cheeks.

At this time, Charles, who had admired shy Avina enough, stood up contentedly. She adjusted her clothes slightly in front of the mirror and felt very happy.

Seeing Avina, who usually had a cold face, showing so many different expressions in front of her, Ciel felt very happy. She seemed to have found a source of happiness, a new way to get back on track - teasing Avina.

When Charles tidied himself up and walked out of the room, Nia had been waiting at the door for a while.

After seeing Charles, Nia lowered her head slightly and said, "Miss Charles, the eldest lady has already gone downstairs. She said you prefer to keep a low profile and asked you to come down with me later."

"OK, thanks."

Ciel smiled at Nia and nodded.

At this moment, Nia seemed to notice the slight damage on Charles' lips. After hesitating for a while, she asked, "Ms. Charles, do you need some recovery potion? Your lips are a little injured.

"Okay...are there any topical medicines? The kind that dissolves blood stasis?"

After thinking for a moment, Ciel asked.

"Yes, I'll get it for you."

Nia nodded, and at the same time felt a little pity for the harmless Charles.

Although Miss Avina usually appears cold, she is actually very strong and decisive, and she always keeps her word.

Poor Miss Charles... She must have been severely bullied by the eldest lady just now. There are even bruises on invisible parts of her body. On the other hand, the eldest lady looks fine except that her face is a little red.

After all, one is an ordinary person, the other is a second-level transcendent, one is a commoner without any power, and the other is a great noble who is almost destined to stand at the core of power... The relationship between the two is unlikely to be equal, and poor Charles has almost no room to fight back.

However, what happened between these two people was a private matter between them, so Nia didn't say much. She just quickly went to get the potion and medicine.

I can only find an opportunity to remind Miss Avina to be gentler, after all, Miss Charles is weak and sick.

After bringing the things to Charles, Charles spent about ten minutes in the room treating the bruises on his body, then put on his clothes again and went downstairs with Nia.

There were no nobles in the hall at this time. There were only a few unknown nobles and businessmen in the reception room smoking cigars and taking snuff.

Charles walked straight out of the gate and looked towards the garden, just in time to see Avina surrounded by nobles.

At this time, Avina was holding a champagne glass, answering questions from people around her elegantly and calmly, and chatting with others, as if nothing had happened just now.

If it weren't for the slight pain in his chest caused by the silk petticoat rubbing against his body while he walked, Charles would have thought that nothing had happened.

What surprised Ciel was that she saw Baron Hastings and Amy. Baron Hastings seemed to be surrounded by many people who were chatting and clinking glasses from time to time, while Amy was sitting at a table not far away, silently eating dessert.

If she remembered correctly, this was Baron Hastings' first invitation, right? But now it seemed his place was the most crowded, aside from Avina. And judging by their attire, most of them were wealthy businessmen.

Charles walked carefully, trying to minimize the movement of her upper body to prevent her petticoat from rubbing against her chest. She did not disturb Avina, but walked slowly towards Amy.

At this moment, Avina also noticed Charles sneaking past from the corner of her eye. After seeing her walking with a slightly bent back, she remembered what she had done and felt guilty.

Tonight... I should give Ciel some "compensation"...

Avina thought silently in her heart.

At this time, Charles had moved to sit next to Amy. Not many people noticed Charles' arrival, which made him feel a little less restrained.

Amy was a little surprised by Charles's arrival and was about to get up to get a dessert for Charles, but was stopped by Charles, who just asked her to bring a glass of juice as well.

Today, Charles has been eating almost all the time since breakfast and can no longer eat anything, not even dessert.

With her friends by her side, Amy, who was a little reserved at first, gradually relaxed and started to chat with Charles.

When Charles asked why so many people were looking for her father, Amy also shook her head, not understanding why.

But according to Amy's impression, whenever someone came to see her father, it was most likely related to the court. After all, her father was a magistrate and most cases in the city of Burren had to go through his hands.

However, usually, my father interacts more with those factory owners. This time, he directly contacted the real people in power behind those factory owners, and the level was obviously higher.

Many people came from other places to attend the banquet, and some even came from Ansu specifically for business here.

It seems that Avina's "business exchange meeting" does have some influence.

"Don't you know why they're looking for Lord Hastings?"

A soft voice suddenly interrupted Ciel and Amy's conversation. They looked towards the newcomer and saw a girl with blonde hair in a single ponytail and emerald green eyes.

"Hello, let me introduce myself. My name is Isabella Stuart and my father is the owner of the Stuart Art Exchange."

Isabella smiled slightly and introduced herself to the two.

"My name is Charles."

Charles nodded and said her name. As for the art exchange, she had never heard of it.

"Just call me Amy."

Amy didn't know the girl either, but in response to her kindness, she still gave her name.

"Just now I heard you discussing Baron Hastings...Are you curious why so many people are looking for him?"

Isabella sat opposite Amy and Charles very naturally.

Her familiarity did not make people feel disgusted, mainly because she was very friendly and the topics she talked about were also of interest to Charles.

"Yes."

Ciel nodded slightly and continued, "What do you know?"

"Maybe you forgot to read the newspaper. There's actually a lot going on recently."

Isabella smiled and continued to explain, "Actually, it's somewhat related to the previous 'dehydration'."

"'Dehydration'?"

Ciel blinked curiously.

"Isn't this matter over?"

This incident could be said to have been personally resolved by her, and the antidote was developed by Adele and distributed by the Church of the Savior. Isn't this incident already in the past? Furthermore, Adele completed the Reappearance Ritual and advanced to the second-level "Plague Doctor."

"Although the dehydration has been cured, the aftereffects are not over yet."

Isabella shook her head and said, "Most of them are about people who died from 'dehydration' and lost their jobs because of it."

"It all started with some rumors saying that 'dehydration' was a virus created by factory owners to kill disobedient people. Of course, this rumor didn't hold water. Later, various other rumors spread, and basically every one of them pointed the finger at the factories."

"This has deepened the hatred towards factory owners among the families of workers who suffered work-related injuries or deaths due to 'dehydration,' and most factory owners refuse to recognize deaths from 'dehydration' as work-related injuries and offer no compensation – they simply aren't considered such injuries in the first place."

"Plus, some factories already have a very heavy workload. Some people who have recovered from dehydration have not yet fully recovered and collapse again while working. There are too many such cases, which have further sparked conflicts..."

Isabella shook her head and said, "This is the current situation. The truth behind the 'dehydration' remains unclear, and the conflict between workers and factory owners is becoming increasingly intensified."

Charles nodded slightly.

This is really hard...

The truth behind "dehydration" involves the supernatural, the cult, and the Redemption Society. No party, especially the Redemption Society, would want to expose the matter, so the news can only be kept blocked.

But Charles also noticed something unusual.

That's a rumor.

Generally speaking, with the existence of the Savior Goddess Church, these outrageous rumors would not spread on such a large scale among the working class. The Savior Goddess Church also had to maintain a delicate balance with the nobles and wealthy businessmen and would not tear their relations apart.

However, rumors continue to emerge, which clearly shows that there is someone behind the scenes.

"Also... a major incident happened recently. I guess it's hard to have peace during this period..."

Isabella lowered her voice and leaned forward slightly, while Charles and Amy also leaned forward slightly, listening carefully.

Among them, Charles' heartbeat also accelerated slightly. Speaking of the recent major event... that is, Charles has obtained a piece of "uniqueness". If the matter is exposed, it will cause an uproar in the entire extraordinary world.

Is it a "uniqueness" thing?

"Something happened to Bei'an Su, and the newspapers are not allowed to report it."

Isabella breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Charles's interest. She looked at him and slowly said, "Home Minister William came here just now, but he was just passing by... He was going to Bei'ansu to calm the situation..."

"whats the matter?"

Ciel couldn't help but ask.

"The Great Famine..."

Isabella shook her head and said, "It's news that has been suppressed for a long time, but recently it can no longer be suppressed."

143

Chapter 143: Avina seeks comfort in her grievance.

The Great Famine of Bei'ansu?

Hearing this, Charles was a little stunned.

Ciel had studied the history of this world and knew some things.

Both Bei'ansu and Ansu consider themselves to be the legitimate successors of the half-lost empire of "Ancient Ansu", and Bei'ansu's original name was Orlando, which means "Holy Empire" in the ancient Ansu language.

It's just that Ansu has developed extremely rapidly in the past two hundred years. The huge increase in wealth and power has allowed Ansu to completely overwhelm Orlando and plunder a large number of Orlando's parliamentary seats.

It was only a few decades ago that the country's name was changed under the auspices of the Queen from the "United Kingdom of Anzu and Orlando" to the somewhat strange "United Kingdom of Anzu and North Anzu".

This change seemed to be testing Orlando's bottom line, and it did indeed arouse many uprisings and resistances in Orlando, but they were all suppressed by Ansu.

It is estimated that once Orlando's power is weakened further, they will have to change their name to "Kingdom of Ansu" or "Kingdom of Holy Ansu" and completely annex Orlando.

Until now, both sides, from the nobles to the common people, have strong hostility towards each other.

The Ansu people call the Bei Ansu "lazy people" and "barbarians", while the Bei Ansu people call the Ansu people "vampires" and "money-hungry pigs".

Part of this was knowledge Charles had gained from history books, and part of it was learned unintentionally from conversations with others. She herself seldom tried to understand these political issues, after all, these things were too far away from her.

In the past three years, she has been busy with her studies and livelihood, so she has no time to understand these things - she is not taking the civil service exam.

But the term "Great Famine" is somewhat sensitive.

At this moment, after seeing Charles's focused expression, Isabella knew that her bet was right.

The more you say about these things, the more mistakes you will make. She doesn't understand Charles' political stance, so she can only take a gamble. Thankfully, Charles seems obviously interested.

"I know, I know,"

Amy spoke up at this time, curiously asking, "Hasn't there been famine over there for over two years?"

“This year it’s even worse,”

Isabella shook her head and explained, "This year, the potatoes and other crops in Bei'ansu were almost completely destroyed."

"My father said they were lazy and didn't work or grow food."

Amy blinked and spoke.

"That's true,"

Isabella shrugged and said, "They wanted to use this opportunity to return to the Ansu Senate and seek greater political power and resources, but they actually succeeded."

"Success?"

Ciel blinked.

In the past life, there was a country that experienced something similar, but it didn't seem to be successful.

"Yes, that's what the Home Secretary used to deal with,"

Isabella nodded and said, "He was in charge of the construction of railways, factories, and porridge factories, using work-for-relief as a means of relief. This cost a lot of Ansu taxpayers' money."

"and then?"

Hearing this, Charles couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, thinking to himself, as expected.

"And then something happened,"

Isabella shook her head and said, "Before I arrived, Ansu was still holding a march to protest the Queen and the Prime Minister's policy. They believed that the government should not lend money to those barbarians."

Ciel took a slow breath.

This Ansu is a god from top to bottom.