Ciel walked towards her room while opening the envelope in her hand, looking at the contents of the letter.

The content in Avena’s letter was almost identical to the condensed version from her simulated self.

The only difference was that her real self didn’t wake the maid at two in the morning to send a letter inquiring about corpses, tailors, and Avena’s encountered setbacks in the Reconstitution Ritual.

So Avena’s letter this time was basically concerned about Ciel’s recent situation and asking why Adele came looking for her with a medical kit.

The difference between simulation and reality was that the channels for obtaining information in the simulation didn’t need to be repeated in reality, giving Ciel considerable extra room for operation.

She opened the system store interface, searched through the items brought out from the last simulation.

Besides a prison introduction letter, what surprised Ciel slightly was that there was also an Avena family crest, both exchangeable for 1 Fate Point.

Why wasn’t this written into the notebook? What exactly did her simulated self do? How did she get Avena’s family crest?

Ciel didn’t dwell on this issue further. Her simulated self didn’t write it, meaning it wasn’t important. She didn’t need to waste time on these things.

Ciel didn’t rush to exchange the recommendation letter and family crest. These things could be exchanged anytime; just wait until needed.

Ciel in the simulation, when obtaining intelligence from Avena, completely disregarded any potential exposure issues, so she dared to ask any question, dared to give anything.

In reality, Ciel certainly couldn’t just run up and ask Avena why she was stuck at the first tier, or if she wanted her to get some cultists for her advancement.

This way, anyone with eyes could see the significant connection between cultists and Ciel. If Avena’s curiosity was piqued, leading her to investigate backwards after deprogramming Gemma.

With Avena’s resources and meticulous mind, Ciel wouldn’t be surprised at all if she could trace it back to Tara. Involving Tara, Ciel herself would likely be exposed too.

After all, her next plan required contact with Tara.

Now, the simplest way was, without notifying Avena, to let Avena “discover” the cultist Gemma herself and use her to complete the Reconstitution Ritual.

At that time, just have Tara send a secret letter directly letting Gemma visit Avena’s house with Ciel’s “Other Side Page,” under the guise of looking for Oppold.

Although the “Other Side Page” Ciel possessed was tattered, Nia could definitely detect the anomaly; she was extremely sensitive to the Other Side’s aura.

Moreover, because Gemma was only a second-tier cultist high priestess, Tara didn’t need to reveal her identity, just issue the command as a bishop. Gemma wouldn’t know which bishop gave the command. Even if deprogrammed, there would be no risk of exposing Tara.

This way, unlike the situation in the simulation, in reality, Ciel, the Divine Advent Church, and Avena would be completely separated.

Besides Ciel, no one could deduce Ciel’s existence from the other party. She could still remain independent of any faction.

Of course, the core point of this plan was that Tara, as the intermediary, must be absolutely loyal to Ciel—this loyalty had been verified by Ciel in several simulations.

Tara in the simulations, even when driven mad, only became more extremely faithful to Ciel herself. She was an absolute fanatic, and her fundamentalism centered around “Mother Goddess Ciel.”

Even if Ciel said on the spot that the Divine Advent Church was fake, and what she said was true, Tara would probably lead her confidants to revolt, splitting off a Church of Ciel from the Divine Advent Church.

Soon, Ciel finished writing a plain reply letter to Avena. The content only mentioned her spirit had improved and inquired about the tailor. Finally, Ciel handed the envelope to the maid living across the street.

Simultaneously, Ciel also dismissed the maids, asking them to return to Avena’s side, no longer needing them for message relay and protection here.

In reality, fewer eyes around her were better.

After sending her letter and dismissing the maids, Ciel returned to her room, contemplating what to do next.

Tara would arrive in Berren City tomorrow morning, but there was one point Ciel couldn’t quite control.

That was Amy.

To make Tara absolutely loyal to her, she had to first “prove” her identity as the “Mother Goddess.”

And this “proof” required using the Divine Servant behind Amy.

She had to think of a way to keep Amy unaware of everything, yet have the “Divine Servant” sealed on her back come out and “kneel” to her.

However, Amy and Tara were still unaware of these events that had occurred multiple times in the simulations. Ciel had significant room for manipulation.

Ciel really didn’t want to use “Instigator” on her friend. So, if possible, she preferred to keep Amy in the dark.

But this matter wasn’t urgent yet. In the simulation, Amy brought Tara to find her tomorrow noon, the 26th. She still had plenty of time to think about how to handle this.

More crucial now was the matter of the clothing.

The female robber in the police station prison couldn’t escape. She could use the recommendation letter or family crest anytime to retrieve her from the police station prison and stitch her up.

But the clothing matter couldn’t be delayed. Materials and accessories for the clothes were hard to find; a slight delay might miss the timing.

But the good news was, her meticulous simulated self had attached the tailor’s hand-drawn design sketch to the notebook. She already memorized all the clothing dimensions and didn’t need to spend energy and time discussing details with the tailor like her simulated self did.

Ciel opened the system store and directly opened 【Basic Disciplines】.

As she expected.

In the previous simulation, Ciel in the simulation attempted to complete the “Physician” Reconstitution Ritual but hadn’t succeeded by the time the real Ciel entered the simulation. Yet 【Medicine】 still entered the basic disciplines.

Last simulation, Ciel in the simulation did quite a bit of drawing, finally even attempting to draw Other Side scenes for the real Ciel to see.

Therefore, after leaving the simulation, Ciel’s 【Basic Disciplines】 gained two new disciplines: 【Drawing】 and 【Tailoring】.

Ciel didn’t hesitate, directly spending 6 Fate Points to raise both 【Drawing】 and 【Tailoring】 to Lv.2.

【Drawing】 was a basic discipline potentially useful for the later “Blood Painter,” and also an ability for Ciel to convey information with more accurate images—if needing to find someone later, drawing would be much easier to understand than text + abstract drawings.

And 【Tailoring】 greatly benefited the “Coroner” ability, worth investing points in, and could also better help Ciel reproduce the draft design sketch seen in the notebook from the last simulation.

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