Realizing she had lost her composure, Avena quickly took a step back, turned around to wipe her eyes, and said, “Generally speaking, no… To avoid suspicion, many male nobles use male servants. Only some indecent nobles and wealthy merchants would…”
“What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Your voice is a little hoarse.”
At this moment, Ciel, at just the right moment, offered Avena a way out. “If you’re uncomfortable, go and change your clothes first.”
“I am a little uncomfortable… Cough cough…”
Avena, with her back to Ciel, coughed twice for show, then quickly walked towards the dressing room.
It took a full ten minutes for Avena to come out of the dressing room.
At this moment, her face had returned to its expressionless state, and she had changed back into a simple dress.
If it weren’t for the slight redness around her eyelids, Ciel would have thought nothing had happened.
They both tacitly avoided mentioning what had just happened. After taking turns to wash up, the emotionally turbulent Avena lay down on the bed, feeling tired.
I wondered why the Avena in the simulation slept for so long… Turns out she was tired after a day of work and then made to cry by me…
And her simulated self even made Avena arrange the banquet for the next day. Avena actually did it without any complaint, even though she was exhausted.
Ciel gently rubbed Avena’s hair, thinking somewhat helplessly. Slowly, Ciel also closed her eyes.
At this moment, she was also very much in need of rest.
The next day, at 6 o’clock in the morning, Ciel woke up from her sleep.
This amount of sleep was enough for her. Her spirit had also recovered quite a bit.
Her simulated self in the simulation had made a big commotion when getting up, waking Avena. At this moment, Ciel gently and slowly loosened Avena’s arms that were holding her, but still accidentally woke her up.
Avena slightly narrowed her eyes. Her dark purple eyes were hazy with sleep. She murmured Ciel’s name.
“It’s not light yet… Go back to sleep.”
Ciel gently rubbed Avena’s head until she closed her eyes and fell back asleep. Only then did Ciel get up, go to the dressing room, and change into a new outfit.
After having breakfast, Ciel went to the study to continue reading. Around 8:30, Avena woke up. After having breakfast, she came to the study to find Ciel.
Today, Avena would still go to negotiate about the demolition of the gem mining area. At the same time, she also arranged to get the list for Ciel. It probably wouldn’t be long before the list was in Ciel’s hands.
However, this time, before Avena went to negotiate, Ciel asked her for the names of the person in charge of the Great Western Railway Company who would be negotiating with her and the names of those nobles.
Ciel had no grudge against them, but they had caused Avena to feel wronged.
She just remembered their names, nothing more.
After all, Ciel wasn’t someone who held grudges.
Almost nothing happened on the 3rd, except that Adele sent over some more materials, and Avena’s negotiation failed again.
This time, Avena no longer planned to demand the mining areas back. Instead, she focused on getting them to pay the compensation as soon as possible. But this path was still fraught with difficulties.
The railway had not yet started construction. It was easier said than done to snatch a piece of meat from the mouths of those councilors and ministers.
Regarding the information about the list, there was also no progress for the time being. Avena said the fastest it could be was the 4th. Ciel could wait.
Another morning. On July 4th, the time when Ciel’s simulation was about to reset, Ciel finally obtained the list.
On the list, she saw the Keyman’s identity and name in real life, and the disguised identities of several other members of the Chaos Squad.
Besides these people, Ciel also saw a somewhat unexpected old acquaintance.
Ciel looked at this name on the list and nodded slightly.
How did she also come?
At this moment, Ciel was not in a hurry to simulate. Instead, she thought again about how to kill the Keyman.
Gradually, a plan surfaced in Ciel’s mind.
Killing the Keyman could be done using Lucy—after so many interactions, Ciel understood that Lucy was a rather “independent” and “gambling” person. As long as she saw profit, she would definitely not report it to the company, but try to keep it all to herself.
As for dealing with the Chaos Squad…
These few were from the Society of Merriment, and their potion digestion was completely fine. If they were all wiped out today, it would definitely arouse suspicion from the Society of Merriment.
Perhaps she could use the power of the “Subverter” to deal with them…
Without prior preparation, using “Subverter” to make those people feel an unknown power might not be effective.
But if the chaos was faked as normal… no one would notice.
Ciel wanted to make the Keyman go insane right under their noses, without them realizing it.
Then, she would become this Keyman, making them believe that everything was proceeding in an orderly fashion.
This way, Ciel wouldn’t have to rush to kill all of them within a day.
Although very unwilling, Ciel knew she had to use the power of the “Subverter.”
Now, everything was ready.
She just had to wait for the next simulation refresh to see if it could be set after July 7th, or even on July 7th itself.
So that Ciel could predict in advance whether her plan would succeed…
Ciel opened the simulation interface, watching the time on it decrease little by little, waiting for the final result.