"Are you sure you want the Enchantment School's?"
"Sure, cat wants it, cat wants it!"
"...All right."
Jiang Han looked at Lin Zhaojun. When she saw the faint "sigh" appear on the other woman's face, she swished her tail and changed the subject.
"Then what is the other trade item meant to make up the value?"
"Heh. Before I tell you about that trade item, I need to ramble a little."
Lin Zhaojun said, "There's a new witch tournament rule—one of the Witch Agency's V1.0001 rules, implemented throughout the ITWF. I think you remember the rule that forbids casting magic offstage before going onstage to compete, right?"
"Of course I remember. The Lilith Rule. Though its earliest prototype was actually meant to prevent Olivia from turning into nine legendary dragons before a battle, nowadays it's called the Lilith Rule."
Jiang Han began reciting it reflexively.
"It also—"
Meow-ow!
For several days, Vera had beaten her up while Ovi recited the rulebook beside her, all in the name of reinforcing her memory.
Jiang Han shut her mouth and saw Lin Zhaojun's satisfied expression.
"That's right, that's right. That rule."
Lin Zhaojun said, "Based on that rule, the Witch Agency made some improvements. Now, consumables whose energy level does not exceed 1,000 points of mana may be used before a match—for example, Cat's Grace Runes, Bull Strength Incantations, Stone Golem Body Scrolls, Mage Shield Scrolls, and so on... As long as the total initial mana of the consumables does not exceed 1,000 points, they are permitted."
Jiang Han immediately understood the significance of this rule.
It was to make matches more entertaining, so that those "star witches" whose reflexes were no longer what they had once been would not suffer a brutal rushdown the instant they stepped onto the field... Special criticism