The matter of competition in Giant Cat Territory clearly would not end here. As Ovi gradually began promising to open up the Cat Lamp Witch advancement system, one could imagine that Jiang Han's Giant Cat Territory would become the sole designated core among the Cat Lamp Witches—unless another Cat Lamp Witch at merely the Archwitch level were cultivated in the future.
As the witch Ovi had [taken up residence in], Jiang Han felt that she and the other party were practically bound together, forming a relationship that no one would believe even if they said, [We're not that close, just ordinary friends.] There had to be a return for what was given. Good things existed for no reason, but not to Ovi's extent.
The Sleeping Witch would occasionally grant visiting witches good fortune. This was merely a cat's temperament, an act of breaking free from the path of reason to enjoy the path of emotion.
The Sleeping Witch had bestowed so many favors upon Cat Lina because she clearly intended to cultivate Cat Lina as a [close cat]—in other words, as part of a shared interest group with common benefits in political, economic, offensive, defensive, and military matters.
At the same time, however, the Sleeping Witch would not stop the internal competition within Giant Cat Territory. Rather, so long as this healthy competition did not reach the point of deliberately sabotaging another cat's business, the Sleeping Witch would not rebuke the cats in charge.
Jiang Han agreed with this [principle of fair competition]. It might be a little embarrassing to say so, but Jiang Han believed that [fairness] alone was already unfair enough. Take the Cat Sea Grand Cathedral currently being built in her territory: even while still under construction, it had already drawn eighty percent of the territory's roaming