After hearing that Jiang Han had created avatars, Big Boss Cat and Eileen both came over curiously to take a look, and suggested, "Why don't your sisters appraise your avatars for you?"
Appraising an avatar was similar to appraising equipment. Although matters like Authorities and affiliations had basically been settled in advance, for them to truly take effect, they still required direct approval from the Witch World's top witches.
Put simply:
[Unregistered avatars are not permitted to reside or work long-term]
Although she could have asked Ovi and Eileen to approve them, with Jiang Han's cat brain—though Xu Fangying had actually reminded her—how could she fail to see that this was a trap of the "retired emperor pushing you to become a scholar" variety? The current decision-maker was Angelite. What did it mean if she went to two people from the previous regime to handle it?
So Jiang Han politely declined.
The next day, she went to see Angelite and, while she was at it, got Xu Fangying's identity sorted out as well. Witches occasionally had naturally formed avatars from alternate counterparts in other worlds running wild and throwing their weight around. It was a common occurrence.
So when Jiang Han told Angelite, "This Elephant-Tusk Han is the avatar Cat created herself, while Mouse Han is an alternate counterpart from another world who automatically became an avatar upon returning," Angelite first showed a little surprise, then revealed a relieved smile that even Jiang Han could not understand. In the tone of a mother relieved to find that her daughter's thigh tattoo was not [tally marks] or some other strange writing, she said, "I knew it. How could a Cat Lamp Witch possibly split off a Ratfolk witch as an avatar? Though an elephant is pretty abnormal too."
After dawdling for