Mars crashing into Earth—Eileen's Sovereign Palace crashing into Anjie's Sovereign Palace.
That was what the witches had been buzzing about after this drawing ceremony.
Inside the Cat Book House, a tremendous wave of sound burst forth, startling the Cat Lamps into bouncing up.
"This is absolutely insane!"
Jiang Han rubbed her ears, then rubbed her cat ears, before finally looking toward the person who had made that thunderous noise.
Du Lingxuan, in the middle of taking off her long boots, was practically glowing with excitement. "Ovi, Eileen, and Anjie got put in the same group! Lin Zhaojun and Alesha got thrown in too—this is absolutely insane!"
"What's there to be happy about?"
Jiang Han flailed her arms. "Even though we get to watch those sisters fight each other to the death, my heart hurts so much!"
"It hurts!"
"It hurts too much!" Xiya raised both hands high, gazing mournfully at the ceiling—though she was smiling.
"..."
Beside them, Lilian, who held her coat in one hand and was undoing her tie with the other, froze. She turned her head to look at the three bad cats performing what might as well have been a comedy routine.
Those who got close to cats became gloomy.
Even she felt as though the temperature in the room had dropped.
"So, you three Miss Cats."
Lilian draped her tie over her coat as well. Today, she wore a sharp little suit vest and suit skirt, with a black high-collared overcoat on top.
"What do each of you think about your own matchups? Feeling optimistic?"
"..."
Jiang Han pulled a bitter face. "All I can say is..."
Xiya and Du Lingxuan spoke in unison. "It's about time we were cooked."
The three could only say that they were rather unlucky. Jiang Han had drawn Ketus