The Witching Hour of 1994
Chapter 686

Industry

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In the conference room, the Fel Giant Cat Lamp occupied one seat, while Jiang Han sat at the head of the table. The Fel Cat Lamp, Persian Cat Lamp, and Gray Mist Cat Lamp floated atop the chair backs, since only Giant Cat Lamps could sit in such seats.

Jiang Han slowly swayed her tail, cupped her face in both hands, and rested her elbows on the table. "Cat Carlo, are you carrying a secret order or mission from Ovi?"

The Fel Giant Cat Lamp flashed a huge grin that looked downright vicious. Then it thumped its cat-lamp belly twice with a boom, emitting a dark glow. "Meow, how could that be? She did whisper a few things to the cats, but she didn't tell me anything. She only told me on the cat tree: go to the Sky Island in the Cassia Desert. Your destiny lies there."

Got it. You're an open-and-shut cat spy. Whenever a Witch lied, she would bring up things like "destiny." In truth, Witches looked down on such talk more than any other race.

Still, I don't have anything shameful to hide, nor do I usually have any secrets worth concealing. If someone monitored me twenty-four hours a day, they'd only discover that I spent several hours playing Marite Racing or Witch Cards. Besides, if some blind Witch came here to seize the Cat Lamp Sky Island, I could summon Longsleep Meow. With the assistant she arranged here, it would be even more convenient for her to descend.

...After weighing the pros and cons, Jiang Han lowered her hands and said with a smile, "It seems your destiny really is with us. Welcome aboard, Cat Carlo."

"Meow!" The Fel Giant Cat Lamp's flame-like tail tip swept back and forth.

She had heard that Fel Cat

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