Utterly Scummy, Utterly Blessed

"...If I don't meet Hilde's demands, I'll lose my standing among the Catfolk."

"...On the other hand, if I'm willing to become the lord of that group of foxes, I might provoke Cat Yeta, and that's something I'd rather not see."

"...Hilde of Cat Tufflin is putting me in a very awkward position. It's hard to please both sides. On one side is my foundation; on the other... heh, the Cat Witches' foundation. You know, maintaining good relations with Giant Cats is one of the most important things for Cat Witches."

Jiang Han concealed a few details, a few bits of backstory, and a few people.

She did not tell Qin Shunying that Cat Yeta was Ovi Lamp's foremost red cat! She was also the head cat of the Cat Lamp Society!

She did not tell Qin Shunying that Hilde was also one of Olivia's Catfolk, a serious-type catgirl whom it was best not to offend if possible. After all, nobody knew whether cats might hold a grudge for a very long time. In any case, the Cat Lamp Association, as the overlord of the small-animal world, had plenty of bad habits among Cat Lamps: narrow-mindedness and a love of holding grudges. Yet sometimes they would lazily give up on revenge, or forget all about it so long as the harvest was good enough.

Having withheld some information, Jiang Han hoped to receive Qin Shunying's advice.

Store Manager Qin had been rolling around the Witch circles for years, and her methods were astonishing. She could often talk two Witches headed for a double loss into a double win, after which she herself got a double win too—she won twice!

If she had a way to make the Giant Cat Lamp happy, make the Catfolk happy too, and still get the