"...This is the August 15 midday news! You're watching Friendly South City, with your friend Chen Jing! And today's guest is Teacher Yu Sitong! Give everyone a greeting, Teacher Yu!"
"Hello! I'm Yu Sitong, a noisy, unlucky loser—ten fights, ten losses, not one win, and I'm just about ready to retire!"
"...Teacher Yu certainly knows how to joke. It wasn't ten fights and ten losses—it was fifteen fights, all losses, crushing defeats, and that's why you can only appear on this show! Now, let's see what fun news happened today. Hmm, there was a servant-army uprising in Milan today, sparked by disputes over their treatment... Teacher Yu, what do you think about how their treatment has improved lately, yet the number of uprisings has gone up?"
"Hey! That's because improving their treatment made the servant armies realize, 'Wait, we actually get treated well.' That's a terrible thing. Once they realize that, but fail to understand that witches will execute every rebel, they'll stage pointless uprisings that only cause property damage."
"...Oh! That's certainly a very old-school witch's take—very measured. Hmm, on to the next story. The Witch Gold exchange rate is having another good day, and the interstellar exchange rate continues to rise..."
Click.
In the club's main hall, Kraken used the remote to turn off the news.
She sat in a chair with a thick book resting on her lap. Beside her sat Lilith, looking a little uneasy, with an open book on her lap as well.
Both books were manga...
"Kraken," Lilith called out, at a loss.
Kraken pushed up the glasses perched on her nose, lifted her chin, and arched a brow.
"Hmm?"
"I... Is it really okay for us to use golems to slack off like this?" Lilith looked deeply conflicted. Even the way she glanced