"Dear Comrade Jiang Han, greetings."
"We have noted that you have not visited the Squirrel Committee for two weeks to accept commissions from song-and-dance or literary-and-art troupes, nor have we received any records of such work by mail. We regret to remind you that should you fail to find a suitable commission within two days, and prove unwilling to accept or comply with the Committee's arrangements, we will, with extreme regret and disappointment, suspend your request to borrow books of Rarity Level 5 and semi-compulsorily reclaim the following books currently on loan to you:"
"Rarity Level 4: Minotaud's Alchemy, <Complete Enchantment Compendium: A Personal Biography of Tang Lisa Rhodes>, Nature: A Hundred Years of Formulations, Illustrated Rune Guide."
"Rarity Level 5: <Squirrel Witch: Syndra's Secret Formula for Rune Smelting>, <Squirrel Witch: Kraken Wicks's Art of Harmonization>."
"Should any of the above books unfortunately be damaged, fees will be charged according to their compensation value."
"Upon receipt, please immediately reply with an explanation and submit an extension application for assessment, or attach a recent list of commissions, invoices, or samples of completed work."
"Your loyal comrade, Shu Xiaowei, Director of Room Six, Organization and Political Commissar Council, Seventh Review Department of the Squirrel Committee."
Only upon receiving this letter did Jiang Han remember that many of her alchemy books had been borrowed from the Squirrel Committee, all lent to her on extremely preferential Squirrel-tier terms.
One commission every two weeks, one report every two weeks—conditions so generous that they had frightened both of Jiang Han's mothers at the time, making them think something-or-other had happened to their daughter!
After all, the Squirrel Committee was a colossal organization that could be said to oversee idols and artistic troupes at a preliminary level. Though witches did not truly have idols, witches working in