Recaps

Jiang Han and the foreign Sea Siren witches toured Angelite von Ludwig’s lavish recreation of Sovereign Palace before meeting the English duchess. Angelite assigned them work to correct the Witch of Folly’s mistakes and personally selected Jiang Han for her supervision.

• Jiang Han toured Monarch City’s one-to-one recreations of famous buildings and learned about Angelite von Ludwig’s aristocratic background and artistic interests.
• The European witches grew tense when they entered the replica Throne Room, then relaxed when they saw a sofa beside the throne.
• Angelite arrived carrying the Sovereign Scepter, and the witches fell silent under her imposing presence.
• Angelite told Elliot to distribute materials, assign Night Watchers, and arrange for the witches to meet the Sea Shepherds before beginning their work.
• Angelite selected Jiang Han and two other witches for her personal supervision as they set out to correct the Witch of Folly’s mistakes.

Jiang Han helped Angelite coordinate emergency cooling and repairs for the overheated mainframe chambers beneath Mainframe Sky Island. After delivering blueprints and gathering updates from the Sea Shepherd teams, she reported the information to Angelite.

• Angelite organized witches and Night Watchers to cool the overheated mainframe chambers and protect the arrays during repairs.
• Angelite assigned Jiang Han to deliver blueprints and instructions to a Sea Shepherd team working on the sixth level.
• Jiang Han met Xu Wenji and her team in a smoke-filled meeting room and passed along the blueprints.
• Angelite sent Jiang Han to ask Team Two about the runes on Line Nine and whether the temperature remained high.
• Jiang Han gathered and organized Team Two's intelligence, then reported it to Angelite.

Jiang Han and the Eternal Ice Eye witches endured Angelite’s demanding work and planned to quit, but the promise of gold and Lady Tokens changed their minds. The Night Watchers began ranking the witches for rewards, while Jiang Han explained how Points could buy rare benefits and might lead to long-term work with a Great Witch.

• Jiang Han, Annie, and Heather quietly agreed to leave the job together the next day.
• Angelite praised the witches’ work, then had Night Watchers bring in carts of gold and performance charts.
• A Nightmare Witch announced compensation, gold rewards, and Lady Tokens would be distributed according to the witches’ performance.
• Annie and Heather excitedly speculated about their pay, and Jiang Han explained the benefits available through organizational Points.
• Jiang Han told Annie and Heather that good performance on emergency commissions could lead to long-term work as an external member of a Great Witch’s organization.

Jiang Han collected her performance reward and Lady Tokens, then joined Annie and Heather for dinner with Angelite. Angelite’s gossip about Kraken and Josephine eased the newcomers’ reserve, and she ended by explaining that she chose Kraken as a teammate because Germans were reliable while Josephine was French.

• Jiang Han received 21,596 yuan in gold and 21,700 Lady Tokens for her performance, along with a handbook explaining how to spend them.
• Jiang Han returned to the throne hall, where she joined Annie and Heather for a self-service dinner arranged through incantations in the handbook.
• Angelite sat with the three witches and explained the ordering system, then chatted about watching league matches with Jiang Han.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that Kraken was possessive and described her as a brutal, warped German, while Annie defended Kraken’s gentle public image.
• Angelite praised Josephine Durant’s personality and talents, then said she had voted for Kraken as a teammate because Germans were reliable and Josephine was French.

Jiang Han moved into her dormitory and met her roommates, Nancy, Jiang Jiayu, and Zhu Wenrui, before watching them play a tabletop investigation game. She went to sleep while the others continued, accustomed to their night-shift work.

• Jiang Han arrived at her assigned dormitory and introduced herself to Nancy, a Nightmare Witch with unusually large, backward-curving horns.
• Jiang Han met the Sea Shepherd witches Jiang Jiayu and Zhu Wenrui, and Jiang Jiayu discovered that she and Jiang Han shared a surname and came from South City.
• Jiang Han joined the roommates’ conversation about their hometowns and learned that Nancy had inherited her horns from her Flame Demon Witch grandmother.
• Jiang Han watched Jiang Jiayu run a Cthulhu tabletop campaign with Nancy and Zhu Wenrui, then went to sleep while they continued playing.

Jiang Han visited the exchange hall with Angelite to choose a new wand and settled on an imitation of Kraken's Staff of Time, but she lacked enough points to buy it. Angelite offered to cover the shortfall, then arranged for the wand to be modified to resemble the Sovereign Scepter, leaving Jiang Han to accept the altered design.

• After earning more than 190 points, Jiang Han went to the exchange hall with Angelite to choose a high-end wand.
• Jiang Han compared wand styles and exchange options, then chose the long-wand imitation of Kraken's Staff of Time for its appearance and three enchanted spells.
• The Night Watcher told Jiang Han that the Staff of Time cost 510 points, while Jiang Han had only 411.
• Angelite offered to cover the missing points and have the cost deducted from Jiang Han's future bonus.
• Angelite took the Staff of Time and ordered the modification section to change its appearance to match the Sovereign Scepter, and Jiang Han agreed to the altered wand.

Jiang Han spent a morning walking and fishing with Angelite, who commissioned a portrait and praised Jiang Han’s beauty and magical potential. Angelite left Jiang Han with the prospect that her magic could grow enough to earn a Fire Dragon Certificate or Hero Certificate.

• Jiang Han walked through the Night Watcher Camp with Angelite and learned that Dorothy Jordan had challenged the Final Witch more than two years earlier.
• Jiang Han and Angelite set up a fishing tent and easel beside Spotted Dove Lake, choosing to spend their break without magic.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that the mainframe area would be repaired by the following day, then asked to paint her portrait as a commission.
• Jiang Han accepted Angelite’s offer of twenty thousand, and Angelite said Jiang Han’s beauty made her valuable.
• Angelite told Jiang Han that her magic had great potential and might eventually earn her a Fire Dragon Certificate or Hero Certificate.

Jiang Han and the other witches finished their commission clearing scorching passages and discussed how they would spend their pay, mostly on debts. Angelite then showed Jiang Han the strange creatures developing in one of her created worlds and explained that Witch Sickness could transform life exposed to witch magic.

• Jiang Han, Annie, and Heather used their Eternal Ice Eyes to cool the passages while Angelite cut through the frozen wall and led the work to the mainframe hall.
• After the commission ended, the witches discussed repaying loans and agreed to go fishing together another day.
• Nancy guided Jiang Han to Angelite's private residence, where Angelite showed her models of several created worlds.
• Angelite showed Jiang Han an insectoid creature transformed by Witch Sickness and explained that exposure to witch magic could gradually turn living beings into heteromorphic creatures.

Angelite finished painting Jiang Han on the beach and offered her a paid modeling commission, along with access to her ringworld for training and monitoring its monsters. Jiang Han accepted the offer and received a ring that served as an entry and exit permit.

• Nancy brought iced tea to Angelite and Jiang Han, and Angelite asked whether Nancy was hot in her clothes.
• Angelite finished the portrait, and Jiang Han changed while Angelite waited facing away from her.
• Jiang Han explained that Kraken had given her a collar enchanted with a powerful Flame Trap, and Angelite praised its craftsmanship.
• Angelite showed Jiang Han the beach portrait and named it “Kraken at Work,” then asked her to model for another painting as a paid commission.
• Angelite offered Jiang Han use of her ringworld for practice in exchange for checking on its monsters, and Jiang Han accepted.
• Angelite gave Jiang Han a ring and explained how to teleport into and out of the ringworld and how to call for her help.

Jiang Han met Lilith at their reserved Spotted Dove Lake campsite, where Kraken was absent because she was working on Angelite’s commission. As Jiang Han and Lilith prepared the campsite, they waited for Kraken to arrive with the tent.

• Jiang Han arrived at the campsite and learned from Lilith that Kraken was still at work, prompting Jiang Han to laugh at the phrase.
• Lilith explained that Angelite had persuaded Kraken to take the commission with a box of gemstones, and that Kraken had been busy with it for several days.
• Jiang Han and Lilith tied Cat Lamps to the trees and set up their recliners and blankets without using spells.
• Lilith relaxed with a bottle of juice and said that all they still needed was for Kraken to bring the tent.

Jiang Han and Lilith shopped for barbecue supplies at Spotted Dove Lake while discussing a planned migration of a magical race and Jiang Han’s unusual luck. They prepared for Kraken to join them for an insulated lakeside camping trip, though she had not arrived yet.

• Lilian told Jiang Han that she and Kraken were handling the migration of a magical race and had approved plans for a new Sky Island to house them.
• Jiang Han and Lilith went to the Spotted Dove Lake supermarket to buy meat, fish, rice, and vegetables for a barbecue.
• Lilith explained that Spotted Dove Lake was a difficult fishing ground, and she described how dream demon witches manipulated others’ luck.
• Jiang Han recounted her lucky encounters with Lin Zhaojun and Kraken, and Lilith said her luck was worth studying for a lifetime.
• Lilith said Kraken was already on her way, and she explained that they would need an insulated tent with expanded interior space for the camping trip.

Jiang Han, Lilith, and Kraken set up camp together and discussed Jiang Han’s impression of Angelite. Kraken and Lilith then asked Jiang Han to help gather information about an upcoming association involving witches and mages connected to Supergiant Space.

• Kraken arrived at the grill wearing the same outfit as Jiang Han and Lilith, and they toasted to their good taste.
• Jiang Han, Lilith, and Kraken assembled Kraken’s heavy-duty tent and admired its cozy interior and shower room.
• Jiang Han described Angelite as a witch of lofty standing, and Kraken and Lilith compared her to Kraken.
• Kraken and Lilith told Jiang Han that South City Hall would form a new association and asked her to guide her close witch friends into it.
• Kraken and Lilith explained that they wanted Jiang Han to share information about the witches and mages, and Jiang Han became curious about the group.

Kraken explained the commission for Cen Jing, then revealed that more than a hundred million European witches and witchlings were migrating east to escape a renewed civil war. The chapter ended with Kraken asking Cen Jing to help select musician witchlings for the new 92nd Witch Association District.

• Jiang Han and Cen Jing met Kraken, who offered Cen Jing a long-term information-gathering job with the 92nd Witch Association District.
• Kraken turned on the news, where a foreign witch announced that Western witches would make the East their new homeland and family.
• Kraken explained that European witches had negotiated the migration of more than a hundred million witches and witchlings after brutal civil wars devastated their servant armies.
• Kraken described the European battlefield's immense servant-army casualties and explained that servants could earn transformation into witchlings.
• Kraken said the country was establishing 150 Witch Association districts and asked Cen Jing to find promising musician witchlings for District 92.

After signing on as a reserve Sea Shepherd Witch, Cen Jing left to adjust her schedule while Jiang Han followed Kraken into the laboratory to receive her compensation. Kraken injected Jiang Han with Three Sons Solvent, awakening basic psionic power that cracked the cultivation tank.

• Cen Jing signed contracts for work in District 92 and with the Sea Shepherds, then left to attend classes and adjust her Dream Garden schedule.
• Kraken brought Jiang Han to her laboratory and explained that Three Sons Solvent could develop the brain and awaken special abilities, though it could also lower a creature’s Sanity Value.
• Kraken told Jiang Han that the solvent’s madness-inducing connection to an evil god no longer posed a danger because she had destroyed it.
• Jiang Han agreed to take one dose, and Kraken sealed her inside a culture tank and injected the Three Sons Solvent.
• Jiang Han awakened basic psionic power, and her magical energy forced cracks through the tank’s crystal walls.

After awakening psychic abilities, Jiang Han tested their power and accepted payment from Kraken. She then visited District 92 to assess the Sea Shepherds’ camp for displaced witches and found that the residents needed far more specialized support.

• Jiang Han discovered she had awakened Deflection Field, Intrusive Impulse, and basic psychic attacks, then tested their strength with Kraken.
• Kraken praised Jiang Han’s psychic power, and Jiang Han said she was satisfied with her payment.
• Jiang Han traveled with the Sea Shepherds to District 92 and began inspecting the camp’s facilities.
• Jiang Han observed that the displaced witches feared witches and noted their strong resistance in her report.
• A Sea Shepherd asked Jiang Han to recommend professional conversion specialists and medical support for the traumatized residents.

Jiang Han and Xu Wenji assessed newly arrived European witches, reassuring them about their rights and future prospects as the city struggled to process and fund their resettlement. After South City Hall ordered faster reviews and longer shifts, Jiang Han saw the witches enjoying a carefully adapted Eastern meal.

• Jiang Han disguised herself as a doctor and, with Xu Wenji, assessed Frances Morrison, an opera performer who had been arrested in Europe and sent overseas after losing her belongings and citizen certificate.
• Jiang Han explained the protections, benefits, jobs, and loans available to witches in South City, and Frances became more hopeful when she learned she could borrow money.
• Jiang Han and Xu Wenji completed assessments for 240 witches in one afternoon, but South City Hall and the Sea Shepherds demanded that the teams double their efficiency and work longer hours for a 12% salary increase.
• Xu Wenji told Jiang Han that South City Hall would still pay their salaries and would also have to fund additional Night Watchers and Police Department bonuses.
• Jiang Han ate in District 92's cafeteria and noted that the witches were enjoying the chefs' Western-style adjustments to Eastern dishes.

Jiang Han received praise and extra pay for her evaluation work, then rode home in a Griffin Carriage driven by a talking sheepdog. At home, she teased Jiang Xuan about her expensive gift from Ye Keshu and learned that Gaia Space was preparing for its first test.

• Jiang Han received her promised extra pay after the witches of Witch Association No. 92 praised her evaluation report.
• Xu Wenji drove Jiang Han home in a Griffin Carriage controlled by Luoluo, a talking Old English Sheepdog trained to guide griffins.
• Jiang Han returned home and found Jiang Xuan reading an instruction manual for the earrings Ye Keshu had given her.
• Jiang Xuan explained that Ye Keshu had bought the earrings through Dragon Turtle witch connections and claimed they were for self-defense.
• Jiang Xuan told Jiang Han that the super-large folded space called Gaia was about to undergo its first round of testing.

Jiang Han asked Jiang Xuan what gift to bring when meeting a French witch, and changed her choice after learning about Golden Mandrake Wine’s German history. She and Jiang Xuan then watched a program about vampires.

• Jiang Han and Jiang Xuan discussed Mother Ye’s expensive earrings and whether the money would have been better spent on expanding their garden.
• Jiang Han told Jiang Xuan that she would meet a witch in two days and asked what gift was customary for a first meeting.
• Jiang Xuan advised Jiang Han to choose a gift characteristic of the visitor’s country, then explained Golden Mandrake Wine’s German origins.
• Jiang Han replaced the wine with an older French liquor called Cherry Snow Pine Nut Sherry.
• Jiang Han and Jiang Xuan watched a program featuring a blood-drinking nightmare witch playing a vampire.

Jiang Han visited Li Li to collect custom fox-ear headphones and met Heather Glamorgan, the Dragon Turtle witch responsible for adjusting them. After Heather explained the difficult calibration required for Jiang Han’s powerful magic, Jiang Han learned that European witches had developed a head socket for direct brain connections, leaving her unsettled.

• Jiang Han bought wine at the Witch House, then arranged with Li Li to visit for her finished fox-ear headphones and her friend's pair.
• Jiang Han ate a lavish lunch, packed egg tarts for Li Li, and traveled to Li Li's home.
• Li Li introduced Jiang Han to Heather Glamorgan, a Dragon Turtle witch who adjusted magical equipment.
• Heather measured Jiang Han's magic and began modifying the fox-ear headphones because no standard version suited her.
• Heather explained that European witches used a socket installed in the head to connect devices directly to the brain, and Jiang Han reacted with disbelief.

Jiang Han tested her newly linked fox-ear headphones with Heather and Li Li, finding that they filtered background noise while clearly amplifying selected voices. The test ended with the witches explaining how Fox Witches and Dragon Turtle witches coped with their powerful hearing.

• Jiang Han received a pair of fox ears through the link and confirmed that they did not affect her balance or condition.
• Li Li explained that fox-ear headphones had been invented mainly for fetish play, embarrassing Jiang Han.
• Heather and Li Li tested the headphones at different distances, and Jiang Han heard Li Li’s whispers and shouts at a steady volume.
• Heather added her voice to Jiang Han’s precise sound list and set the range to ten meters and the volume to 37%.
• Li Li and Heather described how Fox Witches and Dragon Turtle witches dealt with the noise caused by powerful hearing.

Jiang Han visited Angelite at the Sovereign Palace and read a magazine ranking the great witches by their match records. She discovered that France’s top two witches dominated weaker opponents but had never beaten the strongest rivals.

• Jiang Han met Angelite in the Sovereign Palace archives, where Angelite was writing a poem and told Jiang Han to read the magazines in the reception room.
• Jiang Han read the Great Witch Statistics Magazine and learned the current great-witch distribution across several countries.
• Jiang Han saw that Lilith had the worst record, while Angelite and Kraken ranked third and fourth.
• Jiang Han found that French witches Josephine Durant and Don Gil Ross ranked first and second by wins, despite losing every match against several top rivals.
• Jiang Han realized the French pair crushed weaker opponents but could not beat the strongest witches, then laughed at their records.

Jiang Han learned Silent Casting from Angelite and was offered several spells if she could demonstrate Afterwave Casting. She tried to surprise Angelite with spells, but Angelite dispelled them, leaving Jiang Han unable to copy their casting.

• Angelite teased Jiang Han about her neck, her online posts, and her interest in tentacles before taking her through a door to a tree-lined path.
• Angelite explained Silent Casting, and Jiang Han successfully concealed the magical aftereffects of a Flame Burst Spell with Dispel Magic.
• Angelite taught Jiang Han about Afterwave Casting, which could let perceptive witches record and learn spells released by others.
• Angelite offered Jiang Han spells, including Song of Siren, if Jiang Han could make an Afterwave Casting touch her once.
• Jiang Han cast Ghost Ship at Angelite, but Angelite dispelled it and explained that Afterwave Casting required perception, repetition, and recording.
• Jiang Han tried a Magic Missile but could not record and reproduce its spell model.

Jiang Han tested her magic against Angelite on Angelite’s Sky Island, where Angelite demonstrated the power of her Sovereign Scepter and rune modules. Josephine Durant arrived after the battle, and Jiang Han presented her with a bottle of wine.

• Jiang Han attacked Angelite with a series of powerful spells, but Angelite controlled the flames and silenced Jiang Han’s magic.
• Jiang Han used her Sea Siren’s Song and aftershock casting to briefly control Angelite, who then appeared behind her and seized her throat.
• Angelite gave Jiang Han the Sovereign Scepter, whose dispel-based shield protected her from magical control, and used a Rubik’s Cube module to restore the wrecked surroundings.
• Josephine Durant arrived and gently reprimanded Angelite for fighting near the villa she had paid for.
• Jiang Han gave Josephine a bottle of Normandy wine, and Josephine accepted it and promised a return gift.

Jiang Han visited Josephine Durant’s Sky Island villa and shared a meal with Josephine and Angelite while learning more about their history with Kraken. The gathering ended with Jiang Han avoiding the powerful liquor Josephine served.

• Josephine took Jiang Han to her villa and said she was considering giving up her position as a Great Witch to pursue cooking.
• Angelite and Josephine teased Kraken about her pride, her diary of grudges, and her contradictory demands for company.
• Josephine prepared a large British-French meal, while Angelite made Jiang Han and herself eat the shellfish they disliked.
• Josephine served Fast Lava Rum, but Jiang Han declined because she feared its effects.

Jiang Han shared lunch with Angelite and Josephine, then agreed to model for a painting session in Josephine’s studio. The chapter left her alone in the changing room, admiring the elaborate dress Josephine had prepared for her.

• Josephine served Jiang Han rice, mapo tofu, and cumin lamb while she and Angelite discussed cooking and Angelite’s music CD.
• Jiang Han joined Angelite and Josephine in a conversation about art, drawing on her own artistic experience.
• Angelite asked Jiang Han to model for another painting, and promised to send her the spell from their earlier bet.
• Josephine showed Jiang Han her spacious studio and explained that she would model in clothing rather than undress.
• Josephine led Jiang Han to a changing room and left her to put on a black-and-red vintage dress with matching stockings and shoes.