Recaps

Jiang Han rented an alchemy workshop and prepared to brew Twin Solution using a high-temperature neutralizer she had extracted from cheap materials. She planned to test whether it could replace spell fire bottles and save her eighteen valuable bottles.

• Jiang Han rented a cubicle in a shared alchemy workshop and unpacked her materials.
• Jiang Han disinfected the cubicle and sealed six spell fire bottles in an airtight compartment.
• Jiang Han sorted her ingredients and extracted 150 milliliters of purple neutralizer from alchemical flowers, grasses, and mushrooms.
• Jiang Han tested the neutralizer and found that it reached a temperature slightly higher than a spell fire bottle.
• Jiang Han prepared to experiment with Twin Solution, hoping to replace spell fire bottles and keep all eighteen for herself.

Jiang Han successfully created a bionic Twin Solution using experimental materials, confirming that the substitute ingredients could reproduce the solution’s properties. After finishing her notes, she met fellow Witch Zhou Xue in the shared workshop, who became intensely curious about her.

• Jiang Han used bionic materials to synthesize Twin Solution, producing a low-quality batch that nevertheless had the correct properties.
• Jiang Han recorded her findings, cleaned the workspace, and left the sterile workshop for the shared hall.
• Jiang Han spoke with Zhou Xue, who discovered that her supposedly Button Flower specimen was actually Xiniu Flower.
• Zhou Xue continued watching Jiang Han as Jiang Han organized her experimental notes.

Jiang Han went out for dinner and chose an Italian restaurant, where she unexpectedly reunited with Qiao Rou, a witch who worked many part-time jobs. After Qiao Rou explained why she had hidden Jiang Han from her new boss, Jiang Han ordered an Italian meal.

• Jiang Han followed the smell of food into Penglasa, an Italian restaurant on Alchemy Street.
• Qiao Rou recognized Jiang Han and hurriedly led her into a private room.
• Qiao Rou explained that her new boss, an Italian witch-society member, would spend a long time chatting if she noticed they knew each other.
• Qiao Rou thanked Jiang Han for recommending her a part-time job, and Jiang Han asked for the menu.
• Jiang Han ordered tomato-braised meat with corn cream soup and pizza.

Jiang Han enjoyed a meal before returning to the [3D Love Workshop], where she prepared to mix Gemini Solvent. On the way, she heard that Wilhelm Pharmaceuticals was recruiting witches with generous benefits, but she did not treat the rumors as an immediate concern.

• Jiang Han ate beef stew, pizza, and mint lychee soda before heading back to Alchemy Street.
• Jiang Han overheard a witch describe Wilhelm Pharmaceuticals' salaries, benefits, and recruitment drive.
• Jiang Han recalled Kraken's espionage against Wilhelm Pharmaceuticals but decided not to dwell on the rumors.
• Jiang Han entered the [3D Love Workshop], greeted Zhou Xue and another witch watching a romance drama, and returned to her partition.
• Jiang Han disinfected herself and prepared to mix Gemini Solvent.

Jiang Han attempted to brew a solvent in a sterile alchemy workshop, but repeated dosing and heat problems made the mixture unpredictable. As the batch continued to change, she prepared to use her last set of ingredients and worried about explaining the missing Spell Flame Bottle to Kraken.

• Jiang Han disinfected herself and carefully prepared Spirit Sea Mind Mushrooms and other materials for the solvent.
• Jiang Han used a sapphire, ruby, Twin Ore Flower, Six-Colored Gold, and saltwater in place of the usual alchemical elements and water source.
• Jiang Han found the Mind Mushroom had not dissolved, so she added more neutralizer and stirred the mixture.
• Jiang Han saw the solution evaporating too quickly and added a second batch of materials, water, and some of the alchemical elements to the crucible.
• Jiang Han noticed the mixture might still end with insufficient dosage and turned toward her last remaining set of ingredients.

Kraken examined Jiang Han’s Three Sons Solvent and praised her as a gifted alchemist, mistaking her improvised measurements for sophisticated technique. As they talked over drinks, Kraken shared her fears about magic running dry and described plans to convert electricity into magic before the two witches fell asleep.

• Kraken examined Jiang Han’s solvent and estimated that it was three and a half times as effective as the original.
• Kraken attributed Jiang Han’s ingredient choices and methods to advanced alchemical principles, while Jiang Han privately admitted she had simply doubled and increased the amounts by guesswork.
• Kraken and Jiang Han moved to a reception room beneath the Twin World Tree, where they drank brandy with white chocolate and discussed magic and the future of witches.
• Kraken proposed converting magic into electricity and then using electricity to generate magic, and mentioned a potion intended to create high-level witches.
• Kraken and Jiang Han talked for five or six hours before falling asleep in the warm room.

Jiang Han woke at Kraken’s residence and discussed her society’s costly teleportation talisman with the great witch. Kraken offered investment and technical help in exchange for Jiang Han considering a role in the Sea Shepherds’ new force, leaving the proposal open for her nineteenth birthday in November.

• Jiang Han woke to find Kraken had covered her with a blanket and noticed she had pulled out strands of the great witch’s hair in her sleep.
• Kraken examined Jiang Han’s teleportation talisman and learned that its early versions consumed four thousand magic power per use.
• Jiang Han explained how her society had improved the talisman so witches with more than two thousand magic power could use it.
• Kraken described the Well-Digging Method as a way to reduce teleportation costs by creating magic network nodes linked to the River of Time.
• Kraken offered to invest in Jiang Han’s society and help with applied runes and alchemy if Jiang Han considered joining the Sea Shepherds’ new force.

Jiang Han waited at South City’s Cloudway Transit Central Station to help a legally entered Eastern Japanese witch settle in, carrying the documents Chen Ligu had arranged. She met Yamamura Chizuko and handed over the housing and identity paperwork prepared for her.

• Jiang Han waited at the station with Chen Ligu’s approved but unnamed permits, licenses, and lease documents.
• Jiang Han watched the crowds of witches arrive and saw a security witch stop a traveler whose lobster-shaped suitcase required inspection.
• Yamamura Chizuko approached Jiang Han, mistook her for Chen Ligu, and said she had booked the agency’s services and paid in advance.
• Jiang Han introduced herself and gave Chizuko the lease information and other documents Chen Ligu had prepared.

Jiang Han showed Yamamura Chizuko her new home at Sky Island and agreed to introduce her to South City. The chapter ended with Jiang Han describing local attractions, including places where witches hunted natives and displayed records of extinct species.

• Jiang Han showed Yamamura Chizuko around Sky Island and explained the residence’s amenities, rules, and available services.
• Yamamura Chizuko inspected the villa, turned on the heating, and told Jiang Han she was satisfied with the house and its documents.
• Yamamura Chizuko asked Jiang Han to introduce South City and offered to pay an additional fee, but Jiang Han agreed without charge.
• Jiang Han described Spirit Sea, Greenfield Oasis, the Southern Witch Tower, and Black Book Forest to Chizuko.

After returning home and making plans to watch the France-versus-China tournament match, Jiang Han traveled to Hot Spring Street with her neighbor Xun Wen. There, Du Ningzhuang introduced Jiang Han to her broom team’s captain, Fa Yumei, who asked her to help make promotional photos to recruit new racers.

• Jiang Han finished her errands, returned home, and went to sleep after starting a load of laundry.
• The next morning, Jiang Han asked Jiang Zhenling to collect her clothes and said she would return around eleven after watching the match with a friend.
• Jiang Han rode with Xun Wen to Hot Spring Street, where she met Du Ningzhuang, Chen Ligu, Chu Yujun, and their companions.
• Du Ningzhuang introduced Jiang Han to Fa Yumei, captain of her broom team, who asked Jiang Han to help create promotional photos.
• Fa Yumei listed the team’s demanding academic and racing qualifications, and Jiang Han agreed to discuss a promotional plan with Chen Ligu.

Jiang Han joined the witches at Fa Yumei’s hot spring to watch the national team’s opening World Championship match, while learning about the team’s lineup and recent form. The match had not yet begun, and Chu Yujun predicted a narrow 3–2 win despite the team’s shaky legs.

• Du Ningzhuang and Fa Yumei discussed broom modifications while Chu Yujun said her group would work with the Snow Rabbit Team.
• Fa Yumei revealed a huge curved television and a hidden massage pool, and Chen Ligu gave Jiang Han a swimsuit to wear.
• Jiang Han changed into the swimsuit and joined Chen Ligu and Du Ningzhuang in the hot spring to watch the match’s opening performance.
• Chu Yujun joined them and discussed the national team’s strengthened roster, including Lin Zhaojun, Ji Haijun, Lilith, Kraken, and Du Lingxuan.
• Chu Yujun predicted that the national team would narrowly defeat France 3–2 after recovering its form.

Jiang Han watched the Chaina national team face France in the World Tournament as Lin Zhaojun’s poor form cost her the first round, but her teammates rallied to secure a narrow 3:2 victory. Chu Yujun and Dorothy’s prediction paid off, leaving Chu Yujun rich from her bet.

• Lilian and Dorothy Jordan introduced the lineups and questioned Lin Zhaojun’s displayed casting speed and recent form.
• Jeanne Gennys Fadu counter-killed Lin Zhaojun after Lin spent heavily on Blade Lock, giving France the first round.
• Ji Haijun defeated Aoses with a Great Fireball after missing nineteen earlier casts, tying the match.
• Lilith beat Uxara Devik by using two legendary spells to transform the snowfield into an ocean terrain.
• Kraken defeated Josephine Durant with Freezing Sun after drawing her into a battle of repeated legendary spells.
• Du Lingxuan lost to Alice Linde in the final round, but Chaina won 3:2, and Chu Yujun profited from her prediction.

Jiang Han watched the national team matches and learned about high-level witches’ combat techniques, including Interval Pre-Reading. On the ride home, Du Ningzhuang asked Jiang Han to find her an odd job like the one at Witch House, and Jiang Han offered to ask Chen Ligu.

• Du Ningzhuang lost her bet and asked Chu Yujun to place her bets next time, while Chu Yujun promised to study the upcoming match against Dongying.
• Jiang Han watched the national team matches and considered how speed, precision, and tactics shaped high-level witch combat.
• Dorothy Jordan explained Interval Pre-Reading and the ways witches could store casting time and manipulate mana fields.
• Jiang Han wanted to learn Interval Pre-Reading but had no teacher and too many alchemy assignments.
• Du Ningzhuang asked Jiang Han about odd jobs like the one at Witch House, and Jiang Han agreed to ask Chen Ligu about modeling work.

Jiang Han prepared for the start of formal classes while reverse-engineering Three Sons Solvent for Kraken. After helping Liang Cuoyu register at the academy, she encountered Kraken, who invited her for a drink.

• Jiang Han studied how to reproduce Three Sons Solvent after Kraken asked about its production and properties.
• Liang Cuoyu changed into her uniform, and Jiang Han checked her school equipment before they traveled to the academy with Xun Wen.
• Jiang Han and her companions killed two carrion-eating albino wyverns on the way and took their edible wings.
• Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu registered at the academy and received a class schedule and classroom key.
• Kraken explained the academy's flexible class attendance, then warned Liang Cuoyu that her class registration time was nearly over, prompting her to hurry to the classroom.
• Kraken invited Jiang Han for a drink, and Jiang Han agreed after Kraken offered to pay.

Jiang Han spent the afternoon accompanying Kraken as she handled work, then chatted and drank with her late into the night. Kraken invited Jiang Han to visit Sea Shepherds headquarters, but Jiang Han refused, and Kraken said she would wait patiently.

• Jiang Han accompanied Kraken through meetings with witches, including Lilith, and overheard them discuss the national team's training camp and reactions to their recent matches.
• Kraken and Jiang Han settled into a small room at night, where Kraken poured sherry and explained that she kept two wraiths for their growing hair.
• Kraken said she had not fought seriously or cast a legendary spell in years, and Jiang Han told her that she rarely fought.
• Kraken invited Jiang Han to visit Sea Shepherds headquarters, but Jiang Han declined, and Kraken calmly said she was patient.

Jiang Han accepted Kraken’s memories and learned the costly Turing Solvent formula, which could turn land-dwellers into Sea Siren witches and link them to Kraken’s network. While the memories unfolded, Jiang Han glimpsed Kraken’s childhood after Germany’s defeat, before the recollection broke apart and Jiang Han fell asleep.

• Kraken offered Jiang Han the Turing Solvent formula in exchange for a potion made to its specifications, and Jiang Han agreed.
• Jiang Han drank Kraken’s memory solution and learned the Turing Solvent’s ingredients, effects, witch varieties, and high cost.
• Jiang Han considered making another bottle for Cen Jing and altering the Sea Siren eggs to block Kraken’s influence over the network.
• After drinking sherry, Jiang Han saw young Kraken ask her mother Anji whether their country had been defeated and whether witches would die in the aftermath.
• The childhood memories shattered, and Jiang Han saw Kraken sleeping before drinking the rest of her sherry and falling asleep.

Jiang Han spent the morning at Kraken’s home and learned how packed Kraken’s schedule was, despite her wish to rest. After Kraken mentioned her generous pension and offered to request Jiang Han for another day at the tavern, Jiang Han changed her mind and said she was working today.

• Jiang Han woke up at Kraken’s home and recalled that she still needed to learn the complicated Turing Potion formula.
• Kraken listed her meetings and other obligations for the day, prompting Jiang Han to marvel at how busy she was.
• Kraken explained that she had retired early and received a weekly pension of nearly forty thousand.
• Kraken said she had planned to request Jiang Han by name at the tavern for another shift, and Jiang Han immediately said she was working today.

Jiang Han accompanied Kraken and learned that the Great Witch had created an ice golem to take her place at work and with her daughters. Kraken activated the lifelike double, while hinting that raising Lorna and Rena alone was troublesome and that two people would be better.

• Jiang Han reflected on the ease of accompanying Kraken and amused herself with the witch investigation game on her handheld console.
• Kraken summoned and shaped a high-grade ice golem modeled after herself, using mana to make it a vessel she could possess.
• Jiang Han pinched the golem's cheeks and played an extended game of asking Kraken what she meant by "so."
• Kraken explained that the golem would attend meetings and fan events for her and keep Lorna and Rena company.
• Kraken admitted that raising the children alone was troublesome, suggested two people would be better, and activated the golem.

Jiang Han hid in Kraken’s wardrobe while Kraken used an ice golem to impersonate her in front of maid Naya. Their conversation revealed Kraken’s feelings about her family and her growing interest in Jiang Han, leaving the two witches and Naya sharing an awkwardly knowing smile.

• Jiang Han teased Kraken about Lilith as Kraken finished making an ice golem resemble herself.
• Kraken pulled Jiang Han into a wardrobe and sent the ice golem to greet Naya.
• Naya told the ice golem that Lorna and Rena had earned perfect scores on their entrance examinations and reminded Kraken that they were her family.
• Naya said Lorna and Rena liked Jiang Han and hoped she would visit with her bear, prompting Kraken to joke about the bear’s weight.
• Naya asked whether Kraken was still single, and the ice golem denied having feelings for Jiang Han before admitting that she was excellent.

Kraken and Jiang Han disguised themselves and headed to Southern Amusement Mall so Jiang Han could buy Kraken new clothes. On the Griffin Carriage, their driver criticized Kraken’s competition outfit, and Kraken asked what style would suit her.

• Kraken revealed that her ice golem could handle routine tasks and fight weaker opponents, and could be possessed remotely for stronger battles.
• Kraken dyed her gray hair black and put on red contacts, while Jiang Han changed into an outing dress and applied cherry-colored lip makeup.
• Jiang Han persuaded Kraken to take a Griffin Carriage to Southern Amusement Mall to shop for clothes.
• The driver criticized Kraken’s black outfit and compared it unfavorably with Lin Zhaojun’s look during the national team match.
• Kraken told the driver she worked for the Great Witch she had criticized, then asked what clothes would suit Kraken.

Jiang Han brought Kraken to meet the police criminal psychology expert Ji Meng, hoping she could help improve Kraken’s appearance through styling. After taking Kraken’s measurements, Ji Meng proposed a youthful blue-and-yellow look and Kraken asked her to make an outfit for Jiang Han as well.

• Jiang Han called Ji Meng and waited with Kraken at a café until she arrived.
• Jiang Han introduced Kraken to Ji Meng, who mistook Kraken for her cousin and learned that she worked at a medical institution.
• Ji Meng explained that she worked for the police and had designed Jiang Han’s makeup for the magazine Deduction.
• Ji Meng took Kraken’s measurements and suggested a youthful style with lace, artificial flowers, and blue-and-yellow colors.
• Kraken agreed to Ji Meng’s color scheme and asked her to make an outfit for Jiang Han too.

Jiang Han spent the day shopping for witch-style clothes with Kraken and Ji Meng, while the three discussed designs for outfits to wear at the September 4 match. After saying goodbye, Jiang Han bought a sweatshirt and other clothes that reminded her of her previous life.

• Ji Meng designed matching battle outfits for Jiang Han and Kraken, choosing ice-colored peonies for Jiang Han and blue spider lilies for Kraken.
• Kraken paid for afternoon tea in cash, then took Jiang Han and Ji Meng around the amusement district, where she dismissed a shop’s magical-looking goods as fake.
• Jiang Han and Kraken joked about eating each other, and the group spent the day shopping and discussing novels.
• Kraken bought two off-the-shoulder dresses after Jiang Han suggested them, and Ji Meng asked whether the pair had a close relationship.
• Jiang Han asked Ji Meng to watch the September 4 match with them, and Ji Meng agreed unless an emergency came up.
• After Kraken and Ji Meng left, Jiang Han visited a witch-style clothing shop and bought a pink hooded sweatshirt, knee-length shorts, and blue athletic socks as mementos of her previous life.

Jiang Han reviewed her mounting September bills and took a witch-gathering companion job to earn money. At the gathering, she helped her shy client Rorschach feel more comfortable, then unexpectedly spotted Miss Qiao Rou.

• Jiang Han checked her unpaid bills and noted her upcoming work and Lilith’s match.
• Jiang Han met Rorschach, who had booked her as a gathering companion, and used friendly gestures to build trust.
• Jiang Han led Rorschach into the gathering and encouraged her to dance and socialize.
• Jiang Han spotted Miss Qiao Rou dancing at the gathering, and the two exchanged startled looks.

Jiang Han helped Miss Rorschach build her confidence at a witch gathering, then joined Qiao Rou for food. The two continued their professional acquaintance while sampling meat patties together.

• Jiang Han taught Miss Rorschach small social and flirting techniques to help her feel more confident.
• Miss Rorschach successfully started a conversation with a witch reading a spellbook, and Jiang Han watched with satisfaction.
• Jiang Han went to the buffet table and found Qiao Rou eating enthusiastically.
• Jiang Han and Qiao Rou sampled the fried meat patties together, and Qiao Rou explained that ginger had been used to flavor them.

Jiang Han and Qiao Rou took temporary flower-girl jobs for the opening day of the China home matches. They arrived at the venue and discovered they would be working together among the young-looking witches.

• Jiang Han and Qiao Rou sampled the gathering's food, then returned to their respective employers as the event neared its end.
• Qiao Rou returned home, fed the Raccoon Cats, and recorded their magic output for her mana-restoring equipment research.
• Qiao Rou considered how to pay for her research and planned to work as a flower girl at the China home matches, hoping to earn money and perhaps get Lin Zhaojun's autograph.
• Jiang Han arrived at the venue on September 4th, collected her number 13 outfit and drinks, and wondered why the job seemed strange.
• Jiang Han spotted Qiao Rou among the flower girls, and they recognized each other.