Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han spent time with her sister before heading early to a seafood restaurant near the Witches’ aquarium, where she unexpectedly met Ji Haijun. The two went to buy aquarium tickets together.

• Jiang Zhenling tried to steal Jiang Han’s sock for its Witch skill, but Jiang Han resisted and kept it.
• Jiang Han told Jiang Zhenling and Liang Cuoyu that she was only temporarily joining the flower girl squad and had been invited to Lin Ruiqiu’s dinner.
• Jiang Han arrived early at the aquarium on September 5 and ran into Ji Haijun.
• Ji Haijun joked with Jiang Han, who invited her to explore the aquarium, and they headed to the ticket office together.

Jiang Han and Ji Haijun visited an aquarium, where they admired unusual sea creatures and learned about their care. They left after spending over an hour there, with Jiang Han hoping the aquarium would raise enough money to give its Ghost Seals a better habitat.

• Jiang Han and Ji Haijun entered the aquarium, and Ji Haijun said she kept five cats and about a dozen bears at home.
• Jiang Han and Ji Haijun drank sandmelon juice while Ji Haijun praised Jiang Han and recalled how a pretty classmate had once made her tongue-tied.
• Jiang Han and Ji Haijun rode a sightseeing bus through the exhibits as the guide introduced Sea Angels and described their danger and uses to witches.
• Jiang Han watched the Ghost Seals struggle to retrieve apples because the aquarium could not afford to transplant the sea fruit trees they needed.
• Jiang Han and Ji Haijun left the aquarium for dinner after spending over an hour there.

Jiang Han joined the national team’s witches for a celebratory seafood dinner, where Lin Ruiqiu repaired her dress and hosted the gathering. The dinner ended with Jiang Han unsettling An Yushi by snapping apart a still-living fried shrimp.

• Jiang Han greeted the arriving team members and learned she could not travel abroad with them because she was too young and insufficiently protected.
• Lin Ruiqiu used a repair spell to mend the tear in Jiang Han’s dress, then discussed the aquarium and her donations to it.
• Lin Ruiqiu booked the entire seafood restaurant and toasted the team before the witches enjoyed the food and talked about London.
• Du Lingxuan teased Ji Haijun and Lin Zhaojun with a joke about an A3 essay question, leaving Lin Zhaojun to drink in silence.
• An ironclad straight girl put living thunder fried shrimp on Jiang Han’s plate, and Jiang Han snapped one apart while An Yushi watched in alarm.
• Lin Ruiqiu offered An Yushi more time on the field in the next match, while An Yushi nervously looked at Jiang Han and Jiang Han left to get more food.

After receiving a commission from Chen Ligu’s office, Jiang Han learned that the Folded Space Administration wanted her for a promotional photo shoot, partly because she had recently worked with the police magazine Deduction. She showed her mother the magazine photos, while keeping quiet about how real the action scenes and emergency-treatment mistakes had been.

• After enjoying Lin Ruiqiu’s party, Jiang Han returned home and found a work letter from Chen Ligu asking her to reply within six hours.
• Jiang Xuan urged Jiang Han to join the civil service and work with her at the South City Witch Folded Space Administration, but Jiang Han refused.
• Jiang Han read that the administration wanted a promotional photo shoot and that the compensation included development rights, materials, and cash.
• Jiang Xuan learned that Jiang Han had taken photos for the police magazine Deduction and eagerly asked to see them.
• Jiang Han brought down the Deduction album, and Jiang Xuan praised its realistic action scenes and emergency-treatment comparison images.

Jiang Han returned to the South City Police Department for another photo shoot and learned that the Folded Space Administration had delayed its arrival. At the renovated shooting range, Officer Song Kexin introduced architect Hua Xinyu, who realized Jiang Han was legally an adult.

• Jiang Han waited in the police lounge, drank coffee, and called Detective Kong Yawei over.
• Kong Yawei complained that the Folded Space Administration had delayed the shoot, then carried Jiang Han to Group Seven's renovated shooting range.
• Jiang Han found Song Kexin directing Group Seven as they prepared the exhibition hall for the shoot.
• Song Kexin explained that architect Hua Xinyu was serving confinement and educational supervision for taking artistic photographs of underage witches.
• Hua Xinyu protested that Jiang Han had been brought in as a potential underage subject, and Song Kexin insisted that Jiang Han was eighteen and an adult.

Jiang Han prepared to pose in an armored panda suit for promotional photos after the Folded Space Administration canceled its shoot and the police decided to proceed without them. She left the changing room ready for makeup, while the rival departments’ dispute raised the possibility of separate paid shoots.

• Jiang Han avoided Hua Xinyu and Song Kexin and joined the policewomen in the changing room.
• Zheng Xiu, Yan Yunfei, Liang Nuo, and Ji Meng explained that the Folded Space Administration had canceled filming and left the Seventh Group with extra work.
• Jiang Han discovered that her promotional outfit was a headless armored panda suit and agreed to wear it for the job.
• Yan Yunfei began applying panda makeup to Jiang Han while Zheng Xiu explained that the Administration had failed to notify her of the cancellation.
• Zheng Xiu revealed that Song Kexin had decided the police would shoot promotional photos that day at their own expense, leaving the Administration to arrange its own shoot later.

Jiang Han watched Zheng Xiu and the others prepare a temporary exhibition hall while reflecting on the witches around her. Hua Xinyu finished perfecting the hall and explained that creating beauty mattered to her even if the exhibit would soon be undone, as the group prepared to begin work.

• Yan Yunfei warned Jiang Han to remove her makeup soon and to gain weight for her health, and Jiang Han nodded until the coroner left.
• Zheng Xiu changed into her Folded Space Administration police uniform while Jiang Han examined her panda suit and the contrasting police uniforms.
• Jiang Han watched Hua Xinyu revise the exhibition hall and discovered an inscription on Hua's glasses declaring her preference for lolis.
• Hua Xinyu completed the exhibition preparations and told Song Kexin to begin.
• Zheng Xiu asked why Hua Xinyu had put so much effort into a temporary exhibit, and Hua said completing the beauty she envisioned was reward enough.
• Jiang Han smiled at Ji Meng as work time began.

Jiang Han finished posing for police photos and learned that Ji Meng was thrilled to discover Kraken was a Great Witch. When she returned home, Liang Cuoyu waited outside her bedroom and offered her part-time earnings toward repaying borrowed money.

• Zheng Xiu finished the police photo shoot and went to check the negatives while Jiang Han changed clothes and waited in the break room.
• Jiang Han met Ji Meng, who excitedly revealed that she had recognized Kraken as a Great Witch and had designed clothes for her.
• Jiang Han returned home and found Liang Cuoyu curled up outside her bedroom door.
• Liang Cuoyu gave Jiang Han an envelope containing her part-time earnings and said she hoped to repay her borrowed money soon.

Jiang Han learned that Liang Cuoyu was exhausting herself with work to repay her debts and tuition, so she persuaded her to prioritize studying and rest. Liang Cuoyu agreed to take the next day off and go with Jiang Han to Amusement Valley.

• Jiang Han asked Liang Cuoyu about her bookstore job and learned she worked long hours sorting and shelving books.
• Liang Cuoyu explained that she planned to work without days off for months to repay Jiang Han, Chen Ligu, and her tuition.
• Jiang Han warned Liang Cuoyu that overworking could kill her and urged her to focus on studying instead.
• Jiang Han invited Liang Cuoyu to take the next day off and visit Amusement Valley, and Liang Cuoyu agreed.
• Jiang Han prepared for a bath and planned to research Amusement Valley before their outing.

After watching a documentary and enjoying a restful evening, Jiang Han woke early and spent the day with Liang Cuoyu. They traveled by Ghost Train to Amusement Valley, arriving at Pottery Garden Island.

• Jiang Han watched an episode of Where Do Extinct Animals Go and recalled how the documentary crew's search for vampires in Norway had failed.
• Jiang Han went to bed after admiring the rainy view from Sky Island and wishing for panda pajamas.
• Jiang Han woke early, greeted Liang Cuoyu, and ate the meal Liang had prepared.
• Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu took the No. 6 Ghost Train toward Amusement Valley, receiving crests that let them travel in ghostly forms.
• Jiang Han drifted through the train as a Cat Lamp, and the pair arrived at Pottery Garden Island Amusement Valley Station.

Jiang Han took Liang Cuoyu to Amusement Valley, where they changed into rain gear and explored the witches’ dangerous attractions. They ended up watching a chicken-killing betting game, with Liang Cuoyu wagering that none of the four chickens would escape.

• Jiang Han bought adult tickets for herself and Liang Cuoyu and entered Amusement Valley.
• Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu changed into the park’s yellow rain gear and stored their clothes using a token-bound safe.
• They watched witches speed over the river on a flying craft, then bought cups of roasted sweet potato porcelain sugar water.
• Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu found a farm-theater attraction where witches bet on chickens escaping a zombie chicken.
• Liang Cuoyu bet five dollars that none of the four chickens would escape, then pulled Jiang Han to the front row to watch.

Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu explored Amusement Valley, where Jiang Han won a giant-pigeon contest and a prize of Pigeonfolk Witch Eggs. At the launch attraction called the Wandering Witch Project, Jiang Han agreed to ride despite her fear, and the gentle witch from the earlier game joined them so they could meet the minimum group size.

• Liang Cuoyu celebrated winning money at the zombie chicken game and led Jiang Han to Angry Pigeons.
• Jiang Han won the pigeon-riding contest with an unusually powerful starry-painted giant pigeon and received a dozen Pigeonfolk Witch Eggs.
• Liang Cuoyu suggested trying the water-filled launch spheres, which were shot high into the atmosphere before falling into the sea.
• Jiang Han insisted she was not scared and agreed to ride after Liang Cuoyu excitedly proposed the attraction.
• The gentle witch who had introduced the chicken game offered to join them because the ride required at least three people.

Jiang Han, Liang Cuoyu, and Gu Xuezhen waited for the Wandering Witch ride and passed the time at a beachside bar before boarding. As the sphere launched them into the sky, Jiang Han could only scream.

• Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu teamed up with Gu Xuezhen, who registered their names for the popular Wandering Witch attraction.
• After learning they were twenty-first in line, the three agreed to wait and went to a nearby bar for drinks and food.
• Gu Xuezhen treated them, and Jiang Han ordered drinks for herself and Liang Cuoyu.
• The three chatted and played a Witch World card game until their turn arrived.
• Jiang Han, Liang Cuoyu, and Gu Xuezhen entered the launch sphere, and the ride shot them into the air as Jiang Han screamed.

Jiang Han copied Li Li’s assignments while reflecting on her unexpectedly high mock-exam scores and the teachers who had helped secure them. Still suffering the aftereffects of becoming a wandering witch, she excused herself to the restroom, where she clutched her stomach.

• Jiang Han borrowed Li Li’s A1-7 homework and copied her answers while struggling with the theory questions.
• Li Li questioned how Jiang Han had scored so highly on two mock exams, and Jiang Han gave evasive answers.
• Jiang Han recalled that teachers across Dream Garden and Ji Haijun had leaked exam questions and helped her obtain a stipend and access to a spell library.
• A passing flying vehicle reminded Jiang Han of the previous day’s wandering activity and its lingering aftereffects.
• Li Li noticed Jiang Han looked unwell, and Jiang Han borrowed her G-14 homework before hurrying to the restroom.
• Jiang Han locked the restroom door and clutched her stomach as the aftereffects continued.

Jiang Han encountered a giant travel shrimp and its tentacled witch owner in the restroom, then returned to find Li Li washing her malfunctioning fox-ear headphones. She resumed studying while reflecting on how casually witches treated body parts that could grow back.

• Jiang Han encountered a giant travel shrimp named Trelo in the restroom and learned from its witch owner that it was a long-lived sea creature.
• Jiang Han noticed someone standing in the neighboring stall and overheard the witch discussing whether Trelo could eat shrimp eggs.
• Jiang Han returned to Li Li and tried to tell her about the strange restroom encounter, but Li Li was busy cleaning her fox-ear headphones.
• Li Li explained that her new ears would not grow until mid-September, so she had to keep using the headphones for another ten days.
• Jiang Han resumed reviewing A2 test papers and remembered Wu Xian brewing tea with powder ground from one of her own ribs.

Jiang Han helped Li Li seek advice after Li Li admitted she had earned a C in botany and dried out her Qingqiu cactus. Cen Jing arranged two VIP tickets to Professor Qiao’s lecture so Li Li could get help restoring it.

• Li Li told Jiang Han she had received a C in plants and accidentally dried out her mother’s Qingqiu cactus.
• Jiang Han called Cen Jing and joked about Li Li’s cactus to ease into asking for help.
• Cen Jing explained the useful properties of Qingqiu cactus fibers and asked whether Jiang Han wanted to help Li Li.
• Cen Jing arranged for Jiang Han and Li Li to attend Professor Qiao’s botanical ecology lecture and seek advice about the cactus.
• Jiang Han received two VIP lecture tickets through the phone booth’s transmission machine.

Jiang Han and Li Li attended a lecture at Red Square Opera House to find Professor Qiao Lanchu. They found her demonstrating sea wood with startling strength, leaving Jiang Han and Li Li silently amused by her surname.

• Jiang Han and Li Li entered the Plant Ecology Theory venue at Red Square Opera House using Cen Jing's ticket.
• Jiang Han and Li Li searched among the exhibition platforms for Professor Qiao Lanchu.
• Professor Qiao Lanchu explained that sea wood was sturdy, sponge-like when cut, and useful for cleaning the body.
• Professor Qiao Lanchu crushed a piece of sea wood in her hand and showed the fragments to the frightened witches.
• Jiang Han and Li Li exchanged a glance and wondered whether Professor Qiao was related to an oceanographer's odd-job-working brother.

Jiang Han and Lilith learned about cactus care from Professor Qiao, who invited them to watch the Paris match after dinner. During the broadcast, Dorothy Jordan bantered with Kraken’s daughters as they discussed the national team’s prospects and nearly revealed Kraken’s new romantic interest.

• Professor Qiao taught Jiang Han and Lilith how to care for Green Hill Cactus and explained several ways to cook it.
• Professor Qiao asked whether Jiang Han and Lilith were a couple, then admitted she had given them opera tickets because she was nervous and handed out too many.
• Professor Qiao gave Jiang Han and Lilith several plant lessons and treated them to dinner while they watched the national team’s match broadcast.
• Rena and Lorna joined Dorothy Jordan at the commentary desk and traded insults with her before discussing their predictions for the match.
• Dorothy asked whether Kraken had found a partner, and Rena began to reveal that Kraken had recently started hunting for someone before Lorna stopped her and the broadcast cut away.

Jiang Han and Professor Qiao discussed Kraken’s past before watching the exhausted national team face the American All-Star team. Kraken won the opening match through a sudden counterattack, and China went on to win 5:0.

• Professor Qiao shared rumors about Kraken’s history and daughters after Jiang Han asked about her.
• Jiang Han noticed Kraken looked exhausted and questioned Coach Rachel’s decision to keep her in the starting lineup.
• Kraken struggled against Myra Dubois, then regenerated her tentacles and froze her opponent with the Eternal Ice Eye.
• Kraken left the field to rest after securing the first point for China.
• China’s exhausted national team defeated the American All-Star team 5:0, and Dorothy Jordan compared the Americans to the French team.

Jiang Han said goodbye to Lilith after their outing, then went to the transit hub the next day to welcome the national team returning from Fog City. She prepared to host their celebration banquet at Witch House, paid for by Lilith.

• Lilith invited Jiang Han and Liang Cuoyu to try a rare batch of headphones, offering them for one yuan each.
• Jiang Han went home and spent the day playing board games with Comrade Jiang Xuan.
• Jiang Han dressed in the outfit Kraken had given her and waited at the South City Cloudway Transit Hub for the national team.
• Kraken and the returning witches arrived and warmly petted Jiang Han's hair.
• Jiang Han explained that Witch House had been cleared for the team's celebration banquet, with Lilith covering the expenses.