Chapter Summaries

Jiang Han woke after falling asleep during her shift and feared she would be fired, but Store Manager Qin Shunying revealed that her drunken antics had earned the Witch House a fortune. Jiang Han learned she had made 3,200 yuan and 315 Witch House points, while Qin Shunying resolved to help her improve her drinking.

• Jiang Han woke in the wine room at dawn beside piles of empty bottles and realized she had slept through much of her shift.
• Qin Shunying told Jiang Han that Lin Qiang had patiently stopped her from undressing or attempting mouth-to-mouth, bought more drinks, and rented the wine room for two months.
• Qin Shunying showed Jiang Han a receipt listing her share of the drink sales, request fee, room deposit, and other commissions.
• Jiang Han calculated that she had earned 3,200 yuan and 315 Witch House points while Lin Qiang had spent more than 30,000 yuan at the Witch House.
• Qin Shunying praised Jiang Han's potential and advised her to work on her drinking; Jiang Han obediently agreed.

Jiang Han reviewed the Witch House exchange catalog and decided to spend her points on ingredients for the Fear Magic potion. She realized its ritual required strenuous exercise that could challenge her shut-in lifestyle.

• Qin Shunying explained that Lilith, the Witch House’s founder, was a Great Witch ranked among the Masters' Tournament’s Top 20.
• Jiang Han found Lilith’s legendary Greater Time Stop manual and potion recipe in the catalog, but its 514,500-point cost was far beyond her reach.
• Jiang Han considered exchanging her 415 points for a spell, a magic item, or ingredients, and Qin Shunying recommended choosing ingredients she could use right away.
• Jiang Han chose the ingredients for the third-level Fear Magic potion, which weakened magic resistance.
• Jiang Han checked the potion’s ritual and saw that she had to run for 30 minutes and then complete 50 squats before drinking it.

Jiang Han brewed and drank the Fear Spell potion, gaining a full understanding of the spell and learning why witches had to study spell models themselves. She then tested Fear Magic and discovered that her immense magic could weaken even objects’ resistance, leaving her with a spell that could combine with Fireball Spell.

• Jiang Han prepared the Fear Spell potion, completed its exercise requirements, and drank it.
• Jiang Han endured the potion’s painful, pleasurable effects as the spell’s knowledge entered her mind and her magic absorbed a foreign influence.
• Jiang Han understood why witches had to study spells themselves and felt grateful that Cheng Yu had guided her through Fear Spell.
• Jiang Han learned Fear Magic and used it on a teacup, discovering that her powerful magic could weaken an object’s resistance to magic.

Jiang Han visited the tutoring center exhausted from her demanding work schedule and discovered that Li Li had turned her own fox ears into removable headphones. Cheng Yu arrived to find the hall unusually silent, while Jiang Han and Li Li insisted nothing had happened.

• Jiang Zhenling invited Jiang Han to barbecue, but Jiang Han declined because she had work and plans with Cen Jing on Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Jiang Han went to the tutoring center and found Li Li staring blankly as faint music played beside her.
• Li Li removed her fluffy fox ears and explained that they were headphones made from her own ears.
• Li Li offered to make Jiang Han a pair and explained that failed experiments could cost her ears, which she could regrow with magic; Jiang Han refused.
• Cheng Yu arrived in a peculiar outfit and asked what had happened, and Jiang Han and Li Li both said nothing had happened.

Jiang Han learned that Cheng Yu was wearing the uniform of the newly founded Rangers' association, which would train people for South City Hall's pilot program. After studying spells and discussing witch education with Cheng Yu, Jiang Han got permission to ask Cen Jing for help with botany.

• Cheng Yu explained that Dream Garden had invested in the Rangers' association, which had accepted a contract to train rangers for South City Hall.
• Jiang Han and Li Li considered how rangers and witchlings could fill less demanding jobs and free witches for other work.
• Cheng Yu gave Li Li assignments and told Jiang Han to study four spells on her own.
• Jiang Han studied her spell notes and reflected on Cheng Yu's patient teaching approach.
• Jiang Han asked whether Cen Jing could teach her botany, and Cheng Yu agreed.

After registering at Dream Garden, Jiang Han chatted with Cen Jing and planned to attend a puppet show before heading to the witch market. There, she visited a doll shop and used her rule about witches who stared at her eyes to guess that one customer was exceptionally powerful.

• Jiang Han registered at Dream Garden and shook hands with Cen Jing, who invited her to a puppet show.
• When Cheng Yu asked what they were discussing, Jiang Han and Cen Jing claimed they were talking about constructs and puppets as familiars.
• Jiang Han left Dream Garden, visited the witch market, and stopped at Yingjie Doll Shop after spotting its sign.
• Jiang Han saw that the dolls and their clothes were costly, then noticed a dark-red-robed witch staring at her eyes and classified her as a likely badass under Miss Jiang Han's Law.
• The witch bought a doll and left, sneaking another glance at Jiang Han's eyes as she passed; Jiang Han then set off for the Witch House.

Jiang Han enjoyed a quiet shift at the Witch House, teasing Chu Yujun and spending time with her friends before settling in to work. Near dawn, she unexpectedly encountered her second mother, Ye Keshu, among a group of customers, and both pretended not to recognize each other.

• Jiang Han teased Chu Yujun, accepted a free glass of orange juice from Du Ningzhuang, and spent time chatting and learning instruments before changing for her shift.
• Qin Shunying told Jiang Han that Lin Qiang could not come in, allowing Jiang Han to stay behind the bar during a quiet night.
• At four in the morning, Ye Keshu entered the Witch House with four coworkers, and Jiang Han and Ye Keshu recognized each other while serving drinks.
• Jiang Han and Ye Keshu acted like strangers as Ye Keshu's coworkers joked with Jiang Han and encouraged Ye Keshu to request a song from her.

Jiang Han met her mother, Ye Keshu, after work and tried to explain away her job at Witch House while Ye Keshu showed concern about her clothes and plans. They flew home together, with Ye Keshu promising to make her a meal.

• Jiang Han found Ye Keshu buying grain snacks, and her mother invited her to go home together.
• Ye Keshu reassured Jiang Han that her job was all right and praised her shamisen playing, while privately struggling with how grown-up her daughter looked.
• Jiang Han told Ye Keshu she had been studying at Witch House and said she planned to see a puppet show with a friend after class.
• Ye Keshu offered to buy Jiang Han new clothes, and Jiang Han defended her old school uniform and showed off the pockets she had sewn for spell ingredients.
• Ye Keshu gave Jiang Han money for new clothes, promised her rice noodles and wontons, and flew home on her broom while Jiang Han followed at a slower pace.

Jiang Han woke late and met Cen Jing at Southern Amusement Mall to shop for clothes before attending a witch tournament. After browsing bizarre boutiques, she pulled Cen Jing out of a shop trying to pass off fake witch relics.

• Jiang Zhenling tried to wake Jiang Han for class, but Jiang Han explained she was meeting Teacher after noon and went back to sleep.
• Jiang Han woke after noon, showered, changed, and headed to Southern Amusement Mall to meet Cen Jing.
• Jiang Han met Cen Jing, who had booked tickets to the South City Witch Invitational after the puppet show sold out.
• Cen Jing took Jiang Han through clothing shops, where Jiang Han learned about witches' battlewear and encountered several unusual outfits.
• Jiang Han questioned a shopkeeper selling an enchanted Dullahan Outfit and pulled Cen Jing out after the shopkeeper offered fake Pharaoh Witch egg fossils.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing visited Doll Street to find fashionable clothes, where Cen Jing introduced Jiang Han to the witches’ unusual customs. They met a dollmaker who offered to let Jiang Han try on doll-sized designer clothes, but Jiang Han balked when the woman began taking measurements.

• Jiang Han struggled to find suitable branded clothes, and Cen Jing suggested shopping at Doll Street for imported doll clothes.
• Cen Jing guided Jiang Han through Doll Street and explained its customs, including exchanging Witch Eggs, negotiating with written offers, and calling dolls “ladies.”
• Jiang Han and Cen Jing visited a carriage displaying Elsa Mason dolls and asked its owner for fashion advice.
• The dollmaker invited them into her spacious carriage and offered Jiang Han top-brand doll clothes to try on.
• The dollmaker brought out measuring tools and asked to measure Jiang Han’s height, leaving Jiang Han displeased and reluctant.

Jiang Han let Qi Mei measure her and discovered she was only 145 centimeters tall, then tried on and received a new outfit from Cen Jing. When a sudden storm ruined their plans to attend the Witch Invitational, Cen Jing redirected their outing to a nearby hot spring inn.

• Qi Mei measured Jiang Han at 145 centimeters, leaving Jiang Han upset about her short stature.
• Qi Mei found that Jiang Han had doll-like proportions and helped her choose a well-fitting summer dress.
• Cen Jing gifted Jiang Han a hat, sandals, and lace socks to complete her new outfit.
• Cen Jing and Jiang Han left Doll Street for Potion Street, but a sudden storm threatened the Witch Invitational.
• Cen Jing asked whether Jiang Han had brought her potion ingredients and suggested they visit a nearby hot spring inn for barbecue instead.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing arrived at a hot spring inn, where Jiang Han called home to say she was staying out for the night. After an awkward interruption on the call, Jiang Han asked Cen Jing to help her make a potion.

• Jiang Han and Cen Jing took an island taxi to a hot spring inn in the shopping district.
• Cen Jing checked them in and showed Jiang Han the inn’s hot springs and guest facilities.
• Jiang Han called her mother, Jiang Xuan, but hung up after hearing Miss Ye Keshu interrupt the call.
• Jiang Han asked Cen Jing if she could make potions, and Cen Jing offered to help.

Cen Jing taught Jiang Han about potion-making, discovered her unusual sensitivity to potion effects, and prepared a diluted Dispel Magic potion for her. After drinking it in the hot spring, Jiang Han felt her magic rise and her eyes grow stronger, while Xu Wenji discarded a Mist Sea Dragon’s blood and reverse scale as a tax to the sea.

• Cen Jing explained potion-making to Jiang Han and tested her potion resistance, finding that Jiang Han was extremely susceptible to potion effects.
• Cen Jing diluted and refined Jiang Han’s Dispel Magic potion, then told her that a Mist Sea Dragon had caused the continuing storm and was being hunted by Archwitches.
• Jiang Han followed Cen Jing into the hot spring and drank the potion, then sensed her magic increasing.
• Xu Wenji threw away the Mist Sea Dragon’s blood and reverse scale, explaining that hunters had to pay a twenty-percent tax to the sea.
• Xu Wenji told the black-clad witch she needed more materials for a Dragon Turtle transformation potion before exploring folded spaces, while Jiang Han noticed her eyes had grown stronger again.

Jiang Han and Cen Jing relaxed at the hot spring, where they met Xu Wenji, a Sea Shepherd and Witch Masters Tournament contestant. Xu Wenji explained the Lucky Ritual, a sea custom that required witches to offer a portion of a successful adult dragon hunt to improve their luck, and left Jiang Han and Cen Jing with her business card.

• Jiang Han finished digesting Cen Jing's potion and asked her to help with future potions, which Cen Jing agreed to do.
• Xu Wenji arrived at the inn with three lively companions, then joined Jiang Han and Cen Jing in the hot spring.
• Jiang Han and Cen Jing introduced themselves to Xu Wenji, who revealed that she and her companions were Archwitches and had hunted a Mist Sea Dragon.
• Xu Wenji explained that the Lucky Ritual required paying twenty percent of a successful hunt's proceeds to the ocean and could improve a witch's luck.
• Xu Wenji gave Jiang Han and Cen Jing magical business cards before leaving with her companions to eat.

After spending a day with Cen Jing, Jiang Han returned home with a gift and faced her family’s teasing suspicions about their relationship. Over dinner, the family discussed a possible folded-space purchase and future plans for the giant folded space.

• Cen Jing gave Jiang Han homemade dried tofu as a farewell gift, and Jiang Han promised to make her a gift in return.
• Jiang Han found Jiang Zhenling, Ye Keshu, and Jiang Xuan eavesdropping at the door, and they teased her about Cen Jing.
• Jiang Han joined her family for dinner and heard them discuss finding a folded space for Du Ningzhuang; Jiang Xuan quoted a cost of 450,000.
• Jiang Xuan told the family they should consider buying two secure folded spaces before plans for the giant folded space were announced in autumn.

Jiang Han chose spells from Dream Garden Club’s lists and used a diary and feather pen to teleport to Chu Yujun, Du Ningzhuang, and Chen Ligu. She learned Du Ningzhuang’s prototype teleportation device worked but consumed an enormous amount of magical power, leaving the witches to question whether they could afford its cost.

• Jiang Han chose Ice Storm and Ice Wall Spell from the Level 4 list and Transmute Rock to Mud from the Level 5 list.
• Jiang Han opened Chu Yujun’s package and wrote the required sentence in Du Ningzhuang’s pink research diary.
• Jiang Han was teleported into a cramped storage room, landing on Chu Yujun and Du Ningzhuang while Chen Ligu watched.
• Du Ningzhuang explained that the diary enabled teleportation, and Chen Ligu revealed each use cost nearly 4,000 magical power.
• Chu Yujun questioned whether the witches really lacked the mana and Archwitches needed to operate the device, leaving the group deep in thought.

Jiang Han discussed the rising cost of buying a folded space with the Wings and tested Du Ningzhuang’s teleportation portal. After leaving the Witch House, she got lost in the Witch Market and discovered a street selling combat supplies.

• Jiang Han learned that a suitable folded space cost at least 450,000 yuan and warned the Wings that prices would keep rising.
• Chu Yujun said she would prepare materials and plans so the Wings could vote on their course of action.
• A witch wearing a similar outfit invited Jiang Han to share a drink, leaving Jiang Han slightly tipsy.
• Jiang Han realized she had neither a broom nor money and turned back to the Witch House to ask Du Ningzhuang to send her home.
• While searching the Witch Market, Jiang Han found a street selling weapons, ammunition, and magical combat supplies and memorized its address.

Jiang Han visited the Song Family Alchemy Hall to learn about alchemy and discovered a business opportunity selling special-effect ammunition to low-level Witches. She bought an introductory alchemy book, intending to learn the craft while improving her finances.

• Jiang Han entered the Song Family Alchemy Hall and examined its alchemical goods, books, and firearms.
• Song Huijun introduced Jiang Han to dollcraft and explained that it was an expensive alchemy branch tied to wealthy Witches.
• Jiang Han learned that Witches used firearms to supplement the destructive power lacking among those with modest magical power.
• Jiang Han realized that special-effect ammunition could meet an overlooked need and become a source of income.
• Jiang Han asked Song Huijun for beginner alchemy books and chose Xuelun Curie's book.

Jiang Han ordered a book on Xuelun Curie's alchemy and returned home to find Jiang Xuan relaxing alone. The two ordered lunch from Witch House and prepared to watch a Masters tournament together.

• Song Huijun quoted Jiang Han 6,350 yuan for the first volume of Xuelun Curie and promised to send it when it arrived.
• Jiang Han left the shop after arranging to visit an alchemy workshop with Song Huijun sometime.
• Jiang Han returned home and found Jiang Xuan watching a match and reading while Mother Ye was away.
• Jiang Xuan asked Jiang Han to order barbecue and other food so they could eat while watching the Masters tournament.
• Jiang Han used her notebook to teleport to Witch House and ordered a wolf steak, French red-wine snails, and pineapple fried rice.

Jiang Han visited Witch House, where she discussed ways to reduce the mana cost of the teleportation book with Du Ningzhuang. Du Ningzhuang agreed to redesign it as a simpler, restricted teleportation network, while Jiang Han left with food for her friends.

• Jiang Han met Qin Shunying at Witch House, and Qin offered to treat her to a meal.
• Jiang Han ordered food to take away and suggested limiting the teleportation book to selected users to reduce its mana consumption.
• Du Ningzhuang agreed to remove extra functions, restrict the weight of carried items, and consider using badges to request return teleportation.
• Jiang Han took her food home, and Qin Shunying praised her after noticing she had ordered no alcohol.