"It seems the result is obvious now."

The first to recover from the belch of the "Big Black Hole", equally shocked, the Cat Witch pinched her thigh fiercely with one hand while trying to maintain a calm smile:

"I never expected the Astrology Society, with nearly a hundred elite astrologers, to be unable to break through the secret technique and find the life star of our vice president. It's a pity that this bet concerning the fate of your society seems to be ours..."

"Wa...wait a minute!"

Just as the Cat Witch was about to seize the opportunity of the astrologers' collective collapse of worldview to quickly settle the merger, the exhausted president of the Astrology Society suddenly stood up, panting heavily and shouted:

"We... we have not lost yet!"

"?"

"Did you forget? The content of our bet is not for you to see his life star, but just to find out his life star!"

Pointing to Leon, who looked innocent, the old president, who seemed to be in his eighties or nineties, supported his knees and declared:

"I have already discovered the true nature of his life star... His life star is the entire world itself!"

"?!!!"

Under the astonished gazes of the Cat Witch and the Evil Prince, the old president, who had caught his breath, looked up at the "Big Black Hole" swaying above Leon, analyzing half joyfully and half proudly:

"It's now late at night, and the position of the sun is just on the other side of the world. This black thing above us is the shadow cast into the starry sky after the world blocks the sun!"

Sss... could it actually be possible?!

After listening to the confident judgment of the president of the Astrology Society and comparing it to what she knew about astrology, the Cat Witch blinked her brilliant eyes, a hint of admiration emerging within them, but she still shook her head nonchalantly:

"Still not right. If what's above is the reflection of Leon's life star, then why was the light of your life stars directly consumed?"

"This..."

Stumped by her question, the old president of the Astrology Society hesitated before cautiously speculating:

"There could be many possible reasons, perhaps... perhaps your vice president was not originally someone from this world, so after our life stars shone on him, the light 'leaked' through his life star.

Or... or he does not currently have his own life star, but his future self is so powerful that he could use the entire world as a life star, shielding himself from all attempts to glimpse his future and past.

Or maybe your vice president is actually a True God who has mastered special powers such as [devouring] and [absorption], which is why... Overall, it must be some special situation like this!"

Feeling that these guesses were too far-fetched, the president of the Astrology Society blushed and insisted stammeringly:

"I can't provide evidence to prove these conjectures, but my astrology definitely isn't wrong. Whether now or in the future, your vice president's life star is certainly the entire world!"

"..."

Truly impressive...

Seeing the president persisting in his judgment, the Cat Witch closed her eyes for a moment in silence, then took out the star fragment used as the bet from her pocket.

"What are you doing...?"

"I lost."

After openly admitting her failure, the Cat Witch, who couldn't win the bet even with cheating, sighed slightly with guilt and then walked towards the old president with the star fragment in both hands.

We... we won?!

Seeing the slowly rotating brilliant crystal in the black-robed woman's palm, the astrologers, who were almost exhausted from maintaining the secret technique, were first stunned for a moment, then collectively let out cheers of delight, loud enough to be heard several streets away.

"We won! We won!"

"As expected of our president!"

"Ahaha! No need for the merger now!"

"This is a victory for astrology!"

Amidst the jubilant celebrations, the astrologers couldn't help but feel a rise in affection for the black-robed woman who chose to admit defeat despite the lack of any evidence from their side.

Even though she aimed to annex the entire Astrology Society and approached with "malice," her actions were incredibly straightforward and fair.

She could have completely denied it, forcibly denying the bet, yet she still conceded openly after the president provided an answer, a measure truly impressive and admirable.

Under the gaze of the astrologers who had become somewhat closer, the Cat Witch slowly walked in front of the old president of the Astrology Society, solemnly handing over the bet.

Then, as the delighted old president received the star fragment, the Cat Witch sighed again, her eyes filled with guilt as she said:

"I'm sorry."

"Huh?"

Under the astonished gazes of the astrologers, the "graceful" black-robed woman flipped her wrist, pulled out a stick about the thickness of a rolling pin, and gave a direct blow to their old president.

"Block the door! Block the door!"

Supporting the fainted old man, the Cat Witch started hurling sleeping magic potions into the crowd, shouting at the speechless Leon:

"The essence of the Astrology Society is all here! Quickly grab their hands for the prints!"

...

"What did you say?!"

Awoken by her maid from her sleep and meeting the visiting Shaman Society president in the morning, "Princess Catherine" couldn't help but buzz in shock at his anxious report, asking in disbelief:

"Out of the seventeen great societies, seven have been annexed by the Yarn Society?!"

"Yes! And it's soon to be eight!"

Noticing something was wrong early in the morning and rushing to report, the Shaman Society president spoke anxiously:

"Yesterday afternoon, the acting president of the Medium Society seemed to go mad, directly leading the former president's soul to subdue everyone in the society, demanding a collective merge into the Yarn Society!

Later, many people in the Diviner Society got onion juice in their eyes, and were carried to the infirmary by the guards. At night, the Astrology Society and Fate Society were attacked, all senior members captured, and forced to sign the merger document.

Then, in the wee hours today, the Numerology and Curse Societies lost their bet, voluntarily merging into the Yarn Society, and the Dancing Society was captivated by the Yarn Society president's dance, just passing the merger proposal, and now they're heading to Silver Philosopher Society!"

Medium, Diviner, Astrology, Fate, Numerology, Curse, Dancing... and possibly even Silver Philosopher?

As the Shaman Society president reported, "Princess Catherine" couldn't help but gape wider and wider.

No way... When I returned yesterday, wasn't everything fine? How did eight out of seventeen great societies merge overnight? Did the Food God tie them all up and force them to print their hands on the agreement or something?