Miss Witch Doesn't Want to be a Diva

"For example, I, because I excel in combat and have patience and meticulousness, have been arranged to assist and protect Master Feng Jianchang."

"Others include, for example, Master Feng Jianchang's cousin Feng Jiansi, who graduated from a business school and is currently in charge of the family business operations, along with other fields, each going in their own direction."

"What if someone's talent is average and not interested in these arrangements?" Tilan recalled the maid 'Vurowus' in the Dream of Glazed Glass, who wanted to escape family arrangements to become a maid.

"This situation is rare because the affairs arranged within the family are generally quite good and stronger than fighting alone outside. If someone particularly yearns for freedom, they can explore outside, but the support from the family will be limited."

Little Jiu patiently explained to Tilan, although Tilan is not a descendant of the Hong Hu Lineage, being a descendant of the Five Phoenix Heritage's Qing Luan, naturally there would be some closeness, and she didn't mind sharing these non-secret matters with Tilan.

"The family model..." The girl contemplated.

Compared to ordinary people with no support, such families do indeed have many inherent advantages, but their existence is not without drawbacks. After all, the familial blood ties make it difficult for outsiders to integrate, resulting in a very small talent selection pool, and exactly because they are all relatives, handling many affairs becomes complicated and difficult to resolve thoroughly.

During this period, as the Star Cluster members continued to expand, Tilan also encountered some issues, which is why she became interested.

The first batch of Star Cluster members were all recruited by Tilan, even if they weren't particularly familiar people, at the very least, she knew and understood their backgrounds.

But as the team expanded, she couldn't thoroughly understand every new member. Doing so would occupy an inordinate amount of time, testing her capacity as an organizational architect.

Audrey and Ores are similar, both having blood relations within the family, serving as backbones within the team, holding key positions, which greatly guarantees loyalty, reducing worries.

Shui Yanqing and Prin, due to their ordinary backgrounds, are deeply tied with giant business conglomerates. These conglomerates have their own system of nurturing talent and personnel responsible for background checks, helping to screen new members, giving them more freedom in employing people, at least with a broader selection scope, though the cost is being constrained by the conglomerates, making it hard to break free.

Then there are songstresses like Idrylia and Yarnasha, who are already forces in their own right, able to freely deploy people around them, not constrained by other forces and can ensure the people around them.

As for Hexia, she currently doesn't interact with conglomerates much, with only the 'Grey Dust Crystal' closely related to her, but the relationship isn't typical. You could say the current 'Grey Dust Crystal' heavily relies on her, and without much ambition, naturally won't make additional demands. Thus, Tilan feels almost no constraints.

Everything has pros and cons; if she recruits many members from the 'Southern October Star' organization, she can quickly expand her influence and power, but at the cost of being slowly bound by their interests.

Tilan thinks far ahead about such matters, because if she deviates at the initial stage, the cost to turn back later would not be simple.

Northwestern Star Domain, Central Star Domain 'Six Great Financial Conglomerates', Southern Starfield 'Southern October Star', Eastern Star Domain 'Pan-Eastern Traditional Forces', Northern Star Domain 'Hundred Species of Beastmen'...

Sitting in the study, listing the known forces, Tilan leaned back in her chair, carefully contemplating the path she would take in the future.

'Knock knock knock—'

"Come in."

Geyin walked into the study with hesitant steps and saw Tilan leaning behind the desk, then approached.

"Tilan."

"What's up."

"I have a discovery."

"Is it about the religious organization you previously asked me to keep an eye on?"

"Oh, what was the result, any new findings?" When Tilan heard Geyin say this, she knew the child must have results to report.

"Yes, but the location is not in the Central Star Domain but rather in the northeastern Glance Starfield."

"What is that place?"

"That is the ancient relic star, reportedly with many magnificent constructions built during the Fourth Era and relics and data preserved from that time."

"Logically, such places should be strictly governed." Tilan remembered that after the destruction of the Fifth Epoch, not much of the Fourth Era's magnificent buildings remained.

"For outsiders, it is very strict, but for locals, it's rather free due to the protection acts with minimal external involvement."

"There, the ancient legends of the four Kings of Angels are passed down, which we refer to as the four originals."

"It also retains the very ancient Angel's Descent Ceremony, reportedly one at some time an angel truly descended."

"However, everything there is quite conservative, locals don't trust electronic equipment, many important things are handwritten records forbidden from being inputted into electronic archives, limiting what I could find."

"If it's like this, then it's necessary to make a trip." Not only to fulfill Temisia's matter, but also for her own origins and the mystery of her talent.

Speaking of which, although she is a songstress, now she clearly feels that all the information she received was filtered, especially the Federation's history, parts of it briefly passed over in early years against the Black Sun.

For instance, how could such a strong and near-divine 'Black Sun' be defeated by a fleet merely leading by one step in technology, and how were the 'Newborn Races' defeated back then, what was their ultimate fate, and how is the current sequence study method different from ancient times—many things are vague, not fully displayed in historical records.

So, in the end, it is up to archaeological excavation, isn't it? She feels like she might end up like 'Jian Xin'er', looking for things all over, Tilan secretly complains.

For now, put the recruitment aside and prepare for the long journey during vacation; the summer holiday will be two months, taking this time to visit the Glance Starfield.

After deciding, Tilan started planning the trip, while the Star Cluster internally began selecting members to go along, such as translators, combat personnel, scholars related to history, and those skilled in treatment and rescue, among others.

In late June, after completing this semester's courses and tasks, Tilan set off with a team of almost 40 people.

In the resting room of Star Harbor, she sat in front of a mirror while Maidi helped her brush her hair, tying a headband, and smoothing the creases of her shallow black dress.

"Alright, today's Tilan is still as lovely and flawless as ever." Maidi smiled and praised.

"Saying cute and stuff is a bit excessive, right?" Tilan slightly turned her face to check the details near her ears.

"After all, I'm no longer a high school student."

"Not at all, if Tilan puts on the high school uniform, I bet everyone would think so." Maidi chuckled softly, covering her mouth.

"Your gaze is still so clear, your physique remains slender and well-proportioned, your weight has barely changed either."

"Truly a physique that never grows up." She laughed as she said.

"That's a bit troublesome." Since listening to Temisia's explanation last time, she vaguely feels she might really not grow up.

After all, according to dusty historical records, that angel prototype's highness maintained a youthful appearance for tens of thousands of years without change.

Fixing her appearance, the girl stood up. Today she wore a light black dress with tulle decorations, the skirt's hem, and sleeves with white floral embellishments, just like Maidi said, indeed overly emphasizing the slightly youthful and beautiful temperament of a girl, making her look somewhat young and cute.

But she naturally has such an appearance, wearing mature styled dresses like those of Deloris seems awkward in contrast.

Just hoping the dressing wouldn't make her subordinates think she lacks authority since following a graceful songstress vastly differs from following a young high school girl.

"Let's go."

"Yes, our Angel~" Maidi bowed, pressing her fingers lightly to her chest.

Then, when Tilan stepped outside, a number of uniformed members followed. Most wore goggles, carrying swords or books, exuding a formidable aura, making the slender girl in the middle appear mysterious and imposing in their midst.