Otaku Witch

"What do you two think about this problem?"

Spider Teacher looked at the two students in front of him and didn't rush to give the answer himself, but asked them this instead.

"It's just the literal meaning, make the mechanical puppets automated, and then command these mechanical puppets to build houses,"

Dorothy answered matter-of-factly.

After all, she had researched the content and job prospects of the major before applying.

In the Witch World, there are currently two mainstream methods of construction. One is the more traditional manual method, gradually built by labor, and the other relies on powerful construction magic for instantaneous completion.

The former mainly relies on the god-like status of the witches; as long as they wish, they can easily summon a large number of otherworldly races as construction workers at a relatively low cost.

The latter relies on the god-like strength of the witches, capable of moving mountains and reclaiming seas, tasks that seem miraculous to the other races.

But both construction methods have their advantages and disadvantages.

Manually constructed buildings often have finer details, resulting in a beautiful final product, and with many hands, large projects are possible, but they suffer from slow construction and long project durations.

Magically constructed buildings tend not to have as many details, but they are robust and economical. Order today, move in tomorrow; it is all about efficiency.

Of course, it's one thing to say, but practice is not so rigid; you can have it all.

High-end Witch Builder's Guild operations involve witch architects working with an entire team of otherworldly construction crews. The witches lay the foundation, then the construction crews optimize the details, imparting the buildings with a handcrafted "soul."

Some high-end buildings in the Witch World, such as the Witch Sky Island and various Marvelous Architecture, are built by combining both methods.

The automated mechanical civil engineering major is clearly a new interpretation of such a hybrid construction method, using mechanical puppets to replace the otherworldly construction crews, achieving the feat of one person being an entire construction team.

Well, this might sound a bit like "taking off pants to fart"—just redundant.

After all, the labor of otherworldly races in the Witch World is really cheap; the cost of creating an entire mechanical puppet construction team could cover renting the entire "manpower" market.

Therefore, it's clear that the so-called automated mechanical civil engineering major was doomed from the start to be a profession more about appearance than substance, a confusing luxury for the wealthy, truly like using a golden hoe for farming.

No wonder this major is so unpopular, with hardly anyone signing up; add to that Spider Teacher's high standards and selective recruitment, it would be rather surprising if this major were to become popular.

Dorothy obviously didn't belong to the type of witch who had money burning a hole through her pocket. She chose this major solely because she thought differently.

She personally loved puppetry technique; this related to her occupation in her previous life. Although she was a homebody back then, she wasn't just any homebody, but a techie, whose career was a figurine prototype maker. And how skilled was she?

Heh, she achieved a bit, merely known as "God's Hand," "Nüwa Herself," "National Father-in-Law,"... each new release harvested a field of awe from admirers.

Achieved a little, nothing to boast about.

As someone who made plastic figurines for a living, now, even after transmigrating, she naturally couldn't abandon this traditional craft. After all, in her previous life, she could only make static "wives," but in this life, she could make her "wives" move; she was determined to learn puppetry technique.

With that, the so-called puppet cost is out of question, as she was bound to create a bunch of beautiful girl puppets as "wives" sooner or later.

However, in her previous life, she could support herself by making figurines, living a comfortable life, but in this life, her old skills couldn't sustain her financially.

After all, her previous world was a magicless one, where as long as the figurines were attractive enough, sponsors would happily pay for love; but in the Witch World, where every witch is mighty, producing a bunch of beautiful but functionless girl puppet vases expectedly leads to financial straits.

Furthermore, she was an orphaned homebody in her previous life, where feeding just herself meant the whole family was fed, with not much expenditure on living, but in this life, a witch's expenses stretched beyond mere food and drink, with money needed everywhere. Therefore, she considered changing her career for livelihood.

However, she was rather sentimental and didn't like abandoning her craft outright, so Dorothy originally planned her future career to supply puppet theaters for circuses, where her puppets' mere beauty wouldn't be a disadvantage.

For this, Dorothy seriously conducted a market research on the Magic Network, studying the current market situation of puppet plays in the Witch World.

However, the answer turned out to be somewhat pessimistic.

In her previous magicless world, circuses were quite popular, but in a magical world, circuses really struggled to get by, with their performers barely making a living, likely not much profit to be reaped.