Otaku Witch

Chapter 2022 - 1025: Internship Recommendation Letter (2)

"Hmm, President... alright, Senior Sister Sophia, it is indeed the graduation internship recommendation. A few of us are really racking our brains on how to allocate it."

Christina immediately nodded vigorously at the words.

Although she is the new president, probably no one respects the former president in front of her more than she does. After all, some things you only understand the gravity of once you’ve taken on that position and experienced the weight of its responsibilities yourself.

Since becoming the new president, she hasn’t had a decent night’s sleep. Even though she expanded the size of the student council after taking office, the work efficiency is still less than half of what it was when the former president was in charge. It’s exhausting, so much so that she has cut down most of her part-time jobs due to the overwhelming workload.

In short, Senior Sister Sophia, you are truly divine, practically with the innate holy leader’s aura.

"Senior Sister, can you give us some pointers?"

The primeval witch asked cautiously.

And in response, the Pure White Witch just smiled.

Allocating the graduation internship recommendation letters is indeed a quite challenging task.

Witch Academy does have internship allocations for graduates, but it’s not for everyone; only excellent graduates receive the recommendation.

After all, there are nearly five hundred million students in the whole school, and it’s truly impractical to allocate for everyone.

Moreover, the school clubs themselves already serve as a form of allocation. Almost all medium to large clubs are founded with sponsorships from well-known external guilds and function as a kind of future employee selection program. If you can join a medium to large club, entering the corresponding guild after graduation isn’t much of an issue.

However, the current graduation allocation is another kind of academy benefit.

Although the Angel Witch Clan has declined, the prestigious name of Witch Academy still carries weight. The academy collaborates with almost all renowned guilds, so the recommendation letters issued by Witch Academy are quite valuable.

With this recommendation letter, it stands as an endorsement of your excellence. Almost all major guilds will welcome you with open arms. You can join these guilds unconditionally, and almost immediately after the internship period, you can become a regular employee. Future promotions and salary increases will mostly prioritize you. Without unexpected setbacks, you could climb to management levels within a hundred years after graduation.

That’s not just an internship credential; it’s practically a ladder to the pinnacle of success. It may not be a shortcut to the top, but at least it ensures a worry-free life.

In conclusion, it’s a valuable asset.

The only problem is it’s too good, making it extremely difficult to allocate.

Because, if it’s truly allocated according to academic achievements as per school regulations, these recommendation letters would surely mostly go to members of the Tower of Shine.

But the problem is, almost all members of the Tower of Shine are key players in all major school clubs, and these key members are already predetermined future members of outside guilds. They’re already imagined as future leaders by major guilds.

These internship credentials aren’t very useful to them, and might even be counterproductive.

After all, they were initially on a clear path, and suddenly having multiple options could induce decision paralysis, and their dormant ambition might stir up again.

Furthermore, all major clubs have strong opinions about this because if the seeds they’ve nurtured for over a decade suddenly receive an internship recommendation and then get lured away by some flashy outside temptation, wouldn’t all their years of effort have been in vain, making them a wedding dress for someone else?

What a classic tragedy; absolutely unacceptable.

However, according to school regulations, clubs are merely student interest organizations and cannot interfere with a graduate’s future, and there’s a strict prohibition against clubs enticing or coercively signing away a student’s rights. Severe punishment awaits violators.

Therefore, there’s no rule that a student joining a club must join the corresponding guild after graduation. Before graduating, students remain independent in their choices.

It’s essentially an opportunity for clubs to cultivate talented members, but if it’s graduation season and they haven’t won enough favor, those good seedlings leaving with someone else isn’t the academy’s fault.

Thus, every graduation season, when it’s time to distribute those recommendation letters, various club presidents or leaders come to protest endlessly, insisting on not giving the "Book of Apostasy" to their core club members, or at least issuing fewer of them.

And today, it’s quite clear that the clubs protesting the student council are the Eye of True Sight and the Silver Key.

Well, such things frequently happened when Sophia was in position too. It’s a conflict between the academy and various guilds, where the academy aims to give students freedom to choose their future, while guilds want exclusive access to the academy’s pool of excellent talent.

Their positions are different, resulting in endless disputes. The academy wants to issue the letters, but the clubs don’t want them, leading to plentiful troublesome wrangling.

Following the Pure White Witch’s past practices, unless a club actively applies, she generally wouldn’t issue internship recommendation letters to members with external guild backgrounds.

After all, there are many outstanding graduates who prefer not to participate in clubs. Furthermore, not all clubs have external guild backings, with some purely functioning as hobby clubs whose graduates also need the help of this recommendation letter.

But now...

Sorry, she’s just the former president now, with her allegiance naturally sitting on the side of her own lady, so her perspective aligns accordingly, therefore...

"Christina, I’ve already graduated, so it’s not my place to interfere with academy affairs. We’re here today to handle two open school attendance permits."

Sophia declared righteously, yet simultaneously glanced towards the Homebody Witch next to her.

Thus, the primeval witch’s focus naturally shifted towards Dorothy.

"Uh, Lady, Senior Sister Audrey, you two want open attendance?"

She asked in some confusion.

The open attendance procedure isn’t frequently handled, after all, the Witch Academy offers the best learning environment.

To this, Dorothy nodded, not overthinking it, and directly explained her need.

"Yes, I’m currently busy with startup work, extremely occupied in the initial entrepreneurial phase, so I probably won’t have time to return to the academy for classes. But it’s no problem, as Teacher Noelle Rose has agreed to accompany us for remote lessons, so we’re here to complete the formalities."

"Startup?"

Christina immediately caught onto the focal point, and not just her, but everyone in the room perked up their ears.

"Lady, tell us more about this startup, I am graduating soon and could lend a hand."

Ivette, a fervent believer of the Clown Grand Inquisitor, unhesitatingly offered.

"Is it Stars Industry? Lady, are you truly collaborating with Lady Witch of the Forest?"

Senior Sister Dina’s eyes lit up; as the president of the Eye of True Sight, she was truly well-informed.

Only Agnes wasn’t familiar with the Homebody Witch and didn’t speak up, but she was still intrigued by the situation.

However, Dorothy’s next words left the legitimate little loli unable to sit still.

"Well, it’s nothing much. Just by the grace of Lady Witch of the Forest, I’ve ventured into the warship building business, and we’ve just set up a workshop and also talked with other workshops in the Dragon Kingdom. Next, we’ll be trying to create a Legendary Battleship as a practice project."

The Homebody Witch waved dismissively as she revealed their ambitions.

As a result, Sophia laughed.

Well, she didn’t reveal anything explicitly, but with Lady’s often Versailles-like personality, everything made perfect sense.

On the other side, the four senior sisters were struck silent.

What did they mean?

They truly cooperated with Lady Witch of the Forest?

Moreover, Lady’s startup involves setting up a Shipbuilding Workshop?

Additionally, starting right off with a Legendary Battleship project?

And the other workshops in the Dragon Kingdom agreed to collaborate?

...

The vast amount of information left the senior sisters stunned.

Once Dorothy and the others finished their procedures and left, the four senior sisters still hadn’t quite regained their composure.

After a long while, they finally processed the information.

Then.....

"President, I suddenly feel that our club could use a few more internship recommendation letters. Since no one else wants them, let the Eye of True Sight take on more."

Senior Sister Dina suddenly suggested, wearing an expression of self-sacrifice.

"No, President, you can’t burden the Eye of True Sight like this. They’re civil servants, and the All-Seeing Eye can’t be short-staffed. Let us at the Silver Key bear more of the challenge; after all, we’re a commercial organization, so the impact isn’t as severe."

Agnes also stepped in, displaying an admirable spirit of ’if not us, then who?’

Christina and Ivette exchanged a glance.

"Ladies, please remain calm. We believe the student council, as a student representative, ought to lead by example."

.....the meeting continues.....