Rebecca had many "students."
Although she always gave people the impression of being immature, flighty, and hardheaded—even Gawain often used terms like "iron-headed fool" and "dumb roe deer" to describe this troublesome descendant of his—there was no denying that Rebecca was unmatched in her field of expertise.
As one of the key founders of Magic-Conducting Technology, she was the director of the Empire's Magic-Powered Technology Department and also a mentor and consultant to numerous technical teams. Outstanding young researchers regarded her as a role model, while venerable old scholars were won over by her astonishing intellect and her talent in Rune Logic, mathematics, mechanics, and other fields. In everyday life, she might have been a giggly, ridiculously hardheaded silly girl, but she had also personally trained the first generation of technical experts of the Magic-Conducting Era. No one could deny that she was the Empire's foremost technical mentor.
By now, Rebecca's exceptional students had spread throughout many of the Empire's key departments. About half of them contributed to the development of the Empire's modern armaments, while the other half devoted themselves to popularizing technology, exploring cutting-edge advancements, and theoretical research. Some of the best among them had even become assistants or disciples of Jenny, the Empire's other "foremost technical mentor." In a sense, Rebecca, who was only in her twenties this year, could already be considered a model of someone with countless disciples.
Even so, the "students" she faced today were still the most unusual of them all.
At the Defiance Courtyard, at the edge of the Golden Oak Tree's radiance, where the dark wilderness met the courtyard nursery, the enormous Ragnarok Assembly Hall was once again filled with majestic, holy figures. These great beings, who had come from their respective divine kingdoms, sat obediently throughout the assembly hall in