Betty

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Betty (贝蒂)
Species/Race	Mortal
Gender	Female
Affiliation	High Tower Magic Council; Enchanting Enthusiast Research Society; Mechanical Alchemy school
Occupation/Role	Wizard; mechanical alchemist; researcher; High Tower plenipotentiary ambassador to the Fire Thief Alliance; Grand Administrator of the sanctuary
Status	Alive; mythical wizard (demigod)
First Appearance	121

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Mental Overclocker	121 122	A rare, naturally born “hyper-accelerated” individual with exceptional magical talent and innate telekinetic ability.
Wizard Apprentice	121	Secretly studies magic, rune arrays, and enchanting; earns points through examinations and original rune-array research.
Intermediate Wizard Apprentice	199	Leads mining operations at Nightglow Town and precisely uses fire and earth spells to process iron ore.
Quasi-Formal Wizard	291	Promoted alongside Daina, Ollie, Caroso, and Polina through Ace’s collective magic-power ritual.
Three-Ring Wizard / Second Order of Life	434	Breaks through after developing the phlogiston theory with Logan and Bayern; her Soul Secret Treasury becomes a Mindscape.
Mythical Wizard / Demigod	576	Uses the Scepter of Heaven, Ace’s Dream Seal, and divine power essence to establish the Conservation Mechanical Sphere demiplane.

Background / History

Betty was the only daughter of the Northern Territory Fortress’s Chief Official, Leon. Though she outwardly maintained the image of a refined noble girl, she secretly transformed her bedroom into a rune-protected workshop filled with gears, pulleys, levers, and repeatedly modified enchanted components. Her ambition was to restore the giant machines described in ancient-civilization texts. 121

As a naturally gifted Mental Overclocker, Betty became a wizard apprentice and formed the Enchanting Enthusiast Research Society with other apprentices. Unlike its weapon- and item-enchanting members, she pursued enchanted machinery. Her early work produced only broken components, but her original rune-array designs and high examination scores earned her substantial points. 121

After Donna returned to the fortress, Betty brought her into magic by giving her a magic-book brooch and guiding her through meditation and magical study. She later worked with Bayern, whose mathematical guidance and water-element runes helped her turn her plans for enormous machines into a practical wearable combat device. 122 126 128

During the escape from the Northern Territory, Betty used the Apprentice Type 1 to protect her group, killing a Divine Descendant captain with steam missiles. The experience deeply disturbed her, though she continued onward to ensure her family and companions survived. 132 138

Appearance

Betty is petite, with a delicate face and radiant golden hair usually tied into twin ponytails. She commonly wears elegant dresses, later paired with crystal high heels and a silver mechanical disc used for flight and combat. 121 393

• Golden twin ponytails. 121
• Petite build. 121
• Often presents herself with formal curtsies and refined clothing in public. 121 393
• Uses a silver mechanical disc that can transform into a mechanical warrior or liquid-metal machinery. 393 395
• Has also appeared clad in silver metal while urgently reporting military intelligence. 369

Personality

Betty is brilliant, proud, energetic, and intensely competitive. She openly calls herself a genius, resents being denied first place in examinations, and pursues difficult projects with stubborn enthusiasm. Her confidence is supported by extensive effort: Ace notes that her rapid spellcasting and defensive performance reflect more than natural talent alone. 121 187

Her public refinement contrasts sharply with her uninhibited private behavior. She is loud, excitable, and unconcerned with propriety when working or speaking with Donna, yet can immediately adopt a dignified noble demeanor before guests and officials. 121 122

She is also fiercely protective and direct. Betty wanted to preemptively strike potentially rebellious barbarian leaders, volunteered for dangerous diplomatic work, and remained concerned with preserving wizardkind even when she disagreed with Ace’s preferred strategy. 191 393 508 543

Abilities & Skills

Mechanical Alchemy

Betty specializes in combining rune arrays, enchanted materials, magical power, and mechanical engineering.

• Designed the Thermal Power Rune Array, using minor fire-element and scorching runes to continuously heat a steam boiler. 128
• Developed multiple generations of enchanted machinery, beginning with the Apprentice Type 1 and later creating the Apprentice Type 5 animated thermokinetic mechanical arm. 128 248
• Her machinery can serve as both equipment and a familiar-like animated device. 248
• By the later period, her silver disc can become a towering liquid-metal mechanical warrior or an integrated magic mecha nearly twenty meters tall. 393 395 598

Combat Magic

Betty is a rapid and precise spellcaster with a preference for overwhelming mechanical firepower.

• Constructs and activates magic missile spell models in under half a second. 187
• Fired nearly thirty magic missiles in ten seconds during her assessment. 187
• Cast nearly twenty Magic Crystal Shields in approximately fifteen seconds to block returning missiles. 187
• Uses Spring-Loaded Legs for enhanced mobility. 187
• Her Apprentice Type 1 deployed a Magic Crystal Shield, steam propulsion, a greatsword, and five steam missiles. 128 132
• Her later mechanical warrior uses dense fireball barrages, electrical capture, flight, and liquid-metal self-repair. 395

Magical Research

Betty is a major theoretical researcher as well as an inventor.

• Collaborated with Bayern and Logan on the phlogiston theory, publishing papers on combustion, respiration, air, heat release, and underwater flames. 434
• Survived a cognitive-collapse incident caused by flaws in the Four Elements Hypothesis; Ace stabilized her fire-element spell model with dream magic. 430
• Helped demonstrate the mechanical equivalent of heat with Donna and Thomas, contributing to the discovery of the Donna-Thomas Law and the First Law of Thermodynamics. 576
• Proposed auxiliary brains and clones as means of increasing wizards’ computational power; Bru and Eva tested the concept. 464 465
• Plans a Legendary application of heat-death theory. 612

Elemental Life Creation

Betty experimented with creating magical life forms, though her early creations lacked intelligence.

• Created a Lesser Earth Element Life, but considered it clumsy and unsatisfactory. 216
• Created a reinforced Lesser Iron Element Life with limbs, but found it slow-witted and inflexible. 218

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Apprentice Combat Auxiliary Machine Type 1 — Two mechanical legs, a right mechanical arm, a back-mounted core, and a left-arm Magic Crystal Shield bracer; powered through a magic-absorption rune array and steam generation. 128
• Greatsword — Used with the Apprentice Type 1’s mechanical arm during the escape from the Northern Territory. 132 138
• Silver mechanical disc — Flight platform and transformable liquid-metal mechanical weapon. 393 395
• Mechanical warrior — A combat form emphasizing massive magical firepower, flight, electric capture, and self-repair. 395
• Scepter of Heaven — Borrowed to channel the Heavenly Realm’s power for her demigod breakthrough. 576
• Dream Seal — Borrowed from Ace as part of her breakthrough preparation. 576
• Ring of Heat Death Demiplane — A powerful Legendary prison item used to contain pseudonym entities. 616

Relationships

• Donna — Childhood friend, magical junior, assistant, and close confidante. Betty gave Donna a magic-book brooch, guided her into magic, and later collaborated with her on thermodynamics research. 122 128 554 576
• Ace — Mentor, Fire-Lighter, and political superior. He praised her ability, promoted her, entrusted her with diplomacy and sanctuary administration, and assisted her demigod breakthrough. 187 291 393 508 576
• Leon — Father and former Chief Official of the Northern Territory Fortress. Betty supports his administrative career and works with him on High Tower security matters. 173 175 191
• Bayern — Research collaborator and early source of mathematical and rune-based advice. Their work together contributed to the phlogiston theory and natal magic-tool research. 126 128 434 439
• Logan — Co-author with Betty and Bayern on phlogiston theory research. 434
• Thomas — Research collaborator in proving the mechanical equivalent of heat and establishing the First Law of Thermodynamics. 575 576
• Ahmed — Fire Thief Alliance great scholar and diplomatic counterpart. Their mutual interest in mechanical research led to a sparring match, which Betty won. 393 395
• Arno — Fellow High Tower wizard and Astral Sea exploration partner; Betty offered to help with his unstable Abomination power. 368 540
• Polina and Caroso — Fellow researchers who joined Betty’s proposal to develop auxiliary brains for improved magical computation. 464

Story Role / Major Arcs

Enchanted Machinery Pioneer

Betty begins as a gifted but unproven apprentice whose hidden workshop is full of failed mechanical experiments. Bayern’s advice leads her to abandon immediate attempts at mechanical giants and build a smaller, viable combat-assistance machine instead. 121 126 128

Escape from the Northern Territory

Betty uses the Apprentice Type 1 to carry her family and Donna’s father during the evacuation. She kills a pursuing captain to protect the group, then struggles with the moral weight of her first killing. 130 132 138

High Tower Builder and Administrator

Following the establishment of High Tower Territory, Betty applies her magic and engineering to industry: mining iron, constructing a ceramic-pipe water network, modifying magic ships, and organizing personnel for defense and evacuation. 199 202 347 369

Diplomat of Supernatural Integration

Betty volunteers as High Tower’s plenipotentiary ambassador to the Fire Thief Alliance and advocates ideological integration through shared path, thought, and knowledge. Ace later appoints her first minister of the Supernatural Integration Liaison Department and approves Leon’s assistance under her supervision. 393 398 399

Thermodynamics Researcher and Demigod

After surviving the collapse of the Four Elements Hypothesis, Betty helps establish phlogiston theory and becomes a Three-Ring Wizard. Her subsequent thermodynamics research culminates in the First Law of Thermodynamics and her ascension to demigodhood, creating the Conservation Mechanical Sphere. 430 434 576

Trivia

• Betty was born a quarter of an hour before Donna and insists on using this fact to claim seniority. 122
• Her one-way soundproofing rune array took nearly two weeks and hundreds of pulled hairs to modify successfully. 121
• She calls her approach to Astral Sea scavenging “Astral Hunting.” 540
• Although she is associated with mechanical alchemy, Betty initially argued against relying on magical computers and favored animated auxiliary brains instead. 462 465