This conversation directly led to the inquisitor being unable to question the devout maiden further; between yes or no, Joan chose to accept everything God had given her.
Holy flames burned from her body, transforming into the banner protecting France.
After finishing editing this story, Ya Xi clicked the confirm submission button.
Next, a responsibility and risk pop-up box appeared, essentially stating that all stories submitted by members would be reviewed and rated.
The forum's rating system is linked to the Card Master Association's Card Maker certification module, with a mature set of evaluation standards for each story. Agreeing to this protocol means the member agrees to the rating results given by the system.
Ya Xi was quite eager to see what level of rating the official system would give his story, so he quickly clicked confirm.
A golden Golden Iris pattern slowly bloomed on the screen, with golden-white glimmer rotating beneath its petals, and the text Ya Xi had just typed was sent into it.
“Ahem, Ya Xi, you answer my question.”
Perhaps he was too focused and didn't realize that class had already started.
He probably looked like he was challenging the professor by diligently working with his head down, which was why he was unlucky enough to be called upon to answer a question again by the old professor.
“Outside Heimlia City, there are three large secret realms. In the most recently discovered large secret realm, a large number of mysterious triangular spired buildings have appeared. Do you know which pantheon this secret realm belongs to?”
As soon as the professor's question was posed, many students immediately scratched their heads, thinking to themselves that they were lucky not to have been called upon.
Since the mythological discontinuity, the Federation has only barely managed to reproduce the fringes of past myths; many secret realms have only been given numbers and characteristics to this day, and have not been classified into specific myths.
A transfer student like Ya Xi probably doesn't even know which myths exist, so how could he possibly give a correct answer?
Moreover, even the Federation itself has considerable doubts about its understanding of certain myths.
It could be said that this was a question where the problem was 1+1, but the answer could only be obtained by taking its derivative.
Everyone could see that the professor was deliberately making things difficult for Ya Xi, wanting him to fail this course directly.
Spires? Aren't those pyramids?
The Ancient Egypt people believed them to be “places of ascent,” with the hieroglyph △, regarded as a staircase for the Pharaoh's soul to the sun god.
Ya Xi's mouth twitched slightly; this was probably the feeling of someone else showing off in your most proficient field.
But they couldn't be blamed; as Veronica said, the current predicament of human Card Masters is not due to individual reasons, but because the entire collective has become disconnected from past history.
He was the only one who knew everything, so he naturally wouldn't find the professor's actions arrogantly amusing.
His perspective should be on how to bring those lost mythological figures from fantasy to reality, making them his assistants.
“If you don't even know what myths there are, then listen carefully in class.”
Seeing Ya Xi still pondering, the old professor frowned.
As an old Card Master who had participated in many secret realm expeditions, he deeply understood that knowing which myth a secret realm belonged to and what its characteristics were was extremely important.
That way, they could utilize the Federation's centuries of accumulated exploration to help them get through one dungeon after another in the secret realm.
This was a life-saving talisman for the students, so how could he not care?
Especially for someone like Ya Xi, who usually didn't have access to high-level card stories, the classroom was the only place he could narrow the gap with the nobles.
“I do still have things to learn, Professor Harriman, but I still want to give my answer. I believe this secret realm belongs to Egyptian Mythology.”
Ya Xi calmly uttered his answer, causing everyone present to be stunned.
They didn't expect this transfer student to actually dare to fabricate a myth; this term was simply unheard of.
This professor and student, one dared to ask, and the other dared to answer.
“Hmm... you may sit down.”
The professor muttered inwardly; in fact, he also didn't know which mythological system that secret realm belonged to.
But Egyptian Mythology was a system that had only just been confirmed to exist, and even at Golden Iris Academy, few people knew about it yet.
His peripheral vision fell upon Veronica, who was diligently taking notes in her seat; perhaps this young lady had casually told this boy.
Seeing that the professor had actually let Ya Xi off, everyone was a little surprised.
Could it be that he actually got it right?
After returning to his seat, disregarding the gazes of others, Ya Xi checked the forum's evaluation of his story.
【Story Name: The Maiden of Orleans, recommended to be made into a “Summon Card” based on story inclination, confirmed quality based on story content and quality: Blue Rare ★★★ ~ Purple Excellent ★★. The specific quality of the finished card is also related to materials, Card Master's mental power, and many other factors, which this system cannot accurately state.】
【Detected as your first post, this system rating is free.】
From the forum's perspective, the quality of this story could actually reach the level of a purple card.
This was pretty much in line with Ya Xi's guess, after all, this was a legend that truly existed in history, leaving behind abundant wish power in the long river of human time.
It widely appeared in anime and film, with a considerable spread. Modern France's Orleans City even has young maidens impersonating Joan, riding horses in parades to receive the cheers of the populace, to commemorate everything Joan did for them.
It seems the people behind this forum are quite influential, not operating out of mere interest.
Ya Xi continued fiddling with the forum, wanting to see how much his story could sell for per view.
But after several attempts, the result completely surprised him.
It turned out that to charge for a card's background story, you had to have already created the card and registered it with the Card Master Association or the Academy.
The forum would retrieve the card's data and the Card Master's identity information from the official database, and only after comparison could it be placed in the paid section.
That's why the forum dared to write “officially verified by the Academy,” and the quality of cards in paid posts was also fixed.
This money was too hard to earn.
Ya Xi couldn't help but slump onto his desk.
He now had the standard of a state banquet but no ingredients.
【You have received 1 private message from daytime forum administrator “Aphrodite”】
Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty?
Ya Xi immediately perked up; this administrator actually used one of the twelve Greek main gods as her nickname.
He immediately scrolled up the forum's floating bar; here he could see that there were a total of seven daytime administrators, but the others all had code names like swords, flowers, or grasses.
Only this one person used the title of a Greek main god.
【Are you interested in selling this story? I am willing to purchase it from you for 150,000 federal currency. Of course, you will also need to provide some more detailed materials to help me understand.】
The meaning of this private message was quite clear; besides Joan's story, the other party also asked Ya Xi to restore more details.
Indeed, knowledge can create wealth.
Ya Xi's eyes lit up slightly.