Dorothy still had some impression of Joan, since the two had met during the first act.
Before the decisive battle of the first act, Denisha had delivered a pre-war mobilization speech at the entrance of the Mechanical Church, and at that time, a young girl had been singled out by Miss Shepherdess, and that was the youthful Joan.
At that time, the homebody witch in the church had also taken notice of this thoughtful young girl, but she didn't pay too much attention to it, because back then, Joan hadn't shown much more talent either.
However, Dorothy hadn't expected that in this second act, five hundred years later, she would still be able to see this girl she had met once before.
Although the young girl had already grown into the mature big sister of today over those five hundred years, Dorothy, after all, had the ability to never forget a face, and when the Prime Minister's awarding ceremony ended and she took back control of the Church of Machinery, she recognized Joan at a glance, now a high-ranking pillar of the Mechanical Church.
And when she curiously reviewed Joan's resume, she was astonished.
The factory girl of yesteryear had now become a genuine scientific talent. After the great battle, witnessing many worker comrades returning home wounded and disabled from the battlefield, Joan had realized that merely working on the production line and being an insignificant cog in the factory wouldn't help those comrades.
So, she left the production line, enrolled in the beginner literacy training courses organized by the Mechanical Monks, and began delving deeper into the more cautious mechanical technologies.
The field she chose to start with was prosthetic Limb technology.
Indeed, the young Joan didn't think too much about it, simply aiming to better assist those disabled worker comrades.
Fortunately, her talent was indeed outstanding, particularly in the field of biomechanics. Within a few short years, Joan had already become one of the foremost Prosthetic Doctors in Pandora City. The cybernetic bodies she crafted were no longer confined to simple limbs—apart from the brain, she was almost able to replace any part of a patient's body.
Even with the brain, she was able to carry out some simple neural modifications.
However, when it came to the complete remodeling of the brain, she always felt at a loss, as even though she could create lifelike mechanical brains and implant them into patients with brain death, what she ultimately awakened was just an infant-like 'idiot,' not the original person.
This anomaly left Joan utterly perplexed. She tried seeking answers from the Mechanical Monks, but faced with Joan's curiosity, those autonomous Mechanical Monks created by Dorothy could not provide an answer, and the matter was ultimately reported to Denisha.
Miss Shepherdess was amazed by the young legendary Prosthetic Doctor's abilities. She personally met Joan and resolved her doubts.
The answer to the problem was simple: it wasn't that there was any defect in the mechanical brains Joan had created, but that her mechanical brains lacked a soul.
And the study of souls was not within the realm of the Way of Mechanical, but that of magic.
It just so happened that Denisha had just begun researching Magic Equipment at that time and consequently invited Joan to be her assistant. She would later gradually impart some magical knowledge about the Soul Domain to Joan.
Realizing that the scope of a Prosthetic Doctor was limited, Joan once again abandoned medicine for magic and began her study of the Soul Domain.
Today, Joan has become the Chief Mechanical Monk of the Church of Machinery and the third architect of the system of Magic Equipment. She is the best scientific scholar of the Magic Republic other than Denisha.
In short, Joan's resume is stunningly spectacular. Over these five hundred plus years, her achievements in the field of Magic Equipment and machinery, along with the awards she's received, could fill an entire book.
This discovery made the homebody witch's eyes widen, and she was somewhat frightened by it. She had every reason to suspect that Miss Joan might also be some powerful witch from a later era.
Unfortunately for Dorothy, she was just a little witch with no access to the realms of those ancient bigwigs. Her acquaintance with grand figures was indeed very limited; she recognized Koreya because she had encountered the Grand Judge Pan at the Judgment Court, and because the Black Sheep Sage was an ancestor to Lord Demon King, she was extremely well-known.
But as for which grand figure this lady named Joan was, Dorothy really had no idea. She might have heard of their titles, but how could she possibly know the True Names of those World Summit bigwigs?
However, Joan's real identity wasn't important; Dorothy just needed to know that she was talented, especially since she was a specialist in the Soul Domain, which to her was like a sleepyhead being offered a pillow.
Dorothy's construction skills were inherited from Spider Teacher. Although Spider Teacher has only taught her the basics for less than a month before going into seclusion, as the saying goes, a master leads the way, but cultivation is up to the individual. As a mature student, the homebody witch had long learned to teach herself lessons even in the absence of her teacher.
Her claim to Denisha about the unique Construction Arts she named "Calamity Construction Technique" wasn't a lie; it was indeed taught to her by Spider Teacher.
Although Spider Teacher would probably be very puzzled by it.
As a Demon Witch, Spider Teacher naturally mastered many magical arts related to Original Sin and calamity, after all, not everyone could be a freak like Madeline, a perfectly good Succubus who mastered the Strength of Holy Light.