[ Reputation System v1.0 ]

{ Exchange Items } { Enter Origin Domain }

Ravenna selected { Exchange Items }, and the translucent interface shimmered into view above her desk, filling the study with a faint glow.

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Trade Box (Left): Place an item to exchange it into an Origin Domain item. Reputation Points will be deducted based on the item's complexity and rarity.

Trade Box (Right): Place an Origin Domain item to convert it into a functional item within the user's world. Reputation Points will be deducted based on the transformation cost.

"Points…" Ravenna muttered, her golden fountain pen tapping against a ledger. The soft scratch of paperwork filled the air as the sun poured through the tall arched windows, painting her desk in warm light.

She sat amid piles of documents, drafts, reports, factory blueprints, her expression sharp, focused, and faintly weary. "Since, the deduction depends on the item's complexity," she mused aloud, tracing her finger along the glowing panel. "Meaning… raw materials like steel, charcoal, or tar cost little to transfer. But once I assemble something complex, say—" she paused, a small smile flickering across her lips " a cannon, or a steam engine… the price multiplies exponentially."

Her eyes narrowed at the number hovering beside her current balance: 670,044 RP.

"I'll need far more points than this," she murmured, leaning back in her chair. "If I'm going to mass-produce weapons inside the Origin Domain, I'll bleed my entire reserve dry just bringing a fraction of them out."

The faint hum of the reputation interface flickered out as she dismissed it with a wave. The room fell silent again, save for the distant cry of gulls over the harbor and the occasional creak of the castle settling in the heat.

Ravenna returned to her paperwork, pen scratching swiftly across a page as she muttered to herself. "The plan for new trade routes once Otto is stable is looking good. The blacksmiths should have completed at least one prototype for use for gunpowder by now." Her eyes flicked to another file at the edge of her desk. "I'll need to check their progress personally before I can authorize mass production. If the metallurgy isn't perfect, the recoil will tear through the barrel from what I read on the internet."

As she flipped through the folder, a different file caught her attention, its seal stamped not with her Alice's insignia, but with the sigil of the Advanced Education Academy co-signed by the Innovation Convention Hall.

"Huh?" Ravenna arched an eyebrow. "An approval report?" She lifted it from the pile, scanning the neat script. "Proposal for Light Capture Reaction, Joint Project between the Indulgence Artistry Department and the Advanced Chemical Department."

The moment she opened the file, something metallic slipped free and clinked onto her desk.

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A thin silver plate.

It gleamed under the sunlight: smooth, cold, and perfectly flat. But as she turned it toward the light, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Imprinted upon the metal was a crisp, flawless image.

Two young women, completely bare, locked in a kiss, every curve, every shadow, every glint of light captured in haunting, lifelike detail. Their bodies were intertwined in both ecstasy and desire, the kind of beauty that existed only in the indulgent teachings of Herptian's faith.

For a long moment, Ravenna didn't move. Then, softly, almost reminiscent, she whispered, "A photograph…"

The word itself felt strange on her tongue, half from another world, half reborn here in hers. She picked up the accompanying approval report, her sharp eyes scanning the meticulous handwriting, the diagrams, the signatures of the Advanced Education Academy's young researchers.

As she read, a rare and genuine smile bloomed across her face. "They figured out photography all on their own… without my guidance," she murmured in disbelief, a note of pride warming her voice. "This, this is exactly what I wanted when I established the new education system. Curiosity without restraint."

She traced her finger along the edge of the silver plate again, marveling at the precision of it, every detail, every shadow, every soft curve of the subjects perfectly etched in light and silver.

Then, as if struck by lightning, her mind lit up with an idea.

"Wait… if they've already discovered the core principle behind image capture…" She began pacing, her dress flowing around her in waves of crimson and gold. "Then, if I provide them with the blueprints, with the chemistry, the optics, even the concepts of film and development… they could advance the field in weeks instead of months or years."

A smirk curled her lips. "We could revolutionize information itself."

Without wasting another second, Ravenna sat back down at her desk and opened her Reputation System panel once more.

[ Spend Reputation Points ]

Access to the Internet: 100 Points per Hour

Access to Magic Spell Library: 100 Points per Hour

Geographical Scans: 5 Points per 1 Kilometer

Nullify Minor Poison Damage (Self): 250 Points

Nullify Minor Poison Damage (Others): 350 Points per Entity

Major Heal: 1,500 Points per Entity

Lie Detector: 2,000 Points per Use

Copy Skill – Locked

Enter Celestial Realm – Locked

Ravenna immediately began typing furiously, her pen scratching notes onto parchment beside her as she absorbed everything she could find: optics, glass chemistry, photochemical reactions, silver halide emulsions, development processes, and the evolution from daguerreotype to film.

Her mind raced faster than her pen could move. "Yes, yes! this could work. If I merge the daguerreotype method with transmutation through magic flowers, I can stabilize the image instantly without mercury fumes. Combine that with printing press improvements…"

A laugh escaped her, rich and giddy. "We could print photographs in newspapers!"

She spun her pen between her fingers, eyes alight with wicked delight. "Rather than a bit of illustrations.. We will have Visual propaganda, portraits, news… the entire empire will see what I want them to see.."

Her excitement burned hotter by the second. She stood, walking to the window, staring out over Kim City, her city, glittering under the sun, alive and growing like a new civilization.

"With this," she said softly, "I can make the world itself remember."

Then, after a pause, she chuckled, the kind of laugh that sent a chill down even the bravest man's spine.

"Oh, that's right," she whispered, looking at her dwindling points again. "If I want to keep experimenting…" Her smile widened into a mischievous smirk. "I'll earn more Reputation Points. Just have to make everything Theatric and Dramatic."

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