191 Highly Regarded by History

An ordinary, illiterate seventeen-year-old peasant girl was suddenly made commander-in-chief of the Kingdom of France after receiving a call from God.

And in only two years, she won the Battles of Patay and Orléans, completely turning the tide of the Hundred Years’ War.

A boy born as the youngest son of a poor farmer lost his entire family at the age of seventeen and became a mendicant monk.

And he became a legendary figure who unified the Chinese continent during a time of chaos and rose to the position of emperor.

What did these two have in common?

This was not simply a matter of discussing their achievements.

Considering the situations these people were in, their historical backgrounds, and every other factor, these were, in common-sense terms, impossible events—things that could easily be dismissed as made-up stories.

“Yes, they’re things that couldn’t happen under ordinary circumstances. That’s why, even under the most optimistic assumptions, a human can survive on nothing but mana without food or water for at most one year. Infants and toddlers in particular have a higher metabolic rate than adolescents during their growth period, so even if the optimal environment were provided... I don’t think seven years is remotely plausible.”

“But couldn’t it be explained by an individual’s unusual constitution, like the record stating that Joan of Arc, who had never learned magic or aura in her life, survived for an entire day after being burned at the stake?”

“From a medical perspective, I can only offer a skeptical opinion. In fact, the theory of an unusual constitution has never been scientifically proven at all.”...