"All right, then we'll have to move somewhere else. It looks like we can't use the setup I prepared." Lily shrugged.
The two of them quickly moved to the study. Lily wasn't sure how much Anduin knew about runes, so she asked him, "Runes—or Ancient Runes, as they're also called—are mainly made up of the Ancient Runic Alphabet. How much do you know about them?"
Anduin had read a few books on Ancient Runes before, so he answered honestly, "I've read Easy Introduction to Ancient Runes. I also have a Runic Dictionary and a Magic Phonetic Table. I can just about recognize all the characters, and with the dictionary, I can manage some simple translations. But I'm still completely lost when it comes to combining Ancient Runes to form runes."
"Anduin, your diligence and knowledge never cease to amaze me. You already know more than most third-years. So, what's your understanding of Ancient Runes and runes?" Lily looked at him in surprise. Ancient Runes was an elective for third-years, yet he already knew so much despite having been at school for less than a year.
Anduin thought back over what he'd read in his books, along with his own understanding, and said, "As far as I know, the Ancient Runic Alphabet is a magical script, which is why it's also called Ancient Runes.
"Some say the runic characters known in the Magical World were learned from places like the bones of Magical Creatures. Others believe they were created by a god. After years of study and research, wizards gradually learned the meanings and functions of each character.
"Over the course of history, quite a few runic characters have been lost. Runes, on the other hand, are formed by combining Ancient Runes in specific ways, and they have more concrete and