Early October, Orvisto Wizard Tower.
7th Floor, teaching area.
In a spacious, brightly lit classroom, Roland spoke confidently at the lectern. He was still teaching in Elvish, switching to Seris only when reading the relevant words and phrases. His voice rang clear, his enunciation precise.
"In summary, the evolution of syntax is closely tied to morphology. The examples established by these Oracle Inscriptions are key to the Oracle system developing a rich range of narrative functions.
Based on certain universal principles of linguistics, we can extrapolate as follows...
Here, let us take the phrase 'a horse on rocky ground' as an example and explore how various sentence structures might evolve in the future.
Even when describing the same outcome of 'overturning a carriage,' we can express it with elegance.
For instance, 'the horse trod the rugged stone path,' or 'the runaway horse overturned the carriage'..."
Dozens of people sat below, including Apprentice Mages from the most recent cohorts and even senior students who had previously participated in Research on Oracle Magicalization.
To varying degrees, they hoped to latch onto someone influential and had taken the initiative to draw closer to Roland.
After Roland received his Morningstar nomination and then the award itself, that attitude had become even stronger and more obvious.
Once Roland became a Lecturer and earned the right to teach classes, they simply became his students and came to pursue further study in this course.
Yet after listening to Roland's recorded lessons, they set aside some of their self-interest and marveled sincerely.
"Even overturning a carriage can sound so elegant. Oracle really is outstanding!"
"It's not just Oracle anymore. Roland said he'll be introducing 'Bronze Script' next, with a richer vocabulary and more complete expressive capabilities. They all belong to the Seris system, so the formal term in