As the meeting minutes circulated, discussions began within both the Council and the Joint Research Association.
"Simplifying character forms... That isn't uncommon in other writing systems, but square characters seem somewhat different."
"Changes in alphabetic scripts are naturally different from the evolution of these square characters."
"It isn't surprising that His Excellency Roland would do this. Seris characters seem to have progressed from irregular to regular, from complex to simple, aptly simulating the natural evolution of a civilization."
In the eyes of the Atrelin People, this had already been foreshadowed.
Roland had spent plenty of time promoting the concept of "oracle, bronze, seal, clerical, cursive, regular, running, and simplified scripts," precisely with that final simplification in mind.
To the writing-system researchers of the Runes School, this was an even more natural progression.
At this point, however, some people voiced vague concerns.
Their views were the same as Lie Yi's.
"This looks like a forced reform for the sake of popularizing magic. Could it fall below the ultra-magic level?"
"Magical writing systems are exquisitely designed, and their meaning also derives from what they signify as a whole... Let's not drag Seris down because of this!"
"Exactly. This is no trivial matter!"
Language was closely intertwined with culture, as proven in both Roland's previous life and his present one.
For example, the languages of Japan and Korea had lost certain functions through the removal of Chinese characters.
Their own immaturity, combined with a mélange of foreign cultures, had led to rampant katakana usage and the prevalence of Japanese-made English.
This transformation was so sweeping that it had even begun to divide people of different ages and social classes.
Fundamentally, however, all this had resulted from the international political agenda of leaving Asia and joining Europe.
If that goal could not be achieved,