Inside the office at West Hill Manor.
Roland held a freshly made Seris card in his hand, only to discover, to his disappointment, that it had not become a magic card.
That meant it was merely a common card for games and entertainment, rather than a practical spellcasting tool.
"Another failure. This time, I deliberately chose a more valuable magic crystal, and this single card cost me over a hundred gold coins!
If I hadn't already made a name for myself and achieved financial independence, I really couldn't afford this kind of expense.
Fortunately, I'm on the right track.
Now that I've found the direction, all that's left is to take one small step after another."
Setting down the card, Roland began fiddling with something else: a square seal.
It was a jade seal he had carved himself in his spare time.
The four Chinese characters engraved on it in seal script read "Roland's Seal."
Its overall layout was a square, with two characters in each row and column.
They occupied the four quadrants of a coordinate system, forming a structure like the character 田.
And this 田 could also be viewed as a 口.
It could combine with other instances of 田 to form another, larger 田.
Holding the seal, he channeled mana into it with the mental power guided by his meditation, then stamped both the lettering and the mana onto a sheet of paper.
Sure enough, faint traces had remained.
He was getting closer and closer to his goal.
Wait, could this be how the ancients came up with seals, too?
What were they thinking when they engraved reversed writing onto stone and wood to make seals?
Were they trying to cast some kind of divine ability or spell, too?
The thought suddenly struck Roland, and an