"To be fair, those people may be barking like dogs, but as we are now, we really aren't ready to serve as Translation Masters.
Because we don't understand each other's doctrines very well.
I studied Seris once and even earned your school's fifth-level certificate, but that was as far as I got."
On another day, Anna came to Roland's house to talk with him.
Because of certain ingenious misunderstandings, everyone believed Roland had blended civilizations from various worlds and, through fictionalist methods, created a "Seris civilization."
Seris was vast and profound, and it had absorbed the cultural foundations of quite a few civilizations like that of the Lainer World.
Such extensive knowledge spanning past and present, Atrelin and foreign lands, along with his application of the use-what-you-can-get principle, represented a talent beyond the reach of even many grand mages.
Anna admired him considerably for that, too.
But she still pointed out where Roland fell short.
"Your grounding in Arcana is far too weak. Even now, you're still confined to Runology."
"Uh... that's because I've barely studied it at all."
Roland adjusted the gold-rimmed glasses he had been wearing frequently of late and spoke helplessly.
Anna pressed a hand to her forehead, looking somewhat incredulous. "Lower-tier spells shouldn't be difficult, though."
They really weren't difficult. Like programming languages, the first might take years or months to learn, while the second took only days.
What truly required study were algorithms and logic, frameworks and practical applications.
But she soon found a perfectly adequate explanation for Roland.
"That's true. You're still young.
You've built such an impressive enterprise before turning thirty. It's only natural that you haven't had time for these things."
"What should we do, then?" Roland asked noncommittally. "I know a little about the Gnosis School's Arcana, but I've never explored