"The spell model here should be improved like this..."
Inside the mansion at Chanselle No. 10.
Counting rods in hand, Roland wrote down the framework names of the spell model one by one, then rearranged and adjusted them.
"These branches of the model seem to have something in common?
Let's try splicing them together."
Beside him, Anna manipulated an astrolabe, working with him.
She was responsible for adding the prophecy spell components, integrating them through spell models compatible with astrology.
While the two worked, Atali returned from exercising in the training room. Wiping away her sweat, she poked her head in for a look and pursed her lips.
Still, she went to the adjoining kitchenette, brewed Roland's usual green tea and the coffee Anna needed, and brought them over to replace their cold drinks.
"I think it worked!"
Suddenly, Roland rose to his feet, visibly excited.
He glanced at Atali and said to her,
"Atali, you're just in time.
Pick up a card from over there and place it facedown."
A set of tarot-like Seris Magic Cards lay nearby. At his request, Atali immediately picked one at random.
Without even looking at it herself, she placed it facedown beside them.
Roland softly recited the incantation and cast his newly taking-shape "Decision Theory."
"~~..."
Light and shadow gathered in the air, taking the shape of cards.
Projections resembling Seris Magic Cards appeared, carrying an ethereal, elusive air.
Magic runes incomprehensible to ordinary people formed mysterious patterns within them. On closer inspection, they seemed to be the radicals of Seris Characters.
These borders formed from magical power resembled the decorative patterns on tarot cards.
At the center of each card was an image representing something different.
"A scroll, an angel, and an axe...
Atali, turn that card over."
Atali did as he