But on the other hand, if the number of ordinary people were to comprehensively, completely, and thoroughly overwhelm us Casters, and then they all rightfully believed that spells did not exist in the world.
As things progressed this way, would our powerful spell-casting abilities become weakened, or even disappear completely, leaving us no choice but to become like them, the inferior beings incapable of waging magical warfare as referred to by that old bastard Nade?
So, should we compromise and continue to maintain the existing system?
My purpose in standing here today has never been to uphold such twisted nobility!
Any compromiser can now step forward.
Only if you have the courage!’’
― "Survey of Origins II"
[How did magical beasts come about?
How did magical plants and ores come into being?
Such questions, how could that waste who only knows how to toy with spells possibly ask them—was it told to him by earth, water, fire, air, or was it the Eternal Flame?
Can the original texts that grant us knowledge not also change the state of other materials?
What does Ke Li think he is?
Are humans truly the essence of all beings?
― "Written before bed in the East Tower of the Great Forest Castle"
[Our era has ended, ended by our own hands.
Stuart said it marked the end of the Dark Age, but I think it deserves a different name, perhaps Day of Dawning would be more suitable.
After all, it started with us and then ended by us.
Such is where a new hope was born, which seems more appropriate...]
Silently, Ronald slowly flipped through the documents he had organized.
From the church records to the research and discussions of the mysterious-side individuals.
In the mouths of these Casters, uninterfered by religious beliefs, Ronald made new discoveries.
Since the time marking the Day of Revelation began, the original texts, filled with mysteries, appeared among humanity, and then the basic framework for the ability to interpret these texts began to construct.
Following the development on the mystical side,
the world’s holders of the original texts were broadly divided into two factions.
The mythic Casters who held mythic original texts,
and the theoretical Casters who held scientific original texts.
Due to the fundamental differences in the nature of the original texts they held, the contradictions between the two sides intensified, leading to a series of events.
Eventually, at the end of the Dark Age,
the contradictions increasingly aggravated the situation, leading the top Casters of that time to unite and decide to change the world, which led to what Ronald could see today.
"Day of Revelation..."
"Bradshaw’s Railway Guide" clearly told Ronald that he still had a considerable amount of time to read. Yet, with contemplation on his face, Ronald’s speed of flipping through the documents had already slowed down compared to when he first arrived.
These shocking records indicated that from the Day of Revelation, the world had become incredibly unstable...
Looking at various types of documents and combining them with his own understanding,
Ronald personally understood it this way.
—The spread of knowledge would lead to fundamental changes in this world.
The more people that possess knowledge of casting, the more magical this world would become, whereas if more people firmly believe that there is no inherent magic in the world, it would more closely resemble the ordinary Earth he knew.
However, the appearance of the original texts completely overturned this phenomenon.
And led directly into the fantastical worldview of the Dark Age.
It was only because of the world’s people’s own efforts that this process was forcibly reversed, and only then did today’s bizarre and misshapen form maintain itself.
"It’s hard to imagine..."