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"I already mentioned something to that effect in Singapore, but magecraft original to the Orient is different from the Occident's. That's because some concepts have different bases. Let me see if I have a good name for this concept. How about Sharing?"

"What's Sharing?"

"Think of the Philosophy Magecraft spread all over continental Asia. What makes it valid are the Philosophy Foundation, which is an effective simulation of an artificial Root."

"An artificial... Root?"

She lost me completely.

But those words alone were enough to make a shiver run down my spine.

"I know that the Root is the ultimate goal of every mage. I can't imagine it as something people have a way to make."

"Of course we can't. But by 'we', I mean modern Western mages."

I felt my definition of common sense being suddenly flipped upside-down.

I mean, I've heard the circumstances hundreds of times in the Clock Tower. All mages pursue the Root. The Root is the very truth of all, and whoever reaches it would learn the laws and reasons of everything, etc.

I've seen so many mages sacrificing their fortunes, lives, and families just to get one step closer to the Root.

A thought that took me years to digest was flipped on its head.

"I'm sure you heard in the Clock Tower about how pretty much everyone played by their own different rules in the Age of Gods, right? Did you know that Age of Gods mages weren't after the Root?"

I remember hearing that.

That was because the gods were a regular part of reality in the Age of Gods.

"If I recall correctly, it was because in the Age of Gods, making a contract with a god closer to the Root connected the mage directly to the Root."

"That's right", Rin nodded.

She reminded me of the Professor with her approach of taking things step-by-step, always checking how much the learning party knew before moving to the next layer. Although both of them would get angry if I said it out loud.

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神代の文明は循環、現代の文明は消費。
神代は真理と共にあり、現代は真理を識ろうとする。
循環の理で世界が回っていた神代において、魔術師は根源に到達する必要がない。
だって根源から魔力を得ているようなものだから。
同時に、あまりに身近に感じられるため、根源にいたろうという考え自体思いつかない。

Ancient civilizations were about cycles, modern civilizations are about consumption. The ancient era existed with truth, while the modern era seeks to understand truth. In the ancient world, where the principle of cycles governed everything, magicians didn't need to reach the Root (the origin of all things). After all, it was as if they were already obtaining magical energy from the Root. At the same time, because it felt so close, the idea of reaching the Root didn't even occur to them.

--I don't take credit for the translation. Not mine

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