ALL NOVEL Chapter 56
“Is a magic formula a language?”
“Yes, it is a language.”
Adrian watched the movement of the pen closely, his chin resting on his hand.
Carl listed the consonants and vowels that form the basis of Korean and placed 〈Burning Firewood〉 on the table.
“The formulas written here are ‘burning’ and ‘firewood’.”
Carl Lindbergh divided 〈burning〉 and 〈firewood〉 in his neat handwriting.
“No one doesn’t know that burning is hot. That’s why when using a warming spell, we attach a state of ‘burning’ or ‘hot’.”
Adrian nodded his head in agreement.
He had thought that formulas might be a language, but there were so many types that he couldn’t find any rules.
“This book is like a dictionary of ancient languages, but the problem is that it lacks a friendly explanation. So it’s difficult to apply it.”
People here believed that magic formulas were a gift from ancient goddesses.
That was the truth.
And the reason why the goddesses chose Korean as the language for the formulas was simply because this was the world depicted in the novel produced in Korea.
Admittedly, Carl Lindbergh acknowledged and accepted this place as reality, but he never forgot that the foundation of the background and characters was a novel.
Especially for formulas that are old magic like the royal seal and dimensional gates, they are written in long and difficult sentences.
In other words, formulas are Korean. To them, it is an ancient script and nothing less than the language used by the gods.
When creating formulas, they had to search through books and draw them analogically, so they had no choice but to reduce the time to confirm and study whether it was a language or not.
So they had to understand that the basis of all writing is related to the ‘language’ that people use.
Of course, after that, it was a feast of memorization.
Adrian’s instinct as a scholar, who had devoted himself to studying the art of jade carving and formulas since childhood, was triggered before he could even wonder where Carl had learned all this.
Carl Lindbergh combined consonants and vowels.
He then classified similar shapes separately.
Adding strokes or dots while writing was also the same when entering formulas, but once he understood that it was a language, it became much easier to read in a more natural way.
“This is a language made by combining two or up to three consonants.”
Carl combined the character ‘ㄱ’ and ‘아’ to make ‘가’ and pronounced it as ‘ga’.
“Even the continental lingua franca is an easy language to learn because it is written as it sounds. You just need to know the pronunciation.”
Adrian was watching carefully, but he had to concentrate even more to fully understand.
“You learn how to combine first, and then make sentences. It’s the same as learning the continental lingua franca.”
Carl wrote 〈아드리안〉 and pronounced it as “Adrian”.
Adrian was moved to tears that he could write his name in formulas and that Carl Lindbergh had written it for him. He took the paper, folded it carefully, and put it in his pocket.
Carl chuckled at Adrian’s reaction, but Adrian intended to keep the paper as a national treasure.
“After you learn how to write, I’ll help you distinguish adjectives and nouns within my knowledge. Basic words are already in this book, so there’s no need to teach them separately. However, um. Right. You can use ‘dry wood’ or ‘well-burning wood’ instead of 〈firewood〉 if you utilize it well. This will make the use of magic stones more diverse.”
Even for Carl Lindbergh, who could read and write the continental lingua franca from the beginning as if he were programmed, there were many difficult parts to explain.
So it would take a considerable amount of time for those who had to learn from scratch.
“While using 〈burning firewood〉, I felt like it was really burning. But that’s not the kind of warmth we want, is it? And the warming magic used in the palace is 〈double-layered blanket〉. There’s a big difference between burning firewood and a cozy double-layered blanket, don’t you think?”
“How did you know that?”
“I checked it as soon as I arrived.”
Carl said proudly.
Of course, it wasn’t just a Korean sentence that completed the formula. There was also a sentence that was like a signature of the magician who directly infused magic power, and geometric patterns that decorated the formula also had their own roles, so everything had to be included in one magic stone for the magic to be completed.
The magic stone is like the shell of a car, magic power is like oil, and patterns are like the engine.
The formula plays the role of the steering wheel. To go in the direction you want, you have to handle the steering wheel well.
Then what is a magician according to Carl Lindbergh?
A manufacturing plant.
Companies that manufacture racing cars for events like
Formula One
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