The bookstore ht be physically weak, but that didn’t affect his professionalism when it came to seleg books. In fact, being able to run a bookstore in Hogsmeade Vilge roof enough that while he might not have much business a, he certainly had a pure love for books and knowledge.

  The three textbooks he chose for Ian were all highly suitable finners, progressing from simple to slightly more plex, allowing newers to quickly grasp the fuals of a magical script.

  1. The Phoic Table of Magical Script: This book tained a phoic table of a runes, detailing the text, meanings, and correct pronunciations of various a runes.

  2. Beginner’s Guide to A Magic Script: As the name suggests, this book erfect for further uanding the basics of runes after learning how to read them.

  3. Advanced Magical Script Transtion: This book likely piled knowledge that truly involved the application of a magical script in ruudies, helping learners uand how to interpret texts written in runes.

  These three step-by-step textbooks were enough to help Ian gradually step into the world of a magical script.

  Of course, even with a reasonable learning process, knowledge like a magical script had a high barrier to entry. As the bookstore owner had said, most people found it difficult to master.

  "Ugh! It’s really hard!" Ian excimed, sitting by the window of his , holding The Phoic Table of Magical Script and trying to read it.

  Golden sunlight filtered through the thin curtains, bathing every er of the room in a warm glow, but it couldn’t lift Ian’s somewhat gloomy mood.

  He had been diligently studying for a while, yet he still struggled to learhe simplest pronunciations of magical script. This meant his personal paill hadn’t gained a new skill.

  How to put it? It was really difficult.

  Thinking about it, it made sense. If a magical script weren’t so plex and hard to learn, how could it have been so quickly repced by modern spells as the medium for casting magic?

  That’s right. A magical script and modern spells like "Lumos" and "Obliviate" were all just mediums for casting magic.

  Wizards transitioned from using a magical script to using easily uandable spells. This process must have involved a sort of "survival of the fittest."

  To be ho, the ceiling of a magical script was much higher than that of spells. This is why many powerful wizards eventually delve into it as they grow.

  However, this ceiling only opens its doors to the truly exceptional. For the average person, the floor it provides is shogly low.

  In aimes, many young wizards died due to unstable magic. Simirly, many wizards, like Ian now, remaiuck at the begiage for a long time, struggling to cast even a few det spells by the time they were older.

  In earlier times, many witches and wizards were bur the stake by ordinary people, rgely because a magical script was still the dominant medium fic during that period.

  The emergence of spells improved the learning difficulty for mid- and lower-tier wizards. This was the most important reason why spells repced a magical script.

  After all, they represehe rgest group among wizards. paring a magical scripts to modern spells was like paring manual transmission cars to automaties.

  "I hope the magic Professor Mara gave me is a powerful one, or else all this suffering will be for nothing!" Ian thought, feeling frustrated.

  His tongue wasn’t particurly flexible, and runes were among the earliest creations derived from the characteristiagical creatures and pnts, naturally taining many sylbles that were difficult for human vocal cords to mimic.

  This made Ian very unfortable.

  However, he didn’t give up on learning.

  And in the end, his efforts were rewarded.

  [Successfully uood and pronounced a rune, gained +1 profi Rune Mastery.]

  The a magical script is hard to learn. But fortunately, while Ian’s talent might not be top-tier, he was certainly among the best. He wouldn’t waste his life struggling to learn just a few runic characters.

  After putting in a lot of effort, he made progress.

  As Ian learo pronounce his first runic character, a new skill appeared on his personal pahe "epiphany" feature granted by the panel began to take effect.

  [Successfully uood and pronounced a rune, gained +1 profi Rune Mastery.]

  [Language Proficy +12.]

  [Successfully uood and pronounced a rune, gained +1 profi Rune Mastery.]

  [Successfully uood and pronounced a rune, gained +1 profi Rune Mastery.]

  [Language Proficy +12.]

  Some things, once you take the first step, bee easier thanks to the cheat. At least for Ian, this principle held true. Every increase in proficy gave him new insights.

  However, pared to the progress of other skills, the proficy gain for [Rune Mastery] was noticeably slower. Fortunately, learning a magical scripts seemed to also boost [Language Proficy] signifitly.

  This was likely because the a magical script was also a nguage and one of the hardest to learn at that. The fact that it was listed as a separate skill probably meant it was more than just a nguage.

  The a magical script, most only seen as a runes, was the secret human wizards uncovered from various magical creatures and pnts during their earliest explorations of magic. It served as the bridge for human wizards to first tad trol magic.

  Most a spells and alchemy were created based on this. In the wild era of magic, magical script was the best medium for carrying and releasing magic.

  You could think of it as a special circuit. Magic power flows through this circuit, f a spells that are quite unfamiliar to modern wizards.

  Simirly, when inscribed on a alchemical artifacts, these artifaaturally gained such properties, allowing a wizards to even capture time using them.

  As the magical script evolved, this difficult-to-learn medium, which could easily cause deviations and unstable disasters, gradually fell out of favor due to two creations born from the development of the era.

  The first was the creation of the wand, a groundbreaking iion desigo stabilize magic casting, reduce learning difficulty, and minimize danger. It’s like a stabilizer fic, making spellcasting more stable and simpler.

  As the era progressed further, the emergence of cores further elevated the importance of wands, adding unique characteristid effects to the magic used by wizards.

  This situation increased the power of magic but also heightes danger. Disastrous magical acts surged as a result. Thus, modern spells, simplified from a magical script, emerged from the needs of the era.

  They simplified the circuit of magic power, whiaturally greatly reduced the power of magic. However, their ease of learning and safety made them the darlings of the era.

  With the existence of the Ministry of Magic, most wizards didn’t need powerful magic for self-defense. So, when you think about it, it’s not that spells ck self-defense capabilities; they’ve gradually repced the role of magical script.

  Of course, for wizards pursuing higher magical achievements, learning and applying runes remains an unavoidable journey. It’s just that what was ohe pilr of the magical world has bee a pyground for the exceptionally talented few.

  No one say whether this is good or bad. Nor anyone say whether, as the era progresses, spells will eventually follow the same path as a magical script. Perhaps some historical ges are already underway, unnoticed.

  After all, revolution always begins in silence.

  (End of Chapter)

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