Magecraft 101: So Simple Even a Tiger Could Get It

... Root and Origin What is Root? Like a book, it records the causes, processes, and ends of the infinite things in the universe. An empty cosmos, and magecraft included, owes its very existence to this item, hence the name "Root." It's not hard to see that it is both "infinite knowledge" and "the start of an empty cosmos," a walking contradiction. And so, the so-called "Root" is really just a concept humans invented to wrap their heads around the idea of infinity. After all, if infinity is going to mean anything, you need a boundary to define it. Otherwise, the very distinction between finite and infinite loses all meaning. What is Origin? If Root is the primordial "cause" of the cosmos itself, then Origin is the individual "cause" behind every single thing that exists within the cosmos. It's like an arrow, fixing the direction of development the moment something comes into being. No living being can defy this directionality. As the saying goes, "You reap what you sow." Yet living beings are rarely aware of where their Origin lies. Once awakened, one's consciousness becomes dominated by the Origin, until it becomes the Origin itself. ...