Act 500. dictionary
Serafino's poetic language, derived from the language of the Midgar halfplane, evolved over a long period of time, according to Reiner's former colleague Safros, after the Midgar halfplane was accidentally separated from the main plane.
The language is characterized by a strong sense of rhythm, and when reading Serafino, it is like chanting a ballad, and Safros was originally studying in the Midgarh Halfplane, and his job was to record Serafino and compile it into a dictionary.
It's a pity that when Safros returned to the main plane with the data, the Midgar half-plane collapsed, and the entire half-plane was annihilated in the endless void, along with the entire civilization of Midgar, was destroyed.
And Serafino's poetry has become the only language in the world that Safros understands, but even so, he persevered in his work and completed the dictionary of Serafino.
In front of Reiner, although the language at the bottom of the big hollow did not look like the Serafino script he had seen before, if you look closely, you will find that this script has a similar feeling to the Serafino language, and at the same time, giving pronunciation to these unknown words can also form a certain rhyme, which coincides with the Serafino language.
However, Reiner also noticed that the Serafino language itself had developed itself over a long period of history after the isolation of the Midgar Half-Plane, and it was puzzling why the two languages had been so similar for so long since the Divine Generation, which had not yet been established thousands of years ago and even the ancient Magic Empire.
"You're so smart, Phyllis."
Reiner then said, grabbing Phyllis by the shoulder, and the feeling of sudden realization was like solving a long-standing question, which made him excited.
"Uh, that's nothing ......"
Phyllis was taken aback by Reiner's sudden agitation, and felt a blush and heartbeat at Reiner's subconscious contact with her, and turned her face away.
"If only I could help you......"
"I'm going to get this news to the others quickly, and it's best to find Safros, who might be able to parse the language."
Reiner said, and immediately left the room, leaving Phyllis alone.
Looking at the door that was gradually closing, Phyllis came back to her senses from the situation just now, she sighed, sat back on the bed a little weakly, and suddenly felt a little happy.
"It's a pity that he doesn't usually talk to me like that."
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With Reiner's ideas, the High Council quickly found Safros, who was still working on the paper review committee, and transferred him to the Baltic Half-Plane.
Safros boarded a small float from the Stargate, a transport ship carrying supplies, to the deck of the Dawn Treader.
The sea breeze was blowing the middle-aged man's hair, he was much older than when Reiner had seen him before, and Saphoros, who was focused on compiling a Serafino dictionary, had not devoted any extra energy to studying magic and advancement, so his strength had been stagnant for a long time, and he looked a little tired.
But when Safros saw Reiner, his eyes, which were not cloudy, lit up immediately.
"I didn't expect us to meet again so soon, Reiner, oh no, you should be addressed by now Lord Ian Gray."
Safros said that when he was a colleague with Reiner before, the other party was just a low-level mage, and he could only become a member of the thesis review committee with two exceptional papers, but now, Reiner has become a high-level mage with his strength and proved himself, while Safros is still standing still.
"No need to do that, Mr. Safros, you can still call me Reiner."
Reiner shook hands with the other man, and could feel the thick calluses on Safros's rough palms and the position of the pen.
"Is this the Big Hollow...... I was still amazed to see it with my own eyes. ”
Safros said, looking at the deep void and feeling a pang of awe.
As a mid-level mage, Safros's magical strength was not strong enough for him to have enough confidence in the Great Void, and he instinctively felt retreating when faced with such unknown and dangerous things.
"When you see something in the big hollow, you're even more surprised."
Reiner said, leading Safros into the cabin and into the conference room, where several legendary mages were already waiting, and in the center of the conference table, the text at the bottom of the large hole was projected.
After some greetings and introductions, Safros finally had a general understanding of what was happening in the Great Hollow, and because he was worried about the danger caused by his lack of acceptance of quantum theory, Reiner and the others did not tell him relevant information, but only described the existence of the base.
Getting a piece of paper, Safros didn't rush to check it, but took out a heavy, patched book from his storage bag.
It was a hand-bound book, bound with rope for easy disassembly, and Reiner saw that the cover of the book had the words Serafino Dictionary written on it.
"This is the result of my research over the years, the Serafino dictionary, which contains almost all the vocabulary and grammar of the Serafino language that I have access to, but due to the limited information, this is only a very small part of the language."
He placed the precious book on the table.
Lord Braggs did not speak, he waved his hand lightly, and a light swept over the Serafino dictionary, and then, as he put his hand back, a stack of papers floated one after another next to the conference room, and the light on them shone brightly, and soon folded neatly into a stack of the contents of Safros's dictionary.
In the blink of an eye, His Excellency Praggs had completed the reproduction of the entire dictionary.
"I've heard Reiner say that this dictionary is your brainchild's work, our world's most precious treasure, and you need to keep it safe, and I have made a copy to discuss."
His words are understated, but they contain an affirmation of Safros's work.
As he projects the contents of the paper directly onto the table, the dictionary meticulously annotates every word in Serafino, from pronunciation to meaning, usage, and example sentences.
"The way this language is constructed is somewhat similar to the language in the Great Hollow, and in terms of glyphs, it also has a high degree of consistency, and it seems that it really comes from the same vein."
His Excellency Alberton was a poet himself, and he was a scholar of language, and he quickly saw the similarities between the two languages.
"Is it possible, then, to think that the Serafino language of the Midgarh half-plane is the product of this mixture of ancient languages and lingua franca?"