Facing Fran's confusion, Hill could only helplessly ask, "Grandfather, did you never get any news about Toril from over there in Aber?"
"That place... there aren't many cultured people, even the Mages are the same. They don't really investigate the principles of spells, they just see if they can use them.
Compared to Mages, they resemble Magicians more... but they can tailor their learning of spells to their own physique, and they like to make contracts with Elemental Spirits to deepen their resonance with certain elements.
They're not elemental descendents, so what's the matter with learning a few extra things?
As a result, they think I'm an anomaly, saying I'll die early from elemental conflict," Fran sighed, "The most knowledgeable are the Dragons... but you've seen those two Black Dragons, what do you think they could tell me?
They even said the Deities fear the greatness of Dragons, so they don't dare come to Aber!