If this was already mentioned elsewhere, then I apologize. I did not see the following mentioned in the original episode 360 thread and I have not yet seen it in other forums.
If you were one of the students in attendance, then you would assume that Farnese learned the formation of the four kings within three months. That assumption has two problems. First, unless I missed a full moon, only two months have passed since Farnese asked Schierke to teach magic to her in episode 236 shortly before the moonlight child's first visit. Second, Farnese has been capable of casting that spell since her first attempt in episode 318 during the moonlight child's second visit.
Students in Elfhelm, who start studying magic as children, are raised in the interstice, and have the Great Gurus as instructors and mentors, typically need one year to cast that spell. Farnese, who started studying magic as an adult, was raised at the heart of the Church, and was an officer of the Inquisition, was able to that cast that spell on her first try after one month of study.
How do we reconcile these inputs with their results? Does Schierke know the one weird trick that the Great Gurus hate? Are her training methods so superior to those of the Great Gurus that they should renounce their titles and retire in shame? Schierke's explanation was vague. Why not share the special circumstances that enabled a handicapped neophyte to skip nearly one year's worth of effort? Is it something intrinsic to Farnese? Schierke was shocked by Serpico's progress with the sylphs during the battle at Enoch village in episode 211.
If you were one of the students in attendance, then you would assume that Farnese learned the formation of the four kings within three months. That assumption has two problems. First, unless I missed a full moon, only two months have passed since Farnese asked Schierke to teach magic to her in episode 236 shortly before the moonlight child's first visit. Second, Farnese has been capable of casting that spell since her first attempt in episode 318 during the moonlight child's second visit.
Students in Elfhelm, who start studying magic as children, are raised in the interstice, and have the Great Gurus as instructors and mentors, typically need one year to cast that spell. Farnese, who started studying magic as an adult, was raised at the heart of the Church, and was an officer of the Inquisition, was able to that cast that spell on her first try after one month of study.
How do we reconcile these inputs with their results? Does Schierke know the one weird trick that the Great Gurus hate? Are her training methods so superior to those of the Great Gurus that they should renounce their titles and retire in shame? Schierke's explanation was vague. Why not share the special circumstances that enabled a handicapped neophyte to skip nearly one year's worth of effort? Is it something intrinsic to Farnese? Schierke was shocked by Serpico's progress with the sylphs during the battle at Enoch village in episode 211.