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Originally Posted by momonae
Considering the bent of the people in this world (and the author) for meticulously naming everything with meanings, perhaps the word is intended to have literally dual senses, "magical power" and "cursed power." It's an irony.
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Yeah, there's that, too. There's even an allusion to this duality toward the end. There's a hidden meaning in almost every important word here so it's not very wise to discard a meaning (which is actually one of the primary meanings of the kanji in question) right away... it's understandable, though, if they had no background information, but it makes the whole "cantus" situation more awkward.