The group that Roland was in was exclusively made of Mages.
Naturally, Roland was neither distant nor too close to them. He chatted with them now and then, explaining magic conundrums to the Mage players or talking about lewd topics once in a while.
They could almost be called online friends.
Besides, Roland had taught them lots of stuff. They mostly supported Roland.
O'Neal was different from Roland.
Roland was devoted to magic development, but O'Neal was focused on both magic studies and socialization, as could be seen from the Mages' group he set up.
Therefore, it was completely natural and understandable that Roland wanted to talk to him.
Seeing the question mark that O'Neal replied with, Roland sent another message. "A lot of people in your group are now capable of Mud to Stone and Stone to Mud, right?"