Soul of a Human

On the way to the next lesson Mor was asked °Think, I could use your magic?° by the human.

°I don´t know, maybe something to try later today° Mor answered.

°Yeah, let's do that too.° Human agreed.

The next lesson was an interesting one, at least for the visitor from beyond, it was a lesson on the rules of magic, even if Mor and quite a few of his peers were lulled into sleep by the soothing voice of the teacher. The human, never expected, that someone could teach something so interesting in such a boring way.

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As you all know, magic is divided into types, that are known to us as attributes.

Attributes have a positive effect on magic of the same type and a negative effect on the type opposing it. To give you an example for this a mage with fire affinity, will not be able to use higher forms of water magic. We know of the following attributes, but sometimes new ones are discovered, so this list is ever-expanding. Please pay attention now, as this will be test-relevant. We know of the elemental attributes, Fire, Earth, Water, and Wind, the manipulation attributes, Healing and Illusion and finally the royal attribute, only seen in the royal Diamond family, called Gravity.

Here I have to note, that there are spells, that are not included in any of those attributes and can be used by anyone. These are called Basic-attributed spells. Those spells include for example things like body enhancement, magic bolt, or the widely used message spell.

Now please note that the attribute distinctions are only one part, the second part is the distinction of potency of the spells. Firstly there is the single-class, moving and manipulating existing materials, you can pick fruits or use a small amount of water to water a plant, they can only do what anyone could do with their own hands and basic tools. Next up would be group-class where the material to manipulate will be supplied by the magic power and here your attributes will matter. In this class, the basic martial spells and convenience spells are located, with a strength that a small group estimated at around five people could produce with their tools. Then we get into the village-class magic and as you can surely guess those include things, that would need the manual labor of a small village, and here most of you will find yourself comfortable spellcasting. But then we go into the higher forms, here you either need a soul-bound partner with the same affinity as yourself to supply the energy demands, those are called demographic-class, and finally, there would be world-class magic, but the energy required of those could only be supplied by a whole convent of right attributed mages at least that´s the theory. Nobody was able to use a spell like that, it is purely hypothetical.

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°Ok, that was really interesting, I would like to see what those high-class spells are capable of.° The human stated and Mor answered

°Yes, but with my magic reserves, we will probably be stuck at group-class magic.°

°Laaaame!° Human exclaimed. °We really need to find a way to get you more magic... This is just stupid.°

°Well it would help if it is possible for you to also cast spells. Then we could be much faster in using magic.° Mor thought. °Well, only a few more hours and we can test that, at home.°

°You´re right.° the human agreed.

With this, both of them either suffered or excitedly listened through the following lessons, and Mor having a peaceful lunch break. At last as peaceful, as it can be with a human trying to move random body parts and cursing about how hard it was. Mor finally made them stop after he was made to involuntary open his hand, and drop his juice. But without the acute danger of the bullies, it was very nice for a change, if a bit lonely. But still much better than before, the only bad thing about the bonding with the human was, that his body ached after the human moved it so violently, but it would pass, he was sure of that.

Finally, after lessons ended, Mor acquired something for supper and retreated to his room, carefully locking the door and at the insistence of the human enhancing the lock with a simple spell to make the lock and door more sturdy.

After they finally "guarded" their room right, Mor refusing to add some "surprises" for anyone opening the door. They sat down on the bed and began with what they discussed.

°I want to try using magic first.° The human opened. °Moving your body is hella exhausting.°

°Yes, let´s try it. First, just concentrate on the magic inside our body and make it flow.° Mor guided the human.

°How do I concentrate on the magic?° The question came and Mor explained further.

°You have to feel the potential within and then concentrate on it.°

After a short while the human asked °Is it bad, that I can´t feel any potential or whatever? Maybe I just go like this and yes I think I feel something flow!°

Mor felt elated, now they could cast two spells even with his meager energy reserves.

°Great! Now concentrate on the pillow and imagine it fluffing itself up.° Mor told the human and once again the human tried, but nothing would happen.

°Huh? Why is nothing happening? I feel something flowing and all.° The human asked.

°I don´t know, I´m telling you what I was told when I started with the magic. What my parents taught me.° Mor answered.

°Speaking of your parents, you have magic communication. Why is that message taking so long to reach them? Shouldn´t that be instantaneous?° The human asked.

Mor sighed °Your understanding is screwed up, how would you even think that? Message magic is simple, so you need to have a view on your recipient or it won't work.°

°Well, we have some stories in our world, with magic settings and shit, and there it is always super handy and can do just about anything. While here it is tedious and full of "that´s not how it works".° The human sounded disappointed.

°Well let´s get back on track and let me try some more. Maybe you could watch the flow of your energy, then tell me if I do something right.° Human offered and Mor nodded. Like that, they tried, but Mor could not detect any movement in the energies within him.

°This is not working.° Mor stated, and the human had to reluctantly agree.

°So we are left with trying to let me do the body movement... Not ideal, but well let´s try something from my world. Take deep breaths and relax, only concentrate on your breathing.° The human instructed and Mor followed the directions and slowly felt his body moving, doing everything in his power to not intervene and only concentrate on his breathing until finally the human let out a satisfied grunt.

°Yes that is better, it is still hard, but now I´m just moving something I´m not accustomed to, instead of fighting you.° The human sounded pretty happy and Mor was too, but a quick glance at the clock in his room let both of them decide to get some sleep. Being late for class and tired would not be good.

Mor awoke the next morning to a world of pain, his whole body just hurt. °What is this, it hurts!°

°I don´t know! I did nothing while you were asleep!° The human said

°You must have! Why else would it be like this?° Mor scolded the human.

°Don´t get snippy with me! I will slap you! And with your own hand no less!° They countered.

°And why I´m the only one in pain, that is unfair!° Mor complained.

°Why would you think that? I feel the pain too, it´s just not as bad as you say. You are just a little wuss.° The human said.

°I´m no wuss, I never had this kind of pain before!° Mor grumbled.

°Really? If I had to describe it it feels just like a little soreness in the muscles... Ah! Maybe, me moving your body is more stressful, than you moving your own. Even if you are distracted you subconsciously try to fight my control. That would make sense, but we can´t know for sure.° Human theorized.

°Really? And now? If this is what happens this is not acceptable!° Mor was still whining.

°Well easy, we will test your theory, that you can´t train your bodies, because, with this new development, I smell bullshit and laziness. Time to train and limber up!° Mor whinced at that exclamation of the human.

°We will do nothing like that!° He exclaimed.

°We will, and I will force you if I need to.° The human stated matter of factly.

°I hate you.° Mor grumbled.

°Yes. Yes! Let the hate flow through you!° The human snickered. °Still, I won´t let you just opt out without trying!°