Frisk and Toriel had spent the next day learning about history and mathematics, Toriel noticed that Frisk could easily cram studies, however, the next day he was as clueless as he started. it was clear to her that Frisk didn't care about these topics too much. Toriel decided to give a different approach.
"My child, I think that before we continue I should teach you a little trick to learn things that don't interest you. When you see something that is not too interesting, instead of trying to quickly memorize it, try to slow down and understand it. It's okay to not be good at everything. "
"But that's boring…" Frisk muttered.
Toriel chuckled." now, now let's continue. By the end of this lesson, I´ll teach you about magic."
The day continued and Frisk's pace was much slower, within the range of a 10-year-old. Still, he did his best to impress Toriel to sign a summoning contract. By the end of the day, Frisk felt very tired, he couldn't keep himself awake even though he had slept well the night before.
As Frisk settled into bed and heard the door closing, Frisk started talking to Chara.
"Hey, I've been wondering, how come I don't see any other ghosts? Other than Napstablook and you." by now, Frisk had noticed that Chara was indeed a ghost without a soul. This made him curious. "How come I can't see your soul?"
[hey! That's a rude breach of privacy! You can't just look at a person's soul!]
"It's not a breach of privacy when the ghost follows you around every time." Frisk shot back.
[er, anyways… Monsters are mainly made of mana, so in an environment that's full of mana, monsters live longer, of course, they still age though, besides that, I don't know why] Chara shrugged, not that Frisk could see her in the darkness.
Ugh, this… fatigue… is really bad…
The next day…
Frisk woke up and got out of bed, well at least he tried to.
Thud
"Argh, great, now I got a headache too… " Frisk muttered as he ignored Chara's laughter and tidied himself up. He then calmed himself down, the most important thing when learning magic is a calm mind and lots of time.
I'm getting enough sleep, at least on paper, so why am I tired?
"Hello, Ms. Toriel, good morning. Do you guys use good morning?" Frisk questioned.
"Good morning to you too, sit down, you need a have a balanced diet if you want to be a good mage." Toriel happily served a sandwich, Frisk ate it heartily and it was almost as if the food dissolved in his stomach the moment it reached there.
"Alright my child, let us learn some magic!"
Frisk nodded as he stopped squinting and paid attention.
"What kind of magic?" Frisk eagerly asked.
"because of this barrier, circle magic and innate magic are not available, so I will teach you elemental magic," she said so because it was one of the easier types of magic to learn if you had a teacher of course.
"Alright!"
"The first thing we need to know is which element is attuned to you, hmm… I will need to look at your soul for this…" as Toriel explained Chara held her laughter, she couldn't wait to see some justice.
"... please give me a moment." Frisk went back to his room and began praying to gain more confidence. After a while, he came back with a smile.
Tori, please give me a moment." Frisk went back to his room and began praying to gain more confidence as he went back to his room a black wolf motif. Tor
Hmm, so that's why there's no elemental magic…
"How do we do that?"
"Do not worry, I have already summoned a willing wind spirit to aid you, I will dismiss the other ones. " Toriel replied as she stared into the nothingness, then Frisk felt something on his shoulder, but he couldn't see anything. He could, however, feel someone who was trying to establish a contract.
Frisk chanted in his mind.
I accord thee.
He felt as if there was an intimate bond that he and the creature had made at that moment, as the spirit would eat a certain amount of mana in exchange for the ability to control the wind attribute. In general, the more he used the wind attribute, the more she ate afterward as a result.
"Wow…" Frisk made a gust of wind with his mind.
Maybe I can create an attack if I combine it with summoning magic, creating an explosion of wind-
"Very good my child! Now we can start with the basics. The first thing you will want to do…"
Within a short period, they began practicing magic. There were times when Frisk would ask questions constantly, which Toriel would answer, and Frisk would complete any task that was given to him. It was clear that Frisk's passion was in magic. When it came to learning magic, every bit of complex knowledge, chant, or somatic expression, Frisk grasped it all. Toriel was surprised to see such a talent among human mages, what made human mages dangerous was not their talent, but their ability to apply magic in ways monsters would never think of, Monsters would get signs of weakness if they did magic without rest, but it was generally more powerful and straightforward than human magic.
[... wow. It was only one day, but you're halfway done with your first spell!] Chara said. [too bad your laziness still got the best of you!
A burst of inspiration from learning a new type of magic at best, this has never happened before… not even when I was learning summoning magic, hell if I could do that then I'd be done in 6 days rather than months time…
"Ugh, but I still feel sleepy…"
[maybe it's because of your curse?]
The realization hit Frisk like thunder, this must be another negative effect!
"The only thing that comes to mind is turning into a wolf pup, but that might make it worse, though I suppose that when I slept, it was while I was a wolf… " Frisk did not sleep for days when he started learning magic, every time he slept in the Kalo kingdom, he turned into a wolf, it was a believable excuse that someone favored by the god of love would be hated by the goddess of hate.
"Let's… try your theory, if this isn't that and you just want to see me in this puny form I'll find a way to punch your face! "
[wow… I'm so scared~] Chara shivered as she said it, barely stifling a laugh
…
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The next day.
Frisk woke up with more energy than before and had a bigger urge to go to the bathroom than usual. After transforming back into a human and tidying up, he let out a sigh of relief
I think I know why that's happening… this curse fundamentally changes my form, making me a wolf instead of a human, staying in 'human form' for the whole night, drains me as I sleep, so it'd be best to not sleep in a place where I can be easily spotted, or I'll be an easy target for assassination.
"I hate this dumb curse, I wish i could just dispel it…" Frisk's mood improved despite his complaints, he could now focus on the first spell.
After breakfast, Frisk and Toriel continued the magical lessons, Frisk's pace slowed down again to that of an adult human, making him unable to learn the spell, but at the very least, it was usable now. At least as a can opener.
Frisk ended his lessons and was allowed by Toriel to wander around.
"Wind cut" wind formed in one of Frisk's fingers as he cut through a piece of rubble in the Ruins.
If only I had someone to copy their actions, things would've progressed faster… he had to maintain concentration, or else he would fail to maintain the spell, which was why it was still a work in progress, the spell should flow seamlessly without any resistance on the mind. Its effect was also lessened.
[... lucky…]
As Frisk was about to rebuke Chara, he saw golden petals by the edge of his eyes, he continued to act as if nothing happened.
"You're just jealous Chara ." He probed and wanted to see if he'd get any response from Flowey, if before he was sneaking up on him, no he lay there frozen, with an expression of curiosity and confusion.
"You're just jealous you can't use magic as a ghost with no soul, I bet you want to possess me so that you could right? Right? " Frisk continued teasing and probing the reactions of Flowey.
Chara being a ghost that could not be noticed quickly caught on to Frisk's scheme. By dinner, he would get himself a new summon!
[bah, you don't mean it, who would want your lame magic anyways?]
"Oh but you see, I am regarded as a genius by many people." he spoke that sentence and pounced on flowery chanting.
"I subdue thee!"
"Arghh!"
The mana Enveloped Flowey's body and made some of the yellow petals red.
"No! Why-"
"Silence!" Frisk bent a knee at started getting the roots of Flowey out of the ground, leaving him in a pot.
"You will do a fine addition."
This is also revenge for stealing Toriel's soul…
"Oh boy, I'm going to enjoy this…" Frisk murmured.