Body and Soul

In order to train with my MP, and better improve my MP regeneration, I've decided to train in a discrete way. Simply put, everything around me that's connected to the ground I will reduce the gravity of.

No one will notice that the building is lighter because it is connected to the ground, so it's not gonna float off or anything, and it consumes a lot of MP so I can train with it. I'm also purposely not picturing anything complicated, just the act of floating, that way it will take up even more MP to use.

Of course, even then the amount I am spending isn't enough to consume all my MP for another like six hours. Imagine if I had the MP reserves that King Chiron has, that would make me almost invincible. I'm actually more happy I don't though.

I'm gonna live a long life as long as nothing goes wrong and I die from an accident or something, that's just the truth of my absurd amount of MP, however in a way a long life is torture. Most of my loved ones are gonna die before me, and I'll live through a lot of things I might have been better off not seeing.

However, I want to pursue magic nonetheless, some things that have come from it make you question if humanity would be better off without it, however coming from someone from a world without it, I say no. Humanity strives forward no matter what, and there will always be those who wish to weaponize new things.

No matter what humans are given, fire or the atom, they will do something awful, however, there will always be those who want to help others, and I want to use magic to do that. Not weaponize anything, but help others with magic.

Now, obviously, anything like that is a far way off, but that is beside the point.

As I'm walking through the halls during passing period I accidentally run into someone, seriously I'm not floating because I'm already spending a lot of MP with this training, but that sucks.

"Sorry, are you okay?" I try to help him up, but he just hits my hand away.

"Yeah, I'm fine." He just walks away... jerk. Well, I guess there are a lot of people like that. I used to run into a lot of those annoying entitled girls in the hallway who would be on their phone, turn a corner, and accidentally bump into me, then yell, "EXCUSE YOU!!!" in my face. Man, at least I haven't dealt with those... special crazies in a while. I used to count the amount I found, it was like a game after I stopped caring.

Well, whatever, I walk to my next class and don't really think about it. Weird, I just felt my arm go numb for a second, well whatever, I probably just let it rest in a weird position that restricted blood flow, it's happened before.

I'm actually starting to feel nauseous. I'll stop my MP training for now...

"Teacher, I'm not feeling well, can I go to the nurse's office?"

"Yes Jess, just let me write you a pass."

Eventually, I walk over to the nurses, and before I can make it completely through the door, I pass out on the floor.

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Ugh... my head, what was that... wait where am I? It feels so familiar, but I can't recognize it. The nothingness surrounding me. Wait, am I still passed out? This is the weirdest lucid dream I've ever had... in fact, when's the last time I had a lucid dream?

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Nurse's POV:

"Oh my gosh! Are you okay!" A student just strolls into my office and collapses on the floor, is she okay? I try to wake her up, but nothing is working like it's impossible to wake her up, what's wrong with her?

I find her ID in her pocket and her name is Jess Heart? The girl who made it so far in the competition hosted by Spectrum Univerity a while back? I have to call her family and get her to the hospital!

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Kari's POV:

"What, Jess passed out at school? Is she okay? She won't wake up? Okay, I'll be right there!"

I have no time, guess it's time to test my latest invention, the handheld teleporter! With this miraculous device you can teleport anywhere you've been before! I built it with a little help from Jess, okay maybe I just straight-up stole her spell after she wrote down how to use it...

Well, that's not important right now, I'll give her some credit, maybe her name in small print on the back of the box once I sell this thing!

I meet up with mom, dad, and Kal, and head into the hospital room where Jess is. She's there completely unconscious.

After exchanging greetings and all that stuff, the doctor finally gets to telling us what might be wrong.

"We don't know how this happened, but it almost seems like the body and soul aren't working together. Up until now, the two have been held together like glue, but now the seal has fallen apart and the soul's been separated. Her body is alive but without a soul."

"How did this happen! I don't understand!"

"We've seen this happen a few times before, it commonly happens when a soul and body don't match, such as cases when there is a major deformity of the body. It will also occasionally occur from damage to the soul."

"But why did this happen to Jess! I don't understand!"

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Jess' POV:

What are they arguing about? I can hear them again, but I still can't see or move, I can't even use spells. What has happened to me? My body has denied the soul, is this because of the Shift? Does my soul no longer match the body I have?

Do I even have a body that matches my soul anymore? I don't know what to do! Wait, that's it! Soul magic! It has the ability to manipulate the soul, so maybe I can attach my soul to my body and regain control.

Calm down Jess, you know that's forbidden, let's think of something better. Well, I can still hear, so my body hasn't completely rejected my soul yet. It's almost like it's adapting. Moving me out while it performs renovations.

Now that I think of it, this world is a lot more mysterious than before. Maybe my body, while changed from the Shift, still meant for my soul, but not used to how my soul has formed after my sixteen years of life in a different body. That experience shaped my soul in a way unaccounted for, so my body is adapting to it? If my theory is right, then I just need to wait, and I'll be fine.

There are a lot of questions about this theory, like why didn't this happen before, but this is just a theory anyway, I don't know if it's right, I need to find more out.

On top of that, why now! Yeah, make me lose any defense over my life while there is a MURDERER after me! Great, at least the royal soldiers should be protecting me, otherwise, I'm literally dead meat.