There's more to being a mage than knowing how to bend the laws of physics and reality to your will. There's also knowing when NOT to and, more importantly, how to straighten them back out a bit when you've bent them a little further than is healthy. Every mage learns this lesson at some point. Though some mishaps are more... significant and time consuming to correct than others.

Still, mistakes are made to be learned from! Sometimes by the person making the mistake. And sometimes by others as an object lesson. In any case, it looks like Mister... MISS Arakat will be providing that object lesson for some time...

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Well Mr. Arakat, it is clear you need to spend more time studying pre-Atlantian. Your translation was quite flawed. This section, for instance, does not say it boosts ones mana but rather their Anima.

Y...yeah... I mean, yes headmaster. That has become quite clear.

However badly you failed in translating the description, I will give you full marks for properly and successfully performing the ritual. Quite an impressive showing.

Ah... Thank you headmaster. But I'll be much happier when it has been reversed. When will the faculty be available to reverse my, ah, condition?

The faculty reverse it? Of course not. You know the schools policy on magical mishaps.

Wha...what?? But headmaster!

Magical mishaps are part of the process of becoming a mage. Students are expected to clean up their own messes. Faculty will only interfere if the accident endangers the life or health of the student. And due to your technical skill in performing the ritual, you have emerged quite, ah, physically healthy.

But Headmaster! I can't even access and draw in mana like this! How am I supposed to fix myself??"

Well, that's hardly a surprise. You've altered your body significantly. You still have your potential however. You just need to practice and relearn to connect to the mana stream in your current form.

But... But that can take new students months! YEARS!

Yes, but you're hardly a new student are you? You've experienced it before. And I'm told you're in the top 5% of the school. I'm sure you'll manage it in a few weeks, with diligent effort.

Weeks?!?

Now then, I believe you have classes to get to, MISS Arakat.