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mightdoriya[Midoriya Izuku wanted to become a great mage and adventure around the world, not necessarily in that order. But to do one required prowess in the other, and...that was still much a work in progress.
Ever since he was young he'd been terribly smart, but smarts and pouring over books and studying spells was only half the journey. The other half, his mother would tell him, was all about skill, a lot of practice, and of course natural talent. His mom had prowess with healing magic, which meant that the seed was there...Izuku just needed to be able to find it and hone it. And once he did that, he'd be able to go on adventures like he craved so desperately as a child. He owed everything to his mother and his life on their farm was simple and important, but he still longed for more. He wanted to see other towns and travel different lands.
But he couldn't do that if he couldn't properly protect himself, which was part of the reason he wanted to learn more defensive magic on top of the healing spells his mom had already been teaching him from a young age. Learning them was one thing, but applying them well was entirely another...
Then, one day, Izuku struck a different kind of idea when he'd been perusing books from the meager town library. What if, at least while he was still learning, instead of relying solely on his own merit for protection...he summoned a creature that could protect him, too? Many if not all mages had familiars after all, mystical creatures bonded to their masters that both protected them and provided them with an additional source of mana. That, Izuku figured, was the key.
He picks up a book dedicated to summoning rituals on his way home from the market, bringing it back with his armful of produce that he drops off in the kitchen for his mother before hurrying to his room in the loft upstairs. From there, he spends the next several hours pouring over the tome, ends up missing dinner for it even which his mother brings up to him and leaves on his desk while he works. She's long in bed by the time Izuku feels like he has everything prepared. Summoning circle in place, various items used for catalysts, candles carefully placed...
All that was left was the ritual itself.]
Ever since he was young he'd been terribly smart, but smarts and pouring over books and studying spells was only half the journey. The other half, his mother would tell him, was all about skill, a lot of practice, and of course natural talent. His mom had prowess with healing magic, which meant that the seed was there...Izuku just needed to be able to find it and hone it. And once he did that, he'd be able to go on adventures like he craved so desperately as a child. He owed everything to his mother and his life on their farm was simple and important, but he still longed for more. He wanted to see other towns and travel different lands.
But he couldn't do that if he couldn't properly protect himself, which was part of the reason he wanted to learn more defensive magic on top of the healing spells his mom had already been teaching him from a young age. Learning them was one thing, but applying them well was entirely another...
Then, one day, Izuku struck a different kind of idea when he'd been perusing books from the meager town library. What if, at least while he was still learning, instead of relying solely on his own merit for protection...he summoned a creature that could protect him, too? Many if not all mages had familiars after all, mystical creatures bonded to their masters that both protected them and provided them with an additional source of mana. That, Izuku figured, was the key.
He picks up a book dedicated to summoning rituals on his way home from the market, bringing it back with his armful of produce that he drops off in the kitchen for his mother before hurrying to his room in the loft upstairs. From there, he spends the next several hours pouring over the tome, ends up missing dinner for it even which his mother brings up to him and leaves on his desk while he works. She's long in bed by the time Izuku feels like he has everything prepared. Summoning circle in place, various items used for catalysts, candles carefully placed...
All that was left was the ritual itself.]
