The introduction of Topology and Other Geometries opened up new ground between fixed and mutable structures, raising the upper limit of fixed magical structures...
Mages of the past had never discovered this. Once they had enough ability, their ambitions drove them headlong into the endless possibilities of mutable magical structures.
Magic Gods and Lords of Dimensions had both the ability and the time to study such things, but they never turned their attention to knowledge tucked away in the gaps, even when it might have held some value for them.
Sure enough, the value created when different systems of knowledge met was hard to measure. Simply making Manus aware of this was already worth a great deal.
And that value would only grow as Manus advanced along the path of magic.
As Manus reflected on this, confusion and shock swiftly crowded every other thought out of Ignis's mind.
He stared blankly at the teapot in Manus's hand.
"You... you didn't stop at layering two Filling Charms?"
As mentioned before, Charms Innovation Review published worthwhile hypotheses. A cup that could pour two different liquids through a simple combination of two Filling Charms would not have qualified.
The real goal was to use the relatively safe Constant Filling Charm—one that usually would not kill a Wizard even if something went wrong and it exploded—to demonstrate the feasibility of making a Compound Spell permanent.
Successfully combining several Filling Charms did not mean other spells could be layered the same way. But it would prove that combining multiple spells into a permanent enchantment was possible.
Never mind how to do it for now. Once Wizards knew the approach could work, more of them would be willing to try.
At least, more Wizards would try it than approaches whose chances of success remained unknown.
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