Basic Thaumaturgy for the Emotionally Incompetent Novel

Fabrisse Kestovar is an aspiring thaumaturge who struggles with basic magic—he cannot conjure grief, barely levitates pebbles, and once submitted poetry instead of spell schematics. A rock collector and pastry enthusiast, he may be the least emotionally competent student in the Order's seven-hundred-year history. Everything changes when an ancient magical relic awakens after forty-seven years of dormancy, crashes into his face, and bonds with him. He gains access to the PRAXIS NODE, a long-dormant, possibly AI-driven system that assigns cryptic quests, sarcastic prompts, and objectives measured in light-years. Armed with a Legacy Token and a collection of supposedly significant rocks, Fabrisse discovers he alone can perceive this interface. The story features a progression magic system based on emotional resonance, slow-burn romance and character growth, personality-driven system messages, and spell mnemonics designed to rhyme. A chosen one who truly shouldn't be, Fabrisse must navigate this cosmic tutorial while discovering that his inadequacy may hide unexpected potential.