Nope.

Okay, Temple thinks, maybe it's a mana thing. He writes down some ideas for the tests and waits for... ten minutes before trying again.

He is now drenched in peach juice.

Temple laughs. That was random.

Then he realizes, yes, that was random. Some kind of magical side effect?

There is no answer maybe Temple should check and see if magic can answers things.

He looks down at his juice-drenched self.

Better to do that after taking a shower and waiting. He wipes some of the juice off himself so his notebook doesn't get stained with juice and writes "check for magic ability to answer questions."

Then he goes and takes a shower, cleans his room, thinks more tests and writes down everything he can think of about the previous results (he seals the petals in a plastic bag in case he can send to analysis or something, some of the juice is stored in a small bottle). He browses the internet for an hour, searching for more people that got a magical result from the book, but doesn't find anything really promised. Some people claim to have gotten positive results, but no one mentions exploring it further. Temple might be a little disappointed in them.

And after the longest hour in his life, Temple tries to call the wind to move again.

Breeze! No side effects!

Temple sighs with relief.

He writes these down. He decides that... he can wait for fire related tests, if this the kind of thing that takes time to recharge, then Temple will do it after waking up. He performs the tests with earth and a coin.

The earth doesn't really move when he asks it to. It vibrates a little, maybe. He can move the coin (a little bit) by calling upon metal and copper, and plastic doesn't work.

That is okay tiny bit of earth, Temple believes in you!

(He believes more strongly he will be able to figure out magic better.)

Temple tries some other tests:

"I call upon wind, earth and water to move this coin."

"Magic itself, I call upon to do my will and move this coin."

He blindfolds himself and spins a little, enough so he can't tell which direction he is facing. "Wind, I call upon you to move in the direction of the North," he says, focused in the direction of the wind. Maybe it can move using information he doesn't have.

Wind, earth, and water fail to move this coin. Magic itself also fails to move this coin.

But the wind does know where North is.

Does the water knows where North is? He puts a water drop on a piece of paper and says "Water, my will commands you to move and show me the North!"

It skitters along towards the North but is absorbed by the paper before it can move much.

Temple pats the piece of paper affectionately.

He checks some of the previous tests. Does using wind, water and earth to move these three elements have a stronger effect than just moving wind and water? What if he combines wind and earth? Water and earth?

The earth inside the pot definitely moves more when he combines the three elements, and the breeze's stronger, and the water even spills over a little bit. Combining two elements is a little bit less good, with water being a slightly better combination with earth than wind is.

That is promising, Temple will follow with the testing he thought earlier:

“Wind, obey me, flow and fly as my will demands it!”

“Wind, please help, flow and fly as my will guides you!”

Does politeness help?

...not noticeably.

How about switching languages? Latin? Spanish? French?

How about changing the length of the magic phrase? "Water, move!" versus "Water, I command you by the power of my will to flow and wave like the tides of the mighty ocean"?

Spanish works badly, Latin and French not at all.

The short sentence causes some vibrations, the long one causes the water to drop the bowl onto the floor.

Temple cleans that up with a smile on his face.

(The smile might take a long time to vanish. Maybe it never will. Temple is doomed to a life of perpetual smile and magic.)

He tests if whispering or speaking loudly has visible effects.

Then he tests if he call multiple elements to boost another, "Water, I call upon you to wave and flow! Wind and earth, I call upon you to lend your power to give water the speed of the wind and the strength of the earth!"

The volume of the spell does not seem to have any visible effects, but calling other elements to help does significantly strengthen the spell. He might find himself covered in more than a few water droplets.

Temple also finds himself laughing. That was fun. Possibly dangerous, but fun.

He is about to go dry things up when he has an idea.

"Water, I call upon you to reverse your flow and undo the mess just created! Return to the bowl! Wind and earth, I call upon you to lend your power to give water the speed of the wind and the stability of the earth!"

Well that works all neatly and stuff.

And Temple is too busy giggling madly. If this is a dream, Temple dearly hopes he never wakes up.

Eventually, he gathers enough composure that he will be able to cast a spell without giggling madly.

Okay, the not-being-dramatic test: "Classic element known as the wind, I exert control upon you to move."

Then, the mathematical precision test "Wind, come forth and blow at a 45º angle between North and East." and "Wind, come forth and blow between North and East."

The first two work normally. Just before he casts the third one he feels a—tug. A very strange feeling.

And then his wall is suddenly painted blue-green.

Oh, okay. That is kinda of problematic.

Temple is aware he should be nervous or freaking out right now, that maybe his mom will react badly.

He can't, maybe that part of him broke because of magic (in one way or another).

Well, the real downside is that he is unlikely to be able to cast any spells for the next while. Not safely.

So... he examines the wall. It is uniformly painted? Does the paint look fresh? He searches for a imperfection that he remembers, it's still there? Does it look like a new coat of painting or that the painting changed?

Yes, no, no, changed.