Explaining his thoughts to his father, though, was a challenge as he had to find a simpler way to explain it given that computers at this time were very much not known about.
After Nick asked him for his permission to use him for the test Jonathan could hardly contain his excitement at finally having found a theory that makes sense, as he was a scholar the apparent randomness of Magic was making him go insane.
To proceed they first tested Jonathans baseline wisdom, quick arithmetic, square roots, multiplication and so on, then they tested his memorization abilities and finally they tested his baseline reflexes, by throwing Nick throwing fruit at him with progressively faster speed.
However given that the spell was in Old Norse and filled with symbolism from their regions he had to first rewrite it to Ancient Greek and reword it, so it called upon the symbolisms used there.
He used his presence to make sure the spells interference field as he came to call it, was unified every step of the way while creating the spell. During the spell crafting he figured out that anything more the 3 sentences in Ancient Greek would immediately throw the entire interference field out off whack.
Even the previously unified symbols would be thrown into chaos and cause disharmony in the field. Thus he had to keep the chant to be under 3 sentences.
Then as there was no other preparation needed to do the spell. He simply started chanting the spell, with his Ancient Greek rolling off his tongue like a long forgotten native tongue.
"Ἄνεμε, κάθαιρε τὸν νοῦν αὐτοῦ·
Wind, cleanse his mind;
Ῥίζα γῆς, κατάσχες τὸν νοῦν αὐτοῦ ἡσύχιον·
Root of earth, hold his mind in stillness.
Ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ ὄψιν εὑρίσκει, ἐν ὄψει σύνεσιν.
In stillness he finds sight, in sight understanding."
With that he saw a thin smoke like fog gathered from all directions, threads of it emerging out of thin air coating his father's head, he could immediately see Jonathans face transform from barely suppressed excitement into a serene calm.
Nicholas could immediately tell that the spell work. He and Jonahtan again performed the baseline tests of his mental skill, the results were amazing, he was able to think 3 times faster.
Arithmetic that only mere moments ago took an entire minute now was completed in 20 seconds, and fruit that moments ago flew by him, he now caught effortlessly.
However, before they could test Jonathan on more complicated problems, the effect and the smoke like threads disappeared. When they looked at the stopwatch it indicated that 3 minutes had passed.
Nick was quite pleased with the amount of time that the effect had lasted seeing that all he did was say a few words, though he did find it interesting that the effect lasted as a multiple of 3 instead of a multiple of 9 that rune magic lasted. Even though the length wasn't quite good enough to use it could be used quite practically in fights in order to boost reflexes of allies.
Nicholas' next step involved testing magic that was not involved in the domain his mother was the Goddess of. He figured that if that too succeeded, it would basically be confirmation that his theoretical system of magic was correct as otherwise this could have been a previously undiscovered power of his mother manifesting.
To make sure no other variables would taint the test he decided to create the chant entirely.
First calling upon the elements — earth, water, air, fire — they aren't just random. In Greek thought, they're the world itself. Every ritual, every invocation, everything powerful always ties back to them in some way.
They represent the totality of existence, the stage on which all things happen. If I'm correct and the theory holds, its symbolism would boost the my voice sufficiently to create some form of effect.
And the sun — obvious.
The sun is fire made visible, fire magnified, fire that rules the day. If I'm invoking flame, I might as well call on its ultimate symbol.
The sun is the perfect conduit for energy, for illumination, for… power. It gives me something to focus on, a point to channel the elements through.
So the chant has to do both: acknowledge the world, give it form and intent, and then pull the flame through the sun as a symbol of fire itself.
He also figured out why the number three apparently underlines the Greek system, the three main gods, the Greek spell lasting 3 minutes, the spell structure going crazy when he went over 3 sentences and Greek philosophers also exalted it as the perfect number.
It was because it represented the 3 aspects of a being as described in Greek myth, the mind, soul and body.
So by invoking it in my spells it symbolically represented the beings participation in the spell itself.
He then used his prescience to fine tune the spell, as to make sure the symbolisms meshed together to make one thread of meaning.
As it was a spell of his own creation, he felt that the interference was way less potent and allowed him greater insight into spell crafting, it was no longer just images and feelings it would provide real tangible informative feedback to his spell during its creation.
When, where and how each meaning should and the length of time it should be spoken were all important variables to make it coherent and now he was practically a natural at spell creation as his prescience served the information he needed on a silver platter.
Thus, he settled on chant and said to his father who was thus far keeping silent while Nicks thoughts were racing faster than some computers "Step back, I'm trying to test something "
Jonathan immediately obeyed and retreated to the back of the room, Nick then continued by raising his hand palm facing upwards and started chanting.
"Στοιχεῖα γῆς, ὕδατος, ἀέρος, πυρός, ἀκούσατέ με — τὴν φλόγα τοῦ κόσμου καλῶ.
Elements of earth, water, air, and fire, hear me — I call the world's flame.
Ἥλιος ὑψιπέτης, πῦρ ὁρατὸν, ἐν χερσίν μου χύε τὴν δύναμιν.
Sun on high, fire made visible, pour your power into my hand.
Ἐκ βάθους κόσμου καὶ πνοῆς αἰθέρος, φλόγα φανερωθῇ.
From the depths of the world and the breath of the ether, let the flame appear."
Again the same whisps of mist appeared gathered into a ball then collapsed to a point right above his palm right before small ball of flame the size of golf ball burst out from the singularity.
All Nick could do once he saw this was smile straight from the heart while a proverbial parade straight out from Alladin went through his mind.