From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 142 Construction Team

During the summer vacation of 1992, Ivy still stayed in Hogwarts, but not as a student, but as a member of the "Hogwarts Magical Animal Breeding and Breeding Base Construction Team".

Large-scale construction projects are always a waste of manpower and material resources no matter in which world.

Not to mention the "base" that Hogwarts is going to build.

After several pure-blood family members campaigned at the Ministry of Magic, Cornelius Fudge readily granted a large piece of land near Hogsmeade to Hogwarts for use as a building site.

It includes a large flat land, a river flowing into the Black Lake and a small barren mountain. In Hagrid's words, it would be no problem to raise ten more dragons!
It is said that the design drawings of the "base" have been repeatedly considered by design masters, but in Ivy's opinion, they do not embody any mathematical beauty at all. They are neither regular nor elegant. Instead, they are full of wizard-like inexplicability and capriciousness, just like those crooked private shops in Diagon Alley.

Ivy fully expressed his objections to Dumbledore and planned to personally preside over the first phase of the "base" construction.

Although Ivy did not have the experience of wearing an ice cream cone-shaped roadblock on his head and being sorted into the "Civil Engineering" college, his omnipotent magic allowed him to reshape the world as he wished.

At least the sand, soil and stones are very obedient, much better than Dumbledore.

Yes, Ivy even recruited the headmaster of Hogwarts as a member of his construction team, and other professors staying in the school could not escape Ivy's clutches.

As the headmaster, Dumbledore was responsible for expanding the magical scope of Hogwarts Castle and bringing this large new land under his jurisdiction to prevent unsuspecting Muggles from trespassing.

The magic of this thousand-year-old school is much more reliable than that of the spell-casters sent by the Ministry of Magic. As long as it is there, the professors of Hogwarts will not have to frequently cast the Oblivion Charm on nearby Muggles like the researchers working in the dragon sanctuaries in Romania and Bulgaria.

Professor Flitwick of Charms is responsible for casting spells on various parks to provide an environment suitable for the living of magical animals and to prevent them from escaping.

Snape, the potion professor who is good at coordination and has outstanding logical ability, was assigned by Ivy to adjust the combination in the park, and Sprout, the herbology professor, was his advisor. Ivy suggested that they put magical plants and magical animals that can coexist together as much as possible, such as the guardian tree and the bowtruckle.

As for Professor McGonagall, who was best at Transfiguration, she and Ivy completed the paving of the road together, and used the stones provided by the Ministry of Magic to create stone statues and fences in the same style as those in the castle.

"Professor Victor." Professor McGonagall came over, exhausted. There was no doubt that the dust from the construction had stained her wizard robe, but she didn't care and even had a very satisfied smile on her face.

"Professor McGonagall." Ivy raised his head from the design drawing and greeted her briefly.

"I just led the team of statues to their designated positions. What's next?" Professor McGonagall seemed very satisfied with the effect of the "Stonewalls" spell and even wanted to do it again. "Oh! Let me see..." Ivy looked down at the design, "It's the Fire Crab area, right? Then the Pegasus area is next!"

"Did Silvanus finally clean up the lawn?" Professor McGonagall pushed up her glasses. "I saw him and a few Nifflers rummaging around for something earlier! They said it was goblin weapons from a hundred years ago..."

Professor Keltborn's actions were inspired by Hagrid, from whom he heard the story of Ivy's battle with goblins near Hogwarts more than a hundred years ago.

"I'm here to ask you to stop him." Ivy sighed. Professor Keltborn was an old man who was about to retire, so he always worked according to his own interests. Although his sudden ideas usually only hurt himself, they also interfered with the overall progress of the project to some extent.

"He and his Nifflers turned the place upside down but didn't find anything valuable." Ivy shrugged. "You know, the most likely magical animals in the Forbidden Forest to be relocated to the 'base' first are the Pegasus. Perhaps you can persuade him not to get angry for the time being?"

"I'm afraid there's nothing I can do to help..." Professor McGonagall shook her head. "I don't like the attitude of the investigators from the Ministry of Magic, either. They're simply treating Hagrid as a prisoner! Have you heard? Hagrid's cabin has been searched three times inside and out!"

Along with the construction team and the building materials supplier came the Ministry of Magic's Chamber of Secrets Investigation Team. Although Dumbledore gave them unimpeded access to the school, these "police dogs" whose noses were never very sharp still focused their attention on the "suspect" Hagrid, hoping to find a breakthrough from him.

In response, all the professors at Hogwarts expressed their disdain for these uninvited guests, especially Snape, the head of Slytherin.

He even commented on the members of the Chamber of Secrets investigation team in the staff lounge many times as "harmless insects who only get paid" and "police dogs with blocked noses." In his opinion, it is a great shame to confuse Hagrid, a half-giant, with the heir of Slytherin.

In this regard, Professor Keltburn's protest was an overt and covert strike, because the Pegasus area he was in charge of was exactly the project that Fudge valued most - changing the way wizards in Great Britain traveled.

Look, which politician would not like such a gimmicky policy project?
But the prey became the hunter, and the project that attracted Fudge to invest in Hogwarts eventually became a weapon to restrain him. Who could have thought of this a few months ago?

In fact, Ivy also used her own way to vent Hagrid's anger - the leader of the Chamber of Secrets team fled from Hogwarts the day after arriving at Hogwarts because Ivy used dream magic to make her have an extremely realistic nightmare.

During the following period, whenever Ivy thought of this incident, she would have another dream. Dolores Umbridge, who had done her best to get this job from Fudge, could not escape the nightmare even after returning to the Ministry of Magic. It is said that she has taken leave from the Ministry of Magic and is resting. It is unknown when we will hear that she died in her sleep.

"Okay." Ivy finally shook his head. "Let him make a fuss. I'm no longer a professor at this school anytime soon."

"Hogwarts should really give you a special contribution award." Professor McGonagall said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)