From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 152: Dividing the Sea
"You must be a powerful wizard." Furong sighed and explained the situation. "Gabrielle and I came to see the musical "The Phantom of the Opera". We have watched it together many times, but today's performance was in English, and Gabrielle couldn't quite understand it, so we went to explore the basement of the opera house. She just said she wanted to play hide-and-seek one second, but she disappeared the next second."

The name Gabrielle has corresponding spellings in the languages of various European countries. Although there are slight differences in how it is written, the pronunciation is almost the same. Moreover, it is a unisex name. In English, it can be directly translated into Gabriel, which means angel. The Archangel Gabriel in the Bible is also written in this way. Because people generally believe that angels have no gender distinction, this name can be used by both men and women. At first, Ivy thought Fleur was speaking English.

"At first I thought she was joking with me, but such a long time has passed and she hasn't shown up yet..." The worry on Furong's face was evident. It seemed that she loved her sister very much.

"Don't worry, let's look for her together." Ivy comforted her, "Maybe she will come out by herself soon."

"It's unlikely..." Furong shook her head. Her voice was a little hoarse from shouting for a long time, but it still sounded pleasant. "She...could she have met with an accident?"

"Okay, have you searched those areas?" Ivy looked around the underground space. The fluorescent light emitted from the tip of Hibiscus's wand spread for only a dozen feet before disappearing into the thick darkness. However, Ivy's vision was not affected. He scanned the stone pillars beside the underground lake one by one, looking for Gabrielle's trace.

Since no one had been here for a long time, and due to the influence of the water vapor from the underground lake, any human passing through the ground would easily leave traces. But in Ivy's opinion, there were no footprints of a third person here.

"What are you...looking at?" Furong couldn't help rubbing her shoulders.

In her field of vision, except for a little fluorescence from her wand, everything was dark. But the handsome British wizard beside her kept staring at the darkness, which made her feel a little uneasy. She couldn't help but wonder if there was something lurking in the darkness.

"Of course I'm looking for your sister." Ivy turned around and suddenly realized how strange her behavior looked to people without dark vision. "Well, in my opinion, there's no trace of a third person here. If you're sure Gabrielle came down with you..."

"I'm sure!" Ivy was interrupted before she could finish her words. Furong looked at the dark blue lake again and said, "I think she fell into the lake..."

"Okay, then let's dig up this underground lake and see." Ivy waved the magic wand in his hand and drew a huge circle in the air. The originally calm surface of the underground lake immediately became agitated.

Fleur exclaimed, moving a step in Ivy's direction.

Huge bubbles appeared on the surface of the lake, and the bubbles burst and splashed white water. Under Furong's surprised eyes, the entire lake surface surged to both sides, revealing a ravine that could allow three or four people to pass side by side.

The divided water bodies of the underground lake formed water walls on both sides of the gully, just like completely transparent glass restricting the movement of the water.

This is a 4th-level transmutation spell that controls water. With the transmutation talent brought by the Philosopher's Stone, Ivy can easily separate the water surface with the power of a wizard.

Not only that, he can also control water to create waves, huge whirlpools, or guide a river in a direction.

It’s not easy to find someone underwater.

"This... is amazing..." Furong said in surprise as she took a few steps forward.

The bottom of the underground lake is a stone floor, because when the opera house was first built, the land was still a swamp. So in order to stabilize the building and prevent water from seeping into the building from the surrounding water-rich soil, the designer Garnier simply built an artificial lake underground. In order not to bring too much external force to the entire building structure, he also placed the underground lake directly under the stage. Because unlike the stands full of spectators, the stage with only props and a few actors is obviously lighter. The artificial lake is built of stone bricks and concrete, so after Ivy separated the water, the expected muddy ground did not appear.

click!
A staircase made of stones rose from the ground in the middle of the water, and Ivy's transformation skills became more and more sophisticated.

"Come on, Miss Delacour," Ivy raised her hand to invite, "Let's go down and take a look together."

"Just call me Furong." Without pretending to be reserved, Furong put her arm around Ivy's. Her palm was cold. Before Ivy took a step, she grabbed Ivy's arm and walked forward. It seemed that she was still very nervous about her sister.

The water level of the underground lake is about 4 meters. The water looks very clear. Under the effect of Hibiscus's fluorescent spell, the water flashes with beautiful light, making this underground world no longer so gloomy.

"No!" Furong dragged Ivy forward a few steps, stopped and looked at him, "Can you make this passage turn around?"

"Snapped!"

Ivy snapped his fingers, and the steps they had come down from the stone bridge were immediately flooded, white waves formed whirlpools, and a new gully spread from where they stood.

After going around in this way, they looked at the entire underground lake, but they still did not find any human-like objects.

"At least you don't have to worry about her drowning." Looking at Furong's furrowed brows, Ivy comforted her.

"Could it be...did she leave?" Fleur began to consider other possibilities. "It would be troublesome if she was caught by the Muggle guards. Maybe they would inform the Ministry of Magic."

"Well... I guess Muggles don't know about the existence of the Ministry of Magic." Ivy climbed up the stairs again and took Fleur away from the bottom of the lake.

"No matter what, thank you for your help, this..." Furong was still worried about her sister's situation, but at least she had ruled out the worst outcome. She smiled and asked, "I don't even know your name?"

"Ivy Doom, a student at Hogwarts." Ivy introduced himself.

"Ah! So you're not an adult wizard yet?" Furong exclaimed, as if she had just remembered the rule that underage wizards were not allowed to cast spells outside of school.

The French Ministry of Magic, like the British Ministry of Magic, uses the trace thread to track the magic fluctuations of young wizards. She originally thought that she could avoid the Ministry of Magic's scrutiny by casting a spell next to an adult wizard. Now, even if she finds her sister, she can't escape the interrogation at home, and the letter from the Ministry of Magic may soon reach her.

(End of this chapter)