From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 350 Heading to the Dormitory
After leaving the student center, Kemina continued to stroll with Ivy in Strixhaven. They were going to find a dormitory and talk about the fashion masquerade for junior students.

"You already know Maodian Pavilion, right?" Kemina looked up at the giant building. "Every time I see it, I wonder how it was built..."

Under the light of the twin suns, Maodian Pavilion looks like a giant castle decorated with chalk and enamel. The green land and flowing water below add a touch of fantasy to it, not to mention the spellcasters and golems that can be seen everywhere.

"I can answer you that it must be the use of magic." Ivy looked at the giant star arch above Maodian Pavilion. It is said that this thing reflects a very huge magical secret to some extent, but countless people have studied it but have not been able to make it produce any reaction.

Just as he was speaking, Ivy saw a golem made entirely of a metal frame, grabbing a student and walking out of the Maodian Pavilion, and throwing the yelling student directly to the ground.

"First-year students are not allowed to enter the second floor of Maodian Pavilion without permission. Once discovered, they will be immediately expelled from Maodian Pavilion." The metal golem made a stiff and mechanical sound and retracted its slender arms that were hinged together with gears and connecting rods.

Ivy immediately understood that these golems were the librarians of Maodian Pavilion, and the retractable arms were probably responsible for helping students take down books from high places. In addition, the round metal wheels on the chassis gave it good steering and braking capabilities, and in terms of controlling balance, it should have used the same magic as the carriage Ivy had ridden before.

The student who was thrown on the ground muttered softly and tried to get up, but if you looked closely, you could see that he was protecting what was in his arms, and the expression on his face didn't seem like the regret of being thrown out of the library, but more like a smile after his plan succeeded.

"Wait for me a moment, Ivy!" Kemina obviously also noticed this, and the blue magic light lit up in her eyes again. This was the magic of sharing senses with the owl, which meant that Kemina could use it to give more complex instructions to her partner, and use it to accomplish some things that she was not suitable to do.

Judging from Ivy's knowledge of spell identification, perhaps this animal companion of Komina has other abilities, such as transformation or spellcasting, or advanced applications of blue and green mana.

The snow-white owl flapped its wings silently and approached the first-year student who was brushing the dust off his skirt from behind.

Although this was a sneak attack, it was not an attack. Before it touched the first-year student's uniform, the owl suddenly transformed from a physical entity into a phantom, piercing through the first-year student's chest from behind, and also turned the book he hid under his robe into a phantom and grabbed it out.

Ivy knew that some spellcasters who had done extensive research on illusion spells could turn illusions into real things, but this was the first time he had seen someone turn a solid entity into a phantom.

Even if the effect is not much different in the gaseous form, it only converts the body into gas, and the total amount of matter remains unchanged.

It seems that every professor and scholar at Strijhaven should not be underestimated. Even a trainee student counselor like Kemina has her own unique skills.

"Hey!" The first-year student shouted at Kemina's owl, but attracted the attention of the library manager who was about to enter Maodian Pavilion.

The owl threw the book in its claws to the library keeper, then made a graceful arc and returned to Kemina's shoulder.

The student's gaze followed the owl's flight path and turned to Kemina. Obviously, they knew each other.

"Tirana Kapler," Kemina said, "this semester is over for you, so at the beginning of the next semester, you will report to the supervisor at the Detention Swamp."

"Oh." The girl named Tirana obviously knew that she shouldn't refute at this time. She lowered her head obediently and said, "I understand, Professor Kemina... Trainee Counselor."

"Okay, let's go." Having already announced the punishment for Tirana, Kemina turned and called out to Ivy, "We still have a lot to do today."

"What kind of magic is that?" Ivy took two steps forward and came to Kemina's side. "It's really wonderful and detailed."

Praising a spellcaster's spell was obviously a good way to flatter him. Kemina smiled and said, "That's transmutation. Normally, I would turn students who disrupt the class into frogs, but it's very difficult to transform objects between reality and illusion. Now I can only make it work on myself and my friends."

"An extension of the magic theory of the Institute of Analysis? The transformation of the properties of matter?" Ivy nodded to show his understanding. Obviously, Kemina's transmutation technique used green mana, which was the kind of magic that Ivy could not master for the time being.

"Yes," Kemina nodded with a hint of surprise, "If I hadn't known that you had just started school today, I would have suspected that you were a quantitative analysis student."

"What is the Confinement Swamp? A 'natural paradise' for students who have made mistakes to reflect on themselves?" Ivy didn't want to waste time talking about a spell that he couldn't cast yet, so he asked about Kemina's recent punishment decision.

When Ivy heard the name "Detention Swamp", he could not help but think of the Forbidden Forest in Hogwarts. If any students made a big mistake, the school would send them to the Forbidden Forest for a walk, mainly to scare them. Anyway, this trick worked well for Malfoy.

I just don't know whether the imprisonment of the swamp in Strixhaven has more practical significance or more symbolic significance.

Kemina replied: "As the name suggests, it is a rather unpleasant place. Students will encounter unpleasant smells, poisonous plants and animals, and have to endure all kinds of mucus and mud. Usually, students are tasked with collecting some difficult-to-obtain animal and plant specimens - mainly because they are too smelly, so that they can understand again how precious it is to study properly on campus."

"It seems to have more educational significance," Ivy commented.

"Strijhaven is a school after all." Kemina led Ivy around several lawns where group activities were taking place. The students on the lawns were from all grades, but like Hogwarts, they always acted in college units.

The students of Cuili, dressed in red and blue school robes, were engaging in a magic duel with the students of Yinhao, dressed in black and white school robes, apparently for the right to use a public space.

Most of the Silver-Hao people are poets and singers, but you can also see monks wearing very little clothing. The Tsuri people look more colorful, but it's hard to tell what kind of spellcasters they are from their appearance, because they look more like avant-garde artists.

The students of Cuili were going to rehearse magic dance, while the students of Yinhao were going to chant a long poem, and the two groups were confronted because of this. After Ivy admired the flying sparks and ink light and shadows in the air, he found that Kemina, a faculty member, did not stop him.

"Magic duels are allowed in public, and there are other professors here. It's not my turn to take care of this matter." Kemina noticed Ivy's gaze and explained.

Looking at the two professors who were arguing fiercely and about to fight (mainly Professor Cuili with her hands and Professor Yinhao with her mouth), Ivy nodded in understanding: "College conflicts are understandable."

After Ivy and Kemina left, the conflict on the lawn seemed to become more intense. Perhaps the two professors had decided to use magic instead of quarreling.

"Look, that's your dormitory."

Kemina pointed to a spire covered with red copper tiles. Among the many tower-shaped buildings in Strijhaven, Ivy's dormitory tower did not look conspicuous. However, its superior geographical location gave it a unique advantage.

"Across the Treasure Avenue, you can see the Archway Tavern. There are always performances from various colleges, mainly students from Treasure and Silver. In addition, you can also eat some delicious but greasy food, and senior students often have magic duels in the open space behind the tavern."

However, standing on the ground, it is impossible to see the Arch Tavern which is blocked by layers of buildings. Ivy is not sure what the building looks like.

Since both the Dean of Order and the trainee counselor mentioned it specifically, Ivy might be able to find something interesting there, such as rumors about Strixhaven and Aquavivo.

"That lovely and bright building is the Splashfire Cafe," Kemina pointed to a cafe with avant-garde decoration behind the crowd of people who were engaging in a magic duel. "Its name comes from the owner's signature coffee. She is an elf wizard who is best at using fire magic to make coffee. There are too many orders from students and faculty to count. If the deans hadn't set up a permanent order portal on the counter of the Splashfire Cafe, I'm afraid we would have seen delivery men shuttling around the campus all the time."

Perhaps seeing Ivy's curiosity, Kemina added: "The spell for ordering is very simple. It uses the magic system within Strijhaven. However, it can only deliver one cup of magic at a time, and only faculty members are qualified to use it... I'm not sure if I can teach you this spell... But in a year you will become a lecturer in a certain college, so keep your eyes open."

Kemina stretched out her right hand, and with her nimble fingers she simply drew a few runes in the air.

The next second, the runes turned into a language that everyone could understand. Ivy saw that it was a drink menu, with only two categories, coffee and tea, but there were quite a lot of varieties. The price was marked behind each drink, and the drink menu headlined the signature coffee of the Splashfire Cafe, which cost 10 gold coins, 3 gold more expensive than one of Ollivander's wands.

"What do you want to drink? It's my treat." Kemina said with a smile.

"Then let's have a cup of the boss's signature coffee," Ivy said without hesitation, "I'm quite curious about how to make coffee with fire magic."

Kemina's smile froze for a second: "Okay, okay, then two cups of Splashing Fire Coffee will do."

Her fingers wrote the number "2" behind the heading of the drink menu, and then the fluorescent letters of the drink menu spun and disappeared like water being drained from a pool, replaced by a small portal that was just big enough for an arm to pass through.

Kemina carefully counted out twenty gold coins from her seemingly not-so-full purse, gritted her teeth and stuffed them into the portal of the Splashfire Café.

Ivy was a little stunned. He didn't expect that a spellcaster with considerable ability would be short of money. Even if he only spent a little time every day reselling magic scrolls, he should be able to save some money, right?

"Now, we just have to wait." Kemina pulled her hand out of the portal, and the twenty gold coins had completely disappeared.

Ivy looked at the portal that was still spinning and asked, "Didn't you say that the Splash Fire Cafe is very popular? Are we just going to wait here?"

Kemina had obviously not thought about this problem before, and said in a panic, "I think we'd better not leave easily, because the coffee portal will not move with us. If I don't receive the coffee handed over by the clerk in time, then my twenty gold coins will be completely wasted."

Ivy could feel that the magic source of the coffee portal was pointing in the direction of Maodian Pavilion. Thinking of the Strixhaven Magic Vortex below it, Ivy had almost figured out the principle of this ordering spell. It seemed that the magic vortex in Maodian Pavilion seemed to have assumed the responsibility of the main power supply and computing center. Perhaps other magic in the entire school was also maintained by this large mana structure.

If this is true, then he must study this Strixhaven Magical Whirl carefully.

"Okay," Ivy looked up at his dorm tower, "is there anything else I need to know about the dorm?"

"Oh!" Kemina seemed to remember something, "Of course! Roommates! The people living in this tower are all professors from the academy. I think you should be willing to get to know them yourself. They are Soul Forger Huo Fei from Hengjian College, a dwarf, and Dual Voice Weilan from Cuili, an elemental. They are all easy to talk to, and it won't be too difficult to get along with them."

"Also, the rooms in the dormitory tower are now blank, with nothing but walls. However, there is a design drawing posted on the door that can transform the design ideas in your mind into a blueprint. You just need to put your hand on it and transfer the ideas in your mind to it. The engineering golem will help you complete the decoration as quickly as possible. Generally speaking, as long as the materials are not particularly complicated, one afternoon is enough."

"...I'm curious about what the particularly complex decoration design looks like." Ivy nodded to show that he understood, and then asked the question again, mainly to prevent the atmosphere from becoming more awkward - standing stupidly under the dormitory building was already awkward enough.

"Oh, it's mainly to cater to the living environment of students and teachers of different races. The rooms of the barracudas, wild frogs, and mermaids are not easy to arrange, mainly because of the need for waterproofing. In addition, there are also vine spirits who hope to live in the swamp, and eagle people who live on the cliffs..."

From this perspective, Strixhaven is more like a civilization that makes good use of magic than Hogwarts. At least the magic here is integrated into every aspect of life, unlike wizards who can do almost nothing without their wands.

There are magically powered transportation, cafes that use portals to complete ordering and delivery, and dormitory environments tailored for students of each race. In terms of external conditions, it is much better than Hogwarts, where the dispute between "pure blood", "half-blood" and "Muggle" still exists.

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