From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 356: New Discovery of the Planeswalkers

Traveling across the multiverse is never easy.

But if you're a Planeswalker, traveling across the borders of the multiverse becomes second nature to you.

Kemina is such a Planeswalker, also known as a time traveler.

The ability to travel through time and space is a gift and defining characteristic of all Planeswalkers. This ability is a manifestation of magic, but it is closely tied to the Planeswalker's soul.

According to the knowledge that Kemina learned from Strixhai, all creatures with Planeswalker Sparks can be called Planeswalkers. Sparks are a mark on the soul of a creature and the embodiment of the dark void in the multiverse.

All creatures living in the multiverse are born with a one in a million chance of possessing this talent, but very few can officially ignite the spark, and many embers fail to successfully travel through time and space until they die.

Embers, this is what Kemina calls those who have potential but have not yet ignited the spark.

When the embers are under psychological or physical stress, extreme developments or strong emotions can help them ignite a spark. Generally, that means a near-death experience.

But as mentioned before, many embers were unable to successfully ignite sparks and complete the first time travel in their lives until they really died.

Kemina is lucky enough and talented enough.

Just because of a misstep and fall, he successfully ignited the spark and traveled through time and space to another world.

As a new Planeswalker, she used her abilities cautiously, constantly exploring her own limits in the process of traveling through time and space.

Due to a small accident, she saw the giant star arch over Strixhaven in Aquavivo. After learning that this magic university has trained countless spellcasters from other worlds, she decided to join here, learn and control her own Planeswalker spark, and figure out the meaning of her own power.

After four years of study, Kemina has come to agree with the educational purpose of this magic university. She believes that the power she has gained as a Planeswalker should be treated with a free and open attitude, just like the magic of Strixhaven, and by using the power of sparks, she can improve the lives of people throughout the multiverse.

The power of one person is obviously not enough to support such a grand ideal, so Kemina applied to become a faculty member of Strijhaven to learn how to teach and guide young spellcasters.

She believes that this experience will definitely be useful in the future, and she hopes to guide more Embers to become Planeswalkers and work together for peace in the entire multiverse.

However, it is summer vacation at Strixhaven now, and not many students stay on campus for summer courses. Therefore, Kemina can return to her hometown for a vacation, and then return to Strixhaven to continue her work before school starts - removing the word "internship" in front of the title of student counselor and preparing to welcome a new batch of freshmen.

A ball of white feathers fell in the air, and Kemina's feet stepped on the land of Strijhaven again.

This place is located deep underground, in an abandoned building structure that no one would visit, but the abundant mana from the Strijhaven Magic Spin made Kemina use this place as her secret base. Usually, she would choose to perform time-travel magic here.

At the university, Kemina had carefully concealed the fact that she was a Planeswalker, for she sought knowledge and growth rather than attention.

"I don't remember there being so many man-made structures here..." Kemina stared at the fluorescent magic pipes on the wall in confusion.

She could feel the magic flowing through her like blood, with a rhythm like the beating of a heart.

The originally empty hall was filled with all kinds of neatly arranged magic research materials, including crystals of various colors and hardness, refined metal ingots that sparkled with charming luster, and rare herbs from the outskirts of Mihua College...

Kemina felt more like she had broken into a wizard's laboratory rather than returned to her familiar secret base.

Following the direction of the magic flow on the wall, Kemina saw more experimental facilities and materials.

She had passed the areas where metals, crystals, and plants were stored, and now came to where biological materials were stored.

Several rows of neatly stacked transparent glass jars were displayed in this area. Each jar was filled with a fluorescent liquid and had some unconscious creatures floating inside.

Kemina approached a jar and found several pests inside. These creatures were roughly the same size as an ordinary ferret or weasel, with many pairs of clawed feet, and their bodies were mostly muddy brown or dark green. They had bad tempers and were not pleasant in appearance, but they had a very deep source of life.

Therefore, the mages of Mihua Academy often extract their vitality to cast spells, or experiment on them with potions and ointments they have prepared.

Kemina stretched out her fingers and tapped the glass in front of her. Feeling the vibration, several pests reflexively opened their eyes, and then fell into a deep sleep again.

"...It has some anesthetic or sleeping pills... That's for sure." Kemina looked at the other glass jars nearby. "Has a Mihua wizard taken over this place?"

In addition to pests, other biological materials were also displayed in the laboratory. Some of them were what Kemina had seen in the wilderness of Akavivo, while others she couldn't name for the time being.

"Devil deer... river swamp dog... salt chugi beast..."

Kemina's fingers brushed across the glass jars, and she softly read out the names of the creatures inside. These animals were distributed in the sedge grassland and the imprisoned swamp outside the Mihua College, and most of them were the result of symbiosis between animals and plants.

The river swamp dogs are covered with moss and water plants, and no one can tell their true appearance when they stay underwater. Although they have sharp teeth and claws, they are classified as plants in biological classification, because their main way of obtaining nutrition is photosynthesis, and then they hunt like normal dogs.

Salt-alkali Chugi beasts are similar to river swamp dogs, and are also large, mobile plant hybrids, except that most of the plants growing on them are fungi that release spores, as well as various poisonous vines. The effects of decay and growth are reflected in this creature, and even the boundaries between plants and animals have been blurred.

As for the magic deer, it is a magical white deer native to Akavivo. Every inch of its body tissue is full of magic. It has long been hunted by people, so it is rare to see them around Strijhaven. Even Kemina, who can share vision with owls, has only seen them a few times in the forest.

Her recollection of magical biology knowledge was interrupted, and Kemina stopped in front of an inconspicuous glass jar.

"Embryo..." Kemina moved closer to observe it carefully.

The thing floating in the tank looked like some kind of immature bird embryo. Kemina discovered a pointed beak and wings that were not fully differentiated.

"How cruel... Taking the unhatched bird out of the egg and soaking it in a jar?" Kemina frowned. For a moment, she imagined the gorgeous feathers and proud posture that the bird should have, and then she felt even more disgusted with the owner of this laboratory.

Just as Kemina was about to leave, she discovered that the bird embryo in front of her was not a specimen, but a living creature. Its tiny heart was still beating, and blood was flowing in its thin blood vessels. "How is this possible..." Kemina quickly moved her body and looked at another glass jar next to her.

"Pegasus?" Kemina murmured in shock. The creature in the jar was a young pony in a curled-up position with a pair of fledged wings behind it.

Similarly, this Pegasus also has vital signs. It does not seem to be in a glass jar, but more like in its mother's womb.

A unicorn... a three-headed snake... a gigantic beast in armor... a winged bird-snake...

The next glass jars were filled with magical creatures that Kemina couldn't name. They were all alive in embryonic form - no, it would be better to say that they were growing rapidly.

Unconsciously, Kemina reached the end of the glass jar and saw a scene that almost made her heart stop.

"A boy..." Kemina had never seen such a scene before. In a university famous for teaching magic, she saw the horrifying scene of living humans being stored in glass jars like specimens.

The boy in the glass jar was about eight or nine years old, with black hair, naked, and an unhealthy pale skin.

"...I want to save him!" Kemina came to her senses, with only this one thought in her mind.

She didn't know what the facility was built for, but she believed that such blasphemous behavior must not be allowed to continue in Strixhaven.

The air in the magic laboratory began to gather abnormally. As a student of analysis who was good at using blue and green mana, Kemina could easily compress the air into a sharp blade that could even cut through steel, not to mention the glass jar in front of her.

“No…” Kemina dispersed the wind blade condensed in her hand, “I still don’t know whether this facility is to imprison him or to protect him… I must wake him up… I must know his situation…”

Kemina can use magic to connect her mind with that of animals and share each other's vision.

But applying this magic to humans is a completely different level of difficulty. The human mind is different from that of animals, more complex and more unpredictable...

Although Kemina is a very talented wizard, she is still a little hesitant about unfamiliar areas.

"I can do it... No need for manipulation, just a gentle touch..." Kemina pressed her palm on the glass jar, closed her eyes tightly, and extended her mind tentacles into the boy's brain in front of her, just like the first time she established a mental link with her partner.

There was no resistance.

Kemina secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but then realized that this situation was not normal. As long as it was a living creature, when encountering a similar situation, it would instinctively resist, and mental magic was created to weaken or bypass this resistance.

Kemina's mind tentacles continued to explore the boy's brain, trying to find anyone with whom she could communicate.

However, she found nothing, as if the little boy in front of her was just an empty shell.

"I thought we were friends, Kemina."

The sudden voice behind her made Kemina quickly end her spell and wave her staff in a fighting stance.

"Ivy!" Kemina looked at the man standing in front of her in shock, as if she knew him for the second time, "What did you do to that boy!"

"Ah..." Ivy sighed, "Look at his face again."

Kemina turned back suspiciously and looked carefully at the boy floating in the glass jar. The more she looked, the more familiar he looked. "This is your son! What happened to him? Where did his soul go?"

"You guessed wrong!" Ivy responded stiffly. He glared at Kemina and said the correct answer with a dark face, "That's my backup body. A clone created using my flesh and blood and necromancy magic."

"Clone?" Kemina repeated haltingly.

"If I die due to some accident, my soul can return to this body and be reborn. You just need to think of it as a safety measure." Ivy looked at Kemina coldly, "Why did you invade my laboratory for no reason?"

Kemina temporarily put away her fighting stance, apparently intending to solve the problem through dialogue: "How did you find this place?"

"Discovery?" Ivy asked back. "Dean Ogeta provided me with this place as a laboratory, so it's not a discovery at all. I occupy this place with official procedures. What about you, Kemina?"

"I..." Kemina bit her lip. She didn't want to reveal the fact that she was a Planeswalker.

"Forget it," Ivy called his Mithril Staff from the Grimoire of Destruction, "Let's see how you got in. I happened to learn a few tricks during the summer course at Hengjian College."

The Arkenstone on the top of the mithril staff emitted a faint white light, illuminating Kemina's figure. Soon after, a phantom composed of white light spots separated from Kemina's body and completely reproduced her previous movements, like a reverse video.

Ivy followed the image with his staff in hand, muttering, "At least you didn't act rashly or damage my property, otherwise you would have to pay off your debt for the rest of your life. Each of these glass petri dishes is worth 200 cups of Splashing Fire Coffee, and if you include the experimental materials inside, you'll need another 100 cups."

Kemina felt as if there were many small bugs crawling on her body. She could only follow Ivy awkwardly and watch him follow her into the laboratory.

"Teleportation magic..." Ivy stopped at the point where Kemina originally landed, and repeatedly moved the light and shadow to recreate the traces left by Kemina's time travel.

"I thought I had blocked the academy's teleportation spell..." Ivy looked at Kemina who was standing there with interest, "Unless this is some kind of more advanced power... some kind of spell I have never seen before... How do you explain this? Kemina?"

"Can I make an excuse...explain something?" Kemina raised a hand, like a student facing a professor's question in class.

"I'm listening." Ivy gave a flawless smile.

(End of this chapter)