From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 25: Confinement in the Potions Classroom

"What are you doing? Mr. Doom...?" Professor Snape asked involuntarily when he walked into his Potions classroom in the dark.

Ivy, who was standing in front of him, was flipping through the Grimoire of Destruction in his hand, and behind Ivy were countless potion ingredients flying in the air.

They include dead rats and various parts of rats' bodies. As frequent visitors to potions, rats are obviously very dedicated. Their tails can be used to make hair-standing potions, which can make the drinker's hair stand up to the sky; spleens can be used to make shrinking potions, which are equivalent to an extended version of shrinking...

There was also a Flobberworm that was grabbed by an invisible force and then spun out slime at high speed; and a leech that was slapped flat...

In addition to biological potion materials, there are also plant materials. Snape saw daisy roots being chopped into pieces, neatly peeled ginger roots, dried nettles cut into sections for later use, and many plant materials whose origins could no longer be identified.

Snape's voice was not loud, and he was so surprised that he even forgot to be angry.

However, Ivy, who had very sensitive senses, still noticed him, so he closed the book and made an expression as if he was listening carefully to the instructions.

"I remember I said it very clearly...use your 'hands' to handle these materials yourself! Do you still want to extend your detention time?" Snape hissed, emphasizing the word 'hands'.

"Oh!" Ivy raised a finger. "Actually, it is my hand that controls these potions."

Ivy snapped his fingers, and all the potion ingredients flying in the air stopped moving.

Then, a faint blue magical light began to appear, and many ghost-like arms emerged from the void. They were the same arms that had previously shown their prowess in this potion classroom.

That’s right, it was the 0-ring trick of Hand of the Mage that helped Ivy a lot.

Previously, Ivy successfully released the Hand of the Mage by destroying the Grimoire, and thus obtained a new profession called "Scribe Mage", but on the character panel, the profession level of the Scribe Mage is still level 0.

So in order to improve his career level, Ivy began to try any action that might gain experience.

The first thing that came to his mind was, of course, fighting monsters.

But the teachers and students of Hogwarts are his brothers, sisters, loved ones and friends. How can he just do that to them?

So after dinner he spent a good while in the Slytherin common room, hoping that someone would be so foolish as to come and cause trouble for him, so that he would have an excuse to send everyone standing in the Slytherin common room to the hospital wing, just as he had done the night of the Start-of-Term Feast.

However, to his disappointment, although all the students who were still in the common room couldn't help but pay attention to him, no one came up to talk to him, and no one even had the courage to look him in the eye.

This made him begin to doubt whether he had been too harsh.

But thinking that he had not used the "Avada Big Melon" at all, Ivy dispelled his self-doubt.

And because Snape's confinement time had arrived, Ivy had to go to Snape's Potions classroom with regret and reluctance.

However, when processing potion materials, he found that his experience points began to increase, although the increase was small, but it was indeed increasing. Therefore, in order to increase the efficiency of brushing experience, Ivy began to use the magician's hand. But the efficiency that can be increased by only one hand is still too little, so Ivy decided to find a solution in the specialty.

You’re right, he really found it.

First of all, there is such a specialty - telekinesis.

It can increase Ivy's main attribute as a spellcaster a little, and then increase the duration and maximum output of the spell Hand of the Mage, and can make the Hand of the Mage invisible. The most important thing is that it can allow Ivy to gain the ability to move objects with her mind.

Next is another specialty - Metamagic Tutor.

This is an ability to add additional benefits to spells by consuming spell points. Other metamagic feats provided in the Destruction Grimoire either have strict prerequisites or are less versatile.

In comparison, the metamagic instructor, whose only prerequisite is the ability to cast spells, undoubtedly takes into account both practicality and versatility.

The super magic abilities that Ivy chose were twin spells and extended spells.

The wizard's hand, using super magic abilities, quickly came to the rescue, which was equivalent to having one more person processing the potion materials out of thin air.

But soon Ivy was no longer satisfied with the status quo. Since he could already use the Grimoire of Destruction to cast spells, why couldn't he transform this spell into one that was more in line with the local magic temperament?
There is no doubt that the brilliant Ivey once again encountered his failure.

It is impossible to cast DND spells without arcane artifacts, even if ancient magic is used. There is no doubt about it. The two systems are fundamentally different.

But Ivy did not gain nothing. At least he found a way to prevent the Mage's Hand from disappearing.

Normally, there can only be one wizard's hand, but after the spells blessed by the super magic mentor, they can be taken over by Ivy's own wizard magic.

So, he released the wizard's hands over and over again, and then took over them with his own wizard magic, repeating this cycle over and over again, which led to the scene that Snape saw when he entered the door.

"Stop right now! And put them back where they belong!" Snape's footsteps blew towards Ivy. "If I ever find out that you wasted even a little bit..."

"I'm afraid that's unavoidable." Before Snape could finish his words, Ivy interrupted him, "For the advancement of magic, one must always pay a small price... However, the efficiency now is more than ten times higher than before! So I think..."

"You think a little waste can be forgiven?" Snape answered Ivy angrily. "Those are materials for tomorrow's class. Do you expect me to give you extra points for processing them now?"

Ivy shrugged and looked at the potion materials behind him that had been almost processed. "If you don't mind... I just helped my classmates get the powder of dried nettles and venomous snake teeth. It's a trivial job... At least those slugs are still alive and well!"

Snape was completely shocked by Ivy's attitude at this time. He didn't expect that there would be such a shameless person in the world!
It was a huge provocation that she didn't show any remorse in the face of his criticism.

"Very good, very good, Mr. Doom." Snape's tone suddenly returned to its previous calmness. "In view of your active help to your classmates in completing tomorrow's homework after class, Slytherin will get five extra points. And as a reward, your detention time will be doubled."

(End of this chapter)