From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 351 Tieflings from Faerûn
Perhaps because the semester was almost over, Splashfire Cafe completed Kemina's order very quickly.

Two cups of coffee, each priced at ten gold coins and constantly emitting sparks, were handed over by the clerk through the portal.

"The name Splashing Fire Coffee is indeed very descriptive." Ivy took the coffee in the paper cup from Kemina and gave a fair evaluation.

"Elina's cooking skills are always great, and this is a cup of magic coffee!" Kemina took a sip of the coffee, and Ivy saw with his own eyes the sparks splashing from the cup hitting her tangerine hair.

Kemina obviously did not add any magical protection to her hair, so the temperature of these sparks was obviously not particularly high. Perhaps it was just a phenomenon created by magic.

Ivy brought the paper cup to his nose and sniffed the coffee. It was no different from what he remembered, except that it seemed that no milk or anything like that was added during the making of this cup of coffee.

When Ivy took a sip of the Splashing Fire coffee, he immediately understood why it was so expensive.

Because Fire Splash Coffee can actually be considered a potion, anyone who drinks it will gain temporary resistance to the element of fire.

This effect can directly halve the fire damage received, and is very effective against certain monsters that are specialized in fire damage.

A spell that does something similar is the third-level protection against energy damage, which grants the target resistance to damage from a specified element for one hour.

If converted into an equivalent magic scroll, the price is about 300 to 500 gold coins. If it is an equivalent magic potion, the price will be even more expensive, about 1000 gold coins or more, because after all, not everyone can use the magic scroll, but every adventurer can drink the potion.

Ivy drank the coffee in the paper cup in one gulp and immediately figured out its duration, which was only one minute. However, the effective duration of the spell of protection against energy damage in actual combat would not be too long, because usually no battle would last a full hour.

High-intensity battles are also something every adventurer should try to avoid. Although the effect of Splashing Fire Coffee lasts for a short time, if it can be used to its full potential, it is enough to change the direction of an entire battle.

From this perspective, the Fire Splashing Coffee, which can provide the equivalent of a third-level spell, is only sold for 10 gold coins, which is quite a bargain. If it were not only effective against fire damage, it would probably immediately become a powerful drink sought after by adventurers.

Only in a school like Strixhaven, filled with spellcasters, could one find such a simple magic drink that was so cost-effective and effective.

After finishing her coffee and seeing the dormitory, Kemina, a trainee counselor, immediately planned to leave.

"I shouldn't have missed anything, right?... Every freshman will go to Maodian Pavilion for orientation after completing the design of the dormitory. Now that you have already taken that step, you can manage your time from now on. Before the golem completes its construction... I suggest you go to the tavern."

"Masquerade." Ivy reminded. Although he was not a social creature, the magic ball in Strixhaven was obviously worth going to see. Maybe he could see some new magic.

"Ah!" Kemina stretched out a finger and tapped her forehead. "I almost forgot... The masquerade will be held in the Koma Academy of Hengjian College. It is usually used to explain the latest archaeological discoveries. Therefore, it is large enough to hold scrolls several kilometers long or thousands of people. It will be held in a week."

"You need to wear a mask to attend the ball and prepare distinctive personal costumes... These masks are made possible by the magic on the ball accessories issued by the school, so they also serve as admission tickets to a certain extent. Don't worry, I will definitely send the accessories to you within a week." Kemina explained quickly, "This is what you need to know. I believe that as a 147-year-old wizard, you can definitely explore this school on your own! Finally, remember to enjoy Strijhaven!"

Before Ivy could wave, Kemina quickly left Ivy's sight with the owl on her shoulder.

After throwing the paper cup in his hand into the trash can at the entrance of the dormitory tower, Ivy also entered his residence for the next period of time.

The first floor of the dormitory tower is a public rest area. Ivy didn't see many personal belongings here. In addition to the sofas and tea tables illuminated by magic lights, there are also some musical instruments here. They are all common styles in the fantasy world, such as bagpipes and lutes.

The study atmosphere in the dormitory is very strong, because the bookshelves against the wall are almost as high as the ceiling and are filled with all kinds of books. It seems that Ivy's two roommates also love to study magic.

There was a pillar standing in the middle of the lounge. Ivy, who already had some knowledge of Strijhaven, realized that it was the magic staircase commonly used in this school. As long as you step on it, a translucent magic step will appear that rotates upward, automatically sending you upstairs.

The magical steps that Dumbledore used at the entrance to the headmaster's office can be seen almost everywhere in Strixhaven, and they look a little more advanced.

Ivy walked up the magic staircase to the second floor, which was evenly divided into four different sectors, three of which were dormitory rooms, and the other was connected to an open-air balcony.

There were already two dormitory rooms with door numbers hung on them. They were the ones that Kemina had told Ivy about, Huo Fei and Weilan.

Ivy came to the last empty room. Perhaps this room was left because it was the farthest from the balcony area.

The room was just as Kemina had said, with no furniture except for the white walls. The blank magical blueprint was also hanging behind the door. Ivy was going to use the blueprint behind the door to transform the entire dormitory into a foyer.

Because the Room of Requirement can be easily covered in this room through the Grimoire of Destruction, and it has a larger space, it is obviously much more comfortable than the dormitory room that only occupies a quarter of the second floor.

However, judging from the height of this dormitory tower, the second floor is not its limit, and there should be space for the third and fourth floors.

It was not difficult for Ivy to design a foyer with a similar decoration style to the Room of Requirement, because he spent so much time in the Room of Requirement.

And all the decoration there had to be done by his own magic, so Ivy accumulated a lot of experience in this regard.

After arranging the entrance to the Room of Requirement, Ivy prepared to go to the Arch End Tavern to take a look. Unfortunately, the Room of Requirement could not have two entrances and exits at the same time. After Ivy took out its entrance from the Tome of Destruction, he could not enter it again through the Tome of Destruction unless he remotely removed the previous entrance.

The reason why it is called the Arch's End Tavern is that this tavern is located at the end of the giant structure of the Dawnstar Arch, close to the ground.

The tavern looks low and inconspicuous compared to the surrounding towers, but it conveys a relaxing atmosphere. Its exterior walls are carved with overlapping Strixhaven star patterns, which make it look shiny.

The lighting in the room was dim, but it was enough to ensure normal vision, especially for someone like Ivy who had dark vision.

Even though night had just fallen, the tavern's worn oak tables and black leather sofas were already filled with senior students and faculty from various colleges, showing how popular this place was. Perhaps because the final exams were over, the students and faculty got drunk earlier than usual. Several square tables in the main dining area had been put together, and many people were playing some drinking games around them.

Compared to the dice and cards beloved by Muggles, the spellcasters' drinking games are far more dangerous.

Hogwarts students would play Gobstones and Thunderbolts together at parties, and if they were not careful, they would get themselves covered in stinky water, or be covered in dirt because of the wrong combination of cards.

In Strixhaven, the drinking game is even more dangerous.

Some drunks were having a magic ray competition. After taking a gulp of liquor, they tried to use various magic rays to hit the balls shot out from the ball serving machine at the other end.

Even if a sharpshooter with an unerring accuracy were to come, he might not be able to easily hit these things with strange routes, let alone the drunk spellcasters.

Therefore, within just one minute of entering the pub, Ivy saw a student's hair on fire, and another student who was drinking from a glass of wine had his face covered with ice cubes that fell from the wooden cup.

Fortunately, the customers in the Gongmo Tavern were all spellcasters, and the ray spells flying around did not cause much damage and were countered by several smart students.

In addition, some students were playing a kind of magic cricket fighting. The crickets were several animated teacups, which opened their mouths wide and tried to bite off their companions' noses (the handles of the teacups). There was already a small pile of teacup fragments on the table.

Ivy made her way through the chaotic yet vibrant main dining area to an empty table near the patio.

Fortunately, the terrace performance that Kemina mentioned had not started yet, otherwise such a great viewing spot would have been taken by someone else.

"What do you need?"

Ivy had just sat down when a sharp-eyed waiter came over. He should be a student of Terry College. Ivy caught a glimpse of the red and blue school uniform showing from the sleeves.

"Are you a Tiefling?" Ivy discovered that the waiter in front of him was actually a devil's descendant with double horns, black hair and red skin.

Strixhaven is a hodgepodge of races. Ivy saw more talking races in one day than he had seen in the past hundred years.

Ivy had seen things flying in the sky, swimming in the water, running on the ground, and even stones and trees, but she had never seen a tiefling with the blood of hell.

"Hmm." The male tiefling seemed very impatient and blew out a breath through his nose as a response. "At least you know that I'm a tiefling, unlike the rest of the world who think I'm a devil. So, are you ready to order?"

"As far as I know, tieflings should only appear in the world connected to the Nine Hells. How did you come to Aquavivo?" Ivy was very happy to see a living tiefling.

In fact, this race should be considered unique to Faerun, after all, the only world connected to the Nine Hells is Toril.

And Ivy was forced to make an unexpected journey because he wanted to be teleported to the Sword Coast. Now that he could see such a lively Tiefling, it was natural for him to be very excited.

"I'm working. I don't have time to chat with you." The tiefling exhaled a breath of foul sulfur smell and rolled his eyes.

This description was actually not quite accurate, because the tiefling in front of Ivy had no whites of his eyes, but instead a whole patch of black with no pupils visible.

"Then give me the most expensive wine and food on the menu." Ivy launched a money-throwing offensive without hesitation. Problems that could be solved with gold were not a problem for him at all.

"Really?" The tiefling didn't hide his suspicion at all. "You pay first."

Ivy threw out a purse full of gold coins and said, "If the most expensive wine doesn't have what you like, add this one in. I hope that when I see you next time, you'll have organized your language."

The tiefling frowned and opened Ivy's purse, and was immediately dazzled by the light reflected by the gold galleons.

"This is not Aquavivo's gold coin..."

"Of course, in fact, I just entered this school from another world today." Ivy looked at the tiefling's tail that was tangled around his legs because of excitement.

"You are a powerful man... maybe..." After taking a closer look at Ivy's outfit, the tiefling did not continue talking and turned to the counter. "The drinks and dishes will be ready soon!"

Soon, the tiefling staggered over to the wooden table where Ivy was sitting with a huge tray and placed the food on it all over the table one by one.

Ivy saw steaming tavern stew, baked biscuits, cheese puffs, and what looked like fried eel. The luxuriously packaged bottles of wine were unopened, but Ivy believed that these guys were the biggest spenders in the tavern.

"Come sit down and have a drink with me." Ivy invited, and Tiefling sat down immediately.

"Do you remember my question just now?" Ivy opened the cork himself and poured a glass of wine for the tiefling.

"Of course." The tiefling took a sip from his cup. "As you know, I am a tiefling, but I am not from the Nine Hells... I am from Faerun, a city in the Sword Coast region."

"Baldur's Gate?" Ivy asked with interest. He didn't expect that the Sword Coast intelligence he had been pursuing would appear before him in this way.

"Why are you all asking about Baldur's Gate? Is this the only famous city in Faerûn?" Tiefling took another sip of wine in dissatisfaction, "I come from Eltoril, a great city!"

　The tieflings in PF have different origins from the tieflings in Faerun, and they are distinguished by different names.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)