From Hogwarts to Strixhaven.

Chapter 73 Art Elements

"Earth, wind, water, fire and spirit, the five elements coexist in harmony. This time I will succeed."

After returning from Hagrid's hut, Ivy immediately began to prepare his own artistic elemental garden statue. His design was not complicated, but very harmonious, at least he thought so.

Pure water and earth elements were mixed, and metal powder was added in a certain proportion to obtain a large mass of fine mud. Using telekinesis and the magician's hand to shape it, Ivy was already very familiar with this step.

Whether it was the ceramic dragon (named "Teben" by Malfoy) or Hagrid and Buckbeak made of fudge later, all their details were so exquisitely crafted that there was not a single flaw or burr to be found. Ivy's technology was beyond reproach.

Ivy went through many iterations to design the appearance of the Art Element Garden statues. There are majestic fire dragons, majestic Pegasus, crows with gorgeous feathers, and even ceramic maids with delicate and complex structures...

But in the end, Ivy somehow chose a giant cat as the appearance of the art element. That was the pet that Ivy wanted most before coming to the magic world - the Maine Coon cat.

Maine Coons are the largest of all pet cats, excluding their panther cousins. Ivy knew that some turbaned guys would keep some more ferocious, wild and untamable big cats as pets, and now that he was a wizard with extraordinary power, taming these big cats might not be a problem, but after all, he was only a 144-year-old student at a magic school, so he still had to consider the feelings of the professor and his classmates.

So within the scope of Hogwarts, Ivy planned to raise the largest cat. Maine Coons have dense fur, and their triangular heads are relatively small compared to their huge bodies, but this does not affect their big eyes and long eyelashes. Maine Coons also have large ears that stand up to the sky, with black tufts similar to those of lynxes on top, but the tufts of Maine Coons are usually shorter.

In addition, they have a lion-like majestic collar and a thick, long, fluffy tail. When they sit still, it is easy to be reminiscent of its fierce and majestic relatives.

However, unlike their majestic appearance, Maine Coons are usually very docile and friendly to humans. The best part is that their voices are very sweet.

To use an inappropriate metaphor, it's like a bearded man with a face like Oboi using Lin Chiling's voice to act coquettishly towards you.

If it were a human, this scene would certainly be very eye-catching, but it was a cat! It was a cat!

Of course, Maine Coons are not without flaws.

First of all, their dense coat and collar cause them to shed a lot of hair, and their hair will appear in every corner of the home, even in the food served on the table.

Secondly, their huge size is matched by their huge appetite, which in turn leads to huge poop. Large and smelly poop.

Some people who call themselves cat lovers would regard shoveling poop as a kind of pleasure, but Ivy obviously couldn't understand this. So after weighing it over and over again, he gave up raising a Maine Coon cat.

But now he has the opportunity to make the art element into a Maine Coon cat, which can be said to be a double satisfaction. Not only can it complement the combat attributes of the mage's pet, but it can also fulfill his dream in his previous life. Why not do it?

As for the time that might be taken up by the cat to study magic... doesn't Hogwarts have the Philosopher's Stone anyway? At worst, I can get it. Why worry about not having time to pet the cat? No! Why worry about not having time to study magic?
Moreover, the wizard's nine-ring spell, the Wish, can make almost any wish come true. Wouldn't it be easy to make Ivy, a little wizard, a few years younger?
In summary, Ivy finally decided to make a cat that would not shed hair or poop. In order to restore the soft hair of a cat, he used wind elements to poke holes in the clay that were almost invisible to the naked eye, allowing the wind elements and fire elements to mix and penetrate from the clay, forming flames as thin as hair. The delicate wind elements ensured that they would not merge with each other, thus forming the fine hair of the art elements.

The clay has been processed, and the next step is to use magic flames to shape it. The glaze formed by the metal powder will present exquisite colors under the action of high temperature, but Ivy knows very well that this alone is far from enough. At most, it can only create a ceramic statue without any magical features.

What is more important is to give it the colors of natural elements and ignite the artistic brilliance from Ivy's heart, so that a new consciousness can be born with the help of Ivy's spirit. Then introduce it into a brand new body, make the five elements harmonious and unified, and finally complete the creation of artistic elements.

This magic that turned a pile of elemental inorganic matter into life was the magical knowledge from Strijhaven. Ivy's Scribes were only level 8, and his Dazzling Warlock was only level 1, but they were able to perfectly create life with this magical ritual magic. At least at this moment, magic, knowledge, and truth were equal.

Before the cat's dense ceramic shell had cooled, Ivy immediately began his next task.

He poured all the mercury he had prepared onto the ground, and with the help of magic, he quickly drew a complex magic circle. The most conspicuous thing in the circular magic circle was a pentagram.

The tips of the pentagram were inscribed with magic patterns representing the elements. Four elemental orbs emerged from the pages of the Grimoire of Destruction one after another, each floating above the corresponding elemental tip.

The fire element orb corresponds to flames, the lightning element orb corresponds to strong winds and atmosphere, the ice element orb corresponds to water and the ocean, and the rock element orb that was just made not long ago corresponds to earth and mountains. Ivy himself came to the top of the last sharp corner, which corresponds to spirit and creation.

The cat-shaped body, glowing red like charcoal fire, suddenly rose into the air and quickly came to the center of the pentagram magic circle. Ivy had to complete the creation of the artistic element before it completely cooled down and the glaze appeared.

As the magic power gradually connected with the four elemental orbs, Ivy's consciousness expanded to the entire room, giving him a whole new perspective, although it was limited to this time and place.

"So that's it. This is the magic of the Room of Requirement."

With this new perspective, Ivy clearly saw why the Room of Requirement could always meet people's needs - there were many rooms waiting here, and all the temporarily unused classrooms and items in Hogwarts would be gathered together, waiting for the wizards' needs.

Therefore, the wizards will "grant every request" in this secret room where no one will disturb them.

Ivy smiled slightly, and focused his curious thoughts completely on the body of the Art Element in the middle of the magic circle. His spirit, which was expanded exponentially by the magic circle, was completely concentrated. As long as he ignited the artistic spark in his mind, the last step of the Art Element Garden Statue would be completed!
"That's going great." Ivy thought, "My wish of getting a cat that doesn't shed hair or poop will definitely be answered here."

However, someone broke in, broke into the "room suitable for studying magic".

(End of this chapter)