A great wizard once said, "A problem cannot be solved at the level that caused it to arise." In other words, solutions to major problems must always be sought in another dimension.
Ollivanders and Grigovich were precisely such a classic contradiction.
Rather than saying that spellbooks had wiped out the two ancient wandmaking families, it would be more accurate to say that as Dimensional Theory developed, wands could no longer meet wizards' needs for stronger and more stable spellcasting—in that sense, spellbooks replacing wands was a solution from another dimension.
The examples in Colmar's mind came to an abrupt end there.
She was briefly distracted, carefully erasing certain "disrespectful" thoughts about Professor Yao from her mind while directing another part of her attention back into the classroom.
At the podium, the elderly guest lecturer was still droning in a voice that made everyone sleepy, reading from the thick handout in his hand that seemed as though it would never end. Every so often, he moistened his finger with saliva and slowly turned a couple of pages.
The North District Great Sage sighed softly to herself. Sure enough, important theoretical courses involving worldview and methodology still needed to be taught by more experienced senior wizards, such as Professor Yao.
Professor Yao's image flashed through her mind again. The witch frowned, just about to erase the thought once more, when she heard two North District Wizards chatting quietly in the back row—
"...I can't understand a single word he's saying!"
"It's normal that you can't understand it! I heard that the teacher of Magic Philosophy at First University is the dean of Jiuyou Academy! Professor Yao, you know him?"
"I do. The Beta Town Post said he was promoted to Legendary a while ago... but hasn't the Post recently had some pretty