Valewick Tower opened with one hundred and twelve students, nineteen professors, and a disagreement over the ribbon.
The Academy's senior instructors wanted blue. Duchess Elara Valewick brought silver. A representative from the builders insisted the ribbon should be red because he had already purchased fifty feet of it.
Halvern solved the problem by using all three.
Max and Anna arrived while gnomes were tying the final strip across the tower's entrance. The new building rose seven stories above the Academy grounds, its pale stone walls marked with narrow bands of blue crystal. Two classroom wings extended from the base. Dormitories stood behind it, connected by covered walks, and protected laboratories occupied a separate stone building near the rear wall.
