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I want to clean up patchy's room.

Patchouli is a foreigner.

It seems that youkai can exist outside of Japan. Is your neighbour perhaps being a youkai?

Isn't it shameful to have a hikikomori in your house? Why doesn't Remilia do something about it?

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Depends whether the spell is an "effect" or a "transformation". An "effect" spell causes some target to be under an effect for a period of time: for example, to make a room temporarily warm. A "transformation" spell changes the target permanently (well, until it's changed by some other means!).

Applying these categories to non-magical things may make them more clear. If I place a heater in a room, the room will temporarily become warm: when I remove the heater the room is no longer warm. If I take a pile of wood and burn it, the wood is transformed into soot, ashes, and smoke. If you remove the fire, the pile of soot and ashes still remains.

In general, "effect" spells are easier if they last for a short term, but for very long-term spells, you're better off trying for a "transformation" spell. An "effect" spell requires paying of some kind of magical upkeep for as long as it's in effect: if the period is too long, it would be "cheaper" to simply go for a transformation instead.

Some things can't typically be "transformed". For example, I cannot "transform" a room to be warm. Making a room warm involves heating it, so making a room warm really means that I need to continually supply it with heat.