I was watching the kids attending lecture and I saw the chief holding a stew pot - like the one in VV2.

Do I get to cook vegetables in the alchemy lab as well?

The chief just shows random items from the VV series (and sometimes a magic fish from fish tycoon) during lectures.

They don't get to cook in VV3, it's just fun to see which item he'll show them in the lectures

Sometimes he whips a baby out of his cloak. Where does it come from? Where does it go to? Is it still alive, or frozen in time inside a pocket universe hidden by the chief's cape?

We may never know.

That cape's like a tardis the amount of stuff he keeps under it!

Ahem...he or SHE.

My chief is a woman.

One of the pots used in the alchemy lab does look a little like the stewpot in VV2. I've seen the TC use all the alchemy pots in lectures, but not one exactly the same as the one in VV2.