Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 3 The Giant and the Boy
In response to Mr. Weasley's teasing, Ollivander just smiled politely and said nothing.

Although the standard procedure was not followed, he did not take it too seriously. He had said it so many times that this time would not make a difference.

"So you're here to buy a new wand for Mr. Weasley, right?" Ollivander looked at the youngest boy in the crowd.

There are many children in the Weasley family, and they come to his business almost every year. In a sense, they can be considered old customers.

"No, it's not," Mrs. Weasley shook her head. "In fact, we want to buy Charlie a new wand. He's going to work at the dragon sanctuary soon."

Ollivander was stunned for a moment, his eyes swept over everyone, and finally landed on the hand of the youngest child.

To be precise, it was on the wand in his hand.

The wand was tattered and peeling in places, but one end still gleamed white.

Merlin's beard, that's unicorn hair!
Ollivander took a deep breath. He had never seen a wizard's wand so broken when he just graduated. It was even more broken than most wands that had been used for twenty or thirty years.

It is obvious that it has never been maintained during this period and the owner does not cherish it at all.

Ollivander's face looked a little ugly, and even his voice became much colder.

"Yeah, I can see that dealing with dragons requires a proper new wand."

When he said "new wand", he bit his tongue hard.

Mr. and Mrs. Weasley knew very well why Ollivander was angry. They couldn't help but blush, but they had to pretend not to know.

Charlie has to deal with dragons, so a high-quality Ollivander wand is an essential condition.

Fortunately, Ollivander didn't say much, just glanced at them indifferently.

"But I must remind you of one thing. Mr. Weasley is not a freshman, so there is no discount for buying a wand this time."

"We know." Mrs. Weasley nodded quickly.

Ollivander nodded but said nothing.

"How about letting me do it this time?" Siren saw that Ollivander didn't want to do Charlie's business, so he took the initiative to say, "I'll choose his new wand for this customer."

Under normal circumstances, Ollivander would definitely not agree with Siren's reckless behavior.

To put it bluntly, Xi Lun is only eleven years old and he is not qualified to choose wands for guests.

But this time Ollivander only hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.

"Thank you so much, dear." Mrs. Weasley seemed relieved.

She knew Xi Lun.

Unlike most people who only visit the wand shop once every decade or so, the Weasleys are regulars.

They had met when Percy first came here to buy his wand, and he had also been there when the twins bought their wands.

Today is the third time we have met. I can’t say we are familiar with each other, but we are not strangers either.

Xi Lun glanced at Charlie, then at Ron, and a string of data instantly appeared before his eyes.

Willow, unicorn tail hair, 14 inches

[Status: damaged]

[Features: Magical power weakened (a damaged wand will weaken the power of spells, it is recommended to replace it)]

A standard wand, nothing special and of no reference value.

"I just heard that you are going to the Fire Dragon Sanctuary?"

"Yes, we'll leave in the next few days." Charlie nodded.

"How about oak?" Xi Lun said to himself, "Oak, which contains power, usually prefers tenacious wizards. I think it will be a good match for fire dragons."

"As for the wand core, Weasley and unicorn tail hair are a perfect match. There is no need to consider anything else."

"The wand is about ten inches long." Xi Lun took another look at the fourteen-inch willow wand. "Compared to comfort, a shorter one will help you pull out the wand faster."

I don't know what Charlie was thinking, but Ollivander's eyes were getting brighter and brighter. As soon as Xi Lun finished speaking, he had already found the corresponding wand.

Oak, unicorn hair, ten and a third inches, exactly what Siren had in mind.

Ollivander handed the wand to Charlie. He was no longer angry and just wanted to see the effect as soon as possible. Seeing that Charlie didn't move, he urged him.

"What are you standing there for? Come on and try it..."

"what?"

"Oh!" Charlie waved his wand subconsciously.

A cluster of blooming orchids blooms at the tip of the staff.

"Perfect!" Ollivander couldn't help but exclaim.

Even with his most professional eyes, he couldn't find any problems. This wand fit Charlie perfectly, even better than his old one.

Of course, there is one more thing he must say, it was this wand that chose Charlie, even though he was a reckless man who didn't know how to cherish the wand at all.

"That's great, I like it very much." Charlie also couldn't let go of the new wand.

Mrs. Weasley stood there, blinking blankly.

No, not so fast?
She was also an old customer, but this was the first time she discovered that buying a new wand could be so efficient.

You just took a few glances, without measuring your arms and shoulders, or trying other combinations, and you made your choice?

And Charlie himself was very satisfied and put the wand into his jacket pocket on the spot.

Seeing this, Mrs. Weasley said nothing more and reluctantly paid seventeen Galleons to buy the wand.

That's the real price of a wand.

To be honest, seven Galleons sold to freshmen is not a lot.

Take Charlie's wand for example. Just the unicorn tail hair costs nine Galleons, and the wand body needs to be made of specially treated wood, which also costs one Galleon.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic will give each new student a wand subsidy of five Galleons, which barely avoids losses.

Ollivander's Wand Shop has been making wands since 382 BC and can almost be said to have a monopoly on the wand industry in the UK, but in reality it is not very profitable.

After all, most wizards wouldn't waste Galleons on buying themselves a second wand.

In the next few days, Xi Lun stayed in the store to help. During this time, he also met Hermione. Professor McGonagall brought her here to buy a wand.

[Grapevine wood, dragon heart tendon, 10 and 3/4 inches]

【Condition: Perfect】

[Characteristics: None]

A standard wand, of course, as ninety percent of new wands are.

If used for a long time, the wand will also change to varying degrees depending on the user.

Like Professor McGonagall's wand.

[Fir, Dragon Heart Nerve, 9 1/2 inches]

【Condition: Good】

[Feature: Transfiguration Mastery: -50% mana consumption when using Transfiguration (Minerva Magg only)
Transfiguration Master: Transfiguration casting speed +30% (Minerva McGonagall only)
Insight: There is a high probability of directly destroying the opponent's Transfiguration (Minerva McGonagall only)

Three characteristics, all related to Transfiguration, and all related to Professor McGonagall.

This is the wizard's influence on the wand. If it is replaced by another person, these characteristics will be greatly reduced, if not completely disappeared.

……

Soon, it was the last day of July.

Early in the morning, Xi Lun was waiting in the store. He was waiting for a special customer.

But the whole morning passed and he still didn't wait for that person, so Xilun could only continue to wait patiently.

It was not until the afternoon, not long after lunch, that the door of the shop was pushed open from the outside again.

With the ringing of a bell, a skinny boy who looked like a chicken walked in. With him was a big man who was eleven feet tall.

(End of this chapter)