Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 72 The Leaky Cauldron and Knockturn Alley
When the July holidays just started, the wand shop was still closed. Not only was Garrick Ollivander too busy to run the shop, but the new students had not yet received their admission letters.

It would probably take about a month for the owl to deliver the letter to this year's freshmen, and that was when the wand shop would actually open.

Garrick Ollivander stayed in his room for a week, and during this time, Siren basically spent his time in the room flipping through those boring wand books.

After arriving at Hogwarts, he realized that his theoretical knowledge was still quite lacking, and he would naturally make up for it when he had time.

But he didn't read all the time. Occasionally, when he felt bored, he would go to the Leaky Cauldron to relax, order a glass of butterbeer, and listen to the drunks bragging about their glorious deeds of riding Swedish short-nosed dragons to participate in the giant war.

As for whether they dared to approach the Swedish short-nosed dragon, or whether they would be scared to the point of shaking legs... that didn't matter, because everyone around was very happy anyway.

"I knew you wouldn't believe me, but it doesn't matter..." The middle-aged wizard in a cowboy hat took a big gulp of wine and leaned against the bar in a daze.

"After all, when I stepped on the giant... hiccup, stepped on him... you were all trembling in fear from the Death Eaters... I won't bother with you..."

Seeing that his boasting was getting bigger and bigger, even opening up indiscriminate map cannons, a wizard in a purple robe could no longer sit still and shouted loudly:

"John, which giant did you step on, Gugo or Golilu?"

"Yes, yes, Goog!" stammered the cowboy hat wizard named John.

"Really?" The purple-robed wizard was shocked at first, but then immediately calmed down, "I don't believe it. That giant is definitely not called Gugo!"

"You think I'm lying?" John blushed. "The giant's name was Gogo. I remember it clearly."

After a moment's silence, the Leaky Cauldron erupted in such joyful laughter that even the candle flames on the ceiling began to tremble.

People were holding their stomachs and laughing, but John just sat there blankly, not knowing what they were laughing at.

Finally, Tom (the bar owner, not the cat who stayed in the Forbidden Forest and refused to go home) couldn't stand it anymore and whispered to John that Googly was the name of the giant leader, just like the headmaster of Hogwarts and the Minister of Magic, it was just a title, not a name.

The tips of John's ears instantly turned red, like charcoal licked by a salamander. He clumsily tried to stand up to argue, but almost tripped over his cloak.

"What do you know!" He drunkenly slammed the table, "At that time... at that time..."

"You must have been so scared that you stayed at home and didn't dare to come out!" Someone said the second half of the sentence for him.

More than a decade ago, a mysterious man instigated giants to attack the wizarding world, causing great panic and destruction. Any wizard who participated in it would be impossible not to know what "Guge" represents.

"I bet he can't tell the difference between a giant and a troll, unless the troll wears a cowboy hat!" This caused another round of laughter, and the laughter in the whole bar almost shook the old sign of the Leaky Cauldron off.

Seeing that John had fallen silent like a defeated cockroach, Xi Lun knew that the fun was over. He drank the rest of the butterbeer in one gulp and returned to Diagon Alley from the backyard.

When passing a fork in the road, he subconsciously stopped.

This is the entrance to Knockturn Alley. He had been here several times in the past few days, wanting to see if there was any good and cheap core material for the wand.

Siren had lived in Diagon Alley for several years, and people knew him even in Knockturn Alley.

Of course, these wizards mainly knew Garrick Ollivander, and were willing to give the old wand maker some face and not embarrass Siren. The premise is that Siren did not go to the depths of Knockturn Alley. There was no normal wizard living there, not even Dumbledore's name was used, let alone Garrick Ollivander.

Xi Lun naturally knew this, so usually, even if he came here, he would only stay near the entrance and would not go beyond Borgin and Burke.

But strangely, there have been a lot of unfamiliar faces appearing in Knockturn Alley recently.

The last time he was there, the vendor selling hearts and toes of dark creatures had disappeared, and an old witch with moss growing on her teeth had taken his place.

"Forget it, let's talk about it later." For safety reasons, Xi Lun gave up the idea of ​​going shopping in Knockturn Alley and went all the way back to the wand shop.

It was strange that his grandfather was willing to leave the house.

Xi Lun looked at Garrick Ollivander behind the counter and asked in surprise, "You figured it out so quickly?"

"Not even close."

"Then why did you come out?" Xi Lun said, "It's only the first week of vacation. It's still a long time before the new students receive their admission letters."

"No, something else." Garrick Ollivander looked at Siren, "Are you interested in taking a trip?"

"Holiday trip?" Siren shook his head. "Not interested. I'd rather listen to the stories of goblin rebellions and giant wars in the Leaky Cauldron."

"No, it's not just a simple trip." Garrick paused before continuing, "I'm taking you to some special places. Haven't you always wanted to know where the dragon heartstrings, unicorn tail hair, and various staff shafts come from?"

"Hmm?" Xi Lun, who was about to go upstairs, stopped where he was and turned around and said, "But didn't you say before that according to tradition, you can only take me there after I graduate?"

"Normally, that's true. The reason is to avoid wasting precious materials." Garrick nodded. "It was only after I graduated from Hogwarts that your great-grandmother took me to Romania for the first time, but I don't think you need to wait that long..."

Maybe it was because he was thinking about the unicorn wand, but the expression on Garrick's face became increasingly strange.

How on earth did he do that... Oh no, forget it, forget it!
Xi Lun looked at Garrick who started patting his head for no apparent reason and muttering to himself, and was stunned for a moment... What kind of process was this? Was his grandfather really okay?
"I'm fine." Garrick seemed to have guessed what Xiren was thinking and said directly: "Then this trip to Romania..."

"I'm still not interested." Xi Lun shrugged.

If it were a year ago, or somewhere else, Xiren would be willing to accompany Garrick on a trip, but forget about Romania.

Unlike his grandfather Garrick, he wanted a whole fire dragon heart rather than a single dragon heartstring or heart nerve.

But will the people in the Romanian Fire Dragon Reserve agree to his request?

You don’t have to think about it to know it’s impossible!
After all, whether it's potions or alchemy, the dragon's heart is one of the most precious materials, and the competition is fierce.

Since this trip to the Fire Dragon Sanctuary is bound to be disappointing, it would be better not to go in the first place. Even if he needs to use the Fire Dragon Nerve one day, he can directly ask Garrick for help.

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(End of this chapter)