Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 74 Fire Dragon Sanctuary

"Hello, my name is Charlie, Charlie Weasley."

Xi Lun looked at the familiar red-haired man in front of him and raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that the guide Alistair found for him was actually an acquaintance.

"We've met before, in Diagon Alley, do you remember?" Charlie obviously recognized Xiren as well, and he took out a wand from the buckle of his sleeve.

"You helped me choose this wand. It has saved me from dragons countless times."

"Of course, I remember it very clearly." Xi Lun said, and he also looked at the wand.

The surface is smooth and clean, without any bumps or scratches.

"You've taken good care of your wand."

"I didn't know anything in school before. I thought the wand was just a tool and it didn't matter what it did."

"But now I know how important a good wand is. Sometimes if your spell is completed half a second earlier than your enemy's, you can survive." Charlie shrugged. "Besides, I don't want to be scolded by Mr. Ollivander again."

Xi Lun smiled and said, "My grandfather is usually very kind and rarely scolds others, especially guests."

"I think so." Charlie spread his hands in self-mockery. "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. This is your first time at the Fire Dragon Sanctuary, right? Let me show you around."

Charlie took Xi Lun into the woods. Xi Lun thought that the forest behind would be like the Forbidden Forest of Hogwarts, but after entering, he found that the forest only served to block the view.

"That's a large Muggle-repelling spell, just like the Leaky Cauldron," Charlie explained. "If a Muggle strays into it, they'll see the creature they fear most...

"What's the Muggle-Repelling Charm at the Leaky Cauldron? Oh, right, I suddenly remembered something urgent. This is more effective!"

"Why? Do Muggles often break into the dragon protection area?" Xi Lun asked curiously.

"Not many, only one or two every once in a while, we can handle it..."

"This way, I'm going to show you a beautiful girl. By the way, she's also from Hogwarts."

Charlie said mysteriously.

After hearing the word Hogwarts, Xi Lun immediately guessed what he was going to take him to see.

"Look, a Norwegian Spinosaurus. Pretty, isn't it?" Charlie pointed to a blue-gray young dragon on a cliff not far away and said, "Hagrid called her Norbert, but later we found out it was a female dragon, so we changed her name to Norberta.

"By the way, do you know Hagrid? He's the gamekeeper, responsible for leading the new students across the river in boats during the start and end of term."

"Of course, I know Hagrid," said Siren, "and we know each other well."

"Oh, then you must know Norbeta too." Charlie said with a smile.

Xi Lun felt as if an arrow had hit his heart.

No, he had never seen a Norwegian Spinosaurus before today, and Hagrid had never told him about it.

"I was just floored when I got the letter from my brother."

Charlie didn't notice the complicated expression on Xiren's face and continued to talk to himself, "But Hagrid is really amazing. Even the most experienced dragon breeder wouldn't dare to say that he can definitely hatch a dragon egg, but he did it and even raised Norbeta to such a big size."

Xi Lun became more and more upset as he listened, and quickly changed the subject, "Is this the area where the Norwegian Spinosaurus lives?"

"Not really." Charlie shook his head and explained, "This is actually an adaptation area. Fire dragons from outside will live here for a while before entering the protected area. We will judge the personalities of these fire dragons through observation.

"If the fire dragons are too violent and have too strong a sense of territory, they must be separated from the docile ones." "Are there docile fire dragons?" Xilun asked in disbelief.

"They're relatively docile," Charlie said. "For example, the Welsh Green Dragon and the Australian White Eye. As long as you don't provoke them, they basically won't attack you."

After that, Charlie introduced some interesting things in the reserve. Xi Lun nodded perfunctorily while looking around, looking for something.

"If you're looking for other fire dragons, you'll probably be disappointed," Charlie said. "Very few fire dragons have been sent here recently. Currently, there's only one dragon here, Norbeta."

"If it were another time, I could take you to the real reserve to see it, but not now... There's something big going on in the reserve."

"I know that," Xi Lun said, "but aren't there any dragon blood trees around here?"

"Dragon blood tree?"

"Yeah." Xi Lun nodded. "I remember there were dragon blood trees where there were fire dragons. How come I didn't see any?"

"So that's what you're looking for." Charlie suddenly realized, "You can't see dragon blood trees here. They're on the other side, near the fire dragon's lair."

"How about this, wait a moment, I'll take you to see it."

Charlie asked Xiren to stay where he was and left in a hurry. He didn't come back until twenty minutes later with two brooms in his hands.

"Can you ride it?" He handed one of the brooms to Xi Lun. "It's a bit far, and we have to go over a mountain. Flying over can save a lot of time."

Xi Lun shook his head, then nodded, "I've only ridden it in flying lessons."

"That's enough," Charlie said. "I specially found two very old silver arrows. They're not fast, but they're stable."

Just as Charlie said, when Xiren rode on the broom, he felt like he was back in the flying class at school, feeling very safe.

Even though Charlie seemed not to be used to this speed, in order to take care of Xi Lun, he could only patiently lead the way slowly in front.

Fortunately, they just wanted to cross the mountain in the middle. After reaching the other side, Charlie immediately jumped off the broom and pointed to a few gray-brown trees not far away and said, "That's the dragon blood tree you are looking for."

Xi Lun flew over excitedly, but soon he was disappointed to find that the dragon blood trees had already died.

The dragon blood tree is a special magical plant that does not require rain, but needs fire to water it, preferably dragon flame.

The dracaena tree will then take on a golden-red color and develop a flavor that the fire dragon will love.

What was in front of him was definitely not golden red. Xi Lun tried to break off a branch, but with just a light pinch, the branch broke in the middle.

It's so withered that it's hard to bring it back intact, let alone make a wand out of it.

"Are there no other dragon blood trees?" Xilun asked unwillingly.

"Yes." Charlie thought for a moment and said, "But you also said that dragon blood trees only grow near fire dragon nests..."

He didn't continue speaking, but just glanced at the flying broom under Xilun intentionally or unintentionally.

Not to mention that other people are not allowed to enter the Fire Dragon Protection Area easily now. Even if it is possible, he will not take Xilun with him, otherwise he will be discovered by the Fire Dragon and he will not be able to escape.

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(End of this chapter)