Harry Potter’s Natural Villain Chapter 290: The Wand Shop (Part 1)
At this time, the sharp-eyed shopkeeper noticed that both of them were wearing a magic wand.
"It doesn't seem to be a customer, so how about coming in and taking a look?" the man said enthusiastically.
This is a rudimentary and somewhat messy shop. What's different from its simple appearance is the wide variety of wands inside. The various wand boxes are almost filled with the entire room, making it impossible for people to step down.
"Although the magic wands in my shop are not very popular, I can say that I am the shop that collects the most magic wand materials in the whole of France, not one of them." The man said proudly.
"Compensation?" Malfoy raised his eyebrows.
"He seems to be someone who understands the inside story." The man laughed again, not shying away from it.
"What's the compensation?" Furong asked in a low voice, but he was still heard by the man, and he explained with a smile:
"My poor grandfather used to be obsessed with silver linden wood, thinking it was the best material for magic wands. Unlearned, he was tricked into bankruptcy by a businessman." The man shrugged and said with a smile . "The wood hasn't been used up until today."
"Of course, now we all know that there is no best magic wand material, only the most suitable wand for the wizard himself." The shop owner said slowly.
"So I try to avoid his old ways, um...My father showed me many books about magic wands. Out of a compensatory mentality, I have studied the properties of wands in depth."
"You surely didn't think that apple trees could also be used as magic wands?" The man said triumphantly, and then drew a delicate box from the cabinet beside him, opened it, and took out the magic wand.
"Well, fourteen inches, apple wood." The man raised his wand and looked at it carefully. "Suitable for wizards with great power and lofty pursuits." He nodded and said, apparently admiring his work.
"There have been many failed works before this." The man curled his lips, as if it was something that felt distressed about those wands.
"The nerves of the dragon, the beards of the monsters, these are not too good for the core of the apple wood."
"The former is very suitable for black magic. It is powerful, but it is completely incompatible with Apple Wood. As for the giant beard, it is too bulky and not light enough." He muttered.
"The phoenix tail feathers are very good. I bought a phoenix feather from the black market for a big price and added it. It looks good. They are easier to identify with a righteous wizard."
Malfoy and Fleur listened to this man's explanation politely and patiently. His account was not boring, even a bit interesting, even Fleur heard it with gusto.
"Sorry, I was too fascinated for a while." The man said with a smile, and then he came back to his senses.
"Does your wand need to be replaced? Or do you need maintenance and repair?" He asked just then.
"I need a wand with the same material as this one." Malfoy suddenly drew a wand out of nowhere, and handed it over.
"It's a peculiar request." The man said in surprise, then took the wand, looked at it carefully, and waved it along the way.
"The whirlwind sweeps!"
A gust of moderately strong wind blew up from the store, making a "swish" sound, and then swept the entire store, sweeping all the dust out of the door.
"Elderberry? The dragon's nerve?" The man exclaimed after just casting a spell, that the power of magic is stronger than he thought.
"I think I know who called you here? Is he sure he wants to get this wand back?" The man touched his short stubble, the thoughtful look in his chestnut pupils.
He then said: "This wand is older than me, and according to my father, it was given to him by a respected wizard."
"Yes, sir." Malfoy nodded.
"Okay, when I look for it, it should have been placed on the bottom by me. I thought that no one would ever come to pick it up." The shopkeeper murmured, putting down the apple wood wand in his hand and turning to Walk to the end of the shop.
"Does this magic wand have any meaning?" Fleur asked in a low voice at this moment, looking at the magic wand made of elderberry on the glass case.
"A shoddy little thing, just a token, maybe it also entrusts one person's longing for another person." Malfoy shrugged and explained to the girl.
"Oh, I found it. Don't look at me. Although the display here is a bit messy, I still know where the things are." Soon, the man raised a long and narrow box and walked all the way to two. Put it on the glass cabinet in front of people.
A magic wand with a dark body and a wand full of strange patterns is lying quietly in a simple box. Unlike other magic wands, it does not pursue beauty, and its shape is asymmetrical. There are occasional short branches and slight bulges at the nodes. From this it may be possible to infer the uncontrolled temperament of the owner of the wand.
It's just that now the wand is covered with dust, and it looks like it hasn't been used for a long time.
Few people would know that he once belonged to Gellert Grindelwald, the dark wizard second only to Voldemort.
"It's also made of elderberry..." Malfoy thought, whispering to himself.
Obviously, this is not a coincidence.
Grindelwald's first wand was the rare elderberry.
The cherishment of elderberry itself is one reason, and another reason is the superstition of wizards. Most of them believe that people who possess this kind of wand will incur great misfortune.
The ancient superstition said "Elderberry wands will never thrive" because of their superstition and fear of such wands. Similarly, wands made of this material have extremely high demands on wizards.
In this way, wand makers will not favor this kind of high cost and unsellable wand.
The magic wand can reflect the character of a wizard and even future encounters. For example, the wand of the fir-tree is called the wand of the survivor. Because of his special toughness, it can often turn the wand holder into a barbarian. The beech is very knowledgeable and has an out of mind. The humanity of is better. Many Ravenclaw students use this kind of wand, while ash is more suitable for those who are good at dueling. It is more simple to say that ~IndoMTL.com~ is the heart of struggle.
Grindelwald, in his pursuit of power, in his career as a wizard, perhaps he was interested in the most famous one of the elder wands, which led him to change from the holder of the old wand at the time-Gerry Gović stole the old wand from there.
At that time, Dumbledore's sister Ariana had already died in the melee between the three. The two had completely turned (divided) their faces (hands) and parted ways.
This dangerous dark wizard second only to Voldemort began to form his own army, create chaos, and sacrifice many innocent people for the so-called "revolution."
Finally, the most powerful white wizard in the world and the black wizard held a duel at the time, symbolizing the righteous side. Dumbledore won, and the loser was imprisoned in a prison made by him-Newmont. Gad.
The old wand and the first wand he snatched from him were naturally also captured by Dumbledore in the battle of the century.
"What is the material of Dumbledore's first wand?" Malfoy's thoughts plunged into the sea level of thinking, and he was a little interested in it.