001 Ollivander
"I heard - you really blew up the school toilets?"
At the King's Cross train station, Mrs. Weasley stared at Fred and George with wide eyes, Percy looked very angry with her hands on her chest, and Ron pulled Ginny to tell the story of this year's adventure, but Ginny apparently didn't listen carefully - she kept staring at Harry,
"Oh, Mom, you can't say that, we've been really happy this year......" Fred said casually,
"yes, Mom, there's no evidence that we're ......," added George,
"The school needs evidence for you! I'm your mother, I don't need to!" Mrs. Weasley yelled,
"No, you can't." Fred protested,
"Oh, dear, how are you doing this year?" Mrs. Weasley ignored Fred, and said to Lawrence kindly,
"Yes, thank you, Mrs. Weasley." Lawrence smiled a little awkwardly and said, "Actually, I'm also responsible for this..."
"Oh, don't talk to these two guys," Mrs. Weasley said, and the twins rolled their eyes together, and she turned to Harry and Hermione and asked, "It's been a busy year, hasn't it?"
"Ugh...... I think I did my best......" Lawrence whispered to the twins,
"If it weren't for you cheating again, how could we be so embarrassed this time......" Fred said sadly,
"Mom doesn't believe you're an accomplice every time...... George points out a fact,
"I can't help it." Lawrence spread his hands,
"Hey, look." George pointed behind Lawrence, a tall, burly, fat middle-aged man with no neck to see was talking to Mrs. Weasley.
"Harry's family, presumably?" Fred guessed,
"Probably, right?" George said that they watched Harry follow the middle-aged man away, and Lawrence watched with interest as Harry and a tall, thin woman and a round boy next to him.
"You're going to come to our house this year, Lawrence." George said,
"You didn't come last year, and Mom asked for the whole summer, and our ears were almost calloused." Fred said,
"Okay, write to me later." Lawrence waved goodbye to the Weasleys and skillfully took the subway, he didn't go back to the orphanage first, before going back, he had to go to Diagon Alley first,
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Ollivanders' store is still small and dilapidated, the difference is that this time there are several travelers in the store, and Ollivander smiles and bows to see them off.
"Good afternoon." In a soft voice, Ollivander said, "I am especially happy every time a wizard comes back and tells me how well his wand is performing."
"Hello, Mr. Ollivander." Lawrence said, "I got your letter on the train."
"Yes, Lawrence. Rovander," said Ollivander, "the black walnut and the dragon's heartstrings, twelve inches, are extremely elastic, right?"
"Yes." Lawrence replied,
"I remember that day, I could feel the excitement of the wand in the room," Ollivanders' silver-white eyes stared at Lawrence's scalp tingling, "a good and potential little wizard made them a little excited, but after trying one by one, it was the only one who chose you."
"Yes." Lawrence handed his wand out,
"Headmaster Dumbledore wrote to me that you met 'the man who can't be named.'" Ollivander scrutinized Lawrence's wand, "The dragon's heartstrings are powerful, but not as loyal as the unicorn mulle, but ......."
γβ¦β¦ Black Walnut still has faith in you, and I think your partner still thinks you're the best owner for it." Ollivander handed the wand back to Lawrence,
"Thank you, sir." Lawrence gratefully took his wand,
"Really, don't you think about being my apprentice?" Ollivander asked kindly, "I was really surprised when Headmaster Dumbledore told me about your talent, but it made sense."
"Uh......" Lawrence was a little embarrassed, he had no interest in wand making,
"People like you who come to learn how to make wands will surely achieve great things." Ollivander shook his head and said in a tone of pity, "Our family has been training since childhood to feel the pulse of a wand...... It's a pity ......" (Note 2)
"The black walnut wand is not easy to control, and if the user does something against his heart, he will not be willing to show his superior strength," said Ollivander, "but if it is always honest with himself, it is the most loyal and excellent wand." (Note 1)
"I hope you'll use it well." Ollivander bowed and sent Lawrence away.
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Lawrence leaves Diagon Alley and passes by the Leaky Cauldron, where he asks the owner, Tom, if he has any plans.
"There's just one partner who only makes it to the end of this month." Tom told him that Lawrence had made an appointment with him to come to work next month, walked out of the bar, dragged his suitcase back to the subway station to catch the subway, and went back to the orphanage where he had lived for many years.
Life in the orphanage is still the same, since he began to learn magic, Lawrence is always very unaccustomed to coming back from the summer vacation, in addition to working part-time last year, he studied the map of the living points for the whole summer, the map needs more like a password than magic, fortunately, on the fifth day of the summer vacation, the Weasley owl Error came with good news, and the envelope was a note paper,
Lawrence, tomorrow at noon...... Or maybe Dad will pick you up at noon today, because we don't know if Eroel will be able to deliver the letter to you in time. Ps. As before, Dad will take you with a phantom shift.
"Uh......" Lawrence was stunned for a moment, and then with a 'bump', Mr. Weasley appeared in his small room with his wand in his hand.
"Oh! Lawrence, it's a pleasure to meet you." Mr. Weasley said enthusiastically, looking at Eroel and saying, "I think Eroel is a little late?"
"Hello, Mr. Weasley." Lawrence replied with a smile, grabbing his luggage that had barely touched since he returned, "It doesn't matter, we can leave right away."
"I heard that you blew up the school toilet with Fred and George, and I must sayβthis is a genius idea...... Mr. Weasley grabbed Lawrence by the shoulders and cast an entourage spell,
"You have to tell me how you blew up the toilet." After standing still, Mr. Weasley said this, and they appeared in the Weasley kitchen, where the Weasleys were all sitting at the dinner table, preparing for lunch.
"Blow up what? Arthur?" Mrs. Weasley asked, holding the frying pan,
"Ugh...... Molly, nothing," Mr. Weasley blinked, quickly explaining, "You know I took a temporary leave of absence to pick up Lawrence...... Work ......"
Mrs. Weasley turned her head to continue preparing lunch, and Mr. Weasley left with a "bump", and Fred and George high-fived Lawrence,
"It's amazing." Ron excitedly said, "Hermione kept saying you couldn't do it."
"So how did you do it?" Ginny blinked her bright eyes and asked, "Fred and George have been refusing to talk."
"This is one of the secrets of our success, miss." Fred emphasized,
"Fred means, what do you want to ...... one day Belch...... Inherit our trick-or-treating career at school, and we'll tell you." Lawrence sat down at the table and said,
"Oh! It's not fair." Ron said, "You never intended to tell me."
"It's different, you're always reckless," said George, "and you're always getting carried away when you're complimented."
"Ginny always screams and blushes when she sees Harry at the station," Ron shouted, "Is that appropriate?"
"Look, reckless." Fred said, pointing to Ginny, who was looking at Ron with murderous eyes, and said, "If I were you, I wouldn't offend a girl like that, even though she's still young."
"If Ginny had half of her mother's life after that, would you still want to have a good life?" George asked, and Lawrence smiled, and he couldn't help but imagine the appearance of skinny Ginny with her hands on her waist and yelling at Ron,
"Uh......" Ron was speechless,
"What about the others?" Lawrence asked strangely,
"Charlie is still studying dragons in Romania, and Bill is still in Gringotts in Egypt," Fred replied, "Percy locked himself in his room and didn't know what he was doing."
"Harry?" Lawrence asked, and the others looked at each other with some sorrow,
"We sent a letter two days ago." Ron said, "Eroel came back with no reply, so we decided to get you first."
"Good afternoon." Percy walked into the kitchen and sat down, Mrs. Weasley waved her wand and directed the soup from the stove to fly to the table, took the frying pan and began to dispense the food, everyone stopped talking and lowered their heads to eliminate the food on the plate.
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Author's note: I've been writing this chapter for a long time, and I'm a little fascinated by reading the Ollivander's notes translated by gods on the Internet......
Note 1: Thanks to the translation of the gods on the Internet, if you want me to read the English website, I will want to die orz, here I made a small change "any form of self-deception" changed to "against the heart", but I think the meaning is similar...... Right?
Note 2: From the physical book of "The Tales of the Bard Pitto", it can be known that Deng Bulido is actually proficient in wands, but it seems that few people know?