"I went out and came back soon. ”

Ollivander picked up the Elder Wand and walked to the fireplace in the corner of the workshop with a resolute look. It was an old fireplace, blackened by the fireworks of previous years, and the original color could not be seen. The fireplace had long since been emptied, and there was only a little dust on the floor and no soot. Ollivander stooped down, squeezed into the low fireplace, grabbed a handful of glittering green powder from the pouch hanging on the wall, and threw it at his feet.

"Friends of Merlin!"

A burst of green flames rose and engulfed Ollivander into it, and they all vanished. "It turns out that this is the fireplace teleportation mentioned by the house-elves. Yes, it's Floo Powder!" Fitch crouched down in front of the fireplace, stretching out his palm to feel the magic in front of him.

The fireplace gradually lit up, and bright white lines appeared on the thick, smoky, charred surface. The lines continued to stretch forward, turn, and connect, and finally presented in front of Feiqi a complex magic array, densely patterned with runes that Feige didn't recognize.

He pulled out a pinch of Floo powder from his small pocket hanging by the fireplace, and twisted it as he looked, sniffed, and even tasted it. Xia Ni worriedly dissuaded: "Don't eat indiscriminately, you're not afraid of poisoning?"

"Obviously, this thing is for daily household use, or I still grab it directly with my bare hands, and I will throw it out with a hula. If it's poisonous, the wizard should die—but it doesn't taste good. Feige spat out, then tossed the remnants of Floo powder from the tips of his fingers into the fireplace. The magic array flickered, and it had already generated energy fluctuations to open the spatial teleportation, but it didn't hear the user shout the name of the destination, so it stopped running, and the light of the magic array disappeared, completely hidden.

"The main role of Floo Powder is to pay to activate this magic circle. It was made into a consumable, and I tasted the powder with the elemental gems in it, which was supposed to be the main ingredient, but in small quantities. The rest is a mixture of powder, which is very sensitive to the energy fluctuations generated by spatial teleportation, and it is enough to ensure that every time you throw down the Floo powder, it will be burned out. ”

Feiqi took another little Floo powder and tasted it, and then cast a simple teleportation spell on his own, and the Floo powder really burned again. This time, though, after the green flames passed, some dust finer than sand remained on Feige's fingers.

"Look, elemental gem powder. The teleportation spell just now was provided by myself, and I didn't use the magic circle of the wizard's teleportation network, so there was still a little bit of these elemental gem powders left. Obviously, the wizards themselves possess teleportation spells, and this Floo Powder teleportation network is a simple, mundane teleportation system that operates on the sale of Floo Powder for a profit. "Feiqi also has his own teleportation array platform, so he understands it when he thinks about it. "Floo powder is a good way to make money. ”

"Looks like you've thought of it too!" said Shani, "The Floo Powder is too low to teleport, but no balance gives an exact amount." So in order to ensure the success of the transmission, people will choose to throw more, then they have to buy more. ”

"It's a bit shameless to make money in a wasteful way! I don't know who runs the Floo Powder Network, and you should be careful of its greed when dealing with it. Feige left the fireplace and sat down in Ollivander's work chair. "Xia Ni, what kind of person do you think this old man is?"

"I feel like he's a pure craftsman, with a heartfelt kindness and passion for people, the only problem is that he's a little too focused on wands. Shani said, "Feiqi, is he going to return the Elder Wand?"

"Probably. The Friend of Merlin is the name of the cemetery where the wand once belonged to its owner, so nine times out of ten he was going to return it. I also hope that he can get rid of the Elder Wand, because the evil part of that wand in his hand has become stronger and very dangerous. ”

"Will he be in danger then?"

"Not yet. The Elder Wand was made, first the wand, then the contract. The contract was designed to be cunning, and it wouldn't have an immediate effect on all the wizards around it - otherwise it wouldn't be called the Elder Wand, but the Fool Stick. Feige smiled and said, "He will have a subtle influence on the people around the wand holder, tempting them to study and arouse their greed, but it will take a lot of time to accumulate. Ollivander took the wand and sent it back, but for a short time, the wand could not affect him. ”

That being said, as long as Ollivander doesn't come back, no one can be entirely sure of that. Shani stared at the fireplace, waiting for the green flame to reappear, and then an old man fell out of it. Feige turned his head to study Ollivander's toolstands, especially the half-finished wands.

With the eyes of a magical item maker, it is natural to discover many secrets of the wand. There were more than a dozen half-finished products in front of Feiqi, ranging from a single twig to a quasi-finished product that was already able to show the power of a wand, but had not yet been painted and decorated. If the wand was a system, its manufacturing process was fully unfolded before Feige's eyes, making it easy for him to crack it.

He reached out, palm down, and swept over the wand, repeating over and over again, using detection spells to probe the wand's secrets. He gradually learned that he was at least clear about how wands worked: they were a bridge between the soul and the real world, and they built a rapid passage of mana and spells. At the same time, the processed wand has a stronger focusing performance in the direction pointed by the tip, increasing the success rate of the spell, and all this requires the maker to constantly sharpen the wand with its own mana.

It's a lot like scraping a magnet on a nail in one direction and eventually making the nail magnetic. This part of Feige had basically understood, but he didn't understand the other end of the wand's function: why the wand adapts to the soul, why it has the ability to choose its owner.

Thankfully, Ollivander has finally returned, and he can answer this question. Judging from the old man's relaxed expression, he should have returned the Elder Wand and completely got rid of this potential threat. But Feige could see that a new idea had arisen in Ollivander's heart, that is, to make himself a wand that was more powerful than the old wand, and more safe and kind. The idea came to him when he heard that the Elder Wand was also made by a wizard.

"The wand chooses its owner because of the quality of the tree in which it is used, and the shape of the wand that suits the character of the wizard. "Black walnut, for example, likes its perceptive and intuitive owner, and hawthorn, for example, has paradoxical qualities for active, unpredictable and even somewhat extreme personalities. ”

"And what about elderberry?"

"You mean the Elder Wand?" Ollivander frowned, "The Elder Wand is a bit special, and I can't talk about it. Due to the legend of the Elder Wand, many wizards have come to order elderberry wands, and my family has some records. Elderberry is always associated with death, and evil sorcery associated with death and souls is used in it. A wand made of elderwood would certainly amplify this property, and the average wizard simply couldn't afford it. ”

"Plus, there's a problem with the core of the rod. Ollivander said, "The Night Rider is a creature between life and death, and only a wizard who has seen death with his own eyes and been shocked by death can see the Night Rider with the naked eye." There is a theory that the Night Rider is a mount of the soul that will take a person to heaven or hell after his death. ”

Feige thought for a moment, he had never seen or heard of such a creature in Hell, and the souls and invokers all appeared randomly and without warning as if they were teleporting, and then walked through Hell on their legs. However, the place where the Night Rider sends souls may be the Underworld, the transit point for the souls of the dead on their way to the outer planes. The devil can't go to that place, so it's normal not to see it.

"The night rider's tail hair and mane are extremely difficult to stabilize when crafting a wand, just as life and death cannot exist at the same time. I've made wands out of elderwood, and I've made them out of night riding fur, but I can't combine the two. Elderberry was close to death, and the Night Rider was the mount of the souls of the dead, so it stands to reason that the Elder Wand should kill its owner and make all the magic disappear. But it can strengthen the magic, making his master invincible. ”

"There is no invincible battle, it is all the illusion created by the contract inside. The Elder Wand only ensures that when a battle breaks out between wizards, its own master wins, not that it is invincible. "Feige's wand has no contract and is closer to the essence, so he knows that very well. "Ollivanders, my question is, how do trees have qualities?"

"Uh...... They're already there!"

Feige shook his head, he didn't approve of the result, and Ollivander began to think. He took out the records of his wand and retrieved the basic book on wands from the bookcase in the corner of the workshop. In the wizarding world, there is a "wandology" that specializes in the study of wands.

The two of them studied and discussed at the same time, and soon lost track of time, and did not notice that Xia Ni was asleep on the side with her clothes on. In the process of inspiring each other, they discovered an interesting phenomenon: the character represented by the wand material would vary slightly from time to time, and even with diametrically opposite results in different regions.

For example, elderberry, whose flowers can be made into beverages, is also added to beer, and is believed to cleanse the body of impurities and improve physical fitness. So in other wizarding cultures, elderberry is often made into an evil amulet and hung on doors to keep evil creatures away.

"Part of the characteristics of these trees are related to their use, and part of what people have given them. There are some characteristics that are derived from just observing the appearance of the plant, and some of them are just a story, a legend. Feige said to Ollivanders: "It's just that these characteristics are recognized by people and form a cultural atmosphere. The human soul blends into this atmosphere, and slowly and truly affects the plants. ”

"Then, in the process of making the wand, I intensified this atmosphere......" Ollivander wiped the sweat from his head and said a little unconfidently, "Actually, the characteristics of wands are all given by people?"

"It's not all, these plants do have differences in their own right, and we can't ignore this distinction and enter into the category of total idealism. "Your strength alone cannot be compared to the cultural atmosphere, you only play a role in inspiring, strengthening and stabilizing the wand in the process of making it and polishing it with mana," Feige said. The more you know about the wand, the richer and more effective it will be. But you can't deny the role of wand wielders, wands are always getting more and more familiar, and that's not your credit, is it?"

"Not really. Ollivander looked at Feige's new wand and said, "I'm starting to understand, and this time I'm getting it all right: I can't combine elderberry and nightrider fur into a wand because I think they're too dangerous to control." Antioch Peverell was able to accomplish it, most likely in his time, and the meaning of these two things was not necessarily the same as it is now. ”

"If I were the devil who made the contract, after discovering that this combination would greatly increase the power of magic...... "To ensure the advantage of the Elder Wand, I might spread new stories, cover up and even erase old impressions, and slowly turn the wizards' minds about Elderberry and Nightrider." In this way, future wandmakers will not be able to exert the power of these two substances. ”

Ollivander nodded, and said with a sigh, "It can be done, but how can we turn the situation around?"

"Is it necessary to reverse it?" Fitch asked rhetorically, "The most important thing is to train new wand-makers so that the craft can flourish and prevent it from slowly being lost." As long as there are enough makers, then the tradition can be preserved without losing the properties of a certain material. ”

"But now the wand can't be sold at all, there's a backlog of it. ”

"That's because the population of wizards is too small, and the population of wizards is too small, which has a lot to do with the ignorant concentration of blood. Feiqi said: "Wizards don't worry about food and clothing, there is a good world outside, but it is gradually becoming conservative and closed, what else can I say?"

"Yes, you're right, wizards should be more open and inclusive, wizards are culture, not blood—at least not primarily blood. Ollivander thought for a moment and said, "I, a wand maker, shouldn't have cared about this, but for the sake of wands and wizards, I can't stand idly by anymore!

"It's not that exaggerated......" Feige consciously continued to guide Ollivanders, "The breakaway faction is not about exterminating wizards, but always listening to them to see if there is a way to compromise." They may also have important reasons for dialogue rather than confrontation, right?"

"What you said makes a lot of sense, and the perspective is very high, worthy of His Majesty the Emperor of the Magic Empire. Ollivander slapped his thigh and said to Feige, "I have a good idea! Why don't you go with me and talk to the breakaway faction and give me a fair opinion?"

"How's that going to work? I'm not from the wizarding world. Feige pretended to excuse himself.

"You still have an old wand, why aren't you a member of the wizarding world?" Ollivander kept looking at the wand (Feige deliberately kept holding it and confiscated it just so that he could see it), and suddenly smiled and said: "Adults need to register to possess and use a wand, otherwise it is illegal." And the wizard in charge of this is the backbone of the breakaway faction, Farage Nigel. ”

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