Chapter Twenty-Six: Big is Good
It's been a week since Seamus arrived at Hogwarts, and today is Saturday, his first weekend. Yesterday, Ollivanders had already brought him a letter saying that what had been commissioned to make it had been ready, but because Ollivander's owl was too small, there was no way to send it to him, so he had to ask Hagrid to bring it back to Hogwarts.
On Saturday mornings, there were not many people in the auditorium, and a few people were sitting here and there eating breakfast, and occasionally owls flew in to bring letters from students. Seamus also sat here to eat on the rare early on the weekend, and the Hogwarts house-elves seemed to make food from all over the world, and this morning he drank a bowl of porridge with preserved eggs and lean pork, and ate two fritters.
After Seamus finished his breakfast, he couldn't wait to leave the castle and run to Hagrid's cabin, eager to see what Ollivander had made for himself. If you can really meet your expectations, then you can get a stronger force.
I don't know how big it is, I can't even send an owl, so I can only ask Hagrid to bring it over, hoping that I can pick it up, otherwise, I can't use it in front of me, just like going deep into Baoshan and returning empty-handed.
He had already seen Hagrid's cabin, and he was down the hillside, and even though he was so far away, he could see Hagrid carrying a large wooden barrel in his hand, watering the fields. The barrel looked huge, at least, it didn't look small in Hagrid's hands.
"Good morning, Hagrid!" Seamus greeted Hagrid from a distance, because Hagrid was so tall that if he stood in front of him, he would only be as tall as his thighs, and he would still be a long way from his waist. Hagrid is at least 3.5 meters tall, and if he goes to play basketball, he will definitely dominate the court, and when he charges with the ball, no one can stop him.
"Good morning Seamus! Have you eaten, I've got some rock crust cakes here. Hagrid put down the barrel in his hand, "By the way, you must have come to get what Ollivander asked me to bring you, come in with me." ”
After saying that, Hagrid turned around and entered the cabin, of course, this small is also for Hagrid, the 4-meter-high door, the space inside is completely suitable for normal people, and a duplex can be repaired.
He followed Hagrid inside, and Hagrid handed him a box of about 1.2 meters, "This is what Ollivander asked me to bring over, he said I would definitely like it, but I haven't had time to see it yet." ”
The box was quite heavy in the hand, at least about the same as a broomstick, no wonder Ollivanders' owl couldn't send it.
"Hurry up and open it, what's inside?" Hagrid took a plate of rock skin cakes and placed it on the table, and poured him another cup of milk tea, looking interested.
"Thank you, Hagrid. As he spoke, Seamus opened the box, and some shredded paper was stuffed inside the box, wrapping a fiery red twig.
Seamus took the branch out, and the tip of the branch had two raised branches, slightly curved forward, looking like a large slingshot.
Inside the box was a letter, and Seamus opened the envelope, which read:
Seamus, this is the last time you asked me to do it for you, but it's just an unfinished work, it only has two forks, so it can only release two spells at the same time. I've known what you're looking for since the last time you came up with an idea, and our family has been making wands since they came along.
Wands at that time were not as much different in size as they are now, but came in all sorts of strange shapes. The multi-headed wand was one of the most popular at the time, but unfortunately it was later abandoned by wizards who were just starting to get into magic because of the difficulty of getting started.
The current style of wand was designated as a beginner's wand at the time, but later due to various witch arrest activities, this small wand became popular, and the large wand had no room to live, and was finally lost in the tide of history.
After your last request, I looked through the family's history and found a way to make this wand, which disappeared because it was expensive and no one bought it.
Considering that Dragon's Breath is more suitable for you, the current material of this wand is a whole Dragon's Breath, and the core of the wand is also made of the nerves of a fire dragon, which should match you well.
Because the dragon polycyte wood often cracks, it is difficult to have such a large piece of wood, which is a material left over from my family......
Seamus didn't look at it later, thinking that it was nothing more than Ollivanders needed research funds, this was all a small problem, and the most important thing was to try the wand in his hand.
"Seamus, what is this, why did Ollivander say I would like it?" Hagrid held a piece of rock skin cake and chewed it into his mouth like a jumping bean.
Seeing that Seamus had finished reading the letter, he couldn't wait to ask.
"Of course you'd like, it's a wand, a big wand. Seamus couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and raised the wand with both hands.
This wand is indeed a little heavy, and it is a little difficult to raise one hand, but this can't hide the excitement in Seamus's heart.
"Is this a wand?" Hagrid couldn't believe it, because it was too different from an ordinary wand, and in terms of size alone, the material used to make such a wand should be able to make more than a dozen ordinary wands.
"Let's give it a try. Seamus invited Hagrid to test the wand, "Is there anything I can do to practice magic?"
Practice is the only criterion for testing the truth, and only by trying it yourself can we know how effective it is.
Hagrid took a sip of milk tea and swallowed the rock skin cake in his mouth, "Come with me and go to the side of the Forbidden Forest, there are usually no people there." ”
Hagrid also looked intrigued, after all, he had never seen a wand this large. And, as we all know, Hagrid likes things that are a little bigger, both the animals he raises and the plants he grows, which are much larger than the average ones.
The two of them walked out of the cabin like this, Hagrid leading the way, and Seamus following with the wand, as if he had a whistle stick in his hand.
"Hagrid, stand behind me and see what this wand is like?" the two of them came to the edge of the Forbidden Forest, where there was a clearing.
The two of them stood in the middle of the clearing, and Seamus waved his wand with some difficulty, pointing at a rock, "Blazing"
He had been practicing this spell since Lupin told him that he could shoot fireballs, and as he practiced, his control over the spell grew. It has now been able to condense a fireball and launch it no more than 20 meters.
As he recited the incantation, a fireball condensed from the tip of the huge wand in his hand, and on the two forks, burst out and hit the rock. With an explosion, the rock was blown to pieces, and countless small craters were sputtered into the ground.
Such power stunned both of them, and Seamus himself knew that if it was normal, his fireball would at most blow the stone out of some small craters, and not blow the stone into pieces like now.
Hagrid also looked surprised, because this is not an ability that a young wizard should have, "How did you do that?"
Seamus raised the wand in his hand vigorously, "It's all on it, I can't do it myself, this wand has made my magic a lot more powerful." ”
And he clearly saw that two fireballs were fired at the same time, and he could only fire one fireball at the same time now, if not for this wand. It now appears that the wand is indeed like an amplifier, amplifying the power of his magic, and also being able to release two spells at the same time.
However, he also felt that the process of releasing the magic was obviously a little inadequate, not as smooth as before, and the amount of mana consumed would increase. For the manipulation of this wand, power is only one aspect, because it is too large and the consumption of releasing magic is more, and it may take more practice to manipulate it perfectly.
"It's amazing, Ollivander is right, I love him to death. Hagrid looked agitated, his beard shaking.
"Then, I'll go to Ollivander and make you a wand like this too. Seamus said to Hagrid.
It's a good idea to make a wand for Hagrid, as he doesn't nominally have a wand now, as his wand was destroyed by the Ministry of Magic. Although Dumbledore later repaired it, he still couldn't use it openly, so this time he made a new wand, and then found a way to get the Ministry of Magic to revoke the ban on Hagrid, so that Hagrid could use magic again in front of everyone in the future. However, his own wand may never be able to be used, although it has been repaired by Dumbledore, it can only be used in a place where no one is around, which is equivalent to a life-saving hole card.
"Thank you so much, but I don't have anything to help you with, or I'll treat you to the rock skin cake, which I made myself. Hagrid was a little moved, and his two little dark eyes were shining, even if he knew that he couldn't use a wand, but just like a man longs for an armored car, even if he can't drive it, it's pleasing to put at home.
"No, I just had breakfast. "Seamus hurriedly refused, I just wanted to do you a favor, you didn't mean to hurt me. However, he also knew that Hagrid was well-intentioned, but he didn't understand that not everyone was as good as him.
For ordinary people, the rock skin cake is still too hard, "Don't thank me so much, there are times when I still need your help, like this time." ”
Seamus thought about it, can because of the owl's restrictions, Ollivanders need to ask Hagrid to help him every time he sends a wand, who knows when Hagrid will go out of Hogwarts, or if he has a relatively large flying pet by himself.
"Hagrid, I want to have a relatively large flying pet that can carry heavier things, do you have any recommendations?" Seamus said to Hagrid.
Hagrid came back to his senses and thought about it carefully, "I don't know if there are any pets for you, let me think about it." ”
"It's okay, when you find it, buy it directly, I'll give you the money, and when the time comes, I may have to help me raise it." ”
"Leave this to me, and I'll help you. ”