Chapter 157: Bring a few more wands and don't foul
When Zhang Xu said goodbye to Rita Skeeter and returned to the Muggle Studies professor's office, the four warriors of the Triwizard Tournament arrived in a small empty classroom, ready to test their wands.
In addition to the four warriors, as well as several referees such as Dumbledore and Ludo Bagman, there were also Ollivanders, Rita Skeeter, and a photographer.
"Allow me to introduce Mr. Ollivanders." Dumbledore told the Warriors from the referee's bench, "He's going to check your wands to make sure they're in good shape before the game." ”
"Professor Dumbledore, Mr. Bagman," Fleur said, holding up her hand, "I have a question for the use of wands in tournaments. ”
"What's the problem, Miss Delacour." Dumbledore said.
Ludo Bagman on the side also nodded.
"Excuse me, is there a limit to the number of wands a player can use during a match?" Fleur asked.
After listening, several people in the referee's seat were stunned, and none of them thought about this problem.
After all, the idea of a wand for each person has been ingrained in the hearts of every wizard.
"There are no restrictions in the rules of the Triwizard Tournament." Dumbledore replied after a moment's thought.
Ludo Bagman nodded again.
Receiving an affirmative reply, Fleur nodded and stopped talking.
Next, Ollivander began to detect the wand.
"Miss Delacour, will you come first?" Ollivander said, "Ladies first. ”
Ollivander walked to the clearing in the center of the room.
Fleur also got up from her chair, and when she walked up to Ollivander, she used her wand to conjure a table on the floor, and then placed a row of wands on the table.
At first, Dumbledore thought that Fleur had a spare wand, but they didn't expect that the number of wands Fleur took out scared them.
The most surprising thing was Ollivander, and every time Fleur took out a wand, the corners of his mouth twitched.
Ollivanders quickly regained his composure and began to test Fleur's wand.
Ollivander picked up the wand that Fleur had just used, and as if he were fiddling with a baton, it swirled between her slender fingers, and the wand spewed out many pink and gold sparks. Then he held his wand close to his eyes and carefully held it.
"Yes," Ollivander said softly, "nine and a half inches...... Strong is good...... Made of maple wood...... It contains...... Oh my God......"
"There's a baby's hair," said Fleur, "it's my grandmother's hair." ”
"Yes," said Ollivanders, "yes, of course, I've never used a baby's hair. I think the wand made of the baby's hair is too sensitive and willful...... However, everyone has their own hobbies, since it suits you......"
Ollivander then used his wand to conjure a bouquet of flowers after checking that there was no damage to the outside of his wand.
Ollivander nodded, put away the bouquet on the top of his wand, placed it back on the table, and picked up another wand.
Ollivander pressed the second red wand on the table to his eyes and looked closely.
"It's," said Ollivander in disbelief, "a wand from the East." ”
"Yes, sir." Fleur replied, "These wands are from Huaxia. ”
"This material is ......," Ollivander struggled to identify the material of the wand in his hand.
"The body of this wand is made of a tree called 'Dan', and the core of the wand is the white tail hair of a magical animal called 'Tsui'." Fleur introduced.
Ollivander waved his wand, and a red flame appeared at the tip of the wand, and he dispersed the flames.
Fleur wouldn't tell him that the wand was a fire-type specialty, and that it had a power bonus when used to cast fire-related magic.
For this triwizard tournament, Zhang Xu prepared six kinds of wands for Furong to use a bonus wand underwater, such as gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and wind, plus Furong's original wand, which can deal with almost all kinds of situations.
Personally, Zhang Xu wanted Furong to win the championship of the Triwizard Tournament.
With Zhang Xu here, at least Fleur can be prevented from being teleported to Voldemort by the sound of "biu".
Even if you don't win the championship, at least don't be at the bottom.
Ollivander examined Fleur's magical wands from the East very closely.
As a master wandmaker, Ollivander was able to see many things in his wand that no one else could see.
He soon discovered that none of the wands had achieved the best results, and that the details could be further refined according to the user's situation.
Ollivander didn't know that, unlike his handmade wands, these wands were produced on a mechanized assembly line, and they were all standardized industrial products.
The development of wand technology in this world can be described as the same goal. After a millennium, both the wand and the wand were unified into a wooden wand body and an animal wand core.
Although the structure is the same, Huaxia is still different from Ollivander in the concept of making wands.
Huaxia uses the wand as a tool, and in different places and for different purposes, different tools are used.
Just like the screwdrivers in the toolbox today, screwdrivers are divided into several types according to different functions and head types, and which one is suitable for use.
Since they are mass-produced, the price of these wands is very cheap, and it is not a problem for one person to buy five or six.
Therefore, in China, wands are produced according to their respective uses and the user's own situation.
Where magic wands are sold, just like the counter that sells shoes, shoes suitable for outdoor sports are placed in the counter in different sizes, and shoes suitable for home leisure are also placed in a batch of shoes in the counter according to different sizes, and users can buy them according to their actual needs and their own conditions.
In this case, let alone Hibiscus, that is, when Zhang Xu went to the mall to buy a wand for the first time, looking at the neatly arranged wands on the neat and bright counter, Zhang Xu couldn't tell for a while whether he was here to buy a wand or chopsticks.
And Ollivander's concept of making a wand is, in Zhang Xu's words, "casual".
Usually Ollivanders makes all kinds of wands, and when customers buy them, it's like a blind date, everyone looks at fate, and if the wizard and the wand look at each other, it's chosen.
Moreover, Ollivander's wand is also multi-functional, requiring the wand to achieve good results in all indicators. Even some customers don't need some of these metrics for the rest of their lives.
These two concepts are not superior or inferior, they are both developed according to their respective national conditions, and only those that adapt to their own national conditions are the best.
After examining Fleur's wand, Ollivander checked Cedric, Krum, and Ron's wands.
Two of the three of them had wands made by Ollivander, and Krum's wand was made by Grigovich.
The results showed that everyone's wands were in excellent condition, and all of them met the requirements of the next game.
When all the wand checks were over, everyone took several rounds of photos together, and then it was time for lunch.