Chapter 9: Ollivanders' Staff-Making Apprentice!

The time for indulging in learning always flies, Mu Yan lives in the cauldron bar every day, and allocates all the time except eating, sleeping, and going to the toilet every day to "Standard Spell Elementary" and "Wands Maintenance Methods"!

To be honest, he was very painful when he made this decision, and there was only so much time a day when he could stay awake and study magic! I still have to spend time memorizing the "Magic Wand Maintenance Method Encyclopedia"!

God knows how tormented he would be when the magic alarm clock rang every afternoon and he had to take his attention away from the sea of magic and plunge into the mountain of wand maintenance! It's like eating a tender steak but having to replace it with dry and hard brown bread! What's even worse is that he took the initiative to change it!

But it can't be helped! This plan was set by him back in the time of the amusement park, and for his future development, he had to survive this time!

Fortunately, Mu Yan is also a person with extremely strong self-control, and he complains when he gets up every day, and he puts all his energy into studying.

In this way, unconsciously, 20 days passed in a flash,

The morning of July 24th is quietly coming!

Upstairs in the Leaky Cauldron Bar, Room 203, in a messy room, Mu Yan gently closed the book, closed his eyes and rested, and walked out of the room after a while - the first step of the plan is about to begin!

Meanwhile, at 4 Privet Road, Little Whitkin, Surrey, a gray-feathered owl descended from the sky, carrying a white envelope in its beak......

……

Jingle Bell ......

The doorbell at Ollivanders' wand shop shattered the early morning silence.

Garrick Ollivander rubbed his waist and walked out of the passage on the right, and it was obvious that he had been busy all night, his silver-white eyes were bloodshot, his feet were a little stiff, and his hair was ...... Well, it's still messy as always.

He was still wearing the same clothes as Mu Yan when they met for the first time, but now he looked much dirtier than the last time.

"Oh, I remember you!" Ollivander walked towards him and swiped his wand along his clothes, the dust coming off his clothes, and the black-brown gown, which looked like a coat, was suddenly much cleaner.

This is a cleansing spell that can be used to clean up the surrounding environment, and Mu Yan has already had a general understanding of these basic spells in the past few days.

"You're Mu Yan!" Ollivander walked up to Mu Yan and stretched out his right hand, "An Eastern wizard with a wand of discernment!" ”

Mu Yan also stretched out his right hand and shook it with him.

"Is there anything you have to do here? Could it be that your wand is broken......"

Ollivander thought of a possibility, and immediately searched around with some embarrassment: "Your wand is relatively rare in combination and material......"

"I'm here to apply!" Mu Yan interrupted him in time.

“…… If you're not in a hurry, you can ...... first. Uh, what do you say? Apply? Ollivander suddenly stopped and looked at Mu Yan with some astonishment, as if wondering if he had heard something wrong.

"Yes, apply!" Mu Yan nodded affirmatively, his eyes were calm, but there was an indescribable resoluteness!

"I'd love to get a temporary job at the 'Ollivanders Wand Shop' before school starts!" He said unhurriedly.

"But, child......" Ollivander looked at him, his tone soft, as if he was afraid of breaking the heart of the 11-year-old boy in front of him.

"We don't have apprentices here!"

Mu Yan nodded, as if he had expected this outcome, and there was no trace of annoyance or eagerness on his face.

"But you need a temporary!" Mu Yan's tone was as calm as ever, as if he was telling a truth that had already been established.

"A temp worker who can help you clean and maintain a large number of wands!"

"It's a physical job, and I think you should need more time to figure out how to make a better wand!"

This sentence seemed to speak to Ollivander's heart, and his movements stopped, staring at Mu Yan with surprised eyes, as if thinking about something.

Mu Yan was not in a hurry, and waited quietly.

What kind of person is Ollivander, who is the person who stands at the pinnacle of wand making in the wizarding world! He devoted his whole life to making wands, and when he was young, in order to pursue his ideal wand, he even independently transformed the wand making process by himself!

Such a person, his love for wand making is no less than Mu Yan's desire to explore magic, in terms of his dedication to his favorite field, they are the same kind of people!

And for their kind of people, Mu Yan knows very well what they lack most.

Time! That's right, it's time!

For them, being able to devote every extra minute and second to the field they like is the happiest thing in the world!

But......

"I'm sorry, I don't think there's a need for temporary workers here......" After struggling for a long time, Ollivander still opened his mouth to refuse Mu Yan's request.

"Why?" Mu Yan frowned, "I want to hear the reasons why Mr. Ollivander rejected me!" ”

"Oh, kid, you're still thinking too easy about maintaining your wand!" Ollivanders chuckled softly, and there seemed to be a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "Maintaining a wand is indeed a physical task, but it's not as simple as taking the wand out of the box and wiping it with a towel!" ”

Speaking of the areas he was familiar with, he naturally exuded a confident and even somewhat arrogant momentum.

"For each wand, according to the difference between its wand body and wand core, it is ......" As soon as the words began, he suddenly paused, and looked at Mu Yan's sudden movements with some doubts, "......What are you doing?" ”

Mu Yan walked to the shelf on the right, casually pulled out a box containing a wand, and opened it gently.

Hearing Ollivander's voice, the corners of his mouth hooked slightly, and he turned around, holding the wand he had just taken out in his hand.

"Fir, survivor's wand," he said softly, stroking the smooth shaft, "you should avoid the sun, and soak it in snow water regularly for cleaning and maintenance, the most suitable time is 5 to 8 minutes, depending on the type of wand core." ”

He put the wand back in the box, shoved it back, and pulled another one from the next compartment.

"Sycamore, full of curiosity and adventurous spirit, needs to be exposed to the scorching sun on a regular basis, ranging from 30 to 40 minutes, depending on the core of the cane."

"Plum ......"

……

Pulling six boxes in a row, in Ollivander's stunned expression, Mu Yan calmly went through the maintenance methods of these wands, and it looked like an old-school wand-making wizard who had studied wands for a long time!

That's enough, right...... Thinking so, he finally pulled out a dark red box, opened it, and was suddenly stunned.

"Apple Trees...... Lofty ideals and pursuits, wipe them with buds and avoid dusty ......" He paused, and glanced at Ollivander with some complicated looks, "...... cherish it as your closest lover......"

These are the exact words from that book, and they seem to contain deep meaning.

Ollivander closed his eyes a little painfully, Mu Yan's last words pierced deep into his heart, the wonderful and pleasant time many years ago seemed to echo in his mind again, he sighed deeply, and now, these pleasures bring him only pain and attachment!

Mu Yan didn't bother him, and stood quietly in place, giving him enough time to remember and think.

"Looks like you're pretty familiar with that book." After a long time, Ollivander spoke slowly.

"Of course!" Mu Yan nodded seriously. I was so desperate with Marxism-Leninism back then! He complained to himself in his heart.

"You're right," Ollivander turned, his slightly hunched back looking a little thin, "there really needs a temporary worker here, I don't have that much energy to maintain my wand!" ”

"But you know," he suddenly turned his head to look at Mu Yan, "I'm not going to teach you how to make a wand!" ”

"It's a family legacy!"

Mu Yan nodded, unable to see what was in his heart.

"So, the last test!" He walked over to the table, drew his wand, and looked at Mu Yan, who lightly touched the vase a little.

Bang!

The vase is shattered......

Mu Yan looked at his slightly scrutinizing gaze, and immediately understood the meaning, he smiled slightly, and pulled out his wand to aim at the vase fragment.

“…… Back to normal! ”

Dingdingding......

Under the control of Mu Yan's magic power, the fragments of the vase were re-spliced together, and a string of sparks burned through the shatters, and the vase suddenly returned to its original state, and there was no trace of brokenness!

"You can come to work tomorrow," Ollivander smiled with satisfaction and walked into the narrow passage on the upper right, "The specific job will be told tomorrow." ”

Mu Yan smiled and thanked him, turned around and left the wand shop.

……

The work of maintaining the wand actually did not bring more trouble to Mu Yan, at most, he changed the original time to carry the "Wand Maintenance Encyclopedia" to the morning, and used it to come to the "Ollivanders Wand Shop" to maintain part of the wand.

During this time, he would also ask Ollivander questions about wand making from time to time - he had already started studying the book "How Wand Making" was in place these days!

Although Ollivander said that he would not teach him how to make a wand, it was for his exclusive secret books, like the materials that Mu Yan had read and could buy on the market, he still would not be stingy with that bit of knowledge.

However, this is enough for Mu Yan, who is still in the initial stage of theoretical learning, and having a great master like Ollivander has saved him a lot of time.

The daily salary of working in the wand shop is 1 gold galleon, which is just enough for Mu Yan to stay in the Leaky Cauldron Bar for one night, which is better than nothing.

But to be honest, after living in the past 20 days, he was also fed up with the dilapidated and noisy environment of the Leaky Cauldron Bar, not to mention that he couldn't practice a lot of witchcraft for fear of damaging the structure of the hotel, and the noisy environment made Mu Yan unable to calm down and study magic many times.

During this time, Mu Yan had already begun to think about when to go to the Ministry of Magic to see if he could buy a piece of land and build a house to live outside, anyway, he had money......

And just like that, the day soon came to July 31.

early morning

Mu Yan was lying on the ladder carefully cleaning the dust on the counter when the doorbell of the Ollivanders Wand Store rang with a crisp sound.

Putting down the box in his hand, Mu Yan looked down, and a little boy with black hair and green eyes, messy hair on his forehead, and a pajama on his body pushed the door and walked in.

As if sensing Mu Yan's existence, the little boy who was a little dazed raised his head to look at Mu Yan with a hint of excitement and excitement in his eyes! All at once I forgot what to say.

Looking at the boy who was stunned in place, and the lightning scar that appeared as the hair on his forehead slid through, a meaningful smile appeared at the corner of Mu Yan's mouth.

"Finally meet, Harry Potter!"