Chapter 3: The Dusty Wand
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Ollivander leaned against the counter in deep thought, his eyes looking out the window, his head wondering which wand would be the right fit for El.
Al was also bored as he looked at the room full of wand boxes, his mind full of questions, not knowing which wand he would choose in the end.
Turning his head to look at Ah Fu, Al noticed that the house-elf was doing his duty, trying not to be noticed by outsiders, and he stood there motionless with his head bowed, like a statue.
Ollivander pondered for a long time, his gaze inadvertently falling to the dusty window, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Wait! Maybe ......"
Hearing Ollivanders' sudden muttering, Al followed his gaze as well, and saw that the target of Ollivanders' gaze was the wand that Al had noticed before he even entered the store.
In the dusty window, a wand sat alone on a faded purple cushion, and a thin layer of ash had accumulated on both the cushion and the wand.
"Maybe... Maybe it's this..."
Ollivander muttered quietly as he walked past Al to the window, slowly picking up the wand on the purple cushion.
Ollivander stared at the wand in his hand, as if caught up in some kind of memory, he turned his back to Al, as if speaking to himself, as if he were speaking to Al.
"This is the first wand I've ever made, maybe you... Should try this. ”
Wiping the dust off his wand with his sleeve, Ollivander turned back to Al and handed the wand to him.
"Twelve-inch long, made of willow wood, with a phoenix feather in the heart, is my first work, and it is also my proud work. ”
Al carefully looked at the wand in front of him, it was finely made, and it was also carved with delicate patterns, and in terms of appearance alone, Al already liked this wand.
As soon as he received this magic in his hand, Al felt a heat in his fingertips, he gently waved his wand, and the wand slashed through the dusty air, only to see a red light, the tip of the wand was like a firework, and the beating Venus light spots were cast on the four walls, and finally disappeared.
"Wow!"
Al felt an indescribably strange feeling, as if he was connected to the wand, and his thoughts could be transmitted to the wand without hindrance.
Ollivander first sighed, seeming a little relieved, then he clapped his hands and said with a smile: "It's really good, I didn't expect to see this wand choose the right owner in my lifetime." ”
After a slight pause, Ollivander continued:
"Remember what I said, it's not the wizard who chooses the wand, it's the wand that chooses the wizard, but that's not the way it started out, when I first made the wand, it took a lot of effort to make the strongest wand, and this wand is the most perfect of them, it has been placed here for so many years, no one has ever been able to take it away, and now it has a real owner. ”
Al nodded, so the wand had already identified him as its master.
Ollivander put the wand in Al's hand into the box, wrapped it in brown paper, and finally handed it to Al.
"Please be kind to it. ”
Al nodded solemnly, and after paying eleven gold galleons, he left the Ollivanders wand shop with his brand new wand.
Once out of the house, Al and Ah Fu then bought parchment and quills, as well as a bottle of ink that changes color when writing, and then went to a shop specializing in Madame Morkin's robes.
The robeshopkeeper, Lady Morkin, is a stocky and stocky witch with a smile and a purple outfit, and she knows what Al is up to when he walks into the shop.
"Are you buying a Hogwarts uniform, dear?"
Al smiled and nodded, and then Madame Morkin took Al into his own measurements, and kept chatting with him.
Through talking to Al, she learned that most of the students in Hogwarts had bought their uniforms from her.
In addition to his robes, Al bought gloves, cloaks, and hats for his needs.
When Al and Ah Fu finally walked out of Lady Morkin's robes shop, they were already carrying many bags of clothes.
Of course, a lot of money was spent.
"Alright, let me see what else I need. ”
Al pulled out the list of items and walked forward, checking for anything else on the list that needed to be bought.
"Oh yes, I need some textbooks!"
There are eight books on the list, all of which are needed for the new semester of Ayr.
There are many books in Aaron's Manor, but this kind of Hogwarts textbooks are updated quickly, and the collection of books at home can no longer keep up with the requirements of the times.
Al and Ah Fu continued to walk through the crowd until they stopped in front of a shop called the Blotted Bookstore.
The shelves of the bookstore are filled with all kinds of books, some as big as stone tablets, some as small as postage stamps, some beautifully packaged, and many strange books with strange characters and symbols.
In addition to buying all the textbooks he needed here, Al also bought a lot of extracurricular books that he was interested in.
One of the most interesting of these is a prank book called "Curses and Anti-Curses".
The book's subtitle reads: Trick your friends and bewitch your enemies with the latest revenge tricks: hair loss, broken legs, tongue tying, and more.
While passing by a broomstick shop, several children about Al's age have their noses pressed against the window of the broomstick shop, and a broomstick is placed in the window.
"Look!" said one of the boys, pointing to the broomstick, "that's the newest broomstick, the Halo 2000." ”
Al's ears twitched, and he stopped, turning his head to the broomstick.
Al's favorite sport is to ride a broomstick and fly freely in the sky, although no one has taught him, Al obviously has an amazing talent for it, and although he is still young, he is already an experienced broomstick rider.
Ah Fu whispered beside El, "Little master, first-year freshmen are not allowed to bring broomsticks to Hogwarts. ”
Al nodded, and he said, "Of course I know, but the broomsticks at home are too old, and it's time to get a new one." ”
Walking into the broomstick shop, there are various types of broomsticks, sweeping series, wind series, and comet series, but Eyre's eyes have been firmly attracted by the latest product of the light wheel series, the light wheel 2000, since he entered the store.