068: Mr. Ollivanders and the wand
Following the voice, it turned out to be Ron, who was standing beside his mother, Mrs. Weasley, holding a rusty old cauldron in his hand.
Joel gave the ice cream to the other four and walked out briskly.
"We must have not seen each other in half a year, Mrs. Weasley?" After bowing slightly to greet Ron, Joel and Mrs. Weasley began to chat.
"yes, Ron is going to school in a blink of an eye." Mrs. Weasley smiled and touched Ron's head, but he impatiently avoided it, and Joel noticed that Ron had been staring at the children sitting in the open-air seats of Florin's cold drink shop chatting with ice cream, and there was a bit of longing in his eyes.
Joel returned to his seat and took his share of ice cream from Haylis and gave it to Ron.
"You're welcome to take it, I just bought an extra box."
Mrs. Weasley hesitated for a moment and did not refuse, and Ron saw his mother's face before he took it in his hand and licked it with relief.
Helis, who was sitting in a chair not far away, saw this scene and got up and went to the store to find the owner, Florin Fausco.
"What flavor do you want?" Thanks to today's hot weather and the crowded crowds in Diagon Alley, business at the cold drink shop was booming today, and Mr. Fosco laughed happily as he watched the coins stacked in the cash register form a small mountain.
"Hmm......" Haylis remembered the flavor of the ice cream she had helped Joel get earlier, "blueberry and raspberry duo." ”
When she returned to her seat with the ice cream, Joel had already sent Ron and Mrs. Weasley away, and he hadn't told Ron and Mrs. Weasley their true age, even though he looked a little taller than Ron, but neither of them was suspicious.
It gave him the thrill of a prank success.
"Whoa." Haylis handed over the ice cream in her hand, and Joel glanced at the sauce in the box, then looked up at Helis and reached out to take it.
Bernie Selwyn looked at the flush on his sister's face, and then at Joel's handsome face, and the uneasy premonition in his heart was even stronger.
He planned to go home and make a small report to his parents, but the brand-new Light Wheel 2000 he had in his hand was still bought by his sister, is it ungrateful to do so......
Bernie hesitated, and the five parted ways after a break at Florin's cold drink shop, with Joel, Allen, and Eddie going to the Blotts' bookstore to buy textbooks for the new semester, and the Selwyns going to Ollivanders Wand to buy wands.
Speaking of wands, the original owner of the body had already purchased a wand when he crossed over, although Joel could also use it to cast spells, but he always felt that something was wrong, it was not as smooth as the fingers of the arm, and the magic power of the original owner of the body was lost when the soul pierced, and it seemed that even the wand did not agree with him, the guy who occupied the magpie's nest.
Why don't you take this opportunity to buy another wand at the Ollivanders wand shop?
As soon as this thought appeared, it lingered in his heart.
Joel bought all the textbooks in the crowded Blotted bookstore according to the list of books sent by Hogwarts in early August, and after paying for it, he asked the manager of the old acquaintance bookstore to mail it to the Leaky Cauldron with an owl.
"I've got something to do, you two go straight to Madame Morkin's robes store, and we'll meet there." Alan was immersed in the Potions Journal, and only nodded slightly after listening to Joel's words.
Joel left the Blotte and walked straight down Diagon Alley for a hundred meters, and saw the Ollivanders Wand Shop, which was small and broken compared to the others, the gold-lettered sign at the door was badly peeled by the wind, and in the untidy window, there was a lone wand on the faded purple cushion.
Through the glass, he could see Bernie picking out his wand inside, and Haylis sitting quietly on a corner bench with a broomstick.
Joel pushed the door in, and the wind chimes at the door alerted the owner of the shop that another buyer had arrived, and Ollivander was tall and thin, staring intently at Bernie in front of him with a pair of silver-white eyes, and his mouth was amazed, Joel was not surprised by this, Ollivander would praise almost every customer who bought a wand.
At the same time, Ollivanders was able to remember all the information about the parents of the customers who came here to buy wands, and Joel suspected that Ollivanders must have a small notebook that recorded the characteristics of all the wands sold, which he had to review every day.
Wait a minute...... Joel felt like he had caught a clue.
Bernie buys a wand of walnut with a dragon's heart, and Ollivander beckons to the guests as he bows his head and packs the wand into the wooden box.
"Hello, is there anything I can do to help you?"
"Mr. Ollivander, I'll buy a wand." Joel nodded hello to Helis.
"Ah...... Mr. Taylor: Right? Sure enough, a year later, Ollivander still recognized his name.
Haylis and Bernie set their sights on Joel, who was about to enter the second year, to come here to buy a wand?
"Mr. Taylor, may I ask about the whereabouts of last year's wand of vine wood and phoenix feathers?" Ollivander asked with a frown.
"I accidentally pinched it out." Joel's face didn't change, his heart didn't beat, and the wand lay in his pocket.
Ollivanders stared into Joel's eyes, his silvery eyes seemed to be able to see through hearts and lies.
“…… I'm a wand merchant, and of course I should sell you another wand," Ollivander said regretfully, "but I must say that you'd be hard-pressed to find another wand that fits your body so well." ”
"I'll be happy to help you fix that broken wand."
"Sorry sir, I decided to buy another one." Joel said apologetically.
Haylis was about to ask when Joel had broken her wand, but seeing that he kept glaring at her, she wisely kept silent.
"Okay...... Okay" Ollivander didn't say anything more, he took out his tape measure and began to measure Joel's body data, arm length, finger length of dominant hand, and even leg length.
The Selwyn siblings didn't leave in a hurry, just watched quietly.
"Try this, ash wood with phoenix feathers, 10 inches," Ollivander pulled out a wand box from the shelf behind him after measuring the data.
Joel took out his wand and waved it in the air, the tip of the wand flashing with fire.
"No, try this ...... again," Ollivander took his wand back and handed him another.
Joel waved one wand after another, and he felt that each wand was alienated from him, unable to use all his magic.
The wand boxes on the table were stacked higher and higher, until Ollivander's wand stock was almost depleted, and Joel's system came to alert.