Chapter 38: Engraving
After designing the length and size of the wand, Hope thoughtfully used the transformation charm to turn the parchment into the shape of the wand, and after everyone took it to their hands and made some slight adjustments, the final appearance of the wand was finalized first.
Later, Matteo brought a set of carving tools, walnut, and a copy of "Carving from Beginner to Master".
Matteo divided the carving tools among the men and said, "I'll leave it to you to carve your wand." He pointed to the book "Carving: From Beginner to Master": "This is a guide book." ”
Is it so sloppy? Hope said speechlessly: "How can we do this, or will you suffer for a while?" ”
Matteo said angrily, "I can't learn it, I believe you, and I still have to configure the potion used to enchant the wand." ”
Originally, he was going to make a few ordinary wands, and by the way, to test whether he had become a qualified wandmaker, but he didn't know if his head was convulsed and he believed Hope's nonsense, and he had a headache when he looked at these designed wands, and I was uncomfortable, and you were uncomfortable!
Hope used a saw to divide the walnut, and the portion he held was larger, as his magic pistol was larger than the other people's wands.
Looking at the design drawing, Hope was in trouble, he didn't know where to start, after discussing with Mattio, his magic pistol has been split into several parts, as long as these parts are carved out and spliced together, this is a bit of a high requirement for carving, a little gap can not be spliced, the big one is good to grind it when the time comes, and the small one has to be re-carved.
Hope frowned and said, "Why don't we break another walnut?" He didn't think it was enough.
The three of them shook their heads again and again, they would say that they would not go anywhere, and the current tree protection Luo pot probably hated them to death.
After a brief instruction to a few people, Matteo left, he went to get some materials and equipment.
Caleb and Yulin were much more relaxed, they only had to slowly carve the walnut into polygons according to what was written in the book, and then polish it.
Yurin's might be a little more troublesome, she needs to hollow out the stars on her wand, which will be filled with crystals when the time comes, and leave the glowing device to Hope after monitoring the magic.
Caleb's was much simpler, he only needed to carve out a normal wand, and as for making the wand hard, Matteo was going to put a layer of hard metal on the outside.
The three of them went about their jobs, and Matteo returned with a suitcase.
It was a box with a traceless expansion charm applied to it, and Hope watched curiously as Mattio took out a cauldron and other alchemy devices, as well as many bottles and jars of potion materials, but there was no material name on it.
Matteo glanced at Hope warily and said, "This is a trade secret, don't peek at it." ”
The materials used to make potions are actually not very rare, I have seen several of them before in the Forbidden Forest, and its function is to make the wand more compatible with the magic power, in addition to preventing the wand from rotting for too long, each wand family has its own unique formula.
And Matteo knew that Hope's potions class was very good, his ability to practice potions casually, he didn't doubt that Hope could learn it secretly, but it was okay to learn it secretly, they still have a lot of recipes, this time he used a simpler one, he wouldn't be a complex one, and this one was only useful for walnut materials.
Hope pursed his lips and said, "Cut, stingy." ”
As it turned out, Mattio's potion configuration was a bit poor, and I don't know how many times he failed in the afternoon.
The foul smell from the failure of the potion refining made everyone almost carve mistakes several times.
Hope questioned, "Are you really a staff maker?" ”
Matteo blushed with shame suddenly, there was no way, this was also his first configuration, and he usually looked at his grandfather.
Finally, in the evening, Matteo didn't make another mistake, and looked at the black liquid in the crucible, Mattio breathed a sigh of relief.
"It only needs to be boiled for another seven days."
"Huh? Does it take that long? Hope said with some surprise.
In the following week, Hope lived very well, drawing astrological charts at night, studying alchemy before going to bed, and occasionally rubbing the second-year transfiguration class, this time he didn't hide anymore but sat in the front row generously to listen to the class, which happened to be with the Hufflepuff seniors, during which he met Cedric, who thought he had misremembered the time.
Hope looked at Cedric with admiration, worthy of being the good Mr. Hufflepuff, the little badger with all the good qualities of Hufflepuff, willing to suspect that he had done something wrong rather than suspect others, the Cedric who deceived himself at Hogwarts at the beginning of school must have been impersonated.
After discovering that Hope's second-year classes were also better than most people's, Hope's title of little professor of metamorphosis became popular again.
The rest of the time, Hope spent all of his time carving his wand, but fortunately Matteo's potion configuration was not going wrong, and it went smoothly, except for adding some materials every once in a while, and he was helping everyone carve wands every once in a while.
Fortunately, the location of the abandoned classroom is relatively remote, no one comes, and for the sake of safety, Hope also imposed a blockade charm, which generally can't open the classroom door with a lock picking spell, and requires a specific password, and if someone breaks in, he will be alerted.
This spell was still something he had seen in the library in the middle of the night, when he couldn't sleep.
Finally, before the potion was finished, everyone's wands were carved, and Hope put the carved parts together, and a brand new white-brown desert eagle was put together, so perfect that the shape of the revolver had been abandoned.
Matteo took the wand from Hope's hand and stroked the barrel of the gun, which was not at all comparable to the texture that Hope had made with his Transfiguration Charm before.
After handing it to Hope again, Matteo said, "Okay, no problem, let's take it down." ”
Hope: ?_?" I just put it together! ”
Matteo shrugged his shoulders, to soak in potions, there are many places you can't soak like this.
Hope: -_-|||.
Once the potion was ready, Matteo poured the potion into a ceramic box and soaked the wand before sealing the box.
"Alright, just put it in the core after the wand has been soaked for twenty-one days."
Speaking of the core of the staff, everyone is starting to make trouble again, this thing is precious, just like a unicorn's tail hair is worth ten Galleons, and the heart nerve of the dragon's fire dragon is also more than ten Galleons, not to mention the rarer phoenix tail feathers, and one is not enough.
Other things like a raccoon's whiskers are fine, but Mattio doesn't really want to use them, he is the heir of the Ollivander family, how can he use such a low-magic material?
At first, Hope suggested that he could order a batch, but everyone refused, so how could Hope be allowed to spend money alone?