Chapter 6 Purchasing Equipment

Since experienced Lucius and Narcissa knew that buying a wand was the most time-consuming thing, the first stop for shopping was Ollivander's Wand Shop.

After pushing open the old door, the store rang with a series of jingling bells.

Sherin looked around. This shop was very small. There was nothing but a bench in front of the counter. Not far away, there were thousands of narrow paper boxes almost stacked to the ceiling. Ollivander has been engaged in the wand industry for nearly 2,000 years and is one of the three largest wand manufacturers in Europe. Sherin remembered that the Ollivander family was also one of the holy 28 pure-blood families.

"Good morning." A soft voice came, and an old man seemed to suddenly appear in front of them. Draco was startled and his hand grabbed Sherin's clothes involuntarily. Obviously, this old man was the owner of this shop, Garrick Ollivander.

Xielin's pupils could observe that the old man in front of him had a special sharpness in his magic. Although he was much weaker than Lucius, he did not dare to underestimate the old man in front of him, and replied respectfully: "Mr. Ollivander, my brother and I are freshmen at Hogwarts this year, and we need a new wand."

"Of course, of course!" Ollivander stared at Xielin, "Wizards need wands to cast magic, but remember, it is the wand that chooses the wizard! So, Mr. Malfoy, who will go first?"

Xiling pushed Draco over.

Olivander measured his size, first from shoulder to fingertips, then from wrist to elbow, shoulder to floor, knee to armpit, and finally measured the circumference of the head, and then took out a wand for Draco to pick up and try.

Draco tried several times, and finally chose Draco's wand, which was hawthorn wood and unicorn hair. It was exactly ten inches, with a certain elasticity and a decent design. Well, unicorn hair, it seems that Draco is still a simple child, thought Sherin.

Unicorns are beautiful animals that can be seen in the forests of Northern Europe. A fully grown unicorn is a horse with pure white hair and horns, and unicorns are often attracted to simple and kind people, which also gives unicorn hair the characteristic of favoring kind people. Hawthorn wands are favored by wizards with contradictory personalities or those who are going through their own confused period.

It was Sherin's turn. After taking all the measurements, the tape measure slid to the ground and shrank into a ball. At the same time, Ollivander also picked up a wand.

As soon as Sherin held it in his hand, he took it back. He frowned and thought for a while, then took out another wand for Sherin to try to hold, but as soon as Sherin held it in his hand, he took it back again.

He tried one after another, and the same situation was repeated. Sherin noticed that the wrinkles between Ollivander's eyebrows deepened with each attempt.

Even Lucius, who was standing by, felt something was wrong and couldn't help but ask, "Garrick, how could this happen? You don't have a wand suitable for my son, do you?"

This sentence seemed to hit Ollivander's sore spot. He shouted, "Impossible!" He looked straight at Sherin, as if trying to see something from Sherin. He whispered, "The Ollivander family has a history of making wands for more than 2,000 years, and there has never been a precedent of failing to meet customer needs!"

He walked back and forth a few steps, muttering to himself, and finally stopped. He raised his head, revealing a pair of bloodshot eyes, as if he had made a great decision. He pulled out his wand and said to the ceiling, "The secret is flying!"

The ceiling made a rumbling sound, and a black hole suddenly appeared. A mahogany box with four egg-sized gems inlaid on it slowly floated down from the hole. During the descent, the gems sparkled, emitting four gorgeous colors of red, blue, green and white.

Ollivander reached out and took the mahogany box, caressing the pattern on the box with his palm as if he was caressing a lover, with a look of nostalgia on his face.

He tapped the box gently with his wand, and the brilliance of the gems disappeared in an instant. The box opened upwards by itself, revealing an unremarkable... small wooden stick.

The small wooden stick was longer than any wand Sherin had ever seen, and should be at least 15 inches long. It was completely black, just like the kind of fire stick that he used to hold when making a fire in the wild in his previous life.

"Try this one, 15 and a half inches, made of vine wood, with the wand core made of the Thestral tail feathers. This is the last wand made by my great-grandfather. He was a very famous wand maker at the time." Ollivander carefully took out the wand and slowly handed it to Sherin as if he was holding his beloved baby.

Faced with this strange situation, Xielin first looked at Lucius, and only after Lucius nodded slightly and barely noticed did he reach out to take the small wooden stick.

As soon as Xielin received it, a stream of heat flowed into his body from between his fingers. The warmth flowed through his body, as if it was building a connection with himself, which made him feel a little weird, as if he was holding a small animal with life and thoughts in his hand.

Suddenly, the texture on the wand lit up with a red light, and Xielin's palm only felt a hot current. After a slight shake, a white halo was emitted from the tip of the wand, like ripples in the water, spreading outward in circles.

A gentle whirlwind blew in the store, swirling around Xielin and the wand, and the faint sound of horses neighing in the air. Xielin carefully felt this strange state, and he felt that there seemed to be something more in his body, and at the same time, something was missing.

"Wonderful, very wonderful!" Ollivander's voice became softer and softer, "I don't really like using the Thestral's tail feathers, but I have to say, sir, you and this wand are indeed a very wonderful combination."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Ollivander!" Schelling couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "Did something make you feel weird just now?"

Schelling was really curious. Most of the wands made by Ollivander use materials from phoenixes, unicorns, and dragons as cores, and the core of the wand in his hand is the tail feathers of the Thestral. This is different from the wands made by Ollivander. The other wands are different.

"You all know "The Tales of Beedle the Bard," right? The story of the three brothers?" Ollivander asked softly.

Seeing Xie Lin and Draco both nodded, he continued: "The 'invincible wand' used by the eldest of the three brothers, according to the conclusion reached by my ancestors' research, that wand is made of the tail feathers of the Thestral." For the core of the staff..."

"As we all know, the Thestral is considered a symbol of bad luck." Ollivander stared at Sherrin with milky white pupils. "This is a very strange substance. Only wizards who can control death can control it. And the grapevine wood wand It’s a rare one, and I couldn’t help but notice that their owners are always wizards who have great ambitions but don’t show off their talents;”

"My great-great-grandfather has always wanted to make a work that can rival or even surpass the legendary Elder Wand. I personally think this wand combination is better than the Elder Wand. The Elder Wand only accepts powerful wizards as its masters. It is too The pursuit of power will only lead to misfortune - the owners of the Elder Wand in the past have rarely met a happy death, and this wand is much more restrained in temperament. I believe its owner - "

"Mr. Malfoy," Ollivander grabbed Sherin's arm, a kind of fanaticism flashed in his pupils, "I can assure you that you will achieve extraordinary achievements in the future. I hope that in my During your lifetime, you can hear your name, as the master of this wand, being sung throughout Great Britain, oh no, throughout the wizarding world..."

Xie Lin felt very complicated, but he was relieved that the wand purchase was finally over.

Lucius knew that his son had picked up the treasure, so he spontaneously took out a bag full of 30 galleons and gave it to Ollivander, but Ollivander refused to accept it anyway and just said: , as long as Xie Lin can treat the magic wand kindly, his wish is enough.

Next, in order to save time, the Malfoy family decided to split up.

Lucius went to the bookstore to buy textbooks, Narcissa went to buy cauldrons and potion ingredients, and Sherrin and Draco went to Madam Malkin's robe store to buy uniforms.

On the way to Madam Malkin's robe store, Sherin looked curiously at the surrounding shops, including the dim Ella Owl Shop, where bursts of low and soft whining could be heard; several children of similar ages lay on their backs. While staring at a broomstick attentively in a display window, Schelling heard a boy say, "Look! This is the latest model of Nimbus 2000 - the fastest broomstick!"

After coming back to his senses, Xie Lin suddenly realized that Draco was unusually quiet at this moment.

"Xie Lin, Ollivander said that you will become an extraordinary wizard in the future, but I am nothing. I feel weak." Draco lowered his head and said sourly.

Seeing him like this, Xie Lin didn't know what was wrong with him, so he put his arms around Draco's neck and said: "Of course I will be an extraordinary wizard, and you don't care whose brother I am, but you didn't take good care of him." It's just practice, what do you think?" After saying that, he shook Draco's shoulder. "You are just too playful. Making friends is a good thing, but is it putting the cart before the horse by indulging in false mutual praise and neglecting real-life learning?"

"Hahaha, you're right." Draco suddenly understood and said with a smile, "I'm going to start working hard too! As an older brother, I will never lose to my younger brother."

Mrs. Malkin was a short, fat witch with a nice smile and was wearing purple clothes. She stood at the door of the store. When she saw Shaylin and Draco, she smiled and said, "Oh, two young gentlemen, Do you want to buy Hogwarts school uniforms? We have a lot of them here, in various styles, fabrics, and sizes.”

Xie Lin smiled faintly and said: "Just give us each three sets of ordinary plain robes that fit well. In addition, I have some other requirements. Can we buy the uniforms first and then discuss them in detail?"

Just when the two were taken to the back of the shop to be measured by a young witch, Xie Lin heard someone coming in to measure them again. He turned his head and saw a thin young man with black hair. It feels like this boy seems familiar. Draco also turned around at this moment and said, "Hey, are you going to Hogwarts too?"

The other party seemed a little at a loss and could only nod.

Draco continued: "My dad is buying books for us next door, and my mom is out on the street buying school supplies. Then I have to drag them to see the broomsticks. I don't understand why the first years can't have their own broomsticks." I think I will force my father to buy me one and then find a way to sneak it in. You think so too, right?"

Sherlyn rolled his eyes and ignored Draco. Instead, he smiled at the little boy friendlyly and said, "Hello, my name is Sherlyn Malfoy. This is my brother, Draco Malfoy. We are all new students going to Hogwarts this year. Nice to meet you."

"Oh, hello, my name is Harry Potter, nice to meet you too." Harry replied.

"Merlin's beard, are you really Harry Potter?" Draco asked excitedly, "Oh, I mean, it's nice to see you."

The three of them stood together and talked for a while about their fantasies and longings for Hogwarts, and then about broomsticks and Quidditch. After buying the uniforms, Harry said goodbye to the two of them - he still needed to buy other things. Draco was very excited to take Sherrin to see the broomsticks, but Sherrin was not very interested in Quidditch. For this reason, he sent Draco away, and he stayed to ask Madam Malkin about the types of wizard robes.

Madam Malkin's robe store not only sells uniform robes for Hogwarts students, but also sells a wide variety of daily wizard robes——

There are decorative robes with carved stripes that exude a faint golden light, slim robes that make you look slimmer, loose robes that look casual, and robes that automatically lengthen as your height increases. , there are also thermostatic robes that can keep you warm in winter and cool in summer;

By the way, all the robes sold by Madam Malkin come with automatic ironing and automatic repair functions, so you don’t have to worry about wrinkles, moisture, damage, etc.

When Xie Lin read the original work in his previous life, he always had a question. The style of the wizard's robe was handed down from the design and aesthetics of the medieval era. For more than a thousand years, the appearance and design have remained the same without any improvement. Putting aside the subjective factor of whether it looks good or not, this kind of large and fluffy wizard robe is not conducive to running and agile dodging. It is a drag in the battle between wizards, let alone being tripped by one's own wizard robe. That's unlucky.

Moreover, these wizard robes do not come with any practical functions, such as the ability to defend against certain evil spells, the ability to reduce weight and increase agility and speed, or the ability to change appearance at any time and cooperate with the transformation spell. Disguise function etc...

With Xie Lin's understanding of the wizarding world and magic, it is definitely not a fantasy to make a wizard robe with these functions.

After Xie Lin raised the question to Mrs. Malkin, Mrs. Malkin looked at Xie Lin with a complicated expression. She was amazed by the various creativity and ideas put forward by the young boy in front of her.

She explained to Schelling that she could indeed make robes with the functions described by Schelling, but first of all, the wizarding world had been in peace for a long time, and she believed that such expensive wizarding robes would not have a big market; secondly, she It is also admitted that the wizarding world has been stuck in its ways for too long. Compared with the increasingly progressive Muggles, the wizarding world is indeed far behind in the aesthetic and functional requirements of clothing.

Schelling then asked Madam Malkin to tailor a set of combat wizard robes for herself and told her needs one by one. The tailoring of this combat robe is mainly close-fitting and streamlined, and the fabric is made of bird snake skin - which can have enough stretch to ensure the flexibility of the body; the appearance looks more like a Muggle suit jacket.

A secret pocket must be sewn into the two cuffs so that you can store your wand or other weapons so that you can enter combat anytime and anywhere. Use the Seamless Stretch Charm to expand the space inside the robe pocket so that it can at least accommodate your own luggage and carry-on book bag.

In addition, the fabric also needs to undergo special alchemical treatment so that it will never be stained with dust and stains including blood. The waterproof and moisture-proof function allows Schelling to stay clean and dry at all times. Of course, constant temperature and breathable functions are also necessary to ensure that you can wear them comfortably in any season and location.

Originally, Xelling wanted to add defensive curses, reduce gravity, change appearance, etc., but Madam Malkin said that there was really nothing she could do about it. No matter how many Galleons Xelling added, Xelling had no choice but to give up.

The tailoring, sewing, and special processing of this battle robe were quite tedious and time-consuming. Originally, Madam Malkin had no intention of taking over this business. After all, with Madam Malkin’s status in the wizarding clothing industry, there was no shortage of business or money. , but when Xie Lin said that he planned to try this idea at Tuofan Clothing Store, and possibly create a new name for Tuofan Clothing Store and bring new popularity, Mrs. Malkin was shaken.

Mrs. Malkin actually also knows that the clothing design in the wizarding world is really too lacking and boring. If Tuofan clothing store really uses this to open up a new market in one fell swoop, it will really threaten its future market share. Thinking of this, Malkin The lady had to promise Xie Lin to do her best.

This battle robe is worth 30 gold galleons, which is more than seven times that of ordinary wizard robes. Madam Malkin said that it would take her two weeks to cut and sew it. After Xie Lin paid half of the deposit, she made an appointment to work on the work. After completion, it was delivered directly to Xie Lin by owl delivery, and Xie Lin left happily.

In the evening, when the shops in Diagon Alley were closing one after another, Mr. Ollivander was sitting on a chair in Ollivander's Wand Shop, with an open wand box in front of him. He stared blankly at the empty mahogany box and muttered to himself in a daze: "Great-grandfather, am I really wrong..."

"I have always believed that phoenix tail feathers, unicorn tail hair, and fire dragon heartstrings are the most stable and suitable materials for making wand cores, so I abandoned the ancient family tradition of custom-made wands...could it be that the wand never chooses the wizard? , but——”

"Destiny chose the wizard?"