Chapter 10 Is This a Choice?

Chapter 10 10. Is this a choice?

"The combination of elm and dragon heartstring. You should have seen the owner of this wand when you were a child, Ron, Mundungus Fletcher, the short fat man with unshaven beard and two short bow legs. Do you remember him?"

When Dumbledore talked about this person, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise a light arc.

Ron obviously still remembered this person.

"When I was six years old, I came to my house as a guest and wanted to take away the only ancestral silver cup in my family. In the end, he was caught by my mother?"

Dumbledore laughed.

"Mundungus is indeed a person who likes to steal. Your father and mother have never liked him very much."

Ron heard his words and couldn't help but curl his lips. When he looked at the wand in his hand, he unconsciously showed a look of disgust.

And this look was obviously caught by Dumbledore.

But he did not teach or scold Ron, but asked softly.

"Then do you know why your parents never liked him, but still personally erected a tombstone for him at his funeral?"

Ron shook his head in confusion, as if he didn't know anything about it.

"During an operation of the Order of the Phoenix, he was surrounded by Aurors from the Ministry of Magic. In order to prevent his memory from being read or being fed with truth serum to leak information about us, he did not choose to surrender, but made the most fearless decision of his life - to end his life with the wand in your hand."

Dumbledore's voice was flat, but Ron opened his mouth wide. He had never thought that the wizard who seemed short and fat, not at all dignified, and had no other pursuits except stealing things to sell for money, would eventually end his life with such an action.

Ron looked down at the wand in his hand again, his eyes were very complicated.

"I'll keep him safe, Professor."

"Of course."

After Ron stepped back, Justin walked forward with a pale face. The child had been stimulated a lot today. He knew the existence of magic and wizards, was taken away from his parents, came to this carriage called magic school, and now he had to get his own wand.

He didn't have any mood to choose, but hurriedly took a shorter wand.

Dumbledore still patiently introduced it to him.

"It's a combination of cedar wood and dragon heartstrings. Its owner is Sturgis Podmore, the first member of the Order of the Phoenix, a reliable wizard, who also died in the battle of the fall of Hogwarts Castle."

"This is an ordinary person, right, professor?" Justin asked hesitantly.

Dumbledore blinked.

"He may not have died as tragically as others, and he has never made any outstanding contributions, but in this era, daring to resist the suffocating power is the greatest feat, Finch-Fletchley. Just like when we look up at the starry sky, we will feel that most of the stars in the sky are ordinary, but they are the only ones shining in the dark night, right?"

Justin's eyes were bright, and he nodded vigorously.

"Yes, professor."

The other four people got their own wands, and finally only Jon was left. Under the gaze of everyone else, he also walked to Dumbledore's side.

To be honest, he didn't care what kind of wand he could get, as long as it was usable, there would be no problem.

But the four wands in front represent four different people, which made him feel very heavy.

In the original book, Neville's mother was tortured crazy by the Cruciatus Curse, but she didn't escape the doom in this world and died under the Death Eater's killing curse.

Professor Sprout, the headmaster of Hufflepuff, is described in the book as a kind and gentle witch who cares for every student, but she died seven years ago.

Although he was not familiar with the two wizards behind, they still added pressure to the heaviness in his heart.

He knew very clearly that this world was definitely not the children's story in the original book.

Students would not spend a happy study time in the castle, and the magic world was no longer a magical world full of novelty and fun.

There was oppression and slavery everywhere, and Muggle wizards could not even guarantee their own safety. The righteous side became a stray dog ​​and could only exile everywhere in a carriage.

Originally, in the story, he was familiar with people who died for this, and he himself had no choice at all.

Although he was an orphan adopted by an orphanage, Jon's parents in this world were traceable, and after verification by two Hogwarts, he was a pure Muggle.

He didn't want to enter the Hogwarts Castle, which was called the "taming field", because he was destined to join Dumbledore's side and become an enemy of Voldemort, who had completely controlled the power.

Jon didn't know if he had this ability. After coming to this world, he didn't have the system and golden fingers that the protagonists of online novels usually had. For wizards, magic talent is very important. People with talent are destined to achieve much higher achievements than those without talent.

But now it's useless for him to think so much. The only thing he can do is to take a wand in his hand first.

Looking at the remaining wands in the cabinet, Jon glanced at them, stretched out his hand, and was about to pick up one at random, when the corner of his eye suddenly glanced at the innermost position of the wooden cabinet.

This is a wooden cabinet with a sliding door. Dumbledore only opened half of the cabinet, and under the cover of the other half of the cabinet door, there is a wooden box vaguely stored. Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to attract other people's attention. .

Jon was standing on the other side of the cabinet, so that he could see it.

His outstretched hand paused slightly.

There was obviously a wand stored in that wooden box, but he was not sure if Dumbledore had put it there specifically for the new students to choose from.

If so, there is no need to hide it behind the cabinet door on the other side, but if not, just put it away and there is no need to put it in the cabinet at all.

Jon hesitated for a moment, but he had an inexplicable feeling that made him unconsciously reach in, grasp the smooth body of the wand from the wooden box behind the cabinet door, and take it out. .

"Professor, is this wand optional?"

After he got the wand, he immediately asked Dumbledore, but at the same time as he spoke, a cluster of brilliant silver sparks suddenly burst out from the tip of the wand!