HP's Foreign Land

Chapter 370 Magic Wand Detection

Ollivander has a long-standing reputation in the field of wand making. It is said that British wizards will never buy wands made by people other than Ollivander, which shows how much people respect his skills.There is another very critical factor why he is highly praised. Ollivander is not only a master in wand making, but also a master in his moral cultivation.He never used his so-called high morals to suppress other wand makers, nor discredited the works of his peers, let alone someone who watched the sky from a well.Heimdall is very clear that Mr. Ollivander travels abroad every now and then not for relaxation, but for the purpose of seeking experience or exchanging skills with wand experts in other countries. With new inspiration, a series of new works will come out.

Over the past few years, he is still tirelessly exploring technological breakthroughs, which makes Heimdall respect him from the bottom of his heart, and Ollivander's unremitting pursuit of excellence can make all the bricks who have a peace of mind and justify themselves called beasts ashamed I got red in the face.

I heard that Gregovich, a French wand-making expert who is of the same status as Ollivander, likes to advocate the extraordinaryness of his works. Heimdall has heard that Gregovich is the owner of the Elder Wand, although he is not very clear about it. What is so magical about this Elder Wand, but the identity of the owner did bring Gregorovich inexhaustible reputation and money, and was even praised by the French wizarding community as being the same as the British Ollie. Vander is a master of European wand making, and a leader in the field of French magic product manufacturing.

Victor's wand is Gregorovich's work. Heimdall has studied it carefully. Of course, with the wand manufacturing technology he has mastered so far, although it is not enough for laymen to watch the excitement, the doorway is just a rough idea.

Grigovich's wand making is not the same as Ollivander's. Ollivander pays attention to innovation, pays attention to "people-oriented", does not stick to rules and regulations, and even overturns his own research results.

Ollivander hopes that every wizard who visits his store will "love at first sight" with a certain wand in the store. His philosophy is that the character of the wand resonates with the personality of the user, rather than letting the wizard adapt to the wand .

Grigovich's wand shop's slogan is "there are no poorly made wands, only misused wizards", which is a typical profiteer's tone.

Unlike Ollivander, Mr. Grigovich paid more attention to the body of the wand, paid attention to traditional craftsmanship, followed the rules, and always held a prudent skeptical attitude towards new wand-making techniques, so Grigovich’s wands are exquisite in workmanship , each one is polished as exquisitely as a handicraft, paying attention to the overall appearance effect, the direction of the matching pattern is accurate to the millimeter, and even the handle is vividly depicted, it seems that it is not surprising that such a wand is expensive.

The problem is that Heimdall has studied and studied again, but he doesn't feel that Gregorovich's wand is as perfect as the French wizarding world boasts, or that he still can't understand the essence of it with his own level?Can't discover the profound inner essence of the French wand?

Duncan, whose family is a loyal client of Grigovich, once told him calmly: "Don't worry, exaggeration is a way of speaking of the French people."

Heimdall was in a daze.

"Oh, what a beautiful little thing." Ollivander's praise drew back Heimdall's attention.

It was Mademoiselle Fleur Delacour's wand that Ollivander held in his hand.

Heimdall observed carefully for a while. This wand is indeed very beautiful. The exquisite and elegant natural wood grain has been preserved intact. When the old man waved his wand to check its integrity, the tip of the wand erupted with white and red light clusters, followed by bursts of floral scents that were spurred by magic. I have to say that this delicate His wand is as radiant as its owner.

"Assistant Sturluson." Old Ollivander called out seemingly inadvertently.

I understand that you have to do a full set of acting.

Heimdall immediately put on a deep expression, "The body of the wand is made of palm wood, which is hard and not easy to break. The core of the wand..." paused, and looked at Ollivander.

Ollivander shook his head emotionally, "I haven't seen a core like this for many years. Miss Delacour, may I ask, is the core a Veela hair?"

Fu Rong's cold and aloof expression softened, "Yes," the French-speaking English was full of pride, "There is a piece of my grandmother's hair in it."

Ollivander was not annoyed by her attitude, and said leisurely, "It's an honor. Continue, Assistant Sturluson."

"9 o'clock...15 inches." Heimdall hesitated for a moment. The accurate visual measurement of the size of the wand depends on the accumulation of experience, and he is far from that level.

"Wrong, it's 9.25 inches." After Ollivander finished speaking, he measured it with a tape measure, and 9.25 inches was not bad.

Heimdall nodded in admiration.

Ollivander subconsciously wanted to hand over the wand to Heimdall, and let him feel it for himself. This was the order when he was instructed by the old man in the past. As a result, the expression of the wand owner changed, and he said bluntly: "I allow Did you give my wand to someone else?"

Heimdall's outstretched hand quickly retracted.

Ollivander calmly waved his wand, and a delicate rose emerged from the tip of the wand. Ollivander pulled out the rose, and returned the flowers and the wand to Fleur at the same time, expressing his sincere apologies, "I I'm sorry." Heimdall nodded in agreement.

Fleur was not a troublesome person, and her complexion immediately improved a lot. She took the wand and flowers, and accepted Ollivander's apology.

"Below..." Ollivander stopped as soon as he opened his mouth, and it was Cedric Diggory's wand that suddenly entered his field of vision, "I remember this is my work." Ollivander smiled, a little little excitement.

"Yes." Cedric handed over his wand with a smile on his face, and Ollivander took it excitedly, sighing nostalgicly as if reuniting with relatives and friends who hadn't seen him for many years.

Karkaroff's enthusiasm was hit again, and he squinted at Cedric with a blank expression.

Ollivander sighed, and then smiled with satisfaction, "Yes, the elasticity is excellent." Touching the body of the wand repeatedly to ensure that there are no cracks, he said happily, "The wood grain is clearly visible, and the usual maintenance of the wand is good. "

"I repainted the wand last night." Cedric, who was praised, felt a little turmoil in his heart, and couldn't help showing off.

After hearing this, Ollivander couldn't help giving Cedric a higher opinion, and made a gesture to hand the wand to Heimdall, this time he didn't forget to ask the owner of the wand, "Is it okay?"

"Of course." Cedric shrugged.

Heimdall took the wand carefully, guessing that the feel in the hand is probably different from Miss Delacour's shiny wand. As expected, the tentacles are not particularly smooth and delicate, and the body of the wand is dull taupe. , although it is not as good-looking as Fleur's wand, and the straight-through wood grain looks a little rough, but the overall wand becomes full of style, suitable for boys, especially for a tall and handsome guy like Cedric, Fleur's wand is too Delicate, suitable for women to use, if you hold it in the hands of men, it will look petty.

"Elm..." Heimdal paused, then turned his wrist, muttering something in his mouth, and the colorful patterns drew circles one after another in the air with his movements, and the colorful colors gradually faded away, leaving a A silver-white halo swirled back and forth in the air.

Ollivander couldn't help but nodded in satisfaction when he saw it, and heard Heimdall say: "The core of the staff is unicorn mane..."

"Mane or tail?" Ollivander suddenly asked sharply.

Heimdall hesitated, "Tail hair." Probably...

Ollivander glanced at him, "Well, you got it right."

Heimdall smirked silently twice.

Ollivander took back Cedric's wand, "12.25 inches, the body is black elm, and the core is adult male unicorn tail hair." Like Fleur's wand, he also used the wand to put a few balls of red and the white ball of light, and handed it back to Cedric, "Very well, everything is normal."

Cedric nodded with a smile, blinked at Heimdall a few times, and backed away.

Heimdall rubbed his nose in embarrassment, and felt a sudden sharp gaze on him. In a blink of an eye, Victor was looking at him with deep eyes. Heimdall smiled and blew a kiss frivolously. , Victor will soon be unable to pretend anymore...

"I'm sorry, can the testing progress be made faster?" Fu Rong was very dissatisfied with the procrastinating efficiency. "We are here to test the wand, not to bring you apprentices."

Although her words were very blunt, they hit the nail on the head and made sense. Even Ollivander couldn't find anything to refute.

"I'm sorry." Heimdall was a little embarrassed, and immediately left the circle and retreated behind Ollivander.

At this moment, everyone suddenly heard a crackling sound, their attention was drawn to them, and they all turned their heads to find the source of the sound, only to find that Harry was looking at his wand with lingering fear.

"What's wrong?" Karkarov wondered, was Potter making the noise just now?

The wands in the wizarding world are just like the guns in the Muggle world. They need to be cleaned and maintained with professional items. It was probably stimulated by the self-care of Cedric, a competitor from the same school. Harry just wiped them vigorously with his robes when others were not paying attention. Wand, inappropriate repeated rubbing of the wand body can easily induce a false misfire of the wand. If Harry keeps rubbing hard, the false misfire will have a certain chance of turning into a real wand misfire.

A misfire of a real wand is as dangerous as a misfire of a gun. Heimdall once read about the Triwizard Tournament in the school library and saw the above description. At the beginning of the Triwizard Tournament, the organizers at that time were inexperienced , A lot of preparatory work did not go home. The magic wand test project appeared later, and there was no magic wand test at all in the first two sessions.

The cause of the incident was that a certain contestant lacked awareness of wand maintenance. As a result, he was paralyzed by a magic wand that went off during the competition, and almost died on the spot.This incident was aroused in that era, and the principals of the three schools learned from their experience and lessons. Later, the Triwizard Tournament began to gradually introduce wand testing and other preparation items related to the safety of the players.

Ollivander cleared his throat meaningfully, Harry felt his cheeks a little hot, and his ears turned red when he saw Heimdall looking at him with a smile.Neither Ollivander nor Heimdall told everyone what happened, saving face for the Porter Warriors in front of other contenders.

As soon as Ollivander took Harry's wand, his eyes began to shine, and he kept muttering in his mouth, full of emotion and nostalgia, and a little bit of uneasiness.

Harry felt that the old man was still making such a big fuss, but the second time we met, there was no fuss.

When Harry went to the wand shop to buy a wand, Heimdall had already left England and had never seen this scene. Fortunately, Ollivander liked to nag about wands, and Heimdall was a little surprised at first. Soon he calmed down.

With Fu Rong's dissatisfaction first, Heimdall honestly acted as the background board this time.

"11 inches. The body of the wand is made of holly wood, and the core is made of phoenix tail feathers." Ollivander looked at the wand in his hand and said without thinking, and then quickly operated it and handed it to Harry. "everything is normal."

Harry took it with a smile, and backed away.

Principal Karkaroff likes to pay attention to details, and people who are obsessed with details are more likely to over-associate. He is sentimental right now.

Finally it's Vic's turn?Karkaroff couldn't help slandering and slandering, he was quite dissatisfied with Durmstrang's "bottom", thinking that Victor's name was the first to be vomited in the Goblet of Fire, why the wand detection was next to Potter ?

Karkaroff was still thinking about it, and Victor had already stepped forward to hand over his wand. After taking it, Ollivander hesitated, "Isn't it a new one?"

"No." Heimdall said without hesitation.

Everyone couldn't help but look sideways, the owner of the wand didn't say anything.

Victor's mouth curled up involuntarily.

In fact, Ollivander held the wand in his hand and turned it around to the light to know who the maintenance method was.

"...How many times have I told you that the most important thing is to apply paint evenly," Ollivander sighed, brought Victor's wand to Heimdall's eyes, and reprimanded him very severely, "Look You, why can't you change this old problem?"

When Heimdall paints the wand, he always subconsciously paints a few more layers on the tip of the wand. In fact, this is superfluous. Although it does not affect the use of the wand, for the master wand maker who strives for perfection, the aesthetics of the wand is the core of wand making. The aesthetic accomplishment that readers must possess.

Heimdall is born an aesthetic insulator. Ollivander, who has been with him for many years, is naturally aware of this, and at the same time feels helpless. Aesthetics are very emotional. Although they can be cultivated, if they don’t have this cell, no matter what. Training is all about playing the piano to the cow.

Ollivander once sang and danced to Heimdall, but Heimdall, the cow, never changed after repeated admonitions and was completely obsessed.

Ollivander shook his head dumbfounded, and Heimdall lowered his head pitifully, not daring to make a sound, and unconsciously snapped his fingers.

Although Victor was surprised by Ollivander's sudden outburst, he also knew that it was the deep responsibility of love, so he silently followed his sweetheart's every move without saying a word.

Ollivander did not hold on to his apprentice's mistake, and quickly turned his head to Victor and said, "Is this the wand made by Gregorovich?"

"That's right." Victor nodded.

"Calm and solid, he is good at it." It is said that colleagues are enemies. Although Ollivander will not deliberately discredit competitors in the same industry, he will always have a strong mentality.

Ollivander carefully admired the extremely shiny dark brown wand body, and gently stroked the whole wand with his hand. Grigovich's wand is thicker than the international standard, and this method of making it is unique to him. There is no semicolon in the world, and Grigovich is also proud of it. He once stood on the podium of the regular discussion meeting of the International Federation of Wizards because he insisted on not correcting his wand making tradition. The French Ministry of Magic justified him Trying hard, and don't know how it works, the Wizards Union actually agreed to let him keep the tradition.

This incident made Gregorovich very proud.

"This is birch..." Ollivander murmured.

"10.25 inches, hornbeam body, the core is the heart tendon of the dragon..."

"Did I ask you?" Ollivander said calmly without looking back.

Heimdall bowed his head and continued to snap his fingers.