Hogwarts behind-the-scenes big boss

Moriarty took the wand, feeling nothing special. He mobilized his magic power, then waved the wand in his hand, and a green snake head appeared in front of Ollivander.

Ollivander shook his head slightly: "It doesn't seem to be a problem, but I know that it was not this wand that chose you, but that it could not resist you."

"Try this one," he quickly took out another wand, "Thirteen inches long, yew wood, unicorn tail hair."

The unicorn is a holy magical creature. The head of the snake released by Moriarty with the unicorn wand turned white.

"It still doesn't work." Ollivander glanced at the white snake head. Although the unicorn played a role, the color change already involved the transformation technique. If Moriarty hadn't learned the transformation technique in advance, it would have been his talent.

Very good.

"If you want to get a wand that will accompany you throughout your life, you must open your heart to the wand, like a child who cannot use magic. Otherwise, no matter how many wands you try, the result will be the same." Ollivander hugged him after he finished speaking.

Get a lot of wands.

In the next thirty minutes, Moriarty tried dozens of times, and each time he could easily cast a small spell. The wands in his hands were as good as pet cats.

After some attempts, Ollivander sighed in disappointment, and Moriarty said intriguingly: "You seem to be testing whether I have a pure heart by choosing a wand. Can you tell me why? Sir."

"You saw it, okay, okay, you are so smart." Ollivander walked up to Moriarty and said seriously: "Although there are enough wands in this room, the total number is

Not as good as that wand - the wand in the hands of Dumbledore, the greatest wizard in the world."

Moriarty guessed that the wand he was talking about was the elder wand in the Deathly Hallows, but what did this have to do with him? Moriarty patiently listened to his explanation.

"I have to admit that Lockhart did not make a mistake this time." Ollivander said slowly: "You are very talented, Mr. Moriarty.

So I want to study wandology with you. If you have any questions, you can ask me.

Oh, of course, the wand you make is yours."

Ollivander added eagerly: "I want to see if you can make a wand more powerful than Dumbledore's wand!"

"You want me to learn wandology with you!" Moriarty understood what Ollivander meant, but he shook his head and declined.

Wandology is a very special kind of magic, which is difficult to understand and requires a lot of experiments.

It is impossible for Moriarty to study with Ollivander. For him, wandology is just a shooting star in the magical sky. It has appreciation value but cannot be a goal.

Ollivander was extremely regretful, but he still refused to give up. He solemnly took out a wand and handed it to Moriarty.

"Eleven inches long, holly wood, with phoenix feathers. Beautiful and soft and flexible. This wand is a brother to the wand of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. They both contain a feather from the same phoenix."

Ollivander seemed to become older all of a sudden. He whispered: "You are a descendant of Slytherin. I was afraid that you would become like that person in the future, so I didn't take out this wand at first...

Oh look, look what I'm talking about, of course you can't, right?"

Moriarty ignored the old man's soliloquy and felt offended by putting him together with a guy who had his nose broken off.

Moriarty raised the wand in front of him and looked at it carefully. There was no doubt that this was the wand used by Harry Potter.

"Ding dong~ A wand suitable for fire element magic has been detected. The host's possession of this wand will increase the level of fire element magic."

After hearing the system prompts, Moriarty had a bold idea.

Since there is a wand suitable for fire element magic, there must be a wand suitable for water element magic!

What Moriarty needs is exactly this kind of wand. I wonder if Ollivander has one?

Thinking of this, Moriarty deliberately used a holly wand to cast a freezing spell on the door number of the store, adding several beautiful ice patterns to the door number.

When Ollivander saw Moriarty's display of ice magic, a strange look gradually bloomed in his eyes, and his voice became louder: "Merlin, I actually forgot that you can use the magic circle to summon ice snakes! Aha, I thought

Get up! Yes, that’s it! Maybe it’s the wand that’s best for you!”

Ollivander searched for a long time from a pile of boxes and came over holding a white box.

"Twelve inches long, made of cedar wood. As for the core of the staff, I unfortunately don't know - it was made by my ancestors when they traveled around the world five hundred years ago. Since it was made, no one can use it.

It casts a spell!"

Moriarty opened the box and saw a milky white wand lying there quietly. He had a hunch that this was the wand he was looking for.

"Ding dong~ A wand that is compatible with water element magic has been detected..."

Upon hearing the system's prompt, Moriarty raised the corner of his mouth and gently picked up the sleigh wand. A chill flowed along his fingers, through his wrist, arm, and finally into Moriarty's heart.

Moriarty didn't feel anything unusual at all, and the system's voice came to his ears again: "Congratulations to the host for upgrading. He is now a level 27 junior wizard."

Upgraded two levels, not bad.

Moriarty held the cedar wand in his left hand and nodded to Ollivander: "This is a good wand."

Ollivander was also very excited: "Yes, yes, I can see that it chose you this time, seven gold galleons, if you want to take it away."

"Of course I will take it, it will be my loyal companion, and not only it, I also want the holly wand. Please give me a price, sir."

Moriarty raised his right hand, pointed the Slytherin staff at the messy wand and waved it lightly. The wands on the ground, the wall, and the open box all returned to their original positions.

Only the holly wand was left floating in front of Ollivander, waiting for his decision.

Ollivander frowned and tried to explain to Moriarty: "Each little wizard can only buy one wand before the start of school.

If a wizard's wand is damaged or lost, Ollivander's Wand Shop will provide him with a second wand.

But no one has ever been able to buy two wands at once."

Moriarty was unmoved, his flat eyes almost saw through Ollivander, as long as the chips were big enough, anything could be sold.

Ollivander quickly lost the battle with his eyes.

"You are so difficult to deal with. If wandology was excluded, I would call you Mr. Moriarty!

Well, I can give you the holly wand, but I hope you have time to learn about wandology, which is not difficult for your talents, okay?"

Ollivander put the holly wand into the box and solemnly handed it to Moriarty.

After Moriarty put the box into a delicate bag with a traceless stretching spell, he took out an emerald from the money bag and put it on the table.

"The Slytherin family has no habit of owing favors. No matter how much the holly wand is worth, I think this gem is enough to pay for it."

After Moriarty finished speaking, he took back the money bag and said to Ollivander: "Goodbye, sir."

Walking out of the wand shop, Moriarty was shocked to find that the wizards in Diagon Alley were all looking at him. When they saw him holding the wand, the wizards burst into cheers.

"For Slytherin! For magic!" the wizards cheered.

They understand that the significance of Moriarty returning to England and obtaining a modern wand is extraordinary. Perhaps, as Lockhart said, an era of magic renaissance is about to come!

Moriarty nodded to the crowd, his aristocratic manner impeccable.

"Luke, I give you an important task." Moriarty took out a list and handed it to Luke, "According to the above requirements, purchase everything and return it to the castle."

"As you command, my young master!" Luke walked towards Flourish and Blott Bookstore, which was his first target. Moriarty asked him to buy all the magic textbooks from first grade to seventh grade.

Leaving the purchasing to Luke would save Moriarty more time. He was about to take Ingo home, but found that Ingo's eyes were on a tall snow-white marble building.

superior.

That's Gringotts, Britain's only wizarding bank.

"Don't even think about it, Ingo. I won't take you there because the Slytherins never store their wealth in Gringotts!"

While Moriarty was cleaning up the castle, he found some of Salazar's diaries, not that diary, but other scattered diaries.

It records Salazar's hostility to goblins. He believed that it was necessary to permanently eliminate the goblin race, otherwise goblins would bring disaster.

Although Moriarty is not as stubborn as Salazar, he is always wary of goblins in his heart.

Unexpectedly, Ingo's eyes widened when he heard Moriarty's words: "The young master will take me there, and I will give the young master a reason that he cannot refuse!"

Obviously, Ingo's words contained a hint of rebellion. After he finished speaking, the golden shackles quickly shrank in size, making his legs and wrists turn black.

Ingo felt a sharp pain in his legs, and he fell to the ground hard. He could not resist the punishment of the golden shackles, until Moriarty pointed the golden shackles with his staff and said: "Stop!"

The shackles gradually grew larger, and Ingo was saved. He lowered his head and did not dare to say another word.

What happened to Ingo attracted the attention of wizards and Gringotts goblins.

Lockhart proudly promoted the Slytherin Castle treasury to the crowd. After hearing people's sour sighs, he was extremely happy, as if the treasury belonged to him.

The elf standing next to the gate of Gringotts, wearing a scarlet and gold uniform, had an ugly face, and his skin was red with anger.

I don't know if it was because Ingo was punished or because of the Slytherin Castle treasury.

Moriarty guessed both points. Gringotts controlled the wizarding world's economy to a large extent, but his treasury was an exception. The wealth in it would never be stored in Gringotts.

This is enough to make the goblin crazy and jealous, and once the goblin targets him, Moriarty will be constrained in part of his time and energy.

"We have to find a way to keep these goblins busy..." Moriarty thought about it. The world of Harry Potter is an incomplete magical world. Take finance as an example. The wizard's financial system is full of loopholes.

Voldemort worked hard for more than fifty years, just to achieve his dream of becoming the village chief. He painstakingly made seven Horcruxes and won over a lot of pure-blood families, but why didn't he think of a different way of thinking?

Moriarty felt that Voldemort might have never thought of changing his mind, but Tom Riddle must have!

Although I have thought about it, I can’t do it!

Because of monopoly.

Ollivander monopolizes wands, the Foley family monopolizes book-related businesses, goblins monopolize financial circulation, the shareholders of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries monopolize medicine, and even shampoo is monopolized by the Potter family...

…

Voldemort can capture Ollivander as much as he wants, kill the heirs of the Foley family, and capture the Ministry of Magic... but he will never be able to obtain the knowledge and privileges of the monopolist.

That kind of privilege is not as powerful as Dumbledore or Voldemort, but it is like an eternal truth, passed down from generation to generation.

In order to break the monopoly, Moriarty believed that one must have the knowledge and privileges to oppose the monopolist.

It just so happens that in the financial field, Moriarty has the capital to break monopolies.

That night, Moriarty called Lockhart for a detailed discussion.

Early the next morning, Lockhart announced at Flourish and Blotts that he would use the money earned from the new book to set up a "Hogwarts Mutual Aid Foundation" and deposit the money into Gringotts that day!

Looking at the goblin's grinning face, Lockhart couldn't help but sneer in his heart, but on the surface he looked distressed and declared that the Mutual Aid Foundation was to help young wizards at Hogwarts improve their dark arts.

Defense skills.

The reason given by Lockhart is that the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts changes every year. Without a complete curriculum system, the young wizard will undoubtedly take many detours.

Some senior wizards expressed their deep understanding of this, and Lockhart gained the favor of the student body and once again enhanced his reputation.

However, this time, Lockhart did not appear on the front page of the Daily Prophet, and the Daily Prophet did not even report on the Mutual Aid Foundation.

Moriarty had a premonition that something was wrong. Lockhart was too popular during this period and might be being targeted.

So who is it? The Ministry of Magic?