Hogwarts: I'm Cousin Harry

Chapter 31 31. It’s not so much a magic wand as it is...

Author: Lord Berefeld

Chapter 31 31. It’s not so much a magic wand.

The boy shouted "I will tell my father" and ran out crying.

He didn't even know what Dudley and his friends were called.

Dudley's name alone can scare students into tears at St. George's School. This is not an exaggeration, it actually happened.

Maybe in the boy's eyes, Dudley was saying to him: "Hello, can I taste the saltiness of your brain?"

You won't understand the pressure of facing Dudley directly, especially at close range, unless you experience it yourself.

"Oh my god, what just happened?"

Mrs. Malkin walked in confused. She had just seen the Malfoy child running out crying.

"It's nothing, ma'am."

Although Mrs. Malkin was confused, she didn't have time to study it carefully. There were many new students entering Hogwarts, and just now there were several more young wizards in the shop.

"Don't bully anyone next time."

Hermione poked Dudley's waist and whispered.

"Hermione, I didn't bully him. What you heard was just a cordial hello to him."

Hermione:

Although it was indeed a greeting, it was definitely not friendly.

Dudley looked innocent: "I am a very elegant and easy-going person."

'It is necessary to redefine the words elegance and easy-going.' Hermione and Harry said at the same time.

Dudley's words reminded her of what happened at Oxford Dragon Primary School. At first, everyone thought Dudley was a bully, until a group of self-righteous guys

Too cruel.

"You can't do this again when you get to Hogwarts."

Hermione whispered.

"Yeah, yeah, I know, I know." Dudley nodded repeatedly: "I will get along well with my future classmates and build a good relationship."

After a while, the uniforms and robes were ordered, and the next place to go was the wand shop.

Speaking of wands, Hermione and Harry looked excited, especially Hermione. Ever since she found out about her identity as a wizard, all she wanted was a wand of her own, and she kept whispering in Dudley's ears.

stop.

The wand is the key to casting magic in this world.

Compared to the two of them, Dudley's attitude was much calmer.

Ollivander's Wand Shop is the largest wand shop in Diagon Alley, and of course the only one.

Pushing open the somewhat rotten door, a jingling bell rang. The interior of the store was much narrower than expected, and there were obviously no traces of the Seamless Stretching Curse. This was the only store Dudley and the others had seen so far.

Didn't do that.

Thousands of narrow cardboard boxes were stacked around, and it was obvious that those cardboard boxes contained wands.

"Hello."

A soft voice sounded, and an old man appeared on the counter to the left of the three of them. His silver-white eyes were like two full moons in the dim light.

The moment the old man saw the three people, Harry attracted all his attention. He only heard his eyes staring there and said slowly: "I knew I would see you soon, Harry Potter, your eyes

Just like your mother's. It seems like yesterday that she came here and bought her first wand. It was ten and a quarter inches long, made of wicker, and made a swishing sound when it was swung.

A good wand for magic.”

"Is your brother famous?" Hermione poked Dudley's waist and asked in a low voice.

So far, she has not come into contact with a magic book and does not know the greatness of the legendary savior, Harry Potter.

"More famous than you think."

Dudley leaned down and whispered in Hermione's ear.

While the two were talking, Ollivander had already begun to measure Harry's arm.

Then he took out a wand and handed it to Harry: "Made of beech wood and snake nerve, nine inches long, give it a try."

Harry stupidly took the wand and waved it.

"Oh, it's wonderful. Try this one again."

“It’s so wonderful, try this one”

“Try this one again”

Harry tried several new ones in a row but couldn't figure out the reason.

"Would it be so difficult for us to choose a wand?"

Hermione asked in a low voice as she watched Harry try the wand one by one.

Dudley paused and said, "I think maybe only Harry is like this."

Ollivander changed wands several more times until he took out

"Holly wood, phoenix feathers, eleven inches long."

When Harry passed his wand through the air, a red light flashed past.

I have to say that Ollivander is really good at choosing wands, and the wand he chose for Harry fits him very well.

Next it was Hermione's turn to choose a wand, and just as Dudley said, Ollivander randomly selected the most suitable wand for her.

Hermione held her wand and passed it through the air, and a rainbow immediately rose.

"Grapevine wood, dragon heartstring core, ten and three-quarter inches."

"Then finally, it belongs to this gentleman." Ollivander looked up at Dudley for a while, then took out a wand and handed it to Dudley: "Try this."

"Maple wood, phoenix feather, seven inches long, good elasticity."

Dudley took it and waved it casually, but there was no reaction except a burst of wind.

Ollivander frowned for the first time when he saw this.

Even when choosing a wand for Harry Potter, he didn't have this reaction.

Then he took out another wand and handed it to Dudley.

"Ebony, unicorn hair, eight and a half inches"

There was another burst of wind.

At this time, Ollivander's frown deepened.

Then the third one

"Ten inches, hawthorn, unicorn hair"

The fourth root.

"Willow, unicorn hair, fourteen inches"

Dudley changed the wands one by one, but unlike Harry who had different reactions when trying the wands, Dudley had no reaction at all when trying the wands.

This feeling is like a Muggle waving a tree branch. There is no word to describe it other than silly.

Ollivander's forehead has wrinkled into a "Sichuan" shape.

Hermione looked at Dudley, then at Harry, and finally at the wand in her hand.

Is this one a bit sloppy? In fact, I can try a few more.

No matter how stupid Dudley was, he realized something was wrong, so he returned the unknown wand to Ollivander and grabbed a box next to him.

"I feel like this wand is calling me. Didn't you say that the wand chooses its owner? Well, this is it."

Dudley said very perfunctorily, not giving Ollivander a chance to speak at all. He took out twenty-one gold Galleons and put them on the counter, pulling Hermione and Harry away as if they were running away.

Ollivander watched the three people leave without stopping them.

"Iron birch, Thestral tail feathers, nine inches"

"Iron birch is too hard, the Thestral's tail feathers are too unstable, and I don't like the material and core of the wand."

"That was the most unsuccessful of all the wands I made. It was more of a dagger than a wand."

(End of chapter)