The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

"Good morning." A soft voice came from Tom's side, and an old man with bright eyes appeared next to them.

Professor McGonagall stood up and said to the old man: "Good morning, Ollivander, today I will bring my students here to buy wands."

"Oh, no problem, great," Ollivander nodded, then looked at Tom, and then took out a silver measuring tape. He asked about Tom's dominant hand, and then measured his arm. Next, Ollivander also measured Tom's leg length, height, head circumference and other dimensions, which made Tom frown.

He couldn't help but ask: "Sir, why do you need to measure so much data? I'm just here to buy a wand..."

"Because every Ollivander's wand is unique," Ollivander said with a proud tone, "We have been doing this for generations. Before providing wands to guests, we first measure their physical parameters. , and then select the wand according to the parameters.”

"But I'm only eleven years old now. Will these parameters change in the future?" Tom was a little confused. "And after measuring these parameters, you shouldn't just give me a magic wand, right?"

Ollivander's eyes looked happy like a teacher who was asked interesting questions by his students.

"You are absolutely right. People's body shapes will change, but I just need the data of a child before development. Based on the ratio between these data, I will determine a range, and then I will choose a wand for you within this range. .”

"So that's it," Tom looked thoughtfully at the thousands of wand boxes in the room, feeling that he should really narrow down the scope first.

While talking, Ollivander finished measuring the data. He led Tom to the pile of wands, but before he could pick out a wand, a box trembled, and then the next moment, it flew out from among the countless boxes and landed firmly in Tom's hand. inside.

"Oh? A very rare phenomenon." Ollivander showed a surprised expression. It seemed that this situation was rare. He took a closer look at the box and showed an extremely complicated expression.

"It's this wand..." Ollivander seemed to be lost in memories. After a while, he realized that there were still customers in the store.

"I'm sorry, I lost my temper. This wand is my father's last work. It has been here for decades, but no wizard has ever been recognized by it..." Ollivander showed a very pleased look and looked at it. He felt genuinely happy that this wand had an owner.

"Which wand core do you think is the most powerful wand core?" Ollivander asked the two of them, but before he could wait for Professor McGonagall to answer, he said to himself: "Every wizard thinks that thunder is the most powerful wand core." The tail feathers of the bird are the most powerful wand core in the world. Actually, it is not. The horn of the long-horned water snake is the most powerful wand core. The core of the wand of Ilvermorny's founder Isolt Thayer is the long-horned water snake. The horns of this wand can also sense Parseltongue and send an alarm to the owner, which is extremely powerful."

Ollivander opened the box gently, and inside lay a very beautiful wand. The wand was long and slender, with faintly coiled protrusions on it. It looked like a snake coiled on it. There was also a handle at the end of the wand. Leave an empty hole.

This wand feels noble, exotic, and luxurious.

"Horned water snake horns, acacia wood, thirteen inches long. If you can get the gems on the foreheads of the horned water snakes, they can also be inlaid on the handles. The gems on their foreheads can give the user the power of invisibility and flight. ability."

Tom was a little surprised. This wand actually had its own disembodiment charm?

"Child, pick it up and try it." Ollivander handed the wand to Tom.

Tom took the wand and felt a heat on his fingertips. There was excitement in his heart, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder around him.

"Very good, great!" Ollivander looked very happy. He put Tom's wand into the box and wrapped it in brown paper.

"Here, it's yours. It chose you!" Ollivander packed the wand and handed it to Tom. Tom bought the wand for seven galleons, and Ollivander bowed. They walked out of the store.

Tom took a look at his character column and found that there was an extra item in the magic items column:

[Wand (acacia wood, water snake horn, thirteen inches)

Star rating: five stars

Fit: 96%]

Even though a wand only cost seven galleons, it still blew through Tom's budget.

"Have you figured out how to repay the money?" Professor McGonagall asked curiously. She didn't know how an eleven-year-old boy could earn 20 Galleons.

"The Gringotts I saw before should have an exchange business for Muggle currency and gold galleons, right?" Tom glanced at the majestic tall building in the distance.

"Yes, but there is a limit. Those goblins are very smart. Some of them even have economic degrees in the Muggle world."

"Ha!" Tom was happy when he heard this. He remembered a widely circulated joke about economists.

One day, Prime Minister Harker wanted to discuss economic issues with two cabinet secretaries. As a result, his secretary Bernard told him: Sir Humphrey did not understand economics. He studied classical literature.

Huck: What about Frank?

Bernard: He doesn’t understand even more, he’s an economist!

"Then you should be able to exchange more gold for it, right? They are goblins!" Tom has long grasped the loophole in this rule: gold is naturally currency, and goblins will dislike pounds, but not gold.

"That's fine, but where are you going to get the gold?" Professor McGonagall felt that the child in front of her was becoming more and more interesting.

"It's not difficult." Tom happened to know a place that was suitable for him to go.

Professor McGonagall nodded, did not ask any more questions, and disappeared after apparating.

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