Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 214 Emotions and Magic

How did Harry defeat Voldemort?

To be precise, Lily Evans cast an ancient spell on Harry before she died. It was like a strengthened version of the Iron Reinforcement Charm, reflecting Voldemort's Killing Curse back at him.

However, the trigger for this powerful ancient magic was not magic power, but love from the heart.

When Voldemort attacked Godric's Hollow, Lily could have escaped, but she chose to shield Harry's crib with her body.
She was willing to sacrifice herself to protect Harry, and this intense love triggered the ancient protective magic.

Then Voldemort was killed by his own Killing Curse, and Harry became the boy who survived.

Thinking of this, Xiren looked at the book Garrick had given him again, his head bowed in a daze.

A tattered piece of grayish-yellow parchment was pasted on the book. It was old and mottled, and the writing on it had long since become blurred and illegible, with only a few special symbols vaguely recognizable.

That was runes, which usually only appear in some medieval documents. If translated, it would be roughly what Garrick told him.

Garrick specifically mentioned Harry, was he trying to suggest that so-called "recognition" also falls under this special kind of magic?

Just like Lily Evans' intense love for Harry, people have a heartfelt appreciation for wands.

It's not uncommon for emotions to influence magic.

Besides Harry, there's an even more obvious example... the Avada Kedavra curse.

Not just any wizard can cast the Killing Curse simply by learning the incantation and gestures. There is a crucial prerequisite: the caster must have genuine intent to kill the target.

Only in this way can the Avada Kedavra curse be truly completed. The same applies to the Cruciatus Curse. If a kind person were to use the Cruciatus Curse, the effect would be at most a mere tickle to the other person.

This is the effect of emotions on magic.

So, did he become more and more skilled at making wands because more wizards recognized the value of his wands?

Xilun stroked the rough pages, lost in thought.

Then why didn't he make wands for others before... Oh right, he rarely made wands for others before, or you could say that not many people bought them.

Including Ron and Hagrid, there are probably no more than five wizards who actually use his wand.

He probably wouldn't even notice any changes in such a small quantity.

Starting this year, "making your own hair into a wand core" has become a new trend at Hogwarts, and the wands he made have gradually become popular at the school.

Is it because of this?

Xilun wasn't sure either, and could only try to find out after school started. All he knew for now was that this didn't seem like a bad thing.

Siren looked at the runes on the mottled parchment again. He turned to the next page to see if there was anything to add, but he only found a medieval tale about a secret between a knight and a wizard.

Most of the content in this book is like this, except for that piece of parchment, which is printed there out of place and doesn't match the content before or after it.

Of course, this is just Xiren's current opinion. If he had seen the book before today, he probably would have considered the contents of that parchment as an interesting secret as well.

Xilun closed the book and went downstairs again to the wand shop.

Ollivander was fiddling with a Christmas tree placed by the door.

It's Christmas, after all. Even if there are no customers, the necessary decorations are still necessary. Besides, other shops all have Christmas trees in front of them, so it would look rather odd if there was one missing. There are also many gift boxes hanging on the Christmas tree, which passersby can take down and take away. They contain small gifts such as stickers and wand care tools.

Not many people took them; people clearly preferred the gifts prepared by the pet store and Quidditch boutique.

Xilen returned the book to Garrick without saying or asking anything, and simply put it back in the house.

“Cheer up, isn’t this a wonderful Christmas present?” Garrick patted Siron on the shoulder. “To be able to truly feel people’s appreciation and love for wands… that’s an irresistible temptation for a wandmaker.”

"If this is magic, I would be willing to spend my whole life studying and learning it."

“Ah, that’s right, it is indeed a wonderful gift.” Xiren smiled and said, “I just think… well, it’s amazing.”

“But magic is magical, isn’t it?” Garrick winked and chuckled. “Hurry up and open your presents, or Christmas will be over.”

Xilun then realized that he hadn't opened his gift yet.

This year, the owls brought all the gifts to Diagon Alley, piling them up beside his bed.

So, not long after coming downstairs, Xilun hurriedly ran back upstairs and unpacked all the gifts that had been piled up for half a day.

Hagrid's gift was as simple as ever: a large bag of various ingredients, a box of small round cookies, some roasted nuts, and a bag of homemade fudge.

Hermione gave him a book, "The Witch's Wand." After flipping through a couple of pages, Celeste realized it was a Muggle book with absolutely nothing to do with magic, but it was still quite interesting.

Ron gave him a new set of Wizard's Chess.

Neville's cactus has spines that retract when your finger gets close, making it a great decoration for your home.

There was also Harry's gift, a small box. Siren shook it, and it made a jingling sound.

"It can't be that..." Xilun seemed to have guessed something, opened it and saw that it was indeed Galleon.

Is this Harry's prophetic talent? This kind of talent is something most people can't learn.

"Come down quickly, Siren, there's your package here." Just then, Garrick's voice suddenly came from downstairs.

Xilun put down the package he had just opened and walked out, puzzled.

Strange, it's almost noon now, the gifts should have been delivered by now.

"Where is the owl?" Siren asked.

“There,” Garrick pointed to a spot not far from the shop entrance, “but not an owl, it’s a dog… How did it get here? I hope the person who delivered the gift isn’t too far from Diagon Alley.”

dog?
Before Sirius could even speak, he had already opened the shop door with his head as if he knew it all too well, then walked to a box next to the counter, skillfully lay down inside, and yawned.

Garrick stared in disbelief at all of this.

“This is the dog I picked up in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts,” Sirens had to explain. “I didn’t notice it had sneaked onto the train when I came back. By the time I found out, we were already at King’s Cross Station. There was nothing I could do but bring it back.”

“If that’s the case… no problem, I mean, you can take it in,” Garrick said somewhat incoherently.

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(End of this chapter)