Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 278 Bennu Bird

Upstairs in his room, Bill Weasley looked at the two men in front of him and felt a strange, indescribable feeling.

Once he got here, he was certain that Siron hadn't lied and was indeed a Hogwarts student.

Because those who can live here must have faced the test of the scales of truth, a precious magical artifact left by ancient Egyptian sorcerers. The left side of the scales represents lies, and the right side represents evil intentions. Once either of these two situations occurs, the corresponding side of the scales will become unbalanced.

The administrators of those magical markets would certainly not allow someone who deliberately lies or has ulterior motives to live in the Scarab Bar.

So these two people are definitely fine.

Especially after learning that Remus Lupin was actually last year's Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, he completely let down his guard and instantly became enthusiastic.

"Why do I feel like you're a little different than before?"

“It’s too much of a coincidence that a classmate of Ron suddenly appears at this time. I have to check it out,” Bill said. “Don’t mind me, if you’ve ever worked with fairies, you’d probably be even more cautious than me. Those guys are hardly friendly.”

"And now?" Xiren asked.

"I think I was overthinking it. You guys are definitely not bad people."

"why?"

“It’s mainly because of him, that Mr. Remus Lupin.” Bill pointed to Lupin.

“He was the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor last year, but he wasn’t in St. Mungo’s, nor was he imprisoned in Azkaban… I don’t think there’s any better proof than that.”

Lupin chuckled somewhat awkwardly, seemingly surprised that his identity would be of such use.

However, Celen nodded in deep agreement, feeling that Bill's words were absolutely right.

The position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor seems to possess a special magic... No matter how well a wizard with ulterior motives hides them beforehand, once he stands on the podium and begins teaching, he will inevitably be exposed before the end of the school year.

Only a genuinely good person like Lu Ping could possibly retire unscathed from that position.

In a sense, Lupin's former title as a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor was even more prestigious than the Order of Merlin's First Class Order of the Dark Arts.

“So, are you here in Egypt for tourism?” Bill said. “If so, don’t miss the pyramids. There you can see special magic left by ancient Egyptian sorcerers, which you can’t see in England.”

“I guess you could call it a trip,” Siron said, “but strictly speaking, I’m here to learn different wand-making methods.”

"A magic wand?" Bill raised an eyebrow in confusion.

“I forgot to introduce myself…” Siren said, “My name is Siren, Siren Ollivander.”

"Oh, so you're that Celen!" Bill blurted out.

"Do you know me?" Siren asked.

“I don’t know him, but I’ve heard of him before.” Bill glanced at Celen again. “My mother wrote to me before that you stood up for us at Flourish and Blotts.”

"Ron also mentioned you in his letter, saying that his new wand was your creation and that he liked it very much."

"Fred and George go without saying. When they were in Egypt last year, the names they mentioned most were you and Lee Jordan. I remember they even secretly got a piece of mummy bandage, I think it was a gift for you."

The mummy's bandages... Just thinking about it gave Celen a vivid memory. He was terrified when Fred and George pulled those things out of Diagon Alley.

"You all know?"

“They thought I didn’t know,” Bill said. “The mummy I took them to see was just a fine replica, a fairy’s masterpiece… It turns out I made the right decision.”

“No wonder,” Xilun said, suddenly realizing.

No wonder they could run around with the mummy's bandages without getting hurt; it turned out it was a fake. Bill nodded with a smile, feeling even more bewildered... He hadn't expected to run into someone he knew this time.

Not counting Fred and George, he had seen Celen's name several times in his family's letters... so he must be an acquaintance.

"So you came here this time just to study the wand?"

“That’s right, and it’s almost done.” Siren took out the wand he had bought. “To be honest, the haul on this trip was smaller than I expected. The only thing that’s somewhat special is the external wand core technology, which probably isn’t that popular in Britain.”

After listening to Xilen's words, Bill pondered for a moment and then suddenly said, "I think you might be looking in the wrong direction."

"what?"

“The Egyptian wand is really nothing special, there’s nothing worth learning from it,” Bill said. “You’d be better off going to see Gregorovich.”

“That’s what I thought too,” Celen said, “but my grandfather thought I should come here first.”

“Looks like I was right, you might really be looking in the wrong direction.” Bill touched the pointed earring.

“Mr. Ollivander may not be referring to a wand, but something else, well… something related to wands.”

"What is it?"

“I don’t know.” Bill shrugged. “I’m just proposing a hypothesis, but you’ll have to figure out what it is for you to decide. After all, I don’t know anything about wands.”

"Or you could write to Mr. Ollivander and ask him."

“I would like to,” Xiren sighed, “but they won’t let us go out now, let alone send letters.”

"That's true."

“By the way, Bill,” Siron asked, “you mentioned this timeframe earlier… so what exactly happened? Gringotts was really robbed?”

“That’s true,” Bill said.

"What is it?" Xilun asked curiously, then quickly added, "It's okay if you can't answer, I'm just curious."

“Nothing’s inconvenient,” Bill said in a low voice. “Gringotts lost a key.”

"The vault key?"

“If it were just a vault key, why make such a fuss?” Bill said. “It was found at the very bottom of the pyramid, where, it’s said, the eye of the Bennu bird is hidden.”

"The Eagle of Horus...?" Siron asked blankly. "What is that?"

"A magical animal that only exists in legends."

The speaker was Lupin, who seemed to know a great deal about this subject. "It's a magical creature that looks like a heron and feeds on basilisks."

At this point, Lupin paused subconsciously.

It seems that a basilisk appeared at Hogwarts last year, and it is the only basilisk that has survived for centuries.

"The eyes of the basilisk are cursed, as are those of the Bennu bird, a magical creature seen as the embodiment of the sun, symbolizing resurrection and eternity."

Lupin composed himself and continued, "Legend has it that the Resurrection Stone, one of the Deathly Hallows, was made by ancient alchemists using the eye of the Bennu bird."

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(End of this chapter)