Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 736 A Task Suitable for Hermione

Quidditch Boutique had already closed several weeks ago, before Hogwarts even had its holiday break, making it one of the first shops in Diagon Alley to close.

But Fred and George somehow found and persuaded the shop owner to reopen the shop and bought two Nimbus 2001s.

Xilun hesitated for a moment and did not take this opportunity to buy with them.

It's not that I can't afford it—Olivendine's custom wands are all the rage in France now, and even a Firebolt, Siron can grit his teeth and buy one.

There's just no need for it.

Although his Comet 260 isn't particularly fast, it's not a broom in the traditional sense. If needed, Siron could easily cast a whirlwind spell while flying, greatly increasing the broom's speed.

He can also transform himself into a cat to reduce his weight.

In terms of speed, this is enough, and the Comet 260 is a masterpiece he worked hard to complete, which gives him a sense of security that other brooms simply don't have.

As a standard alchemical product, the more advanced the flying broom, the more magical traces it contains, and the more difficult it is to transform into a wand.

An old relic like Comet 260 is just right.

Back at the wand shop, Siron picked up today's Daily Prophet and glanced at it.

The front page featured Dumbledore's obituary.

In Memory of Albus Dumbledore and Effias Dorje

I met Albus Dumbledore on the day I entered Hogwarts; I was eleven years old that year.

"Everyone who enters Hogwarts is eleven years old," Siron muttered to himself, ignoring the front page content and continuing to read down.

On the bottom half of the front page of the newspaper, there was a blurry photograph that showed many people.

Death Eaters storm Dumbledore's funeral, causing chaos.

Death Eaters?

Were there Death Eaters at Dumbledore's funeral?

Xiren tried hard to recall, but couldn't come up with a single clue. He only remembered that the whole process went smoothly and ended quickly, without any setbacks.

Could it be that his memory has been erased?

But who has the ability to erase Ollivander's memories?

Having found no answer after a while, Xilun continued reading.

"This morning, many people spontaneously came to Godric's Hollow to bid farewell to Albus Dumbledore on his final journey—"

Wait, Godric's Valley?

Xiren then realized that he seemed to have made a mistake.

The location in this report is not Hogwarts, but Godric's Hollow, which is a decoy created by Mad-Eye Moody to lull the Death Eaters into a false sense of security.

He didn't see or know exactly how he did it. The newspaper photos didn't clearly capture the whole process; there was only a distant view where a figure resembling Dumbledore could be vaguely seen lying on the table, surrounded by white flames.

If you don't pay attention to the details, it's exactly the same as what happened at Hogwarts.

However, the next second, several people wearing masks and black hoods appeared in the photo.

Their classic Death Eater attire made them instantly recognizable to everyone. Chaos erupted as everyone desperately fled.

That's all for the photo.

"The Death Eaters' intrusion caused extreme chaos. Fortunately, the Aurors and Strikers arrived in time, preventing serious casualties, and almost everyone left Godric's Hollow safely."

No casualties?

It seems that Voldemort did not attend in person; the photos likely show ordinary Death Eaters who are not even considered elites.

So what did they go to do?

Just to scare people?

If that's the case, then they've achieved their goal; those people were indeed terrified at the time.

Xiren glanced at the newspaper again; in the photo, a shoe of unknown origin flashed by.

After putting down the newspaper, Xilun looked up out the window.

August is almost here, and at this time of year, Hogwarts would usually start sending out acceptance letters to the new students.

But the sky was unusually quiet this year; there were no owls, not even a single ordinary bird.

He was alone behind the counter; his grandfather, Garrick Ollivander, was organizing the wands that had been piled up for who knows how many years. His parents, Lila and Garian, were still outside and had not yet returned.

Since Dumbledore's funeral, they have become increasingly busy, leaving the wand shop almost every day before dawn and not returning until evening, sometimes even the following evening.

Siren guessed that they were probably working with the Order of the Phoenix. Now that Dumbledore was gone, the Death Eaters had become increasingly powerful, and the other wizards could only defeat them by uniting.

Sirius wanted to help, but despite writing many letters to Sirius, Professor McGonagall, and others, and leaving messages on two-way parchment, he never received a response.

Even Ron and Ginny started helping, but he couldn't.

Neither the Order of the Phoenix nor the professors at Hogwarts seemed to want him to do anything.

"Don't forget you're one of Mystic's targets too," Hermione said during a phone call. "I overheard them having a meeting once, discussing whether to bring you into the Burrow for protection as well."

"But Mad-Eye Moody thinks you'll be safer in Diagon Alley. He also said that as long as you don't leave the wand shop on your own, even Voldemort can't do anything to you."

"Is what he said true?" Hermione asked curiously. "Does that wand shop have some kind of protective magic, like at Hogwarts?"

"It's not that exaggerated, it's just a little safer than other places, that's all." Celen gestured with his hand, not caring whether Hermione could see it or not.

There were indeed some special magics in the wand shop, but Siron never asked about them, and his grandfather Garrick never told him about them either.

Fortunately, Hermione didn't ask any further questions.

"I also received a mission from Mad-Eye Moody today," she said. "They didn't want me to help at first; Mrs. Weasley insisted that I was a guest and not a real member of the Order of the Phoenix."

"But this mission is a bit special, and Mad-Eye Moody thinks it might be more suitable to hand it over to me."

"Special?" Siren asked doubtfully. "Could it be related to Muggles?"

Although it might be a bit inappropriate to say it like that, Hermione is definitely the one among them who understands Muggles the most.

"Pretty much," Hermione said. "They asked me to persuade Harry's aunt and uncle that, according to the original plan, they were supposed to be sent somewhere else before we went to pick up Harry, for their safety."

"But for some reason, they changed their minds and refused to leave, thinking that Harry wanted to take over their house."

"And that family had a deep prejudice against wizards and didn't believe anyone, so Mad-Eye Moody thought of me."

"I think I can give it a try."