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Then she tried to touch her wand through the air, but this time the wand didn't move, as if everything that had just happened was an illusion.

But Dolly did not give up. Instead, her fingers continued to move closer to the wand until they were about to touch it, perhaps only a few millimeters away.

The wand floated up from the table and landed in her hand.

From the outside, it looked as if Dolly had simply picked up the magic wand, and there was nothing strange about it.

But Dolly's heart was filled with waves, because her knowledge told her that she had indeed picked up the magic wand through the air.

This seems to be even stronger than Ollivander's ability to judge materials remotely?

Then Dolly put her hand on the nearest piece of wood, and then she understood.

There is still a certain gap between me and Ollivander.

Because only Dolly's wand responded to her, and the wood was still lifeless and there was nothing strange about it.

Dolly's wand was strengthened by Dolly using attribute points, and the attribute points were exchanged for Dolly's own life essence.

Perhaps they have established some kind of connection in the dark.

But these pieces of wood are now dead and lifeless, so it would be strange if they could respond to Dolly.

But Dolly could already feel the difference in the wood.

Although she couldn't do it remotely, Dolly could sense the difference in the wood just by placing her fingers on it.

It was as if the magic turned into ripples, or like waves on the fingertips, which, after colliding and stripping the texture of the wood, brought back a different flow of magic.

And when Dolly sensed this flow of magic in turn, she had a different feeling.

It is very subtle, like a needle tip sliding gently across your fingertips to write.

Dolly couldn't tell what the words were, but she could already spot the differences between different fonts and remember the types of wood that corresponded to each font.

She succeeded.

As expected, intelligence and magic power are positively correlated.

Dolly felt a little regretful, thinking that she should have increased her intelligence earlier.

Then she realized that throughout her first year, she hadn't had much intellectual freedom.

It was only after Quirrell was killed that she was able to waste a few attribute points as she wished.

So Dolly was relieved.

Then she began to wonder, what does this bit of intelligence mean?

The perception of magic, the control of magic, anything else?

Dolly asked Miss Men, but the answer she got was obviously that she had nothing to say and that she needed to experience it herself.

Dolly had anticipated this and was not at all confused or surprised.

On the surface, she was inspecting the wood, but secretly she was trying to control the flow of magic in her body and sense the existence of magic outside her body.

He even secretly prepared to cast a spell with his wand to see if intelligence had any effect on the casting.

In the end, Dolly helplessly discovered that the 3 points of intelligence only made her cast spells faster and more smoothly, and seemed to be able to cast spells silently to a certain extent.

After all, Dolly had been twiddling her fingers today, essentially practicing silent and wandless spellcasting.

We are still a long way from being able to cast spells without a wand, but we are already showing some signs of being able to cast spells silently.

Sure enough, 3 points of intelligence is still not enough to cause a qualitative change.

Even for attributes like strength and agility, Dolly only surpassed ordinary people after reaching 4 points.

You should continue to increase your intelligence, right? Maybe up to 4?

Looking at her remaining 18 attribute points, Dolly was a little hesitant.

After all, increasing intelligence now seems to be of no help in improving her combat effectiveness, and adding a little magic power requires 30 attribute points.

If we continue to waste it, we may have to postpone the matter of increasing our magic power.

At this time, Ollivander interrupted Dolly and told her that she didn't need to think about it anymore.

"It seems that you have found the trick."

Ollivander seemed a little excited, with a childlike expectant expression on his weathered face.

Dolly smiled slightly, covered her eyes with a scarf, and began her performance.

Although she was a little clumsy, Dolly was able to slowly identify the wood that Ollivander handed over and gave an answer that satisfied Ollivander.

"It is clear, Miss Dursley, that I was not mistaken. You do have a talent for this."

Ollivander rubbed his hands excitedly. At this point, Dolly actually had the basics for making a wand.

What she will learn in the next period of time is to combine the materials of magical animals with wood.

This process is both simple and complex.

Simply put, it is to glue the magic material in the center of the wood, and then make sure that the magic material is not interrupted.

To put it simply, it involves the combination of materials, the processing of materials, the reinforcement of magical materials, and the arrangement of curves within the wood...

Yes, the magic material in the wood is not actually a straight line, but has its own beautiful curves and even the intersection and arrangement of multiple lines.

However, these are the secrets of the Ollivander family, and Ollivander has not yet decided whether to teach this to Dolly.

But before this problem needed to be resolved, Ollivander could still train Dolly as an apprentice, just as he had promised at the beginning.

"Then, next, let's get to know the magical creature materials together."

Ollivander said, and took Dolly to his workbench.

From today on, Dolly began to help Ollivander.

Because Ollivander cannot delay his work, the new semester is about to begin, and a new batch of young wizards will come to his wand shop to choose their own wands.

Ollivander couldn't let the young wizards come in excited and leave disappointed.

So he had to try every possibility and prepare as many types of wands as possible.

But Ollivander could explain to Dolly while he worked.

For example, what he is making now is a wand made of beech wood and the heart nerve of a fire dragon.

"Witches and wizards who are truly suited to beech wands possess superior intelligence compared to their peers in youth, and exceptional understanding and experience in adulthood."

Ollivander explained to Dolly using his own experience, which was different from the words in the book: "But beech wood is not suitable for narrow-minded and bigoted people."

"Witches and wizards of this character often acquire beech wands without having them properly matched. They often approach experienced wandmakers, such as myself, to ask why their beautiful wands lack power."

"Then I can only tell him that he is not worthy of such a wand."

"Those who can use this wand correctly will achieve both success and glory together, creating a glorious reputation."

After processing the beech wood, Ollivander showed Dolly the dragon's heartstring.

"Generally speaking, wands made from dragon nerves are the most powerful and cast the most dazzling spells. Wands with dragon nerves as cores have a greater learning ability than other wands."

"Although they can accept a change of ownership if the new owner defeats the original wand owner, they are highly compatible with their current owner."

"Wands made from dragons are often most susceptible to the Dark Arts, but they don't stray into the Dark Arts of their own accord."

"They are also the most prone to accidents among the three types of wand cores, and their performance is the most unstable."

Then, Ollivander began to trim the dragon's heartstring with a sharp silver blade, and then split the dragon's heartstring into smaller threads.

Dolly was stunned by this scene, but Ollivander smiled proudly and said, "Unless we have a perfect dragon heartstring, we can use this method to enhance its stability."

Then, Ollivander wove the dragon heartstrings together again, forming a shape that looked like a tiny pigtail.

"Doing this will weaken the dragon's heartstrings, especially when using dark magic."

"If there aren't many corresponding ones, it will become more stable because our magic actually flows through every heartstring. Even if one of them gets upset, the rest can still work stably."

After saying that, Ollivander winked at Dolly.

There were some things he didn't say, but Dolly seemed to understand at that moment.

Thinking back to what Ollivander said just now, what was his hidden meaning?

Beech wands paired with Dragon's Heartstrings create some very powerful wands.

Some wizards, in pursuit of such a wand, will use a wand that is not perfectly equipped.

So where do these wands that aren't perfectly matched come from?

Obviously this is not a wand produced by Ollivander's family, because in Ollivander's view, the importance of matching is even greater than the importance of the power of the wand.

It is also unlikely that it was obtained from another wand maker, because other wand makers would probably follow the same process as Ollivander, and at most their work would not be as good as Ollivander's.

The matter and concept of wand matching are basically not hidden at Ollivander's, and other craftsmen who are not as good as Ollivander will naturally learn it quickly.

Then the origins of these beech wands that were not perfectly matched become clear.

Someone, seeking greater power, stole them from their original owners.

Most of these people, or with a high probability, are not good people, and they may all be proficient in black magic.

What Ollivander is doing now is to make the beech wands he makes more suitable for good people who do not or rarely use dark magic.

Originally, beech wands were not suitable for some dark wizards with extreme personalities. After Ollivander's treatment, for these dark wizards, getting these beech wands is basically the same as getting a piece of useless wood.

So Dolly laughed.

The old man and the young boy looked at each other and then burst into happy smiles.

Although they knew that this wand would most likely not harm a dark wizard, if a dark wizard was really harmed by Ollivander's wand, then it would be pure bad luck and he deserved it.

After that, Ollivander began to carefully make wands.

Dolly also discovered that the inner core woven from the silk threads cut from the dragon's heart nerves had several special curves inside the wand, which seemed to form some kind of special pattern.

However, Dolly was tactful enough not to ask any further questions, as Ollivander had no intention of telling anyone.

Ever since Dolly started learning how to make wands, Ollivander has always been proactive in teaching her. Basically, he had everything prepared without Dolly even having to ask.

So when Dolly has questions, it is most likely that Ollivander does not want to teach Dolly something.

Dolly understood that this was a secret that the Ollivander family could not reveal under any circumstances, and her pursuit of a magic wand was not to that extent.

So the two of them once again reached an understanding, and Dolly officially began to try to prepare various materials a week later.

From wood to the inner core, Dolly truly became Ollivander's assistant, and some of the materials she made were eventually made into several wands by Ollivander.

Ollivander looked at the wands, tried them briefly, and then smiled with satisfaction.

Then he carved Dolly's name behind Ollivander's name on the handle of the wand when he engraved "Made by Ollivander".

Dolly was flattered, but Ollivander took the initiative to say, "This is the honor you deserve. Although it is only the most basic wand, don't underestimate yourself, Miss Dursley."

"You are already one of the ten best wand makers in the entire British wizarding world."

Dolly smiled happily, even though she wanted to complain. Isn't this because there are so few people in the British wizarding world?

"Next..."

Ollivander gave the workbench to Dolly and said, "It's time for you to make your first wand."

"I stop to rest at five o'clock every night because my work is almost done."

"You have one hour each day to use my workbench and tools."

"Of course, you can still prepare and conceptualize at your location during the rest of the day."

"The rest is up to you."

After Ollivander finished speaking, he left his workbench, put on his hat and coat, and walked out of the store happily, ready to buy groceries for dinner.

He left the entire wand shop to Dolly without even giving her any instructions, as if he wasn't worried at all that Dolly would steal wands or do anything out of line.

The same is true.

After spending almost a month together, Ollivander already knew a lot about Dolly.

For example, Dolly is very rich, probably richer than most wizards in the entire wizarding world.

This is not surprising, probably because Dolly has a pair of wealthy Muggle parents.

Then, Dolly is very sensible. She is not clumsy like a child and she supports and approves of his ideas.