Mysterious Journey
Chapter 397 Choosing a Wand
Xenophilius Lovegood finally left alone.
The lonely figure of the single father looked as desolate as if he had been abandoned by the whole world. Although Xenophilius knew very well that Luna would eventually enter Hogwarts and start her own life, the arrival of this day was a full year earlier than he had imagined.
Without a doubt, Luna Lovegood was not eligible to enroll this year.
In fact, until the Sorting Ceremony at the beginning of the new school year next year, Luna wouldn't be considered a formal student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. To be precise, her current identity should be called "Director of the Quibbler's Hogwarts Office" or "Eileen Kahlan's Exclusive Personal Assistant."
Therefore, according to common sense, Luna is not yet able to obtain her own house robe and wand.
However, precisely because it is "common sense," there must be a corresponding "special case."
As everyone knows, once the first "special case" appears, the next imitator will find it much easier.
For Eileen, who enrolled at the age of ten, she herself is undoubtedly the most powerful proof. Therefore, it is not difficult to get a "auditing permission" for Luna Lovegood.
Matters concerning the school were also very easy to resolve. As Hogwarts' first auditing student, Luna would wear a plain, unsorted wizard's robe during this year, and her course schedule would simply follow Eileen.
As for the accommodation problem, the Ravenclaw diadem, which had almost become "Eileen-shaped," naturally posed no obstacle to Luna.
It's just elementary school-level math knowledge. As long as you master some simple techniques and methods, coupled with the Lovegood family's inherited brainpower and wisdom talent, the Ravenclaw common room is the best choice for Luna.
As for the wand...
"Luna, choose a wand."
In the Hufflepuff common room, Eileen pulled Luna to sit on the four-poster bed decorated with yellow and black velvet, waved her hand generously in front of her, her face full of the legendary domineering CEO aura.
Dozens of wands were lined up in front of Luna Lovegood, all of which were "spoils" that Eileen had brought back from distant Salzburg half a month ago. Of course, a large part of them were confiscated from Grindelwald.
"So many?!"
Looking at the row of wands in front of her, Luna's little mouth opened in surprise. She had never imagined that she could see so many wands in one person's hand. You must know that a new wand is not cheap in the wizarding world.
If this situation were placed in the non-magical world, it would roughly be equivalent to a person carrying more than a dozen mobile phones - if they weren't a phone dealer, then they were a local tyrant with nothing better to do.
However, Luna recalled the scene she had seen in the underground vault before, and this wasn't so unbelievable.
"So, how should I choose a wand that suits me?" Luna asked curiously.
"It's very simple," Eileen shrugged, recalling her experience at Ollivander's Wand Shop, and answered, imitating the old craftsman's words, "Pick up a wand and wave it. If there's a reaction, then it's a match."
A few minutes later, the batch of wands was lying back on the bed without any obvious reaction.
However, the fact proves that Ollivander is still a professional after all.
In the eyes of people like the Ollivander family who study wand lore, it is obvious that the wand chooses the wizard. The combination of a suitable wand and a suitable wizard can always produce surprising amplification and magic.
At least most of the wands that the old wizard took out for the little ones to experiment with would have some effect. In other words, if you use the matching rate to describe it, then at least they are in the qualified to excellent range.
However, this does not mean that a person cannot use wands that have not chosen her.
In fact, as long as a person is a qualified wizard, they should be able to use almost any tool to display their magic, just like the wizards in ancient times who used swords, broken branches, spiked clubs, shields, and bones to cast spells.
However, according to the exploration of the modern magical world, the best effect of general magic amplification still comes from the close combination between the wizard and the wand. This is a complex and precise craft and connection, not just a stacking of wood and magical creature tissues. It's like saying that a wand with a phoenix feather core is not necessarily stronger than a wand with a magical mantis shrimp molting core.
Therefore, before Luna obtains her own exclusive wand, casually picking a decent wand to cope with for a year is not a big problem. After all, in the lower grades of Hogwarts, it is not uncommon to use other people's old wands.
The most obvious examples are Neville and Ron. One uses his father's wand, and the other uses his brother's old wand. Although, from the results, it does limit their magical strength, it does not affect their learning magic.
Eileen tilted her head and thought for a while, looked at the slightly clueless Luna Loli, and comforted her softly.
"The wand will echo the wizard's existence. Many people even insist that the wand has feelings and will actively learn from the wizard, and the wizard will also learn something from the wand. Of course, that must be a match. This batch of wands is estimated to be not particularly suitable for you, but it's okay to use them temporarily."
"Then I'll choose..."
Luna nodded, not hesitating for too long, carefully looked at the wands on the bed, and was about to pick up a yellow pear wood wand that looked more pleasing when her finger suddenly stopped in mid-air, and pointed curiously at the two black wands placed beside Eileen's pillow.
"Eh, what are those two? Can they also be chosen?"
It has to be said that compared to the pile of wands covered with small finger marks and scratches, the two wands placed beside Eileen looked obviously much more delicate. Both the shape and the luster exuded a different feeling.
"Oh? You mean these? This pair is mine... um, wands."
Eileen followed Luna's gaze, lowered her head and looked at her black walnut chopsticks, squinted her eyes happily, and the little fluffy hair on her head jumped proudly, and continued triumphantly.
"My pair of wands is different from other gaudy bitches. No one can use them except me. If you don't believe me, you can take them and try them. If you can conjure up a spark, I'll give them to you."
You must know that even Gellert Grindelwald, a magic master, could not control this pair of exclusive wands with Eileen's hair as the core. The capriciousness of the Veela mix made this wand automatically have anti-theft function.
According to the evaluation of the first generation of the Dark Lord, this pair of wands is not even as useful as a broken branch in the hands of other wizards.
"So magical?"
Luna blinked her eyes as if she understood something, and stretched out her finger to curiously point at Eileen's pair of wands...
The next moment, a cloud of white light poured out directly from the tip of the wand, enveloping the four-poster bed where the two were located in a layer of soft light, but it quickly disappeared in just an instant.
"Uh..."
Luna turned her head and glanced at Eileen helplessly.
Although she didn't understand too much about Eileen's previous bunch of theories about wand lore, at least one thing was very clear, that is, she didn't have a similar strange magical phenomenon when she touched other wands.
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Compared to Luna, who was temporarily in a daze, Eileen's inner condition was not much better at this time.
Could this be understood as that her wand with her hair as the core, betrayed her in front of her?!
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