Chapter 251 Magic Wand Detection

"Professor Dracula, then this interview..." Rita Skeeter said reluctantly.

"Forget the interview, I have an appointment with someone else." Dracula waved his hand casually, ignored her, and walked to the steps on the side of the room.

Watching Dracula disappear around the corner of the stairs, Rita Skeeter gritted her teeth unwillingly, suddenly reached into her crocodile leather handbag, and took out a long, dazzling green quill and a roll of parchment.

She spread the parchment on a nearby table, put the tip of the green quill into her mouth, sucked on it for a while, and then placed the pen vertically on the parchment.

The quill tube is standing on the tip of the pen, trembling slightly in mid-air, as if it is ready to write an article at any time.

"Check the condition of the pen... My name is Rita Skeeter, a reporter for the Daily Prophet," she said.

Bagman, who was standing nearby, walked over curiously and looked down at the quill and the parchment.

As soon as Rita Skeeter finished speaking, the green quill began to write rapidly, the tip of the pen gliding across the parchment dexterously——

Charming blonde Rita Skeeter, now forty-three, whose unruly quill has revealed many slick and false names...

"Great." Rita Skeeter laughed happily, tore off the first piece of parchment, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into her handbag.

"How can this pen make up lies without hesitation like you?" Bagman commented as he looked at this scene in amazement.

"Ludo, if you can't speak, don't speak."

Rita Skeeter turned to glare at Ludo, then continued to order the quill to write back, "Next is...well, Dracula, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts."

Different from before, this time the green quill hesitated for a long time before slowly scratching across the parchment and writing like this -

Professor Dracula, as the first Hogwarts Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to be re-elected in thirty years, is very legendary. But few people may know that this professor's appearance is also so striking;

This professor is very low-key and has such an outstanding image but is rarely known. This is definitely a big loss to the wizarding world.

Although he was unwilling to be interviewed, after the author's insinuations, he still asked many questions...

Bagman stood nearby and looked at the writing written by the quill pen, his mouth wide open in shock.

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"Mr. Dracula, you came just in time!"

In a room upstairs, an old wizard with two big light-colored eyes was sitting quietly by the window. When he saw Dracula coming, he stood up in surprise.

"I've just packed up the tools for checking wands here, just in time. I've wanted to take a look at that gloomy wooden wand again for a long time." The old wizard's voice was erratic, but the joy in it could not be hidden at all.

"Oh? I thought this wand was just a product that you reluctantly agreed to make." Dracula chuckled, "Aren't you only willing to use dragon heartstrings, unicorn tail feathers and phoenix tail feathers as the core of the wand? , Mr. Garrick Ollivander?"

"Ah, that's different!" Ollivander shook his head, "The reason why I set up such a rule is just because these three kinds of wand cores are the most stable. However, the phalange of your little finger, the wood, and the spell The fit is unprecedented and clearly worth making an exception for!"

Dracula curled his lips, thinking that the staff maker who said "You've seen the wrong person" was not him anymore.

"Then take a look at it for me. I also want to know if this wand has changed after three years." Dracula handed over the wand he had used for three years.

Ollivander carefully took the wand, placed it on a soft silk cushion on the table, and then put on his single-rimmed glasses.

"Gloomy wood, powerful magical life finger bones as the core of the wand, 13 and one-half inches, completely black, and the wand is hard..." Looking at the wand, Ollivander murmured, "This is definitely what I want. One of the finest pieces ever made!”

"What do you say?" Dracula asked.

"Mr. Dracula, please see - as the main material of this wand, gloomy wood is extremely suitable for using necromancy and black magic. However, this kind of wood also has its limitations, that is, it is difficult to use to cast the Patronus Charm. Waiting for the holy magic..."

Halfway through his words, Ollivander's voice suddenly got stuck.

He watched as Dracula raised his hand, recalled the wand in his hand, and casually cast a silver-white bat patronus.

Ollivander: "..."

"It seems that there is something wrong with your judgment, Mr. Ollivander." Dracula played with the wand between his fingers and said with a teasing smile.

"This shouldn't be..." Ollivander showed a suspicious expression on his life, "Woods such as gloomy wood are extremely repulsive to holy magic according to the literature. Forcibly using this kind of wand to cast the Patronus Charm will definitely The dark energy affecting it..."

He took a series of complicated tools from his tool bag, took the spooky wooden wand from Dracula's hand, and examined it up and down carefully.

"Incredible...unbelievable..."

Ollivander became more and more surprised as he watched, and the look of disbelief in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

"The dark power on this wand has no tendency to weaken at all after being affected by the Patronus Curse...On the contrary, it is still increasing at an imperceptible speed?"

"You mean...the darkness in this wand is still increasing?" Dracula frowned and abruptly took the wand back from Ollivander's hand.

He has been lying in a gloomy wooden coffin for a hundred years. He is very aware of the characteristics of this kind of wood. He also knows that everything in the world is different from his eternal self. No matter how magical the material is, it will gradually become ordinary as time goes by. The energy gradually dissipates.

This coffin has a history of hundreds of years, and it is no longer as deep as when the gloomy log was first obtained.

However, after using this wand to cast the Patronus Charm many times, the dark qualities in it not only did not diminish at all, but actually increased a lot?

Dracula held the wand, and the magic power penetrated deeply into the wand's interior. After repeated searches, he finally found an almost imperceptible energy source.

Because Dracula usually doesn't pay much attention to the wand as a tool, he naturally has no awareness of maintaining the wand or checking the core of the wand, and it is difficult to notice this deeply hidden energy source.

If Ollivander hadn't used professional tools to test it today and raised such a question, Dracula might have used this wand until it was scrapped without even finding out.

However, how can such an extremely small energy source continuously enhance the power of the wand?

Countless images flashed before Dracula's eyes.

What he is sure of is that after Ollivander completes the wand, there will be no such energy source in the wand... The wand maker is only proficient in making wands, and he does not have such a way to store dark magic energy. source capabilities.

So, when did this energy source begin to appear?

The first thing that is certain is that it has not been around for a long time. Because when the Patronus Charm was first used, the wand's power did indeed decrease very slightly, which could be easily perceived.

Later, when did this decline stop and start slowly rising?

The scene in front of Dracula was finally fixed at the end of last semester, when he met the red-robed hooded man in the Department of Mysteries.

The only person who has the ability to manipulate this wand without knowing it is the future Dracula himself!

But how far into the future does your future self come from?

It was actually able to bring Dracula's strength, which had not changed for nearly a thousand years, to a whole new level, even to the point where he could snatch people away from the self-proclaimed God of Death...

"Mr. Dracula, have you thought of anything?"

Ollivander's voice interrupted Dracula's thoughts.

"Nothing." Dracula turned around and shook his head slightly, "You go about your business first, Mr. Ollivander. I heard from Bagman that you also have to check the wands of the participating warriors. "

"Oh!" Ollivander opened his big light-colored eyes even wider, "That's right, I seem to be late."

After that, he hurriedly packed up the utensils on the table, and while saying things like not letting down the reputation of the Ollivander staff-making family, he tremblingly opened the door and walked down the stairs.

After Ollivander left, Dracula took a long breath and his eyes became extremely deep.

Different types of dark energy from the same source, the stone archway of the Department of Mysteries leading to another world, the strange ability of Halbo in the secret realm on the top of Olympus, and the mysterious energy source left by Dracula in the future... …

It all seems to be connected together, pointing to a mysterious end point.

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When Dracula collected his thoughts and came downstairs again, he saw Ollivander examining John Kowalski's wand seriously.

"Well," Mr. Ollivander said, "a very well-made wand should be made by an excellent wandmaker..."

He raised his wand, turning it over and over before his eyes, examining it carefully.

"That's right...snake wood, a wand core made of cat and leopard whiskers, right?" He glanced at John.

"Yes, it's the same material as my grandfather's wand, but his one didn't have a core." John nodded.

"No wand core?" Ollivander raised his head and looked at John in surprise, "With all due respect, I don't know of any wands that can cast magic without a wand core..."

"Oh, you don't have to doubt yourself, my grandfather never used that wand to cast spells." John laughed, "He was a Muggle!"

"Muggle?" Ollivander's eyes widened.

"Ahem... Mr. Ollivander, don't worry about this detail." Dumbledore, who came to the room as a referee, coughed twice and said, "Jacob, Mr. Kowalski's grandfather's The wand was given to him by me back then."

"Oh, Albus, this is..."

"It's a souvenir. It seems that Mr. Kowalski's family loves that wand very much." Dumbledore smiled and motioned for Ollivander to continue his work.

"I really don't understand what you did when you were younger..." Ollivander shook his head noncommittally and looked at the wand again, "The most famous snakewood wand is of course Slytherin's. Root, suitable for all kinds of profound magic..."

Dracula listened to Ollivander's words and looked at John's snakewood wand with interest.

He suddenly remembered that the snakewood staff used by Salazar Slytherin seemed to have been brought to America by some descendant, and he didn't know where it was now.

"I personally have never used cat and leopard whiskers as a wand core. I think wands made with cat and leopard whiskers are too different..." Ollivander continued, "However, everyone has their own preferences. Since If it suits you, then it can be regarded as a wand core suitable for all kinds of spiritual magic."

"Twelve and a quarter inches, no wear whatsoever... OK, birds!"

The snakewood wand made a loud bang, like a pistol being fired, and a flock of birds flew out from the wand head with fluttering wings, and flew out of the open window into the dull sunlight.

"Very well," Mr. Ollivander smiled slightly and handed the wand back to John, "And the last one...Mr. Potter."

Harry stood up, passed John, walked towards Ollivander, and handed over his wand.

"Ah, yes," Ollivander's light-colored eyes suddenly flashed with extreme excitement, "Yes, yes... I remember clearly, this is the wand made at the same time as that person. , with two twin phoenix feathers..."

"That person?" Rita Skeeter suddenly looked up from her manuscript.

Harry looked at Ollivander in panic and winked at him quickly.

He never told anyone that his wand had the same core as Voldemort's.

In fact, Harry loved his wand so much that he couldn't blame it for its relationship to Voldemort's wand - just as he couldn't sever his kinship with Aunt Petunia.

However, he really hoped that Mr. Ollivander would not tell anyone in the room...if Ollivander revealed this secret, Rita Skeeter's shorthand quill would probably explode with excitement. .

Ollivander seemed to understand Harry's expression, smiled knowingly, lowered his head and fell silent, carefully examining the wand.

Finally, he caused a stream of wine to erupt from the tip of his wand, then handed the wand back to Harry, declaring it to be in excellent condition.

Rita Skeeter didn't react. She didn't know what Ollivander's words meant. She lowered her head in disappointment and continued to secretly make up stories for Dracula.

However, Dracula saw the origin of the wand in Harry's eyes.

'In that case, maybe Riddle would be interested in Potter's wand? ’ He thought about it.

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