Chapter 77: Hit until you are willing to teach

"Sure enough, it was really looted!"

Pushing the door open and walking into the potion store, George couldn't help but twitching at the corner of his mouth when he looked at the messy scene inside.

At this time, the potion shop was in a mess, and it looked like it had been robbed. It was obvious that a dark wizard had come in and robbed it during the six months he went to Hogwarts.

Fortunately, he had already sold all the valuable things, so the other party probably returned empty-handed.

"Restored to the original condition!"

Waving his wand and casting a repairing spell, the messy potion shop quickly returned to the way it was before he left.

The main reason is that he hasn't learned the protective spell yet. Otherwise, he can lay down some anti-lock spells and protective spells before leaving, so that ordinary dark wizards can't get in.

This kind of petty-thief dark wizard is not very strong. A truly powerful dark wizard cannot do such a shameful thing.

"Cleaned up."

After cleaning up and packing his luggage, George began to stay up late and read again.

The magic book he is reading now is called "A Preliminary Introduction to Wandology". It is a magic book that specifically explains the knowledge of wands. The publisher is Ollivander, the master wand maker.

It explains a lot about wands.

Of course, there is only widespread knowledge about magic wands, and there is no mention of how to make them.

A wand is mainly divided into two parts, the wand wood and the wand core.

Not all wood is suitable for making wands. Only trees that contain magical qualities can be used to make wands.

This kind of tree is very rare and difficult to find. It looks like ordinary trees of the same species, and it takes years of experience to identify the differences.

But there is also a relatively simple method, which is to see if there is a Bowtruckle nest on the tree. Generally, trees with Bowtruckle nests can be used to make wands.

Different types of trees produce wands with different characteristics. Finding a wand that matches your own characteristics can help you cast spells with twice the result with half the effort.

For example, a wand made of acacia tree can only be used to its full power by the most talented wizards, otherwise it will emit strange noises and unpleasant smells, which will greatly reduce the power of magic.

Wands made of alder wood like wizards who are kind-hearted and helpful, wands made of apple wood like wizards with goals and ideals, wands made of cedar wood like wizards with strong personalities and loyal characters, and so on.

The length, stiffness and elasticity of the wand also affect the wand's power.

The core of the wand is even more critical. It is much more important than the wood of the wand. The increase in the magic power of the wand mainly depends on the choice of the core.

It is usually made of the hair and organs of magical animals, such as Veela's hair, Thestral's tail feathers, Troll's beard, Bird-shaped man-eater's heart nerves and White River Monster's back spines, etc.

The most precious among them are the tail feathers of the unicorn, the heart nerves of the fire dragon and the tail feathers of the phoenix.

"Unicorn tail hair?"

Seeing this, George silently took out a small box from the suitcase, then opened it, revealing several bundles of unicorn tail hairs inside.

He knew that wizards like Ollivander were probably not short of money, so it would be very difficult to spend gold and galleons to teach him how to make a wand.

That's why he prepared this rare unicorn tail hair.

As the most sacred magical animal, unicorns can be said to be full of treasures.

Unicorn blood can sustain life, even if you are on the verge of death, you can forcefully continue your life.

Unicorn horns can be used to make high-grade potions, and one gram of powder is worth twenty-one gold galleons.

Unicorn tail hair is the best material for making wands.

However, the number of exclusive beasts is extremely rare, and there are only a few in the world.

There happen to be a few unicorns alive in the Forbidden Forest, although one was killed by Voldemort last year.

A few days before leaving school, George secretly left the castle at night and used his "wing" magic to fly quietly into the Forbidden Forest.

Through his psychic ability, he communicated with the creatures in the Forbidden Forest, avoided dangers such as centaurs and acromantula, and found the few surviving unicorns.

Then he used magnetic force to control the blade and cut off all the tails of the unicorns at lightning speed, thus harvesting these bundles of snow-white unicorn tail hairs.

Anyway, the tail hair of a unicorn is similar to a horse's tail. It will grow back after a few years and will not cause any harm.

He didn't believe that with so many unicorn tail hairs, Ollivander couldn't teach him how to make a wand.

You must know that a normal unicorn tail has about 2,000 tail feathers. One tail feather can make a top-notch wand, and George harvested the tails of four unicorns, which is a total of 8,000. Root and tail hairs.

Smash it, and he will smash it until Ollivander is willing to teach him.

Early the next morning, George opened the door of the potion shop, and it was already completely white outside.

It snowed all night last night, making Knockturn Alley, which usually looks eerie, a little less scary.

Stepping on the white snow, leaving a series of footprints, George walked out of Knockturn Alley and arrived at the entrance of Ollivander's Wand Shop on the south side of Diagon Alley.

This is his second visit to this wand store. The first time he came was to buy wands before school started.

Ollivander's Wand Shop can be said to be one of the oldest shops in Diagon Alley. It has been making wands since 382 BC. It looks small and a bit shabby, and the gold sign on the door is peeling off.

After pushing the door open and walking in, a ding-dong-ding sound came from the store.

"Good afternoon, do you need to buy a wand?"

An old man with silver eyes and white hair greeted softly.

It was Garrick Ollivander, the owner of this shop.

George walked slowly to Ollivander with a smile on his face.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Ollivander, my name is George, I am not here to buy a wand, but I want to learn the skills of making a wand from you."

"Are you kidding?"

Olivander's face froze, he felt that this little wizard must be playing a trick on him.

Hearing this, George took out a large bag of 100 gold galleons and put it on the counter.

"I can pay the tuition, as long as you are willing to teach, the tuition is up to you."

"Sorry, I can't teach you."

Olivander glanced at the gold galleons on the table, showing a surprised look, and then shook his head decisively.

Being able to take out so many gold Galleons means that the other party really wants to learn wand making technology, but wand making technology is the foundation of the Ollivander family's survival in the wizarding world, so how can it be taught to outsiders casually.

Not to mention a hundred, even if it is ten thousand gold Galleons, he can't teach.

Seeing Ollivander's resolute expression, George sighed, knowing that it was really impossible to impress Ollivander with gold Galleons, and then put the box containing four bundles of unicorn tail feathers on the table.

"What if I use these as tuition?"

Reaching out to open the box, George pushed the box in front of Ollivander.

"What is the tuition fee? Unicorn tail hair!!!"

Olivander, who was originally calm, almost jumped up on the spot after seeing four bundles of unicorn tail hair, and a pair of silver eyes wished to be embedded in the box.