The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Mr. Ollivander looked at the light for a long time and exhaled, "Yes, these runes of yours are already qualified."

What Mr. Ollivander meant by "qualified" was that it could be carved into a wand. He stood up and made room for Tom to sit at his workbench.

"Come on, you can start making wands for the first time in your life." Mr. Ollivander showed a kind smile, just like an old farmer seeing beautiful fruits growing on his fruit trees. At the same time, he also brought a big box over, which was filled with various types of wood that he had collected. Tom even saw golden nanmu and bamboo in it.

"Pick whatever you want, you're welcome." Mr. Ollivander is quite generous. The wand maker's first wand cannot be made just right. Although he knows that the production level of a novice's first wand must be very eye-catching, but That can't be done either.

Tom thought for a while and picked up a piece of wood. He did not choose unpopular wood such as bamboo or golden nanmu, but chose ebony.

Although the color of ebony wood is black, due to its tight texture, it feels first-class when carved. In addition, it is heavy and can give people a great texture. Tom likes the denser material best.

Each piece of wood had been roughly trimmed by Mr. Ollivander, and was no longer than twenty inches. Tom took the ebony log, trimmed it slightly, cut it into fifteen inches, and split it down the middle. The wood has been selected, and the next step is to select the core.

Tom ignored the box of wand core materials provided by Mr. Ollivander, but took out a bright blue feather himself.

Ollivander was a little surprised, "Is this the feather of a bird or a snake?" He gently took it from Tom's hand and looked at it carefully for a while.

"It turns out to be the feathers on the wings of birds and snakes..." Mr. Ollivander glanced at Tom, but did not pursue the source of the feathers. "Kid, you have to remember that we wand makers have a basic principle that is to try not to Killing animals - materials like fire dragon hearts are only available from farmed commercial fire dragons."

Tom naturally "borrowed" this bird-snake feather from the bird-snake Travieso, so Tom had to wear his tongue before he persuaded it to give him a feather that was about to fall off.

The bird snake that Tom raised was named Traviso by him. The word comes from Spanish and means naughty, which goes well with the baby bird snake's personality.

Tom carefully inserted the feather into the wand, and then carefully began to carve runes inside the wand. He didn't make any magic modifications - the basic runes were carefully summed up by generations of wand makers. Just like the basic formula, it is difficult to make any deletions. Naturally, Tom would not add any unnecessary extravagance. Just like calculating the potential energy of an object, it is natural to use the formula E=mgH. Tom will not be too smart to do fancy things.

There were seven runes in total, and Tom carved them very slowly. It took him a full hour and a half to finish. In the last step, Mr. Ollivander took out a thin piece of paper and stuck it on the wand. It took a minute to take it off.

"Ministry of Magic regulations require that all wands must have a trace wire."

After adding the trace silk, Tom combined the two pieces of wood into one, and a rough wand was completed.

The rest of the work is nothing more than sanding, polishing, waxing, adding the base and other finishing touches.

When Tom finished the last step, a simple wand lay quietly on the workbench. It was really super simple, with no decoration on the wand. The moment it was completed, the system appeared.

[Successfully made my first magic wand! The wand science talent is unlocked and the wand science assessment is completed]

[Talent - Wand Science: 8 (unparalleled talent)]

[Complete the breakthrough mission, the breakthrough in wand learning is completed! The upgrade of magic wand science is completed. The small wooden stick you have made can now be called a magic wand.】

[Wand Learning Level 1 (0/200)]

Tom picked up the wand and pointed at the carving knife on the table. The carving knife immediately became several times larger. Tom removed the wand and the carving knife returned to its original size.

"The feathers of birds and snakes are used as the core of the wand, and the wand prefers transfiguration." Mr. Ollivander commented. He took the wand from Tom and looked at it carefully, "Your wand is already qualified. You You can be called a staff apprentice."

He congratulated Tom. According to the normal process, after this step, the wand maker will teach the advanced runes he has mastered to his disciples, but Tom is only a part-time apprentice and has never even been a disciple. Such a relationship is not enough for Mr. Ollivander Hand over the runes that have been in their family for thousands of years. He knew that there would always be an heir in the family.

What he had taught Tom before was axioms, knowledge that every wandmaker in the world knew, and taught him that it didn't matter.

But Tom was indeed talented, so Mr. Ollivander thought for a moment and handed a pamphlet to Tom.

"I have nothing more to teach you next. These are some runes that I have gained through exchanges around the world over the years, including some runes that are not commonly used by wand makers. They are all in it. You can understand them yourself. Hope you gained something.”

Tom thanked Mr. Ollivander, took the pamphlet from him, and ran to the side to study it himself. Mr. Ollivander took out the wand inventory booklet that he had asked Tom to sort out before, and slowly read it.

This inventory book is Tom's job. He is responsible for counting the remaining wands in Mr. Ollivander's shop and marking the wand's body, core, length and location on the book. This will make it easier for Ollivander. Sir explores new wand combinations. It is a job with no technical content but very hard work.

Tom looked at the rune book for a while and found that the runes on it were simply incompatible with the standard rune set. Many of the runes meant "expansion", "enhancement", "life plunder" and so on. Presumably, wand makers are pursuing soothing and neutral runes such as stability, guidance, and concentration. These runes are simply contrary to their ideas.

But Tom thought of other ways by analogy. Since the runes are carved on magic materials to change the magic power flowing through them, can he fix the runes on other carriers without using various types of wood?

So he asked Mr. Ollivander this question. Ollivander was stunned for a moment and then laughed.

"You have exactly the same idea as I did when I was young! I have also been so whimsical. To be honest, the person who can come up with such an idea should be an alchemist rather than a wand maker."