【British and American】My miserable life studying abroad

Chapter 197 Extra 1: The Adventure of the Four-Man HP Team (4)

"Welcome - Professor Snape? These people..." Ollivander asked in surprise. Snape turned his head away and said nothing. Sherlock looked around and asked, "What principles do you follow when making wands?"

"Of course it depends on the characteristics of the materials," Ollivander said. Speaking of his professional field, he talked freely, "Each material has its own characteristics. The combination of wood and wand core will also affect the corresponding effect. The three types of wand cores I use most often are unicorn hair, phoenix tail feathers and dragon heartstrings, because these three materials are the most suitable for making wands."

He pulled three boxes out of the numerous boxes and opened them, revealing three seemingly nondescript wands.

"Unicorn hair wands are more stable and less likely to turn to the Dark Arts... and they are quite loyal to their first owner."

Because unicorns represent holiness? Wei Shengling looked at the ordinary wand that Ollivander was pointing at.

"A wand made from a dragon's heartstring has great power, but it can easily turn to dark magic. Although it is loyal to its first owner, if you win it from its master, it will be loyal to you."

Dragon - Western dragons are like this, powerful, but always a symbol of evil.

"Phoenix tail feathers. This material is the most precious. It is difficult for them to recognize an owner. They are very picky because the phoenix is always noble." Ollivander picked up the wand in the box on the far right. "Most importantly, wands made from phoenix tail feathers have a certain degree of initiative. They will take the initiative according to their own ideas. A large part of wizards don't like this."

Phoenix...

"I remember that Headmaster Dumbledore had a phoenix," Watson asked, "but we didn't see it?"

"Fawkes is not always in the Headmaster's office," Snape replied.

Sherlock talked to Ollivander and had different ideas about the properties of some materials.

"When did Sherlock become so familiar with all kinds of wood?" Wei Shengling looked at Watson, who spread his hands and said, "How should I know?"

"It looks like they still need to talk for a while." Wei Shengling turned around and said, "Let's find a place to stay."

"Florin's Ice Cream Shop." Snape pointed to a shop. Watson wanted to order a wizard robe to try. "There seem to be two clothing stores in Diagon Alley?"

"Madam Malkin's Robe Shop is the place to go to order custom-made school uniforms. You can buy ordinary clothes there," Snape said slowly. "The clothes at Tufan Clothing Shop are more expensive, and the materials and workmanship are more sophisticated."

Watson looked up and down at Snape's black robe. "Where did you buy your clothes?"

"Most of the time I'm in Madam Malkin's robe shop." There are also some occasions when I have to socialize, such as potion exchanges and various banquets, where I need to wear more exquisite clothes.

At that time, I would buy it at Tufan Clothing Store.

"More exquisite clothes," Wei Sheng Ling pondered, "Severus's exquisite clothes, a black robe with dark patterns and better material?"

Snape's face darkened.

But he couldn't argue with that.

Wei Sheng Ling turned his face away and smiled silently.

"Since Sherlock will be here for a while, why don't we go to two clothing stores now? We must have some souvenirs from the wizarding world, right?"

souvenir.

This immediately touched upon Wei Shengling's key words. She was the kind of person who habitually brought souvenirs for her friends wherever she went.

We are crossing the world, so we need to bring souvenirs here too!

"Let me think about the data of Annie, Claire, Jean, Qian Huan, Natasha, and Wanda..."

Hiss, I can’t tell. Just go ask the person himself.

She asked Snape and Watson to go to the clothing store first, and then she used her mental power to find a remote place where no one was, chanted a word, and tore open the space with her bare hands so that the optical brain could receive signals from the original world.

OK, send a message and ask.

It wasn't long before she received replies from everyone.

Great, now you can go and customize your wizard robes.

As soon as he entered Madam Malkin's robe shop, Wei Shengling heard Watson's surprised voice, "Is this the ruler that moves?"

"Yes, that's right. Are you a wizard from another country?"

"Well, it counts, right?"

Madam Malkin didn't care. Who could have thought that Muggles without magic could appear in Diagon Alley openly?

Weisheng Ling saw that the ruler seemed quite regular, not as dishonest as described in some articles?

His eyes glanced at Snape beside him.

I seem to understand.

Wei Sheng Ling was giving the data of other people to Madam Mokin. It was not the start of school yet and there were not many people here, so the wizard robes were obtained quite quickly.

After Watson and Wei Shengling got all the wizard robes, they went to Tuofan Clothing Store.

"Magic is amazing... Suki, did you see that? Madam Malkin used magic like that, the materials floated around, and all kinds of scissors and needles and threads sewed automatically... and she made a wizard robe so quickly."

"I see," Wei Shengling nodded, "It is very convenient for daily life."

"Severus, how many types of magic are there in the wizarding world?"

"I haven't counted them." Snape replied, "There are popular magics that are learned in the mainstream, there are unknown forbidden magics, there are unique magics kept by various pure-blood families, there are self-created magics... No one knows how many kinds of magic there are."

"Sherlock is still chatting."

Watson glanced towards Ollivanders Wand Shop.

"After the conversation, he will contact us." Wei Sheng Ling pointed to the flowers in his pocket and entered Tuofan Garment Store.

As soon as you come in, you can feel that the environment here is completely different from that of Madam Malkin's robe store.

The store is more spacious and comfortable, displaying a variety of wizard robes, cloaks, wizard hats and other clothing and accessories, and there are more employees.

As soon as he came in, an employee recognized Snape and said, "Professor Snape, do you need a new dress customized?"

"It's them." Snape stepped back.

"So you're a new customer. We have all kinds of exquisite clothes here, some of which come with warming spells and dust-removing spells..."

The clerk introduced it enthusiastically and included a warming spell, which hit Watson's heart.

Pregnant Mary might need just this.

So I bought a few more clothes.

After they came out of here, Sherlock finally walked out of Ollivander's Wand Shop. His eyes fell on the Magic Joke Shop.

Another shopping spree.

Fortunately, it was replaced by Garondo.

Snape went to the cauldron shop and the pharmacy to buy new cauldrons and potion materials. The materials needed for the potions commonly used in school were no longer enough.

"Severus," Sherlock turned to look at him, "Are the potion materials you bought not all included in your salary as a professor? Are the potions for the hospital wing also provided by you for free?"

"Yes," Snape nodded, "the potion materials for teaching those brainless little wizards are provided by the Ministry of Magic and the school board."

Tuition at Hogwarts is free, and there is no need for accommodation or food expenses, as they are all paid by the Ministry of Magic. The school is not profitable at all, and the professors' salaries are only at a medium level.

"The wizarding world needs to enact a Labor Law." Sherlock said firmly.

"Forget it. Instead of relying on the current Ministry of Magic, it is better to hope that the next Minister of Magic will be someone who gets things done." Snape sneered.

Cornelius Fudge is quite capable to be the Minister of Magic.

Yes, but not much.