Chapter 31: It wasn't so much a wand as...

The boy shouted, "I'll tell my dad!" as he cried and ran out.

He didn't even know what Dursleys were called.

Dudley's name alone could frighten students at St. George's School, not an exaggeration, it actually happened.

Perhaps, in the boy's eyes, Dudley was saying, "Hello, can I taste the flavor of your brain?"

The oppressive feeling facing Dudley, especially up close, wouldn't be understood without experiencing it personally.

"Oh my, what just happened?"

Mrs. Malkin walked in bewildered. She had just seen Malfoy's child crying and running out.

"Nothing happened, ma'am."

Although Mrs. Malkin was puzzled, she didn't have time to investigate. There were many new Hogwarts students, and several young wizards had just joined the store.

"Don't bully people next time."

Hermione nudged Dudley's waist and whispered softly.

"Hermione, I didn't bully him. What you heard was just a friendly greeting."

Hermione thought to herself, "Although it was indeed a greeting, it can't be considered friendly."

Dudley looked innocent, "I am a very refined and easygoing person."

'It's necessary to redefine the words "refined and easygoing",' both Hermione and Harry thought.

Dudley's words reminded Hermione of what happened at Oxford Dragon Primary School. At first, everyone thought Dudley was an easy target until a group of self-righteous guys turned out to be too brutal.

"You can't act like this at Hogwarts."

Hermione whispered.

"Okay, okay. I know. I will get along well with my future classmates and build good relationships."

Soon, after the uniforms and robes were tailored, the next stop was the wand shop.

Speaking of wands, Hermione and Harry were excited, especially Hermione. Since she learned about her wizard identity, she had been talking non-stop in Dudley's ear about wanting her own wand.

In this world, wands are the key to casting spells.

Compared to the two, Dudley was much more composed.

Ollivanders, the wand shop, is the largest and only one in Diagon Alley.

Pushing open the somewhat dilapidated door, a tinkling bell rang. The interior of the shop was much smaller than imagined, with no traces of the Extension Charm that Dudley had seen in the other shops.

Thousands of narrow boxes were piled around, clearly containing wands.

"Hello."

A gentle voice sounded, and the three saw an old man appear on the counter to their left, seemingly out of nowhere. His silver-white eyes resembled two full moons in the dim light.

The moment the old man saw the three, all his attention was drawn to Harry. He stared at him and slowly said, "I knew I would meet you soon, Harry Potter. Your eyes are the same as your mother's. When she came here to buy her first wand, it seemed like yesterday. Fourteen and a quarter inches, willow, swishy, excellent for charms."

"Is your brother famous?" Hermione poked Dudley's waist and whispered, still unaware of the legendary status of Harry Potter, the savior.

"Much more famous than you can imagine."

Dudley bent down and whispered in Hermione's ear.

While the two were talking, Ollivander had already begun measuring Harry's arm.

Then he took out a wand and handed it to Harry. "Made of holly and phoenix feather, nine inches. Give it a try."

Harry took the wand stupidly and waved it.

"Oh, wonderful! Try this one." "Wonderful! Try this one."

"Try this one."

Harry tried several in a row, but none seemed to work.

"Is wand selection always this troublesome?" Hermione asked quietly as she watched Harry try wand after wand.

Dudley paused and said, "I think maybe only Harry has this problem."

Ollivander changed several wands until he pulled out one made of holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches.

When Harry waved the wand in the air, a red light flashed.

Ollivander was indeed good at choosing wands. The wand he selected for Harry had a very high affinity with him.

Next was Hermione's turn to choose a wand. Just as Dudley said, Ollivander casually selected the most suitable wand for her.

When Hermione waved the wand, a rainbow appeared immediately.

"Ivy wood, dragon heartstring, fourteen and three-quarters inches."

"Now, for this young man." Ollivander looked up at Dudley for a while, then casually pulled out a wand and handed it to him. "Try this one."

"Acer wood, phoenix feather, seven and a half inches, with good flexibility."

Dudley took the wand and waved it, but there was no reaction except for a gust of wind.

Seeing this, Ollivander frowned for the first time.

Even when choosing a wand for Harry Potter, he hadn't reacted like this.

Then he took out another wand and handed it to Dudley. "Ebony, unicorn hair, eight and a half inches."

Another gust of wind, but still no reaction.

Then the third one, "Ten inches, hawthorn wood, unicorn hair."

The fourth one, "Fourteen inches, willow wood, dragon heartstring."

Dudley changed wands one by one, but unlike Harry's various reactions, Dudley's attempts produced no response at all. It felt like a Muggle waving a stick foolishly, without any magical effect.

Ollivander's forehead was now furrowed.

Hermione looked at Dudley, then at Harry, and finally at her own wand.

"Did I choose mine too hastily? I can try a few more."

Even Dudley, despite being slow, realized that something was wrong. He handed back the wand he didn't know which number it was to Ollivander and casually picked up a box from the side.

"I feel like this wand is calling me. Didn't you say that wands choose their owners? Alright, I'll take this one."

Dudley said very perfunctorily, not giving Ollivander a chance to speak, and took out twenty-one Galleons, putting them on the counter. He pulled Harry and Hermione away like he was escaping.

Ollivander watched the three leave without stopping.

"Silver birch, Thestral tail hair, nine inches."

"Silver birch is too hard, and Thestral tail hair is too unstable. The material and the core of the wand are not what I like."

"That is the most failed wand I have ever made. Rather than calling it a wand, it's more like a dagger."

(End of this chapter)

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