Since experienced Lucius and Narcissa both knew that buying a wand was the most time-consuming task, the first stop for shopping was Ollivander's Wand Store.
After pushing open the old store door, jingling bells rang out in the store.
Xie Lin looked around and saw that the shop was very small. There was nothing but a bench in front of the counter. Not far away, there are thousands of long and narrow cardboard boxes stacked almost to the ceiling. Ollivander has been engaged in the wand industry for nearly two thousand years and is one of the three largest wand manufacturers in Europe. Schelling remembered that the Ollivander family was also one of the 28 pure-blood families.
"Good morning." A soft voice came, and an old man seemed to suddenly appear in front of them. Draco was startled, and his hands involuntarily grabbed Sherrin's clothes. Obviously, this old man is naturally the owner of this shop, Garrick Ollivander.
Xie Lin's pupils could tell that the magic power of the old man in front of him had a very special sensitivity. Although he was much weaker than Lucius, he did not dare to underestimate the old man in front of him at all, and replied respectfully: " Mr. Ollivander, my brother and I are new students at Hogwarts this year, and we need a new wand."
"Of course, of course!" Ollivander's eyes were fixed on Sherrin, "Wizards need wands to cast magic, but remember, it is the wand that chooses the wizard! So, Mr. Malfoy, who of you will come first? "
Sherrin pushed Draco over. Ollivander measured his size, first from shoulders to fingertips, then from wrists to elbows, shoulders to the floor, knees to armpits, and finally his head circumference, and then took out a wand for Draco to pick up and try. Give it a try.
Draco tried several times, and finally settled on Draco's wand, which was made of hawthorn wood and unicorn hair. It's exactly ten inches, has some stretch, and is well designed. Well, unicorn fur, it seems Draco is still an innocent child, Schelling thought.
Unicorns are beautiful animals that can be found in the forests of Northern Europe. A fully grown unicorn is a horse with pure white fur and horns. Unicorns are often attracted to simple and kind people, which also gives unicorn hair the characteristic of favoring kind people. Hawthorn wands are favored by wizards with contradictory personalities or those who are going through a period of confusion.
It was Schelling's turn. After all the measurements were taken, the tape measure slid to the floor and curled up, while Ollivander picked up a wand. As soon as Xie Lin held it in his hand, he took it back. He frowned and thought for a while, then took out a wand for Xie Lin to try to hold, but Xie Lin just took it in his hand and he took it back.
In this way, he tried one stick after another, and the same situation kept repeating. Schelling noticed that the wrinkles between Ollivander's brows became deeper with each try.
Ollivander took a few steps back and forth, as if he had made some great determination, and took out a very ancient box, "Try this one, fourteen and a half inches, made of grapevine wood, with a Thestral core." Tail Feather, this was the last wand made by my great-great-grandfather, who was a very famous wand-maker at the time."
As soon as Xie Lin took it in his hand, a stream of heat surged out from his fingers, and the tip of the wand emitted a white halo, like ripples in water, spreading outward in circles.
"Wonderful, very wonderful!" Ollivander's voice became softer and softer, "I don't really like using the Thestral's tail feathers, but I have to say, sir, you and this wand are indeed a very wonderful combination."
"I'm sorry, Mr. Ollivander!" Schelling couldn't help but asked in a low voice, "What made you feel strange just now?"
Schelling was really curious. Most of the wands made by Ollivander used materials from phoenixes, unicorns, and dragons as cores, and the core of the wand in his hand was the tail feathers of the Thestral. This was different from the wands made by Ollivander. The other wands are different.
"As we all know, the Thestral is considered a symbol of bad luck." Ollivander stared at Sherrin with milky white pupils. "This is a very strange substance. Only wizards who can control death can control it. And the grapevine wood wand It's a rare one, and I couldn't help but notice that their owners were always wizards with great ambitions but no talent; my great-grandfather always wanted to make a stick that could rival or even surpass the legendary ones. The work of the Elder Wand, I personally think that this wand combination is better than the Elder Wand. The Elder Wand only accepts powerful wizards as masters. Excessive pursuit of power will only bring misfortune - the owners of the Elder Wand in the past generations rarely have a good death. , and this wand is much more restrained in temperament. I believe that its owner, Mr. Malfoy, you will achieve extraordinary achievements in the future."
Xie Lin felt very complicated, but he was relieved that the wand purchase was finally over.
Next, in order to save time, the Malfoy family decided to split up. Lucius went to the bookstore to buy textbooks, Narcissa went to buy cauldrons and potion ingredients, and Sherrin and Draco went to Madam Malkin's robe store to buy uniforms.
On the way to Madam Malkin's robe store, Sherin looked curiously at the surrounding shops, including the dim Ella Owl Shop, where bursts of low and soft whining could be heard; several children of similar ages lay on their backs. While staring at a broomstick attentively in a display window, Schelling heard a boy say, "Look! This is the latest model of Nimbus 2000 - the fastest broomstick!"
After coming back to his senses, Xie Lin suddenly realized that Draco was unusually quiet at this moment.
"Xie Lin, Olivan said that you will become an extraordinary wizard in the future, but I am nothing. I feel weak." Draco lowered his head and said sourly.
Seeing him like this, Xie Lin didn't know what was wrong with him, so he put his arms around Draco's neck and said: "Of course I will be an extraordinary wizard, and you don't care whose brother I am. It's just that you didn't take good care of him." It's just practice, what do you think?" After saying that, he shook Draco's shoulder. "You are just too playful. Making friends is a good thing, but is it putting the cart before the horse by indulging in false mutual praise and neglecting real-life learning?"
"Hahaha, you're right." Draco suddenly understood and said with a smile, "I'm going to start working hard too! As an older brother, I will never lose to my younger brother."
Mrs. Malkin was a short, chubby witch with a nice smile and dressed in purple. She stood at the door of the store. When she saw Shaylin and Draco, she smiled and said, "Oh, two young gentlemen, Do you want to buy Hogwarts school uniforms? We have a lot of them here, with all kinds of styles, fabrics, and sizes."
Xie Lin smiled faintly and said: "Just give us each three sets of ordinary plain robes that fit well. In addition, I have some other requirements. Can we buy the uniforms first and then discuss them in detail?"
Just when the two were taken to the back of the shop to be measured by a young witch, Xie Lin heard someone coming in to measure them again. He turned his head and saw a thin young man with black hair. It feels like this boy seems familiar. Draco also turned around at this moment and said, "Hey, are you going to Hogwarts too?"
The other party seemed a little at a loss and could only nod.
Draco continued: "My dad is buying books for us next door, and my mom is out on the street buying school supplies. Then I have to drag them to see the broomsticks. I don't understand why the first years can't have their own broomsticks." I think I’m going to force my father to buy me one and then find a way to sneak it in. You think so too, right?”
Sherlyn rolled his eyes and ignored Draco. Instead, he smiled at the little boy friendlyly and said, "Hello, my name is Sherlyn Malfoy. This is my brother, Draco Malfoy. We are both new students going to Hogwarts this year, and it's nice to meet you."
"Oh, hello, my name is Harry Potter, nice to meet you too." Harry replied.
"Merlin's beard, are you really Harry Potter?" Draco asked excitedly, "Oh, I mean, it's nice to see you."
The three of them stood together and talked for a while about their fantasies and longings for Hogwarts, and then about broomsticks and Quidditch. After buying the uniforms, Harry said goodbye to the two of them - he still needed to buy other things. Draco was very excited to take Sherrin to see the broomsticks, but Sherrin was not very interested in Quidditch. For this reason, he sent Draco away, and he stayed to ask Madam Malkin about the types of wizard robes.
Madam Malkin's robe store not only sells plain robes for the uniforms of Hogwarts students, but also sells a wide variety of wizard robes for daily wear, including decorative robes with carved stripes that exude a faint golden light, and other eye-catching robes. There are slim-fitting robes that look slimmer, loose-fitting robes that look very casual, robes that can automatically lengthen as your height increases, and constant-temperature robes that can keep you warm in winter and cool in summer; by the way, Moisture robes All robes sold by Mrs. Kim come with automatic ironing and automatic repair functions, so you don’t have to worry about wrinkles, moisture, damage, etc.
When Xie Lin read the original work in his previous life, he always had a question. The style of the wizard's robe was handed down from the design and aesthetics of the medieval era. For more than a thousand years, the appearance and design have remained the same without any improvement. Putting aside the subjective factor of whether it looks good or not, this kind of large and fluffy wizard robe is not conducive to running and agile dodging. It is a drag in the battle between wizards, not to mention tripping over one's own wizard robe. That's unlucky.
Moreover, these wizard robes do not come with any practical functions, such as the ability to defend against certain evil spells, the ability to reduce weight and increase agility and speed, or the ability to change appearance at any time and cooperate with the transformation spell. Disguise function etc...
With Xie Lin's understanding of the wizarding world and magic, it is definitely not a fantasy to make a wizard robe with these functions.
After Xie Lin raised the question to Mrs. Malkin, Mrs. Malkin looked at Xie Lin with a complicated expression. She was amazed by the various creativity and ideas put forward by the young boy in front of her.
She explained to Schelling that she could indeed make robes with the functions described by Schelling, but first of all, the wizarding world had been in peace for a long time, and she believed that such expensive wizarding robes would not have a big market; secondly, she It is also admitted that the wizarding world has been stuck in its ways for too long. Compared with the increasingly progressive Muggles, the wizarding world is indeed far behind in the aesthetic and functional requirements of clothing.
Schelling then asked Madam Malkin to tailor a set of combat wizard robes for herself and told her needs one by one. The tailoring of this combat robe is mainly close-fitting and streamlined, and the fabric is made of bird snake skin - which can have enough stretch to ensure the flexibility of the body; the appearance looks more like a Muggle suit jacket.
A hidden pocket must be sewn into the two cuffs so that you can store your wand or other weapons so that you can enter combat anytime and anywhere. Use the Seamless Stretch Charm to expand the space inside the robe pocket so that it can at least accommodate your own luggage and carry-on book bag.
In addition, the fabric also needs to undergo special alchemical treatment so that it will never be stained with dust and stains including blood. The waterproof and moisture-proof function allows Schelling to stay clean and dry at all times. Of course, constant temperature and breathable functions are also necessary to ensure that you can wear them comfortably in any season and location.
Originally, Xelling wanted to add defensive curses, reduce gravity, change appearance and other functions, but Madam Malkin said that there was really nothing she could do about it. No matter how many Galleons Xelling added, Xelling had to give up.
The tailoring, sewing, and special processing of this battle robe were quite tedious and time-consuming. Originally, Madam Malkin had no intention of taking over this business. After all, with Madam Malkin’s status in the wizarding clothing industry, there was no shortage of business or money. , but when Xie Lin said that he planned to try this idea at Tuofan Clothing Store, and possibly create a new name for Tuofan Clothing Store and bring new popularity, Mrs. Malkin was shaken.
Mrs. Malkin actually also knows that the clothing design in the wizarding world is really too lacking and boring. If Tuofan clothing store really uses this to open up a new market in one fell swoop, it will really threaten its future market share. Thinking of this, Malkin The lady had to promise Xie Lin to do her best.
This battle robe is worth 30 gold galleons, which is more than seven times that of ordinary wizard robes. Madam Malkin said that it would take her two weeks to cut and sew it. After Xie Lin paid half of the deposit, she made an appointment to work on the work. After completion, it was delivered directly to Xie Lin by owl delivery, and Xie Lin left happily.
