Jingle Bells
"Is that so?" Wizet, somewhat puzzled. "This quality... it can't be considered high-quality tail hair, can it?"
Hagrid's method of treating the Unicorn tail hair was very crude; he simply wove and wrapped it into bandages.
Furthermore, lack of maintenance has led to dull and even split tail hairs.
"Judging by the standards of Potion Ingredients, it certainly wouldn't be considered a good ingredient," Ollivander said, beaming. "But Wandlore are a different story!"
"I can't see any curse in these tail hairs... To obtain tail hairs of this quality, one must have a good relationship with Unicorn."
"Unicorn are incredibly pure. Obtaining Unicorn materials by force will result in a curse being attached to them..."
"Although these curses are extremely minor, a curse is still a curse, and it will always have some effect, more or less."
"To make the Unicorn tail hair the Wand Core, a series of processes and purifications are required to remove the curse."
He picked up the Unicorn tail hair from Wizet's hands. "And the tail hair you've taken out... doesn't need any purification process at all!"
"The curse of the Unicorn?" Wizet frowned. "Unicorn tail hair is also Potion Ingredients, could it be that those Potions..."
"The trinity of magic, cauldron, and fire can melt tail hair and extinguish minor curses," Dumbledore explained with a smile.
"Of course... Unicorn Blood is an exception. The curse contained in that blood cannot be eliminated by these three things."
"Unicorn Blood?" Wizet asked curiously. "Would the curse it contains be even more powerful?"
The movie * Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them * also mentions Unicorn, but mainly focuses on describing Unicorn appearance and praising their beauty, without mentioning any curses...
"Of course!" Dumbledore's face became extremely serious. "Only by killing Unicorn can one obtain its blood, which is an extremely cruel thing."
"The blood of Unicorn can prolong life, even if the one who drinks it is on the verge of death... but he can only have a half-dead, cursed life!"
"But...who would be so crazy as to drink Unicorn blood?" Ollivander interjected. "Let's get back to the wand!"
When the conversation turned to wands, his confusion vanished, and he talked at length.
Wizet also took this opportunity to ask all the questions she had previously asked about making wands.
Ollivander ultimately did not accept the bandage, but symbolically pulled out a few tail hairs and left them as a "Christmas gift".
Watching Wizet's departing figure, Ollivander smiled and remarked, "What a good boy!"
He changed the subject, his tone tinged with concern, "Albus, do we really not need to tell him everything about that?"
"Not for now." Dumbledore shook his head gently. "There are many suspicious things about that Canaan Wizard. It's really impossible to determine his true target or whose information he wants to obtain."
"To risk his life for a mere ledger..." Ollivander frowned. "In the end, the ledger wasn't lost, but the Canaan Wizard completely lost his memory... That's too strange!"
He still remembered what the Auror had said during his return visit—that the Canaan Wizard had been arrested at the border and had been struck by an extremely severe Obliviation Charm, losing all his past memories, just like a newborn baby.
Dumbledore said, "Yes! The ledger contains information about Harry's wand, as well as information about Wizet."
"It's impossible to determine whether Death Eater are gathering information to investigate Harry, or whether some other force is looking to cause trouble for Wizet."
"Could it be the Saints... or the Wizards' Supreme Party?" Ollivander asked tentatively. "Could they be planning something?"
"A true Saints wouldn't do such a thing!" Dumbledore said with absolute certainty. "At least they would have informed you first..."
"Then try to get the ledgers from you using a more moderate method. As for ' Wizards' Supreme Party '... that's somewhat possible! After all, that name is more widely known."
"Perhaps someone is using the name of ' Wizards' Supreme Party ' to plot something. After all, many people did this kind of thing back then, so it's not surprising."
Ollivander asked, "Albus, do you plan to continue investigating in this direction?"
"That's a good idea," Dumbledore nodded. "Whether it's targeting Wizet or Harry, that's not something I want to see."
Wizet and Luna left the Leaky Cauldron and walked north along Charing Cross Road, where there were more and more pedestrians coming and going.
It did snow in London; the roadsides were lined with pristine white snowdrifts, which nestled around Christmas trees.
These Christmas trees were prepared by the surrounding shops, who also hung colorful lights and ribbons in their shop windows, connected colorful light bulbs to the eaves, and even had a large Christmas wreath at the shop entrance.
"Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way..."
As the shop door opened and closed, the melody of "Jingle Bells" appeared intermittently.
The pre-holiday atmosphere was infectious. Luna walked briskly, looking around with great interest, her eyes shining brightly, overflowing with joy.
Wizet walked side by side with Luna, gently introducing everything along the way.
"This whole area is a commercial street, just like Diagon Alley behind the Leaky Cauldron. It serves the same function, satisfying all your needs for clothing, food, housing, and transportation..."
"It's a little different from what Daddy said..." Luna said, as if humming a tune, "I just remembered... I didn't change into Muggle clothes."
"Things are different now, so there's really no need to worry so much," Wizet explained. "They celebrate Halloween too."
"They would also dress up as all sorts of monsters, knock on the neighbor's door, and say in a menacing tone, 'Trick or treat!'"
Hearing Wizet's gruff imitation of "trick or treat," Luna let out a melodious, bell-like laugh. "Ghosts? Like Ghost, Banshee, and Ghoul?"
"There are also Inferi... but they call them Zombie. However, Zombie are not afraid of fire and light, and they feed on humans."
"So Muggle have to deal with such terrifying creatures? That's amazing!"
"Those are just creatures they imagined, depicted through movies and novels."
"What is a movie?"
"Those pictures, like those in the Daily Prophet, require special props to play, and then the figures in them will come to life..."
The two were very close, and with just a slight turn of her head, Wizet could see Luna's smile and the soft down on her face.
After all, Luna's Home situation was special, and to avoid trouble, Luna's usual activities were limited to the Ottery St Catchpole.
When she arrived in the modern city, she was struck by the passing vehicles, the diverse clothing of the pedestrians, and the electronic products sold in the shops...
Everything around her was new and exciting.