When the Wand Chooses the Wizard?

Ollivander restored the shop, which had been left in a complete mess from helping Tom choose a wand, then turned to Li Weide.

"Alright, your turn. Is your dominant hand your left or right?"

"Right."

"Good. Please stand still while I take some measurements..."

What followed was the familiar routine again.

Once the measurements had been collected, Ollivander burrowed back into the pile of wands.

When he emerged, he was once again carrying seven or eight wand boxes in his hands.

"Come to think of it, this is quite rare. You two are very similar... At least five of these were tried by that gentleman just now."

Ollivander set down the wand boxes and looked at Li Weide and Tom with great interest.

It was Tom's turn to sit on the long bench and eat ice cream.

Upon hearing Ollivander's words, he frowned again.

"What do you mean by that?" Tom asked.

"He means we share many similar traits," Li Weide replied.

"Exactly! That's why some wands suit both him and you." Ollivander smiled.

Suddenly, Li Weide asked, "Then... if I used Tom's wand, would it suit me as well?"

"Haha, it might suit you very well indeed!" Ollivander said cheerfully.

"No! It's my wand. Don't even think about it!"

Tom hurriedly stuffed the Yew Wand he had been holding so dearly into his pocket.

"Don't be so stingy, Tom. What if we run into some special situation and I need to borrow your wand? Are you really planning not to lend it to me?"

"Give up on that idea!"

Tom covered his pocket, then viciously scooped up a huge spoonful of ice cream as if he were digging into Li Weide's skull.

"Haha, you two really are close. You remind me of old friends..." Ollivander said with a beaming smile.

Tom glared at Ollivander furiously. "We're not close."

"Mr. Ollivander, he's still sulking over the ice cream. We don't need to mind him," Li Weide said with a smile.

Ollivander recalled the matter at hand. "Alright... then let's try these five first. All five were tried by your friend just now."

As he spoke, Ollivander handed Li Weide a Sandalwood Wand.

"Buzz!"

The moment Li Weide gripped the wand, a dazzling white light burst from it!

"Ah! Excellent! This wand suits you very well!" Ollivander said delightedly.

He had not expected Tom's wand selection to be so difficult, while Li Weide, who shared so many similar traits with him, would succeed with the very first wand he tried.

Ollivander had already been prepared for a second grueling "battle."

Tom's mouth fell open as he stared fixedly at Li Weide's back.

Why had the wand chosen him so quickly?

Comparison only made things hurt more. Remembering how long he had struggled before finally obtaining a suitable wand... Tom felt extremely displeased! Yet Li Weide showed little joy. Instead, he examined the wand in his hand as though pondering something, which made Ollivander find it rather strange.

"...You've obtained the wand that suits you best. Why don't you look excited at all?" Ollivander could not help asking.

"Indeed... this wand seems quite good, but... I still feel that it isn't the most suitable one for me." Li Weide raised his head.

"Oh, if you say that, the wand in your hand will be unhappy. After all, it is the wand that chooses the wizard, not the wizard who chooses the wand." Ollivander's expression turned somewhat stern.

"No offense intended, Mr. Ollivander. I just think... since it is the wand that chooses the wizard, shouldn't I give the other wands a chance to observe me as well? After all, as you just said, these wands are actually all quite suitable for me. It just depends on which one chooses me, doesn't it?"

Ollivander could not help nodding. "Alright, you have a point. In that case, let's try them all."

Ollivander had no objections. Since all these wands had been taken out anyway, there was no harm in letting Li Weide try them.

Seeing that Li Weide actually wanted to try other wands, Tom curled his lip and finished the last bite of his ice cream.

He felt that Li Weide was simply wasting time...

"This wand has a Black Walnut shaft, with Dragon Heartstring as its core..."

"Buzz!"

Before Ollivander could finish his introduction, the Black Walnut Wand Li Weide had just picked up emitted a golden glow! "Ah?" Ollivander's mouth fell open, and he forgot to continue what he had been saying.

He had never seen someone encounter two consecutive wands displaying unusual phenomena during a wand trial.

After all, only when a wizard obtained a new wand that suited them exceptionally well would phenomena such as glowing occur...

But how could there possibly be a second new wand that matched a wizard so perfectly? "Hmm... it still feels a little lacking. May I try the third one?" Li Weide returned the Black Walnut Wand to Ollivander.

"Oh... of course, of course..." Ollivander hurriedly took out the third wand.

In truth, by this point, Ollivander also wanted to see whether a third wand would show something unusual.

As a result, he even forgot to introduce the wand.

This time, the wand did not glow.

But at the exact moment Li Weide picked it up—

"Whoosh!"

A wand box directly in front of the wand's tip transformed into a squeaking little white mouse! "Oh! Merlin! This wand really does suit you even better than the previous two!" Ollivander exclaimed.

Only then did he understand that when Li Weide had said the first two wands were not the most suitable for him, he had not been exaggerating.

"Still a little short..." Li Weide returned the pale yellow wand.

This time, Ollivander had no thoughts of objecting and simply handed over another wand...

Sure enough, strange phenomena continued to occur.

Sometimes there was light; sometimes objects transformed; sometimes thick fog inexplicably filled the shop; sometimes things in the store floated on their own; at times, even Li Weide himself floated into the air...

Everything was so bizarre and contrary to common sense that Ollivander could not recover his senses for a long while.

Tom sat in the back and watched the whole time. Seeing the string of commotion Li Weide had caused, he suddenly felt that the Yew Wand in his pocket was not quite as appealing anymore...

No one knew how much time passed before a huge pile of wands had accumulated on Ollivander's counter.

The constantly flashing lights made passersby outside think that thunder was rumbling inside Ollivander's shop...

After some more time, Li Weide held a reddish-brown wand and asked eagerly, "What is this wand made of?"

"Oh... this one has a Beech shaft, with Dragon Heartstring as its core. Twelve and one-third inches, very flexible..."

Suddenly, Ollivander stopped, because he realized in astonishment that the wand in Li Weide's hand was not displaying any unusual phenomenon at all! Li Weide used the wand to tap the little white mouse that had been accidentally created earlier.

"Whoosh!"

The little white mouse instantly changed back into a wand box.

"This... how is this possible? This wand clearly displayed no special phenomenon in your hand, but... but it seems even more compatible with you... No! It should be said that it is the most compatible one so far!"

Ollivander felt as though everything he had previously known had been thrown off...

"That's because it's a little shy... I can feel it." Li Weide handed over the Beech Wand. "I'll take this one."

"Ah... of course, of course..." Ollivander looked somewhat dazed.

"I'm very sorry for making such a mess of your shop," Li Weide said.

"Oh, that's alright... it's alright..." By then, Ollivander had finally begun to slowly come back to his senses.

Tom suddenly asked, "Hey, didn't you say the wand chooses the wizard? Why does it look like he's the one choosing the wand now?"

"...Sigh, it seems my understanding of wandlore is not as thorough as I imagined..." Ollivander sighed.

"The wand chooses the wizard..." Ollivander glanced at Li Weide, then continued, "and the wizard also chooses the wand... Merlin, I have never seen anything like this happen before!"