Wand Inspection

Inside a small cubicle where brooms are kept.

Sirius hurriedly sat on an overturned bucket, swaying precariously as if he might fall off at any moment.

Then he pressed Harry against a cardboard box, closed the door, plunging them into darkness. "Time is short, so I'll get straight to the point. The first event is a one-on-one fight with a dragon. Let me tell you about the dragons—"

"The types of dragons, right? I already know. Peruvian Vipertooth, Hungarian Horntail, Hebridean Black Dragon, Opaleye."

"The dragon's weakness—"

"Weakness, huh? I know that too. Their eyes are the most vulnerable. Conjunctivitis Curse, huh?"

"Letters from other heroes—"

"I still know. Ilvas is Arborsage, Phoebe has Veela blood, Krum is good at flying with his broom."

"Harry, you—" Sirius's face was full of confusion.

He didn't know how his godson knew so much.

Moreover, he didn't even know the answer to some questions, such as, "What is Arborsage?"

"A school of magic under Castelobruxo.

Hagrid taught me, Ron, Ginny, Neville, and Draco.

Its unique feature is that it can awaken a magical ability that it is good at, which can be used instinctively without a wand.

"That Ilvas has the ability to foresee the future up to a minute in advance. Maybe even less," Harry said casually.

He breathed a sigh of relief at that moment.

He thought Sirius was going to say something. And that's it?

It was all for nothing that made him so nervous.

Meanwhile, Sirius was first shocked, then curious, "How did you know?"

"You should know that all of this information was gathered by Parita Rita Skeeter, that almost omnipresent guy."

"Hagrid revealed it by accident. The information about the other Champion was gathered by our students during this period."

"This works?" Just as Sirius was questioning his existence, the door opened.

Harry turned his head, the dazzling light making him squint.

Albus Dumbledore stood there, looking down at the two of them, and said with a smile, "Sirius, I'm afraid this conversation between you and Harry is coming to an end. Harry needs to come out immediately for the wand testing ceremony to proceed smoothly."

"I've said everything," Sirius said, making a clicking sound as he spoke.

Clearly, he was still surprised by Harry's performance.

"I'll be going now," Harry said, walking past Dumbledore into the room.

The other Champion were already seated in the chairs by the door, so he quickly went over and sat down next to Krum, looking at the velvet table in front of him, where four of the five referees were already seated— Professor Karkaroff, Madame Maxime, Madame Vokanova, and Mr. Weasley.

Sirius found a corner to sit down, took out a roll of parchment from his pocket and laid it on his lap, then took out a quill pen and began to write things down as if it were important.

It was as if he had just interviewed Harry.

"Please allow me to introduce Mr. Ollivander," Dumbledore said as he sat down in the Champion's box. "He will be checking your wands to make sure they are in good condition before the match."

Harry looked around and was quite surprised to see an old wizard with two large, light-colored eyes standing quietly by the window.

Harry had met Mr. Ollivander before—two years ago in Diagon Alley, it was from this wandmaker that Harry bought his wand.

It was only in the sunlight that Harry realized Ollivander's eyes were closer to gray than to Ryan's silvery-white.

The first thing to be tested was Phoebe's wand.

Ollivander was clearly quite surprised by her wand.

Because its core is made from Veela hair.

Phoebe said it belonged to her grandmother.

Harry also noted that Phoebe's wand wood was maple.

But Harry is a bit strange.

Maple wands are often chosen by natural travelers or explorers. If their owner is too domestic and lacks ambition, the magic cast through it will become heavy and mundane.

But Ryan clearly seemed like an unambitious wizard. He spent his days hiding himself and living a mundane life.

How did Phoebe, who possesses a maple wand, get involved with someone like Ryan?

Moreover, Guy de Beauvais, one of the three great rod makers in Europe, lived in France.

But it seems that Phoebe's wand was not made by this wand maker.

However, Harry didn't have time to think further.

Then we came to second place.

The second item to be examined was Krum's wand.

Harry heard the name Gregorovitch from Ollivander.

He was the last of the three great rod-makers in Europe. He belonged to Germany.

And Harry also knew that this wandmaker had actually owned the Elder Wand.

However, it was later stolen by Grindelwald. In the end, it fell into Dumbledore's hands.

This made Harry examine Krum's wand closely several times.

It's unclear whether the style Ollivander didn't quite accept originated from The Elder Wand.

In Ollivander's words, it was "much coarser than people usually see... very rigid..."

This reminded Harry of Dumbledore's wand. It was indeed much thicker than a normal wand.

However, after hearing about Krum's wand wood.

Harry couldn't help but feel sorry for Krum.

The Hornbeam Wand selects wizards who possess talent, have a single, pure passion for things, and ultimately achieve success in what they love.

In other words, it's a case of specializing in one subject over another.

Ollivander's wand is made of hornbeam. He simply loves wands, to the point that his magical abilities are quite mediocre (as mentioned in Dumbledore's lectures).

For Krum, the only thing he would be passionate about with a single, pure passion is Quidditch.

In other words, wandwood is a hornbeam Krum, and aside from Quidditch, it's just average.

Phoebe has Ryan. Ilvas can foresee the future.

But Krum had nothing. Only Quidditch.

Even his classmates might try to sabotage him.

Just as Harry was lamenting for Krum, the third-ranked Ilvas's wand inspection was also completed.

His was made of hazelwood, with the whiskers of Catoblepas, eleven and a third inches long.

Hazelwood is said to choose owners who understand and can control their emotions, and to reflect the emotional state of its owner.

A magic wand made of the whiskers of Catoblepas, which can hypnotize Legilimency.

No wonder the other students mistook him for Legilimency.

Judging from the wand alone, it's quite possible.

"Very well," said Mr. Ollivander, handing the wand back to Ilvas. "And one last one... Mr. Potter."

Harry quickly stood up.

Then he went to Mr. Ollivander and handed him the wand.

"Very good, this is the only one of my works here!"

I don't need to look at it at all!

Holly Wood, Phoenix Feather, flexible, eleven inches long.

Yes, yes, yes.

"I remember it perfectly." At this point, Ollivander's light-colored eyes suddenly gleamed with excitement. "No!"

It has changed!

No, it's still the same one!

But then things changed again!