Chapter 19: So Much for the Wand Choosing the Wizard?
After Ollivander tidied up the shop, which had been messed up by helping Tom choose a wand, he turned to look at Theo.
"Alright, your turn. Are you left-handed or right-handed?"
"Right-handed."
"Okay, please stand still. I'll take your measurements..."
What followed was a familiar procedure.
After the data collection was completed, Ollivander once again burrowed into the pile of wands.
When he came out, both hands were holding seven or eight wand boxes.
"It's really strange. You two are quite similar... At least five of these were tried by that gentleman just now."
Ollivander put down the wand boxes, looking at Theo and Tom with interest.
At this time, it was Tom's turn to sit on the long bench and eat ice cream.
After hearing Ollivander's words, he couldn't help but frown again.
"What do you mean by that?" Tom asked.
"He means that we have many similar traits," Theo replied.
"That's right! So, some wands are suitable for both him and you," Ollivander said with a smile.
Suddenly, Theo asked, "Then... if I use Tom's wand, will it also be very suitable?"
"Haha, maybe it will be very suitable!" Ollivander said cheerfully.
"No! This is my wand, don't even think about it!"
Tom quickly put the yew wand, which he had been holding in his hand and couldn't bear to let go, into his pocket.
"Don't be so stingy, Tom. If you really encounter any special circumstances and need you to lend me the wand, are you really going to refuse to lend it to me?"
"You can forget about it!"
Tom covered his pocket, then fiercely dug up a large piece of ice cream with a spoon, as if he was digging up Theo's skull.
"Haha, you two are really close. This reminds me of my good friends in the past..." Ollivander said with a smile.
Tom glared at Ollivander angrily, "I'm not familiar with him."
"Mr. Ollivander, he's still sulking over the ice cream incident, we don't need to pay attention to him," Theo said with a smile.
Ollivander also remembered the business, "Okay... then, let's try these five first. These five were all tried by your friend just now."
As he spoke, Ollivander handed a sandalwood wand to Theo.
"Buzz!"
As soon as Theo gripped the wand, a dazzling white light appeared on the wand!
"Ah! Very good! This wand is very suitable for you!" Ollivander said happily.
He didn't expect that Tom had such a difficult time choosing a wand, while Theo, who had such similar traits to him, succeeded in trying the first wand.
Ollivander was originally planning to have a second arduous "battle".
Tom opened his mouth wide, staring at Theo's back.
Why could he be chosen by the wand so quickly!
Without comparison, there is no harm. Recalling how he had struggled for so long before finally getting a suitable wand... Tom felt very uncomfortable!
However, there was not much joy on Theo's face. On the contrary, he was looking at the wand in his hand, as if thinking about something, which made Ollivander feel a little strange.
"...You got the most suitable wand, why don't you look excited at all?" Ollivander couldn't help but ask.
"Indeed... this wand looks very good, but... I always feel that it's not the most suitable for me." Theo raised his head and said.
"Oh, if you say that, the wand in your hand will be unhappy. After all, it's the wand that chooses the wizard, not the wizard choosing the wand." Ollivander's expression became a little serious.
"No offense, Mr. Ollivander. I just feel that... since it's the wand choosing the wizard, then should I also give other wands a chance to observe me? After all, according to what you just said, these wands are actually very suitable for me, it depends on who can choose me, right?"
Ollivander couldn't help but nod, "Well, what you said makes sense. Since this is the case, then try them all."
Ollivander didn't have any objections to this. Anyway, these wands were all taken out, and it wouldn't hurt to let Theo try them.
When Tom saw that Theo actually wanted to try other wands, he couldn't help but curl his lips, then finished the last bite of ice cream.
He felt that Theo was simply wasting time...
"This wand is a black walnut wand body, with dragon heartstring as the core..."
"Buzz!"
Before Ollivander could finish introducing it, the black walnut wand that Theo had just picked up emitted a golden light!
"Ah?" Ollivander opened his mouth wide, forgetting to continue the words he had introduced halfway.
He had never seen anyone encounter two consecutive anomalies when trying wands.
You know, only when a wizard gets a new wand that is extremely suitable for him will there be anomalies such as glowing...
But, how could there be a second such extremely suitable new wand for a wizard?
"Well... I still feel a little bit off. Can I try the third one?" Theo returned the black walnut wand to Ollivander.
"Oh... of course, of course..." Ollivander quickly took out the third wand.
In fact, at this point, Ollivander also wanted to see if there would be a third wand with an anomaly.
In this way, Ollivander even forgot to say the words introducing the wand.
This time, this wand did not glow.
However, at the moment Theo just picked up the wand.
"Swish!"
A wand box directly in front of the wand tip turned into a squeaking white mouse!
"Oh! Merlin! This wand is actually more suitable for you than the previous two!" Ollivander exclaimed.
It was not until this time that he understood that what Theo said just now, that the two wands were not the most suitable for him, was not an exaggeration.
"Still a little bit..." Theo returned the yellowish wand.
At this time, Ollivander didn't have any objections, and continued to hand over another wand...
Sure enough, the anomalies continued to occur.
Sometimes it was glowing, sometimes it was deforming objects, sometimes it was inexplicably foggy in the room, sometimes it was making the things in the store float automatically, sometimes even Theo himself floated up...
All of this happened too strangely and contrary to common sense, making Ollivander unable to recover for a long time.
And Tom had been sitting behind watching. Seeing this series of movements made by Theo, he immediately felt that the yew wand in his pocket was not so fragrant...
I don't know how long it has passed, and a large pile of wands has already been piled up on Ollivander's counter.
The light that kept flashing made passers-by outside think that there was thunder in Ollivander's shop...
After a while, Theo, holding a reddish-brown wand, asked with great interest, "What is the material of this wand?"
"Oh... this one is a beech wand body, with dragon heartstring as the core, twelve and a third inches, very soft..."
Suddenly, Ollivander stopped, because he was surprised to find that this wand in Theo's hand had no anomalies at all!
Theo took the wand and pointed it at the little white mouse that had been accidentally transformed earlier.
"Swish!"
The white mouse instantly turned back into a wand box.
"This... how is this possible? This wand obviously has no special anomalies in your hands, but... but it looks more suitable for you... no! It should be said to be the most suitable so far!"
Ollivander only felt that his previous understanding had deviated...
"That's because it's a bit shy... I can feel it." Theo handed the beech wand over, "I want this one."
"Ah... of course, of course..." Ollivander looked a little absent-minded.
"I'm sorry for making such a mess here." Theo said.
"Oh, it doesn't matter... it doesn't matter..." Ollivander finally slowly came back to his senses at this time.
Tom suddenly asked, "Hey, didn't you just say that it's the wand that chooses the wizard? Why does it look like he's choosing the wand now?"
"...Alas, it seems that my understanding of wand studies is not as thorough as I thought..." Ollivander sighed.
"The wand chooses the wizard..." Ollivander glanced at Theo, and then continued, "The wizard also chose the wand... Merlin, I have never seen this kind of thing happen!"
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