"So, can the branch from this Ice Crystal Wood be used to make a wand?"
Irina asked.
Mr. Ollivander replied, "Of course, Miss Lowell, there is no material more suitable for making a wand! But, what core should be used for this Ice Crystal Wood wand? Dragon heartstring fibers or unicorn hair? It's really difficult to decide…"
A wand with a unicorn hair core is highly resistant to dark magic and is suitable for children with a kind heart. In Mr. Ollivander's opinion, unicorn hair is definitely appropriate for Irina. There is no doubt about it.
However, a wand made with a unicorn hair core also has a disadvantage: its upper limit is low, making it difficult to cast extremely powerful spells. If the wielder tries to cast dark magic, they will also be subject to the wand's repulsion, limiting the wizard's strength.
"The fibers of a dragon's heartstring."
Irina suddenly said.
Although unicorn hair would be more suitable for her now, Irina understood that, in the magical world, only absolute strength could protect her family from harassment, and a wand with unicorn hair as its core would limit her potential—something she didn't want to see.
Upon hearing the owner of the Ice Crystal Wood speak, Mr. Ollivander no longer hesitated and pulled out a relatively fresh dragon heartstring fiber from his materials bag.
This time of year is the beginning of the school term, and generally, Mr. Ollivander would make enough wands in advance to sell to young witches and wizards, without making any new ones during this period.
But, faced with the new wand material—Ice Crystal Wood—it was difficult for Mr. Ollivander, as a wand maker, to resist the temptation.
So, Mr. Ollivander took the Ice Crystal Wood and the dragon heartstring fiber and walked over to his workbench.
Fortunately, it was already mid to late August. Most of the young wizards who were about to enter Hogwarts had already bought their wands in July, and the number of new young wizards entering the magical world each year wasn't too high. Therefore, no one entered the shop to disturb Mr. Ollivander while he was making the wands.
Irina watched anxiously as Mr. Ollivander worked on her wand and waited patiently.
Time flew by, and by the time she realized it, it was already past 9 PM.
Mr. Ollivander had been working continuously for more than five hours.
"It's ready! Come try it, Miss Lowell! Ice Crystal Wood, thirteen and a quarter inches, dragon heartstring fibers, the material is flexible!" Mr. Ollivander said happily, blowing the sawdust off the new wand, then carefully picking it up and handing it to Irina.
This new wand looked very beautiful. Irina could see subtle ice-blue lines on its surface. These ice-blue lines were not carved by Mr. Ollivander, but were naturally present in the Ice Crystal Wood!
Irina's heart beat faster. She could feel friendly emotions emanating from the wand. She suppressed her inner excitement, raised the wand, and gave it a gentle wave.
She saw a burst of ice-blue light shoot from the top of the wand, and an endless wave of cold air spread in all directions, freezing everything in Ollivander's Wand Shop into ice sculptures in an instant!
Not only that, but the exquisitely formed ice continued to condense throughout the shop, and the ice even formed into a chandelier inside this small room!
It was as though Ollivander's Wand Shop had transformed into an eternal palace made of ice, as if it had been frozen for thousands of years!
Under the attack of the ice power, Irina, who had a great affinity for the ice element, was fine, but Mr. Ollivander, standing before her, was almost frozen into an ice sculpture, with only his eyes and mouth still functioning normally.
"Take it! Take it! Miss Lowell!" Mr. Ollivander was on the verge of tears, but he only asked Irina to try the new wand, and unexpectedly, she had turned his wand shop into an ice palace.
Fortunately, Irina, who already had control over the ice element, was able to undo the ice with her mind; otherwise, Ollivander's Wand Shop would have been destroyed!
"Didn't expect this wand to be so powerful, or did my affinity for the ice element awaken its original power?" Irina thought, looking at Ollivander's shop, which had been restored to its original state, with a lingering sense of fear.
She understood that it was impossible to release such creator-level magic with her own level of magic.
It seemed that this Ice Crystal Wood was definitely not an ordinary magical tree!
"It's perfect, Miss Lowell! This is definitely the wand for you!" Mr. Ollivander said happily.
Irina smiled sweetly. She seemed to think of something and took out her original wand from her arms. "Now that I have a wand that truly suits me, I'll return this one, oh Mr. Ollivander."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Ollivander shook his head and said, "Since I said I would give it to you before, I will. However, this Ice Crystal Wood wand is not cheap. The previous wand was sold for only seven galleons of gold to first-year students with the subsidies from Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic. But now, you're no longer a first-year student."
Irina nodded and asked, "I understand. How much is this Ice Crystal Wood wand?"
As Mr. Ollivander said, the reason wands were sold to young wizards for seven galleons of gold was because they were subsidized by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and the Ministry of Magic. Otherwise, how could the price of a wand—something that accompanies a wizard throughout their life—be less than a third of the price of a magical textbook?!
Mr. Ollivander cleared his throat and said, "The price of this Ice Crystal Wood wand is 198 galleons of gold, but since you, Miss Lowell, provided this unique Ice Crystal Wood, and the wand is made from new materials, I've made quite a profit, so I'll only charge you 68 galleons of gold!"
Irina was slightly stunned when she heard Mr. Ollivander's words.
Her family was considered middle-class, and it was difficult to provide her with much money. For her, the price of 68 galleons of gold was definitely not cheap.
After all, based on the exchange rate of one to five galleons of gold to pounds, 68 galleons of gold would be equivalent to 340 pounds.
Fortunately, Mr. Ollivander gave her a discount and didn't charge her 198 galleons of gold. Otherwise, her little treasure wouldn't have been enough to produce so many galleons of gold.
Irina took out the galleons she had saved from her textbooks for the Defense Against the Dark Arts class with Lockhart, counted out 68, and handed them over to Mr. Ollivander.
"Thanks to Lockhart, I spent over a hundred galleons of gold less!" Irina thought happily as she stored her new wand.
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