[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker":3,"chapter-hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-81":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Hogwarts: Don't Call Me a Wandmaker",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2292333,4482,"Chapter 81: Luna and the Crumple-Horned Snorkack Sticker","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>\"Hot recommendation! Only five Sickles to make your wand truly unique!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the corner of Diagon Alley, a girl with pale golden hair stared at the vibrant sign before her, her silver-gray eyes flickering with curiosity before she tugged on the sleeve of the man beside her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dad, I want to go take a look.\" Her voice was light as air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, dear,\" Xenophilius Lovegood smiled. \"We’re going to buy a wand anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two turned into the side alley, Xenophilius froze in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before him stretched a long line, winding from the shop’s entrance nearly all the way back to the main street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dear, have we wandered into Flourish and Blotts?\" He took off his glasses, wiped them vigorously with his robe, and put them back on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because a famous wizard was holding a book signing in Diagon Alley, Flourish and Blotts had been packed with queues since yesterday—just like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, Dad, look—it says Ollivander’s Wand Shop over there,\" Luna Lovegood pointed to a small sign above the distant shop door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, I see…,\" Mr. Lovegood said blankly. \"But when did a wand shop need a queue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though confused, Luna wanted to go inside; waiting a little longer didn’t matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People kept exiting the wand shop, and the line slowly advanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Mr. Lovegood also noticed that those leaving the shop weren’t all first-years—most were third-years or older, with only a few adult wizards among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More strikingly, each person immediately pulled out their wand upon exiting, held it up to the light, and examined it closely, their faces glowing with unmistakable delight—as if seeing a wand for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But wizards of that age surely weren’t buying their first wand—had they simply switched to a new one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One person switching wands was understandable, but not so many—had wands become consumables now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With full confusion, the two finally reached the front and pushed open the door to the cramped shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding ding…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bell above the door chimed clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shop’s counter was divided into two sections: on the left stood Garrick Ollivander, whom he recognized; on the right stood an unfamiliar young wizard, slightly older than Luna.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, finally a new student!\" Garrick Ollivander’s face lit up with excitement upon seeing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So overcome with excitement, he forgot to give Mr. Lovegood his wand specifications until measuring Luna’s arm, then hastily added them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Ollivander, has something big happened recently?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by big?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like… causing many people to buy new wands,\" Mr. Lovegood said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Certainly not—the magical world has remained peaceful,\" Garrick said. \"But I think I understand what you mean.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Silven, explain it to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\" Silven looked at the father and daughter, then calmly pulled out several items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ve just launched new wand decorations—stickers and dye sprays, affordable and very popular.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mr. Lovegood glanced at the stickers and bottles on the table. \"So all those people waiting in line were just to buy these?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly,\" Silven nodded. \"First-time buyers get a fifty percent discount—would you like to pick one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stickers are one Sickle after discount; dye sprays are five Galleons.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One Sickle isn’t expensive at all,\" Mr. Lovegood nodded thoughtfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the dye sprays are five Galleons,\" Silven reminded him, but received no reply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have stickers of the Crumple-Horned Snorkack?\" Luna asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\" Silven turned, looking at the new student for the first time with real attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pale golden hair, slightly bulging gray eyes, an exaggerated carrot earring dangling from her ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Crumple-Horned Snorkack,\" she repeated. \"I saw it on the sign outside—it says you can customize stickers of any magical creature.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’d need to provide a photo,\" Silven thought for a moment. \"I’ve never seen a Crumple-Horned Snorkack—I can’t make one from imagination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I haven’t seen one either,\" Luna said. \"My dad and I have been searching for it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s true,\" Mr. Lovegood smiled. \"Unfortunately, Luna will soon be attending Hogwarts, or I might have taken her to the forests of Sweden to look for clues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then I wish you luck in finding the Crumple-Horned Snorkack soon,\" Silven smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’ve seen the Crumple-Horned Snorkack too, haven’t you?\" Luna interrupted the shoulder measurement, stepping up to Silven. \"You’re the third person besides my dad and me who’s seen it…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I haven’t seen the Crumple-Horned Snorkack—I already said that,\" Silven shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then why didn’t you contradict us?\" Luna pressed. \"Everyone else who hasn’t seen it denies it exists.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because someone once said: magic holds all possibilities,\" Silven replied. \"I suggest you write a letter to Mr. Newt Scamander—he’s the greatest expert on magical creatures and surely has been to the forests of Sweden.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s a good idea,\" Luna said. \"But I don’t know Mr. Scamander’s address. Do you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t either,\" Silven said. \"But it doesn’t matter—perhaps the owl will find him anyway.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luna thought carefully for a moment, then nodded firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dad, I want to buy an owl.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Mr. Lovegood paid seven Galleons and one Sickle and left the wand shop… Luna bought a unicorn sticker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the shop door was about to close, he couldn’t help glancing back at the two behind the counter, especially Silven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought the boy was odd, with a mind unlike any normal person’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sending an owl to an address you don’t know? How could that possibly work?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only Luna’s kindness had kept her from openly calling him out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, an owl might be worth buying—convenient for communicating with his daughter, even though Hogwarts had its own messengers, none would be as reliable as their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the wand shop, after the two left, Garrick couldn’t help asking: \"Silven, what was that Crumple-Horned thing they were talking about?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old wandmaker had dealt with magical creatures for decades, yet had understood not a word of their conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who knows? Maybe a cousin of the Horned Serpent,\" Silven shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I thought you knew.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To give customers a pleasant shopping experience,\" Silven picked up the silver coin on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Making money isn’t easy—you have to play along with little girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1028,"2026-06-20T04:03:11.805Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","952a5cf3b34f1834a88b8cc253169ca26d35a8cbc291f7f628905d891cfdf867","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-82","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-80",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-cover.jpg"]