[{"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-87":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},2292339,4482,"Chapter 87: Shapeshifter Lizard Pouch, and Another Use of Dragon","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-87",87,"\u003Cp>The semi-transparent, dried shapeshifter lizard had always been kept in a box; when Silven took it out, it was exactly as he had seen it that night—unchanged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In sunlight, faint runes could still be seen along its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If used as a wand core, it would certainly make an excellent Transfiguration wand—even if not as dazzling as Silvermane, it would at least match Professor McGonagall’s hair. Silven had no doubt about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Silven had no intention of doing so; for him, the shapeshifter lizard had a more important use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven sat by the window, pulled out the mandrake juice he had just bought at great cost from next door, and carefully dripped it into the shapeshifter lizard’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like ink dropped into water, the gray-brown mandrake juice spread rapidly, covering the lizard’s original pale hue in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, its shriveled body swelled, then floated lightly onto Silven’s palm—now completely transformed, its wrinkled gray-brown surface utterly dull, indistinguishable from a candy wrapper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmm… the use is about the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shapeshifter Lizard Pouch (roughly processed), a highly practical item in the magical world: from the outside, it appears as a small pouch, yet can store a great many items, offering exceptional containment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, wizards, inspired by this property, invented the famous Undetectable Extension Charm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was only preliminary processing—capable only of storage. If he could find a reliable alchemist, they might help draw out the shapeshifter lizard’s innate magical sensitivity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, only the owner could retrieve items from within—its security second only to Gringotts, effectively a portable vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But like Gringotts, the shapeshifter lizard pouch was not absolutely secure; if someone forcibly destroyed the pouch, they could still take what was inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that depended entirely on the alchemist’s skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven did not currently know any good alchemists, nor did he need this function—he only needed it to hold things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He already carried many wands, and might acquire more in the future; he couldn’t possibly keep them all in his pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only would searching for them be troublesome, but they’d jingle and clatter as he walked—annoying. A shapeshifter lizard pouch would solve this problem perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven hung the newly made shapeshifter lizard pouch on his waist, lifted the troll wand from the table, and placed it atop the pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any resistance, the two-foot wand vanished into the fist-sized pouch; Silven moved slightly, and it seemed even the weight had been reduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good item.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven dumped all other wands from his pockets into the pouch, leaving only Silvermane for daily use; though the weight didn’t lighten much, he felt noticeably lighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Retrieving them was also convenient: since the hand reaching inside would shrink along with the pouch, Silven only needed to remember each wand’s position to draw them out in the shortest time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After practicing all morning, Silven had mastered its use—he could sweep his hand across the pouch and swap wands instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too bad the pouch’s form wasn’t yet ideal; if it could be worn directly on the hand, it would be better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Silven unconsciously glanced beside the table—at a circular bamboo ring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the phoenix-tail bamboo wand shaft he had prepared earlier for the shapeshifter lizard; his grandfather Garrick believed this shaft best suited Transfiguration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the shapeshifter lizard core retained its inherent property, Silven could wear it on his wrist like a wand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after a night’s hesitation, Silven temporarily abandoned the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wand properties were unpredictable; without absolute certainty, Silven refused to risk it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was another reason he avoided alchemists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Natural mandrake juice would not affect the shapeshifter lizard’s future use as a core—but alchemically treated juice might.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, Silven bought a roll of magical tape and, under his grandfather’s puzzled gaze, carefully glued the shapeshifter lizard pouch to the inside of his wide school robe sleeve…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this necessary?” the old wandmaker asked. “You’re starting school soon—surely you won’t face danger there?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You never know,” Silven said, shaking his sleeve. Good, it was firmly attached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But you never use other wands normally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not yet. But you never know when you might need them.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, I’ve always wanted to ask—was that shapeshifter lizard really something you found?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Of course,” Silven said. “Something this valuable? No one would just give it to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I still find it hard to believe,” Garrick said, his eyes full of doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had lived in Diagon Alley for decades—how had he never found a shapeshifter lizard? He hadn’t even picked up a single Galleon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Relax—it really was found in Knockturn Alley,” Silven said casually. “Aren’t the Ministry hunting dark artifacts these days? Many pure-blood families have been selling things there—maybe one of them dropped it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But what if someone comes looking for it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No one will ever come looking,” Silven said without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unless those six people had also made Horcruxes, he added silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Garrick clearly misunderstood—he thought Silven meant pure-blood wizards dared not admit they had visited Knockturn Alley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, you’re starting school soon anyway,” Garrick sighed. “Here’s what you asked for—it arrived an hour ago.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He placed a brown paper parcel on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silven eagerly opened it—inside were over a dozen dragon’s bloodwood rods of varying sizes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you have me buy this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“To make wands, of course—not to light the fireplace,” Silven said, picking up one rod and examining it; from the grain of the cut end, it was at least fifty years old—the others were similar, none inferior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But dragon’s bloodwood isn’t suitable for wand shafts,” Garrick said. “It’s too volatile—it often develops intentions opposite to the wizard’s during combat. That’s a fatal flaw for a wand.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That could also be its advantage,” Silven said, opening a book: *The Magical Synergy of Potions and Wands*, turning to a page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It says here that under specific conditions, a wand shaft can guide the core’s magical flow.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No—it should be suppression,” Garrick blurted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not entirely,” Silven said. “Just as unicorn tail hair best suits healing spells, and dragon heartstring favors fire magic—these traits aren’t something a shaft can suppress.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But then a wand with dragon heartstring could only cast fire spells,” Garrick asked. “Isn’t a wand that can cast only one spell a failure?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It is… and it isn’t,” Silven smiled. “At least not for me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his arm, glancing at the shapeshifter lizard pouch snug against his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1071,"2026-06-20T04:03:11.805Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","f6deb19fa541729db195688e0bcbd1682c449191a25714a8f000f470a751103d","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-88","hogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-chapter-86",149,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhogwarts-don-t-call-me-a-wandmaker-cover.jpg"]