Chapter 17

Darren naturally didn't know that Dumbledore was sighing that he had chosen the wrong wand.

If he knew, he would definitely spray back, "My great Eastern Azure Dragon can't compare to your featherless turkey?"

What a joke!

He held his Azure Dragon reverse scale wand and found it more pleasing the more he looked at it.

This was a light brown wand, smooth and soft to the touch.

When holding this wand, Darren could feel the powerful strength contained within.

Clearly, this wand was not as simple as Ollivander said.

He didn't believe in things like "having the world in one’s heart" or "being easy to break if too rigid."

Because he wasn't someone who had the world in his heart!

So this wand must hide some secret, right there in Journey to the West.

He had some guesses, but didn't know if they were accurate.

Darren, feeling itchy, really didn't want to stroll through Diagon Alley anymore.

He wanted to go back and see his gains from these past few days.

"Paqi, send me back; I just remembered that those cakes need to be eaten as soon as possible, otherwise they won't taste good.

As for other things, Paqi, you can bring me out to buy them tomorrow, okay?"

School starts the day after tomorrow; he could grind some temporary tasks here every day for these two days.

"Very well, Young Master; you are truly too kind!"

Paqi screamed in admiration.

Darren humbly accepted this praise and was taken back by Paqi.

After taking a bath and lying on the big Gryffindor bed, Darren had Paqi distribute all the cakes.

Then he could rest.

What he needed now was to quietly check his gains from these past few days.

First was his phoenix pet egg.

Darren took out the phoenix egg and stroked his chin, considering how to hatch the egg.

Perhaps he could break the shell directly, or just throw it into a fire?

He heard that phoenixes aren't afraid of fire; throwing it into a fire shouldn't cook it, right?

[Ding, Host, drip your blood on the phoenix egg, and it will hatch.]

Perhaps sensing Darren’s unreliable idea, the system’s voice rang out immediately.

[Alright, what else could I do, eat it?]

Darren retorted.

He used a needle to prick his finger, squeezed out a drop of fresh blood, and dripped it onto the phoenix egg.

Crack!

After the fresh blood dripped on, the phoenix eggshell immediately made a cracking sound.

Then, a featherless turkey crawled out from inside.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

Darren looked silently at this chirping, ugly little thing, hesitating whether to send it to the kitchen to make a pot of turkey soup—maybe it could nourish his body?

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

The little phoenix, completely unaware of Darren’s thoughts, affectionately rubbed its head against Darren, then stumbled to its eggshell and generously indicated that it was inviting Darren to eat.

Darren hesitated for a moment and curiously pinched a piece and stuffed it into his mouth.

Mmm.

So fragrant!

It felt like a combination of chocolate and crispy cookies.

Realizing this was good stuff, he quickly grabbed another piece.

The little phoenix clearly hadn't expected that it was just being humble to express its loyalty, but the human who shouldn't have been eating phoenix eggshells had actually eaten its shell.

What was even more terrifying was that after eating one piece, he wanted to take another.

The little phoenix panicked and protected its eggshell, frantically and clumsily swallowing the rest of the shell into its stomach.

After finally swallowing it, it looked at Darren with condemnation.

Its little master.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

It chirped indignantly.

Darren didn't feel embarrassed at all; instead, he showed an "innocent" expression and curiously asked the little phoenix if there was any way to get more eggshells.

He still wanted to taste the flavor.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

The little phoenix gently pecked his finger with its beak to express condemnation.

That was the eggshell it used to replenish nutrition; humans couldn't eat it at all.

The little master was truly a freak.

"Alright then."

Although the little phoenix was chirping, Darren probably understood what it meant.

It must be because of that drop of fresh blood.

"How about this, I’ll give you a name—by the way, are you male or female?"

"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."

"If you’re female, then let’s call you Carol, which represents happiness; I hope you, as a phoenix, can also be happy forever!"

[Ding, congratulations to the Host for gaining Holy Father Value +50]

Ah, this...

He could even move a phoenix?

Darren was torn between laughter and tears; finally, he stroked the little phoenix’s featherless body and pushed it to the side.

He took out his wand.

Regarding this wand, he already had some ideas.

The only thing in Journey to the West related to wands and dragons was Sun Wukong’s Golden Cudgel.

Ahem, because they were both sticks.

So, should he say it out loud?

"As you wish, as you wish, according to my heart, manifest your spirit quickly!"

The wand didn't change at all.

Darren smiled embarrassedly—forgot, forgot, that was from Calabash Brothers.

"Ruyi Golden Cudgel? Ruyi?"

[Ding, congratulations to the Host for activating the Ruyi Wand; the Ruyi Wand can change into any kind of wand wood and can also change the wand core at will.

After obtaining Master-level Transfiguration, it can change into any kind of creature at will.]

Ah, this?

How could it be you?

Darren was shocked.

He had thought about the possible identity of this Azure Dragon, thought about immortals, thought about transmigrators, reincarnators, but it turned out to be the system?

[Ding, congratulations to the Host for finding the system’s hidden Easter egg, opening the Host’s character panel]

Darren: "..."

System, next time you want to reward me with something, you can be more direct!

Instead of making me cough up ten thousand Galleons and buy it with my own money!

Unfortunately, the system ignored him.

Darren sighed and forgave the system for this unreasonable behavior.

[Character Panel]

He didn't know what use this panel, which only opened in chapter twenty-four, had.

Name: Darren Potter

Talent Points: 0

Potions Talent: 6

Dark Arts Talent: 9

Transfiguration Talent: 4

Divination Talent: 2

Charms Talent: 5

Animal Affinity Talent: 3

Plant Affinity Talent: 4

Items: Ruyi Wand, Phoenix Carol

Abilities: God-level Occlumency, Mundungus’s stealing ability, Scholar-level memory ability, controllable Obscurus

Title: The Wand That Never Gets Lost

Holy Father Value: 740

PS: Although I know the character panel will be disliked by many readers for padding the word count, I’ll still organize it overall in this chapter.

Some rewards might have been forgotten by everyone as they read; in fact, the author sometimes forgets them while writing.

The character panel will appear less frequently in the future.