bioinnovel Chapter 305 The Unspeakable Secret
Chapter 305 The Unspeakable Secret
Chapter 305 The Unspeakable Secret
Belvina also stopped and replied with a smile, "Mr. Ollivander, you just asked that question."
Then, she took out her wand and continued, "Acacia wood paired with dragon heartstrings, it's very good, very good, and works perfectly."
"You know I'm not talking about this acacia wand," Ollivander said, "but the other one, your first wand."
Miss Black.
My memory was suddenly pulled back to that hot summer day many years ago.
Full of hope, the eleven-year-old girl, accompanied by her father and brothers, entered the Ollivanders wand shop.
This is a small, shabby-looking shop, and the owner is a strange-looking old man with silver-white pupils.
That day, the eleven-year-old girl tried one magic wand after another, her mood changing from hopeful to frustrated, and she even wondered if she was a dud.
Until the strange Mr. Ollivander handed her the last wand, the eleven-year-old girl waved it in frustration—and the room was filled with starlight!
Mr. Ollivander, along with the girl's father and brothers, and everyone present were amazed by the girl's perfect coordination with her wand.
The eleven-year-old girl's name is Belvina Black, but the wand in her hand is not made of acacia wood, but hazel wood, and the core of the wand is not a dragon heartstring, but unicorn hair.
Yes, Belvina possesses two wands: the hazel wand belongs to the past, and the acacia wand represents the present and future.
Mr. Ollivander's ethereal voice brought Belvina back to reality. He continued, "Is that hazel wand still unusable?"
Mr. Ollivander seemed to realize that his question was a bit presumptuous, and quickly added, "I have no intention of inquiring about Miss Black's private affairs; I am only asking Miss Black about the current status of that wand as the wand maker."
"It still won't work. I can't even cast the simplest wand illumination charm." Belvina shook her head. "It's like—"
It was as if he were dead.
The wand died. It sounds unbelievable, but it really happened in 1979, the year the Black family suffered a major upheaval.
That year, Regulus vanished without a trace; that year, Orion succumbed to his illness and passed away.
That same year, the young girl Belvina accidentally came into contact with Slytherin's locket.
No one knew the tragedy that befell the young girl Belvina; only the hazelwood wand went with her and could no longer be used.
Ollivander once told Belvina that the hazel wand is devoted to its owner and will "wither" when its owner dies.
If the core of a hazel wand happens to be made of unicorn hair, the withering will worsen, causing it to reject all magic and refuse to be used by anyone.
Therefore, Belvina had to buy a second wand in 1979, and the acacia wand has been with her ever since.
"I suppose it was because of the upheaval in my family that year, with my father and brothers passing away one after another, that my personality changed drastically, which is why the hazel wand became increasingly difficult to use," Belvina said.
This was her usual excuse back then, and I never expected that she would have to use it again to cover up the lie after so many years.
Although Mr. Ollivander was puzzled by the unusual behavior of Belvina and her hazel wand, he did not ask any further questions.
The study of wands is a vast and profound subject, requiring a lifetime of study. Even the Ollivander family cannot accurately describe the characteristics of every single wand, because each wand is unique.
The combination of hazelwood and unicorn hair usually only "withers" after its owner dies, but this is clearly not the case for Belvina, who is still alive and well.
Therefore, Garrick Ollivander dared to ask about Belvina's private affairs, wanting to record the "abnormalities" happening to her.
For the rest of the journey, neither of them spoke until they reached the iron-cast school gates, where Mr. Ollivander finally spoke again.
Mr. Ollivander stood beside the stone pillar at the entrance, his silvery-white eyes looking at Belvina. He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "If that hazel wand ever comes back to life, please let me know, Miss Black."
As he spoke, the much older Mr. Ollivander actually bowed to the young Belvina.
“Mr. Ollivander, there’s no need for that,” Belvina said, stepping aside. “If the hazel wand no longer refuses to cast spells, I will come to visit you in person.”
"Thank you very much then," said Mr. Ollivander, thanking him again as he spoke.
Having said what he needed to say and asked what he needed to ask, Mr. Ollivander left the school grounds and set off on the path leading to Hogsmeade Village.
Not far down the path, Mr. Ollivander Apparated away, whether returning to London or going somewhere else, no one knew. Belvina stood at the school gate, looking up at the winged boar sculpture on the stone pillar at the entrance, still thinking about the withered hazelwood wand.
Strangely enough, Belvina, who is usually very thoughtful, inexplicably trusted the rod-making master, Mr. Ollivander.
Whether it was going to the store alone to buy a new wand back then, or talking about the withered old wand today, she only hid one thing from Ollivander, that one secret that she couldn't tell anyone.
Perhaps in Belvina's view, Garrick Ollivander, the wand master, was a pure scholar who was only interested in wand studies.
For Belvina, changing her hazel wand to an acacia wand was merely a matter of changing a wand, but for Mr. Ollivander, it was a lifelong learning experience.
Belvina knew perfectly well why the hazel wand had dried up, but she couldn't tell Mr. Ollivander, not even mention it.
After a while, Belvina shifted her gaze from the stone pillars at the school gate to the hazy distant mountains.
A strange idea popped into Belvina's mind: perhaps she could try to "awaken" the hazel wand that had been withered for many years.
If the hazel wand could be revived, wouldn't she be on par with Godric Gryffindor?
Godric Gryffindor is a master of both sword and wand, while Belvina wields two wands; the joy of one plus one is exciting just to think about.
Without hesitation, Belvina immediately turned back to the castle. She needed to write to Sirius Black immediately and ask him to deliver the hazel wand to Hogwarts.
Over the next few days, Belvina waited and hoped, eagerly anticipating the arrival of Sirius and the hazel wand.
However, the letter Belvina sent to Place Grimaud disappeared without a trace.
Sirius Black neither replied to the letter nor delivered the hazel wand to Hogwarts, leading one to wonder if he had lost all four limbs.
Unable to leave the house.
However, Belvina was not angry, nor did she rush back to Grimmauld Place to "visit" Sirius, because there was a copy of the Daily Prophet spread out in front of her.
Rita Skeeter's article about the Triwizard Tournament was published, taking up several pages in the Daily Prophet.
The extremely long article was less a report on the three-way battle and more a celebration of Rita Skeeter's rage, indiscriminately attacking everyone except Belvina.
Three principals, four warriors, and Buddy Crouch, who served as referee, all appear in Skeeter's writing.
The Durmstrang duo were the first to suffer.
Skeeter first reveals that Igor Karkaroff was once a Death Eater, and then introduces the fact that Viktor Krum's grandfather was killed by Grindelwald.
Rita Skeeter uses highly provocative language to provoke thought: Is Krum's perpetually gloomy and worried expression due to his headmaster being a blood-stained dark wizard?
Next to suffer were the Beauxbatons duo.
Rita Skeeter couldn't find much of a juicy story in Madame Maxime and Fleur Delacour, and could only bring up their lineage.
Madame Maxim, who was suspected to be a half-giant, was described as cruel and bloodthirsty, while Delacour, who openly admitted to having Veela blood, was portrayed as a slut who used her beauty to make a profit.
Then came Dumbledore and Cedric, and Barty Crouch.
In Rita Skeeter's version, Dumbledore remains the same rigid old madman who refuses any criticism, even though his views are outdated.
Compared to the experiences of the two headmasters mentioned earlier, Skeeter was much more lenient with the headmaster of Hogwarts.
The young Mr. Diggory is the person Rita Skeeter describes the least.
Cedric wasn't a big name, and he didn't have any secrets to uncover, so there wasn't much to write about, but Skeeter didn't let him off the hook.
Cedric became Miss Delacour's lover simply because he spoke a few words to Fleur during the wand test.
Barty Crouch wasn't as lucky as the young Cedric; not only were his old stories brought up again, but Rita Skeeter also hinted that he was secretly making peace with Karkaroff, just like in the old story.
In Rita Skeeter's writing, Barty Crouch is neither a competent father nor a competent Ministry of Magic official; he is simply unworthy of being called a human being.
Finally, it was Harry Potter's turn, the boy who had miraculously survived.
When it came to Harry, Rita Skeeter took a different turn. Instead of attacking Harry, she wrote a deeply moving passage that brought tears to the eyes.
Of course, it would be great if all the texts Skit wrote were true.
In Rita Skeeter's extensive coverage, Harry is portrayed as a tragic hero.
His eyes were often filled with tears because he missed his parents all the time; he signed up for the Triwizard Tournament simply because he was eager to prove himself and wanted to avenge his deceased parents.
Despite Rita Skeeter's fabricated and embellished praise of Harry, she couldn't change her ways, subtly implying that Harry was a show-off and a braggart.
Thus, an article bearing Rita Skeeter's distinctive personal style appeared in the Daily Prophet, offending everyone involved in the Triwizard Tournament.
Unsurprisingly, Rita Skeeter's fabricated articles went viral once again, propelling her career to new heights.
The beaming Rita Skeeter was unaware that there were some people she couldn't afford to offend, and the rumors of the Blake family being insane weren't unfounded.