Sherlock Holmes at Hogwarts.

Chapter 70 Dare to kill my horse

"Sherlock..."

The scene reminded Ron of something, and he couldn't help but sniff.

He then turned his head away.

I can't let Sherlock and Harry see me like this.

Then he saw Sherlock's father, Mr. Holmes, leaning at the door and looking at him with a smile.

Ron: (／▽＼)
This is a bit embarrassing.

"Young man from the Weasley family, take out your wand quickly and don't keep this old man waiting for too long."

When it comes to dealing with people, Mr. Holmes is obviously much better than Sherlock.

Noticing Ron's awkward situation, he immediately spoke up to help.

"Oh...ah? O-okay!"

Ron glanced at Mr. Holmes gratefully and took out his well-worn wand as he spoke.

"I remember every wand I've ever sold."

Ollivander took the wand and gently stroked the worn-out shaft, a look of deep nostalgia in his eyes.

"Ash wood, twelve inches, unicorn hair, originally very elastic..."

At this point, his eyes suddenly became sharp. "Come to think of it, when you normally use it to cast spells, you should feel a strong sense of sluggishness, right?"

"That's right! You're quite right."

Ron nodded heavily.

There had been no customers for a while, and it was a rare opportunity to meet someone who came to buy a wand, so Mr. Ollivander opened up and started talking.

"Just as I expected – it seems that the wizard chooses the wand every time, but in fact the wand also chooses its wizard.

Unicorn hair is the most loyal wand core, and ash is the most loyal wood. A wand made from the combination of the two..."

"loyalty?"

Ron was a little confused.

"loyalty!"

Ollivander said confidently:

"In this situation, even if the new owner of the wand is a blood relative of the previous one, it would be difficult to control.

In other words, if you are not the younger brother of the first wand owner, you would probably have difficulty casting even the most basic spells."

Ron's eyes widened in surprise at Ollivander's comment.

This is actually the reason!

"I can only say that it's thanks to Mr. Holmes that he discovered it in time, otherwise it would have affected your progress in learning and casting spells for a long time to come."

Ron's eyes became moist again.

However, when he looked at Sherlock, he found that the latter had left at some point.

Ron couldn't help but smile.

That's right, this is Sherlock's style.

There is nothing much to say about what happened next.

After a while, a fourteen-inch willow wand chose Ron.

It is worth mentioning that the core material of the magic wand is still unicorn hair.

According to Ollivander, unicorn hair can cast spells stably, while willow wood is suitable for wizards with great potential within their bodies.

In short, two words:
Loyal! Sincerity!
Ollivander had just handed the packaged wand to Ron when Sherlock happened to come back.

"Sherlock, what is this?"

Harry asked curiously, looking at the pile of things in Sherlock's arms.

"Some materials for later use."

Harry: |(*′口`)
Saying it means not saying it.

But Harry also knew that since Sherlock gave such an answer, it meant that the time was not right.

When the time is right, he will naturally tell me the truth.

After knowing Sherlock for so long, Harry has long been accustomed to convincing himself.

As for Ron, who got a new wand, he couldn't wait to try it out.

The result is a silky smooth enjoyment.

The levitation spell, which had never been successful in the spells class before, was cast directly and hit the target.

This made him very excited.

Even after returning to Sherlock's house from Diagon Alley, Ron was still eager to try.

Unfortunately, according to the regulations of the British Ministry of Magic, young wizards are not allowed to cast spells outside of school.

"There are no such restrictions at home..."

"Paragraph 3 of the 'Reasonable Restraint of Underage Wizards Act' states that intentionally using magic in Muggle-inhabited areas in front of Muggles is a crime." Sherlock read out the specific content of the regulation like a treasure.

"This is a Muggle neighborhood. The Ministry of Magic can immediately locate my home by casting a spell."

Harry and Ron looked at each other. What kind of restraints were they?
Never heard of it.

However, the two of them did not doubt the accuracy of Sherlock's words.

After all, the other party is Sherlock Holmes.

"That's really boring," Ron sighed. "It would be great if we could bring back the wizard chess set... No, even if we bring back my grandfather's set, Sherlock doesn't have any..."

"No, I do."

Sherlock said as he took out two sets of wizard chess.

Harry, Ron: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

"Sherlock, when did you..."

Both of them looked shocked.

"I bought it in Diagon Alley today."

"Sherlock, you're amazing!"

Ron jumped up and gave Sherlock a big hug, then started playing chess with Harry.

As for whether it is illegal to use wizard chess in the Muggle world?

Sorry, I'm not sure. Anyway, since Sherlock didn't mention it, it doesn't exist.

In fact, Sherlock knew very well that this was a borderline case.

Because Hogwarts will not sign an agreement with these little wizards until the summer vacation.

But as he had just explained to Ron, this was a Muggle neighborhood after all.

It's no big deal to play wizard chess. I guess the Ministry of Magic already knows that Harry Potter is in their home, so they still have to give them some face.

But once the spell is used, the nature is different.

Sure enough, nothing happened after several games.

This also allowed Sherlock to verify his judgment and pointed out the direction for future actions.

The rules of Wizarding Chess are the same as those of Muggle chess, except that all the pieces are alive.

Once your chess piece captures the opponent's, it will be knocked to the ground and dragged out of the board.

So playing chess feels more like commanding an army into battle.

Although both of them were using new chess pieces, it didn't take Ron long to familiarize himself with the pieces and successfully make them obey his commands.

On the other hand, Harry's pawn didn't trust him at all and kept giving him all sorts of advice:

"Don't send me there. Didn't you see his horse?"

"Send it. It doesn't matter if it dies."

"How dare you kill my horse!"

Harry's chess skills were not as good as Ron's to begin with, and being disturbed by these chess pieces made him even more dizzy.

As a result, after playing several games in a row, I was running around and exhausted the whole time.

As expected, they were defeated by Ron and their army was completely routed.

Fortunately, Mr. Holmes saw injustice and came to the rescue.

Only in this way can we stop the decline and turn the tide.

When Mr. Holmes, a Muggle, first took over Harry's black chess pieces, the chess pieces ignored or questioned his instructions.

But as the game progressed, those unruly pieces became more and more obedient.

By the time a game was over, it was almost like the white chess pieces used by Ron, and he could use them as he pleased.

The situation in the game with Ron also changed from one-sided to a back-and-forth game.

Looking at the fighting spirit of Ron and his father, Sherlock was not surprised at all.

This was exactly what he had expected.

He turned to Harry and said, "Harry, let's go to number 4 Privet Drive in a couple of days."

"what?"

Harry was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ron and Mr. Holmes who were absorbed in wizard chess, and asked quietly, "Just the two of us?"

"My mother will drive us there then."

As for why it wasn't my father...

Now that this opportunity has finally come, let him play chess with Ron.

　Everyone is busy celebrating the New Year these days, and most people probably don’t have time to read.

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