Hogwarts: Don't call me Wandmaker

Chapter 15 Tom's Revenge
It turns out that some of Xilun's intuitions are quite accurate... Well, it can't be called intuition.

Because when everyone was partying, Xi Lun saw the gray cat hair on the stairs and Tom at the top of the stairs.

If you have good eyesight, you can even see the blood scabs on its body and the out-of-place gray cat fur.

It appeared after Xi Lun entered the common room, with a smug expression, as if seeking credit.

Take credit?
After a few minutes, Xi Lun couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth.

It suddenly occurred to him that maybe Tom saw Mrs. Norris stopping him last night.

It's not impossible.

After all, he had warned Tom before entering the school not to harm other people's pets... and Mrs. Norris was also Filch's pet.

So Tom couldn't have attacked it for no reason.

And Mrs. Norris would probably not take the initiative to provoke Tom, who is a size bigger than her.

In addition, even if Tom really disliked Mrs. Norris, he would clean up the evidence on his body as soon as possible after taking action... just like he wanted to hide Leif in the first place.

Xi Lun never doubted Tom's intelligence.

After all, the cats in Eeyore Owl Shop basically have some knuckle blood. The fact that it can stand out from them and become the "pet shop boss" is enough to explain a lot of problems.

Not only does Tom dare to keep the "criminal evidence" for a whole day, he also dares to appear in front of Xilun openly, which shows that he is fearless and not worried about being punished.

Thinking this way, things become much simpler.

"Well done."

Ciron walked up the stairs and rubbed Tom's chin.

The cat rubbed against Xiren's hand and made a purring sound.

"But you still can't eat your colleagues. This is non-negotiable!"

The soft touch in the palm of his hand disappeared in an instant. When he turned his head again, Xilun could only see the tip of a black tail disappearing into the reveling crowd.

"Silon."

Ron's voice came from behind him.

"You said you would tell us the reason tonight."

"Ah, that's right." Xi Lun stood up.

"What were you doing just now?" Harry asked curiously.

He seemed to see Xilun touching something just now, but it disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Nothing." Xi Lun said casually: "Don't you want to know why I changed dormitories? Come with me."

Hearing this, Harry immediately put his previous doubts behind him.

Several people went to the second floor together.

Xilun’s new dormitory was not far from his original dormitory. It could even be said to be right next door, with less than ten feet between the two doors.

There was no change in the layout of the room.

That's for sure. After all, Gryffindor didn't prepare any real single dormitories. This was also a five-person room, but there weren't that many freshmen, so it just happened to be vacant.

After Harry and the others came in, they all looked around at the same time.

Then, their attention was focused on the table in the dormitory.

Their dormitory also has a large table like this, which is very big and is located between the five beds. It is usually used to store school bags, snacks, wizard chess and other things. It can also be used for doing homework and reading.

But Xi Lun was the only one in the dormitory, so he didn't have that many things.

Now there is only a long transparent glass tube on the table, with a pale yellow gel-like substance inside, and a... magic wand?
"This isn't a wand, it's just a half-finished product."

Without waiting for them to ask, Xi Lun took the lead in explaining: "The wand body infiltration liquid is a mixture of fifty different herbs and tree oils. It is non-toxic, but the smell is a little pungent." As he spoke, Xi Lun had already taken out the unfinished wand.

The liquid dripped onto the table, and Harry and the others could only smell a faint smell lingering at their noses.

It was a strange mixture of bitterness, earthiness, and sourness... like fermented tomato sauce poured over a freshly cut tree root.

It's just weird.

Seamus and Ron both covered their noses subconsciously, but Harry did nothing.

He had been living in the Dursleys' cupboard before, and the smell inside was equally unpleasant, but he had long been accustomed to it.

At this moment he was looking at Xi Lun with great interest.

"You just said that it was a half-finished wand?"

"To be precise, it's the stick body." Xi Lun rubbed his fingers lightly, and the cylindrical wooden stick immediately split into two halves in the middle.

"Is it finished?" Xi Lun raised his eyebrows.

"what?"

"Necessary preparations." Xilun said, he raised his hand and took out a red, slightly glowing "rope" from somewhere.

"Wait a minute, Xi Lun..." Neville suddenly realized something and said subconsciously: "Are you going to make a wand now?"

"Yes." Xi Lun nodded. "The body of the staff has been well maintained, and the core is ready. Why not?"

"But, but...we are still here." Neville was stunned at first, then hesitantly said: "Can we see the process of making the wand?"

After all, Neville came from a pure-blood wizard family. Although he had a bad memory, he knew what the process of "making a wand" meant.

There are thousands of wizards in the British wizarding world, but Ollivander is the only one who can make wands...at least, he only knows Ollivander.

"You're talking about this." Xi Lun glanced at them.

Neville, Harry, Seamus, Ron...

"Ah, it's okay, no problem at all. I believe you." Xilun said with a smile.

It was as if a ray of sunshine tore through the darkness outside the window, and several people felt inexplicably touched and guilty.

They kept harping on Xilun's dormitory change and said so many unpleasant things, but Xilun trusted them so much that he was willing to share even such a family secret...

Damn it, they are not human!

In fact, when they smelled that strange smell, they already understood why Xilun wanted to live here.

If it happens only once in a while, they can just bear with it. But if they can smell it every day... I can't imagine it, they will definitely go crazy.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else." Seamus Finnigan was the first to speak out, with a sense of mission in his firm eyes.

"Ah?" Xi Lun glanced at him, "I'm not... well, you can understand it that way."

In fact, Xi Lun was not worried at all.

If you could learn how to make a wand just by looking at it, then this ability would be too cheap.

What's more, these people...how to say it, are not known for their intelligence.

Of course, such words must not be said out loud, otherwise it would be too hurtful.

Without paying any attention to others, Xi Lun placed the red "rope" on the cross-section of the stick.

One end of the "rope" seemed like a stream flowing into a river, or like a fish, swimming in a winding manner under Xilun's control, leaving an irregular, red-flashing trail behind it.

Manipulation?

Harry suddenly felt dazed, and he also noticed that Xiren's right hand was glowing golden, as if it was some kind of symbol.

(End of this chapter)