Hogwarts: Don't call me the Staff Maker

Chapter 51 Keep a Low Profile, A New Golden Legend

Although he had strong feelings about it, Celen did not rush to attack the Willow. He only glanced at it from afar before following Neville and Seamus back to the castle.

After that, he diligently attended classes, did his homework, and tried his best to make up for the points he had lost.

Don't rush...

It hadn't been long since the incident where his wand went out of control and almost destroyed the dormitory, and neither Professor McGonagall nor Dumbledore had completely taken their eyes off him.

If you do anything unusual at this time, it will be easily discovered.

Xilun wasn't sure if the punishment would be so lenient after he broke the school rules again.

After all, professors have their limits; they might tolerate him once, but they might not tolerate him doing it a second time.

Wasn't Newt Scamander, the famous expert on magical creatures, fired for keeping magical creatures?

Although Siren didn't know exactly what Mr. Scamander had done, or whether he had really only kept magical creatures, maintaining the professors' "anger level" was certainly not a bad thing.

Just like that night when Professor McGonagall only deducted twenty points from Celeste, a big reason for it was that she received the wand with her hair as its core beforehand.

She saw Xilun's work and knew he was doing something serious, not deliberately causing trouble, so she only symbolically deducted 20 points as a reminder to Xilun.

Fred and George were conflicted about this for several days.

They couldn't understand why, after Xilun smashed the dormitory to pieces in the middle of the night and woke up most of the people in the castle, the only consequence was a deduction of 20 points, without even being put in solitary confinement.

They were previously punished with detention for being caught out at night!

Therefore, first impressions are still very important. Xilun decided to play it safe and keep a low profile until the storm has passed.

Strangely enough, ever since Siron set his sights on the Whomping Willow, he has found it no longer boring to make wands, and his efficiency has even increased considerably.

That sense of anticipation is like finding a clear goal, and everything along the way seems to brighten up.

For the next few weeks, Siren was so engrossed in this enthusiasm that he almost forgot about the Whomping Willow.

Since Red Hat's Heart had given Tom an extra meal, and Siren wasn't really keen on going to Snape for the time being, he simply used the Christmas cane core material gift pack that Hagrid had given him.

The main problem is that Snape's temper has been getting worse lately. Sometimes when he encounters a Gryffindor student in the hallway, he will try his best to deduct two points from that student.

If this person is Harry, the points deducted will double.

Xilun naturally didn't want to cause trouble.

Anyway, Hagrid's gifts are all pretty good, so there's no need to keep clinging to the red hat.

During this time, everyone basically knew that Siren usually made wands, and quite a few people came specifically to watch up close, and Siren didn't refuse most of them.

Most people are curious when they first get up close to the making of a wand, but after spending more time with it, they get used to it.

At other times, people will bring things that they think might be useful.

Xiren explained to them more than once that tree branches picked up from the roadside could not be made into wands, no matter how straight or beautiful the shape.

Pet cat hair and owl feathers are also unsuitable for wand cores, as their magical compatibility is too poor, far inferior to toads, which are also pets. It's a pure waste of time and wand materials.

Of course, if someone is willing to pay, Xiren wouldn't mind making a souvenir for them.

Pet hair and a sapwood cane, three gallons each, clearly priced, not expensive, but not cheap either.

However, these high-end "toys" seem to be quite popular. Xilun received a total of thirty orders and made a fortune.

That very evening, he placed an additional order for a batch of high-quality magical wood, including hawthorn wood from Devonshire, as well as grapevines and beech wood from the French Pyrenees.

Not only did they replace all the materials used for the cane this semester, but they also had a lot more left over.

With this calculation, Xilun's enthusiasm for making things even stronger, and it continued until the Easter holiday.

……

Perhaps because exams are approaching, the professors assigned a huge amount of homework, so much so that Xilun had to spend a lot of time in the library doing it every day, and could only continue making wands in the evening.

"You really should take some time to memorize the key points." After dinner, Hermione looked at Celeste and couldn't help but remind her, "You got the habits of the Flying Fungus wrong in Herb Class yesterday, and you'll lose a lot of points on the test."

"Thanks for reminding me, but I really don't have time." Xiren scratched his hair.

The Easter holiday was even worse than Christmas, with the mountain of homework alone already giving Siren a major headache.

Unlike Hermione, he didn't have time to memorize the twelve uses of dragon blood or practice wand gestures while completing his homework in excess.

He has other things to do, which are much more important than memorizing knowledge points.

"Perhaps you could... well, make fewer wands?" Hermione tried to offer a suggestion.

"That's impossible." Xilun refused without even thinking. "Exams don't matter. First-year students don't need to participate in OWL. As long as we can successfully advance to the second year, that's fine. But the production of wands definitely can't stop."

After completing the two-foot-long wand, Celen could clearly feel the changes in himself.

Not only is the speed of engraving magic runes much faster than before, but he is also much more adept at converting staff cores. Now is the time to practice a lot and take himself to the next level, so how could he possibly stop?

Seeing that Siren's attitude was firm, Hermione opened her mouth but didn't say anything more.

After dinner, Xilun returned to his dormitory and continued his work.

Soon, half of the Easter holiday had passed, and Xilun received an unexpected surprise.

It was a pure black magic wand that took a whole day to make.

[Ebony, eight-eyed giant spider legs, eleven and one-third inches]

[Status: Perfect]

【Characteristic: Binding: Leg-locking spell effect +5%; Petrification spell effect +5%; Imprisonment spell effect +5%】

Although it's only 5%, the positive bonus from three spells, all of which are highly practical, makes it a legendary gold spell.

However, after seeing the wand's effect, Xiren inevitably thought of the Whomping Willow, which also has multiple legs (branches). In a sense, they seem to be quite a good match.

More importantly, Hagrid gave him two spider legs; he only used one, leaving a longer one.

Now, Xilun couldn't sit still any longer, and the idea of ​​being hidden away resurfaced.

He wanted to trim the excess branches of the willow tree.