Chapter 183: Veritology lessons
Arthur was almost caught by his wife due to the slight angry ticks he had but convinced her that it was just a particularly nasty case at work. Molly Weasley was skeptical of this but trusted her husband to know what was good for his family and thus didn't mention it again though she noticed that he seemed to be watching their youngest son Ron closer than usual. Other than that nothing was all that different at the burrow save perhaps the antics the boys got up to with Harry living here for the next two months of summer break.-
Nick meanwhile was being tested on the information within the books by Olivander back at the wand shop. "And what is this wood?" the old man asked while pulling out a unworked piece of wood from his storage. "pine." Nick said after looking at the wood carefully. "And this rune word?" the old man asked showing a written word on a sheet of paper. "Bind" Nick answered easily. Olivander nodded with a smile "Very good , it seems you truly did memorize the information in those books. That knowledge will make my job much easier in the long run." he said honestly.-
"My goal is that by the end of the summer break you will be able to craft a functioning wand from start to finish. In that spirit the first step I am going to teach you is wood tapping." Olivander said calmly as he lead Nick back to the workshop area. Nick was surprised to see a tall pile of woods of various types stacked against the wall but he also noticed that they were not of the magical sort but the nonmagical versions of the same types of wood that were likely going to be his practice pieces.-
This is were Nick failed a lot however as he kept getting his information on different types of wood crossed as the information changed based on the wood in question. For example oak was much sturdier than pine and thus needed a different approach to tapping. He was getting better but it was slow going , not that Olivander seemed to mind as he said he expected as much. The next two days were spent with Nick reviewing his information and attempting to tap each piece of wood handed to him correctly.
_____________________________________
my patrons can read at least twelve chapters ahead along with using the site as a way to directly contact myself rather than needing to hope i respond to your comments.
pa /pa treon_loskro