At the same time, I have also sent several drafts I wrote myself regarding the recent events at Hogwarts, and I would like to ask for your help in correcting the errors within them.
I look forward to your reply.
Once again, Merry Christmas to you.
Rita Skeeter."
Looking at Rita's letter, Howl couldn't help but laugh.
The entire letter didn't mention the Curse at all, instead attributing all the mistakes to herself.
At the same time, she used this matter to mention how she had intercepted The Daily Prophet's negative reports on Hogwarts within the newspaper. She had done good but did not seek credit.
Finally, she even provided a draft, asking him to review and revise it. In other words, she was willing to be Howl's mouthpiece, speaking for him in public opinion.
"Interesting, she's quite clever." Howl stood up.
Keeping such a person was beneficial and harmless, which was not bad.
"Harry, help me send a reply to this address." Howl tossed the envelope to Harry.
"Okay." Harry nodded, "What should the content be?"
"Pigs Head Bar." He casually threw the draft and letter into the fireplace.
"The Pigs Head Bar address is enough; she'll find out the other details like the time herself," Howl said again.
"Okay."
After doing all this, he lay on the sofa and began reading the manuscript left by Hailbo.
Hailbo was considered a successful Ancient Greece Wizard, and his strength was quite formidable.
Especially...
"...my teacher Thales..."
"Thales." Howl raised an eyebrow, surprised.
He hadn't expected Hailbo to be Thales's student, no wonder his secret realm appeared in Miletus.
Hailbo also had profound research in the way of water, and the symbol of the snake, in the elemental theory of magic, had long been bound to water.
For example, Slytherin perfectly exemplifies water and snakes as its primary elements.
Triton... Thales... Hailbo...
It seemed there was a hidden thread running between these few.
While pondering, he continued to flip through the manuscript.
Until Harry had finished tidying up all the gifts, including Howl's, and then cleaned up the packaging and confetti scraps, standing beside him.
"What's wrong?" Howl asked.
"Uncle Howl, I want… I want to ask about wand making, and I've also encountered some difficulties with the Koch snowflake for compressing magic power," Harry quickly said.
"wand making?" Howl became slightly serious, he nodded and stood up, leading Harry towards the basement.
"First, I agree with Ollivander's statement to a certain extent. Whether a wand is compatible with a Wizard is a very crucial matter.
Especially when everyone's wands are of similar quality, the compatibility of a wand with its owner becomes even more important.
This is also why I told you to make your own wand.
The wand you make doesn't need too many guiding runes; more importantly, it needs runes that increase magic power efficiency, which is..."
As he spoke, Howl opened the door to the underground study, and an old, bulky book automatically flew from the bookshelf into his hand.
"These—"
As he spoke, he opened the book and pointed to the lines of runes on it.
"They are all formulas; you just need to apply them. It's ridiculously simple."
As he spoke, he placed the book in Harry's hand: "Where's the golden apple branch?"
Harry took the book, then quickly pulled the golden apple branch from his fanny pack.
This branch had two bends, but once straightened, it would be taller than him, and its thickness was only slightly less than a wrist.
Because the bark had been removed, the xylem glowed with a brilliant golden light.
"You've already memorized the rough processing of the materials, right?" Howl asked. He had given Harry this knowledge two days ago.
"Hmm." Harry nodded, "But I haven't accurately grasped the characteristics of this material, so I don't know what processing method to use.
Also, some of the processed materials in the book, I found after researching that they... don't exist.
So I have to find the characteristics of these materials separately and then find suitable substitutes at the apothecary in Diagon Alley."
It's right that he couldn't find them; some materials simply don't exist in this world!
Clearly, this was the step that stumped Harry.
Each step wasn't particularly difficult, but combined, the workload and complexity were far from ordinary difficulty.
Howl pondered for a moment; he rarely gave direct answers. However, after listening to Harry's explanation, he did indeed find some difficulties.
Since that's the case...
Thinking, he took the golden apple branch, which glowed with golden light, and said, "Next, I can give you some suggestions and directions.
Then you can arrange the subsequent work according to your own goals. This can reduce many unnecessary procedures."
"Okay." Harry nodded quickly.
Then, Howl came to the workbench and took out a piece of paper.
"First, the magical properties and tendencies of golden apple wood, I think, need no further explanation. On this point, it can perfectly match all four elements.
So, the primary question we need to explore next is, what kind of fifth element it is suitable for."
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