Chapter 43: Strange Lighter
"Clang!"
The bell at the door rang.
Theo and Tom walked in. What hit them was a strange stench...
The goods in this store were very messy.
It was more like a warehouse for old things than a store.
Second-hand robes were piled on a counter on the left-hand side of the entrance, like a pile of garbage.
Several plainly dressed adult wizards were picking and choosing on it, hoping to find the right size for their children.
On the right-hand side, there was a pile of messy books.
Most of these books were second-hand textbooks, which were broken and old.
There were only a few other books, but they also looked ordinary.
It was conceivable that good-quality second-hand books had been picked out...
Tom frowned and looked at the garbage. He couldn't help but feel a little fortunate.
Although following Theo to do that deal was extremely risky, it also allowed him to escape the fate of buying a lot of garbage in this place...
Theo was right. If he entered Hogwarts with the garbage bought from here, he would definitely be looked down upon.
People relied on clothes, and horses relied on saddles.
Before others knew your ability, they would of course judge people by their appearance!
Unlike the enthusiastic reception from the staff of other stores, the clerk of this store was dozing off on the counter.
Only when someone came to pay the bill would he listlessly raise his head to check the goods and collect the money.
The goods in the store were cheap, and the clerk's salary would certainly not be high.
It was very normal that he was not very motivated.
However, although the clerk was not enthusiastic, there were still many wizards in the store picking out goods.
Theo quickly found what he wanted to buy in the glass window on the street side of the store.
Bundles of old wands and a large bundle of quills with all the feathers falling off were thrown into the same box, like a pile of firewood tied together at will...
Tom's heart was half cold when he looked at the second-hand wands that were so broken that the wand cores were exposed.
Would it really not blow himself up to release magic with these wands?
Theo was not surprised. What good quality could the wands thrown into the corner like garbage have?
However, these old wands were just right for Theo.
After all, many of these wands were likely picked up from dead wizards, and they were more or less stained with a few "soul rings"...
That was to say, after being tempered by their former masters, these wands had a relatively high compatibility with dark magic.
It was just right for Theo to use to practice some magic that could not be discovered...
After a long time, Theo happily pulled out a wand that had only lost some paint from the pile of wands.
"Yo! 99% new! Rare item!"
Compared with other wands with even the wand core falling out, this wand was already in very good condition.
"This one is for you." Theo said, handing the wand to Tom, and then plunged into the pile of wands again.
Tom took the wand and waved it casually. Overall, it was quite handy.
Moreover, this wand always gave him a strange feeling, like... it was very excited to meet him?
"It's him."
This time, Mr. Ollivander was not there to explain to them patiently.
Therefore, Tom didn't know what material the wand was made of.
However, since it was still handy, it was still okay to use it as a spare wand.
When Theo came out of the pile of wands again, he had five more second-hand wands in his hand.
Although they were not as good as the one in Tom's hand just now, they didn't affect the use. At least, the wand core was still wrapped in the wand body.
"Why did you buy so many?" Tom asked puzzled.
"It's better to be prepared."
Theo held the five wands in his hand and then looked at the other goods in the store.
Tom was not in a hurry to leave at this time. Instead, he walked to the pile of old books...
Toby said just now that although there was a lot of garbage here, sometimes someone could still find some good things.
Tom felt that there might be some precious magic manuscripts hidden in this pile of garbage...
Theo also had the same idea and walked to the pile of books with Tom tacitly.
Tom squatted on the ground, frowned, and used the old wand to throw several dirty second-hand textbooks aside, and then searched carefully.
Theo bypassed the pile of books and planned to start flipping from the other side.
Just as Theo bypassed and was about to see if there were any unique old books, he suddenly felt his eyes flickered by something.
Theo turned his head to look at the shelf next to him in doubt.
This shelf was filled with many strange alchemy props without any rules, but there was no doubt that most of them had been damaged.
Theo walked to this shelf. At this time, he had seen the faint blue light flickering on the shelf.
Like Tom, he took out an old wand and tried to push away the pile of sundries on the shelf.
For these alchemy props with unknown origins and unknown uses, even if they were incomplete, it was better to be careful.
At this time, the source of the faint blue light was finally exposed in front of Theo.
It was a golden strip about two fingers thick, with strange patterns carved on it that Theo couldn't understand. It looked like a beautifully carved lighter.
And those faint blue lights were flickering on those strange patterns at this time.
Theo gently poked the "lighter" with his wand.
The "lighter" didn't respond, and the blue light was still flickering.
Theo flicked his wand gently, and a small gecko on the wall flew over and landed on the "lighter"!
After a while, after finding that the gecko was not abnormal, Theo released the gecko's restraint.
The gecko fled in panic, and nothing unusual happened during the whole process.
Only at this time did Theo feel relieved to reach out and pick up the "lighter".
In fact, although this store collected old things and sold old things, it was also a legal store and would never buy dark magic items.
Ordinary people would not bring dark magic items to sell here. They would usually go to Knockturn Alley to sell them.
What Theo did just now was just to be on the safe side.
Theo carefully looked at the lighter in his hand and then carefully pressed his finger on the blue light.
"Click!"
A thin crack appeared on the upper end of the lighter.
Theo gently pried it with his thumb, and a lid was opened along the crack. A small wisp of dark blue flame appeared on the top...
Theo didn't expect that this thing was actually just an ordinary lighter?
No... how could an ordinary lighter emit light for no reason?
"Click!"
Theo closed the lid of the lighter and extinguished the small flame on the top.
"Tom, come and take a look at this."
"What's wrong?" Tom walked over and looked at the lighter that Theo handed over. "Isn't this just an ordinary lighter?"
"Ordinary? Didn't you find it glowing?" Theo asked in confusion.
"Light? Where is the light?" Tom took the lighter and looked at it, then said with disgust, "It can't even be opened."
"You can't see the light on it? And you can't open it?" Theo touched his chin and looked at the lighter that was still emitting a faint blue light in Tom's hand.
"Well, in my opinion, this is just a gold-plated lighter, and..." Tom pried the lighter again. "It really can't be opened."
Theo took the lighter and gently dialed it with his thumb.
"Click!"
The lighter was opened.
Tom widened his eyes, "This... I'll try again!"
However, no matter how Tom tried, he couldn't open the lighter like Theo.
"That is to say, this blue light can only be seen by myself..."
Theo looked at the lighter emitting a faint blue light in his hand thoughtfully.
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