Praising Allen touched Penello's itch. She, who did not pay much attention to the principal earlier, curled the corner of her mouth into a satisfied smile. She then pointed to a lone tree in the courtyard with a canopy like a giant umbrella and said, "This Snakewood branch is a good material to make a wand."
The Snakewood branch was like a work of art. It was tall and straight, and the dark brown leaves were arranged in a spiral pattern at the top of the straight stem. It looked very lush.
"In fact, its branch has indeed provided the wand material for generations of Elfhame's students."
Seeing Penello talking, Vontana briefly explained the origin of the wand of the founder, Aesop Searle. Aesop's father, William Searle, was a direct descendant of the famous Irish witch, Morrigan. Her mother was from the Gunter family, a descendant of Slytherin. The family of three used to live a happy life, and they would help Muggle when they had nothing to do.
However, Aesop's mother was an estranged sister. Gormley Gunter's personality and preferences were more in line with the Gunter family's style. She thought that the actions of her sister's family would destroy the purity of the bloodline, so she set fire to her sister and brother-in-law, and pretended to be a savior to save Aesop.
After that, Gormley Gunter had been following her own ideas. She wanted to correct the wrong way of education of her sister and brother-in-law, so that the direct descendants of Morrigan and Salazar Slytherin could only interact with people of pure bloodline. Even after her niece received the acceptance letter from the Hogwarts, the witch, who graduated from Slytherin Academy, constantly slandered the Hogwarts for treating Muggle too well. She also insisted that her niece, Aesop, learn those terrible spells at home.
However, for her niece, Aesop, the words of a crazy aunt who isolated her and tortured her made the Hogwarts seem like heaven. Finally, when the girl had enough ability and courage, she stole her aunt's wand and took her mother's Goldie's Knot brooch. She was also afraid of her aunt's final spell, so she boarded the Mayflower and went to America.
After that, like the protagonist of other stories, the witch gained the loyalty of some Pukeaches in a series of adventures. She could summon them when she was in trouble, and one of them had the same name as her father, also called William. After that, in a dream, she received a prophecy and a gift from a long-horned water snake, and she met her husband.
After that, she had a battle with a hidden monster that lived in the deep forest and ate humanoid creatures at night. It had the ability to become invisible and shapeshift. It was a hybrid between a group of chimpanzees that escaped from a derailed train cage and a local crocodile in Louisiana. After that, she adopted two wizard boys whose parents were killed by this monster. Finally, she established the Elphamoni School, and Aesop and her two appearances each established a school.
After that, the school's reputation spread to England and reached the ears of Aesop's aunt, Gormley. There was no doubt that because her niece married a Muggle and established a school that accepted anyone who had magic, regardless of whether they were pure-blooded or not, this madwoman was completely mad. She wanted to repeat the same trick and kill her niece and her husband to steal her great-nieces — the last bloodline of her family. This madwoman had no choice but to ignore the Muggle bloodline in them.
When the witch of the Gunter family came to the top of Mount Grellock, she used the snake language to order the wand that Aesop had stolen many years ago to cast a spell to make everyone in the house fall into a deep sleep.
Aesop never knew that the wand in his hand once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, one of the founders of the Hogwarts. He also did not know that the core material of the wand was the horn of a basilisk. He also did not know that the creator of the wand had left a back door that instructed the wand to enter a deep sleep state when it received a specific command. This secret had been passed down from generation to generation of wand holders in the Slytherin family for centuries.
However, since the wands of Aesop's two adopted sons were made from the horns of the Longhorn Water Snake, they seemed to have heard Gormley's snake language and knew that their master was about to be in danger. They began to make a warning sound similar to that of the Longhorn Water Snake.
Although the ambush did not succeed, the wizards were not a match for Gormley, a witch who was proficient in combat and black magic. Fortunately, at the critical moment, when Aesop, who was worried about the death of her family, called out her father's name incoherently, Pukeke, who had the same name as her father, obeyed the call and successfully shot Gormley, who was casting a powerful spell. The venom in the arrow catalyzed the old witch's immortal body, causing her to become brittle and explode on the spot.
In the end, Aesop's cowardly husband, James, used his sincerity and his intention to establish a fourth academy in the name of the Pukeke to move William, who was constantly complaining that Aesop had not called out to them for more than ten years. This made the Pukeke feel that the family of wizards was weak and in need of protection, so they stayed at the academy and served as the academy's guards.
Ever since Gormley used the snake language to give Slytherin's wand orders, the wand remained unusable. Aesop did not know the snake language, but no matter what, she did not want to touch the wand again. It was the last memory of her unhappy childhood. She and James buried the wand in the ground outside the academy.
"Within a year, an unknown snake tree grew at the place where the wand was buried. No matter how we cut it down or destroy it, we could not. A few years later, people discovered that the leaves of this tree had powerful medical effects. It is now one of the raw materials for the wands that we distribute to the students. " After telling the story of the founding of the Iffamoni family and the wand, Headmaster Vontana was delighted to see the expressions of Albert and Penello, the two wizards who were not to be trifled with, were exactly as the information provided. They were born from Ravenclaw, which was similar to the long-horned water snake, and had a strong thirst for knowledge.
"It seems that there are two sides to everything. Just like Slytherin's descendants are not all bad people, Slytherin's wand is the same. Other than doing bad things, it can also do good things." Albert thought of the snake monster in the secret room of the Hogwarts and deliberately sighed to the Iffamoni family. "The best legacy left by Slytherin seems to be here in America."
"The teachers and students of the school are waiting in the auditorium. The colors of the Iffamoni school robes are blue and berry red. This is to commemorate the founders, Aesop and James …" Looking at the circular glass dome auditorium through the open door, Vontana gestured to the wizards on the wooden terrace and introduced in a flattering tone, "Blue is Aesop's favorite color because she once dreamed of becoming a student of the Hogwarts Ravenclaw Academy when she was young. Red is from James's favorite cranberry pie … All the students have a golden Goldie knot as their school robes, commemorating the Goldie knot shaped brooch that belonged to her mother that Aesop found in the ruins of the original Iffamoni hut …"
As they walked into the hall, the gazes of the adepts on the wooden balcony were all focused on Albert and Penello's group. Under Vontana's lead, sparse applause could be heard in the room.
The applause was not enthusiastic. Vontana put down his hand awkwardly and nervously peeked at Albert and Penello's expressions. He was relieved when he found that they did not mind. However, he also noticed that their eyes had fallen on the same Goldie knot engraved in the center of the stone floor of the hall.
"That's where we branch." Noticing Penello's gaze, Vontana introduced in the silence of all the teachers and students. "Every year, the new students will stand in a circle against the wall and then they will be called to stand on top of this Goldie knot one by one. The statue with magic power will react according to the aptitude, talent, and temperament of the wizard. If the long-horned Water Snake Academy wants to recruit a student, the crystal inlaid on the forehead will shine. If the Cat Leopard Academy wants a student, it will roar, the Thunderbird will flap its wings and fly, and Pukeke will raise the bow in his hand. "
"So, there may be more than one statue that will react?" Penello said sharply and then said with a hint of sarcasm, "The Hogwarts Academy Sorting Hat often finds that students have the potential to be assigned to more than one school. However, it pays more attention to privacy and basically only communicates with the students themselves. It will also refer to the students' own suggestions … In this regard, it seems to be more democratic."
"Uh, there is indeed such a possibility … Miss Krivat, but when there is more than one school's statue expressing the desire to recruit a student, then the choice falls on the student himself …" Vontana tried to explain the democratic situation of his own school's branch, but he quickly gave up the argument. "However, it is rare for more than two schools to react. Perhaps it will only happen once in ten years. Of course, the most exaggerated case was when President Serafina Piqueri entered the school. At that time, four schools wanted to recruit her. This is an unprecedented situation in history, and she finally chose the Water Snake Academy, which is similar to Ravenclaw …" Then, the interim headmaster extended his hand and extended an invitation. "Sir Harris, Miss Krivat, since both of you are here, if you are interested, why don't you also try to branch here?"
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