The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 104 Tracking the House-Elves

Seeing Hermione relieved by his casual praise, Ryan asked curiously, "Can you tell me why you look so tired? In my impression, you should always be full of confidence."

"Because I thought of something today." Hermione said, "When you were not here just now, Percy and I complained about his twin brothers, saying that they turned the bear into a spider when Ron was three years old, which left Ron with a psychological trauma. And when Ron was five years old, he was almost tricked by the twins into making an unbreakable vow."

"What does this prove? The Weasley twins like to play pranks so much now. Is it because they have been naughty since they were young?"

"That's not it." Hermione rolled her eyes and said, "Don't you see from this how much of an advantage wizards born in a magical family have in learning magic?"

After that, Hermione counted on her fingers and began to narrate one by one: "You see, the twins are only two years older than Ron. These things show that the twins were able to complete the level of transformation magic that turned a teddy bear into a spider when they were five years old. You know, many students are unable to master this magic perfectly after going to school."

"Not to mention the Unbreakable Vow. I had to look up a lot of books to learn about this, but the Weasley twins knew all this when they were seven."

After seeing Ryan start to listen to her seriously, Hermione paused and continued, "In addition to these, we can see how strong those wizards from magical families are from some small things. For example, Ron's slug-vomiting spell, in the end Madam Pomfrey gave a solution to use magic to stimulate Malfoy to vomit quickly, but it could not be eliminated directly. Ginny also has a bat spirit spell that even Professor McGonagall praised. Harry's ability to learn combat magic is terrifying. Sometimes he can successfully release magic just by reading the description in the book and trying it twice."

At this point, Hermione raised her head, looked into Ryan's eyes and said, "If the pressure from those purebloods is innate, then the stimulation they give me is not that great. The pressure you give me is what stimulates me the most."

"Me?" Ryan said in surprise. "What kind of pressure can I put on you? In last year's final exam, I didn't even get as high a score as you."

"Yes, but what else can I do besides taking exams? After all, in the wizarding world, only magical prowess determines everything, not exams. At least you have mastered unique magic, and I have gained a lot this time because of you. Otherwise, those ghosts would not be willing to talk to me. And what else can I do besides studying hard? How can I protect my parents if this goes on?" Hermione said as her eyes began to turn slightly red.

Was it because of the stress of adolescence that the little girl lost control of her emotions? I really don't know how Hermione, who only had two careless friends, Harry and Ron, and poor interpersonal relationships, survived this period in the original story?
But thinking about the original text, at that time, the basilisk was wandering around the school, and the school was filled with a tense atmosphere. Plus, she was still chasing stars at that time. Under such circumstances, Hermione might not have time to think about this.

Ryan looked at Hermione who was a little emotionally broken and comforted her: "You don't need to be so nervous. In the wizarding world, test scores also represent your ability level. After all, there are a lot of practical operations. Not to mention that you can quickly read a lot of things and piece together spells from them. I envy this ability."

"Now you feel that you are inferior to others in many aspects, purely because the knowledge is kept secret among wizards more than in the ordinary world, so it is difficult to find knowledge that can improve magical abilities. I was just lucky to find a book that others can't understand. (In order to keep it secret, Ryan told Hermione that Tianchao's magic was learned from the Chinese book he found in the second-hand bookstore.)"

After listening to Ryan's persuasion, Hermione seemed to be in a much better mood. Ryan took the opportunity to invite her, "Last time Nick told me that there is a place in Hogwarts that has been used by students to hide things for hundreds of years. You can go there with me next time to search for treasures. Maybe there is a book you need hidden there."

After all, Ryan felt that he was not as good as Hermione in terms of his knowledge of magic. Because recently, in addition to learning knowledge related to textbooks, he had put all his energy into studying life magic and Maoshan Taoist scriptures. He simply did not have the time to read half of the library like Hermione. So Ryan invited Hermione, on the one hand, to help each other as a friend. On the other hand, he wanted her to help check and avoid missing out on valuable treasures among the piles of things.

Hermione's mood completely improved after hearing Ryan's invitation, because she knew how difficult it was to share knowledge in the wizarding world.

So she gave Ryan a quick hug and whispered a thank you. Ryan was stunned by this sudden attack. Even though he had lived in the UK for ten years, he was still not used to some of the British etiquette.

After helping a few first-year students answer their questions, Ryan went to bed early. Tomorrow is the first Quidditch game of this grade, and also the first game of this year for the college team. So he must be in good condition tomorrow.

The next morning after breakfast, Ryan followed everyone to the Quidditch field. It was hot and humid today, and there was even a faint sound of thunder in the distance.

The Gryffindor students looked a little nervous, after all, Slytherin had all changed to Nimbus 2001 this year, which gave them an absolute advantage in equipment.

The game started, and the Gryffindor team's intensive training was very effective. Despite being out-equipped, they were evenly matched with Slytherin.

At this time, Ryan noticed that a Bludger was chasing Harry and trying to knock it down. This should be Dobby's rescue plan.

Seeing this, Ryan patted Hermione and asked her to observe Harry. After watching for a while, Hermione also said in surprise: "What's the matter with that Bludger? Why is it only targeting Harry?"

It started to rain, and Harry's condition worsened. The Weasley brothers could only follow him like bodyguards, fending off the Bludgers that flew towards him.

"This Bludger looks like it's going to hurt someone. The situation feels very similar to last year. So what should we do?" Hermione said to Ryan after observing the Bludger for a while.

"I have a way." Ryan took out a talisman from his arms and injected spiritual power into it. The talisman quickly turned into a thousand paper cranes, which circled over Ryan and the others' heads twice before flying straight to a place.

"Follow it!" Ryan and Hermione jumped up and began to track the paper crane. The house-elf tracking operation began now.

(End of this chapter)