The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 116 Daily Life and Course Selection
Ryan spent the rest of the holiday very happily and fulfillingly. He successfully joined the Weasley brothers' research team and used his knowledge of medicine and herbology to greatly promote the research of some projects.

For example, they have developed a prototype of vomiting candy, which can cause vomiting without harming the body. The only drawback is that the vomiting can only be stopped after the effect of the drug wears off, and no corresponding antidote has been developed yet.

In addition, Ryan also thought about whether to go to the Room of Requirement to destroy the Ravenclaw Diadem. After all, he already had the Basilisk Fang in his hand that could cause damage to the crown.

But in the end, I decided to give up after thinking about it, because in the original story, the crown stayed there for decades and was finally burned by a fierce fire, without hurting anyone in the process. So the sense of urgency to get rid of it was not that strong.

Not to mention that unlike the diary, which was a Horcrux that Voldemort made when he was a teenager using an ordinary book he bought on a Muggle street, the Horcrux in the Room of Requirement was made using Ravenclaw's Diadem when Voldemort was at the peak of his powers. This treasure was at the same level as the Sword of Gryffindor, and Ryan had no way of guaranteeing his safety when destroying the Horcrux.

However, in order to confirm safety, Ryan pretended to be searching for treasure and explored the hiding place in the Room of Requirement. Finally, he confirmed that the crown of Ravenclaw was quietly lying on the head of the ugly statue.

Fortunately, this Horcrux was not activated due to Ryan’s activeness, and there was no such bloody incident as in many fan fictions where the second Horcrux attacked students in school. Otherwise, this semester would definitely be busy.

Of course, it would be a bit of a loss to come back empty-handed after coming here. After spending a whole morning picking and choosing, Ryan found a very good spells class notebook. The scribbled words on the last few pages of the notebook explained why the notebook was discarded: because the boyfriend of the owner of the notebook broke up with her, and this notebook was a gift from her boyfriend.

Emotional problems are always one of the most difficult problems in the world. Ryan shrugged and walked out of the Room of Requirement with the notebook.

After confirming that it was safe, life became easier all of a sudden. But happy times are always short-lived, and soon the new semester began.

Everything went back to normal at school, the only problem was that Lockhart was still trying to kill himself. Perhaps he felt that simple performances were not enough, so he asked everyone to add magic to their performances in one class.

It happened that Hermione was called up to perform a female ghost that day, and perhaps because it was the wrong day, Hermione looked unhappy. When Lockhart just shouted "start", she quickly hit him with a heavy obstacle, and Lockhart was knocked away on the spot, his head hit the door frame and he fainted.

"Well done." Ryan quietly gave Hermione a thumbs up. Hermione smiled embarrassedly when she saw it.

Then someone ran out and called Professor McGonagall, who was preparing for class, to send Lockhart to the hospital with a levitation spell. The students in the classroom were talking about it. After all, this was not the first time Lockhart had failed, and some people began to question Lockhart's level.

After this chaotic Defense Against the Dark Arts class, many students completely lost confidence in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. At the homework tutoring party that evening, Ginny suddenly stood up and asked:

"Hermione, Ryan, can you tell us how to learn the Defense Against the Dark Arts class well? Anyway, we think that daily drama practice will not work." Colin and several first-year students nodded together.

"I think the Defense Against the Dark Arts class is still a practical course. In addition to understanding the principles and memorizing the textbooks, you also have to practice it." Hermione said.

"So who can we go to if we have questions?" Colin asked. "I think we can discuss it with each other first, and then ask some seniors. If that doesn't work, we can go to other professors. As long as it's not Lockhart." Ryan replied.

Ryan then saw Colin and Ginny moving towards Harry Potter, looking very happy to have this excuse to get closer to their idol.

This should be considered a good thing, Ryan comforted himself as he looked at Harry's headache expression.

Easter time came, and a very important event happened for the second graders, which was to choose elective courses for the third grade.

It was a weekend, and after the weekly combat training, Ryan returned to the common room after lunch and found that Harry and Ron ran to the court to play Quidditch.

Looking at the empty room, Ryan asked Hermione to go to the lake to bask in the sun. He felt that if people stayed in the castle all day, they would get moldy. In particular, apart from the flying class for the first grade, the only outdoor class for the second graders was the Herbology class. But basking in the sun in a glass greenhouse was not an outdoor activity at all.

"I think it affects our future, so we must be cautious." Even after leaving the castle, Hermione still couldn't put down the things in her hands. She took the third-grade schedule and said to Ryan: "What do you think about me choosing all of them? After all, the schedule doesn't say that I can't choose all of them. I think wizards must have a way to solve the problem of taking several courses at the same time."

"I don't think it's a good idea," Ryan said. "After all, human energy is limited. For a truly wise person, learning to give up is more valuable. I think those who choose all of them highlight that they can't grasp the key points of a matter. In this case, it is important to distinguish the key points from the non-key points and treat them separately."

Ryan's comment seemed to confuse Hermione. She immediately took out her class schedule and said to Ryan, "But I think every class in it is very important."

"Okay, since you think that course selection will affect your future, can you tell me what you plan to do in the future?" Ryan thought for a moment and started asking basic questions.

"The future?" Hermione seemed a little confused when Ryan said that, because for a 12-year-old girl, the future was still a little far away.

Seeing Hermione's confusion, Ryan even wanted to take a picture of this scene. After all, in his impression, Hermione has always been a smart and capable person, and it is not common for her to show such a confused expression.

A few minutes later, when Ryan began to count the suckers on the claws of the giant squid in the Black Lake out of boredom, Hermione came back to her senses and said, "The short-term goal is to protect the people who are important to me. The long-term goal is to reverse the deep-rooted discrimination against non-magical people and matters related to them that is now prevalent in the wizarding world."

After finishing speaking, Hermione looked at Ryan, hoping to see his evaluation. Ryan thought for a moment and said, "It's difficult to achieve your goals, but not impossible. What you need now is to choose the courses that are useful to you from so many courses."

"So what do you think are useful courses?" Hermione asked.

(End of this chapter)