The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 159 Thinking

Hermione took a sip of water and put the cup in her hand, pretending to listen carefully. Ryan cleared his throat and said, "It is true that pure-blood wizards will study the dark arts in depth, but they don't need to use the dark arts much in their daily lives. After all, except for a few families, most pure-blood families have accumulated wealth and built a network of relationships that is enough for them to live, so they don't need to fight on their own."

Hermione nodded in agreement. Ryan continued, "Muggled wizards are different. They basically have no social connections in the wizarding world. After graduation, they have no other options except to join the Ministry of Magic or work as clerks in stores. However, the closed and small scale of the wizarding world means that the number of jobs available each year is far from enough. This means that many muggled wizards will face unemployment after graduation."

"In the Muggle world, they only have a primary school diploma at most, which means that it is basically impossible for them to continue their studies in the Muggle world, and they can't find any good jobs. Once they can't control themselves and abuse magic, they will soon be arrested by the Ministry of Magic. In other words, once Muggles choose to enter the magical world, they will basically sever their ties with the Muggle world and can't go back."

"It's just as bad in the wizarding world. Apart from school, they have basically no other way to acquire knowledge. But in the magical world, knowledge equals power, and power equals status. Without sufficient knowledge reserves, they will always be at the bottom."

"Occasionally, a few lucky ones may become part of a pure-blood family. There are more women here. They will become full-time housewives, or use the power of their husband's family to enter the pure-blood wizard circle. For example, there are several shops in Diagon Alley whose owners are called Mrs. So-and-So, and there are Muggle wizards among them. But the male owners of those shops are all pure-bloods."

Hearing this, Hermione opened her mouth to say something, but then she shrank back dejectedly as if she had thought of something.

"It's hard to find a job in the wizarding world, and they can't go back to the Muggle world. Under such circumstances, they can only take the risk of learning some dark magic that is dangerous to both the user and the target to improve their strength. However, the dark magic circulating outside usually has great side effects, and these people don't have the valuable experience that pure-blood wizards have, so it's easy for them to fall completely into darkness. Many dark wizards in Knockturn Alley came from this way."

After Ryan finished speaking, the dormitory fell into silence. Then Hermione asked in a strange tone: "Is this all true? How come I don't know anything about it?"

"Of course you don't know. As students, our activities are limited to Diagon Alley, Platform Nine and Three Quarters, Hogwarts School, and this year we added Hogsmeade Village. Under such circumstances, how could we possibly see those dark places in the wizarding world?"

Hermione glared at Ryan.

"This is unbelievable. I have never paid attention to these things. Do you think these are true?"

"It's true. The origins of all the personnel in the Ministry of Magic and Diagon Alley, and how many dark wizards are caught every year are not secret. Percy and I have talked a lot about this recently, and there is no need for him to lie to me about this. And I think this situation is also very logical."

"Logical? I don't think this kind of discrimination against Muggles and Muggles is logical. Why would those pure-blood wizards do this?" Hermione asked in confusion.

"Just like the Greek and Latin in the British civil service examination, there are no Greek and Latin teachers in the British public education institutions. Only those private aristocratic schools can provide Greek and Latin teaching starting from junior high school. Maintaining the proportion of Greek and Latin scores in the British higher civil service examination can maintain the monopoly of upper class positions under the guise of pretending to be fair and just. This is true in the Muggle world, and the same is true for wizards." Ryan used the current situation in the Muggle world as an example to explain to Hermione why pure-blood families did this.

"Unfair, is this what is hidden under the beautiful and magical appearance of the wizarding world?" Hermione put the cup of water on the table, leaned back in her chair, closed her eyes and thought about something. The sun slowly set in the west, reflecting a golden red light on the red wallpaper and carpet in the house. The afternoon class must have started, but Hermione still sat in the chair motionless. In this case, Ryan could only give up the afternoon class and stay here with her.

Finally, Hermione came to her senses and said, "I'm sorry to have delayed your class. Let's get the books and rush over now. Maybe we can still make it to the second class."

Ryan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Hermione return to normal. He had been worried that his excessive talk would have a negative impact on Hermione. Even if she would become the Minister of Magic and lead the reform of the wizarding world in the future, she was only thirteen or fourteen years old now, and these things were still a bit too much for her age.

Actually, I said so much today because Ryan was also confused. At first, he found that he seemed to be reborn, so he decided to make money and live a good life. After that, he got the golden finger, and he hoped to find his way home through the golden finger. Later, after going to school at Hogwarts and getting familiar with everyone, he felt that he should kill Voldemort, the anti-human guy.

Now, Ryan feels that all his previous plans can be completed. At this time, he is confused about his future goals: going home is not something that can be done in a short time. Ryan feels that he may have to live here for a long time before finding the way home. In this case, this world is very important to him.

Killing Voldemort only destroyed the old world, so what should the new world look like? Who are the friends in the process of creating the new world? Who are the enemies? Should I participate in this process? If I participate, what should I do? These are questions that Ryan thought about repeatedly but did not get answers.

Ryan and Hermione talked so much today, hoping to get some inspiration. But now it seems that Hermione may not be as mature as imagined. But it doesn't matter, there is still enough time to think. Not to mention that the World Grocery Store also brought Ryan enough worlds as references for the new world.

In the next few days, everything seemed to be back to normal. However, Hermione seemed to be busier. Once when she was studying in the library, Ryan saw her reading a book about the history of magic.

During the Patronus Charm study on Friday afternoon, the combat class professor found a Dementor for a practical test. Ryan had practiced Middle-earth Taoism, which was just right for restraining this evil creature, so he was only slightly affected when facing the Dementor. This allowed him to easily release a thick silver smoke to block the Dementor's attack.

At the end of the afternoon session, all three were able to face the Dementors and release silver smoke to block their advances, while in the absence of the Dementors, they all had a vague image of an animal in their smoke.

The professor therefore announced that their course was over, because he had taught everything he could, and the remaining physical guardian angels needed constant practice and self-understanding.

Ryan thanked the professor and left the classroom. He decided to practice more in private because he was really curious about what his Patronus would look like.

(End of this chapter)