The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 173 Conspiracy and Chance Encounter (Subscription Request, Vote Request)

After the conversation, the shop owner and Ryan returned to the store. Ryan didn't dare to stay here any longer, so he and Hermione quickly paid the bill and left the store. When they walked out of the store, two more people came from the backyard, one was Principal Fernando, and the other was a middle-aged wizard with an unremarkable appearance. If Ryan was still here, he would recognize that this middle-aged wizard was the one who directed them to this store when they asked for directions just now.

"Frank, is that little guy reliable?" the middle-aged wizard asked the shop owner.

"He is better than we thought. I just heard that there was one British student who could enter the Emerald Dream, so I thought that with his strength he might be able to give it a try. But in the conflict caused by misunderstanding just now, I found that his strength is far beyond my imagination." said the shop owner Frank.

"But I feel a little unsafe. The information I got said that the boy was from a pure Muggle family. But whether it was the several powerful spells released without a wand or the magic weapon in his hand, they all revealed a strong sense of weirdness. Those things are not what a Muggle wizard should have. What if he is a spy of the Chimera Society?" The middle-aged wizard said with some doubt.

"Oh, Hans, you have been the Auror captain for too long, and sometimes you are too suspicious. You should know that people who can enter the Emerald Dream will never mix with those guys from the Chimera Society who use evil methods to transform natural life. At least based on my experience in judging people over the years, that little guy will not be a bad person." Principal Fernando refuted the middle-aged man's point of view.

"I thought so too, Hans." At this time, Frank, the shop owner, also interrupted and said, "When he thought I was going to kill him just now, he didn't run away but followed me. On the one hand, it shows that he has a certain degree of confidence in his ability (Ryan: No, it's just that the grocery store recently launched an escape system, so he is sure to escape.), and on the other hand, it is because he has companions here, and he wants to protect his companions. So from this perspective, he is a good person. There is no need for us to doubt him like this."

"Well, you may be right. I am too suspicious." said the middle-aged man who should be an Auror. "I really hope that we can catch all the guys from Chimaera Society this time. After all, the thing that the defected saint brought with him has been in their hands for too long. Even if Grindelwald set enough seals on it, I am worried that they will find a way to break the seal after such a long time. If that's the case, the little guy just now is quite strong, which is a good thing. I hope he can hold him back for a while, so that we can catch the tail of Chimaera Society."

"Yes, I think so too." Principal Fernando said. "That thing is still too dangerous. It can't be in the hands of a group of lunatics and terrorists. If most of our Chimera Society didn't know each other, I wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure to find a British kid who I'm not familiar with to be an insider. To be honest, this goes against my philosophy as a principal. After all, we still involved a person who was originally unrelated."

"Yeah, I hope everything goes well this time. But you don't have to feel guilty for taking advantage of that little guy. I will definitely reward him enough in the end. Besides, we are doing a good thing, not an evil thing. A white lie is acceptable at this time." Shop owner Frank concluded.

Of course, Ryan was completely unaware of the conversations between the people in the store, otherwise he would never have accepted this task based on his habit of following his heart. After all, this task might even involve the important legacy of the Saints and Grindelwald. It didn't seem like something that could be accomplished easily.

Ryan, who didn't know that trouble was about to come, now returned to the street with Hermione. After purchasing a whole bag of potion ingredients and mailing it to the Weasley twins via the owl post, Ryan and the other two found a local restaurant to have lunch.

That's right, there were three of them. Ryan and his friends met Zhang Qiu, who was writing a letter to Cedric, in the Owl Post Office. After all, Halloween was coming and everyone was preparing for the holiday. After chatting in the lobby for a while, they decided to go to lunch together.

Because it is a local restaurant, everyone naturally eats aboriginal food. Ryan ordered a grilled golden arowana for his lunch.

"Why do you want to eat this freshwater fish with thorns all over it?" Hermione asked curiously while eating her roast rice. "You should know that this kind of fish is used as an ornamental fish in the East, and a good-looking one may cost tens of thousands of pounds. I chose this fish just to feel the feeling of enjoying a luxury." Ryan said while cutting a piece of fish with a knife and fork.

During this lunch, they also gradually became familiar with Zhang Qiu. As a top student in Ravenclaw, it was obvious that she and Hermione had a lot in common, and Ryan also learned a lot of things that he was not clear about before.

For example, Zhang Qiu is the best-looking girl Ryan knows, not the ordinary one in the movie version, which is more in line with Auntie Rowling's original description. Another point is that Zhang Qiu herself is a half-blood wizard. Her mother works in the Ministry of Magic, and her father is a Muggle who runs a restaurant in London's Chinatown. After she showed magical abilities as a child, she began to slowly come into contact with the magical world.

For example, at the dinner table he told Ryan and Hermione that she had supported the Tutshill Tornadoes since she was six years old, and that’s why she decided to become a player.

Ryan was a little surprised that Zhang Qiu was a half-blood wizard. After all, she had been exposed to the magic world since she was a child, so Ryan had always thought she was pure-blood. But think about it, after all, there are only so many people in the British magic world, and the possibility of a man and a woman of Chinese descent of the right age is too small. So as a witch, it is normal for Zhang Qiu's mother to find a Muggle of the same ethnicity.

But Ryan was a little frustrated that, probably because his parents were among the first immigrants, Zhang Qiu could only speak Cantonese, not Mandarin, so Ryan could only communicate with Zhang Qiu in English.

Hermione was a little surprised that they couldn't communicate even though they had the same mother tongue, but when she thought about the fact that the population of China exceeded the entire population of Europe, this situation was not incomprehensible.

The most surprising thing is that Zhang Qiu actually knew Ryan's grandfather. This is not surprising, after all, Ryan's grandfather first ran a restaurant in London's Chinatown. Chinatown is so small that it is not surprising that restaurants on the same street know each other.

However, Ryan found an interesting thing in Zhang Qiu's narration. That is, when Zhang Qiu was five or six years old, Ryan's grandfather visited her home and saw her use magic to levitate a cup at the dinner table. However, Ryan's grandfather was still calm and drank tea with Zhang Qiu's grandfather. So until today, Zhang Qiu couldn't be sure whether Ryan's grandfather saw the cup suspended in the air at that time.

It seems that this grandfather who returned to the Celestial Empire to retire may have some stories, Ryan thought.

After lunch, Zhang Qiu said goodbye to them and prepared to go somewhere else, while Ryan and Hermione planned to go to the bookstores that were crowded with people at noon when it was hot and no one was out.

The group is a bit quiet, everyone can come and discuss.

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(End of this chapter)