The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 177 The Shadow in the Dark

After hearing Hermione's question, Ryan realized that there were no hairy crabs in the UK, so he decided to give Hermione a good lesson.

"This is a freshwater crab from the Eastern Celestial Empire. In their homeland, they are a very precious food. In the past, when the wealthy in the Celestial Empire ate them, they would make special tableware with gold and silver."

"Oh, so it's just an ordinary crab for eating, right?" Hermione said bluntly.

Ryan felt a sense of distress coming from his body, and quickly continued: "But ordinary freshwater crabs are only the size of a human palm, and now this big one has evolved into a mythical beast called a river crab. Legend has it that this mythical beast can both destroy the world and create the world."

It seemed that Ryan's words had calmed Hermione, and she quickly ran to the side to continue practicing her Patronus Charm. Ryan was a little bored at this time, so he sat on the ground and began to think about what the enemy that the shopkeeper in Mahogany Town had mentioned was going to do. Unfortunately, he had too little information at the moment and could not infer anything.

Just as Ryan and Hermione were practicing the Patronus Charm, in a forest more than a hundred kilometers away from them, a black figure was moving quickly through the forest.

After arriving under a huge banyan tree, the black shadow knocked on a scar on the banyan tree in a specific rhythm. Soon a dark portal appeared on another small banyan tree nearby. He immediately walked in, and the portal closed, returning to its original shape as a tree trunk.

After walking along a dark and bumpy tunnel for two minutes, the shadow came to an underground building. A wizard in a brown robe saw him and asked, "Pedro, have you found anything wrong during your patrol?"

It turned out that the shadow was a wizard named Pedro, but now he was wearing a black robe and a mask made of tree bark covering most of his face, with only his eyes and mouth exposed. He glanced at the brown-robed wizard sitting behind the counter, and then replied, "Old Jose, just study your potion quietly. It's not your turn to worry about what's going on outside. If you really want to know, you can ask the boss directly."

After hearing this, Jose said dissatisfiedly: "Pedro, you need to respect your seniors. Otherwise, I don't know when you will get the potions you want."

Apparently, this threat was effective. Pedro quickly changed the subject and said, "Of course, this is not a secret. If you, an elder, want to know, I can tell you. This time when I went out, I didn't find anything wrong around me, except that a team of Aurors occasionally patrols the spot I was asked to pay attention to."

"Aurors? It seems those guys have a pretty good nose. But this is all part of the plan. Everything is going just as the boss planned."

"What's the boss's plan? How come I don't know? Can you tell me about it?" Pedro asked cautiously. After all, he felt that the situation had become increasingly tense recently. The superiors asked him to go out on patrol every day but didn't tell him why. This gave him a strong sense of crisis, so he wanted to find out what was going on.

"After all, it's not my turn to manage what's going on outside." Jose glanced at Pedro. "Besides, the things inside are not what you newcomers should know. I can only say that after this hurdle is over, maybe we can live openly in the sun." "Okay, live openly." Pedro muttered as he walked towards his residence. He is indeed a dark wizard now, but he never admits this title: he feels that he has done nothing wrong. He just used some magic to survive. Why do you say he is a dark wizard? Naturally, in this organization, most of the low-level clerks are people like him.

A year ago, Pedro was a student who had just graduated from Castro Brussels. However, as a Muggle, he was mediocre in academics and soon encountered the embarrassment of being unemployed right after graduation. But the problem was that he could not return to the Muggle world.

On the one hand, he only had a primary school diploma in the Muggle world, and his family with seven children could no longer accept him. On the other hand, after seeing the magic of the magic world, he could no longer integrate into the Muggle world. Just like Peter, even if he lived like a mouse for more than ten years, he was unwilling to stay away from the wizarding world and live with those Muggles who were regarded as inferior animals.

In this situation, Pedro could only watch with envy and jealousy as those wizards from pure-blood families who were not as good as him in school were doing well in the magical world, and he could only use all his skills to survive here.

Finally, half a year later, he used some black magic that he had learned during this period of time to open the door of a villa in the Muggle world, and then completely released the resentment that had accumulated over the period of time on the family of three in the villa.

When he came to his senses, he found himself standing among three corpses, holding a handful of gold and silver jewelry in his hands. At this time, he had only one thought in his mind: I was wronged, so I can't be punished by those damn wizard laws.

After this realization, Pedro ran away from the villa frantically. Fortunately, this was the Muggle world, and the wizards were not paying enough attention. The first to arrive were the accident reversal team. So he was able to defeat the other party and run away. If this was in the wizarding world, the Aurors would definitely arrive first, and then he would not be able to escape even if he wanted to.

But since then he has also been on the wanted list. Fortunately, due to the wizards' disregard for Muggles, the bounty on him is not much, and few bounty hunters will specifically take action for him. But this also means that he is no longer a normal wizard. Work, socializing, and even a foothold in the wizarding world are no longer open to him. Not to mention that there are always Aurors following him from time to time to hunt him down.

But in the end, he was saved by the leader of the organization. Since then, he has lived here secretly. Although he cannot move freely. But after completing his daily tasks, he can read the latest "Star Times" and study the magic books here. He can even go to Mahogany Town for a stroll with the group after drinking the Polyjuice Potion.

But at this time, Pedro looked at the little wizards who came to Mahogany Town for shopping with hatred. So after learning that the target of the operation was related to his alma mater, he volunteered to take on the patrol mission.

But the leader could actually tolerate the interference of those foreign Europeans. I really don't understand where those Europeans came from. Now the only thing is to hope that this action can really let everyone live in the sun again as they said. Thinking of this, Pedro changed his clothes and lay on the bed, and soon fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)