The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 211 Compensation and Christmas

Late at night, the school hospital was pitch black, with only a few street lamps in the corridor outside the ward entrance emitting soft yellow light.

Suddenly a dark shadow walked into the ward quietly. As soon as he came to Ryan's bed, Ryan suddenly opened his eyes, grabbed the wand and pointed it at the dark shadow.

"Don't do anything. It's me, Principal Ferdinand." After saying that, the dark shadow lit his wand and shone it on his face.

"It's you? But why did you come to my bed so quietly at three in the morning? I thought someone was going to attack me." After all, no one could pretend to be the principal in the school. Ryan was relieved and put down his wand. But at this time, he was in a very bad mood. After all, no one would be in a good mood when they were awakened from a dream in the early morning.

"I mainly came to talk to you about this accident. After all, you suffered a lot because of our mistake this time." Principal Fernande said a little embarrassedly, while casting protective magic around the bed. "It's just that some things are not suitable for everyone to know, so I chose this time when no one is around to come to you."

Seeing the headmaster so sincere, Ryan calmed down. He sat up against the head of the bed and motioned for the headmaster to sit on the bed. "I just want to know what happened. You should know that your trap almost killed me and my classmates, not to mention that I suffered a great loss in this adventure." After saying that, he took out the remaining handle of Clingway's Fang and showed it to the headmaster.

"This is a complete mistake." Principal Ferdinand said after sitting down, "We never thought that Professor Ferdinand would be replaced when he went to Mahogany Town for work. We also didn't expect that there was a folding space under our school, so the leaf used for communication was completely ineffective."

"But this time, thanks to you, the school was not hit hard. It was also because of you that the Blood God cultists in the temple did not launch an attack, which prevented the Chimera Society from escaping in the chaos. In the end, we basically caught all the key members who sneaked into the school."

Headmaster Ferdinand paused and continued, "So as our apology and gratitude, we will replace the Saint's Notes that we promised you in advance with Grindelwald's Transfiguration Notes."

"I know Grindelwald is very powerful, but are his Transfiguration Notes really that valuable?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Everyone thinks that Grindelwald's dark magic is powerful, but they often overlook that his Transfiguration magic is just as powerful. You know, his Transfiguration magic was comparable to that of Professor Dumbledore back then."

"Okay, I know how precious it is, and I accept your compensation." Ryan thought about it and felt that he was not at a disadvantage. After all, any ideas and knowledge of a powerful wizard like Grindelwald were extremely precious.

Besides, I gained a lot from this adventure in the Blood God Temple. Although I didn't get the Blood God's inheritance, the wizards who were turned into corpse cocoons finally succeeded in revenge and gave Ryan some of their knowledge, such as the corpse control and transformation technology on the Emerald Slab, and Gryffindor's dagger. Now I have Grindelwald's Transfiguration Notes. In short, I have gained a lot this time.

The Taoist inheritance he had previously obtained repeatedly emphasized that one should not enjoy all the blessings. Thinking about the fact that he was just a hemp-blooded wizard with no background, gaining too much might bring unnecessary trouble.

Moreover, he had gained too much at once this time, and he needed enough time to digest and transform it into his own strength. So Ryan felt that he didn't need to ask the principal for more. This would also leave a good impression on the principal, after all, no one likes people who are too greedy.

After listening to Ryan's words, Principal Fernande's eyes softened as expected. Then he said with difficulty: "Well, I'm sorry, there's a problem with your Order of Merlin." "Is it gone?" Ryan showed a helpless expression. Although he was not very interested in this kind of thing, it must be a bad mood to say that it was originally available and now it is suddenly gone.

"No, no, no, of course not. It's just that I originally applied for a first-class medal for you, but our people transported an important thing away in advance (Ryan guessed it should be the Doomsday Clock). Without this thing as evidence, the Wizengamot would not believe that you saved the school, so I can only award you a second-class medal based on your key role in risking your life in the operation to eliminate the Blood God Cult."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at Ryan, and found that Ryan had no expression, so he continued. "This time, the mechanism you activated basically killed the backbone of the Blood God Cult. We later almost wiped out the remaining members. You don't have to worry about their revenge. Also, because of us, you lost the first-level medal, but your contribution exceeded the second-level medal. So our people gave your girlfriend a part of your contribution on the grounds that she sacrificed herself to save others and assisted in destroying the Blood God Cult, and operated a third-level medal as compensation."

"Hermione... Hermione is not my girlfriend for now. After all, we are still young." Ryan said in a low voice hesitantly.

"Young man, I understand, I understand." Principal Fernande gave him a meaningful smile. "By the way, I am very sorry for the loss of your magic knife. After all, there are not many things as precious as weapons made by goblins. I will discuss with those people and give you a suitable compensation. Now you should have a good rest. I hope you can recover soon."

After saying that, Principal Fernande stood up, quietly walked into the corridor and disappeared. Ryan also lay down on the bed and fell into a deep sleep.

Ryan and Hermione were hospitalized for observation for five or six days from then until Christmas. When Professor Sprout came to visit them, he told them not to worry about the remaining courses, as the professors would register their grades.

"Anyway, you can get this score if nothing happens," said Professor Sprout.

In addition, students from Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw also came to see them. Especially Alicia, a second-year Ravenclaw student, burst into tears after seeing them. Zhang Qiu said that the little girl had been blaming herself for the past few days. She felt that it was because of her that the seniors were injured.

Ryan and Hermione quickly comforted the junior, and found that she also loved reading and studying. Because they had the same hobbies, they talked about things together, so they spent a lot of time talking. It was not until the school doctor drove them away on the pretext that they disturbed the patients' rest that Alicia left with Zhang Qiu.

Principal Fernande also came secretly once one night and told Ryan a good news. They confirmed that the high-ranking member of the Blood God Cult who cursed the centaur Betty had been eliminated by Ryan in the pyramid. This meant that Aunt Betty's curse had been lifted.

Unfortunately, no one had anything similar to the knife Ryan had destroyed these days, so after discussion, they decided to use a shop in Diagon Alley as compensation.

After receiving the title deed, Ryan realized the value of such powerful magic weapons in the wizarding world: a two-story shop in a good location in Diagon Alley. He had passed by the door of this shop before and found that the shop was actually used as a warehouse for other shops. Ryan could only admire the richness of the principal and his companions for being able to rent out a popular shop as a warehouse.

Finally, it was Christmas. When they woke up from the hospital bed that morning, they received many Christmas gifts, not only from the UK, but also from local friends. The most noteworthy one was a red and yellow scarf that Hermione knitted. Ryan finally knew what she had been doing in the hospital bed these days.
Fortunately, after another comprehensive examination in the afternoon, the school doctor finally agreed that they could attend the Christmas party in the evening.

(End of this chapter)