The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 22 Halloween

During this period, Ryan was busy learning various knowledge in order to enhance his strength.

What made him happiest was that he found the correct way to use the knowledge in the Winter House Industrial Manual. As industrial knowledge, this book recorded a lot of various materials.

These contents can obviously provide Ryan with a lot of help in Transfiguration. As we all know, the three elements of Transfiguration are magic power, understanding of magic itself, and mastery of the properties of various substances. And these knowledge about various materials can just strengthen Ryan's mastery of the properties of various substances. This also allowed Ryan to add a lot of points for Gryffindor in the Transfiguration class.

Maybe it was because he was too busy now—in addition to homework for various subjects, he also had to find time to practice the new knowledge he had gained from the Universal Grocery Store.—So when Ryan suddenly realized that he wrote a letter every Saturday and had already written the ninth letter to his family, he simply felt unbelievable.

When Ryan woke up one morning, he smelled the aroma of roasted pumpkin in the castle. He knew Halloween was coming.

(It looks like the troll is about to be released? Better keep an eye out in the next few days.) While desperately thinking about how to deal with possible troll incidents, Ryan walked towards the Charms classroom with his textbook under his arm.

Professor Flitwick looked very happy today, probably because the holiday was approaching and the festive atmosphere was getting stronger.

After class, the professor announced that he thought they could start making objects fly, a feat the students had been eager to try out ever since they saw Professor Flitwick make Neville's toad fly around the classroom.

Professor Flitwick divided the class into groups of two and began training. Harry's partner was Seamus Finnigan, while Ron was to work with Hermione Granger.

Harry, you look happier, because Neville has always wanted to switch with Seamus. So Ryan is now staring at Harry a little depressed. After all, no one likes their partner to be someone who is prone to various accidents.

Ron and Hermione Granger both looked annoyed. Hermione had not spoken to them since the day Harry's broom was delivered. Before, they just disliked each other, and would nod when they met. But now, both sides basically treated each other as air and completely ignored each other.

This situation also made it awkward for Ryan and Hermione to meet Harry or Ron when they returned to the common room after studying in the library.

"Well, don't forget that subtle wrist movement we have been training!" Professor Flitwick said sharply, standing on his pile of books as usual. "Wave and shake, remember, wave and shake. It's also very important to recite the spell correctly - don't forget the wizard Barufio, who said the 'f' instead of an 's' and found himself lying on the bed On the floor. On the chest stood a bison."

Magic can't make food, but it can make a bison. Can't the wizard make a bison first, and then make it into roast beef? It seems that I have to ask Professor Flitwick after class. Ryan thought about it and took out his wand, ready to start practicing.

Because he had practiced privately for a long time, Ryan made the feather fly in one go.

"Oh, look, Mr. Lane has succeeded. By the way, for that nice levitation spell in your last flying lesson. I'm going to give you five points for Gryffindor." Professor Flitwick shouted in a shrill voice.

Later, Ryan began to help Neville master the spell. In fact, as long as he didn't panic and had a little confidence, Neville's magic level was not that bad. After reciting the spell repeatedly and watching Ryan's demonstration and practicing with his bare hands many times, Neville released the spell, although it only made the feather leave the table less than a finger's height.

Without the correct learning method, most young wizards still find it difficult to learn magic.

Harry and Seamus waved and shook, waved and shook, over and over again, but the feather that should have been sent into the air by them still lay motionless on the table. Finally, anxious Seamus poked the feather with his wand, and the feather ignited directly with a whoosh.

Fortunately, Harry quickly put out the small fire, but this also forced the students around him to wave their hands and fan to get rid of the burnt smell of the feathers.

On the other side of the classroom, Ron's progress was not much better.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" he shouted, waving his long arms like a windmill. "You're wrong," Ryan heard Hermione say bluntly, "It's Wingardium Levi-o-sa, the 'ga' should be pronounced long and clearly." - Hermione saw Ryan know this spell before, so she practiced with Ryan in advance, and Hermione had mastered the spell before the class.

"If you're so clever, you try it," growled Ron.

Hermione rolled up her sleeves, waved her wand, and said, "Wingardium Leviosa!" Their feather rose from the table and hovered four feet above their heads.

"Oh, well done!" Professor Flitwick shouted, pinching his hands. "Look everyone, Miss Granger succeeded too! This spell is not as difficult as you think. If you are careful, you can do it too."

After class, Ryan ran to the podium to ask about the bison. Professor Flitwick replied, "Wizard Baruffio did not conjure a bison out of thin air, he just summoned a bison from somewhere else. Gamp's Law of Transfiguration only says that you cannot conjure food out of thin air, but you can summon food that already exists somewhere else."

After thanking Professor Flitwick for clearing up his confusion, Ryan ran out of the classroom.

The corridor was very crowded, with students leaving get out of class stuck together, and everyone could only move forward slowly.

Ryan heard Ron's voice coming from the front: "No wonder everyone can't stand her. To be honest, she's like a nightmare."

Just as he finished speaking, Ryan saw a brown-haired girl walking past Ron and Harry with her head down, holding a book, and bumping into Harry as she passed by them.

That girl should be Hermione, but she lowered her head as if she was crying.

Ryan squeezed in next to Harry and Ron, and heard Ron say to Harry: "She must have noticed that she doesn't have any new friends except Ryan who came from the same place as her."

Ryan shook his head and patted both men on the shoulders.

"Why did you suddenly jump out? You scared me to death." Ron said.

"I think it's really ungentlemanly of you to plot against a girl behind her back," Ryan said.

Harry lowered his head, looking a little ashamed. Ron asked back, "What is gentlemanly spirit?"

It was then that Ryan realized that magic equalized the physical strength gap between men and women. Therefore, in the UK, the wizarding world is the place with the most gender equality, which also led to the absence of many common British customs in the wizarding world, such as the gentleman spirit.

"Well what I'm saying is that it's always unethical to frame people behind their backs. I think you need to apologize to Hermione."

Harry and Ron nodded. Ryan heard Ron mutter, "I can apologize for your sake. I'm curious how you can tolerate a friend like Hermione?"

Then the three of them went to the next class together.

(End of this chapter)