The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 229: The First Gathering of the Reading Club

Clap, clap, clap! First Qiu took the lead in clapping, and then everyone in the classroom applauded to show their agreement.

Ryan pressed his hands down, and everyone fell silent, waiting to hear what Ryan was going to say next.

"Since everyone agrees that we should learn some real skills here, let me tell you about my plan. If learning is to be effective, we must meet at least once a week. We will meet here every Sunday afternoon to study."

"So what are we going to learn?" Justin asked, raising his hand.

“We will use textbooks and school courses as a guide, and then do some more in-depth study.”

"Dig deeper, what would that be like?" Justin asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Well, this thing is difficult to explain clearly. Hermione and I will demonstrate it to you. Please go to the side of the classroom for the time being to make room for us to demonstrate."

Everyone quickly used their wands to move the tables, chairs and benches against the wall, and then watched Ryan and Hermione stand at one end of the classroom and raise their wands.

After nodding their heads, the two of them moved at the same time.

Because she had been reading Nymph's Transfiguration Book recently, Hermione chose Transfiguration for her first attack. She transformed the desk behind her into seven or eight wooden spears as tall as a person, and then flew towards Ryan.

Ryan dodged most of the wooden spears and then used the Iron Armor Spell to block one that escaped.

But Hermione's attack was not over yet, as she silently chanted a spell, the wooden spear that Ryan had blocked and dropped to the ground suddenly turned into a vine and wrapped around him.

Ryan waved his wand calmly, and the control of the vines immediately changed hands. Under Ryan's command, the vines turned into countless wooden needles and flew towards Hermione. During the flight, the wooden needles gradually turned into a metallic color.

When Hermione saw that the situation was not good, she quickly converted the half-prepared attack magic into a defensive spell to block this round of attack. Ryan took this opportunity to cast several spells in succession to break Hermione's defense.

Just when he was about to defeat Hermione directly, a flash of light suddenly burst out from the head of Hermione's wand, causing Ryan's eyes to flash. Then he took this opportunity to avoid Ryan's attack in a slightly embarrassing way.

However, after Hermione lost the initiative, the situation became increasingly unfavorable, and Ryan soon ended the battle with a disarming spell.

After cleaning up the scene with his magic wand, Ryan looked at the stunned classmates beside him and asked, "If you have any questions, you can ask directly."

"You guys are so awesome! I finally know how you got the Order of Merlin. The battle between you and those dark wizards was fierce, right?" Alicia asked with admiration.

"No, we just used some of the mechanisms that were already there." Hermione said modestly.

"It seemed like the magic you used just now was very simple, wasn't it?" At this time Fred also came back to his senses and realized something.

"Yes, all the magic we used just now is the simplest magic. Including Transfiguration, Spells and Defense Against the Dark Arts. This is what we call digging deep into the textbook content." Ryan nodded. "But it looks very different from what is taught in class." George added.

"But in fact, all the spells we just demonstrated are from the classroom, such as turning the desk into a wooden spear, then into a toothpick, and finally the toothpick into a needle. This is the standard content of the Transfiguration class. And making these things fly is the content of the Charms class. There are also the Disarming Spell and Armor Protection learned in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class."

"But, but this is completely different from what we learned in class." Hannah Abbott said stutteringly.

"Although there are so many kinds of magic, they can be used flexibly. We should adapt magic to our needs, rather than rigidly following certain rules to use magic. The reason why Hermione and I organized this reading club is that we hope to help everyone truly master the knowledge of magic by sharing our research. Of course, at this stage, we are sharing our research, and in the future, everyone will need to participate."

"What you are doing now is really very generous. We are beginning to admire you." When everyone was discussing this, the Weasley twins squeezed over and whispered. Because as a pure-blood family, they knew what sharing their knowledge with others meant in the European wizarding world, which advocated knowledge secrecy.

"If everyone keeps something to themselves, it will be difficult for wizards to make progress. And someone has to do something to reverse this unfavorable situation. Anyway, we are students now and have enough time to share the simplest knowledge. If we persist in this way, we will be able to change the world." Hermione also came over and said.

"Well, I guess that's difficult," said Fred.

“But we think this is the right thing to do, so we are willing to share with you some tips we have discovered in future events,” George said afterwards.

This should be considered a good start, Ryan smiled happily.

After everyone approved of the organization of the reading club, Hermione stood on the podium and proposed, "Ryan Liang, the recipient of the Order of Merlin, Second Class, was the main fighter in that adventure. So I propose that he lead us. Do you agree?"

After watching the fighting demonstration of the two people just now, everyone had no objection to this proposal. After all, as Ryan just said, the magic world is a place where the strong are respected. And the demonstration a few minutes ago just showed Ryan's power.

"Thank you all for your trust in me." Ryan walked up to the stage gracefully and bowed to express his gratitude. The Eastern-style humility and courtesy he displayed won even warmer applause from his classmates in the classroom.

When the applause died down, Hermione came on stage and said seriously, "I will be Ryan's assistant, responsible for some external relations and organizational work. Because the reading club is a place for learning, everyone should take it seriously. If you cannot attend the event due to special circumstances, you must ask for leave in advance. If you do not ask for leave in advance and fail to come three times, it will be regarded as automatic withdrawal."

Everyone looked stern at Hermione's serious expression, but no one objected to this point.

In the remaining time, Hermione and Ryan explained to everyone how the Lumos spell was decomposed and modified through ancient runes. By nine o'clock in the evening, when the party ended, the Weasley brothers, who were quick on the way, had already tried to modify Lumos, and even Neville, who was the slowest on the way, had figured out the working principle of the Lumos spell with Ryan's explanation. In short, every participant learned something here, more or less.

After agreeing to start the first activity next Sunday, everyone went back to the academy. Everyone left in high spirits, full of anticipation for the next training session.

"That's at least a good start, isn't it?" Hermione said to Ryan as they walked back to Gryffindor Tower.

"Indeed, today is a good start." Ryan nodded and replied.

(End of this chapter)