The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 245 The end of the semester (I didn't notice the system stuck just now, so I'll send one more chapter to compensate. The afternoon will be normal)
In Hagrid's hut, the five people celebrated happily for Buckbeak's freedom. This joyful mood lasted until Ryan and his friends returned to the castle.

When stepping onto the castle stairs, Harry suddenly remembered something and said the prophecy that Professor Stroney had heard during the exam. Ryan was a little surprised to hear the prophecy that was no different from the original text. After all, now that Peter was sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban, how could he defect to Voldemort again? Not to mention that when Peter was arrested, there was a complete record of his transformation from a mouse to a human. In this case, Azkaban could not have been unprepared.

But think about the fact that there were so many Death Eaters back then, so it is reasonable that one or two escaped and attempted to resurrect Voldemort. But in this way, it would be impossible to catch the criminals in advance to plug this loophole.

Ryan shook his head when he thought of this. After all, it was useless to think about anything at this time. Besides, on the one hand, he was ready to face the dark age. On the other hand, there was at least Dumbledore and the Ministry of Magic in front of him. In this case, it was not his turn as a third-year student to worry. So he decided to celebrate the end of the exam with everyone. After all, we would know what happened tomorrow. So there was no need to let his friends worry.

The next morning, after having breakfast, Ryan came to the lake, watching the giant squid lazily waving its tentacles on the lake, waiting for the owl to deliver the day's newspaper.

"You seem a little strange today." Hermione's voice came from behind, and then she walked to Ryan and sat side by side with him on the grass by the lake. "Or I noticed that since Harry mentioned Professor Stroney's prophecy yesterday, you seem to be worried. Can you tell me what happened?"

"I have a bad feeling that Professor Stroney's predictions are mostly used to deceive people, but as far as I know, these prophets occasionally make real predictions. And when they make real predictions, it's just like what Harry described about Stroney's performance yesterday. Their tone of voice is completely different from their own, and their bodies seem to have lost control. Most importantly, after they finish speaking, they have no memory of what they said."

"I think you're just a little overly nervous." Hermione raised an eyebrow. "After all, you have so much to learn recently that this may have made you a little overly anxious."

"I'm really honored to be praised by you for learning so much recently." Ryan joked. "I hope so."

At this time, a brown barn owl flew over to Ryan and dropped today's Daily Prophet, then stretched out its left leg with a small leather bag. Ryan took out five nat from his pocket and put it in the leather bag. After receiving the money, the owl quickly flapped its wings and flew away.

"There's no important news." Hermione looked at the front and second pages of the Daily Prophet. "The front page criticized the declining quality of cauldrons exported to Britain by certain countries, which even caused an important potion maker to be injured. The second page was about Madam Zabini becoming a widow for the seventh time, which really sounded a bit -"

Ryan was reading the last few pages of the newspaper at this time. Suddenly, he pointed to a palm-sized piece of tofu in the corner of page 7 and said, "Look here. Peter Pettigrew escaped from Azkaban. The Ministry of Magic actively calls on all wizards to report him to the Aurors if they see him. The Ministry of Magic will give fifty Galleons as a reward to those who provide effective information."

"What's going on with the Ministry of Magic? Two people have escaped from Azkaban in one year." Hermione complained after reading the news. "But this seems to be consistent with Professor Stroney's prophecy. But Professor Dumbledore is still here, so we don't need to worry too much for now."

"You are quite right, but considering the chaotic situation during the last war, it is necessary for us to make some preparations in advance. For example, we should strengthen combat training or something. After all, if something really happens, wizards like us who were born in non-wizard families will be the most vulnerable."

"It shouldn't be that bad." Hermione said in disbelief. "But you're right, some preparation is better than no preparation."

At noon, the two of them went to the Great Hall to eat, and they heard how Peter escaped at the table. According to a third-year Gryffindor student whose family worked at the Ministry of Magic, Azkaban was guarded by Dementors. Although the Ministry of Magic reminded them that Peter was an Animagus, it was a pity that the monsters did not notice this. The only certain news was that it was now basically certain that Peter had left the UK, so the British Ministry of Magic only made an inconspicuous report in the newspaper in the spirit of less trouble than more.

"Ah, these guys." Ryan held his forehead with his hand in frustration. But this was not the only unpleasant thing today, because in the afternoon the students learned that Professor Lupin had resigned.

"Although Professor Lupin is a good person, I can understand why he resigned." Hermione said while reading in the library in the afternoon. Perhaps because of their excellent performance in the Transfiguration exam, Professor McGonagall gave Ryan and Hermione a note, allowing them to borrow the book "Dangerous Transfiguration" from the library. Because this book is not allowed to be taken out of the library, the two can only read in the library during this period of time in their free time, and try to finish the book before going home for the holiday.

"It's just a werewolf problem." Ryan said in a low voice; "Now we have the wolfsbane potion, which at least guarantees safety, so I think it's no big deal to find a werewolf as a professor."

"I thought so too, but most wizards don't think so. Besides, we all guessed from clues that Lupin is a werewolf, and I guess other students can guess this fact as well. Under such circumstances, how could his parents allow Lupin to stay in Hogwarts Castle? And judging from the tattered look of his clothes, we can tell that he has been rejected many times at work because he is a werewolf. This also means that many people know that he is a werewolf, and this news cannot be kept secret forever. His resignation now can just avoid making things difficult for Principal Dumbledore, otherwise it would be definitely worse if it was really exposed." Hermione carefully analyzed the reasons why Lupin resigned.

"Lupin was the best Defense Against the Dark Arts professor we had in the past three years. It's such a pity." Hermione concluded with some regret.

"But this may be a good thing. After all, there is a curse on this position. Think about those two people in the past two years. It is a good thing that Professor Lupin can get out of this position safely now." Ryan comforted.

When they returned to the common room after dinner, they ran into Harry, who told them that he had gone to see Professor Lupin off. Professor Lupin had resigned voluntarily because he felt that he was still a bit dangerous in the school.

With the resignation of Professor Lupin, the news that he was a werewolf spread in Hogwarts, but many Gryffindor students expressed regret for this. And everyone was not optimistic about the professor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts class next year.

On the last day of the semester, Ryan and his classmates finally finished watching Dangerous Transformations, and the results came out that day. Ryan got all O's.

Hermione also got all O's, but Ryan sorted out and summarized all his powers after mastering alchemy, which made his scores in the practical exams far ahead of Hermione. So this year he got the first place in his grade for the first time.

Among Ryan's acquaintances, Harry, Ron and Longbottom also passed all the exams, especially Longbottom, who got an O in the Herbology class, which was unprecedented. So he ran to each member of the reading club to express his gratitude during breakfast.

Meanwhile, Gryffindor had won the house championship for three years in a row, largely due to its outstanding performance in Quidditch matches. This meant that the end-of-term banquet was decorated with scarlet and gold, and all in all, Ryan felt very happy on the last day of the school year at Hogwarts School.

(End of this chapter)