The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 269 Halloween (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote)
As Ryan was bowing to thank his classmates who were cheering for him, a deep and smiling voice came from beside him. "Ah, Mr. Liang, this alchemical product you made is quite good."

Ryan turned around and saw Professor Dumbledore walking towards him from the crowd, and everyone made way for him.

"Can you show me this interesting thing?" Dumbledore asked, pointing to the crystal ball on the ground.

"Of course, it's my honor." Ryan said, then bent down to pick up the crystal ball on the ground and handed it to Dumbledore with both hands.

"Oh, this crystal ball is really cleverly made." Dumbledore said after carefully observing the crystal ball for a while, "You used this crystal ball to let those magic words invade the age line I drew, and then listed yourself as an exemption target. To be honest, even I couldn't make such a thing at your age. It seems that your Order of Merlin Second Class is not just a fluke, Mr. Liang."

"Thank you for your compliment." Ryan bowed his head slightly to show his respect to the principal.

"I drew this age line to try not to let people who are not good enough to participate in the competition and put them in danger. But for someone like Ryan who broke through the age line on his own, I would also admit that he is capable enough to cope with the competition and has the opportunity to participate in this Warriors campaign."

After announcing the news to everyone, Dumbledore turned to Ryan and said, "But you need to keep this crystal ball with me until the Goblet of Fire selects the champions tomorrow, because for safety reasons I cannot allow those who are not strong enough to participate in this competition."

After watching Dumbledore take Ryan's crystal ball away, a group of classmates immediately surrounded him and asked him about his actions. They expressed their envy of Ryan's mastery of alchemy at his age, but they were a little frustrated when they learned that it would be impossible to make a second crystal ball in a short time. It took Ryan a long time to squeeze out of the crowd, but he was stopped by Hermione as soon as he reached the door, because Hermione wanted to know how the crystal ball was made.

Soon the news spread throughout the school, and when he and Hermione finished their discussion and went out of the empty classroom to have lunch, Ryan found that many people were pointing at him from a distance. But the strange thing was that even though almost everyone knew the news, the principals of the other two schools did not protest as they did when Harry was chosen, using the excuse of not being old enough.

It was not until Ryan sat down at the table and started eating that he took the time to recall the plot and found out that the two headmasters protested against Harry because Hogwarts had one more contestant, which was disadvantageous to them. Age was just an excuse. Now that everyone should have one contestant, they would rather Hogwarts send out younger warriors.

Because today is a holiday, Ryan decided to visit Wolf in the afternoon. After all, as a friend, he couldn't let him (the wolf) spend the holiday alone.

So after communicating with the Emerald Dream, Ryan and Hermione set out for the Forbidden Forest at around 1 p.m. Theoretically, since students were not allowed to enter the Forbidden Forest, there wouldn't be many people coming to this area, but today it sounded a bit noisy.

When Ryan and the others walked a few steps forward, they finally found the source of the noise: a huge powder blue carriage had stopped 200 yards away from the main entrance of Hagrid's hut, and Beauxbatons students were moving around the carriage. The elephant-like flying horses pulling the carriage were drinking wine from the trough in a temporary enclosure next to the carriage.

Ryan smiled knowingly when he saw this scene. At this distance, Ryan would never believe that Hagrid did nothing inside. But this is also normal. What's wrong with a bachelor in his sixties pursuing his own happiness? Especially for half-giants, sixty years old is just their middle age.

After bypassing the carriage from a distance, Ryan finally arrived at the familiar location in the Forbidden Forest.

"The cheese pumpkin balls and cupcakes at Hogwarts are still a little too sweet." Wolfe complained a little while eating the Halloween gifts brought by Ryan and the others, and then said, "By the way, Betty's due date is at the end of this month. You must come when we plant the memorial tree after the baby is one month old." "Plant a memorial tree?" Ryan didn't quite understand the customs of the centaurs.

"It's similar to your baptism. The centaurs believe in nature, so they will plant a tree in the woods behind the altar to announce the birth of a new member to nature. If you were young and unmarried, Betty might have made you the child's godfather. After all, it was because you killed that dark wizard that this child was born."

"Then, can Hermione go?" Ryan looked at Hermione who was looking at him with longing eyes and turned to ask.

"It should be possible. We welcome anyone who wishes to participate in this ceremony. Not to mention that she is your partner." Wolfe blurted out without hesitation.

Hearing this, Hermione turned her head to the other side a little embarrassedly as if she was looking at the birds in the tree, but she did not refute Wolfe's words.

After that, they began to talk about their recent experiences. After learning that Ryan had signed up for the Triwizard Tournament, Wolfe told him that the centaur elders had said that most of the time, there would be events involving fighting giant beasts in the Triwizard Tournament. Traditionally, these giant beasts would be placed in the Forbidden Forest in advance, so when the time comes, he will notify Ryan after confirming the type of the beast.

"Hearing you say that, I think you're pretty confident that I'll be chosen," Ryan said as he scratched Wolfe's back as requested.

"Of course." Wolfe turned his head and faced Ryan with his wolf face. "Because I once fought alongside you, I think you have the courage and strength to become a champion of Hogwarts."

When they chatted until about 3pm, raindrops began to fall from the sky. Ryan and the others could only say goodbye to Wolfe and put on the hoods of their robes and hurried back to the castle.

It was raining heavily when they returned to the common room. Ryan and Hermione sat by the warm fire, listening to the raindrops gently tapping on the glass windows. Each of them read a book quietly.

At dinner time, Ryan and a group of Gryffindor students went to the hall. The hall was already full of people at this time, and the Goblet of Fire had been moved from the entrance hall. It was now placed in front of Dumbledore's seat on the staff table - obviously, the registration time was now closed, and they were just waiting to select the real contestants.

"Whether it's you or Angelina, I hope our school's champion is a Gryffindor." Fred said when Ryan and Hermione sat down.

From the discussions of his classmates, Ryan found that many people were optimistic about him. On the one hand, whether it was Ryan's Order of Merlin II or the way he crossed the age limit this morning, it showed his strength, which gave many people confidence. On the other hand, Ryan was a member of Gryffindor after all, so everyone would naturally support people from this college.

Amid the noisy discussion, food appeared on the long table and the Halloween party began.

(End of this chapter)