The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 3: Grocery Store Opening and Owl Letter

A flash of light passed by, and Ryan found himself not in the bedroom, but in a room. The room was about 20 square meters, with shelves on three walls. The shelves were empty, except for three palm-sized pots of plants on the shelf facing the door. These should be the goods just brought in. In addition to the shelves, there was only a lamp on the top, and a counter and chairs in the middle of the house.

Ryan walked to the door and opened it, only to find a gray fog outside. Just as he was about to go out to take a look, he discovered that there seemed to be an invisible barrier on the door and he could not get out at all.

At this time, a piece of information was poured into Ryan's mind. This is the Wanjie Grocery Store. The goods will be placed on the shelves. The store owner's own goods can be used at will, such as the plants that proliferate every week. However, if you want to use the goods traded by the guests, you must pay the corresponding price.

Every time he goes to another world, he will start from here or return. When a customer or a task arrives, Ryan will be reminded to enter the store. Otherwise, as long as he is not in combat, Ryan can enter the store. Currently, the only world he can go to is the Plants vs. Zombies world, and he can accumulate the energy needed for a round trip every ten days. Now, he can leave here and return to the real world at any time.

After reading this information, Ryan chose to leave the grocery store. After a flash of light, Ryan returned to his bedroom. Looking at the alarm clock on the table, he had clearly been in the world of Plants vs. Zombies for five or six hours, but now the alarm clock showed that he had only been away for an hour. It seems that the time flow rate of the mission world and the main world is different, but it’s better this way, so as to avoid the disappearance of old people and difficult to explain.

Since it was still a long time before dawn, Ryan packed up and went to bed. In his dream, he dreamed that he gained countless wealth and power from the grocery store, opened up a channel to his hometown, and then lived a happy life.

Just as Ryan was dreaming about sunbathing on the beach in Hawaii with his parents and adoptive parents, the alarm clock rang. Ryan thought about his dream, sighed, and got up to wash up in the bathroom.

When Ryan went out, he found three or four gift boxes placed in the corridor beside the door. These should be his birthday presents. He turned over the greeting card on top and saw that it said, "Happy birthday to our son."

Ryan grinned happily, moved them into the room, and then walked down the stairs to the first floor.

After going downstairs, Mrs. Sally had already prepared breakfast, and Mr. Lambert was slowly coming down the stairs when the postman's bell rang at the door.

"Ryan, go get the mail. I think this month's supermarket discount posters may have arrived." Sally shouted from the kitchen.

Ryan put on his shoes, opened the door, and walked to the mailbox on the lawn in front of the door.

When I opened the mailbox, I found four letters. One was a discount product poster from a nearby supermarket, one was a letter from an editor of a publishing house to my father, and one was a postcard from my mother's colleague who was traveling in Thailand. The last one was a letter to Ryan.

When Ryan saw the letter, his pupils suddenly dilated, because the envelope of the letter was made of rare parchment, without a stamp, and on it was written in emerald green ink: To Mr. Ryan Liang, small bedroom on the second floor of 12 Quebec Street, Greenwich, London.

Turning the envelope over with trembling hands, I saw a wax seal and a shield on the back, with a capital "H" surrounded by a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake.

Although he had forgotten many things after traveling through time for ten years, he had never forgotten his favorite childhood novel, Harry Potter.

It was obvious that the letter came from Hogwarts. As for the possibility of a prank, this was 1991, and Rowling's novel hadn't been written yet, so how could someone use this as a prank?

As for why he didn't realize he was a wizard before, Ryan felt that it was probably because he had an adult soul in his body and was able to control his emotions very well, so there was no magical riot caused by most young wizards losing control of their emotions.

Originally, after getting the system yesterday, Ryan planned to rely on the system to become stronger and finally try to find the way home.

As a result, he received the admission letter from Hogwarts today, and another mysterious door opened for Ryan. He felt that the major events that happened in the past two days were one after another, as if he had encountered all the unexpected situations in his life.

It seems that this world is not an ordinary world as I thought for the past ten years, but a magical world.

After returning to the house and handing over the other letters to his parents, Ryan absentmindedly finished his breakfast. Ryan returned to his house and used a knife to open the wax seal, and sure enough, there was the familiar letter inside.

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Headmaster: Albus Dumbledore.

(President of the International Federation of Magic, President of the Wizards Association, First-Class Magician of Merlin's Order)
Dear Mr. Ryan:
We are pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Attached is a list of required books and equipment.

The semester is scheduled to begin on September 1st. We will be waiting for your owl to bring your reply before July 31st.

Vice Principal (Female)
Sincerely, Minerva McGonagall

There was also a book appendix and a list of newborn items at the back. Ryan took the letter back to the living room, where his father was sitting on the sofa watching TV and his mother was looking at a supermarket discount product poster.

Seeing Ryan walk into the living room with an opened letter, Mr. Lambert looked away from the TV screen and asked, "What's wrong, dear? Did a girl write to you?"

"No, it's not," Ryan replied, and then handed the letter to Mr. Lambert: "I just received a slightly strange acceptance letter."

Lambert and Sally took the letter.

five minutes later.

"Is this a prank?" Mr. Lambert asked in shock.

"Indeed, things like magic don't sound real." Mrs. Sally also said.

Ryan was about to say something when the doorbell rang.

"Any guests?" Mr. Lambert stood up, walked out and opened the door.

Standing at the door was a middle-aged man with red hair and a slightly bald head, wearing a suit in the style of twenty years ago.

"Hello, are you Ryan Liang's guardian?" the other party spoke enthusiastically.

"Hello, I'm his father, what can I do for you?" Mr. Lambert asked.

"Arthur Weasley, a member of the Ministry of Magic, is here regarding your son's academic problems," the man replied.

"Okay, please come in." Mr. Lambert stepped aside to invite Arthur in, then asked, "Excuse me, which school do you think my child will go to?"

"Hogwarts," Arthur said, "I graduated from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."

When Madam Sally heard this, she was surprised and said, "Is the magic school real?"

"Of course it's true. Hogwarts is the best magic school in Europe. Almost every little wizard with magical powers in the UK goes to school there."

Mr. Lambert looked down at Ryan and asked in Chinese, "Do you think you should go to this school?"

Ryan replied: "Since I am believed to have magical powers, it is necessary for me to go there to learn and master my abilities. After all, it would be dangerous if I don't know how to use my power."

After the father and son finished talking, Mr. Lambert turned to Arthur and said, "Well, if this is true, I agree in principle that my child can go to Hogwarts, but I want to confirm it first. So can you tell me where the Diagon Alley mentioned in the letter is?"

"Of course you can. You are more receptive than most Muggle parents. You can go to Diagon Alley from the backyard of the Leaky Cauldron." Arthur waved his wand and a line of words appeared on the white paper on the table: 26 Charing Cross Road, London.

"This is the location of the Leaky Cauldron. Take your child there. He can see this place." Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, Arthur took out a ticket from his pocket and said, "This is the train ticket to Hogwarts. Keep it well and don't lose it. The platform is at the pillar between platforms nine and ten. If you go early, you can see other wizards going to school. You can find out how to get in by asking."

After saying that, Arthur waved goodbye to the three people, then walked out the door and waved at them from behind a bush. With the sound of firecrackers, he disappeared on the lawn in front of the door.

It seems that not everyone has the privilege of having a savior accompany them on shopping trips, Ryan thought.

(End of this chapter)