The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 304 The dance is over
Looking at the backs of the little wizards trying to escape, Karkaroff seemed a little panicked. He nervously reached out to touch his goatee, then tangled the beard around his fingers.

"It seems this is not a good place to talk." Snape glanced around the path. There was no one on the path. He suddenly turned around and strode away, his long black robe flowing behind him. Karkaroff also hurried away with Snape.

When the two figures disappeared from the path, there was a light landing sound next to a large sculpture. It turned out that Ryan and Hermione, who didn't want to confront the two after hearing Snape's voice, climbed behind the sculpture and hid.

"I think we can all go parkour now," Hermione said, smoothing out the wrinkles on her skirt. "By the way, why is Karkaroff so worried?"

"As far as I know, Karkaroff and Snape were both former Death Eaters. They had the magical mark of You-Know-Who on them."

"It's been becoming more and more obvious over the months - oh my god." Hermione exclaimed as if she suddenly realized something.

"We met that person in our first grade. Sometimes what is meant to come will come. At least we have Professor Dumbledore in front of us now. We don't need to worry too much for the time being." Ryan comforted.

The topic of Death Eaters was indeed somewhat unpleasant. In silence they came to a large stone reindeer. They looked past the stone reindeer and saw a tall fountain splashing and glittering. Two huge, vague figures sat on a stone bench, looking at the fountain in the moonlight. Then Ryan heard Hagrid talking.

"As soon as I saw you, I knew it." He said in a very strange hoarse voice.

"What do you understand, Hagrid?" Madame Maxime asked, with a hoarse sound in her deep voice.

"I--" Hagrid suddenly remembered the conversation Ryan had with him in front of the library, so he abruptly changed the subject: "I think you and I are both a little lonely. After all, our appearance is different from most people--"

"Yes, this feeling of loneliness, even after I became the headmaster, I can still feel it--" It was obvious that Hagrid's words were like a stroke of genius and resonated with the softest spot in Madame Maxime's heart. Madame Maxime also began to recall her past days.

Hagrid finally didn't mess things up. Ryan smiled when he heard this and pulled Hermione away.

At this time, Hermione had recovered from the surprise she had just felt after hearing the conversation between Snape and the others. Soon, she was walking backwards mischievously on the path, giving Ryan a faint smile.

After leaving Hagrid for a distance, she hummed softly: "Lavender, blooming everywhere--" The song permeated the Rose Path like the starlight tonight.

Hermione looked a little shy when she sang, she squinted her eyes as if she wasn't looking at Ryan. Ryan smiled, he thought Hermione was really cute at this time.

"I am the king, you are the queen..." Ryan also sang along quietly. This is a British folk song that his mother taught him when he was very young.

The song was not long and it came to an end very quickly. Hermione stood there quietly with her hands behind her back. She looked so charming in the soft moonlight.

"Toss a coin and make a wish." Hermione and Ryan repeated in a low voice, and slowly their voices became louder. The two of them stared at each other with their eyes wide open, as if they wanted to carve each other's appearance with their eyes, "Toss a coin and make a wish..."

Ryan took the initiative to move closer to Hermione and gently hugged her. Hermione subconsciously raised her head, and her soft lips just brushed against Ryan's lips. "Ah--" Hermione exclaimed softly, and then shyly buried her head in Ryan's arms. She felt as if her whole body was burning at this moment.

The two of them stood under the moonlight for a long time, until a cold wind blew and brought a chill that made them shiver, and then they separated.

"Let's go back. It's still a bit cold here." Hermione stood up again, straightened her slightly wrinkled dress robe, and returned to the hall with Ryan.

At twelve o'clock at midnight, the band stopped playing, and everyone gave them a last round of applause and started walking toward the foyer. Many people wish the prom could be extended a little longer, as it is their happiest night since entering school.

On the second day of Christmas, everyone got up very late. People were chatting casually, interrupted by yawns from time to time.

Hermione's hair was tangled again. She had sprayed a lot of hair spray on it for the ball, but doing it every day was too much trouble and time-consuming for her.

"It's a pity that the body enhancement doesn't include hair." Hermione came over and whispered to Ryan during breakfast. Ryan heard a deep sense of regret from his words. Sure enough, even girls who usually focus on studying have a side that pays attention to their appearance.

There was a gurgling sound from the ceiling, and the daily newspaper was delivered on time. When Ryan saw the newspaper for the first time, he choked the milk in his mouth through his nose.

"What happened?" Hermione asked in surprise after seeing Ryan's loss of composure and handing him a piece of toilet paper. Ryan handed him the newspaper directly, and on the second page of the newspaper, there were huge letters saying "Harry Potter and his lover reconciled, and his lover's sister sent blessings." Below it was a photo of Harry hugging Ron last night, and Ginny was looking at them happily at the edge of the photo.

"Oh my god, I need to write a letter and tell my mother the truth." Ryan heard Ginny exclaimed on the other side of the table. "Ron and Harry are clearly reconciled, but this woman describes it like this."

"It's okay. Didn't you see that most people in the school don't believe what this woman said?" Harry's voice followed. "But seriously, how did he take this photo? Professor Dumbledore has clearly banned him from entering the school."

In the magical world, paparazzi who can transform into beetles are really hard to guard against. It seems that in the future, if I want to do something that requires avoiding people, I will have to use some magic to detect.

The Christmas holidays gave Ryan a long period of time to master various abilities and make certain equipment. During these times, Hermione would always sit quietly by the side reading a book, and sometimes she would help Ryan complete some experiments.

The facilities in the Room of Requirement are very complete. During the holidays, Ryan used the equipment here to replace most of his metal equipment with Valyrian steel. At the same time, he worked with Hermione to make a lot of potions to replenish the ones consumed after traveling to the world of "A Song of Ice and Fire".

The only thing that made him regretful was that Valyrian steel was a single-attribute magical metal, which could only be used to cast magic related to fire or light. It seemed that Ryan's plan to make a metal wand for himself that could be used for melee combat would have to be shelved.

"I can only hope to get some metals with better magical properties in the next world." Ryan thought with regret.

(End of this chapter)