The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 305 Full Moon Ceremony (Please subscribe, please collect, please vote)
About a week into the Christmas holiday, Ryan received an invitation from Aunt Betty in the Emerald Dream. The letter invited Ryan and Hermione to go to the Centaur village the next night to be the guests of honor at her son's tree planting ceremony.

"Holding the ceremony at this time means we have to be out during curfew." Hermione exclaimed when Ryan told her the news.

"Of course, as far as I know, this ceremony of the centaurs is to be held in the early morning hours at the beginning of the day, which means that we will definitely not be able to get back before curfew. If you don't want to go, I can go alone, that's no problem."

"Who said I don't want to go? It's an absolute honor to be able to attend a ceremony that's not even recorded in books." Hermione said excitedly. "Besides, it's Christmas vacation now, so coming back late won't be a big deal - why are you looking at me like that?"

"This is the first time I've seen Miss Granger willing to violate certain school rules, so I'm a little surprised." Ryan answered seriously.

At nine o'clock the next night, the two quietly slipped out of the castle gate. Then, under Wolf's guidance, they headed straight for the centaur village. Under the moonlight, the snow in the forest reflected a silvery-white light, illuminating everything around them clearly.

The village of the centaurs was no exception. The river beside the village had frozen over and was covered with a layer of snow. The houses in the village were also covered with snow, and the tall wooden roofs looked like a thick layer of cream.

Following Wolfe through the quiet village, we arrived at Aunt Betty's house on the left side of the village. She was already waiting for Ryan and his friends there. On the side of her horse's back was a frame with a lot of fur, and the child was inside.

The centaur's child is much smaller than a pony, and looks more like a human baby with a horse-like lower body. Aunt Betty's husband, Bain, was seriously teasing his son with a small toy made of golden leaves and vines. Bain looked much neater than when he was in the first grade, and his hair was neatly groomed. Because it was winter, he was wearing a cloak made of a whole bear skin on his upper body.

"Welcome, welcome." Aunt Betty greeted Ryan and Hermione happily after seeing them. "Welcome to our son's full moon tree planting ceremony. You can go to the bonfires in the center of the village to warm up first."

Aunt Betty opened the gift Ryan gave her and said in surprise: "These arrows are much better than most of our arrows. Only the top arrows stored in the altar can beat them. Thank you very much. We like this gift very much."

Not only are these arrows made of Valyrian steel, Ryan also spent a lot of materials to give them a variety of very practical magical properties. Just holding these arrows can feel the power contained in them.

Bane, who was standing next to him, expressed his love for the gift even more obviously after receiving the arrows. He directly tied an arrow with vines and pressed it under the pile of animal skins in the basket, and then put his child back into the basket.

"If the centaurs have a newborn male, his parents will place the best weapon they think is best at the bottom of the newborn's vine frame to wish him to become an excellent warrior in the future." Wolfe whispered to what Bane was doing.

At this time, Ryan and his friends were already sitting on the warm rocks beside the campfire, each holding a teacup with some special medicinal tea from the Forbidden Forest. Wolfe was lying beside them, with a wide-mouthed cup of the same medicinal tea in front of him. "You can have a taste, this is a good thing that only comes on important days, and the horsemen are reluctant to take it out on other days." After saying that, Wolfe put his long furry mouth into the cup and started drinking.

Ryan also took a sip. The tea tasted bitter in his mouth, but it became sweet when it flowed to the root of his tongue. Then it flowed directly down his esophagus into his stomach like a warm current, warming up his whole body. It dispelled the cold that had penetrated his body after running in the snow for nearly an hour.

The centaurs are indeed the darlings of nature. After the elves left the material world, it is estimated that only the centaurs have such a strong talent in herbal medicine. After observing for a while, Ryan saw more details. For example, the old centaur sitting next to the bonfire added branches and leaves to the bonfire from time to time, but these branches and leaves, which contained very little magic and were not even considered herbs by human wizards, made the bonfire emit a slight white smoke under the old centaur's combination.

The smoke carried the fragrance of grass and trees, and everyone who smelled it could feel that their fatigue was slightly relieved. After noticing that Ryan was looking at her, the old horseman smiled at Ryan in a friendly manner.

"Child, you are the friend of nature. Thank you for your help this time. Otherwise, little Betty would not have fulfilled her long-cherished wish."

"I just realized a tiny part of nature by chance." Ryan said modestly, and then he asked; "What is your name?"

"Lanni, we centaurs are not as complicated as humans, so just call me Lanni. I am the witch doctor of this centaur tribe and Bane's grandmother. I have watched them grow up since I was a child. After Betty was cursed, I have been looking for a solution to the problem, but unfortunately I have never succeeded. Fortunately, your help has made their relationship come true. So, you can come to me when you enter the Emerald Dream in the future. I am willing to share some knowledge about nature and potions with you."

The centaurs are very straightforward, so they don't say polite words like humans do. For example, the witch doctor of the centaur tribe in front of him clearly told Ryan that she was willing to use her knowledge as a thank you for helping her descendants continue their bloodline.

"Thank you very much." Ryan expressed his sincere gratitude to the generous old man, but Lanny the witch doctor did not think it was that important. After all, in the Centaur tribe, knowledge was openly exchanged with each other. Unlike human wizards, they were not so precious and set up countless barriers to knowledge exchange.

Ryan kept chatting with the elder. Her rich experience brought Ryan and Hermione a lot of benefits. Lanie was also very happy that there were younger people willing to listen to her stories when she was young. After all, the centaur tribe was so small, and after she told her stories many times, everyone in the tribe was familiar with what she said.

For example, as soon as she started talking, Wolfe took his teacup and went to the other side of the campfire. When Lanni saw this, she just shook her head, and later told Ryan in the chat that she had told Wolfe stories when he was still a wolf cub. It is estimated that he is now like this because he is a little scared after hearing the same story too many times.

Time passed quickly during the chat, and suddenly a low horn sound echoed throughout the village. Lanny stood up with a reluctant look (the difference between centaurs and horses is that centaurs often lie down on all fours to rest), shook her tail to shake off the dust on her body, and said to Ryan and Hermione: "Betty's baby's full moon tree planting ceremony is about to begin, and we need to hurry to the altar now."

(End of this chapter)