The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 347 Winning the Championship
It was already completely dark at this time, and Ryan was running wildly on the road leading to the trophy. The hedges on both sides were retreating rapidly. With the help of Qinggong, he successfully stood in front of the trophy in less than ten seconds.

Ryan grabbed the handle of the trophy with a smile on his face, and he seemed to see a pocket full of gold Galleons in front of him. It was really terrible to have money but not be able to spend it. Even if he had a warehouse of wealth in other worlds, he couldn't use it openly in this world. Even when he invested in the twins before, he relied on real estate and technology, and the money he earned was invested in reproduction, so he didn't have much cash on him. The 1,000 Galleons he could get from winning the championship this time could really solve the problem.

The trophy was still a portkey, but this time it was made and placed by Headmaster Dumbledore himself, so there was no problem. The moment Ryan was teleported away, he saw Fleur just turning from another intersection. When she saw Ryan's hand on the trophy handle disappear, she showed an extremely disappointed expression on her face.

After a dizzy moment, Ryan appeared in the open space facing the audience. The people in the audience cheered and applauded when they saw him appear with the trophy in his hand, especially the Hogwarts students who had an absolute numerical advantage and waved their school flags and the red flag of Gryffindor College vigorously.

"Now, our champion of the Triwizard Tournament has been chosen." Bagman's loud voice echoed over the venue. "Let us cheer for him."

At this time, Ryan placed the trophy on a platform in the open space under the guidance, and then followed Madam Pomfrey to a temporary tent behind the platform. He also gained 10 deflection points on the way.

"Are you okay?" Madam Pomfrey said nervously, "I saw on the screen that you faced the Howl of Terror without any defense. Do you feel dizzy and sick now? At that time, I disagreed with other schools using those dangerous dark magics. But Albus insisted on saying that for the sake of international cooperation, he agreed to let Durmstrang use -"

Madam Pomfrey did not stop her hands while she spoke. She asked Ryan to sit on a dentist's chair, then took out a bottle of blue potion that looked like liquid ice and tried to get Ryan to drink it.

"Madam Pomfrey, I'm really not hurt at all." Ryan tried to explain to the school doctor that he really didn't need this medicine. Unfortunately, Madam Pomfrey didn't believe that Ryan could be unaffected by a dark magic without any protection.

"Even if you are not injured, I think this bottle of medicine will be useful to you. You can calm your nerves that have been tense for a whole school year." This is how Madam Pomfrey explained. Ryan had no choice but to swallow the bottle of medicine.

Fortunately, the taste of this bottle of medicine was slightly different from that of Madam Pomfrey's previous medicine, and it was not that bad. Instead, it tasted like fortified mint tea. Ryan felt as if a line of ice flowed directly from his mouth to his stomach and then spread throughout his body. After that, his brain felt as if it was soaked in ice water, and the slight tiredness disappeared.

"Don't think about using this potion on a regular basis. Once you use too much of this potion, you will lose the emotions that a person should have." Seeing Ryan staring at the empty bottle in his hand, Madam Pomfrey immediately warned. "Rest for a while now, I'll come back to call you later. There will be an award ceremony at the dinner later for you to attend."

After a while, the other contestants who were still in the maze came in one after another. The first one to come in was Furong, but her face was full of frustration. This was understandable. Losing when you were just one step away from victory was more difficult to accept than other situations.

Next came Krum and Diane, another girl from Barton. Both of them had some injuries on their bodies. When Madam Pomfrey complained, Ryan learned that they both learned about the end of the game while they were fighting.

The last person to come in was Harry, who looked extremely disheveled, dirty, with branches and grass in his hair. But after seeing Ryan, he seemed very excited and was very happy that Ryan won the championship and brought honor to the school.

"It was so unlucky. I was besieged by three blast-end skrewts on the way and ended up running in the wrong direction." Harry showed a depressed expression. "As a result, I was still circling the outside of the maze when you got the trophy."

After waiting for about half an hour, Madam Pomfrey informed them that they could go to the Great Hall.

Ryan could hear the noisy voices in the hall through the golden door. It seemed that the students had been waiting here in advance. After waiting for a few minutes, the door suddenly opened and Dumbledore's voice came from inside. "Now, please invite our warriors to stand on the stage."

Six people walked along the central aisle of the auditorium to the stage. Students from the three schools sitting at the four long tables applauded and cheered vigorously. Ryan saw that Bagman was missing from the judges on the stage. He must have lost all his money and fled because he was afraid of the goblins' revenge. He even didn't want such a good position in the Ministry of Magic. It can be seen that gambling is really not allowed.

"As we all know, the Triwizard Tournament is to promote friendship among wizards—" When Ryan and the other six stood on the stage, Fudge began his long speech. Ryan could see that the students below all looked helpless.

Finally, Fudge finished reading the thick speech he had prepared. He raised his head and said loudly, "Now I will present the award to the champion of the Triwizard Tournament."

"Finally, I'm done." Ryan let out a long sigh, and then walked up to him at Fudge's invitation.

"Congratulations on bringing honor to the British wizarding world." Fudge patted Ryan's arm after handing him the trophy. Then, at the request of the reporters below, Ryan raised the trophy for them to take pictures. Then he took pictures with a lot of people, such as Fudge, several headmasters and other contestants.

Just as the photo session came to an end, Fudge stood in the middle of the stage again and wanted to say something. At this moment, two owls suddenly flew in from the skylight above the hall and threw the letters in their claws at Headmaster Dumbledore and Minister Fudge on the stage.

The letter that suddenly arrived at this time was not normal. Fudge opened the letter, and Ryan, who was standing diagonally behind him, looked over his shoulder at the letter. At the same time, several professors surrounded Headmaster Dumbledore and looked at the letter in his hand. The students below began to whisper to each other, and there was a buzzing sound.

Because of the obstruction of several Ministry of Magic officials, Ryan did not see the full text of the letter. But the words such as Azkaban and prison break that he saw through the gap made his heart skip a beat. It seemed that something big had happened.

Sure enough, Fudge's speech later became very simple. After speaking five or six polite words, he directly handed a bag of gold coins to Ryan, and then left with the Ministry of Magic staff. This award ceremony was anticlimactic.

After standing on the stage for a while, Dumbledore announced that everyone could go back and rest, but he kept Ryan and Harry.

"Professor, what do you want to talk to us about?" Harry asked directly.

"Bad news." Dumbledore glanced at the students who were leaving the room and then lowered his head and whispered to Ryan and Harry, "Voldemort took advantage of the fact that most people arrived at Hogwarts today to suddenly attack Azkaban. It is possible that some Dementors were recruited by him. What is certain now is that someone escaped from prison, but the exact number of escapees and the list of people are still being counted."

No wonder Fudge left in such a hurry just now. Several professors looked unhappy after reading the letter. This means that Voldemort recovered some of his strength in a short time after leaving Britain last time, and now he is back. It seems that the wizarding world is about to be in chaos.

(End of this chapter)