The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

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The Ministry of Magic ordered that Dolores Jane Umbridge (High Inquisitor) replace Albus. Dumbledore became Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The above regulations are in accordance with Education Order No. 28.

This notice was posted all over the school overnight. Everyone in the castle heard that Fudge and Umbridge tried every possible way to use various tricks to frame Dumbledore but failed. In the end, they could only force Dumbledore to leave by threatening and bribing the school directors. The campus was filled with a panic atmosphere. Everyone felt that at a time when a large number of Death Eaters had escaped from Azkaban, Dumbledore's departure put the entire castle in a very dangerous state.

For more than half a century, Hogwarts was known as the safest place in Britain not because of its powerful castle and ancient magic, but because Dumbledore, known as the first person in the wizarding world, was the headmaster here. Now that the headmaster has left, everyone has to admit that the castle suddenly seems not as safe as it used to be.

But Umbridge didn't pay attention to these things. She was already blinded by the thought of becoming the headmaster of Hogwarts. Even though the headmaster's office was automatically closed and she couldn't get through the stone monster, Umbridge just got angry and shamelessly nailed a sign with the words "Principal's Office" on the door of her office. Then she started to give orders to the school.

For example, Umbridge formed an investigation team and recruited many pro-Ministry of Magic students as members of the team. These members mainly came from various pure-blood families in Slytherin.

Unfortunately, due to the revelation of Umbridge's background led by Ryan, these selected members did not look down on a half-blood witch from an inconspicuous family. So most of the time, the investigation team just used this skin to do what they wanted to do, and could not monitor everything in the school for Umbridge as she imagined.

"By the way, what did you ask your sister to do before?" Hermione asked curiously in the library that day. "I heard that Rose Quartz went out for a few hours yesterday with a wooden box in her space bag, and when she came back, she brought another large wooden box."

"Did Rose Crystal come to your dormitory to have a dorm chat with you again?" Ryan immediately knew how Hermione knew about this. "I sent the communication items to Sirius and my shop. After all, the old woman has the Ministry of Magic behind her, and the communication channels inside and outside the school are under her surveillance. The Ministry of Magic has a Floo Network administrator who will always monitor every fire in Hogwarts except Umbridge's office. At the same time, the Investigation Team, who are her lackeys, will open and read all owl mails in and out of the castle. And Filch monitors all secret passages inside and outside the castle."

"In this situation, we must have a secure communication channel to communicate with the outside world, especially since I have some business secrets that need to be communicated to the outside world. Once that unethical old woman Umbridge sees these things, who knows if she will sell them directly to my competitors." Ryan looked around to see if there was anyone approaching, then leaned close to Hermione's ear and spoke.

"That old woman." Hermione took a deep breath. "She turned the school into a prison when she was the headmaster."

"What's going on?" Ryan asked, pointing behind Hermione. A Ravenclaw girl sat down at a table with a book under her arm. As a result, everyone else at the table left, leaving only Zhang Qiu sitting there.

"That girl is Marietta, the one who betrayed Harry and the others." Hermione said in a contemptuous tone, "Now no one wants to sit with her or talk to her. Only your compatriot Qiu Zhang is a truly good person and is willing to approach her."

It was equivalent to social death, which was too miserable. As expected, informers were unwelcome in any world. However, this was Marietta's own fault. If she confessed these things after being tortured or given some magic potion, it would be understandable, but this kind of active informing was really unbearable.

"I must admit that Marietta did something wrong, but as a friend I can't just leave her there." Zhang Qiu explained to those who questioned her closeness to Marietta during the book club activity on Saturday. Everyone in the book club accepted this explanation. Compared with those who abandon their friends when things go wrong, people are more willing to get close to people like Zhang Qiu. And everyone also knows that she is different from her friends and is not the kind of person who would betray.

"Okay, we can continue practicing." After making sure that the members of the investigation team who had just come to check had left, Ryan asked everyone to continue practicing. So everyone immediately ran to the corner of the classroom, and then watched Ryan wave his wand in the air, causing the tables and chairs to fly into the air, and then slowly transformed into various obstacles distributed throughout the classroom. This was the experience Ryan learned when he went to Castro Brussels College in his second year: using a large number of obstacles to set up a field in the classroom that was close to actual combat, and then practice inside. For Ryan, who is now a high-level alchemist, it is easy to quickly transform or set some traps.

"Oh my God, why is this so difficult? Even the final exam that Professor Lupin set up that year wasn't as complicated as this." Justin said, rubbing his arm. He had just entered the venue and was knocked out by a trap that released a shock wave less than three minutes ago.

"Legend has it that in the past, many pure-blood families had similar trial grounds for practicing magic and fighting." Hannah explained in a low voice. "But today, there are probably no families that still have such facilities."

"Yes, my grandmother told me about this before." Neville nodded. "But this kind of facility is not cheap. Our family's training ground only has those obstacles, and we can't afford this kind of alchemical trap."

"We've never heard of such a thing." The Weasleys said in unison, and then Fred shrugged. "I guess my ancestors sold that thing a long time ago, but I think we should be able to rebuild this."

George nodded, then said to Ryan, "Hey, we'll definitely order products from you when we rebuild our family training ground. Remember to give us a discount!"

"Definitely. Also, it's your turn now. Don't get kicked out in less than five minutes this time." Ryan interrupted the twins' conversation. If they continued like this, Ryan was worried that they would not be able to achieve the goal of everyone entering the venue three times by the end.

"Hermione, why don't you tell me about your boyfriend? Why were the traps so powerful after we went in? The stinging curse last time made me feel like the right half of my butt was the same as the left half again." Fred said.

"That's because you're not serious, otherwise you could have avoided the trap. Excuse me, it's not a good thing for you to treat practice as a game. The real battlefield is full of blood and death. You must practice those life-saving skills until you are so proficient that you can do them subconsciously when you encounter danger. Otherwise, you may not be able to save your life when you encounter a crisis."

"You're right." Fred was no longer smiling frivolously. He nodded seriously. "Last time, our father told us that he was seriously lacking in training, which led to his complete lack of practical experience and he would fall asleep while on duty. If it weren't for Ryan's bracelet, we might not have seen him. So he told us to be serious during actual combat. We were indeed slacking off before."

George nodded in agreement. "We will definitely train hard today. Just wait and see. We will last long enough." After saying that, he and Fred rushed into the obstacle with a determined look on their faces.

"I hope the training can make them stronger, so that some tragedies may not happen." Ryan thought as he listened to the sounds of fighting coming from the obstacle.

(End of this chapter)