The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 483 Being a Guest
Sirius was a very generous person to his friends. As a direct descendant of a pure-blood family, he could certainly feel the preciousness of this artificial hand. It was not an exaggeration to say that this level of alchemical products could be regarded as heirlooms in many families. Therefore, after Ryan helped him so much, the thank-you gift Sirius gave was unexpectedly precious.

You have to know that the most precious thing in the magic world of Europe and America is knowledge. Especially the knowledge accumulated by pure-blood families like Sirius's family over a long period of time. Every sentence and every formula condenses a lot of experience and hard work of predecessors. For a pure-blood family like Sirius, giving away all the books on alchemy in the family can be regarded as an absolute prodigal behavior. Of course, Sirius doesn't care about this.

With a snap of his fingers, Kreacher appeared in the living room with a dozen thick parchment books stacked higher than himself. Fortunately, Ryan sensed Kreacher's aura and opened the house's space protection barrier, otherwise a creature like Kreacher who tried to teleport directly into the room through Apparition would be directly exiled to the chaotic space by the outer defense system.

After putting down the book, Kreacher looked at Sirius's prosthetic hand. Then he respectfully greeted Ryan and the others and left. He also saw the value of the prosthetic hand, so he did not object to Sirius giving away part of the family inheritance. Besides, the core inheritance of the Black family is the dark magic, and Kreacher felt that it was a good deal to exchange some marginal knowledge for an heirloom.

After everyone had packed up, Sirius and Meliam apparated with Ryan and Hermione respectively.

After a familiar squeeze, Ryan and his friends appeared on the path near the Burrow. Ryan saw the Burrow standing far away at the end of the path.

"Since Harry moved in, the Burrow has received the most stringent security protection the Ministry of Magic can provide, including anti-Apparition spells. This is the closest place to the Weasleys where we can Apparate. We need to walk the rest of the way." Sirius explained. Ryan could also feel that there seemed to be eyes watching them, which might be the Aurors patrolling around for safety reasons.

After walking for five or six minutes, four people appeared at the door of the Burrow. After knocking on the door, Mrs. Weasley's slightly nervous voice came from inside: "Who's outside?"

"I, Sirius, am taking Ryan and the others." The door opened immediately. Standing at the door was Mrs. Weasley, short and plump, wearing a washed-out blue coat.

"Oh, you're finally here, welcome!" Mrs. Weasley turned aside to let everyone in, and then shouted to the upstairs: "Sirius and Ryan, Ryan, aren't you coming down to say hello?" Then she led the four of them to sit down at the kitchen table, and Ryan took out the gifts he was going to give to the Weasley family: two large boxes of cookies baked by Hermione, and two bottles of wine he had brewed under the guidance of Doriel. They were all small and not expensive, but they contained a lot of thought.

"Thank you, you are so polite." Molly Weasley took the gift from Alan and thanked him. At this time, the Weasley twins Apparated in the kitchen and greeted everyone quickly before turning to Ryan and the others. "I heard that you went to China to hold your engagement ceremony this time. How was it?"

"That's a completely different magical world. My father has some relatives there. So I gained a lot of things, and also successfully ordered a large number of high-quality and low-priced raw materials. Now the first batch should have arrived at Lupin in Norway, and it is estimated that these raw materials will be shipped next Monday."

"That's a good thing." Fred said, "The situation is getting worse and worse, because many growers have moved abroad or grown other things, and the worsening public security has hindered the import of goods. Recently, many raw materials have increased in price. Fortunately, we have our own plantations to ensure that the cost increase is within a controllable range. Now that we have new channels, we don't need to worry about this." "But don't change the subject." George said at this time. "As the first one of us to get engaged, how do you feel? Mom has always felt that you two are a little too young to get engaged."

"It's a little early, but it's not like we're getting married." Hermione unexpectedly took the initiative and held Ryan's hand. "Well, as long as we feel that we are suitable for each other, what should we wait for? Besides, in this situation, I think it's better to do some things earlier, otherwise you may regret it for the rest of your life."

"I understand. This is all because of the return of the You-Know-Who. Everyone is panicking and feeling uncertain about their future. So, things that originally needed time to be carefully considered were all decided in a hurry. It was like this the last time the You-Know-Who was in power. People were eloping everywhere—" Mrs. Weasley said with a look of nostalgia, and then looked at Ryan and the others and added hurriedly. "Of course, I'm not talking about you. You two are more mature than the children sitting here, and you are both good at thinking and keeping calm. I believe that you made this choice after careful consideration. By the way, I'll go make you a pot of tea."

After that, Mrs. Weasley left. As soon as she left the other children of the Weasley family and Harry came down the stairs to greet Ryan and the others. After a few pleasantries, Ryan asked curiously, "I see that your mother supports my engagement with Hermione, so why did she say something like people eloping everywhere when we were talking just now-"

"Ha, that's because of my brother." Ron understood immediately. After looking at Harry who ran straight to chat with Sirius, he said: "Bill and Fleur got engaged at the beginning of the summer vacation and plan to get married next summer. Their engagement may be a little earlier than your engagement ceremony. Recently, Fleur only works in Gringotts in the morning and lives in our house the rest of the time. But our mother doesn't like her. She thinks Fleur and Bill are different from your situation. After all, you have known each other for many years and your personalities are very similar. But Bill is a hardworking person, but Fleur -"

"He's a pure Frenchman." Ginny came over and sat next to Ron, watching Sirius, the Weasley brothers and Harry happily chatting about some joke product. "You know, typical French people tend to be a bit lazy and lack order. Our mother thinks this is really not in tune with Bill. But I think Bill, as a curse breaker, is likely to pursue more romantic and exciting things."

"How's Percy?" Ryan asked after talking about everyone's recent situation for a while. He was a little worried since he hadn't received any news from Percy since he learned that Percy had confronted Voldemort head-on when he went to visit Ms. Burns.

"Fortunately, his injury last time was not serious," said Ron. "After that, he was promoted again and is now in charge of three teams. But this makes him very busy. He often lives in the office most of the week and may only be able to stay at home for two days on weekends. In addition, he is still devoted to his work and likes to lead by example. Everyone is worried about him because his job is now the most dangerous in the Ministry of Magic, only slightly safer than Auror. Mum even cried twice because of this. But everyone still admires him. For example, Fred and George are now proud of Percy and think he is a real warrior."

This is in line with Percy's character. As the most utilitarian person in the Weasley family, he has never changed his character in seizing opportunities and working hard to move up. It's just that now, due to Ryan's influence, Percy has not chosen the wrong path, and now it seems that his career is much smoother than in the original text. Just like Ron said, when Mr. Weasley was working in the Ministry, he heard many people say that Percy was a rising political star, and many people were optimistic about this daring young man.

Everyone was drinking tea and chatting. After a while, Harry found an excuse to call Ron, Ryan and Hermione aside and told them the contents of the prophecy ball.

(End of this chapter)