The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 489 Departure
In the following days, Ryan spent some time with his lover. However, the biggest difference from getting along with normal lovers is that most of the time he and Hermione spent alone was spent on magic research. In addition, they also went to the world of Rose Maiden to attend a tea party for girls, and at the same time asked Mr. Luo Zhen, an alchemist who truly mastered the rules, about some problems they encountered when analyzing the rules. Luo Zhen told Ryan that it would take some time to analyze the sand of time he brought last time, after all, the power of time is one of the most complex powers.

Of course, in addition to boring research and learning, Ryan also took Hermione to the world of "The Lord of the Rings" to appreciate the beautiful scenery of that fantasy world. Naturally, many interesting things happened during the journey. For example, after Ryan led Hermione into his own royal family's private treasure house in the Valley Kingdom, he stood by and admired Hermione, who was usually very calm, showing a rare expression of surprise.

However, when Hermione left the treasure house, she didn't take any jewelry. She only took away a batch of books written on parchment, leaves and even gold foil. If Ryan hadn't told her that she could read these books at will, she might have taken all the books away. But even so, she still took more than 50 books and filled up the small space bag that was usually used to store books.

"I think the knowledge in any of these books is much more valuable to me than the gold, silver and jewels that can fill a swimming pool." When coming out of the treasure house, Hermione looked at a leaf book that recorded the history of the elves before they arrived in Middle-earth with a satisfied look on her face. "Compared to gold and gems, knowledge is the best wealth."

Ryan also supports this view, otherwise there wouldn't be so many books in this treasure house. Some of these books are about the manufacture of magic props, while others are used to record various histories. No matter which one, it records precious information, and even the simplest myths describe some knowledge about gods and the rules of the world.

Of course, they also took some time out to go to the world of Pirates of the Caribbean to attend Will and Elizabeth's wedding and presented a complete set of elf-crafted silver tableware as a gift.

In the last few days of summer vacation, Ryan has been organizing the knowledge he has learned during this period. In addition, when Lupin brought the last werewolf of the vacation to treat him, Ryan made an appointment with him that he would continue to treat the werewolf after school, and he would send an owl letter to Lupin in advance in the store in Hogsmeade.

Lupin also told Ryan that the Fuscos he rescued last time decided to stay on the plantation, and as a result, everyone's food standards suddenly improved. According to Lupin, the food on the plantation was only edible before, but now it can be considered a delicacy.

During this period, probably due to the protection of the Burrow, Ryan and his friends only received a few letters from Harry and his friends. In one of the letters, Harry wrote that he had seen Malfoy sneaking around Borgin and Burke's in Knockturn Alley and didn't know what he was doing. He suspected that Malfoy was a Death Eater and was planning to plot something in the school this year.

Harry's intuition is very strong. Ryan felt that Voldemort would not give up the sneak attack plan on Hogwarts as described in the original story, and Malfoy was the executor of the plan. However, the success of this plan is actually based on secrecy. If someone knows about it in advance, they will die very ugly. Ryan actually hoped that Voldemort would be able to launch this sneak attack this year, so that he could counter-attack and inflict heavy damage on the Death Eaters again.

So in his reply, Ryan expressed his support for Harry's idea. Hopefully, this will allow Harry to feel a little warmth among a group of people who don't understand his views.

Finally, the day of school started. Ryan and his friends left home with their luggage, and then Apparated to a place more than ten kilometers away from the manor to summon the Knight Bus.

The Knight Bus appeared in front of them as usual, and the conductor Stan Shunpike called them on board. The atmosphere on the bus was a bit depressing, after all, the recent situation made everyone unhappy. After enduring the silence for dozens of minutes, the bus finally drove to the vicinity of King's Cross Station. Ryan and Hermione took their luggage and fled away from the bus, which had an atmosphere similar to that of a hearse.

"It's unimaginable that the situation has deteriorated to this point during a holiday." Hermione said while dragging a large suitcase. "It's only been more than two months. Look at Diagon Alley and the atmosphere in the car just now. If this continues, even if the You-Know-Who stops committing murders and destroying the British wizarding world, it will probably regress several years."

"Normal, this is the real war, and war has never changed." Ryan said in a low voice.

After arriving at the station, they quickly entered platform nine and three-quarters and boarded the train. After boarding the train, they realized that the war had affected every aspect of the wizarding world. For example, the camps in the prefects' compartment were clearly divided. Only the prefects of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw sat here, and the two prefects of Slytherin did not come at all.

After a few people greeted each other, they accepted the arrangement of the Student Union President and began to patrol the carriage. However, when leaving, the Hufflepuff prefect Hannah Abbott came over and shook hands with Ryan and chatted for a long time before leaving.

"What did Hannah want to ask you for just now?" Hermione asked casually after stopping a group of second-year students who were trying to throw feces balls on the car. "It looked like she wanted to thank you."

"It's a thank you indeed." Ryan nodded. "Her mother wanted to buy a gold defensive bracelet, but due to the recent environment, it would take two or three months to get it if she queued up normally. The twins and I asked her mother to pay 5% more to get it first because she was a member of the reading club, so she came to thank me." "Are those protective magic props selling so well now?" Hermione was a little surprised. She knew the price of the top-grade gold defensive bracelet, but she didn't know that she would be so grateful just by letting Hannah's mother pay a little more to get the goods in advance.

"It's selling very well." Ryan thought, how could it be possible that arms sales during a war wouldn't be good? "All orders for defense bracelets are scheduled for half a year at the earliest, and orders for the top-level gold bracelets are even scheduled for next year."

"Will this take up too much of your time?" Hermione asked with concern. "I'm worried that we will be very busy this year and may not have enough time."

"Of course not." Ryan showed a sly smile. "I gave the order for the copper bracelets to the dwarves, and the order for the silver bracelets to the elves. Only the highest-grade gold bracelets will be made by me personally."

"That's good, too. This way more people can get the protection they deserve." Hermione didn't think there was anything wrong with Ryan doing this. Ryan was willing to put the bracelets made with the craftsmanship of elves and dwarves on the shelf, which showed that they were all qualified. For this kind of magic prop, performance is the most important, and it doesn't matter who made it.

During the inspection, Ryan saw Malfoy, Pansy and other Slytherin students sitting together in a box and talking about something. Malfoy looked much more haggard than last year, which made Ryan think that this year Malfoy might be assigned a task by Voldemort like in the novel. He decided to go to the Room of Requirement to check the status of the Vanishing Cabinet as soon as he arrived at school in order to accurately analyze the situation.

After inspecting all the carriages, Ryan and Hermione ran to greet Harry and the others. After fighting side by side last year, their relationship was much closer than before.

"The twins have graduated. I'm not used to it." Ryan opened a pack of chocolate frogs, broke off half and handed it to Hermione, then put the other half in his mouth and chewed it. "It feels like the carriage is not as interesting as before."

"No wonder I felt like something was missing when I got on the bus today?" Ron showed an expression of sudden enlightenment. "Their business is finally on the right track. Countless people hold up their bags full of gold Galleons hoping to buy those magical defense props from them. When I went to Diagon Alley to purchase, I saw that they were very busy."

"Not only that." Luna interrupted, "Our book 'Look, This Is Muggles' is also selling well. Maybe everyone needs to read something lighthearted at this time. By the way, my father hopes to put an advertisement for his 'The Quibbler' in this magazine. Do you think it's okay?"

"Of course." Hermione nodded. "But I think it's better to change the style of the magazine a little bit, otherwise not many people will read it even if you put the advertisement in it."

"No, I think this magazine is quite interesting," Luna argued, "it's just that not many people appreciate it."

Soon Hermione and Luna started arguing about the contents of the magazine, while Ryan and Neville fell into the familiar mode of watching the show.

"Are they both okay?" Ron came over and asked, "I always feel like they might start fighting at any time."

"Don't worry." Neville said, "The two of them often argue about certain issues in the reading club. They will stop by themselves after a while. According to Ryan, it's because the two people have different values."

(End of this chapter)