The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 493 Laboratory

Different from what one might have imagined, this alchemy laboratory was not covered with thick dust. Instead, it was very clean, as if it had been cleaned yesterday.

"The house-elf cleaning is perfect!" Hermione said, looking at the spotless laboratory. "It looks like the school's house-elf probably cleans here every day."

"That's not all." Ryan waved his hand, and some silver light spots flew out from the ring on his hand and floated onto the wall. As these light spots touched the wall, ripples spread out with those light spots as the center. Hermione was surprised to see that the original blue brick wall slowly faded away like a phantom, revealing the translucent black stone wall underneath. Not only the surrounding walls, but also the floor tiles and ceiling were the same.

"What is this?" Hermione asked, looking at the translucent black stones around her.

"The obsidian has been processed by alchemy, and there is a set of very complex magic arrays inside. All of this is to ensure a series of balances in the laboratory so as to eliminate the influence of external factors on the experiment as much as possible." Ryan said after carefully inspecting the room. "Except that these facilities are a bit too old, this is the second best alchemy laboratory I have ever seen."

After trying to quickly refine a copper protective bracelet, Ryan and Hermione left the house. Although the equipment in this laboratory is a bit old, the basic functions required for alchemy, such as crushing, melting, heating, cooling, etc. can be perfectly completed. Ryan decided that if he makes something unimportant in the future, he can move it here. His simple portable laboratory should be used less this semester to reduce wear and tear.

After returning to the common room to clean up, they started the first class of the year, Defense Against the Dark Arts. As soon as Ryan entered the classroom, he found that Professor Snape had given them a warning, reminding them that the advanced course of this course was not as simple as they thought.

The whole classroom was full of Snape's style. The curtains were drawn tightly, and only the faint light from the candles made the light even dimmer than usual. There were some pictures on the wall that had never been seen before. Many of the pictures showed people suffering, hideous wounds, and strangely distorted body parts. Even Ryan, who had experienced bloody battles, felt a little uncomfortable after seeing them, not to mention the other students who grew up in a completely peaceful environment. They sat down without saying a word, looking at the pictures on the wall with awe.

Then there was a venomous remark, which concluded that most of the people who could attend the class now were lucky enough to pass the exam, and that most of the people present were rubbish. Then he described what black magic was with a tone of love and admiration, and how one needs to be flexible and innovative when facing black magic.

The Ryan people think that the key to fighting against black magic is to kill the wizards who use black magic as quickly as possible. For example, the Carlo brothers and sisters did master a lot of black magic, but when they were targeted and eliminated in Russia before, they didn't even have time to use a single black magic, and Ryan was naturally not harmed by their black magic.

After a lot of preparation, it was time to learn the silent spell. However, Ryan and the members of the reading club had learned this skill last year, so after Snape gave the order, they automatically divided into several groups and began to practice, which made Snape look over here a few more times.

Just when Ryan thought he would come over to ask, Harry, the guy who was most capable of attracting hatred, successfully attracted Snape's attention. After mocking Harry and Ron, he tried to attack Harry by surprise, but he was unexpectedly knocked away by Harry's subconscious shout of Ironclad.

Naturally, this earned Harry a detention in Snape's office on Saturday night. However, this news did not make Harry depressed for long, because just after class, a Gryffindor junior brought him a sheepskin, which was a note from Professor Dumbledore to Harry, asking Harry to go to class at 8 o'clock on Saturday night.

Next, Ryan and Hermione went to the Arithmancy class, while Harry and the others went back to the common room to do their homework. There were very few people who could take the Arithmancy Advanced Class, only six including Ryan. Naturally, the content of the course was much more profound, and a large number of calculations began to involve a lot of knowledge about the most basic parts of magic.

Just like science, there are many things in magic that are based on mathematics. Unfortunately, even a place like Hogwarts has been infiltrated by pure-blood wizards, and under their operation, this subject has become less and less popular. As a result, only a small number of young wizards are lucky enough to learn this subject today.

After the Arithmancy class was over, it was time for lunch, and the break after lunch was used to do homework. Fortunately, Ryan had managed to make two quills similar to the ones Rita Skeeter had used before, which made it much easier for him and Hermione to do their homework. "Wow, this thing is great. Can you sell it to us?" Ron asked enviously, watching Ryan and Hermione whispering and being recorded on parchment by the white quill.

"This thing is not suitable for you, including Harry." Ryan gestured to stop the quill from writing, and then explained. "If you want to use this quill pen skillfully, you must have a complete paper in your mind before writing each paper. It will be very troublesome to use it if you make revisions." After that, he let Ron try it out.

"You're right. This kind of pen may only be used by you and Hermione." Ron said frustratedly after trying it with a small piece of waste parchment. At least 1/3 of the parchment in front of him was crossed out. This was the result of Ron's attempt to use the voice-controlled feather pen. It must be said that if you don't have a draft in mind in advance, it is more appropriate to write the paper word by word by hand.

With the help of this new feather pen, Ryan successfully finished the homework for two classes during the day in just one lunch break. After putting the last period, Ryan shook his hand to stretch his wrist. Then he packed up his things and prepared for the afternoon class.

After Ryan and his friends walked out of the common room, they found that the corridor outside the common room was a bit chaotic. When everyone rushed out to attend class, they could see that many people were still confused about the new schedule and didn't even know where to go to class. Fortunately, Professor McGonagall was standing there diligently directing everyone to the correct classroom. Ryan saw Professor McGonagall holding a piece of parchment and pointing the students.

"Lavender, your Divination classroom is still upstairs." Professor McGonagall shouted to Lavender who was crowded in a group of junior students, and then shouted to the students in the other direction, "Davis! Mr. Davis! Don't go there! That's the girls' bathroom..."

Harry and Ron came out earlier than Ryan and the others. As they had not prepared textbooks and materials, they planned to skip a class. They came out at this time to take a walk after finishing their homework and to see the students who were preparing for class. At this time, they saw the students in chaos and they were laughing with gloating.

"Oh no." Seeing Professor McGonagall walking towards them, Ron immediately squatted down and tried to escape Professor McGonagall's sight. Harry also wanted to run away when he saw the situation was not good, but he was discovered by Professor McGonagall.

"Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley!" Ron's little trick did not escape the attention of Professor McGonagall, and they were discovered immediately.

"Potter, I remember you have Potions class in the afternoon." Professor McGonagall asked with a stern expression on her face.

"But we haven't prepared textbooks and materials in advance. This class is probably--"

"There are still materials and textbooks in the classroom. You can use them first." Professor McGonagall said sternly, and then she saw Ryan and Hermione who had just come out of the common room.

"Mr. Liang, I have a task for you." Professor McGonagall called Ryan, who looked confused, over and said, "I remember you were going to Potions class, right? Take Mr. Potter and Mr. Weasley with you, they looked too happy just now."

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