The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 524 Werewolves (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
When Ryan followed the path through several bushes to the cabin where the living area was located, he found that Lupin's description could not describe the joy of the werewolves when they found themselves spending Christmas with them. Every werewolf who found Ryan would come up to hug or shake hands with him excitedly. Ryan felt that he was being treated the same as Harry when he first entered the Leaky Cauldron in his first year.

Soon they came to a room in the living area. Through the glass window on the wall, they could see a middle-aged Auror werewolf speaking on the stage, with eleven or twelve werewolf students listening below. However, except for the little girl Mary sitting in the front row who was listening attentively with a smile on her face, everyone else had a look of despair on their faces.

"What class is going on here?" Ryan asked curiously, because he couldn't imagine what class would have adults and children mixed together.

"Grammar class." Lupin looked helpless. "Many werewolves were abandoned by their families when they were young. After testing, we found that they even had problems with reading and writing, so we have to teach them literacy. In addition to this, we have encountered too many other miscellaneous troubles during this period."

"What's the cause of all this trouble?" asked Hermione.

"Because we are the first, and perhaps the only, group of kind werewolves that have gathered together in the past hundred years." Lupin smiled bitterly, "Now we have 37 people, which includes most of the kind werewolves in the UK and some kind werewolves in other European countries. After gathering together, we who have been living alone for safety reasons must learn how to survive in a team. This will lead to countless problems, but fortunately everyone hopes that this group can continue to be good and is willing to make concessions. Our group has also gradually matured through stumbling."

Looking at the exhausted Lupin in front of him, Ryan felt a little embarrassed. After all, it was his idea to gather the werewolves together, but since he was in school, Lupin had to take care of everything here.

Lupin saw what Ryan was thinking. He smiled and waved his hand: "Don't blame yourself. This job is a great thing for me. This period of time is also the happiest time for me."

Ryan also laughed after listening to Lupin's words. He was right. At least Ryan found that Lupin's face no longer had the sad look he had in the past. Although he looked tired, he was full of energy, and his eyes were full of hope.

"By the way, where are you spending Christmas this year? I remember the Weasleys' Christmas party not only invited the two of us, but also you and Tonks." Ryan asked, thinking of something.

"I'll definitely stay here." Lupin said seriously. "I used to go somewhere else to celebrate Christmas because I had no home, but now... this is my home. Tonks will come to see me this Christmas, and she will come with some werewolf relatives and friends who have been in touch with me. By the way, what about you two? I remember that your relatives are not in the UK now."

"We will also spend the entire holiday here. Didn't you see we brought all our luggage with us?" Hermione patted her small bag that was covered with a high-level traceless extension spell. "This place is also considered half of our home."

Then until Christmas, Ryan and his friends stayed here to communicate with the werewolves, and treated them at a rate of two people per week. On Christmas Eve, when Ryan and Hermione came out of the treatment room exhausted, 18 werewolves had been treated, which had exceeded the number of Quileute werewolves.

"Thank you very much, you have worked so hard." After going out, a large group of werewolves stood in two neat rows at the door of the treatment room and shouted, bowing deeply at the same time.

"This is--" Ryan felt very touched, and Hermione even had some sparkles in the corners of her eyes.

"We heard that Orientals express their gratitude in this way, so we express our gratitude in this way." At this time everyone began to walk towards the restaurant. Lupin stood next to Ryan and explained, while Hermione was pulled aside by Tonks and muttered something.

Well, it was normal for Europeans to not be able to tell the cultural differences between several countries in the Far East, not to mention that most of the people in front of him were werewolves who had been staying at home. Ryan thought that as long as he had the intention, the form was not important. Soon, they came to a brightly lit hall. The whole hall was decorated with colorful decorations, and in the middle of the hall was a small Christmas tree covered with bright decorations.

Before dinner, Lupin gave a very brief speech to the nearly 50 werewolves, wizards and Muggles below. In his speech, he finally talked about the recent situation. "…As we all know, the evil forces have returned. There are those evil werewolves headed by Greyback who enjoy killing, and there are also a group of dark wizards who are more cruel and murderous than these werewolves. They will definitely not allow werewolves like us who are not on their side to exist. In short, at this time, we must unite and remain vigilant, and at the same time remember our motto-"

At this time, all the werewolves stood up and, led by Lupin, lowered their voices and chanted from their throats: "The snow falls, the wind blows, the lone wolf dies, and the wolf pack lives forever."

"Are you ready to lead everyone into this war? Even if the scale of this war is larger and more brutal than the last time?" Ryan asked after the banquet, when everyone gathered in groups of three or four to drink tea and eat snacks.

"In fact, we cherish our current life and do not want to be involved in the war. But it is now obvious that the choice of whether to participate in this war is not in our hands. Instead of being passively involved in the war, it is better to make full preparations early." Lupin paused here, as if thinking about whether he should say the next words.

"Are you worried about something?" Ryan keenly noticed Lupin's hesitation and asked in a low voice.

"It's like this, all the werewolves, including me, hope to cooperate with you in the war." Lupin seemed a little embarrassed when he said this, because he felt that the war was not yet at a point where minors like Ryan needed to shed blood.

However, the werewolves who had been isolated from the world for a long time needed human comrades who could fight alongside them, and the only wizards recognized by all the werewolves here were Ryan and Hermione. At the same time, their treatment of the werewolves also showed that they were strong enough to take on the work that should have been done by adults. So Lupin hesitated and said it out.

"Why not cooperate with Dumbledore?" Ryan asked. "He should be more powerful and more prestigious than me."

"If it were me, I would definitely choose to cooperate with the headmaster. But now I have to be responsible for all the werewolves here." Lupin seemed a little depressed. "Even in the Order of the Phoenix, most wizards still don't trust werewolves, and the werewolves don't trust those wizards either. You are our only candidate."

"If that's the case, I'm happy to take on this responsibility. Although I may not be able to guarantee how much they will gain, I will try my best to bring them all back alive." Ryan was very happy that the werewolves were willing to join the war under his command.

Before, the only reliable people Ryan could mobilize were Rose Crystal, Jill, and Hermione. Even if the action could cause certain losses to the enemy, there were many tragedies that he was unable to prevent. Now that he had the werewolves, Ryan felt that with sufficient manpower, he could definitely achieve greater results.

"My greatest goal is to enable my compatriots to return home alive. I believe you can do it." Lupin said as he shook Ryan's hand vigorously.

(End of this chapter)