The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 525 The vacation is over
On the fifth day after the New Year, Ryan and his friends went to the Burrow with Lupin after breakfast, because the Ministry of Magic would arrange a one-time Floo network connection tomorrow so that students could return to school quickly and safely.

"Oh, you're finally here, come in quickly!" Mrs. Weasley came out to greet them as soon as they entered the garden of the Burrow, and then welcomed them into the house: "There happened to be a lot of snacks left over from breakfast, would you like some?"

"Thank you, but no thanks. We had already had breakfast before we came." Hermione politely declined Mrs. Weasley's kindness. Then Lupin stayed downstairs to talk to Mrs. Weasley, while Ryan and the others went upstairs to find Harry and the others.

Arriving at the third floor staircase, Hermione turned around and went to find Ginny, while Ryan continued to go up to the fifth floor and came to the door of Ron's house. After knocking on the door, it opened. It was Harry who opened the door, and Ron looked like he was writing something at the table before, and now he turned his head and looked at the door with a quill in his hand.

"Ha, you're finally here." After Ryan walked into the room, Harry and Ron came forward to hug him, and then Ron continued, "I thought you and Hermione would not come this Christmas."

"Since I promised, I will definitely come." Ryan said after sitting on the edge of the bed. "By the way, you two don't seem very happy. What happened to you during this holiday? Can you tell me about it?"

"That's right." Harry and Ron looked at each other and nodded slightly at the same time. Then Harry said, "I told Mr. Weasley the news I heard in the corridor before, but he thought I was too nervous. He thought that Snape's conversation with Malfoy was pretending to help in order to find out what Malfoy was doing. I should trust Professor Dumbledore's judgment and trust Snape."

"What about Sirius?" Ryan asked about Harry's godfather's opinion.

"Sirius definitely supports Harry's opinion," Ron said. "But it doesn't make much sense, because Sirius believed from the beginning that Snape was a dark wizard and a Death Eater, and after the castle's magical alert level was raised, he couldn't do anything in the school."

"That sounds bad, because it means we have to fight alone in this regard. But don't worry, Harry." Ryan said, looking up at Harry's face standing in the middle of the room. "I can help you with this matter to the best of my ability, such as some alchemical tools that can be used in the castle."

"Thank you very much, buddy." Ron came over and patted Ryan on the shoulder. "This may cost you a lot of money, because there are a lot of defensive magic in Hogwarts Castle, and the material cost of certain types of alchemical props will be sky-high if you want to use them."

"This--" Harry seemed a little at a loss. He was a little suspicious about Ryan's unwillingness to help him. But after listening to Ron's words, he immediately realized that Ryan actually helped him a lot. His previous thoughts were very inappropriate. After all, Ryan had a lot of work for the Order of the Phoenix this semester and didn't have much time to do other things. It was a great favor to spend a lot of money to provide him with alchemical props.

"You don't have to take this to heart." Ryan said proudly. "You should know that as an alchemist of good level, you will never lack worldly money."

"That sounds really enviable." Ron said with a smile. "By the way, thank you for the Christmas gift you gave me this year. This wizard robe that can clean itself and has basic defense is really amazing. I saw that Fred and George were charging 10 Galleons for such a wizard robe."

"Me too, thank you for giving me the wizard robe," Harry said. "By the way, Rufus Scrimgeour came here to see me before and told me a lot of things." "For example..." Ryan asked in a drawling tone.

"He first told me that Umbridge regretted what she did last year and chose to exile herself to Northern Europe." Harry smiled at this point, and it seemed that he was very satisfied with Umbridge's departure. But soon his face returned to calm. "He first showed his kindness to me, and then he thought I had an obligation to cooperate with the Ministry of Magic."

"Duty?" Ryan frowned when he heard the word. "You know I've read a lot of books, and there are Muggle books that specifically talk about obligations, saying that obligations and rights should correspond. I just want to know what rights the Ministry of Magic can give you?"

"Nothing. He just said he could introduce me to some big shots in the Ministry of Magic." Harry was a little angry. "I just tried to tell him that I didn't like some things the Ministry of Magic did, such as imprisoning Stan Shunpike. But he immediately changed his face and thought that I was only 16 years old and didn't understand many things. He told me that the situation was dangerous and certain measures were necessary."

"Another politician whose brain is controlled by his ass, and whose brain is almost as big as his ass." Ryan sighed. If it was Slughorn, he would definitely be willing to accept this opportunity to meet an important person, but Harry was an upright person and couldn't stand this. "In fact, it is not difficult to find or catch Death Eaters on the periphery. But as the Minister of Magic, he is unwilling to offend the pure-blood families that are the cornerstone of the Ministry of Magic at this time."

Glancing at Harry and Ron, who were both filled with indignation, Ryan continued in a calm tone, "Of course, I can understand avoiding internal strife during wartime, and I can also understand wanting to do something to boost morale. But in this case, I really don't understand why he had to catch a few innocent people as scapegoats. There are obviously many truly evil dark wizards in Diagon Alley, and it shouldn't be difficult to catch a few from there to make up for the loss."

"Yeah, I also think it would be a much better idea to put all those dark wizards who hurt people in Knockturn Alley into Azkaban. So I rejected his invitation, and he said I was a Dumbledore man through and through." Harry spread his hands and said, "Then the two of us broke off the talk, but I still felt a little guilty, after all, he still drove Umbridge away."

"You don't have to feel guilty." Ryan looked at Harry. Although Harry was sometimes childish and emotional in many aspects of his behavior, he was an upright and kind person. This was why Ryan was willing to make friends with him.

He whispered to Harry and Ron, "I know why Umbridge didn't come back, but it involves Lupin, so I hope you can keep it a secret."

After seeing Harry and the others nod solemnly, Ryan said, "This is what happened—" Then Ryan whispered about how Umbridge tried to kill someone to take credit but was killed in return. He just didn't mention his treatment of the werewolves because Lupin believed that even if he wanted to make it public, he had to wait until all the werewolves on the plantation were treated.

"I knew that the Ministry of Magic and Umbridge would not suddenly become good people. It's like the saying goes: the fox may turn gray, but never good." Ron said after listening to Ryan's story.

"But this is a good thing." Harry smiled and said, "Now I can be a Dumbledore man through and through."

(End of this chapter)