The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 526 New Semester (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
After staying at the Weasleys' house for one night, Ryan and his friends lined up by the stove in the kitchen of the Burrow the next afternoon to return to Hogwarts. This was much more comfortable than squeezing into King's Cross Station with a group of people to take a day train.

Only Mrs. Weasley saw them off, because Mr. Weasley, Fred, George, Percy, Bill and Fleur all had to go to work, and Mrs. Weasley cried when she said goodbye. Ginny walked up to her, hugged her and patted her back gently to comfort her: "Don't cry, Mom..."

Then Mrs. Weasley hugged each of them goodbye, and Ryan felt that her hug was very strong. Naturally, he also understood Mrs. Weasley's excitement: in this war era, it was indeed a worrying thing to be separated from the children for so long, not to mention that now there was news of someone missing.

"I've always been like this, Mrs. Weasley," Mrs. Weasley and Harry hugged for the longest time at last, and Harry comforted her, "I like a quiet life, you know."

After hearing this, Mrs. Weasley smiled with tears in her eyes and stepped back. "Well, be good, each of you..."

When it was Ryan's turn, he bowed to Mrs. Weasley and shouted "Hogwarts!", then he was surrounded by flames and spun rapidly. After passing many fireplace doors along the way, he slowed down and stopped upright in Professor McGonagall's fireplace.

"Good afternoon, Professor McGonagall." Ryan said, pulling out his wand and waving it, and all the ashes in the fireplace and on the carpet disappeared.

"Good afternoon to you too, Mr. Liang. This silent spell is great. I'm glad to see that you haven't forgotten my lessons during the holidays." Perhaps because Christmas had just passed, Professor McGonagall, who had a good rest during the holidays, seemed a little more relaxed than before. Ryan stood outside the fireplace and tidied his robes. Hermione also appeared in the fireplace. She also stepped out of the fireplace and used a silent spell to clean up the coal ash she brought. She walked out of Professor McGonagall's office with Ryan and walked towards the Gryffindor Tower.

"Ha, Ryan, I finally waited for you." After climbing up the tower in the sunlight on the corridor, they met Neville. After seeing Ryan, Neville waved the note in his hand and said to Ryan. "Professor Dumbledore asked me to give you this note. By the way, the password at the door of the common room today is to stop drinking."

After taking the folded parchment and thanking Neville, Ryan opened the parchment. The content on it was very simple. Dumbledore asked Ryan to go to his office tomorrow afternoon. He had something to tell Ryan.

"Why did the headmaster call you this time? Didn't we resolve the disagreement when we taught magic to the students last time?" After returning to the common room, Ryan showed the note to Hermione. Hermione felt very strange that Dumbledore looked for Ryan again.

"I guess he's assigning me some kind of mission." Ryan thought for a moment and said, "After what happened at the Ministry of Magic last term, you don't think Dumbledore still thinks I'm on the same level as an ordinary little wizard, do you? In this case, the headmaster will definitely want to use every bit of his strength when the Order of the Phoenix is ​​seriously short-handed. He won't let a capable guy like me slack off all the time."

"Really? Christmas is just over—" Hermione complained a little, and Ryan thought her expression was a bit like Mrs. Weasley's expression when the Ministry of Magic asked Mr. Weasley to work overtime yesterday. At this time, the door opened, and Harry pulled Ginny over, and then the two of them sat on the sofa opposite Ryan and the others.

"Where's Ron?" Ryan asked, looking at the two in front of him. Ginny curled her lips. "He went to see Lavender as soon as he came back. I guess they are dating somewhere now."

"I understand." Ryan nodded. This is how it always is when you start dating. Later, during the conversation, he learned from Harry that Dumbledore would teach Harry tomorrow night. It seemed that this was probably because Dumbledore finally had a day in school tomorrow, so he just dealt with all the things he needed to deal with at once. When the new semester started the next morning, the sixth graders got a surprise: when they were packing up and preparing for breakfast, they found that a large notice had been nailed to the notice board in the common room the night before. It told everyone that the Apparition class was about to begin.

If anyone is already seventeen years old or will be seventeen by August 31st, they can take a twelve-week Apparition course taught by the Ministry of Magic Apparition Teacher for twelve Galleons. There is a blank space at the bottom of the notice for those who are willing to participate to sign.

Ryan and Hermione had already learned this when they went to China last time, but they still signed up this time. It's just like even if you have very good driving skills, you still need to get a driver's license if you want to drive on the road normally.

For the rest of the day, many sixth graders gathered together to discuss Apparition. Harry was surrounded by several people and asked questions because he was Apparated by Dumbledore. Many people seemed very excited about this matter, and some were even overly excited.

For example, Seamus was so immersed in the cool image after mastering this magic that he swung his wand too hard when releasing a spring of clear water in the Charms class. The clear spring that was supposed to be turned into a water dragon turned into a water dragon, which hit the ceiling and bounced back and hit Professor Flitwick in the face.

As a result, after Professor Flitwick dried himself off, Seamus earned himself a punishment writing set. He had to copy the sentence "I am a wizard, not a baboon waving a stick."

This incident shows that in the UK, when describing someone as stupid, they say that someone is a baboon. Ryan felt that the author of a novel he read in his previous life was indeed careful, but it was a pity that he came here before the author finished writing. Now he can only pray that in the future, the Wanjie Grocery Store will be connected to a certain urban drama world so that he can read the whole book.

After dinner, thinking about these things, Ryan came to the headmaster's office again. This time, before he knocked, the door opened. The layout of the room was exactly the same as last time, and Dumbledore was looking at the Pensieve on the table in front of him. After noticing Ryan coming in, the headmaster raised his head and greeted him. "I'm sorry to call you here again, but I have something very important to talk to you about."

"I'm happy to help you in any way I can." Ryan nodded slightly. "But my main strength comes from alchemy. I'm afraid I can only hinder you in a real face-to-face battle."

"Don't worry, it's not your turn to go to the battlefield anyway." Dumbledore smiled. "Your contribution in making various props in the rear is much greater than fighting in the battlefield. The Order of the Phoenix is ​​not short of warriors who can fight the Death Eaters head-on, but you are the only one who can provide enough help to everyone so that everyone has a greater chance of coming back alive. And what I need your help with is alchemy."

"Then I'd be honored," Ryan said, "Now can you tell me what you need from me?"

Dumbledore sat there thinking for a moment, then whispered something. Ryan's eyes widened instantly.

(End of this chapter)