The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 536 Subsequent Events (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
Once items were lost from Gringotts' most confidential vault, it would often shock the entire British wizarding world and even the European wizarding world, such as the failed robbery by Voldemort and Quirrell when Ryan was in his first year. But even if they didn't succeed, all the newspapers and magazines in the wizarding world were reporting on the incident. Later, the goblins spent a lot of money to suppress the incident, and also spent even more money to upgrade the security system.

So the next day after returning from Gringotts, Ryan made sure during breakfast that no one had noticed that Dumbledore had taken him to Gringotts to retrieve the gold cup. Because the front page of the Daily Prophet was the latest security decree from the Ministry of Magic, requiring every wizard entering the Ministry of Magic, St. Mungo's, and the International Floo Network departure station to undergo a security check. After flipping through the newspaper several times, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief. He was sure that there was no news about Gringotts on it.

"What did you do with the headmaster yesterday?" Hermione asked through the Phoenix mark on her forearm as she sat next to Ryan and ate a piece of jam bread.

"Go to Gringotts to get something. The headmaster thinks that thing might be one of the You-Know-Who's Horcruxes." Ryan told Hermione the truth directly. As someone who was qualified to know about the existence of Voldemort's Horcruxes, it was necessary to tell her these things.

"This is the number of Horcruxes we have destroyed? Is there something wrong with the You-Know-Who's brain?" Ryan could hear the surprise in Hermione's tone even through the soul link. She had recently studied the rules of death and accurately realized the importance of soul integrity, so she did not dare to believe that Voldemort, who was said to have gone further than anyone else on the road to immortality, would make such a low-level mistake.

"As far as I know, the Gaunt family had completely fallen when the You-Know-Who was born, so even though he was a descendant of Slytherin, he didn't inherit much of Slytherin's heritage, except for half of the dangerous Transfiguration spell that caused a person's hair and nose to change from the Chamber of Secrets. All his knowledge was acquired from classes at Hogwarts and his subsequent travels. In this case, it is normal for the knowledge he acquired to be flawed."

"Just like we who are born ordinary people don't know some common sense about the wizarding world." Hermione reacted immediately. "Fortunately, we don't know common sense, which is embarrassing at most, but if there is a small flaw in the process of improving our strength, it will be absolutely fatal. Fortunately, the knowledge we have acquired is systematic, so there will be no such problem - Hey, why is my Hermes here?"

Ryan looked up at this time and saw a big owl that was more than one size larger than the other owls flying over and dropping a small note in front of Ryan.

"Whose letter is this from?" Ryan picked up the note and unfolded it, only to find that it was another note from the principal, asking Ryan when he could clean up the soul fragments on the Horcrux and asking if he could watch from the side.

It seems that Headmaster Dumbledore still has some doubts about him, Ryan thought, but this is normal. As the saying goes, old people are wise, ghosts are smart, and Dumbledore, who can live for more than a hundred years, will definitely be very cautious on this important issue. If he doesn't bring up this matter at this time, Ryan will be uneasy.

Ryan felt that there was no need to waste time on this matter. He took out a quill and a small piece of parchment from his schoolbag and wrote on it: This afternoon. Then he asked Hermes to deliver the letter to Professor Dumbledore.

"I think it seems to have lost weight." Hermione whispered as she watched Hermes fly away.

"No, it's just getting healthier after more exercise. You know, it's a large owl that can fly international routes. If it stays in the owl shed all day eating and sleeping, it will only grow fat and harm its health. Look, now that it sends letters to our parents twice a month, doesn't it look much better than before?"

"That's true." Hermione nodded and continued to eat her breakfast. After class in the morning, Ryan received a note from the principal, which agreed to Ryan's visit to the principal's office after class this afternoon. At the end of the note was the password for today's office: chocolate sandwiches.

"Are you so impatient? That's right. After all, destroying Voldemort is the headmaster's primary goal now. The headmaster will definitely put all matters related to this at the top." Ryan thought as he watched the note burn to ashes in his hand.

After the afternoon class, Ryan showed up in Dumbledore's office on time. After the oak door opened, he saw the headmaster sitting on the high-back chair as usual, staring at the Hufflepuff gold cup on the table. "I'm sorry to call you here again today." After noticing Ryan rushing over, Dumbledore raised his head and said in an apologetic tone. "You may think that I don't trust you, but please forgive me for my worry as an old man. Because this matter is really too important-"

"Mr. Headmaster, you don't need to explain. I understand." Ryan said. As someone who had experienced war, he knew that when it came to matters involving so many lives, one could never be too careful. Moreover, as the greatest white wizard and the headmaster of Hogwarts, he was already doing a very good job of explaining things to his young students face to face.

At least Ryan felt that this was much better than the treatment given to Harry, Dumbledore's favorite student. However, Harry only slowly figured out the truth on his own after the headmaster's death.

"Ah, thank you for your understanding." Dumbledore laughed. "Well, where do you think we should start to deal with this golden cup?"

"I hope it's a deserted place." Ryan said seriously. "Because it's not easy to get rid of that soul with my own ability, so I will use some external force, but it will make a lot of noise."

"I see." Dumbledore nodded. "Let's go if you are ready."

"Having a phoenix as a pet is a good thing, at least it's convenient for going out." Ryan looked at Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes with some envy after appearing on a cliff with a ball of fire. However, he also knew that Dumbledore got Fawkes purely because of his family heritage. There was no other phoenix as a private pet in the entire magic world except this one.

"Where is this place?" Ryan asked after taking a look at the surroundings, because he found that he was actually on an isolated island, surrounded by dark sea water.

"This is a small island in the North Sea," Dumbledore explained. "This island does not appear on Muggle maps. Long ago, it was used as a transit point for ships carrying supplies to Azkaban, but it was abandoned after the Floo Network became popular. I only learned about the existence of this place by chance, so I can guarantee that no one else will disturb it."

"That's fine." Ryan started to move, building the altar and drawing runes as usual. Then he put in enough consumables, such as a pile of sunlight crystals, silver plates inlaid with gold runes, and obsidian engraved with runes. During this process, Dumbledore stood quietly by the side until Ryan indicated that his preparations were complete.

"Alchemy is always so complicated, but every time I look at it, I can feel its extraordinary beauty." Dumbledore said, "By the way, is there anything I can do now?"

"All you need is to give me the golden cup." Ryan said, "I will use the alchemy array to separate the soul from the magic item, and then use the thunder to completely destroy the soul."

"That sounds very good." Dumbledore nodded and took out the golden cup from a box and handed it to Ryan, while pulling out the Elder Wand. "Then I will keep an eye on the surroundings for you. Just operate with confidence. I promise that no one will disturb your magic ceremony."

(End of this chapter)