The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 593: Star-warding
"This is an accident." Dumbledore said frankly. "You know I am the headmaster of Hogwarts. I have privileges in Hogwarts Castle that no one else has. I can see all the public spaces in the school.

A while ago, I felt the power of the Philosopher's Stone manifest in the school. After careful inspection, I found that you used the Philosopher's Stone to turn an iron nail into a golden nail. That's why I asked Professor McGonagall to find you: you are the second alchemist I know who can make the Philosopher's Stone, and the only thing I could think of that could save me before I passed out today was the Elixir of Life. "

As soon as Dumbledore said that, Ryan knew what was going on: he was indeed a little overexcited after making the Madonna of the Rose, but he didn't expect the Hogwarts headmaster to monitor the school so closely. The only time he lost control was actually discovered.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the power of the Philosopher's Stone is too special. Ryan feels that if he does something else, he may not be discovered.

"Then how can you be sure that I will use the Philosopher's Stone to save you?" Ryan asked another question, "Aren't you worried that I am just coming here to keep it secret? You know, this is the elixir of life. It's normal for me to keep it secret."

"Ah, kid, I always thought you were a good person." Professor Dumbledore directly gave Ryan a good guy card. "I've been sure of this since you helped Harry stop Voldemort's conspiracy in the first year. So I believe that you will definitely help me as long as you have a way to save me."

Dumbledore paused for a moment, then said: "I know you have a lot of secrets in your heart that you don't want to share with others, but that's okay, everyone is like this, even me. Ryan, you don't have to be so cautious in life because you have your own secrets. You just need to make sure that everything you do will not hurt others. As a young man, you should have a life that belongs to young people. You don't have to consider so many things like I do."

"That's because the secret I hide in my heart may be beyond your imagination!" Ryan thought, but he did not say this aloud. Instead, he thanked Headmaster Dumbledore for his concern and told him to have a good rest and adjust his body before leaving.

The next morning, everyone got up early and rushed to the auditorium. It was not because everyone was in a hurry to eat, but because everyone was very uneasy about what happened last night, so everyone wanted to get the latest news.

After entering the auditorium, everyone immediately looked at the seat in the middle of the platform at the front of the auditorium. After confirming that Professor Dumbledore was sitting there eating as usual, everyone seemed to relax a lot. Because for the students, no matter how dangerous the incident was, as long as Headmaster Dumbledore was still there, everything would not be too bad.

After dinner, almost everyone stayed in their seats and looked at Headmaster Dumbledore, because everything that happened yesterday had spread throughout the campus: the infiltration and sneak attack of the Death Eaters, the professor's defection, and the rumors that Professor Dumbledore was injured or even dead.

All of this made the students, who were already uneasy about the recent bad situation, even more nervous, and some of them had already taken action. For example, this morning, Ryan saw the father of the Parvati twins, a covered-head Indian wizard, pick up the two sisters at dawn.

Hermione said that she saw Parvati Patil packing her suitcase after she returned to the dormitory last night. After going to bed, she told Lavender that her father actually planned to let her go back to India to study after confirming the return of the mysterious man last year, but he didn't do it in the end because he considered Hogwarts to be the safest place in the UK. But today, a tragedy happened here. Even five people died. So her father couldn't tolerate his daughters being in such a dangerous environment, so he decided to take them back to India.

"At that time, she also advised me to leave Britain and seek refuge in other places, such as China, because my family is in China, and your bloodline can make the Chinese wizarding world accept both of us." This is what Hermione said to Ryan during breakfast.

"It seems that everyone is very uneasy now. Fortunately, Dumbledore came out." Ryan looked at Dumbledore who was sitting there eating with admiration. He knew that even if he gave Dumbledore a whole bottle of elixir yesterday and used magic to control the curse, the headmaster had better lie there and rest before solving this problem completely, otherwise the feeling of being hollowed out and powerless is not something that ordinary people can bear. He thought that Professor Dumbledore might have thought of this and came out to eat to calm people's hearts.

"Quiet." After realizing that everyone did not leave after dinner but stared at him, Dumbledore tapped his cup twice to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said, "There are some things I think you already know. Yesterday, Voldemort and his followers launched a full-scale attack, and even Hogwarts was infiltrated by enemies."

"But we won. All the enemies have been driven out or eliminated. So don't worry, Hogwarts will continue. I know some people may leave us temporarily because of their parents' concerns or other reasons. But I promise you that as long as there is a student who wants to come to school, the school will continue to operate. And I will always be here to guide you, help you, and protect you to the best of my ability." Clap, clap, clap - as soon as Dumbledore finished speaking, applause broke out from the Gryffindor table. Ryan, Harry, Ron and others all applauded, and then more and more people applauded. Finally, the applause echoed in the hall like thunder.

Dumbledore's speech was still very effective, and only a few students left until the evening. Most students still decided to stay in school to complete their studies. They, like their parents, had full confidence in the school and Dumbledore.

However, Dumbledore was not paying attention to this scene at this time. He was in his headmaster's office watching Ryan and Hermione arranging some strange things in front of him.

"These oil lamps - they look like something from the Celestial Empire." Professor Dumbledore was a very knowledgeable wizard, so after careful observation he figured out where Ryan's magic came from, but he didn't know what Ryan was going to do next.

"This is an ancient Chinese magic that has a history of nearly two thousand years." Ryan said as he placed a large oil lamp to his knee height in the middle of Dumbledore's office.

The principal's office was completely different from before. The space below was completely emptied. Seven large oil lamps were placed on the ground according to the positions of the Big Dipper, and seventy-seven forty-nine small oil lamps were arranged around them. The oil lamp Ryan had just placed was the most important natal lamp in this magic ceremony, and was placed in the middle of the entire magic circle.

"What should I do next?" The sun was about to set. Professor Dumbledore, standing on the second floor of his office in a purple robe, asked as he watched Ryan and Hermione inject lamp oil mixed with elixir into each lamp and light them five minutes ago.

"Next, you need to connect your mind to the oil lamp in the center, and then read everything here in Mandarin. The rest is our business." Ryan said as he took out a jade scroll with a gold binding and inlaid gold letters from his space bag and handed it to Principal Buliduo who was walking downstairs.

The scrolls were all written in the Chinese language. Fortunately, Dumbledore mastered hundreds of languages, including these. So after following Ryan's instructions and connecting his mind to the oil lamp in the center, he sat cross-legged and unfolded the jade scroll and read in Mandarin. "Albus was born in troubled times, and is content to live in the mountains and rivers—"

Although the overall atmosphere was very solemn, Ryan always felt a little strange when he saw Headmaster Dumbledore reading these ancient texts in Mandarin. Fortunately, the eulogy was not long, and he quickly read the last sentence. "——I hope that God will be merciful and listen to my calculations, so that I can carry out God's will, save the lives of the people, recover the old things, and eliminate the evil. I do not dare to pray rashly, but I am truly moved."

As Dumbledore finished speaking, the flames on all the lamps suddenly jumped up. The jade slip in his hand instantly turned into green smoke and floated upwards, disappearing into the void before it touched the roof.

"It's done." Ryan said to Dumbledore after seeing the smoke disappear. "From now on, you just need to stay in the headmaster's office from sunset to sunrise every day, and make sure the oil lamps don't go out. Please leave the rest to us."

"Then I'll leave it to you." Dumbledore stood up and returned to his desk upstairs to start processing documents. Voldemort's large-scale attack had greatly increased Dumbledore's workload as the number one white wizard.

(End of this chapter)