The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 598 Agreement
"Thank you for telling us this news." Ryan thanked the officials of the Tianchao Alchemy Federation present. "I think we should inform Professor Dumbledore of this matter as quickly as possible."

"Please wait a moment." The elderly wizard who had been silent said when he saw Ryan and the others were about to leave. "Please tell Mr. Dumbledore that we share the same view as him in the attitude towards evil. We are willing to cooperate with him in many aspects. I hope he can come and talk to us in person. Maybe we can reach some cooperation."

"Thank you, we will inform him immediately after we return." Ryan once again thanked the officials of the Celestial Empire Alchemy Federation who were sitting here, and then left with Hermione.

"I'm very curious why the wizards from the Celestial Empire have been hinting that they can provide us with help." Hermione asked Ryan after walking out of the door of the Celestial Empire Alchemy Federation headquarters.

"This is very normal." Ryan explained, "Because for the wizards of the Celestial Empire, it is best to maintain a balance between the European and American magic worlds. Otherwise, once the entire Western magic world is fully unified under the command of the American Magic Congress, the next headache will be for the wizards of the Celestial Empire."

"So they will support us to defeat You-Know-Who as soon as possible, in order to ensure the strength of the British wizarding world and maintain the balance among the three parties." After listening to Ryan's words, Hermione immediately understood why the Chinese wizarding world took the initiative to offer to help them. "Anyway, this is a good thing for us now. I think we should notify Professor Dumbledore as soon as possible."

"Yes, because only Headmaster Dumbledore is qualified to make the final decision." Ryan could probably guess why these things were not in the original text. Because in the original text, Professor Dumbledore was already dead at this time, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that Voldemort was about to become the ruler of Britain.

To the Americans, this meant that the British wizarding world had declined, so there was no need to provide additional funds for Voldemort. Besides, at that time in the original text, Voldemort had many talented people under his command, including many dark wizards and Death Eaters, as well as giants, Acromantulas, and Dementors as allies. He was not so short of manpower as he is now, and he did not need to recruit foreign dark wizards as thugs, so he did not need so much cash.

Therefore, the original text states that at this time, the United States should have been trying its best to recruit wizards who had fled Europe to avoid Voldemort, while the wizards in China could not find anyone to help them because Dumbledore's death had turned the British resistance into a group of scattered sands. Therefore, they could only imitate the American wizarding world and recruit wizards who had fled Europe in order to achieve a balance with the United States.

But now everything has changed. Ryan just wants to go to the post office as soon as possible to tell Dumbledore the news. He hopes that he can come to solve this problem quickly and bring more assistance to his side through negotiations.

Although the wizards of the Celestial Empire do not use owls as their messengers, Ryan was a little worried that it would be difficult to contact Britain, especially since this trip to the Celestial Empire was just a routine job, so the principal did not give Ryan a channel for instant contact.

However, the remote communication methods used by the Celestial Empire wizards far exceeded Ryan's expectations. After following the road signs to the Chang'an Post Office, he found that this place looked more modern than the Owl Post Office in Diagon Alley. In addition to some blue birds the size of pigeons in the corner, there were also small compartments with telephones next to them. Facing them were a dozen service windows separated by glass.

Ryan came to the window marked with international communications and asked, "I hope to send the fastest long-distance mail to the UK now. When will it arrive?"

"Within five minutes, your letters will be transmitted to our telegraph station in Antwerp via the alchemy telegraph, and then sent to your destination by owl." The staff member wearing a uniform suit vest and white shirt said, "One copper coin for every three words, and one copper coin for every six letters in English, and half the price for punctuation. There is a pen and ink on the table over there, you can write what you want to send there."

"Thank you!" Ryan said, and after discussing with Hermione, he wrote a letter to Dumbledore, which only vaguely said that the scheduled plan had been completed, but the Chinese side had further content that needed to be negotiated and hoped that Professor Dumbledore could come. Then he handed the letter to the counter along with three gold coins, two silver coins, and seven copper coins.

Five minutes later, after confirming that the owl carrying the letter had departed from Antwerp, Ryan and Hermione left the Lichang'an Post Office. Professor Dumbledore arrived much faster than expected. At around 5pm, Ryan and Hermione were strolling on a commercial street in Lichang'an when a bluebird flew over to them and dropped a letter for them. The letter was written by Dumbledore, telling Ryan that he had made some arrangements after receiving their letter at noon and had come here on a Muggle plane. He hoped that they could notify the Celestial Empire Federation of Alchemy to prepare for the reception.

"Principal Dumbledore, coming by plane?" Hermione looked at the flight number attached to the back and was shocked. "I thought he would choose to take his own Phoenix or Apparate."

"Maybe this is to adapt to the local customs." Ryan said. "You have to know that Chinese wizards have always been very disgusted with those who use magic to teleport into the country without permission, so Dumbledore probably hopes to facilitate further discussions by abiding by the local customs, so as to reach some contracts that are beneficial to us."

After notifying the Tianchao Alchemy Federation of Professor Dumbledore's flight arrival time, Ryan and Hermione's mission was over. In the following time, they began to continue reading books at the Tianchao Alchemy Academy in Chang'an as originally planned. After making the Rose Madonna, Ryan had the confidence to bring out more advanced knowledge for trading.

Three days later, when Ryan and Hermione were reading the notes left by an alchemist named Zhong Kui about fighting various evil creatures at the Tianchao Alchemist Academy, Professor Dumbledore appeared in front of them.

"Professor, why are you here?" Ryan looked up and saw Professor Dumbledore standing in front of the table, and quickly greeted him.

"Ah, I came to say goodbye to you." Professor Dumbledore smiled and stroked his white beard. "The negotiation went very well, and I think three days is the limit for Moody to imitate me. If it drags on, I'm afraid Voldemort will find out that I'm not in the UK. So I should go back quickly."

"What agreement did you reach with the Celestial Magic Community this time?" Hermione asked curiously. "Of course, if you think it's not appropriate for us to know, then you don't have to tell us.

"There is nothing inappropriate to know." Dumbledore smiled and shook his head. "After the negotiations, the wizards of the Celestial Empire secretly passed the "Act to Promote the Defense of Celestial Alchemists". This act stipulates that they can provide magical props, raw materials, daily necessities and any other necessities that may be needed in the war in the form of sales, exchange, transfer and lease to forces whose defense is considered to be of great significance to the security of the Celestial Empire."

"That doesn't sound like it would be of any use." Hermione looked a little confused.

"Yes, it works." Ryan saw what was hidden in this law. "I think the force that this decree refers to as having great significance to the security of the Celestial Empire is us. This means that we can use the method of leasing to obtain the resources we need, which can just offset the wealth advantage of the pure-bloods on the side of the mysterious man."

"Yes, that's right." Professor Dumbledore nodded. "Well, I wish you a happy vacation here, and remember not to forget to attend the wedding held at the Weasley family!"

(End of this chapter)