The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 643 Before Leaving (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
The next morning, after finishing breakfast early, Ryan and Hermione went straight to Professor McGonagall's office. The whole corridor was quiet at this time. Only the sound of Ryan and his feet tapping on the stone slabs could be heard.

"I feel a little sad!" Hermione suddenly stood there and reached out her hand to touch the stone sculpture of the little monster on the handrail at the entrance of the stairs. "It's been six years. Are we leaving here now?"

"No, we can live in the castle for a long time." Ryan said. "Don't forget, I am now the director of Hogwarts and have the right to live in the castle. I have checked before, and behind the pile of empty classrooms on the third floor is the residence specially provided for the directors. That place is quite big, I believe it will be very comfortable to live in after the elves clean it up."

"Uh, that's not what I meant. Never mind—" Hermione was about to move forward when Ryan suddenly stopped her: "I was just joking with you. I know what you mean. By the way, here's a gift for you."

After that, Ryan took out a small folder from his space bag and handed it to Hermione. Hermione took the folder and flipped through it. At first glance, she found that there were several pieces of parchment of varying ages, with gold-plated letters and numbers on them.

"This is - a ticket for the Hogwarts Express!" After taking a careful look, Hermione immediately recognized what was in the folder: all the tickets from the first grade to this year.

"This is a great gift, thank you!" Hermione carefully put away the clip in her hand. "Thank you for helping me keep these beautiful memories."

After this little episode, two people knocked on the door and walked into Professor McGonagall's office. Professor McGonagall was still dealing with the piles of documents as usual. After noticing them coming in, Professor McGonagall put down the work in her hands and raised her head.

"I am very happy to see my students pass the NEWT test with excellent results and get the corresponding certificates." Professor McGonagall said after taking off her glasses. "Luckily, you two are here. Otherwise, if no one of you passed, I would be too ashamed to raise my head when talking about this issue in a gathering with other professors."

After praising Ryan and the others, the conversation got down to business. Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and asked, "Ryan, Hermione. Can you tell me what kind of work you plan to do after getting your NEWT exam certificates?"

"We want to stay in Hogwarts and run our store for the time being because we found that the products produced by our store a while ago played a big role in the battle against the Death Eaters. We think that if those things are better, they may play a greater role, and more people will survive the war."

"Oh, this is a very good career direction." Professor McGonagall nodded. "But Professor Dumbledore asked me to tell you that he hopes you can temporarily work for the Ministry of Magic for a period of time -"

At this point, the professor reached out his hand to stop Hermione from saying anything. "Of course, I know that it is a waste and a stupid thing to let you two go to the Ministry of Magic to do those clerical jobs. But Professor Dumbledore didn't find that kind of job for you."

Professor McGonagall opened a piece of parchment and on it was a blank appointment letter from the Ministry of Magic. The content was to hire someone as a special staff member of the Department of International Magical Cooperation of the Ministry of Magic.

"This job only has a very low subsidy, so you don't need to go to the Ministry of Magic every day to work, so it won't interfere with your schedule. What Headmaster Dumbledore meant is that it will be easier for you to do certain things after you have this title." Professor McGonagall explained. "As for the specific situation, you can go to the Ministry of Magic in Hogsmeade to ask, and then make a decision after you have found out."

"Okay, then we'll go to the Ministry of Magic this afternoon to ask." Ryan nodded and agreed. After listening to Professor McGonagall's story about her work experience, Ryan and his friends left. Because Professor McGonagall still had a lot of work to do, it was not suitable for Ryan and his friends to stay here for too long.

"Are you leaving Hogwarts soon?" Ginny asked Hermione sitting opposite her quietly during lunch. "Does this mean that I won't see you for the rest of the semester?" "Of course not." Hermione explained. "Just like your father is now a Hogwarts trustee, Ryan is also a Hogwarts trustee. Trustees have some special rights, such as having their own room in the school castle, and being able to enjoy the same house-elf services as professors."

"Is this true?" Ron's eyes widened. "Why didn't I ever know this? My parents didn't tell me."

"That's because there is a restrictive clause." Ryan said to Ron, "The clause stipulates that only the school director and the person designated by the school director can enjoy this series of benefits when they are not Hogwarts students."

"What does the person appointed by the school director mean?" Harry also came up and asked with interest. As an orphan, he actually regarded Hogwarts as his home. In addition, Draco Malfoy was so domineering when Malfoy's father was the school director, so Harry was naturally very interested in the news related to the school director.

"In fact, each Hogwarts school director has two seats, including his own, to live in the castle." Ryan explained. "In addition to the school director himself, the school director can also designate his immediate family members to use these two seats to enjoy the school director's living treatment in the castle. However, no matter what, one school director's seat can only be used by two people to live in the castle."

"So that's how it is." Harry, Ron and Ginny nodded in sudden realization. Then Ron said, "Does that mean that at least for the rest of this year, we can still see you two in the castle?"

"Yes." Ryan nodded. "During this period, we will live on the third floor, behind Lockhart's office, at the end of a row of empty classrooms. There is a relief of a lion on the wall, and behind the relief is the house prepared for the school director. If you want to find us, just go there and tap the lion's left paw with your wand. If we are there, we will open the door for you."

"Can't you come to the common room anymore?" Ron asked curiously.

"Yes." Hermione nodded. "According to the notice we just received from Professor McGonagall, after obtaining the NEWT certificate this time, we are equivalent to graduating from Hogwarts. According to the regulations, after graduation, we are indeed not allowed to enter the common rooms of each college without the consent of the dean or the headmaster. This is for security and a series of reasons."

"I'll come find you then, so don't refuse to open the door!" Ginny said to Hermione, and Hermione nodded repeatedly to show that she would never forget her best friend even after graduation.

While the two girls were whispering, Ryan asked Harry quietly, "Harry, did the magic ceremony in your principal's office go smoothly these days?"

"It went very smoothly." Harry answered quickly, then hesitated and said, "There is one thing I don't quite understand. Why do I feel that there is an unprecedented connection between me and the black straw man? Is there something wrong?"

"Is that so? Don't worry!" Ryan waved his hand to Harry and comforted him. "This is part of magic. It is because of the special bond between you and that person that Headmaster Dumbledore and I chose you to complete the next step of magic. In short, this kind of connection is an indispensable part of magic."

"Is that so? I understand." Harry seemed to be much more relaxed. It seemed that the feeling he had from the magic a few days ago had indeed brought him a lot of pressure. This time, after getting Ryan's positive answer, he finally felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)