The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 657 Discussion and Situation

In the headmaster's office of Hogwarts, after listening to Ryan and Hermione's explanation, Dumbledore put his hands on the table and pondered. The golden sunlight in the early morning poured in from the window, outlining a golden edge around Dumbledore who was facing the window.

"Well, I have to admit that it is unreasonable to ask you to hold back at that time." Dumbledore said after thinking for a while, "But I still hope that when you two encounter a battle in normal times, try to kill as few people as possible. Because killing can affect a person's soul."

It was not much different from what Ryan had expected. As an old man who had experienced two brutal wars, Professor Dumbledore just had principles and bottom lines. He was not as dogmatic as many people thought. So under the circumstances of reasonable explanation, he naturally accepted Ryan and Hermione's previous killing in the Ministry of Magic in London.

Of course, Dumbledore didn't just believe Ryan's one-sided words. Before Ryan and his team arrived, he had already received information from the secret agents of the Ministry of Magic in London and the rescued Muggleborn wizards who had fled here one after another yesterday. After comparing the two, Dumbledore verified that what Ryan said should be correct.

But before he was completely relieved, Headmaster Dumbledore had one more question to ask. "Lion, Hermione. Can you tell me why you didn't return directly after the battle with the ambushers, but went to the Ministry of Magic in London instead?"

"That's right, because we seized some things from the ambushers." Hermione said as she took out a piece of parchment from her space pocket, which she had found on Dawlish before.

"This is a list." Dumbledore took the paper and read it carefully. The identities and addresses of seven or eight people were listed on the parchment, and the words "arrest" were written behind each name.

"These are some innocent Muggle wizards." Dumbledore said after reading the list. As a headmaster who has worked at Hogwarts for nearly 50 years, these people on the list are all his students. Naturally, he knew very well why these people were arrested by the Ministry of Magic in London.

"Yes, because there is a name on the list that belongs to the parent of a classmate we know. So when we saw the list, we thought that since we have the ability, we should go to the Ministry of Magic to save those innocent people." Ryan added. "You know I usually carry a lot of supplies with me, so I checked everything on impulse and set off directly."

"So that's how it is!" Dumbledore nodded. Now everything made sense to him. After all, Ryan and Hermione were both young people. It was understandable that they would stand up for themselves when they saw some injustice or evil. But compared to other people of the same age, Ryan and his friends were much more capable of doing things.

At the same time, this kind of lone wolf-style random attack was not only unexpected by Dumbledore, who knew Ryan well, but also unexpected by Voldemort, the enemy. Therefore, London magic was in chaos after being attacked without any preparation, which also created extremely favorable conditions for Ryan and his two miraculous attacks.

"But I still hope that you will discuss with us before doing anything in the future. You should know that you are not fighting alone." Headmaster Dumbledore warned. "In fact, the ambush you did at the beginning was very dangerous, but I didn't stop you at that time because I trusted your strength. But I didn't expect that you would suddenly decide to go to the Ministry of Magic in the end."

"Children, I commend you for your justice and courage yesterday. But as an educator, I must criticize your reckless behavior. I hope this will not happen again in the future." Dumbledore concluded.

"Got it. This kind of thing won't happen again." Ryan and Hermione promised in unison.

After discussing this matter, Dumbledore began to ask about Harry. "Ryan, could you please check the scarecrow here? I'm a little nervous about this matter." "Of course, Professor." Ryan nodded and stood up, then walked to the black scarecrow and began to check it carefully. After reciting a lot of spells and a series of gestures, he took out a piece of talisman paper and placed it on his chest. Soon, the talisman paper became charred from top to bottom, but strangely, there was no flame on it.

"Everything is normal." After watching the talisman paper in his hand completely turn black, brittle and disappear, Ryan turned around and said to Dumbledore, "The connection between the soul hidden in Harry by the mysterious man and this scarecrow is getting closer and closer. I think we can solve this problem permanently in a week."

"Ah, that's good." Dumbledore stroked his beard and nodded. "After destroying this soul, the next one is the last snake. But the bad thing is that for some reason, Voldemort is inseparable from the snake. We really can't find a way to kill the snake."

"This is unfortunate news," Ryan said. "Since he didn't hide the snake in some hidden place, this should be a good thing. At least it will let us know clearly where our target is."

"Hearing what you said, it's not bad news that the snake is next to Voldemort." Dumbledore smiled. "Your attitude is very good, and this is the optimistic attitude we need now."

"Professor Dumbledore," Hermione asked directly after seeing Ryan finish testing the scarecrow. "What is the current situation of the war? The news we got from France last week was not good. They even publicly refused to recognize the Ministry of Magic in Hogsmeade. When talking to Madame Maxime, we found that they were not optimistic about us at all."

"There is no way. Although we have stabilized the front and ensured that Scotland and Ireland are under our control, we are unable to compete with the Ministry of Magic controlled by the pure-blood wizard families in London in terms of financial and human resources." Dumbledore said in a slow tone. "Our only chance to win in a short period of time is to completely eliminate Voldemort through a decisive battle."

Dumbledore shook his head. "But since the last time we intercepted Harry, Voldemort has been on the loose, making it difficult for us to complete the decapitation operation. At the same time, with their absolute advantage, the pure-blood families have tried every means to reduce Voldemort's urge to kill Harry in a short period of time. They would rather use their existing advantages to strangle us bit by bit."

"Originally, those pure-blood wizards have more advantages in individual combat, but we have the advantage in numbers. However, with the intervention of the United States, dark wizards from all over the world are rushing to the UK in an endless stream."

"So it's still a matter of money. It's really bad for us that Gringotts is controlled by London." Ryan immediately heard the problem.

Under the current circumstances, although the Magical Congress of the United States has intervened in the civil war in the British wizarding world, they dare not directly violate the international agreement signed by wizards from various countries that they should not interfere in civil wars, so the flow of funds between them is through the connection between the financial institutions of both sides.

The fact that the British and American Gringotts had the same origin greatly facilitated the flow of funds between them. Funds from the United States continued to flow into Gringotts, and were later used by Voldemort to hire scum from all over Europe and many dark creatures to join the battlefield and consume Dumbledore's side.

"It seems that we have to think of a way. At least we can't use the power of half of Britain to resist the dark side of the entire European wizarding world like we are doing now." Hermione concluded.

(End of this chapter)