The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 667 Preparation
The day after the reading club, Ryan finished his morning work and asked the house elf to bring lunch in advance. Soon, the house elf appeared in the laboratory with a large silver plate with a hamburger, a salad and a bowl of cream of mushroom soup.

"Why are you eating so early today?" Hermione asked curiously after seeing the house elf put a large plate of food on the table, but she soon realized. "Is it the magic on Harry?"

"Yes," Ryan said vaguely after taking a bite of a burger filled with roast beef and cheese. "The magic takes 21 days to cast, and it ends at noon today. Whether it will succeed or not depends on noon."

"I hope everything goes well." Hermione said after listening to Ryan's words. "If we can successfully eliminate the You-Know-Who soul lurking in Harry's body, then it means we have taken a crucial step towards completely eliminating You-Know-Who."

"That's true." Ryan nodded. "Among all the Horcruxes created by the You-Know-Who, Harry is the most troublesome one. After all, the other Horcruxes don't need to consider maintaining the integrity of the Horcruxes themselves. Not to mention that Harry, as a Horcrux, has been with the You-Know-Who soul for too long, and they have even merged into one. If I hadn't found some special and targeted magic in other worlds, Harry would have had to resort to some risky means to get rid of the You-Know-Who soul alive."

"That sounds like good news." Hermione frowned slightly after she finished speaking. "By the way, Ryan. How reliable is the magic you used for Harry?"

"I'm not sure either. It all depends on Harry's luck." Ryan shrugged helplessly. "I'm not trying to shirk responsibility, but this magic was only used to curse enemies before. There's no record of what to do if the magic is aimed at a residual soul that resides in someone else's body."

"Without any case studies to refer to, I could only adjust the magic based on Harry's situation after mastering the rules and understanding the magic, hoping that the magic would be more effective for Harry's current situation. Fortunately, judging from the results of the calculations based on the principles of magic, this magic should be able to achieve the expected effect."

"The most important thing is..." Ryan stood up and looked at Hermione and said, "The magic I designed this time can ensure that there will be no major sequelae even if the magic fails, and can guarantee Harry's life safety to the greatest extent."

It was 11: in the morning, Ryan finished his lunch and walked towards the principal's office. Along the way, he saw students who had no classes in the morning heading to the auditorium to eat lunch.

When they arrived at the door of the principal's office, the two stone monsters blocking the door immediately jumped aside to make way for Ryan. The monster on the left said, "Nice to meet you, Ryan. Principal Dumbledore told us to let you in as soon as we see you coming. He is already waiting for you in the office."

"Thank you!" Ryan asked after nodding to the monster. "Is there anyone else in the office besides Headmaster Dumbledore?"

"Of course." The monster on the right said, "Five minutes before you came, Harry Potter also came into the headmaster's office from outside. Headmaster Dumbledore is only going to receive you and Harry at noon today. He specifically ordered us to stop other guests except you two at noon today."

After walking up the stairs to the door of Dumbledore's office, the door opened automatically. Ryan saw Harry and Dumbledore standing by the table talking about something. After noticing him coming in, Professor Dumbledore stopped talking to Harry.

"Ryan, you are finally here." Headmaster Dumbledore turned to Ryan and said, "We are all ready according to your request. When can we start?"

"We'll start at 12 noon sharp." Ryan said as he walked to the front of the black scarecrow and began the final round of inspections, and asked Harry, "Harry, besides feeling that the connection between you and this scarecrow is getting stronger and stronger, have you felt anything else these days? As long as you feel different from usual, it counts. It doesn't necessarily mean you feel uncomfortable."

"Well, if you put it that way, it is a little different." Harry said after scratching his hair. "These past two days I feel like I've been a little irritable and a little sleepy." "It seems like the magic is working." Ryan nodded and said to Harry. "This is part of the magic, you don't need to worry about it. It will all be over in half an hour."

For the next half hour, the three of them chatted idly until it was exactly 12 noon. The strange silverware on Dumbledore's table emitted the Latin number Ⅻ in smoke, and at the same time, there was a crisp sound of metal knocking.

"It's time, let's get started." Ryan said as he walked in front of the black scarecrow. Compared to the beginning, the scarecrow's material now looked much better than before. The straws became black and shiny, and they no longer looked like straw, but rather like fine leather cut into thin strands and woven together.

"There's no problem with the oil lamp, and there's no problem with the magic circle. Now it looks like everything is ready." After carefully checking the straw man placed in the center of the principal's office, Ryan began the last step of casting the spell.

After Ryan made a few gestures, a pink rose Madonna appeared above his head, and then began to emit a bright but not dazzling light. The light covered a larger and larger area, and finally, a pink rose phantom as tall as a person appeared in the office.

"What is this?" Harry asked Professor Dumbledore beside him in confusion after seeing this magical scene. Because all the magic he had come into contact with before was directly released, even the last time Dumbledore and Voldemort fought in the hall of the Ministry of Magic, there was no magic with such special sound and light effects.

"I'm not sure either." Dumbledore shook his head, then whispered to Harry, "You have to know that every powerful wizard has his own special magic, and even I can't recognize all of them. But I can feel that Ryan is doing his best to output magic, and Ryan also said that his magic stone is called Our Lady of the Rose, which may be the reason why the rose appears now."

Ryan was not paying attention to the conversation between Dumbledore and Harry. He was now concentrating all his magical power to activate the magic that he had set on the black scarecrow before.

"Professor Dumbledore, please let Harry sit down first and then fix him." After the first round of magic, Ryan turned to Dumbledore and said, "Because the next steps may cause some stimulation to Harry's soul, which may cause his body to spasm or coma."

He then said to Harry, "Harry, you don't have to worry. This is all to be expected and it won't cause you any harm."

"No problem, don't worry about me." Harry clenched his fists and nodded, then turned to Professor Dumbledore and said, "Please tie me directly to the chair, I'm sure I can hold on."

After making sure that Harry was fine, Dumbledore conjured up a chair in the living room for Harry to sit on. Then several ribbons popped out from various parts of the chair to secure him to the chair.

"Okay, Professor Dumbledore, and Harry." After seeing that everything was ready, Ryan turned back and continued to stare at the black scarecrow. Now he could clearly feel that there was an active and evil soul inside the scarecrow. In this case, the most critical step of the entire magic was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)