The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 671: Trip to France

In the October sunshine, in the manor in the middle of the British Isles, Ryan, Hermione, Rose Crystal, and Jill, who rarely appeared in front of everyone, sat around the round table in the tea room to enjoy afternoon tea, while listening to the news that Jill had learned in London in the past few days. As a Heroic Spirit born and raised in London, Jill did have her advantages in gathering intelligence.

"Now we can basically identify the attackers." Jill said after putting down her teacup. "These past few days I have been lurking in Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley and outside the newly renovated Ministry of Magic. Through the conversations of the people there, I can basically confirm that the attackers in this operation are mainly from that group of mercenaries. After the previous failed attack on Hogsmeade, those guys suffered heavy losses, so after escaping, they released their inner pressure on those innocent people."

"Besides that, the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic have done their best in this incident." Jill continued, "According to the information I have gathered, the group of dark wizards only wreaked havoc in Boca Village for seven minutes before they encountered the Aurors sent by the Hogsmeade Ministry of Magic. If these Aurors had not arrived in time, the losses to the village would have been even more severe."

"Considering that the Ministry of Magic in Hogsmeade had just experienced an attack, their response was very quick." Hermione nodded. "This also confirms that at least there was no traitor buried by our side in this attack."

"That's a good thing. In the next action, we only need to fight simply and don't need to think too much about interpersonal relationships." Ryan smiled. Simply fighting the enemy is a simple matter, but once it involves internal eradication of traitors, there will be a series of complicated things to deal with.

"Our first target is here." Ryan took out a map of Europe and pointed at it. Everyone gathered together and found that the place Ryan pointed at was Calais, France. "According to Jill's investigation in the past few days, those dark wizards usually do not stay in the depressed London wizard world, but choose to live in prosperous France. There is a manor belonging to pure-blood wizards near Calais. Jill followed two of the dark wizards and found that all the dark wizard mercenaries lived there."

"Why do they want to live in France?" Rose Crystal asked curiously. "I mean, they were hired by the Dark Lord to fight, so why don't they live in England?"

"It's easy to understand. You can't expect these scumbags to have the habit of saving money. For them, after they gain wealth, they naturally need to enjoy it." Hermione lowered her head slightly and explained to the little doll. "Compared with the depressed London wizarding world, the prosperous French wizarding world is more suitable for them to spend their gold galleons."

"Besides, Calais is the French region closest to the UK. Even the most ordinary wizards can easily use Apparition to cross the English Channel to the UK. So living in France does not hinder their actions in the UK." Jill added, "I discovered this when I possessed two dark wizards."

"Are these dark wizards allowed to openly go out and buy things on the street?" Rose Crystal opened her eyes wide, her two purple eyeballs sparkling like amethysts. "Where are the French Aurors?"

"They can indeed travel freely on the streets." Jill spread her hands and showed a helpless expression. "As for the French Aurors, they pretended not to see these guys after seeing the Death Eater marks on the arms of these dark wizards. At the same time, these dark wizards also gave face to the French and never took the initiative to cause trouble in France."

"Oh, French--" Ryan and Hermione looked at each other and shook their heads at the same time. For the British, the word "French" can explain many things.

"So what is the most important thing we need to pay attention to in this operation?" Hermione asked, picking up the information that Jill had placed there before. "At least, 14 dark wizards with insufficient organization will never be our opponents."

"Our core problem is that this action must not attract the attention of the French Ministry of Magic. Otherwise, it is very likely that the Aurors of the French Ministry of Magic will join the battle as a hostile third party." Ryan said, "After all, for the French, in order to ensure their own safety, they can even choose to default to the London Ministry of Magic under the leadership of You-Know-Who as the representative of the British wizarding world. So in order to avoid giving You-Know-Who an excuse to invade France, it is also possible that they will directly attack us to stop us from attacking You-Know-Who's subordinates."

"Then can we paralyze the French Ministry of Magic in advance?" Jill asked, "If my uncle can open all weapons permissions to me, I promise--" "Although the French are not friends, they are not enemies either." Ryan touched Jill's silver hair vigorously. "It's not that time yet. The last catapult operation in Britain has taught us enough lessons. Sometimes taking the initiative will only bring more enemies. Also, don't always think about the things in the low-level arsenals in the Fallout world. They have destroyed a world, and I don't want to see the next world destroyed."

"Leave those people to me, you just need to stop them from escaping." Hermione suddenly said. "I learned a powerful magic from Ms. Silver Moon last time, and now I want to try that magic."

"If you are sure, I have no objection." Ryan and Hermione looked at each other, and after seeing the determination and determination in her eyes, Ryan nodded slowly. "I will do my best to help you."

On the third day after the tragedy in Boca Village, at 2:30 in the morning, Ryan and his companions set out from their own manor in a stealth spaceship and headed straight to a hill near the manor near the port of Calais, France.

"Is it right below? They are still a little careless." Standing on the hill, Ryan was surprised to find that this manor only had some common defensive magic besides the simplest Muggle-Repelling Spell and some invisibility spells, and did not have the complicated defense as he had imagined.

"This is not carelessness." Jill said. "Although the French can acquiesce to their residence here, they will never allow them to build a fortress on their territory. Not to mention that in the last war, the forces led by Mr. Dumbledore, the headmaster of my uncle, rarely took the initiative to attack, so the Dark Lord does not need excessive defense."

"So this time, we have to change their perspective and make them live in fear all the time," Ryan said. "Only in this way can we let them know that there are some things they cannot do and stop them from further harming innocent people."

After saying that, Ryan took out a dozen silver balls the size of ping-pong balls from his space bag and threw them into the air. Soon, tiny wings stretched out from the balls and vibrated at high speed, then flew around the manor.

"Why does this look like the Golden Snitch?" Hermione asked as she watched the silver ball fly away. "But it feels a little different from the Golden Snitch."

"This is a variation of the Golden Snitch. I made it after I got a discarded Golden Snitch." Ryan introduced, and then took out a gold plate inlaid with gemstones and held it in his hand. "Unlike the original Golden Snitch, I installed a dual optical and magic detector on this new small flying magic prop. If there are multiple of them forming a system, they can detect the general situation of a small space in a short time."

As they were talking, the silver balls were already in place, and soon a 3D map consisting of a sky-blue shadow was projected above the gold plate.

"Is this the manor down there?" Hermione looked at the shadow curiously, then at the manor not far away under the moonlight. "But what are these bright or dark spots on the map and the lines connecting them for?"

(End of this chapter)