The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 674: Visit to Number 12, Grimmauld Place (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
The next day, around noon, Ryan and his friends woke up from their sleep after a busy night. After eating the sandwiches and milk that Mr. Handy brought them, which was either breakfast or lunch, they sat at the table in the living room and began to read the newspapers that had just been retrieved from a special place in an uninhabited area a few kilometers away.

Obviously, the Ministry of Magic in London was not stupid enough not to implement wartime news control. Morale-damaging news would never appear in the Daily Prophet, so the newspaper did not report what Ryan and his team did yesterday. The British Magic News only wrote on the second page that according to reliable information, the dark wizards who had participated in the Boca Village tragedy had been punished.

"Didn't we take some photos afterwards?" Ryan turned to Rose Crystal and asked. "Didn't you send those photos to the British Magic News this morning?"

"I sent it over, along with the press release we prepared earlier," Rose Crystal said. "After that, I hid there and watched them typesetting. After the president, Lovegood, read the press release I sent over, he decided to publish the news directly on page two. But he deleted the specific description and the photos I attached at the end."

"Why?" Hermione came over and asked. "Why did Mr. Lovegood refuse to publish the details? I don't think it would have the desired deterrent effect if it was written this way."

"He said his daughter Luna still wants to read these newspapers, and he doesn't want to scare her." Rose Crystal shrugged her shoulders in a very human way and showed a helpless expression. "I can understand a father's thoughts, so I left after confirming the news."

"Well, he might be right." Ryan comforted Hermione who seemed a little discouraged. "After a long period of peace, British wizards are no longer used to such cruel news. If we really announce the news as we originally planned, I guess it may have some negative effects. We may even be considered cruel or something. At least I have heard such voices after the last Battle of Hogsmeade."

"What a hassle." Hermione raised her eyebrows and asked, "Ryan, what are we going to do today? Are we going back to Hogwarts?"

"No, of course not." Ryan shook his head. "Although I feel clear conscience about what we did, I think our friends may think that our methods are too radical. Especially the way of hanging all those dark wizards on lampposts. So before we finish what we want to do, it is better to reduce some contact with Hogwarts."

"But to be honest, your method does seem a bit too rough." Hermione said, putting her hand on Ryan's shoulder. "But think about what the Death Eaters did before, nothing is more disgusting than this. If this method can deter the Death Eaters and reduce the harm to innocent people, then there is nothing wrong with doing this. As for the reputation of brutality, please let me share the responsibility with you."

"Thank you." Ryan went forward and hugged Hermione, and let go after a long while. "As long as we have a clear conscience about what we did, it's fine, just like the 14 dark wizards we killed yesterday. There's no need to have too much psychological burden."

"Okay, brother and sister-in-law, stop feeding dog food here." Rose Crystal looked a little bored as she sat at the table swinging her legs. "Can you tell me what the next plan is?"

"Don't worry, Little Rose." Ryan turned his head and looked at Rose Crystal and said, "We still have plenty of time. We just need to go to Sirius's ancestral home before lunch."

"Sirius's ancestral home, what are you doing there?" Hermione asked with a blush on her face. "Is there something you need to see Sirius for?"

"Not just Sirius." Ryan explained to the ladies in the room, "but also Sirius's wife and Mrs. Malfoy who is temporarily living in Sirius's house. We need some very important intelligence about the next move. But this information should only be known by these senior pure-blood family members."

"Let's go now without further ado. By the way, I'll prepare some small gifts. We can't just go straight to someone's house." Hermione said and ran upstairs. After a few minutes, she came down with a few small bags. "I prepared some chocolates and red wine. Although we are very familiar with Sirius and the others, we still need to be polite."

"Then let's go now." After watching Hermione stuff the prepared gifts into the space bag, Ryan held Hermione's hand and instructed Rose Crystal. "You and Jill may have to prepare lunch at noon. We will be back soon in the afternoon." After telling the two little ones what to do this morning, Ryan and Hermione Apparated to the top of the front door steps of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, because this is the outermost part of the room's defensive magic.

"It seems that the Death Eaters attach great importance to this place." Ryan said after standing at the top of the stairs and looking at the somewhat desolate Grimmauld Place, because he saw two guys in black robes in the square, who did not look like good people at first glance, staring in this direction.

"They can't see us anyway." Hermione took out the gift from the space bag and held it in her hand and said to Ryan. "Let's go in quickly. It always feels weird to stand at the door here."

"You're right." Ryan turned around and knocked on the door with his wand. After a ding-dong sound of the doorbell, Sirius' voice came from the door. "Who is it? Who's outside the door?"

"I, Ryan, Hermione and I came to visit you today. We need to discuss something with you." Ryan replied. "So please help me open the door."

"Lian?" Sirius' voice paused in the room, and then said, "For safety reasons, I need to ask you a question. Do you remember where we first met?"

"In the common room." Ryan said. "You sneaked into the Gryffindor dormitory to try to find Peter, but I stopped you in the common room, and we even had a fight there."

"Yes, it is you, come in." After a sound of rattling chains, the door opened. Sirius stood in the door holding his wand and looked at them.

"Aren't you worried that someone will catch us and torture us to find out these questions, and then pretend to be us and knock on the door?" Hermione asked as she handed the gift to Sirius after the door was closed.

"Thank you for the red wine and chocolates." After entering the restaurant, Sirius first lit the chandelier in the restaurant with his wand, then sat at the table and opened the gift and said, "As for catching you and forcing you to tell me these things, the probability is about the same as catching Voldemort or Dumbledore. I was just worried that you might accidentally drop some hair or something and someone else would get it and disguise themselves as you."

"By the way, what are you doing here today? You didn't even notify me." Sirius asked directly after pouring two cups of black tea and handing them over, "You can rush here at this time, is there something important that you need my help with?"

"Yes, I do have something important to tell you." Ryan said after taking a sip of the tea in his hand. "Because of the last terrorist attack by the Death Eaters, I think sometimes I need to give those Death Eaters a warning, warning them not to kill innocent people indiscriminately."

"That's a good idea." Sirius nodded. "But although I really want to work with you, there are many things I need to do in the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix, and Meliam is pregnant. I may not be able to be there whenever you need me."

(End of this chapter)