The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 683 Travel (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
In the next few days, Ryan and Hermione stayed in the manor and did not go anywhere. On the one hand, they began to make various magical props that might be used later, and on the other hand, they helped the two wand-making masters recover.

Whether it was day or night, Ryan and his men would get up on time like an alarm clock, eat, work, practice combat, and sleep. Although this made life monotonous, it was fulfilling.

When a week was almost over, the two wand-making masters recovered to the point where they could get out of bed and walk around. However, when Ryan proposed to send them to Hogsmeade, they rejected it on the spot.

"I will never go to Hogsmeade." Gregorovitch said in a heavily accented English. "You know, wand makers like me are the focus of attention and protection of the Ministry of Magic in various countries. Even so, I can be captured by the Dark Lord. So I think your northern half of the Ministry of Magic is even less able to protect my safety now."

"Am I not?" Ollivander complained, "Diagon Alley is not a remote place. After the resurrection of the You-Know-Who, patrols there were increased, but in the end, I was still captured directly from the store."

"So where are you going next?" Hermione asked in a distressed tone. "Mr. Gregorovitch, do you need us to send you back to your hometown in Bulgaria? But we don't have the time or energy for that right now."

"No, no, no." Gregorovitch waved his hand. "We have just discussed it, and the result of the discussion is that we hope to live with you before the end of this war. Of course, we will pay for the accommodation, and we promise that we will not be stingy with money. In addition, we are willing to give you some materials and books we have collected as a thank you gift."

Ryan had no doubt about what he said. As a wand-making master with a long history of inheritance, he must have a very sufficient collection of various magical materials and knowledge, even richer than those of normal pure-blood families. So what they said about taking out materials and books as a thank-you gift was definitely possible.

But Ryan was curious about why they had to stay in his manor, because this manor was built completely in the style of Muggles, and those wizards from the magical world often couldn't adapt to life here. At the same time, he didn't think he had the prestige of Headmaster Dumbledore to make these two masters stay.

"But Hogsmeade is now guarded by Professor Dumbledore," Ryan asked tentatively. "So in terms of security, it is definitely not as safe as the Ministry of Magic in the past, which was full of traitors."

"Albus is indeed very powerful, but he also has many people to protect." Ollivander said in a hoarse voice. "People like us who are targeted by the Dark Lord cannot be guaranteed to be safe, because we cannot be under the protection of Headmaster Dumbledore at all times."

"Yes," Gregorovitch looked at Ryan and added, "At least we think it is safest to live in your manor. You know, in the last war, the Dark Lord couldn't even find the manor where Nicholas Flamel and his wife lived. We believe that as an alchemist as powerful as Nicholas, the Dark Lord cannot enter your manor."

"Of course, we are not just seeking refuge here." Gregorovitch said, "Although I have been retired for several years, if you can provide us with materials, we can make wands for you during this time."

"In that case, you are welcome to live here." Ryan and Hermione looked at each other and made a decision. Many of the Muggle-born wizards who were rescued and escaped some time ago had lost their wands, and the number of such wizards would likely increase in the future.

Most of these wizards now use second-hand wands of poor quality, while others cannot find any usable wands at all. The lack of wands has become a well-known fact. Ryan and Hermione even went to a location more than ten kilometers away three days ago to mail the repaired wands captured in the previous battle to Hogsmeade.

So when the two wand-making masters were willing to continue making wands, Ryan decided to keep them. With their help, the lack of wands in Hogsmeade should be greatly alleviated.

"I think we should have the props for making wands now." Hermione said, counting on her fingers. "The last time we rescued you, we emptied that basement, which contained the most advanced wand-making equipment. In addition, some of the materials we seized are also commonly used materials for wand-making. I think you can use them first."

"If you need a room, the spare alchemy room upstairs can be used by you." Ryan continued, "We will set up everything for you today, and then go to Hogsmeade to buy some raw materials for you." After settling the two wand-making masters, Ryan and his team decided to go to Hogsmeade. On the one hand, it was to purchase various raw materials, and on the other hand, it was to deliver the recently made things to those who needed them.

"It feels cold." As soon as she walked out of the room, Hermione subconsciously tightened her robe. They didn't even leave the room this week, and even the combat training was done in the Lord of the Rings world. So when she suddenly walked out of the room, she found that the weather had changed.

"It's already October and it's a rainy day. How can it not be cold?" Ryan said as he cast a warming spell on Hermione and himself, then used their unique teleportation spell to leave the manor with her.

What the two wand masters said before was right. With all the defenses activated, Ryan’s manor is indeed one of the safest in the European magic world. This powerful defense comes from the manor’s special magic defense system.

Normally, no matter how well the places where wizards live are defended, there will always be a passage for people to come and go, just like there are windows and doors on a wall. However, in this way, these passages often become weak points in the defense system.

Ryan and his family's manor is now in a state of high alert, completely blocking all external communication channels. This kind of defense is meaningless to other wizards, because in this way no one can enter or leave the defended area, and people cannot live in it at all.

Ryan and his team used this method because, on the one hand, their teleportation magic could bypass almost all the magical defenses in this world, and they could enter and exit normally with these defenses. On the other hand, they had multiple worlds that could provide logistical assistance, and they could survive for a long time without communicating with the outside world.

After leaving the manor, Ryan and his companions appeared on the path outside Hogsmeade. Looking at the village from their foothold, they could find that almost all traces of the last war had been wiped out, with only the bricks and tiles of different colors and the scorched marks on the big tree at the entrance of the village still telling of the fierceness of the last war.

As they walked along the road to the entrance of the village, they found that the village had a wall built around it just like Hogwarts. When they reached the entrance, they were stopped by a patrol team, led by their old acquaintance Cedric.

"Ryan, Hermione, nice to meet you. Now please show us your passes." Cedric greeted them with a smile. Several patrolmen behind him were holding their wands at their respective posts, looking at them vigilantly.

"We left more than a week ago and didn't know anything about the pass." Ryan said in confusion. At least the wall didn't even exist when they left.

"That's right." Cedric nodded, "Then do you have any way to prove your identity? If not, I think I may need to call Professor Dumbledore out."

"No need to trouble Headmaster Dumbledore." Ryan said and waved his hand. In an instant, a pair of pink wings appeared behind him, and then his feet left the ground and floated up. "Do you think this is enough?"

You know, the only wizard who could fly without the help of any tools was Voldemort, so now Ryan used this pair of wings to easily prove his identity.

"Okay, go in." Cedric motioned for them to go in, and the team members behind him put away their wands. "Remember to go to the Ministry of Magic to get a pass later."

(End of this chapter)