The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 684 Conversation in the Store
After entering Hogsmeade, Ryan found that the town was still as lively as before. Especially after a large number of wizards fled here, the local market prospered a lot, which made Ryan and his friends spend a little effort to squeeze out of the crowd and rush to Weasley's Joke Shop.

The layout of Weasley's Joke Shop is completely different from before. The various joke products that used to be the protagonists are now pitifully squeezed in the corner of the store. The vacated windows and shelves are now filled with a variety of defense props, from defense suits to special smoke bombs, from bait bombs to simple elemental magic tutorials.

"Good morning, Sirius." Ryan met an unexpected person when he arrived at the door of the warehouse in the backyard of the store. "I remember that you Aurors should be very busy. How come you have time to come here today?"

"I don't want to do this either, but this is a task assigned by the Ministry of Magic." Sirius said, raising the box in his hand. Ryan saw that the eight corners of the brown suitcase were wrapped with bronze pieces, which looked very sturdy. On the front of the box was a golden capital letter M, and in the middle of the letter M was a standing wand.

"Oh, are you shopping for the Ministry of Magic?" Hermione looked at the box with the Ministry of Magic logo painted on it with great interest. If she guessed correctly, it should be a space box. "What are you going to buy this time?"

"A large number of defensive items, at least 100 bronze bracelets." Sirius turned his head to Ryan. "Ryan, these items you made are really useful. They have saved more than one life in recent times. But the problem now is that your store is running low on stock."

"Don't worry about that." Ryan said as he took out the space bag from his waist and shook it. "I just made a batch of new products, and with the remaining ones in the store, I think it should be able to meet your needs."

After saying that, he took out one bracelet after another from his pocket and placed them on the table beside him. It was not until he took out the 37th bracelet that Sirius nodded to indicate that there were enough.

"I remember you bought it once last time!" Sirius Ryan asked puzzledly while watching him packing bracelets into the box. "Why do you need so many again this time? Do you have so many people using these things?"

"There are definitely enough manpower." Sirius put all the bracelets away and counted them again before closing the box. "Don't you know that these bracelets have become consumables? You have to know that both Aurors and strikers are now full of novices and are overloaded. This way, they will make more mistakes in battle than before."

"Under this situation, the previous batch of bracelets will naturally wear out very quickly. But correspondingly, we can use the limited manpower now to complete various complex tasks, and at the same time promote everyone's rapid growth. So overall, the consumption of these bracelets is still worthwhile. The only downside is that I have to trouble you."

"This is what I should do." Ryan nodded. "After all, life is the most important thing. It is always worthwhile to exchange materials for life."

"Yes, I think so too. Also, thank you for giving the Ministry of Magic a cost price, so that more frontline fighters can have sufficient defense." After saying that, Sirius picked up the box and walked to the front of the store. "Okay, goodbye. I have to hurry back to the Ministry of Magic to report. By the way, what you did at the London Magic Department before was really great."

As an Auror of the Ministry of Magic, Sirius could see a lot of news that outsiders could not see. Naturally, he also knew who had put those dark wizards under the bus. For Sirius, who had lived in the Black family since he was a child, this tit-for-tat method was most to his liking.

"Good luck!" Ryan watched Sirius carry the box into the front room. He had to say that this job was indeed very suitable for Sirius. Especially as a shareholder of the joke shop, he could go directly to the warehouse to get what he needed and then go to the front to check out. This would save a lot of time and also be much more efficient when getting things.

After seeing Sirius off, Ryan took Hermione upstairs in the shop. George was making some kind of potion upstairs at this time. When he saw Ryan coming in, he extinguished the fire under the distiller. "Is it okay for you to stop making potions like this? Will this pot of potion be wasted?" Looking at George who stopped making potions, Hermione pointed at the pile of bottles and jars in front of them and asked with some concern.

"Of course not, and it would be a waste for me to make finished potions at my level." George said with a smile. "So I am only processing some of the raw materials for the potions. For example, I was distilling the white fresh essential oil just now, which is one of the necessary ingredients for making white fresh essence. I hope these semi-finished raw materials can help you make more potions."

"Thank you then." Ryan nodded and handed over the space bag. "This is a batch of protective gear I just made. You can put it on the shelf now. When I came here just now, I saw a lot of places on the shelf with labels saying out of stock."

"It's out of stock." George took the space bag and opened it to take a look. "Recently, conflicts have continued, so many things that are not usually used have become consumables. In addition, ordinary people also hope to get some magic props for self-defense. So all our things related to black magic defense are selling very well now."

After saying that, he took out a crystal bottle as big as a thermos from his space bag. The crystal bottle was reinforced with a steel and silver frame and was filled with emerald green liquid like flowing emerald.

"Ah, is this the Concentration Potion?" George said excitedly after opening the bottle and fanning it with his hands to smell it. "We will collect as many of these potions as the Ministry of Magic and the Order of the Phoenix have, because they need this kind of potion that can play a partial role in the aftereffects of the Cruciatus Curse."

George seemed quite excited when he said this, and his face flushed. "Those damn Death Eaters, and some guys in the Ministry of Magic in London who are even more evil than Death Eaters, have been abusing the Cruciatus Curse. A few days ago, Moody led a group of Aurors to capture a pure-blood family's manor and rescued more than a dozen people. As a result, each of them was tortured beyond recognition by the Cruciatus Curse."

"Can you believe it?" George waved his hands excitedly. "One of the little boys was only six years old, and those Death Eaters were willing to use the Cruciatus Curse. And the only reason they did it was because they thought it was fun."

"Really—" Hermione covered her mouth with her hands. "So, what happened to those evildoers now?"

"They all ran away." George looked very unhappy and said, "Of course, it's not Moody's fault. There were seven Death Eaters in that house, and there were only five of Moody's group. After they rushed into the manor, in order to rescue the hostages and then protect them before retreating, Moody and his group had no power to stop the fleeing Death Eaters."

"Is that so?" Ryan nodded slightly. "No matter what, saving innocent people is more important than punishing criminals. By the way, how are the rescued hostages doing now?"

"It's not bad." George smiled. "Fortunately, not every Death Eater's Cruciatus Curse is so effective, and we rescued and treated them in a timely manner. So although some of these hostages were seriously injured, they shouldn't suffer permanent damage. Of course, the concentration potion and calming incense you developed played an indispensable role in the treatment process."

"That's great." Ryan pointed to the space bag in George's hand and said, "I have prepared ten bottles of this concentration potion. It should be enough for those who need it now."

(End of this chapter)