The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 693 It's Christmas Again (Please subscribe, please bookmark, please vote)
The news in today's newspapers represents the end of an old era. At least in the past, even after Voldemort controlled the Ministry of Magic in London, England, he used various means to exert a strong influence on Gringotts, but he did not directly interfere with the internal operations of Gringotts like he does now, or even do things that completely destroy the cornerstone of Gringotts.

You know, Gringotts has been able to stand for so many years not just because of the authorization of the Ministry of Magic. The most important point for people to trust these goblins who were once enemies and store their wealth there is that the goblins insist on maintaining the privacy of their guests and guarantee that they will not plot against wealth that does not belong to them.

Although humans and goblins have different understandings of wealth ownership, goblins still respect humans' understanding when there is a serious gap in power between the two sides. This has also allowed Gringotts to exist for hundreds of years with this credit, and even monopolized the British financial industry.

But now everything is over, just like before Ryan traveled through time, the United States required Swiss banks to hand over depositor accounts, which caused serious damage to the Swiss banking industry. The Death Eaters' behavior of moving gold from vaults that do not belong to them has also dealt a heavy blow to Gringotts. From now on, Gringotts has lost its golden signboard and will no longer have the absolute advantage it did before.

However, this action also shows that Ryan's previous tactics have been successful. The Death Eaters now hope to raise enough money through this method to make up for the losses caused by the destruction of the manor, and then stabilize those American wizards in order to obtain more resources.

"Oh, I don't know whether I should feel happy or sad now." Hermione muttered softly, and Ryan next to her heard it. So Ryan asked curiously, "What are you talking about?"

"It's like this." Seeing the people in the tent walking out of the tent after discussing the previous things, and taking away the two goblins who were crying and almost fainted, Hermione said very straightforwardly, "Our losses are indeed huge, but the mysterious man is using long-term interests to exchange for short-term benefits. From a certain perspective, this is conducive to the war advantage further tilting towards us."

"Fortunately, we have introduced our own bank in advance, so the overall impact on us should not be great." Ryan analyzed calmly. "But the impact on the You-Know-Who side may be great. Don't forget that if they can confiscate our wealth there today, they will definitely be able to confiscate the wealth of others and even the Death Eaters tomorrow. And to be honest, the Death Eaters have much more wealth than us."

After walking out of the tent, Ryan found that everyone was packing up the camp and preparing to evacuate. A guerrilla soldier saw Ryan walk out of the tent and walked over to ask, "Commander, where are we going next?"

After hearing this, many wizards who were cleaning up also cast their eyes over. Because of the previous consecutive victories, the morale of the entire team was very high, and everyone was eager to fight bravely under Ryan's leadership.

"I think we should go back to Hogsmeade and take a break today." Ryan said to everyone, "After all, we have been fighting for so long before, and it is time to rest. And I just read in the newspaper that the day after tomorrow should be Christmas."

"Is Christmas coming soon?" Many wizards showed expressions of sudden enlightenment. After all, they had been imprisoned in dungeons or on the run, or even imprisoned with Dementors. Under these circumstances, their days were always blurry. It was not until Ryan said it today that they realized that Christmas was coming.

"Great, we can go home for Christmas." The wizards cheered quietly. Although they still had strong fighting spirit and firm will, they still felt a little tired after the previous continuous battles. Therefore, for them, having a chance to have a good rest and reunite with their families was definitely a piece of news that made them happy.

So after receiving the news that they could go home for Christmas, everyone was much more agile than before. Soon the entire camp was cleaned up, and after the previous patrol came back, everyone returned to Hogsmeade with the two goblins.

"Ah, welcome, our heroes." As soon as they arrived at the gate of Hogsmeade, Percy, who was the captain of the town guard today, greeted them warmly. "By the way, why are you all here today?" Ryan and his team would send people to deliver the spoils and rescued hostages after the battle, but they had never sent all of them back. So Percy asked in a somewhat strange way after seeing a group of people.

"Oh, we're back for Christmas." Ryan explained, and Percy slapped his forehead gently after hearing this. "Oh my God! You're right, Christmas is coming soon, and I've been so busy lately that I almost forgot about it. This is terrible. If I hadn't remembered it today, my mother would have killed me - by the way, what's the matter with those two goblins in your team?"

After seeing the two goblins standing behind the crowd and being blocked by everyone, Percy asked, "Are these the hostages you rescued from your previous raid? It seems like you always bring all kinds of people with you every time you come here."

"No, we just met them on the road." Ryan said, "But they had been hunted by a mysterious man before, so we brought them here."

"In that case, you'd better take the two goblins to the Ministry of Magic. I think the staff of the Ministry of Magic should be able to arrange a suitable accommodation for them." Percy said. At this time, the others also checked Ryan's passes. After seeing his companion's gesture, Percy made a gesture of invitation. "Merry Christmas to you!"

"You too." Ryan said, and then he and everyone came to the main road of the town. There were more people on the road now than before. It was even as prosperous as the Hogsmeade days before the war. Because it snowed a few days ago, there was a thick layer of snow everywhere in the town.

There are many Christmas decorations in the shops on both sides of the road and on the road: people decorate the doors and windows of the shops with all kinds of glittering ornaments and mistletoe, and at the same time, various Christmas banners are painted with magic dyes and wreaths made of tree branches are hung above the road with magic. Some wreaths are even cast with special magic, and they keep singing Christmas songs.

In addition, many shops displayed various Christmas items in their windows, and businesses also held corresponding activities. For example, Ryan saw the panda man at the bank door wearing a red and white Santa Claus costume handing out candy to every wizard passing by the bank door. In short, the tense atmosphere of the war in the whole town was reduced a lot, and everyone was immersed in the joy of the festival.

"I'll send these two goblins to the Ministry of Magic. After all, I'm more familiar with the people there." Dirk Cresswell said. At this time, everyone had arrived at the center of Hogsmeade. A huge Christmas tree was now placed in this place, and several children were playing snowball fights around the tree.

"Okay, then everyone disperse now and go home. We'll contact you if anything happens." After Ryan finished speaking to everyone, he watched everyone leave. Every wizard looked excited, but the two goblins looked absent-minded. They followed Dirk towards the magic steps on the hill like zombies.

"So where are we going now? Back to school?" After watching everyone leave, Hermione turned around and asked. "Ginny and the others wrote a lot of letters a while ago. I really want to meet them now."

"Let's go to the Weasley Joke Shop for now," Ryan suggested. "I heard that Weasley prepared some special Christmas merchandise a while ago. I want to go see how those merchandise is selling now."

(End of this chapter)