The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 696 Discussion and Outlook (for Youlan Yuehe)
"Ah, sorry." After talking about what happened in the past half hour, Professor Dumbledore took off his glasses and wiped them, then said. "I'm sorry. Old people sometimes like to reminisce about the past. I kept you two waiting for a long time."

"It's okay, professor." Ryan smiled and said, "From the stories you just told us, we have learned a lot of things that we have never known before, which will help us in our next move."

"Oh, what did you hear?" Dumbledore looked at Ryan with his blue eyes curiously. On the one hand, what he said just now was indeed a bit inappropriate, but on the other hand, he hoped to remind Ryan through each person in this story that those people they killed in the war also had relatives and friends, and were living people, not just an abstract concept like brutal Death Eaters.

Therefore, Dumbledore was now very curious about what Ryan had gained from what he had just said, so he rested his elbows on the table and made a gesture of listening attentively.

"I found that the connections between British wizards were far greater than I had imagined before." Ryan said. From Professor Dumbledore's stories, Ryan discovered that the network of relationships built by those pure-blood families was much more complicated than he had imagined.

This also reminded him that in the original text, even though the conflict between the two sides had reached that point, pure-bloods like Neville and Ginny were still able to attend classes in school in their seventh year. Even when they organized a resistance movement, the Death Eaters did not harm their lives. This was not a simple reason that could be explained by not wanting to waste the lives of pure-blood wizards.

"For us, this means that if we want to prevent innocent people from being harmed, we still have a lot to do." Ryan looked at Dumbledore and stated, "I think there should be a lot of people asking you to restrain our behavior and stop killing."

"Yes," Professor Dumbledore nodded and admitted, "Someone here has indeed asked me to stop your killing and destruction. Children, you should know that any killing will leave indelible scars on the soul. Of course, I am not asking you to take many things into consideration during the battle, that is unreasonable. I just hope that you can reduce some killing within your ability."

"We are not bloodthirsty people. You can see from our previous actions that we did not even harm the house elves that attacked us, because even if they attacked us, it was only the result of orders. They were just tools." Ryan explained. "Everyone we killed has definite evidence to prove that they deserved to die!"

"None of us has the right to decide on the lives of others. No one." Headmaster Dumbledore raised his voice and said, "So it is inappropriate for you to execute those defenseless Death Eaters after the war."

"So what should we do?" Ryan found that Dumbledore was not afraid to kill the enemy in battle. After all, he had experienced many cruel wars, whether it was wizards or Muggles. But he hoped that everything could be run in a certain order, such as trying those criminals and punishing them according to their crimes. Instead of using primitive bloody revenge like Ryan did, he directly executed them.

"I don't know either." Unexpectedly, Dumbledore did not give a lecture like before, but shook his head in annoyance. "After all, you have to protect the hostages when there are enemies all around you. It is inappropriate to force you to bring them back for trial. This will put you in danger. If you let them go, they will cause more casualties later."

"Yes, that's the biggest problem we face, Professor." Hermione added. "Killing is indeed a very bad choice, but this method can ensure that they will not do evil again, and no innocent people will be harmed."

"You guys - ah!" Professor Dumbledore sighed deeply. In the war years, many things could not reach the most perfect ending. Even Professor Dumbledore, who was known as the most powerful white wizard, could not come up with a solution that could satisfy both sides. After all, Dumbledore, who had been the headmaster for many years and was over 100 years old, was not a saint, but he was a real good man. So from his point of view, he could not accuse Ryan and his team of protecting those innocent Muggles, even if such behavior was accompanied by killing. At the same time, he could not deny that although the measures Ryan and his team had taken before were a bit radical, they were a very reasonable choice at that time.

"Okay, let's not discuss this topic anymore." Dumbledore waved his hand weakly, a sense of exhaustion coming out of him. The core of the wizarding world is still power, so for Ryan, who is basically at the same level as him and is obviously a friend, Dumbledore can only use persuasion instead of forceful orders.

So when he found that he couldn't find a reason to persuade him that he could accept, Dumbledore automatically gave up the discussion on the previous question and started talking about the next one. In his eyes, defeating Voldemort and restoring order in the British wizarding world was the most important thing now. Some unsatisfactory things in the process could be put aside for the time being.

Not to mention that although Ryan and his team's killing was not in line with the headmaster's code of ethics, from another perspective, the destruction caused by Ryan and his team's previous actions attracted the attention of Voldemort and the Death Eaters, and greatly reduced the pressure on Dumbledore.

"In addition to the issue of the killing just now, there is also your previous destruction of various manors and plantations. I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation." Professor Dumbledore quickly calmed down and asked the next question. "The damage you have done cannot be repaired in a short time. In fact, the workload of repairing the damage in many places is almost the same as rebuilding."

"You know, these ancient magical plant plantations, magical creature breeding gardens, house-elf workshops and various mines are an important part of the British wizarding world and one of the foundations of the British wizarding world. If you do this, we will suffer heavy losses even if we win the war."

"But that's something we need to consider after we win the war, isn't it?" Ryan said seriously. "If we can't completely cut off the source of Death Eaters' wealth, I don't think we need to consider the future of the British wizarding world. Besides, these estates have now been mortgaged to American wizards. To be precise, they don't belong to Britain anymore."

"After destroying those manors, we not only cut off part of the Death Eaters' cash flow and material flow, but also caused a large number of bad debts to be generated by Gringotts and the American Magical Congress, which had previously stood behind the Death Eaters. Under the premise that our cousins ​​on the other side of the Atlantic are unwilling to directly participate in the battle, the huge losses will force them to stop the losses in time, that is, to reduce the secret funding for the Death Eaters."

"The most important thing is that we already have a way to make up for these losses." Hermione added to the somewhat worried Professor Dumbledore. "Our intensive plantations in the north can provide a large part of the resources. In addition, around Christmas, I will stay here to build several plantations or workshops in our controlled area to make up for most of the gaps."

"Of course it would be good news if this were possible." Dumbledore stroked his white beard. "But from what I know, you may need a lot of resources and wealth to support this."

"Please rest assured, I have absolutely no problem in this regard." Ryan assured Headmaster Dumbledore firmly.

(End of this chapter)