The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 718 Forced
"No, Mr. Greengrass." Ryan placed the teacup gently on the lapis lazuli coffee table, then stood up and looked at the Greengrass family head who looked a little tired.

"The reasons you just mentioned should be true, but they do not represent all the reasons. At least in my opinion, everyone who stands on the mysterious man's side now has the reasons you just mentioned, but only you have made the choice you have now. This shows that you must have some more important reasons that belong to you."

"At least for a wizard like you from a pure-blood family, these two reasons alone are not enough." Ryan stopped Mr. Greengrass from trying to defend himself. "Everyone is afraid of death, but after seeing my attitude towards the Malfoy family, you should know that the people I protect must openly surrender to me, which also means that if they choose me, they will be hunted down by the You-Know-Who. From a certain perspective, this is no safer than it is now."

"And if the You-Know-Who finds out that you're contacting me now, your whole family will be killed. And in previous battles, even if I killed the Death Eaters, I spared their relatives. From a certain perspective, if it's to save your family, it's safer for you to follow the You-Know-Who now. So I find it hard to believe the reason you gave me."

"You're right." Greengrass sighed softly and gave up his excuses. He had originally tried to conceal his current unfavorable situation from Ryan, seeing that he was young, to see what he could get from Ryan by using his family as a bargaining chip. But now it seems that this clever approach is of no use.

So in order not to make things worse, Greengrass simply admitted the part he had deliberately omitted just now: "Well, I think you should know what happened before the Crabbe family and the Goyle family."

"Of course I know." Hermione nodded. "In the battle a while ago, we killed the heads of these two families. Later, I heard that the You-Know-Who assigned their wives and families to two dark wizard leaders who came here from Eastern Europe."

"Yes, that's right." Mr. Greengrass nodded with a wry smile. "There is one thing I didn't tell the truth just now. For us, the survival of the family is far more important than the life and death of an individual, so I am not afraid of death. But now, the Dark Lord's order is destroying my family."

"I have already hinted at it in the children's literature that I left in Hogsmeade. The Dark Lord has found the legendary jumping pot and intends to reverse the magic on it. He intends to use the properties of this treasure to contaminate a large number of Muggles at once to create Inferi. I will be the executor of this operation and carry out this dangerous mission."

"If you're dead, I don't think you can escape our pursuit." Ryan said, "You should have noticed that the wizards we killed before were all those who killed innocent people indiscriminately, and what you are going to do this time is exactly in line with this."

"Yes, of course I know that," Greengrass nodded, "and the reason I informed you is that when assigning the task, the Dark Lord assigned husbands from Eastern Europe to my two daughters and required them to get married within the next two months. This way, after I die, my two daughters will marry others, and the Greengrass family will disappear from this world forever."

"Just like Crabbe and Goyle's family - no, it should be even worse." Ryan could understand why Greengrass was so anxious to find him. Once he died, the two designated sons-in-law would definitely swallow up everything of Greengrass' family. Then this ancient family listed as one of the 28 sacred families would disappear from history.

This reminded Ryan why Malfoy married his youngest daughter Astoria after the war in the original story. It is estimated that Daphne, the eldest daughter of the Greengrass family, might have chosen to marry a son-in-law to maintain the existence of the family.

"It's terrible," Hermione muttered through the Phoenix Mark. She had dealt with the eldest daughter of the Greengrass family during her second year of study abroad. After all, the war had not yet broken out at that time, and the tension between pure-blood wizards and Muggle-born wizards who had not experienced war was not as tense as it is now. "At that time, Daphne told me that she had a good father. I didn't expect him to be so cold-blooded."

"Whether they know magic or not, the marriages of nobles are not based on feelings as the main consideration like ours. Their core is interests." Ryan also answered silently through the Phoenix Mark, "Think about Princess Diana who passed away a few months ago. For them, the weight of love in marriage can even be ignored." After answering Hermione's inner doubts, Ryan looked at Mr. Greengrass and said, "Since I know about this attack, I will definitely stop it. Since you tipped us off, we will naturally let you go and promise not to tell anyone what happened tonight, not even Professor Dumbledore."

"But, but..." Mr. Greengrass opened his eyes wide. What Ryan was doing now was completely beyond his expectations. He originally wanted Ryan to provide him with a certain amount of protection by providing him with the information he provided this time, but he did not expect to only get a promise that he would not be hunted down.

Such a promise is completely meaningless to William Greengrass. After all, he is not the only one who participates in the ritual magic. When the time comes, Ryan will kill everyone else and leave only him. Even if the mysterious man is much worse than before after the soul slice, he should be able to see the problem here.

Greengrass had thought that as one of the top 28 sacred families in the British wizarding world, his allegiance should be very important. In theory, Ryan would try his best to ensure his safety. But he didn't expect Ryan to treat them like trash and didn't care whether they lived or died.

"Don't get excited, sir." Looking at Greengrass who put his hand in his pocket, Ryan waved his right hand slightly. In an instant, several magic circles appeared on the wall of the house and started to work, pointing at Greengrass.

"You can only get this much for what you put in. As I just said, the people I protect must openly surrender to me. I won't force anyone to surrender if they don't want to, but how much I do depends entirely on how much they put in."

Greengrass got one thing wrong. Ryan was not like Dumbledore, who did his best to defeat Voldemort. Instead, he hoped to permanently destroy the dominance of these pure-blood families in the British wizarding world through this war. In this case, the pure-blood families can be said to be their enemies. How could Ryan spend a lot of money to win them over?

"Okay, okay." Greengrass slowly pulled his empty hand out of his pocket and slowly placed it on his knees. He looked much older all of a sudden. When Ryan instantly controlled all the defensive magic in the house and pointed it at him, Mr. Greengrass knew that he had miscalculated everything today.

He originally thought that Ryan was a hero with a strong sense of justice and hatred of evil, or a somewhat nerdy researcher, which was normal for a young man. But he didn't expect that Ryan was completely different from what he imagined.

"You should know that I have two daughters. Daphne once went to Brazil with you..." Mr. Greengrass said in a pleading tone, but was interrupted by Ryan's bland words.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but as a member of a pure-blood family, you have to pay a price while enjoying the benefits. But for the sake of my classmates, if they really encounter misfortune because of you, I promise to wear a black dress and white carnations to visit them every year."

(End of this chapter)