The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 100 At the Banquet of the Dead

After Nick knelt down, the atmosphere in the Response Room seemed weird, and Hermione covered her mouth with her hand in surprise.

Ryan felt chills at this moment. After all, according to the oriental saying, letting people who are older than him kneel down for him is to shorten his life. How much life should be shortened for someone like Nick who is 500 years older.

Not to mention that this is a rotten country, Nick's action is too much like a courtship, and Hermione may have misunderstood it later.

In order to save his image, Ryan quickly said to Nick: "Sir, if you need my help, please tell me directly, don't be like this. I can't bear such etiquette."

Nick also seemed to be excited for a while just now, but now Ryan wakes up as soon as he speaks.He stood up with the opportunity, and then said: "Sorry, I scared you just now. But I really need your help with something very important."

After finishing speaking, Nick pulled his ear and broke his head off. At this moment, Ryan heard Hermione's inhalation from behind, and he himself felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach.

At this time Nick said: "Look, I got 44 cuts on the neck with a blunt ax. I hope more than anyone to cut cleanly. But unfortunately, because there is only a little bit of skin attached. I am dying. They will be squeezed out after they die. Could it be that they suffer more from losing their heads than me?"

Seeing Nick's face brighten, Ryan must have been annoyed.

"They didn't suffer as much as I did, but because their heads were completely moved, they excluded me. So—" At this point, Nick took a breath and calmed down and said, "Lian, I just saw that yours has caused damage to our ghosts. The power of the wound, so I want you to help me cut off the remaining skin."

Ryan felt a little confused when he heard Nick's request. After all, cutting off a person's neck, even if it was just a ghost's neck, was a bit too exciting for him.

So he said to Nick: "You must know that in the East, the complete separation of the head and the body is a very auspicious symbol. In ancient times, even if the head was beheaded, the executioner would try to leave a little skin. So you should think about it again."

"I've been thinking about it for almost 500 years." Nick said in a suppressed voice. "You don't have to worry about those things, this is the UK after all, things are different everywhere. Just do a little favor for a friend."

"This." Ryan looked back at Hermione in a panic, hoping to get a suggestion from her.Hermione was also frightened by this strange request, her hands were twisted together in front of her chest, she looked down at the shoes and didn't know what to say.

After a long silence, Hermione finally raised her head and said, "I think the adjective almost headless is too bad for a ghost, and Nick has endured this kind of humiliation for almost 500 years. Ryan, if you can help him Just help him as much as you can. He's our Gryffindor ghost after all."

Well, it seems that Hermione put forward a relatively strong reason. After listening to it, Ryan thought about it and finally made up his mind.He looked up at Nick who was staring at him with uneasy eyes and said:
"Okay, I can help you. But you can't tell the outside world about it."

"Don't worry, I won't say it, I swear it in the name of Sir Popington."

Ryan nodded, letting Nick hold his head in both hands and try to lift it upwards, then took a deep breath, muttering that he was a dead man.Then he raised the calamus sword and swung it vigorously at the point where the flesh was connected.

Flesh was cut off, and Nick threw his head to the ceiling because of too much force with his hands.

Perhaps because he had just become a completely headless Nick, Sir Nick looked a little clumsy in manipulating his body.It took him a while to adjust, and he successfully put his head on his neck.

But Ryan could see that Nick was in a very good mood now, and the brightness of the entire spirit body was much brighter than before.

After dancing in the air for a while, Nick finally remembered Ryan, and he floated to Ryan and said excitedly: "Thank you for helping me fulfill my wish for hundreds of years, I will remember your kindness, you are my forever friend."

While Ryan finished his work for the day and Hermione was preparing to leave the Response Room, Nick asked Ryan to help him keep this secret for the time being.Because he wants to be a blockbuster at his own banquet.

On the way out of the Room of Requirement to go to the library, Hermione asked Ryan curiously: "Is it true that ghosts are very different from us in many ways? At least I don't think normal humans would have such strange requests."

"The books I read introduce that most of the ghosts are the same as me in life, but it does not rule out that some ghosts have their own obsessions after death. Obviously Nick's obsession is its neck, so he will bring up such a strange idea. request." Ryan shrugged and replied.

The days go by quickly and Halloween is here.The auditorium was decorated with bats and carved jack-o'-lanterns.Everyone is rumored that Dumbledore invited the skeleton chorus to perform.

"Ha, I really can't figure out why you are going to such a cold and humid place. You must know that the food at the Halloween banquet is much richer than usual." In front of the auditorium, Ryan and Hermione were preparing to go to the underground classroom, standing next to Harry Ron next to him said to the two of them.

"You just know how to eat, but you don't understand the beauty of acquiring knowledge." Hermione replied, and then dragged Ryan to the underground classroom.

On the way, Ryan took out the pre-drawn talisman paper and handed it to Hermione: "It's not good for the living and the undead to be together for a long time, and you won't be affected if you bring this."

"Is this the rune of the Celestial Dynasty? It looks completely different from our ancient rune." Hermione stuffed the talisman into her pocket while talking.

Small black candles were lit in the corridor, with a blue light shining from them.Ryan felt that the atmosphere Nick created here was closer to Halloween than in the auditorium.

Every time they took a step into the underground classroom, they could feel that the temperature was lower.Fortunately, the talisman paper was also activated at this time, blocking this cold breath out of the body.

The sound of fingernails scratching the blackboard echoed in the corridor, maybe this is the music of the dead.

When they arrived at the door of the classroom, they saw Nick dressed up and standing at the door to welcome the guests.

"Welcome, my dearest friend." Nick took off his hat and bowed. "Please come in, thank you for your help, I think today's banquet will be the biggest banquet in Britain in the past 300 years."

The temperature in the basement was even lower, and Ryan and Hermione could even let out a sigh of relief here.On the makeshift dance floor in the open space of the classroom, hundreds of ghosts huddled together and waltzed.On the stage, a group of ghosts are making noise with musical saws.All this was clearly illuminated by the blue light of a thousand candles in the chandelier on the ceiling.

"This is more like Halloween in the real wizarding world than a banquet in the auditorium." Ryan heard Hermione say excitedly beside him,
(End of this chapter)