The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 305 Full Moon Ceremony (Please subscribe, please collect, please ask for a ticket)
A week or so into the Christmas break, Lane received an invitation from Aunt Betty in the Emerald Dream.That letter invited Lane and Hermione to go to the centaur village the next night to be guests of honor at her son's tree-planting ceremony.

"Holding the ceremony at this time means that we have to go out during the curfew." When Ryan told Hermione the news, she exclaimed.

"Of course, as far as I know, the horseman's ceremony is held in the early hours of the day, which means we won't be able to make it back before the curfew. If you don't want to go, I can go alone, and that's fine."

"Who said I don't want to go? It's an honor to go to such a ceremony that is not even recorded in the book." Hermione said a little excitedly. "Besides, it's Christmas vacation now, and it's not a big deal to come back late—why are you looking at me like that?"

"This is the first time I saw our Miss Granger willing to take the initiative to violate certain school rules, so I was a little surprised." Ryan replied solemnly.

At nine o'clock the next night, the two quietly slipped out of the castle gate.Then under the guidance of Wolfe, he went straight to the centaur village.Under the moonlight, the snow in the forest reflected silver-white light, reflecting everything around clearly.

The horse people's village is no exception. The river beside the village has been frozen and covered with a layer of snow.The houses in the village were also covered with snow, and the tall wooden houses seemed to have a thick layer of cream on their roofs.

Follow Wolf through the quiet village to Aunt Betty's house on the left side of the village, where she is already waiting for Ryan and the others.On one side of her horse's back was a box padded with a lot of fur, and the child was inside.

Centaur babies are much smaller than foals, and look more like human babies with the lower half of their body like a horse.Aunt Betty's husband, Bain, was earnestly teasing his son with a bunch of small toys made of golden leaves and vines.At this time, Bain looked much neater than when he saw him in the first grade, and the hair on his body was neatly groomed.Because it was winter, he was still wearing a cloak made of bear skin on his upper body.

"Welcome, welcome." After seeing Ryan and Hermione, Aunt Betty greeted them happily. "You are welcome to come to our son's full moon tree planting ceremony this time. You can go to the campfires in the center of the village to warm up."

Speaking of which, Aunt Betty opened the gift that Ryan gave her, and then made a surprised voice: "These arrows are much better than most of our arrows, and only the top arrows usually stored in the altar can beat them. Thank you so much, we love this gift."

These arrows are not only made of Valyrian steel, Ryan also consumed a lot of materials to give these arrows a variety of very practical magical properties.As long as you hold these arrows, you can feel the power contained in them.

Bane next to him expressed his love for this gift more obviously after receiving the arrowheads. He directly tied an arrowhead with rattan and pressed it under the pile of animal skins in the basket, and then put himself The child was put back into the basket.

"If the horse people have a male newborn, his parents will put the best weapon in their minds at the bottom of the newborn's rattan frame, in order to wish him a good fighter in the future .” Wolfe introduced in a low voice what Bain was doing now.

At this time, Ryan and the others were already sitting on the warm stones by the campfire, and each of them held a teacup filled with some special herbal tea from the Forbidden Forest.And Wolfe was lying next to them, with a wide-mouth cup containing the same herbal tea in front of him.

"You can have a taste, this is a good thing that is only available on important days, and the horses are not willing to take it out at ordinary times." After finishing speaking, Wolfe put his fluffy long mouth into the cup and started drank up.

Seeing this, Ryan also took a sip. The tea had an obvious bitter taste in his mouth, but it turned into a kind of sweetness when it flowed to the root of his tongue.After that, it was like a warm current flowing directly down the esophagus into the stomach, warming up the whole person.Dispelled the chill that seeped into the body after running in the snow for nearly an hour.

The centaurs are indeed the darlings of nature. After the elves leave the material world, it is estimated that only the centaurs can have such a powerful talent in herbal medicine.After observing for a while, Ryan saw more details.For example, the old horsemen sitting by this bonfire add branches and leaves to the bonfire from time to time, but these branches and leaves, which contain very little magic power and are not even regarded as herbs by human wizards, are matched by the old horsemen. Ordered the bonfire to emit a slight white smoke.

The smoke has the fragrance of grass and trees, and everyone who has smelled it can feel that the fatigue on their bodies has been slightly relieved.After finding Ryan looking at her, the old horseman smiled kindly at Ryan.

"Son, you are the natural friend of human beings. Thank you for your help this time, otherwise little Betty would not have fulfilled her wish for many years."

"I just realized a small part of nature by chance." Ryan said modestly, and then he asked; "What do you call it?"

"Lanny, we centaurs are not as complicated as humans, just call me Lanny. I am the witch doctor of this centaur tribe and Bain's grandmother. I watched them grow up when I was young. After Betty was cursed I have been looking for a solution to the problem, but unfortunately I have never been successful. Fortunately, your help has helped their relationship. So, you can come to me after entering the Emerald Dream, and I would like to share some knowledge about nature and potions with you .”

Horse people are very straightforward, so they will not say some polite words like humans.For example, the witch doctor of the Centaur tribe in front of him clearly told Ryan that she was willing to use the knowledge she had as a gift to repay Ryan for helping his descendants continue the bloodline.

"Thank you so much." Ryan expressed his heartfelt thanks to this generous old man, but the witch doctor Lanny didn't think it was that important. After all, in the centaur tribe, knowledge is openly exchanged with each other.It is not like human wizards who cherish themselves with their brooms and set up countless barriers for knowledge exchange.

For the rest of the time, Ryan kept chatting with the elder, and her rich experience benefited Ryan and Hermione a lot.And Lanny is also very happy that there are juniors who are willing to listen to the stories of her youth.After all, the centaur tribe is so big. After she explained her story many times, everyone in the tribe was familiar with what she told.

For example, as soon as she started talking about Wolfe, she turned to the other side of the campfire with her teacup in her mouth.The witch doctor Lanny just shook his head when he saw it, and then told Ryan Wolff in the chat that she told Wolfe a story when he was still a wolf cub. It is estimated that his current appearance is the result of listening to the same story too much Just a little scared.

Time passed quickly during the chat, and suddenly a deep horn sound echoed throughout the village.The witch doctor Lanny stood up unsatisfied (the difference between a centaur and a horse is that a centaur often lies down on all fours and rests). He shook his tail and swept off the dust on his body and said to Ryan and Hermione: "Betty's child's full moon The tree planting ceremony is about to begin, we need to hurry to the altar now."

(End of this chapter)