The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 349 Status Quo
"Now I plan to use this bonus to invest in our store. After we have this money, we can officially open it, instead of selling products by mail like now." Ryan said to the Weasley twins sitting opposite , it was a week after the Triwizard Tournament ended, and the excitement of the match and the uneasiness caused by the Death Eater escape had slowly subsided.Lane found the twins after dinner one morning and shared his plans.

"You don't need all of them, just 800 Galleons is enough." Fred said, recently he was managing the accounts and knew how much money was needed to officially start the store.

As soon as he finished speaking, George continued next to him: "But we should re-divide the shares. You paid more and helped our family a lot. We can't take advantage of you."

After backing off for a while, Lane and the twins redivided the stake.Among them, he accounted for 50%, while the twins accounted for 25%.And after discussion, everyone decided that the store will officially open during the summer vacation.

"Then how do you explain to your mother?" Ryan suddenly thought of Mrs. Weasley.

"I can only say it straight. I think if we persuade together, my mother should be able to agree to our request." The twins said this in unison.

"What's more, the "Daily Prophet" has been whitewashing the peace recently. My father said that at least half of the people in the Ministry of Magic don't think that everything Fudge said is normal, because Azkaban has never uttered a sigh of relief. A criminal escaped from prison, not to mention that those who escaped were all vicious. In this case, our mother is not as obsessed with us going to the Ministry of Magic in the future." George added.

"Fudge is really crazy recently, because Dumbledore has mentioned in some public places that the wizarding world is more dangerous now, and I hope everyone can be more vigilant. He directed the "Daily Prophet" to slander Dumbledore as crazy." Red also told the news he had heard recently.

"So what do ordinary people think?" Ryan asked. This week he was busy helping Hermione familiarize himself with using puppets to cooperate in combat, so he didn't pay attention to the latest news.But did he know that in the original text, Fudge relied on this kind of ugliness to make many people mistakenly think that Dumbledore was really confused because of his age.

"Most people think that Dumbledore is a little nervous, but it is understandable. After all, this time ten vicious criminals escaped from prison. At the same time, everyone also thinks that Fudge is completely for himself, trying to cover up the news that is not good for him. ’” explained Fred.

"But Fudge completely went his own way, and even withdrew all the people who were sent out to search for dark wizards before. In this way, some people echoed Fudge. For example, my father said that Umbridge, the Senior Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Magic, sang for Fudge on various occasions. Praise, I really don't know if she is full of Achnatherum splendens or is a low character, ignoring all morals in order to please her boss." George added.

After discussing the latest news for a while, Lane and the twins said goodbye and headed to the library to read the books hidden in the secret library, which they didn't come out until lunch time.

He was sitting on the edge of the table in the auditorium and was just about to eat when he saw Harry running over in a hurry and handed him an envelope and said. "Headmaster Dumbledore asked me to give you this."

"What is this?" Ryan asked casually after receiving the letter.

"I don't know, Professor Dumbledore didn't tell me, just let me give you this letter." Harry's answer was also expected, Dumbledore has always been like this, doing many things mysteriously secret.

After receiving the letter, Ryan decided to eat first.Harry sat next to him and started gobbling.

"By the way, what did you do in Dumbledore's office just now?" Ryan asked Harry next to him.

"Bad news. He told me that I should go back to the Dursleys' house for a while this summer." Harry looked a bit depressed.

"Didn't Sirius buy a house next to your aunt's house, shouldn't it be as bad as it used to be?" Ryan said a little puzzled.The current situation is completely different from that in the original book. After Sirius regained his freedom, he bought a new house near Aunt Harry's house.I will live there with Harry during the summer vacation.

"That's the problem. I knew last year that I live in my aunt's house every year because of my mother's protective magic. Fortunately, living there with Sirius is not so unacceptable. But this year, Professor Dumbledore just told me about Sirius It sucks that I'm going to be living with my aunt all by myself again with things to do over the holidays," said Harry, poking his steak.

"It's really bad, I'll try to write to you." Ryan patted Harry on the shoulder to express his sympathy.Harry's aunts and uncles did raise him, but that's all.It was perfectly normal for Harry not to like them in this situation.

After eating, Ryan left the dining table and walked towards the common room, and opened the envelope Dumbledore gave him.

The letter was an invitation to him and Hermione to visit Sirius' old house at the end of the second week of their vacation. Dumbledore also specifically stated in the letter that he would introduce some important people to them.There is also a small note attached to the letter, but it states that it can only be opened and viewed when the invitation is confirmed to be accepted.

"It looks like Dumbledore has an organization he leads." In the common room, Hermione said thoughtfully as she looked at the invitation letter.

"Yes, I've seen one of Harry's photo albums. There was a photo of his parents with a large group of wizards, and when I told the twins about it later, Fred told me he had the same photo at home. Photo. Their father once said that Dumbledore had set up the Order of the Phoenix to fight against the mysterious man. The group photo belonged to the Order of the Phoenix, and there were two uncles they had never met in it. Unfortunately, they were all taken last time. Killed by a mysterious person during the war."

"Then this invitation means that Dumbledore wants to recruit new people." Hermione responded. "According to Professor Dumbledore's character, it is very likely that the Order of the Phoenix will be disbanded after the war. Now it is very normal to choose to recruit new people after the war broke out."

After discussing for a while, the two decided to accept the invitation.Anyway, they are destined to have a relationship with Voldemort.In this case, it is definitely better to hang on to the affiliated organization for the time being than to fight alone. Besides, according to Dumbledore's character, under normal circumstances, they would not push these students to the front line of the battle.Compared to Voldemort and La Malfoy as cannon fodder, Dumbledore is indeed a good leader.

After confirming to accept the invitation, Ryan opened the note attached to the letter.Inside, in slender notes, read: "12 Grimmauld Place, London."

"This is—" As soon as they read it, the piece of paper curled and burned.Hermione was taken aback by the suddenness.

"This house is being guarded loyally, and the secret keeper is Professor Dumbledore. It seems that he has a high degree of trust in us. At least it is not dispensable for Professor Dumbledore to be the secret keeper. Location." Ryan smiled at Hermione.

(End of this chapter)