The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 351 End of Semester
After Ryan and Hermione left the Forbidden Forest, they went around the edge of the Forbidden Forest and turned to the front of Hagrid's cabin. The sun outside the Forbidden Forest was very bright, which made people feel much more cheerful.

No sooner had they approached the door of Hagrid's hut than Fang jumped out of the open door, squawking merrily and wagging his tail.

"Who's there?" asked Hagrid, walking to the door, "Lane!" He strode up to meet them, threw a thick arm around Ryan, and said, "It's good to see you, friend. Really nice to meet you."

They walked into Hagrid's cabin and saw two sets of bucket-sized teacups and saucers on the wooden table in front of the fire.

"A cup of tea with Olim," said Hagrid. "She's just gone."

"It sounds like the relationship between you two has made some progress now." Ryan joked, and Hagrid immediately twitched after hearing the words, and a small piece of skin on his face that was not covered by the beard turned red all of a sudden.

"Speaking of which, I really want to thank you for your advice. It has been really difficult for her for so many years. I almost caused trouble for her. But now through communication, I found that we have a lot of common language." Hagrid happily said, taking out a few more glasses from the cupboard.He made tea, brought a plate of rock cakes to Ryan and Hermione, then leaned back on the chair, and carefully looked at Ryan with dark eyes.

"How does it feel to win the Triwizard Tournament? I hear you've invested most of your money in the Weasley twins' business, and hope it's for your sake that they don't get mopped up by Molly—"

"You know Mrs. Weasley?" Hermione asked in surprise.

"Of course I do." Hagrid nodded. "As you know, I've been a ranger at Hogwarts since I was young. When I first met Molly, she was a freshman named Prewett, and she was so strong at that time. It's already manifested—"

Listening to Hagrid talking about those past stories, Ryan and Hermione realized that although the half-giant in front of them looked about the same as a middle-aged man, he was actually in the same generation as Voldemort, and he is also in his 60s today. .Of course, the giant blood has brought him a longer lifespan, and he is still a middle-aged man physiologically.

"By the way, what did Madam Maxim want you for? It's not just for chatting with you." Ryan took the opportunity to ask when Hagrid stopped after telling some of the past.

"Find me something to do this summer," said Hagrid, "but it's confidential. I can't tell, not even knowing that you two have been invited by Dumbledore. Orim—that's What you call Madame Maxime—might join me. I think she will, and I seem to have persuaded her."

"Does this have anything to do with the mysterious man?" Hermione asked curiously.

"Probably," he said vaguely, "I'm sure I won't tell you anyway, so don't ask me any more."

It seems that this year Hagrid is still sent to contact the giants, I just hope that his luck will be a little bit better this year.After chatting for a while, Ryan and Hermione said goodbye to Hagrid and went back to the castle for lunch.

That afternoon, when Ryan and Hermione walked into the auditorium, they found that the emblems of the winning colleges that decorated the auditorium at the school leaving banquet were gone, replaced by Hogwarts school emblems and decorated the entire auditorium with the emblems and colors of the four colleges.

Dumbledore first announced the ownership of this year's Academy Cup. Gryffindor Academy won the Triwizard Tournament because of Ryan and narrowly defeated Ravenclaw to win the Academy Cup.The Gryffindor students raised their glasses to celebrate.After watching everyone celebrate, Dumbledore tapped his cup.

"It's the end of another year." Dumbledore said, looking at everyone, "but at the same time, I must once again solemnly tell you one thing - the dark age may be coming soon."

After thinking about it before, Dumbledore still decided to conceal the news of Voldemort's return in public for the time being, but only told this fact to those who were willing to listen to him, and used the vague "darkness coming" as a propaganda slogan for the public.Of course, this may also be because although the resurrection of Voldemort caused serious problems, no one was killed.So Dumbledore also felt that there was no need to adopt such an extreme plan as in the original book to announce the news to everyone.

There was a murmur in the auditorium, but it quickly fell silent. This is not the first time Dumbledore has announced this news, but because this is the first time they have heard Dumbledore make such a solemn announcement, everyone is in the audience below. We discussed it.In view of the various recent events, most people still believed what Dumbledore said.

"The Ministry of Magic doesn't want me to tell you this." Dumbledore continued, "Some parents of my classmates may be shocked by my actions-either because they can't believe that ten years of peace is completely over, or because Because they don't think I should tell you this because you are young. However, I believe that telling the truth is always better than lying, and if we try to hide this information, we may be caught off guard. more damage."

At this moment, every face in the auditorium was turned towards Dumbledore, and shock was written on every face.Because the students here were all born and raised in peaceful times, it was naturally difficult to accept the news that a war might break out suddenly.

"The purpose of the Wizarding Tournament is to enhance and foster mutual understanding in the wizarding community. In light of what is happening now - and in view of the danger we now face of war - this connection is more important than ever." Dumbledore added Said.

Dumbledore looked at Ms. Maxime and Hagrid, at Karkaroff who was a little flustered sitting on the teacher's bench, at Fleur Delacour and her Beauxbaton alumni, and at Slater Viktor Krum and Durmstrang's classmates at Lin's desk.

Krum looked nervous, even frightened, as if he expected Dumbledore to say something harsh.

"Every guest in this Hall," said Dumbledore, his eyes resting on Durmstrang's fellow students, "is welcome to come back at any time. I repeat to all of you— —Given that this war is likely to be more than just confined to Britain, its scale is likely to exceed everyone's expectations. We are only strong if we are united; we are vulnerable if we are divided. War cannot be done alone Keep your own. We can only fight this if we show the same unbreakable friendship and trust. As long as we have the same purpose and open our hearts, the difference of habits and language will not be a barrier."

"I believe - I really hope I'm wrong - I believe we're all going to face dark and difficult times. But remember, as long as we keep hope in our hearts, we will eventually win."

It seems that even though Professor Dumbledore decided to hide the news about Voldemort's resurrection in order to unite more people, he still described a darker future for everyone in a very heavy tone, hoping to arouse everyone's vigilance.

Ryan knew that this was because Professor Dumbledore's sense of responsibility made him choose this statement after weighing for a long time in awakening everyone and uniting the majority.This statement can arouse everyone's vigilance as much as possible on the premise of uniting the most people.However, it is inevitable to attract hostility from the Ministry of Magic afterwards, but it should be much better than the opposition of the entire magic world in the original book.

Thinking of this, Ryan breathed a sigh of relief, as long as everything is better than in the original book, that's enough.

(End of this chapter)