The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 360 No. 12, Grimmauld Place (seeking subscription, seeking collection, seeking tickets)
After enlightening Percy, Ryan and Hermione went home eating raspberry jam ice cream.Early the next morning, the two threw their luggage into the space bag and left home for Sirius' ancestral home.

Grimmauld Square is in a decaying neighborhood in London, so not many people come and go.For safety's sake, Ryan and Hermione got off the bus one stop away from Grimory Square.Before, the two used the abilities of the Faceless Man to make up two ordinary middle school students with Eastern European looks.

Thanks to the rich variety of cosmetics in the modern world, they have unprecedented convenience in disguise, such as various liquid foundations, colored contact lenses, etc., plus some strange potions like hair dye potions.With the help of these things, no one could recognize the brown-haired, green-eyed, Caucasian-faced boy as Ryan.

"You really have some personality in your outfit," said Hermione, with her blond hair, as she walked down the sidewalk. "Where did you learn that quick hair dye?"

"In a previous book," Ryan said, "it was originally a potion that failed because it could only last for half an hour. But I think it can be used to quickly disguise and disguise. After trying it, I found that it is better than faceless." The potions used by the survivors are more convenient. Well, it should be here when we arrive.”

"This place looks shabby," said Hermione after looking around.

Her assessment was accurate. The houses around the square were dilapidated, some with broken windows that gleamed poorly in the sun, many with peeling paint on the doors, and a few houses piled up outside their front steps. full of garbage.A pungent stench of rotting garbage emanated from the pile of bulging garbage bags in the dilapidated gate.

The two began to recall the contents of Dumbledore's note, and just as they thought of No. 12 Grimmauld Place, a dilapidated door appeared out of nowhere between No. 11 and No. 13, and then the dirty wall And spooky windows also appear, making it look as if an extra house has suddenly inflated and pushed things apart on either side.The last old-looking house appeared there.

"Who?" When they walked up the dilapidated stone steps, they grabbed the silver door knocker in the shape of a serpent and knocked on the old door, which had peeled off the black paint and was covered with scratches on the left and right.A vigilant voice came from inside.Lane recognized Sirius' voice.

"Lian Liang and Hermione Granger." Ryan said standing at the door.

"Ryan, tell me where you first saw me?" Sirius asked vigilantly. It seems that the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix has entered a state of war.

"In the common room of Hogwarts." Ryan replied. "I knocked you unconscious when I was fighting."

"Correct, but you really don't need to explain that matter in such detail." Sirius opened the door, and two unfamiliar faces in ordinary high school uniforms appeared in front of him.

"Don't worry, it's really us." Ryan said, taking off the blue contact lenses from his eyes with a swipe of his hand.

"Come in!" Sirius stepped aside. "It's good to be cautious, no wonder Moody praised you as an Auror. By the way, you two follow me and don't touch anything." After speaking, Sirius led the way.

Upon entering the dark foyer, Ryan smelled a damp, dusty smell, and a sweet, rotten smell.The smell gets stronger the further you go into the house with Sirius, giving the impression that this place is like an abandoned empty house.

The entire foyer is long, in a standard Victorian style.The house's former splendor can be seen in the peeling wallpaper and burnished and ripped carpet.A cobweb chandelier shimmered overhead, and age-blackened portraits hung crookedly on the walls.Lane heard what seemed to be some small animal scurrying behind the skirting boards.Both the chandelier and the chandelier on a rickety table nearby are made in the shape of large snakes.

"You came early, the Weasley family may not arrive until the afternoon." Sirius introduced when he led the two of them into the room. "Because our family is all Slytherins except me, this house is full of pure-blood style things. I don't like it very much. If Dumbledore needs a safe place, I will never go back. Here."

"By the way, is there anything we can do?" Ryan asked looking at the dilapidated house.It's looking pretty bad here, there's not even a clean surface to be found.

"You have just arrived, I think you may need to take a rest first." Sirius said a little embarrassedly, after all, this is his house, and it is really shameful to expose it to guests in such a messy state.

"It's okay, we're all rested and ready to go to work." Hermione said in an energetic tone, "Okay, tell us what we need to do."

"Well, this—" "Sirius, let the children clean up the kitchen and the guest room first. Slowly everyone will live in, you have to give them a place to cook and sleep." At this time, one of the hair began to turn gray The middle-aged man came down from upstairs.

"Professor Lupine." Ryan and Hermione immediately recognized who this man was and greeted him.

"I'm sorry to make you work as soon as you come, but there is no way." Lupine said gently. "It hasn't been lived in here for ten years, not since Sirius' mother died, except for a crazy old house-elf in the house. We're going to at least make it habitable now Of course, I will take you to clean up the house, and you don’t have to worry about facing unknown things that will hurt you.”

"Okay, but you just said that there are house-elves—" Ryan asked, because the house-elves he had seen before would clean up the place they serve, and their magic is enough to make them even if they are very old. Big can still do most of the housework.

"Don't mention it." Sirius looked disgusted. "Kreacher will amaze you at what he can do if he wants to. But he has been driven mad by my mother and my mother's portrait, and now he won't touch me except for cursing me like crazy and doing some weird things. Any chores. Lupine has been doing most of the housework these two days."

Ryan felt that it was a good thing that Lupine lived in. As a real single dog, Lupine has a strong self-care ability and top-level housework ability, which allows Sirius to live normally these few days.

"Well, our first step is to clean up the kitchen. I cleared out a small space for cooking two days ago, but it was not enough. Everyone will come here one after another today, and we must clean up the whole place as soon as possible. Only the kitchen can welcome the coming guests." Lupine went downstairs and began to assign tasks directly.As the top student and prefect in the school back then, his organizational skills were much stronger than Sirius, the famous troublemaker back then.

"No problem." Ryan and Hermione first took out the luggage from the space bag and put it in the living room, then followed Lupine to the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)