"I heard that Harry wanted to set up a Defense Against the Dark Arts study group and extracurricular group at Ginny's suggestion. Ginny and Ron have been helping them recruit people these days. Unfortunately, I have to be busy with the reading club, so I can only decline.
." Hermione said to Ryan during breakfast on Hogsmeade day.
"Harry also asked me, but I told him that I couldn't spare the time." Ryan felt a little sorry for Harry, because according to his statistics, it was originally supposed to be Neville, Luna, the twins or Hermione, the backbone of D.A.
They all rejected Harry's invitation. Most of them felt that there was no need to join two similar extracurricular groups, so they naturally chose the book club that they had participated in for several years.
Of course, there are various reasons for their refusal. For example, Neville told Ryan that he was worried that it would be embarrassing if he could not keep up with Harry and their progress. In this case, he would rather practice magic with these familiar people.
"I hope Harry won't feel depressed because a few of our acquaintances declined him." After passing Filch's examination and entering the cold and sunny outdoors, Hermione said to Ryan beside her.
"Probably not?" Ryan shook his head and tried to drive away the strange psychological burden. "There are not many people supporting Dumbledore this year, and Harry should be able to recruit a lot of people. I'm just a little worried.
What measures would Umbridge take after knowing this kind of thing? If only those photos had been released now, maybe they could draw Umbridge's attention away."
"Okay, don't think about that anymore. It's tiring enough to be a prefect in the o.w.ls year, not to mention there are so many things to worry about. Let's take a good rest today." After saying that, Hermione stopped him.
Ryan's hand walked towards Hogsmeade.
They walked along the road and passed Zuko's Joke Shop. Fred and George seemed to be discussing something with the gray-haired Mr. Zuko inside. When they squeezed in, they heard the twins and Zuko discussing the transfer of the store.
thing.
"I am willing to sell my shop." Joko's voice sounded a little old. "When I established this shop, it was to bring joy to everyone while making money. Unfortunately, when I get older, I no longer have
I'm not as inspired as I used to be. And I'm getting tired of producing the same things day after day. So I'm very happy to see you come and continue to bring joy to everyone for me, but my store has been open for so long.
It's been a long time, I hope you can take care of me as an old man in terms of price, I still have to rely on this money to support my retirement."
"But why do we have to buy this property? Can't you rent it to us?" Fred said somewhat depressedly. "We have just started our business, and although the prospects are very good, we can't buy it at all.
Let’s move up to this house of yours.”
"My shop must be taken over together with the house." Joko insisted on this point and refused to let go. "Because the weather in the UK is not good for my legs and feet, so after I retire, I plan to live in the warm Greece, and I will never do it again.
Back to England."
Seeing this scene, Ryan signaled Hermione to call the twins out, and soon the twins met Ryan in an inconspicuous corner of the store.
"How much does this house in Jokowi cost?" Ryan asked straight to the point.
"Did you just hear that?" Fred and George both looked a little embarrassed. "He actually asked us to pay 80,000 Galleons in one go."
"This is really too expensive." Hermione exclaimed in a low voice. Even according to Gringotts' official price, it is equal to four hundred thousand pounds. In this era, you can already buy a two-story house in a wealthy area of Manchester. But consider
Considering that this is a prosperous shop in one of the only two economic centers in the British wizarding world, and wizards basically do not charge property taxes, the price is considered acceptable.
"It's not expensive. It can even be said that Mr. Joko gave us a discount because we are more compatible with him." Fred and George looked a little frustrated, "It's a pity that we can't afford it now."
"Let's just let it go like this. I'll buy this apartment and rent it to you." Ryan said with confidence. "I just don't know if you have any safe way to cash in some magic jewelry, because I don't have that much on me."
cash."
"Here, you have paid too much." The twins whispered. "I always feel that there is too little we can do."
"It's okay, this money is not given to you for free. After buying it, the house will be mine. After graduation, I will live in the magical world, and I can't live without a house." Ryan comforted with a smile. "This house is for our store.
It’s not free. Even if we do business together, you still have to give me my share of the rent. Don’t worry, I will charge you the average rent on this street.”
"Thank you." The twins held Ryan's hand and said nothing. They knew what it meant for Ryan to take out the money.
"I will give it to you when I return to school, but you need to do how to turn it into Galleons." Ryan chose to switch to another topic to make the current atmosphere less tense.
"Don't worry, as long as they are jewelry, no matter what their origin, the goblins in Gringotts will exchange them for Galleons. They don't care what these things represent." The twins patted their chests to ensure that everything would go smoothly.
"Wait, where did the jewels you promised them come from?" Hermione asked quietly on the streets of Hogsmeade after bidding farewell to the twins. "Did you get the ones in the Lonely Mountain last time you went to Middle-earth?
A fortune?"
"I didn't ask for that treasure, but I found a way to obtain wealth for a long time." Ryan said close to Hermione's ear. "Maybe I didn't explain it to you in detail last time. In that world, I was the king of the river valley.
After mediating the relationship between dwarves and elves, my country can trade with both parties. In this case, I have a lot of jewelry from elves or dwarves in my warehouse. It is normal to invest a small part of it.
of."
"Sounds great, but you didn't get your wealth by exploiting the residents of River Valley City, right?"
"Believe me, I won't do this kind of thing. I just bring advanced knowledge and technology there. I bring them a better life, and naturally my share will be much more than before.
"
"That's good." Hermione nodded. Sure enough, her first reaction after knowing that Ryan gained wealth by becoming a king was to care about whether the money was just. This was also what Ryan liked most about her: no matter what, her
All three views are correct.
"The Pig's Head Bar? I really hope Harry and the others can remember to bring their own cups. I have always been interested in this place since I learned about it from Hagrid in the first grade. Unfortunately, Professor McGonagall felt that the place was really not suitable for students. Luna told
Headmaster Flitwick and I said it's actually quite safe there. The only problem is that the sanitary conditions are a bit worrying." Ryan and Hermione found a seat by the window in the Three Broomsticks, and they saw Harry through the glass.
, Ron and Ginny turned from the side path. Harry and Ron were holding a dusty Butterbeer bottle in their hands.
"Looking at their expressions, their party today should be quite successful. I just hope Umbridge doesn't find out about this, otherwise that guy will definitely come up with some bad ideas. Even our book club will be ruined." Ryan looked at it.
Looking at the smiles on the faces of Harry and the other three, he said, "It would be great if everyone had seen those photos of us, so that Umbridge wouldn't have time to poke her toad head around."
After they returned to the castle today, Ryan immediately got a large bag of jewelry made by elves and gave it to the twins. Although the twins were a little surprised why Ryan had these things, Ryan said directly that they were given to me by my alchemy teacher.
All their doubts were dispelled.
This is also the first time the twins have heard Ryan talk about his teacher, but they can easily infer the level of his teacher from Ryan. It is logical for a powerful alchemist to leave a large fortune to his disciples.
Even in the eyes of most wizards, there is no difference between ten thousand Galleons and one hundred Galleons for some powerful alchemists.
Thanks to their brainstorming, Ryan was able to transfer part of his wealth to this world, laying a foundation for further wealth transfer in the future.