5 Ch 5: The Wand and the First Guest in the General Store
After a few words of greeting, Hermione chose her wand and ran over from the counter: "Dad, see I have a wand." Then she saw Ryan and asked in surprise,
"Ryan? You you're going to Hogwarts too?"
"Yes."
At this time, Mr. Granger and Mr. Lambert finished their greetings, and Mr. Granger pulled Hermione to say: "There are still a lot of things on the list we haven't bought yet, I think we'll have to be a little bit faster." After that, they left the father and son alone in the wand shop.
After bidding farewell to Granger and his daughter, Ryan came to the counter. He found an old man who looked very energetic standing behind the counter. This should be Mr. Ollivander. He had a pair of light-colored eyes, shining like two moons.
"Hello, I am Ryan Liang. I'm going to Hogwarts to study from this year. I need a magic wand." Ryan greeted a little nervously.
"Oh, a newcomer, let me see what kind of wand fits you." Ollivander took out the tape measure from his pocket. "Which arm is your wand arm?"
"Uh, it should be the right one," Ryan replied.
The tape was now wrapped around Ryan like a creeper and began to automatically measure the length of each part of the body. Ollivander took advantage of this opportunity and took out some boxes from the back cabinet. "Wands are not mass-produced, each one is unique, so I need to go through testing to find a suitable user for my wand."
The tape measure quickly finished measuring the body data and rolled it into a ball under Ryan's feet. "Then Mr. Ryan, try this magic wand made out of ebony and unicorn hair. It is eight and a half inches long. It is very elastic."
Ryan waved, and a box suddenly flew out of the cabinet, almost hitting him on the head.
It seems that the probability of hitting the bullseye the first time is not high.
"Then try this, holly wood, snake nerve, 11 inches long"
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When testing the seventh wand, as soon as Ryan held the handle of the wand, Ryan felt a warm current suddenly spread all over his body from his hand, and some sparks shot out from the tip of the wand.
"Ah, great, you fit this wand very well." Mr. Ollivander said with a smile.
He put the wand in a long box, wrapped it in brown paper, and said: "Pinewood, phoenix feathers, twelve inches long. It is a very picky wand. You are lucky."
After paying Ollivander eight gallons, Ryan and his father left the wand shop.
After some purchases, there are only a little more than 70 gallons left on him. Considering that Hogwarts covers board and lodging, so much money is enough for the entire school year.
In the end, they got out of the Leaky Cauldron Pub and called a taxi, and went home with large and small bags.
During the afternoon tea time, Ms. Sally kept asking her father and son about what they saw today. It took them a lot of effort to calm the curiosity of the family's Boss. While eating scones, Mr. Lambert asked Ryan: "Do you think wizards can write novels themselves by thinking only?"
Ryan suddenly thought of the reporter's quill pen and said: "I think wizards can make their pens move, and they may even have pens that automatically correct errors, but dad, you will still have to write by yourself. I don't think there will be a pen for automatically making novels." Mr. Lambert shook his head in disappointment after hearing this.
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During the holidays, Ryan was immersed in reading out a large number of textbooks at hand, and occasionally went to nearby parks or fast food restaurants to ponder about the problems he encountered while reading. To be honest, Ryan thought about staying away from the protagonist and his group, but after some thought, as an eleven-year-old child, after knowing that he was going to a strange place, if he alienates himself from his only acquaintance. How suspicious would this kind of thing be, so In the future, it is better to go with the flow.
Since this period is the only time that can cast spells in the non-magical world before reaching adulthood as no one has told him about underage use magic being illegal or anything about the secrecy, Ryan has tried all the spells in the book for more than 20 days. Unfortunately, he was only able to use some very simple spells. It seems Mantras can't be used by knowing just the spells, it felt the same as trying to practice peerless martial arts just by looking at movies and Manga.
On the last night before heading to Hogwarts, Ryan packed his luggage and prepared to go to bed early.
But suddenly, a voice sounded in his mind.
Some guests have arrived at the store, please do a good job——
Ryan immediately got up and packed up. After thinking for a while, he put a part of the magic plant seeds purchased in Diagon Alley in the bag together with the how to cultivate magical plants book and chose to go to the general store.
Entering the general store, Ryan found that there nothing has changed in the store from the last time, except that there was an extra glass bottle beside the flower pot on the shelf, which contained a lot of soy bean-sized particles, emitting golden light.
Lifting the bottle, A voice again sounded in his mind.
——Sunlight crystal: special product of small planting base, the light-producing plant produces one every two hours. It can be used to catalyze plant growth and provide sunlight.
——How to use it: bury it in the roots of the plants and meet the water and fertilizer requirements or soak the crystals in water, which can provide one hour of equatorial noon sunlight within a radius of five meters and Of course, if you crush it, you can get a burst of five times the brightness of sunlight for three seconds.
Before, Ryan has asked the system to plant plants in his yard, because there is no one in the house, zombies are not interested, so except for the outermost pea shooter row, half of the other places have been planted with sunshrooms and sunflowers. Now that the small courtyard is full, it can produce more than 100 sunlight crystals in one day.
After looking at the new item, Ryan sat behind the counter and asked the system to let the guests in. The forcefield at the door twisted for a while, and a middle-aged white man wearing a heavy fur coat walked in. There was thick snow on his shoulders as if he had just come through a snowstorm.
After the man entered the door, he probably felt a little hot, so he unbuttoned his coat. Ryan found that he was wearing a gorgeous Victorian-era dress inside.
He looked at Ryan sitting behind the counter with an expression of disbelief, and he stood in shock for a while, but finally, he walked to the counter and said with a serious face: "Child, my people and I are in trouble, and in the depths of my despair, I was guided here by a voice, I hope that the destiny did not play a cruel joke on me."
Ryan said: "Can you tell me what is causing you trouble? Only by knowing what happened can I be sure if I can help you."
This middle-aged man began to introduce the dilemma he faced, from his words "London", "global cooling", "steam core" and "winter-home". Ryan knew right away that this uncle came from the Winter-home of the game Frostpunk, which he knew about from his previous life. They were the people who chose to leave the Dreadnought after the energy tower exploded. But the difficulty of this migration was beyond expectation,
As a result, they lack all the resources they need for this migration.
Hearing this, Ryan began to recommend the plants on his hand to the uncle: "I have three kinds of plants here, two of which can produce sunlight and warmth during the day and night respectively, and the other can produce 7-10 adult fists sized peas per day under normal circumstances. The pea soup made from each grounded pea should be enough to feed an adult person for a day."
After listening to the detailed introduction, the middle-aged man excitedly grabbed Ryan's hand and kept thanking him. After he calmed down, Ryan asked, "What I want is an equivalent exchange here. What are you going to give me in exchange?"
The middle-aged man was dumbfounded: "We were in a hurry when we left the UK. We only brought survival supplies, not money."
Ryan looked at the valuation table given by the system and said: "I have no use of your Fiat currency. I rather have a wide range of payment methods, from precious metals, materials to technology. The things I provide can save your lives. Correspondingly, You should also come up with something with a similar degree of preciousness."
The man thought for a while and said, "You give me the seedlings and breeding techniques of these three plants. I will use our most crucial difference engine, energy tower, and robot technology to make a trade with you."
"Deal, although to me your technology is completely alien, I am sure I'll find ways to use it." As soon as Ryan's voice fell, a space door appeared next to the man, and a golden light stream came out, Turned into a book on an empty shelf, it had a golden cover, with "Winter-home Industrial Handbook" written on it.
After confirming the receipt of the payment, Ryan put all the plant seedlings except for the planted ones and a book in the bag and handed it to the middle-aged man. At the same time, he handed over the bottle full of sunlight crystals: "It takes time for plants to grow and mature. You can use this to help you in an emergency."
The middle-aged man's eye became a little wet, and he took out a delicate gold pocket watch from his sleeve and placed it in Ryan's hands. "Thank you for your help. This is the most precious thing I have on me. Please, accept this as a token of my gratitude."
After saying that he bowed his head a little towards Ryan, turned around, and left, dragging the big bag filled with plants.
At this time, the system's voice sounded again——
You saved a city, changed their destiny, and gained 3 offset points——
Offset point? what is this?
Ryan looked at the system display panel and found that in addition to the connected world, the offset point data column was added.
It turns out that as long as his behavior affects the original destiny of a certain world, he can get a different number of offset points according to the degree of change made in that world.
The offset point can be used to randomly open the door to a certain world or to open the door to the world of guests who have been to the general store. It can also be used to master different powers. In the general store, common knowledge obtained through transactions can be instilled into Ryan's brain for free. But when it comes to extraordinary powers from different worlds, the greater the difference between the extraordinary powers in the world where Ryan is and that extraordinary power, the more offset points are needed to learn it quickly.
For example, if Ryan wants to learn say jedi force, it takes time and luck to learn it only by reading books and explanations. But, after using the offset point, he can master it in an instant.
After understanding the usefulness of the offset point, Ryan opened a space door to the World of Plants vs. Zombies and gave the magical plant seeds he had promised to crazy Dave.
Ten minutes later, Ryan appeared in the general store empty-handed, because Dave said that he has to determine the purpose of these seeds before he could decide what to pay in exchange. Fortunately, the system said that his seeds inspired Dave's new plant development.
And he earned another offset point.
After handling all this, Ryan left the general store and returned to his bed, in anticipation of the time to go to Hogwarts the next day.
