Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 313 As long as I'm salty enough, no one can use me as a tool.

“I won’t guess,” Tierra refused.

“Alright…” Dumbledore sighed helplessly, then took a photograph from the drawer, placed it on the table, and slid it in front of Tyella.

Tierra picked up the photograph and examined it closely—

The photo shows a girl, a very beautiful girl with a delicate face and long, snow-white hair.

He was wearing a strange crown on his head.

The photo was clearly taken secretly, only showing half of her body, with a slightly aloof smile on her delicate face.

“This is…” Tiera asked.

But in fact, he already had a guess in his heart.

It all started because of the book "The Red Priest's Handbook" that the little witch was holding.

Then it was because of the discordant life energy emanating from that girl's body.

“According to the files submitted by Durmstrang, her name is Hathaway Romanoff,” Dumbledore said.

"Romanov?" Tiera asked, puzzled. "The Romanov from the Romanov dynasty?"

“Yes,” Dumbledore said.

“I thought the Normanov bloodline had been extinguished,” Tierra asked.

“That’s how it is in the Muggle world,” Dumbledore explained. “But the relationship between the Russian royal family and their Ministry of Magic was a little different… To be precise, before 1917, the former Russian Ministry of Magic was not a separate entity, but a wizarding society subordinate to the Russian royal family, serving the Romanov family specifically. In order to win over this wizarding society, the Romanov family would often send members of a collateral branch of the family to marry wizards in the secret society in order to consolidate their rule.”

"So, the Normanov family bloodline still exists in the Russian wizarding world?" Tierra asked.

“Yes, not only that, but even now, the surname Normanov still has a great influence in the Russian wizarding world,” Dumbledore said, taking a sip of tea. “That’s probably why they gave her the surname Normanov.”

"So she wasn't originally named Normanov?" Tierra asked in surprise.

"Didn't you see it?" Dumbledore retorted. "Didn't you see it?"

"What?" Tierra asked, "What did you see?"

“She is an artificial life form,” Dumbledore said. “Although flesh magic is outside my knowledge, I can still recognize her at a glance.”

"Recognize what?" Tierra continued to feign ignorance as usual.

"You really can't tell?" Dumbledore asked.

Tiera shook her head.

“She is an artificial life form,” Dumbledore said. “You can tell that.”

"I really didn't see that," Tierra continued, feigning ignorance.

“Fine, if you didn’t figure it out, you didn’t,” Dumbledore continued. “So now you understand what I’m trying to tell you?”

“I don’t understand,” Tierra continued.

Dumbledore: ...

“Hathaway Romanoff is an artificial life form created by Lady Rosie and others using notes from Gellert’s past experiments with flesh magic,” Dumbledore said.

“Hmm,” Tierra said.

“Gellert’s remnants have been silent for nearly half a century, but now they’ve made a high-profile appearance at the Triwizard Tournament with an artificial life form. Have you ever wondered why?”

“No,” Tierra replied.

"Don't you want to know the conspiracy behind this?" Dumbledore asked again.

“No,” Tyella replied. Dumbledore rubbed his forehead involuntarily.

“What a fine tea,” Tierra remarked as she brewed herself a cup of tea while Dumbledore rubbed his forehead.

Hehe, as long as I'm salty enough, no one can use me as a tool!

"If you don't want to know, doesn't the Tarot Society also want to know?" Dumbledore asked again.

“I don’t want to,” Tierra said.

"Really?" Dumbledore asked. "How can you be so sure?"

“Of course I can,” Tierra said.

Nonsense. In our organization, there are only three thinking beings: me, Dobby, and Slytherin. We don't even need to vote on anything; I can just make the decisions.

Dumbledore: ...

"Look at this," Dumbledore tried again, "look at this girl."

“I don’t want to look,” Tyella said. “What’s so interesting about girls, don’t you think, Professor Dumbledore?”

Dumbledore: ...

Dumbledore slammed the photo on the table, then leaned back in his chair with a hint of resignation.

“Here’s what you’ll do, Tyella,” Dumbledore said. “Can you do me a favor? Go near this girl and find out what they’re up to.”

“No good,” Tiera said, then added, “Headmaster, you see, I’m so busy this semester, with my studies and the Triwizard Tournament. I don’t have time to win over a little girl. You’d better find someone else.”

"You're the one," Dumbledore said. "Hogwarts is yours. You're on your way."

"Doesn't this give people the feeling of being appointed by the emperor?" Tiera asked rhetorically.

"???" Dumbledore clearly didn't understand what Tyella meant.

“What I mean is…” Tierra said with a smile, “what if I don’t go?”

Dumbledore: ...

“How about I do your old headmaster a favor?” Dumbledore said.

"This is bad," Tiera said.

As long as I am ruthless, heartless, and unreasonable enough, no one can treat me as a tool.

Dumbledore: ...

Meanwhile, while Dumbledore was at a loss with Tyella, who was completely unresponsive, Igor Kakaroff, after leaving the classroom where he was taking photos, did not go downstairs to enjoy the lavish Hogwarts meal, but instead went straight back to Durmstrang's large ship moored by the lake.

"That Tiera!" Igor Kakarov went straight to a room at the stern as soon as he returned to the ship, and entered a mysterious conference room through a solitary door.

The entire conference room seemed to be built on a cliff overlooking the sea, with a vast expanse of blue ocean visible through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows.

But through another floor-to-ceiling window, one could see a dense forest.

There are also bustling commercial streets, castles built in barren wastelands, cabins high in the mountains, and caves in the desert...

Mrs. Rosie, Hathaway Normanov, and another white-haired girl sat upright at one end of the conference room. In addition, a well-dressed, gray-haired, resolute-faced, and thin middle-aged man sat in a chair in the conference room near Igor Kakalov.

“That Tiera is definitely suspicious!” Igor Kakarov said firmly. “I’ve been observing him for a week!”

“I suspect he is an artificial life form created by Dumbledore and Nicolas Flamel together!” Igor Kakarov said firmly.

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