Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 317 Tiera, "Ordinary-looking"
"Ti...Tiera?" Harry was pulled out of the banquet hall by Tiera, completely bewildered. It wasn't until they reached the basement that Harry snapped out of his daze and realized what had just happened.

“It’s nothing…” Tyella shook her head and said. Instead of taking Harry straight back to the dormitory, she went down to the basement and went to the kitchen where the house-elves sold their food. After asking the manager there for some food, she walked towards the common room. “That white-haired witch just now is named Hathaway Romanoff. Professor Dumbledore called me to his office earlier to talk about this. He said that Hathaway is suspicious and told me to keep an eye on her and be careful.”

"Beware of what?" Harry asked, puzzled.

“I don’t know. Dumbledore didn’t say it explicitly, he just told me that the witch was suspicious,” Tierra said, then smiled. “Ha, I hate people who only say half of what they mean.”

Harry: ...

Aren't you the same...?

If you weren't my good friend, I'd want to kill you right now...

As Harry and Tyrell walked toward the Gryffindor common room, in the Headmaster's office on the top floor of Hogwarts—

Dumbledore was rubbing his temples with his hands in exasperation.

"Fox, could you please go and check on Mr. Ollivander for me? If he's free, could you please bring him over? Be careful not to let anyone see him."

"Ah—" Fox cried out before turning into flames and disappearing into the air.

When Fawkes reappeared, he was holding the hand of a wizard who was over fifty years old. It was none other than the Master of the Staff, Ollivander.

After Ollivander appeared, Dumbledore tapped a crystal ball on his table, and a mummified old man's face gradually emerged from within the crystal ball.

“Mr. Lemaître,” Ollivander nodded in greeting after seeing the figure inside the crystal ball.

“Hello, Mr. Ollivander,” Nicholas Lemay inside the crystal ball replied with a smile.

"That's enough of the small talk," Dumbledore said. "I think we have more important things to discuss."

“Then let’s begin with Mr. Ollivander,” Dumbledore said again. “According to our previous agreement, does that mean there’s something wrong with Tyella’s wand?”

“I can’t say for sure whether there’s a problem,” Ollivander said. “But his wand is definitely not normal. I think Professor Dumbledore, you must have noticed that as well, otherwise you wouldn’t have contacted me before you started examining the wand.”

“Yes,” Dumbledore nodded and said, “Tell me, what have you discovered?”

“His wand is very special,” Ollivander said.

"How so?" Dumbledore asked.

“I…I’m not entirely sure,” Nicholas Flamel said, then shook his head. “It’s just a feeling, his wand always gives me a very, very strange feeling…a feeling that sends chills down my spine…especially when I use his wand to cast spells, that feeling becomes even stronger…”

"What kind of feeling is it?" asked Nicholas Flamel inside the crystal ball.

“It’s as if… as if Tierra’s wand is alive,” Ollivander said. “When I hold that wand, it’s as if I’m not using the wand, but the wand is using me…”

After Ollivander finished speaking, the entire principal's office fell into an eerie silence.

“A living wand…” Dumbledore murmured after a sigh, then glanced at Nicholas Flamel—

Clearly, both Dumbledore and Nick Flamel saw the answer in each other's eyes.

“The staircase…” Dumbledore said.

……

For the next two weeks, Tiera plunged back into the intense and busy school life—while juggling her regular studies, she also had to prepare materials for the ascension ceremony and repeatedly check the steps of the ceremony, and at the same time—

Tierra also had to evade harassment from Hathaway Romanov.

For some reason, Hathaway Romanoff was like he was on steroids, single-mindedly wanting to duel Tyrell. Every day after class, Tyrell had to drag Hermione and Harry along secluded paths to avoid the mad dog-like Hathaway Romanoff.

After all, in the eyes of Tyella, the God of Flesh and Blood Magic, the special and powerful life force contained in that artificial life form was as conspicuous as an LED light among a group of fireflies among the many Hogwarts students.

In addition, Tiera began to give several more prophecies to strengthen its anchor and bond.

This behavior made Tierra increasingly popular, and even some of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang's students couldn't resist the mysterious allure of prophecy and sought some prophecies from Tierra.

But unlike Tierra, Harry's situation took a sharp turn for the worse—

Because Rita Skeeter's article about the Triwizard Tournament was published.

This article is less a report on the Battle for Supremacy and more an embellished depiction of Harry's personal life.

Even though the situation differed greatly from the original story due to Tierra's appearance, and Rita Skitta did not interview Harry alone because of Tierra's presence, this did not prevent Rita Skitta from using Harry as a stepping stone.

The front page of the Daily Prophet was largely occupied by a photograph of Harry—

A whole photo that Rita Skita took at some unknown time.

The photo shows Tyrell pulling Harry as they run out of the Hogwarts Great Hall.

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The entire article, which continues into the second, sixth, and seventh editions, is about Harry. The names of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang are squeezed into the last line of the article and are even misspelled.

The article was published ten days ago, and after its publication, it caused a huge uproar among the students of Hogwarts.

Even now, whenever Harry thinks about it, he still feels a burning, uncomfortable sensation inside, as if people are pointing and whispering about him wherever he goes.

But the other protagonist of this report, Tierra, seems to be completely unaffected.

Even though Rita Skita wrote in the report—

"...Tierella Lockhart is an ordinary-looking but ambitious boy who seems to have a special fondness for famous wizards. He uses his good looks to get close to the famous savior Harry Potter!"

"...But clearly, a mere Harry Potter wasn't enough to satisfy his ambitions. According to reliable sources, Tierra Lockhart has already won Dumbledore's favor with his skillful methods, becoming Dumbledore's favorite student..."

Besides these, there are many similar instances. Rita Skitta portrays Tiera as a cunning, manipulative, scheming Muggle wizard who will stop at nothing to rise to power.

While Hermione and Harry were furious and angrily condemning Rita Skitta for spreading rumors, Tyella simply smiled and let it go.

Then, excitedly, he highlighted the section about "Dumbledore's favorite student" in red, and carefully folded the entire newspaper and put it away.

"Why are you collecting this?" Harry and Hermione asked, puzzled.

"Hehehe..." Tiera laughed, "It will be useful later. I'm planning to send it to someone as a Christmas present."

Thank you to Akunda for casting her February ticket.
Thank you to the immoral me for casting my February vote.
Thank you xiaotang246 for the 100 Qidian coins!

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