Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 321 Deception
Tierra's answer seemed to give Dumbledore the answer he wanted, prompting him to give an "I knew it" look, then lean back tactically into his chair.

“Don’t worry, Tyella,” Dumbledore said. “I will protect you. I will protect you from Gellert.”

“Thank you, Professor Dumbledore,” Tyrell said listlessly.

Tierra was truly heartbroken. After all, anyone who discovered that the ascension ritual they had prepared for over three semesters turned out to be a castrated version of something done by some brute who had lost his mind would have been quite remarkable if they hadn't collapsed on the spot.

"My mind is a bit turbulent... I want to go back and rest for a bit..." Tiera said listlessly.

That's the truth. Tiera needs to think carefully about what to do next. After all, if Tiera abandons Merlin's current ascension ceremony and instead follows Hermes' "Trinity" ascension ceremony, it not only means that Tiera will need to spend several more decades refining and training an artificial life form, but also that she will have to give up the "ladder" that Tiera painstakingly obtained and refined from the gifts of the three gods.

“Alright, then I won’t press you any further.” Dumbledore smiled and said, “This matter is indeed too heavy for you. If you’ve made up your mind, you’re welcome to come anytime. The headmaster’s office door is always open for you.”

“Thank you, Headmaster Dumbledore,” Tierra said with a sigh, then walked out of the headmaster’s office, looking dejected.

After Tierra's figure disappeared down the spiraling staircase, Dumbledore, still sitting behind his desk, let out a deep sigh.

……

Not long after Tyella returned to her dormitory and lay down, Harry pulled her up—

"Tierra! Tierra! Tierra!" Harry shouted excitedly. "I have something to tell you, Hagrid just took me to—"

"I took you behind the Forbidden Forest, where four dragons were hiding: a Welsh Green Dragon, a Swiss Short-nosed Dragon, a Chinese Fireball Dragon, and a Hungarian Tree Peak..." Tierra listlessly picked up where Harry left off. Suddenly, Tierra paused, looking at Harry—

Then she smiled; in that instant, an idea had flashed into Tiera's mind.

"How...how did you know?" Harry asked in surprise. "Could it be that Professor Dumbledore just now..."

“Yes, Professor Dumbledore just took me to see it,” Tyella said with a smile, seemingly having shaken off her previous gloom.

“Tierra, do you... do you think they’ll ask us to fight dragons in the tournament?” Harry stammered.

“Of course! Why wouldn’t we make them go through all that trouble to transport the fire dragon over?” Tiera rolled her eyes and said.

“But, but, don’t you think it’s a little, a little, a little… a little too dangerous for us to fight a dragon that so many elite wizards are working together to take down?” Harry asked.

"Don't worry, we shouldn't have to kill them during the competition," Tiera reassured her. "We'll probably just have to take something from the fire dragons."

“But it’s still dangerous!” Harry said, a little angrily. “The person who put my name in the Goblet of Fire was up to no good! He just wanted me to die in the match.”

“Don’t worry, if anything goes wrong during the match, Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Moody will definitely step in. They won’t let anything happen to you,” Tierra said.

“What about you? What will you do? What if you…” Harry said worriedly.

“I’ll be fine too,” Tierra said.

“Sigh… I really don’t know why you signed up for this competition… This competition is so dangerous, you could easily…” Harry glanced at Tierra’s metal right arm and then stopped talking.

“I was just a…” Tiera was about to say it was just an experiment, but then she changed her mind and said something else.

“I did it for you, Harry,” Tierra said. “I foresaw that you might encounter danger in the Triwizard Tournament, so I tried to sign up so that I could protect you if anything happened.”

“Because I don’t know who put your name in the Goblet of Fire, I can’t stop it from happening, so I can only do my best to prevent you from getting hurt during the match,” Tierra added.

“Tierra…” Harry was so moved he almost cried, and he reached out to hug Tierra.

But at that moment, the sound of the door opening came from the front.

Just then, Ron came in from outside and saw Harry sitting on Tierra's bed, looking like he was about to hug Tierra.

Harry paused for a moment, then frantically tried to get up from Tyella's bed—

"Wait, Ron, you—" Harry tried to say something, but—

"Hmph!" For some reason, Ron suddenly felt a surge of anger. He snorted angrily, glared at Harry, then immediately turned around and slammed the dormitory door shut. Harry was left standing there, somewhat dazed, beside Tyella's bed.

"What's he angry about?" A small spark of anger began to ignite in Harry's heart. "It's utterly unreasonable!"

“He’s a teenage boy, after all,” Tiera said nonchalantly. “He’s bound to have mood swings. Compared to Ron, I think you should be more concerned about your first project.”

"Sigh...yes, we have to fight a fire dragon...what are we going to do?" Hearing Tierra's words, Harry immediately deflated, his anger dissipating and replaced by worry about the weapon.

“First,” Tiera said, “I suggest you master the Summoning Charm.”

"Why?" Harry asked, puzzled. "Does the Summoning Charm have any special effect against dragons?"

“You are only allowed to use wands and spells during the match,” Tierra said. “You cannot bring any other magical items into the arena.”

"Um...yes, yes...wait a minute?" Harry's eyes widened suddenly as he realized, "You mean, after I go on stage with my wand, we can use the Summoning Charm to summon magical items outside the arena?"

“Of course,” Tyella said with a smile, winking at Harry. “Did I craft all those dangerous magical items in Nicholas Flamel’s hut during the summer just for fun? No, I crafted them for you! When we get to the arena, you can use the Summoning Charm to summon them. Then, you can easily beat a dragon to death, let alone just fight it!”

“That’s awesome!” Harry exclaimed excitedly. “Tierra, you’re absolutely amazing!”

As he spoke, Harry tried to hug Tyella again—

But Tiera stopped her.

“There’s another problem,” Tierra said. “Professor Dumbledore confiscated all the really useful magical items. Hmm… Harry, you’ll have to go back and get them back with me.”

……

at the same time.

Tyrell's voice was coming from a music box on Dumbledore's desk—

"...I don't know who put your name in the Goblet of Fire. I couldn't stop it from happening, so I can only do my best to prevent you from being involved in the match..."

"...Professor Dumbledore confiscated all those magical items that had been used..."

"That little fox." After listening to the live recording from the music box, Dumbledore, sitting behind the headmaster's desk, chuckled and scolded, "If I hadn't put your name in, I almost would have believed it."

“Those magical items…” Nicholas Lemai said from inside the crystal ball at this moment, “If nothing unexpected happens, they should be the anchors he made in the material and spiritual dimensions. It seems that he has long had the idea of ​​becoming a god and breaking away from the control of the Tarot Society.”

“That possibility cannot be ruled out,” Dumbledore said, then sighed deeply. “He’s quite the difficult little fox to control…”

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