Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 342 Before the Ball
When Tyrell, Harry, Ron, and Hermione went down to the Great Hall for breakfast, they received unprecedented attention—

This attention made Harry and Hermione's faces even worse, because they discovered that everyone present had a tarot deck.

These are hundreds of tarot cards made from the emotional power collected during Tierra del Rey Quidditch matches, using the skin shed by the molting snail as the main material, along with the cards themselves, the fangs of the basilisk, half a phoenix feather, and other precious materials. Finally, they were infused with souls from the "Heaven" dimension.

These tarot cards were not merely anchors cast out by Tiera, but also Tiera's backup plan—

Tiera, with the authority of "knowledge" as the "inheritor," backed up her spiritual dimension; with the authority of "life" as the "parasite," she endowed the Tarot cards with the characteristics of life; and with the authority of "creation" as the "madman," she fixed the phoenix flame as the spiritual dimension of the Tarot cards.

These hundreds of tarot decks are not only hundreds of anchors for Tiera, but also hundreds of backups for Tiera.

If the ascension ritual fails and the suppression of the "inheritor," "parasite," and "mad walker" is lost, these hundreds of backups will be automatically activated. Relying on the afterglow of the blessings of the three pillar gods, hundreds of Tiera will be resurrected.

But no matter how many times Tierra is resurrected, she can only walk the path to godhood once.

Because after being resurrected through the grace of the three gods, Tiera, as the "foundation," no longer belongs to herself in the three dimensions of matter, spirit, and mind.

There is absolutely no chance of survival if one goes to Tiera again.

They will either perish in the universe or collapse into monsters.

Therefore, Tyrell's path to godhood is a do-or-die situation. If Tyrell cannot make it through, then she must simply give up the idea of ​​returning home and stay in this world, marry, have children, and live out her life.

Tierra's appearance quieted everyone in the hall for a moment, but they quickly turned their attention back to themselves.

Harry and Hermione quickly forgot their earlier unpleasantness and began to count the other gifts they had received—

After all, Tierra finally delivered a decent gift right on time.

What else could they possibly complain about?
Harry, Ron, and Hermione also returned the favor by sending Tyella a gift.

Harry gave Tyra a box of precious medicinal herbs.

Hermione gave Harry and Tyrell each a book. Harry's book was titled "The Quidditch Team of England and Ireland," while the book for Tyrell was a copy of "Leadership Quotes" that Hermione had asked her parents to buy for her in the Muggle world.

When Tierra received the little red booklet, she was completely stunned.

“I wrote to my parents saying I was reading Das Kapital, and they recommended this book to me,” Hermione said proudly, raising her head. “I’ve already finished reading it myself! I think it’s great, and you can take a look too. If you have any questions, you can ask me.”

Tierra: ...

Tierra looked at the red booklet over and over again.

To be honest, I took the postgraduate entrance exam three times, and I know this book by heart. If you want to talk about it, I can explain it to you in the most interesting way.

Ron's gifts were as simple as Tierra's: a bulging bag of dung balls for each person.

It was taken directly from George and Fred Weasley.

Of course, there was also Mrs. Weasley, who, as usual, sent a package every year containing a new sweater for everyone.

Harry's sweater has a dragon on it, while Tyella's sweater has a meteorite on it.

Tyrell guessed that someone from the Weasley family must have told Mrs. Weasley about what happened during her match.

That afternoon, they went to the field outside. The heavy snow had just stopped, and the ground was covered in a blanket of white snow, almost untouched by human feet, except for a deep footprint left by Durmstrang and Beauxbatons' students on their way back to the castle.

Hermione only wanted to sit on the sidelines and watch Harry and the Weasleys have a snowball fight, refusing to join in herself. Tyella was the same, sitting next to Hermione and watching the bunch of childish kids play around.

When it was five o'clock in the afternoon, Hermione stood up, rubbed her hands which were a little red from the cold, and said that she had to go upstairs to prepare for the ball.

"What, you need three hours?" Ron stared at her in disbelief, asking in a typical straight-man manner.

While Ron was distracted, he was hit hard in the cheek by a large snowball thrown by George.

"Who are you going with?" Ron called after Hermione. "Who are you going to the ball with?"

Hermione simply waved, gave Ron a proud smile, and stepped onto the stone steps into the castle.

There is no Christmas tea today because there will be a banquet at the ball.

By seven o'clock, it was getting dark and it was not easy to aim at the target, so the others gave up the snowball fight and returned to the common room together.

The Fat Lady and Her Friends

Downstairs, Violet sat in the framed portrait, both of them dizzy and drunk, with several empty boxes of liqueur-filled chocolates lying at the bottom of her portrait.

Tyrell, Harry, Ron, Seamus, Dean, and Neville changed into their gowns in their dormitory upstairs. They all looked uneasy, but none were as dejected as Ron, who stared at himself in the long mirror in the corner, a look of horror on his face.

Because his robe was like a skirt, which is an undeniable fact.

To add a touch of masculinity to his robe, he took a desperate gamble and cast a cutting spell on the folds and lace. It worked somewhat; at least the lace was gone. But he didn't do a very good job. When the boys started to leave, his collar and cuffs were still frayed, which was quite disheartening.

Tiera's dress was a wide and brightly colored papal robe, embroidered with glittering gold patterns.

The robe, made of some unknown material, appeared as light as clouds. When draped over Tiera, it resembled a layer of vibrant red sunset glow, making her look like a dream, as if she were a figure from a dream.

"I really don't understand how you two managed to snag the prettiest girl in the whole grade," Dean muttered to Harry and Ron as he adjusted his dress.

Just like in the original story, Harry and Ron invited the Indian sisters Parvati and Padma.

They were said to be the most beautiful girls in fourth grade—

However, to be frank, Tierra didn't see anything special about the two of them; they seemed just like any other young girls.

“Opposites attract,” Ron replied sullenly, tugging at the loose thread on his sleeve. Finally, in a fit of anger, he swung his wand.

"Ugh, whatever, this is so annoying, let's go."

The common room looked strange. The people inside were no longer wearing black robes, but colorful ceremonial robes.

Tierra, Harry, and Ron crossed the common room and came to the stairwell, where Parvati, Padma, and Lunalovegood were waiting quietly.

Luna looks beautiful today.

Thank you for the January vote from Fog.
Tomorrow's update might be a little late. The two chapters about the Christmas ball are key plot points, and I need to polish them a bit.

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