Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 4 Leaving
After successfully channeling her own magic, Tiera did not stay in the library any longer. She rummaged through the drawers of the wooden table, took out a slightly heavy stone awl, and then, following the notes in Merlin's notebook, recited the incantation on the ring and returned to the small storage room in the orphanage.

Tiera, who had successfully channeled her own magic and established contact with the Outer Gods, was in much better condition than when she arrived. On the way back, she only felt dizzy and did not feel nauseous or vomiting.

Tierra was locked in the storeroom around 9:30 p.m., during the time when the nuns were doing their bedtime prayers after checking the rooms. Several naughty children pulled Tierra out of her warm bed, poured cold water on her head, and locked her in the storeroom.

He didn't know how much time he had spent before waking up, but through the pale blue light seeping in through the crack in the storeroom door, Tiera could estimate that it was around four or five in the morning, just as the sun was rising.

Tiera picked up the stone awl and smashed it hard against the lock on the storeroom door.

a bit

twice
三下
"boom--"

Tiera smashed a hole in the rotten and dilapidated wooden door in just three blows.

Tierra tiptoed out of the storeroom.

It's 4:26 now. The storeroom is located at the bottom of the stairs on the first floor of the orphanage. Turn a corner and you'll find the orphanage's reception hall, where an old clock hangs on the wall.

At this point in time, both the nuns and the orphans were still fast asleep in their dreams, making it the perfect time for him to leave.

Yes, leave.

Although this orphanage provides food, drink, and lodging, it also means being restricted.

He cannot practice magic at will, because untrained magic apprentices without a teacher by their side are very likely to lose control when using magic.

At best, it might only damage some cabinets and furniture; at worst, it could directly cause an uncontrollable fire, which would be a devastating blow to the already impoverished orphanage, leaving countless children homeless.

Although Tiera didn't particularly like the orphanage, she couldn't bear to leave hundreds of orphans homeless just so she could practice magic herself.

But he couldn't bring himself to give up magic. Having been an ordinary person for over twenty years in his previous life, how could he possibly give up the extraordinary power he had acquired, no matter how dangerous or crazy the path might be?

Moreover, he is now an orphan, unlike in his previous life when he had both parents and lived a comfortable life. In this unfamiliar capitalist country, even with the knowledge he acquired in his previous life, he would be lucky to attend a community college. He has no confidence in raising the exorbitant tuition fees for public universities that are astronomical for him.

As the saying goes, "No destruction, no construction," how can one pursue the truth of the universe without letting go of a comfortable life?

Anyway, he has that library on that alien planet, so at least he doesn't need to worry about accommodation for a while after leaving the orphanage.

Moreover, the library wasn't just filled with books; it also contained many items and instruments that Merlin had brought in from the outside world.

Just like the unremarkable, dusty stone pyramid he used to smash open the wooden door of the storeroom, it was a divine stone that Merlin picked up from Avalon, the Celtic holy land. It was a key item for Celts to advance to Druid status, to inscribe natural emblems on their bodies, and to complete the sublimation of their Transfiguration.

It was used by Tiera to smash the door.

Tiera found a blood-red gem, the Philosopher's Stone that Merlin had failed to forge.

A wooden staff, more than half a person's height, also from Avalon, is a branch of the Celtic sacred tree. It was Merlin's early staff, but after Merlin became a great magician, he rarely used it except for certain special rituals.

Tiera planned to sort through the other miscellaneous items later. Besides these magical items, Wu Muming also found three leather bags in the third drawer of the wooden table. They were filled with all sorts of gold, silver, and bronze coins from Merlin's time, that is, the 11th and 12th centuries, up to the period when printing technology became popular in Europe. These were all considered antiques, and pawning them would bring him a considerable amount of money, enough to sustain him for quite some time.

Tiera returned to her room, gently pushed open the door, and saw that her other roommates were all fast asleep. She tiptoed in and quietly packed her clothes, leaflets, bedding, and the notebooks, pens, and ink rationed by the orphanage. She sent them in batches to the alien library for temporary storage, to be taken out again after finding a stable foothold in this world.

Then, Tiera casually tossed the cursed worm onto one of her sleeping roommates who had bullied her before, and then stealthily ransacked her roommate's small savings as well.

Although the orphanage was poor, the bad kids there always managed to get a little money from the donation box.

Although Tiera in this world is still young, she is very observant and naturally discovered where her roommate hid the stolen money.

Tierra found a total of forty pounds in the drawers, under the children's insoles, and in the book compartments; that should be enough for him for a while.

After all, Tiera dared not stay in the library for long, even though under normal circumstances the consciousness of the Outer Gods could not pass through the strange stones that made up the library.

However, the sacred magic of stones is not 100% guaranteed.

According to Merlin's records, spiritual power is most active when a person is asleep, making them extremely susceptible to external influences.

It is quite possible that they made contact with the Outer God through an ancient book without their knowledge.

Tierra packed her things without disturbing anyone, then went to the kitchen to get some bread and milk, and resolutely climbed over the gate of the orphanage.

“From now on, I’m a wandering mage.” Tiera chuckled self-deprecatingly, glancing back at the orphanage and at the rusty “Wool’s Orphanage” sign above the orphanage gate in the dim morning light.

At that moment, Tiera had the urge to run back. He understood that if he left, he would face a life of wandering that even adults could not endure.

Although he has a mature mind and knows no less than a hundred ways to make money from the future, he is only a six-year-old child, which limits many of his methods.

"Sigh." Tierra walked towards the bus stop leading to the city center without turning her head.

Although the orphanage was very poor, the church next door still had a donation box. Tiera threw a black stone at it—

Two times—

Three times—

They also borrowed money from the donation box.

Relying on the remaining memories of this world's "Tiera," Tiera knows that there is a pawn shop next to the theater in the city center where his parents were shot.

Without money, everything is difficult. Go exchange some money first, eat something good, and then think about the future.

Tiera, who had stayed up almost all night, was now extremely exhausted, both mentally and physically, and needed to replenish her energy.

(End of this chapter)