Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 40 Corridor
Thanks to Tyrell's intervention, Harry didn't break into the room guarded by the three-headed dog late at night, and instead went to bed quietly that night.

However, he underestimated Harry's tendency to cause trouble, or Ron's terrible sense of direction.

Two weeks later, Harry and Ron had the rare opportunity to study at the library with Tyella and Hermione.

Tierra continued studying "An Introduction to Alchemy," while Hermione borrowed "Famous Transfigurations in History."

Harry and Ron went to review potions, though a few minutes later they started playing wizarding cards.

Since Harry answered Snape's three questions in the first lesson, he has received Snape's special attention.

Every class, Harry would be asked questions far beyond the knowledge of a first-year wizard, but fortunately, Harry had Tyrell as an external brain, who could answer most of the questions.

Of course, he couldn't say it directly; Snape wasn't deaf.

With an extraordinary understanding of the nature of magic, Tiera now possesses a level of mastery in everyday magic far exceeding that of the average junior wizard.

Having learned the principles of alchemy, Tiera also began to create some simple, temporary magical items.

For example, he would give Harry a piece of parchment before each class.

That parchment was actually Tiera's potion notebook, which Tiera transformed into a thin sheet of parchment using transmutation.

This parchment doesn't last very long, at most an hour.

But that was enough to answer Snape's questions.

When Snape asked a question, Harry only needed to tap the parchment to see the answer, as long as it was in the notebook.

Of course, Tierra is not a Potions Master after all, and is far inferior to Snape, who has been immersed in Potions for decades.

Therefore, even though Harry had Tyrell's notes, he still gave some incorrect or incomplete answers to Snape's questions, and Snape often seized on them and gave him a good scolding.

Every time, Tierra could read a hint of love mixed with disappointment in Snape's eyes.

This situation smoothly turned into a feeling of being deceived after Snape discovered the small favors Tyrell had given Harry.

That was the first time Tyrell had seen Snape angry. He didn't roar or curse, but instead had a gloomy, expressionless face, his sharp eyes fixed on Tyrell and Harry.

Like a cold, venomous snake, it seemed to freeze Tiera's entire soul.

Tierra finally understood Neville's feelings.

In that class, Tyella and Harry had Snape deduct 30 points from their scores and his Potions notebook was confiscated because of this incident.

However, Tierra was not flustered at dinner that day.

The notes he handed to Harry Potter in class were certainly not important; they only contained some basic knowledge of potions and some chemical procedures that Tierra had thought could be applied to potion making during her previous life's experiments.

Even in Snape's eyes, this was just the study notes of an ordinary, studious, and precocious student.

Tiera's true calculations on alchemy and his notes on the analysis of black magic were kept in a library tens of thousands of light-years away.

Young wizards at this age are all at the stage where they attract trouble, and Tyella doesn't want that kind of dramatic scenario to happen, where Harry, Hermione, Ron, or other young wizards discover that she is researching dark magic.

The book that had been taken away was quickly retrieved by Tiera, and at dinner that day he went to see Professor McGonagall and explained the situation to her.

McGonagall adored the well-behaved and sensible little wizard, Tyella, especially in this matter. Tyella had also displayed extraordinary talent in Transfiguration and magic, so Professor McGonagall was naturally willing to help. The next morning at breakfast, when Tyella met Professor McGonagall again, his potions notebook was placed where he usually sat for meals; due to the effects of Transfiguration, it had transformed back into a thick notebook.

“Exquisite magic.” When Tierra went to thank Professor McGonagall, McGonagall said kindly, “I don’t recall any young wizard being able to use such exquisite transfiguration at your age… almost no young wizard can do that.”

“Furthermore, your notes are well-organized and logically structured,” McGonagall said with a smile. “For this notebook alone, I’ll award you five points in Gryffindor!”

As soon as McGonagall finished speaking, the Gryffindor scoreboard automatically increased by five points.

Although the matter was resolved perfectly, in subsequent Potions class, Snape forbade Harry and Tyra from sitting together and instead switched Tyra and Ron's positions.

Ron teamed up with Harry, while Tyrell teamed up with Hermione.

This immediately revealed Harry's true colors.

Harry had been busy with Quidditch training, and with Tyrell as his external brain, he became less diligent in his studies and even started avoiding Tyrell to prevent her from making him do his homework.

Therefore, Harry, who had relied on Tiara and hadn't really taken Potions seriously, and Ron, who had relied on Hermione and was obsessed with wizarding cards, became the second biggest culprits in Potions class after Neville.

Once, during a class when Harry and Ron caused their potions to spray out for the second time in class, Tyella swore that for a moment, he definitely saw Snape point his wand at Harry, his lips slightly moving, but in the end, he silently pointed at the sprayed potion residue.

Because of Snape's attitude, Harry's affection for Snape plummeted.

At the same time, he also had to sacrifice his Quidditch time to study at the library with Tyra and Hermione.

Harry and Ron were having a heated discussion about wizarding cards and Quidditch on the stairs, Hermione was chattering away to Tyella about what she had learned, while Tyella was quietly pondering a question about alchemical techniques.

When he came to his senses, he found that Harry and Ron had led them to a dark, deep corridor on the fourth floor.

The walls of the corridor were undecorated, consisting only of dusty stone walls and cobwebs covered in dirt.

Everything about this corridor speaks volumes about its desolation; it seems even spiders wouldn't want to linger there.

The moment the four young wizards stepped into the corridor, flames instantly ignited on the stone platforms placed on both sides of the corridor, illuminating an old wooden door at the end of the corridor.

"Oh no! We have to get out of here!" Tierra realized in an instant where they were. "This is the restricted corridor on the fourth floor, which is off-limits to us. We have to get out of here before Mr. Fitch finds us!"

Tyrell pulled Harry along and turned to head back.

But suddenly a translucent, short, fat, and ugly ghost appeared in front of him.

"Hehehehehe, come quick! Mr. Fitch! Come quick! Another little wizard has wandered into the restricted corridor!"

As Pipi shouted, he casually closed the door leading out of the corridor.

"Alohomora!" Hermione immediately drew her wand and pointed it at the doorway.

However, no one knows what magic Peeves cast on the door, as the wooden door remained completely still.

"Thunderous Explosion!" Tierra also drew his wand at the same time, but unlike Hermione, he was not so artistic and directly used the most powerful spell he currently knew.

Unfortunately, the wooden door only wobbled and developed a small crack. Just as Tiera was about to put in more effort, the door suddenly swung open.

An old cat with blood-red eyes and mottled fur appeared gracefully at the doorway.

(End of this chapter)