Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 418 Ethical Issues of Cloning
“First, please come up here to be sorted,” Professor McGonagall said. “Then we will proceed with the sorting ceremony for the first-year students.”

Hathaway Romanoff nodded, her aloof elegance pushing aside the first-graders, and walked up to Professor McGonagall—

"Which house do you think she'll be assigned to?" Neville, sitting next to Ron, leaned over and asked the trio who had been penalized.

“Who cares?” Ron replied, chewing on another leg of lamb from the communal tray. “Hopefully it’s not Gryffindor; she looks like she’s going to be difficult.”

“Oh, my dear brother!” George exclaimed sarcastically, “Is chicken legs and lamb chops all you see? Can’t you appreciate a woman’s beauty at all?”

"She's Durmstrang's most beautiful woman!" Fred exclaimed in anguish. "Does this mean our youngest son is destined to remain single forever?"

“Oh, my poor little brother—” The twin brothers, like a stand-up comedy duo, started to say this. After Fred finished speaking, George immediately chimed in, making a very feminine facepalm gesture, and then exaggeratedly said, “The youngest boy in our Weasley family will have to spend his whole life with his chicken legs and lamb chops!”

“He may never find a girlfriend in his life!” Fred said as well.

"Nonsense, nonsense!" Ron angrily threw the lamb bone on the table and retorted.

“Bill is said to have hooked up with Fleur de Lacourt, the girl who came to the competition last year,” George said. “Charlie is almost engaged, and even that blockhead Passy has gotten together with Penelope.”

“George and I both have girlfriends,” Fred added. “Even Ginny has had two boyfriends. What about you?”

"I, I, I, I..." Ron's face flushed red. "I have Harry and Hermione! What would I need a girlfriend for?"

After saying that, Ron angrily grabbed another chicken leg and started tearing into it.

Meanwhile, on stage, the Sorting Hat was finally placed on Hathaway Romanov's head.

Then--

"Hmm...hmm...hmm..." The Sorting Hat hummed for a minute, then said, "Your thought process looks familiar—"

Tyrell, who was sitting in the teacher's seat disguised as Dumbledore, suddenly twitched her eyelids, and then a wisp of will descended from the divine dimension—

"Slytherin!" the Sorting Hat suddenly called out.

A long and enthusiastic cheer erupted from the Slytherin table, while disappointed boos came from the other houses.

After all, not everyone is Ron. It's quite an honor for Durmstrang's number one beauty to be assigned to her own college.

“Because of my relationship with Krum last year, I looked up some information about Durmstrang,” Hermione said. “Durmstrang doesn’t accept Muggle-born students, and they openly teach Dark Magic, so I’m not surprised she went to Slytherin.”

"Hmph, you can tell at a glance that he's just like Malfoy, someone who likes to play with dark magic." Harry suddenly remembered that this Hathaway Romanoff had been bothering Tierra last year, and Harry agreed, "He'll definitely be a dark wizard someday."

Meanwhile, at the Slytherin table.

"Hello, my name is Malfoy." Draco Malfoy saw Hathaway Romanoff walking towards the Slytherin table, so he immediately pushed Goyle, who was sitting next to him, aside to make room for her, and then waved for Hathaway Romanoff to come over.

“My name is Draco Malfoy.” After Hathaway Romanoff sat down, Malfoy politely extended his hand.

Hathaway raised an eyebrow, just as she was about to utter a few harsh words—"Now you can use the Love Charm." Tyella's voice came through her ear again.

“Hello, Hathaway Romanoff,” Hathaway said.

"I knew you'd come to Slytherin, Patrick!" Draco Malfoy said, his face flushed and his voice trembling with excitement. "As Prefect, I welcome you on behalf of all Slytherin!"

All the other Slytherin students looked this way, some smiling foolishly.

“Very good, keep it up.” At this moment, Tyella’s voice appeared in Hathaway Romanoff’s ears again, “With this momentum, becoming the leader of Slytherin, these will be important anchors when you become a god. Bewitch them and make everyone fall in love with you.”

It's clear that Tyella couldn't have made the unruly Hathaway Romanoff so obedient to him simply by adding a little program to her mind.

Tiera, as a successful senior god, promised to help Hathaway Romanoff obtain the Sky Gold, Flowing Silver, and Pillar Bronze, and to assist in setting up the godhood ritual, provided that she did as she requested.

So Hathaway Romanoff, who wasn't very bright to begin with, fell right into the trap and became Thiera's personal tool.

In fact, Tierra had also struggled with whether or not to take advantage of a beautiful young girl in the prime of her life.

Actually, Tiera was unwilling at first. Although he was ruthless and dirty, he still had his own bottom line. He was just a villain, a devil, not a lewd control freak or a kidnapper.

However, Tiera later realized something—

Hathaway Romanoff was originally an artificial life form created by Mrs. Rosie using herself as a template.

In other words, the purpose of her birth was to be used up.

This raises ethical issues related to human cloning.

Are clones considered human?

Was Hathaway Romanoff an independent individual or an appendage of Mrs. Rosie?

That night, after Tiera revealed her chaotic divine form, Lady Rosie bowed deeply, admitting that she had been blind to her true worth, and that artificial life forms were merely a product of her boredom and waiting for too long. She declared that Hathaway and Romanov could do as they pleased; she only wished to follow the successor of the Great Leader to accomplish great things, and ultimately, to obtain the position of High Priestess—she had no other desires.

So Hathaway Romanov was thus pushed onto Thiera.

Tyella didn't have a good solution at the moment. If the Ministry of Magic hadn't assigned Umbridge, Tyella could have had Hathaway Romanoff fill the vacancy as the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor.

After all, he also wanted to see if those who had attained godhood through the divinity of death were truly immortal.

However, since Umbridge had volunteered herself, Tyella had no choice but to first place Hathaway Romanoff in Slytherin, allowing her to fully utilize her love charm spells to attract more high-quality human resources for Tyella.

After Hathaway Romanov completed her sorting, the normal sorting ceremony began.

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