Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 44 Little Tyrant

While Tiera was sorting and inspecting the medicinal materials one by one.

"What are these, Tyra?" Harry's fluffy little head poked out curiously.

“It’s potion ingredients,” Tiera said, then added after a moment’s thought, “You can’t keep making Hermione angry like this. I’m going to brew a tonic that should help you concentrate when you’re studying.”

"Really?" Harry asked. It wasn't that he didn't like studying, but like all kids, he would lose interest in a subject if he didn't do well in it for a long time.

“Don’t bother,” Ron said, rolling his eyes. “With Snape around, it’s impossible not to lose points.”

“And instead of trying to please your girlfriend with this, you should just listen to her in class. Stop insisting on your weird way of brewing medicine,” Ron added.

Because Tierra is the only one in this year's Gryffindor class, and the only one among all the boys and girls, who can tolerate Hermione's incessant chatter for an extended period of time, everyone assumes that Tierra is pursuing Hermione.

Even Hermione thought so, and once told Tyrell with righteous indignation that she only had studying on her mind.

"Hmm...aren't these medicinal herbs very expensive?" Harry asked.

“It’s not expensive,” Tiera said. “Only thirty or forty Galleons.”

In reality, it was twenty Galleons and ten Sickles.

“This…this is so expensive?” Harry said, then awkwardly pulled a handful of Galleons from his pocket and placed them in front of Tierra, saying, “Here, here are thirty Galleons, um…this potion brewing can’t just be paid for by you…”

“No need, Harry.” Tyella was overjoyed, but her face remained impassive, feigning difficulty. “With so many herbs, there will definitely be some left over. We can sell the excess to…”

“Here you go, Tierra.” Harry pushed the Galleon toward Tierra as if he had mustered his courage.

“You’ve helped so many of us! You’ve helped me with my studies, helped me with Snape’s questions, and now you’re even helping me brew potions. I can’t keep taking your things for free. Here, take these Galleons. It’s not enough, I have plenty more here.”

Children's friendships are so pure and unpretentious.

“We’re friends, Harry, you don’t need to worry about this.” With that, Tierra shoved the pile of Galleons into her pocket.

……

A week later, at breakfast, before Potions class, Tiera carried two jars of potions into the dining hall.

"Good morning." Hermione, the little witch, was no longer angry after a week and had started to cling to Tyella again, but she was still somewhat indifferent to Harry and Ron.

"Is this the potion you brewed for them?" Hermione asked curiously, looking at the two glass jars in Tyella's hands.

“Yes.” Tierra placed the glass jar on the table.

The potions in the glass jars... one jar contained a calming potion from "Intermediate Potions," and the other contained Balnia mushrooms, dried lightning beetle shells, and fire serpent scales that Tiera added after reading "The Principles of Potions," based on her own understanding and experience in brewing Heris potions. She also increased the amount of calming pollen in the calming potion.

The original tranquilizer was pale purple and had a faint, lavender-like scent, while Tierra's improved version was deep red and had a strong, spicy aroma.

“What’s this red thing?” Hermione asked.

“It’s also a calming potion,” Tiera said. “A rather ancient formula from the principles of potion making. I tried both as practice.”

Tierra didn't say it was a modified potion, otherwise she would have faced Hermione's endless questioning.

Anyway, Tyella knew that Hermione would definitely not look at the book "The Principles of Potions" again, because the day after Tyella returned the book, the defiant Hermione borrowed it again.

But it reappeared on the library shelf on the third day.

Even for Tiera, who had studied chemical engineering principles, instrumental analysis, biochemical reaction engineering, and physical chemistry in college, "The Principles of Potions" was a bit difficult to understand, let alone Hermione, who hadn't even attended high school.

"Will it work?" Hermione asked.

“I gave Banban some of it, and it worked pretty well… at least… Banban didn’t die,” Tiera said, though he had no way of knowing the little dwarf’s condition.

After Peter Pettigrew drank it without any adverse effects, Tyella took a sip herself. But...

Nothing happened, and just like when she drank the original tranquilizer, Tiera didn't feel any improvement in her concentration.

The original potion worked wonders for Harry and Ron, who both said it was very effective.

Tiera guessed that perhaps it was because she had developed a resistance to the tranquilizer after taking the Heris potion.

However, this situation could not be verified, so Tiera had no choice but to put it aside.

The original Tranquilizing Potion was prepared by Tiera three days ago, but the improved version was only completed last night.

Therefore, he had to spend five gallons to buy materials needed for tranquilizers and explosives such as sulfur, iron powder, and aluminum powder from the pharmacy.

Considering Harry's exciting and varied school life ahead, Tierra decided to move beyond just focusing on calming potions and instead prepare to develop several magical bombs.

Hmm...maybe I can have more interaction with the Weasley twins in the future.

"Give me some." Hermione finished the rest of the orange juice in her glass and pushed it towards Tierra.

“Well… actually, I was thinking of having Professor Snape examine it this afternoon…” Tierra said, opening the glass bottle containing the purple potion and pouring some for Hermione.

"It's very effective." After drinking it in one gulp, Hermione felt a chill in her head, as if she had just woken up from a long hibernation, and everything around her became vivid and bright.

"It's good that it works." Tierra smiled, and Harry and Ron said the same thing.

"Can you teach me how to cook it?" Hermione asked.

“Okay,” Tiera replied casually, “but we’ve run out of medicine. Let’s do it next time.”

As Tierra and Hermione were talking, the restaurant gradually filled up with people. Many fifth and sixth graders had already gotten up early to study for the OWLs exams.

"Hello, Hermione, hello, Tyella." Percy, with her curly hair, greeted Hermione and Tyella with a smile.

Good morning, Percy.

Good morning, prefect.

Percy smiled at Tierra again, clearly pleased with Tierra's address of "Prefect".

Percy liked the two first-year students very much. They were studious, disciplined, and most importantly, they respected him as their prefect.

He was more likable than his two mischievous twin brothers and his silly little brother.

“Prefect, there’s something about Transfiguration that I don’t quite understand. Could you please explain it to me?” Tierra took out her Transfiguration notes, which she had prepared beforehand, and laid them out on the table.

The original movie portrays Percy prominently as an outcast in the Weasley family, completely lacking a sense of humor, a workaholic and a studious maniac, but also possessing a strong desire for power and an extreme concern for his image.

Therefore, Tierra's address of "Prefect" and the occasional look of admiration were enough to keep him hooked, allowing this study fanatic to spare some of his already limited free time to answer some of Tierra's questions.

Tyrell's knowledge base was indeed extensive, but it was also quite diverse. On one hand, there was his materialistic scientific view from his previous life; on the other hand, there was the three-dimensional theory of magic that he first encountered in this life; and finally, there was what he was learning at Hogwarts, which Tyrell called classical magical theory.

Tiera encountered problems with the virtual spiritual dimension of transfiguration, which turns living things into dead things and dead things into living things.

To transform inanimate objects into living animals or plants, rather than organic bodies, according to the three-dimensional theory of magic, it is necessary to construct a virtual spiritual dimension.

This is not a true spiritual dimension, but a virtual soul similar to a computer program.

Tiera encountered a bottleneck in constructing this point, so she had to consult with upperclassmen using Hogwarts' textbooks.

(End of this chapter)