Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 589 Snape

“Of course,” Tiera agreed with a smile. “If you want to continue your studies, one of the requirements for becoming an associate researcher at New Miscatornik University is to forge a Philosopher’s Stone yourself… I think it won’t hurt for you to familiarize yourself with the process of forging a Philosopher’s Stone in advance.”

"Oh my god, thank you so much, Tyella, you're amazing!" Hermione exclaimed, giving Tyella an excited hug.

“Tierra, Tierra, me too, I want to watch you craft the Philosopher's Stone,” Harry said.

"Wait until you've thoroughly mastered the knowledge in the Half-Blood Prince's Potions book before you talk," Tiera said bluntly. "At the very least, you should improve the accuracy of the daily exercises I gave you in Dark Magic class to over 80% before you talk."

“But I’ve gotten over 86 points on several practice tests,” Harry argued, dissatisfied.

“Without looking at Hermione’s calculations on her scratch paper,” Tyella bluntly exposed.

"Hmm," Harry fell silent instantly, lowered his head, and began to eat his dinner.

As they finished their dinner and prepared to return to the Gryffindor Tower, Horace Slughorn suddenly appeared in front of them, blocking their way.

"Aha! Harry! I've been waiting for you!" Horace Slughorn said cheerfully, reciting the tips of his walrus-like beard while puffing out his round belly.

“I was hoping to find you before dinner, but apparently you were held up by something,” Horace Slughorn said, beaming. “How about dinner in my office tomorrow night? We’re having a little party with just a few rising stars—McLean, Burns, and the charming Melinda—I don’t know if you know her? Her family has been pharmacists for generations—and, of course, Mr. Tierra, and our Miss Granger if you’d like.”

After Horace Slughorn finished speaking, he gave Hermione a small bow.

Despite Ron's displeasure, Horace Slughorn didn't even glance at him.

“I probably can’t go, Professor,” Harry said immediately. “I have to go to Professor Snape’s for detention tomorrow afternoon and evening.”

“Oh, my Merlin!” Horace Slughorn exclaimed, then his face comically darkened. “I was counting on you, Harry! Well then… well… I’ll go explain things to Severus. I promise I can persuade him to postpone your confinement. Alright, see you tomorrow night!”

After saying that, Horace Slughorn hurriedly left the hall.

“There’s no way he could convince Snape,” Harry said, somewhat irritated, after Horace Slughorn had walked away.

“That’s not necessarily true,” Tierra said with a smile.

"You think Horace can convince Snape?" Harry asked incredulously.

“Horace Slughorn was an extremely pleasure-seeking and vain man, but he wasn’t a bad person at heart. To be precise, he enjoyed associating with celebrities, successful people, and important people, and he really enjoyed the feeling of influencing these people,” Tierra said. “As a teacher, he was indifferent to mediocre students and couldn’t even remember their names. But relatively speaking, he always noticed and discovered students with outstanding talents to join his circle and give them special treatment.”

“Severus Snape may appear to you as three sallow-faced, gloomy-eyed, greasy-haired, and terribly ill-tempered middle-aged wizards,” Tierra said, “but in fact, Snape himself showed his talent in Potions and Charms very early on during his time at Hogwarts. When he first entered the school, his knowledge of spells was already comparable to that of most of the Hogwarts seventh-year students who were about to graduate.”

“Even now, he is a powerful wizard specializing in dark magic and its defenses, potions, charms, and Occlumency,” Tierra said with a smile. “In a few months, after I have absorbed most of the influence of the European Ministry of Magic, I will purchase internationally renowned academic magical journals from Hogwarts and the British magical community.”

“You will soon find that the name Severus Snape shone like a morning star in the magazine ‘Potions of the Gods’ more than a decade ago,” Tierra said. “Therefore, it is quite clear that Severus Snape was also under Horace Slughorn’s wing.”

"You mean Snape might consider the teacher-student relationship?" Hermione asked doubtfully.

Tierra nodded. "Hopefully," Harry muttered.

If tomorrow's confinement can be postponed, then Snape's confinement can only be postponed for a week, because Harry has classes the following afternoon and because of the new educational rule issued by Tierra that teachers cannot take away students' rest time for any reason.

Although he ultimately couldn't escape confinement, he could at least prolong the time.

“Sigh,” Harry looked longingly at Tyella, then sighed helplessly, “If only I could be locked up under your care.”

A while ago, Mercedes Amishitia, the female fire dragon from the United States, was put in solitary confinement by Tiera for burning down her dormitory.

Of course, Tierra believed that education should be the primary focus, so she gave her three choices—

First, assist Haige in patrolling the forbidden forest for a month.

Tiera believed that with Mercedes Amishtia's strength and temperament, there should be no creature in the Forbidden Forest that could threaten her life and property.

No matter how many magical creatures are in the Forbidden Forest, they are basically just a bunch of wild beasts with slightly higher intelligence. The weak are afraid of the strong, and the strong are afraid of those who don't value their lives.

Second, work as a teaching assistant for Tiera's Black Magic class for a month.

Its main purpose is to help Tierra organize the slow classes, which have a large number of young wizards.

Although Tiera had experience as a tutor before her transmigration, most of her tutoring work was one-on-one or one-on-two, with the most she had ever done being one-on-five.

Tiera had never encountered a situation where she had to manage such a large group of teenagers aged eleven, twelve, three, four, or five.

Thirdly, it helps the administrator, Fitch, manage the use of spells and magical items by students in the hallways.

These three tasks are the most urgent matters that Hogwarts needs to address right now.

Of course, Mercedes Amishitia ultimately chose the second option: to become a teaching assistant in the slow-paced Black Magic class and help maintain order.

After dinner, they returned to the Gryffindor Tower.

Although Tyrell implemented Chinese-style education at Hogwarts, she did not set up evening study sessions, so the young wizards at Hogwarts still enjoyed long stretches of free time.

The Gryffindor common room was crowded, and Hermione picked up a copy of the Daily Prophet that had been tossed onto the sofa and began to read.

Harry held the Half-Blood Prince's Potions textbook, while Tyrell was calculating something with her head down.

Ron had been in a bad mood ever since he met Slug, and he kept looking at the ceiling with his arms crossed.

(End of this chapter)