Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 231 Busy Hermione

The next day, school began. Spending two hours on the playground on a cold January morning was the last thing anyone wanted to do; but Hagrid had built a huge fire filled with fire monsters to amuse everyone, and the students had an exceptionally good lesson, collecting dry branches and leaves to keep the fire burning, while fire-loving lizards leaped and jumped on the charred, scorching wood.

But compared to the Magical Creatures class, the first Divination class of the new semester was far worse.

Professor Trelawney is now teaching them palmistry, and she doesn't miss the opportunity to tell Harry that the lifeline on his hand is the shortest she has ever seen.

Harry looked to Tyella for help—

Tyrell took Harry's hand, examined it carefully, and then said—

"Oh, it's short enough."

Harry: ...

"Hahaha—" Tyella suddenly burst into laughter upon seeing Harry's desperate expression.

“Don’t worry about Harry,” Tierra said after laughing. “You’ll live to be a hundred.”

Since Tierra had essentially completed the final analysis of the demon summoning ritual during the Christmas holidays, she had some free time this semester. Besides continuing to review, solidify, and repeatedly practice the arithmetic model of the demon summoning ritual and the ancient rune altar, Tierra finally had time to properly enjoy her Hogwarts third-year courses.

Like Harry, Tierra also enjoyed Defense Against the Dark Arts class, even though the knowledge from the books was already in Tierra's mind. Tierra still enjoyed Professor Lupin's class.

Of course, it's impossible to expect Tierra to help Harry write his papers like she did last semester—

Therefore, when Harry walked toward Tyella again with his assignment—

“Harry, I’ve been thinking about it,” Tierra said.

"I can no longer help you write your papers."

"Why, why?" Harry exclaimed in shock.

"I finally realize this is irresponsible," Tierra said solemnly, speaking from the heart with a hint of disappointment. "Doing homework helps solidify classroom knowledge, strengthen memory, and fill in any gaps in your understanding. The content of the homework corresponds to what we learn each day; you can only deepen your memory by writing it down and memorizing it. Not doing homework is irresponsible; it will make you lazier and lazier, it will..."

“But…but I’m training for Quidditch!” Harry muttered, dissatisfied. “This is Wood’s last year at Hogwarts, and he really, really, really wants to win the House Cup again…and I really want to help him achieve that wish…and I also need to learn the Patronus Charm from Professor Lupin, a spell that can protect against Dementors, and I have to learn it…”

"I didn't mean you had to write everything..."

"Sigh... alright, alright." Tiera sighed helplessly. "I'll write an introduction for you, that's all, nothing else."

Anyway, Tiera's coursework is easy now, and the third-year paper is a piece of cake for him.

Indeed, compared to Harry's homework, it is far more important for Harry to learn the Patronus Charm as soon as possible. If Harry is surrounded by Dementors and can't use the Patronus Charm, then Tierra's performance will be ruined.

"Tierra, you're the best person in the world!" Harry said happily.

A week after the start of the term, the first Quidditch match of the term, and the second of the school year, was held: Ravenclaw versus Slytherin.

Slytherin won, but even though Draco Malfoy's Nimbus 2001 was several levels better than Ravenclaw's Cho Chang's Flame Star, he still couldn't catch the Golden Snitch, so the score between Slytherin and Ravenclaw was very close.

According to Wood, this is the best news for Gryffindor, because if Gryffindor beats Ravenclaw, they can still finish second.

Since then, Wood has increased his training time to five times a week.

This means that with Lupin's Defense Against Dementors class, Harry will only have one night a week to do his homework, and Lupin's extra class is more tiring than six Quidditch training sessions.

Even so, Harry didn't seem as tired as Hermione—

In any case, Harry still had Tyella to write an introduction for his thesis.

And Tierra, of course, wouldn't be foolish enough to spend all her time on her thesis—

He plucked a few feathers from his pet raven, Raven, and made a sketching pen, which greatly reduced the time Tierra spent on his assignments.

As for Hermione...

Oh...poor Hermione...

Hermione finally tasted the bitter fruit of her arrogance, conceit, and overestimation of her abilities. She had taken too many courses, and the burden of the coursework finally became apparent to her.

Every evening, Hermione would invariably appear in a corner of the common room, with various textbooks spread out on the tables in front of her: arithmetic charts, various magical dictionaries, diagrams of Muggles lifting heavy objects, and a wide range of notes.

Hermione started to speak very little to others, and if anyone bothered her, she would rudely shut them down—not even Harry, Ron, and Tyrell.

To be precise, especially Tierra.

Now it seems that Tyella can't even get close. Sometimes, when Tyella gets near the sofa where Hermione is sitting, Hermione will suddenly look up and stare at Tyella warily.

This led Harry and Ron to privately harbor some resentment towards Hermione.

Sirius Black is still the same as ever; once Tyella enters the Gryffindor common room area, he can no longer escape Sirius Black's surveillance.

But Tiera didn't care; she ate, drank, and slept as usual.

Especially during sleep, Tiera can lower her consciousness into the "parasite" in the secret room, rendering Sirius Black's surveillance useless.

But Tierra preferred to maintain this false facade—

She acted as if she were bound by an unbreakable curse, obediently attending classes at Hogwarts. Even Sirius Black, who kept a close watch on Tyrell day and night, had to admit it—

Does Tierra really seem to have reformed?
Through several unintentional glances, Tierra read that Sirius Black's little dog brain was filled with great doubt.

Time passed peacefully, and soon it was February, bringing Harry's second football match—

Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw
Unlike when they played against Hufflepuff, the weather was cool and sunny with little wind, meaning there was no visibility issue this time. Although Harry felt nervous, he began to feel the excitement that only Quidditch could bring.

As Harry ascended to heaven, he looked around and saw Ron standing on the Gryffindor stands with a large black dog on a leash. The dog had its paws on the stands and was panting.

But Harry didn't see Tyella, nor did he see Hermione—

Harry can understand Hermione's absence; she's been too busy lately, and her relationship with Tyrell has been a bit strained.

But Tierra...

Harry looked around again, but still couldn't find Tyella.

As the match began, Harry had to refocus his attention on the field and stop paying attention to the stands.

Tyrell, who wasn't in the Gryffindor audience, wasn't plotting anything bad—

He has basically completed the planning and layout for this semester; now all that remains is a lot of repetitive calculations and checks.

Now, Tyrell, holding a fire poker she'd gotten from a house-elf at Hogwarts, walked laughing as she towards the Slytherin stands—

To be precise, it's heading towards Draco Malfoy.

“You’ve been under so much pressure lately, it’s time to relax,” Tierra said with a sinister smile.

If Tyella hadn't accidentally made eye contact with Malfoy this morning, she would have almost forgotten about this matter.

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