Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 246 Journey

What goes around comes around.

Now, having experienced many hardships, Tiera finally understood the meaning of those words.

Tiera stole the Philosopher's Stone, and now the Stone's creditor is making him an arm—

If you don’t believe it, look up and see who can escape the fate of heaven.

Because Nicholas Lemaire is 669 years old this year, he is no longer fit for long-distance travel.

So if the mountain won't come to me, I can only go to the mountain.

Furthermore, Tiera's injuries made her unsuitable for long-distance teleportation, according to others, thus making the journey exceptionally long.

He and Dumbledore had to travel by steamship from the Thames Estuary in London, England, across the English Channel, and through the Seine River in France to reach Paris.

The entire journey will last two days.

This means that Tyrell will have two days, completely alone, with Dumbledore.

From the moment Tyrell and Dumbledore walked to the dock, Tyrell had already started to want to pick her toes.

“Headmaster…” Tierra asked, “Aren’t we taking the plane?”

“I’m 113 years old this year,” Dumbledore said with a smile. “According to regulations, people over 70 years old need to provide a valid medical certificate issued by a hospital within the last six months to travel by plane.”

"Besides, my bones are too brittle now," Dumbledore added. "They simply can't withstand the thrust of a plane taking off."

"You're 113 years old?" Tierra said, feigning surprise. "You don't look more than 90."

“Hehe, thank you for the compliment,” Dumbledore said with a smile. “But there’s no need for that. I know you got a perfect score on your History of Magic exam, and you’re the only third-year wizard who knows my age. That makes your compliment a little bit sarcastic.”

Tierra: ...

"Oh my God, look!" Dumbledore exclaimed suddenly. "Our ship has arrived. Let's go, let's board."

Tierra could only sigh helplessly and was led onto the cruise ship by Dumbledore.

It's July 2nd. After lying in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses for three weeks, Tyella was almost immediately taken to the port by Dumbledore upon discharge, without even giving him time to go home and pack his things—

Tiera's luggage was taken directly from the school to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries.

Dumbledore, along with the other professors at Hogwarts, seemed to be deliberately keeping Tyrell away from Gilderoy Lockhart. Ever since Tyrell transferred to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Sicknesses, every time her nominal father, Gilderoy Lockhart, came to visit, he would unexpectedly run into a Hogwarts professor who was also there for a visit.

Sometimes it's Snape, sometimes it's Snape, but most of the time it's Dumbledore and McGonagall.

Clearly, Dumbledore learned of Gilderoy Lockhart's deal with Tyella and the Ministry of Magic, which caused Dumbledore and the Hogwarts professors to lose trust in Gilderoy Lockhart. They were obviously trying to prevent Gilderoy Lockhart and Tyella from being alone together.

This situation brought some relief to Tiera.

The Hogwarts professors are still protecting him, which means that in their eyes, Gilderoy Lockhart is the mastermind behind everything, while Tyella is just an innocent child being manipulated.

Although Tierra didn't know what conclusion Dumbledore ultimately reached, it might have made her journey with him less awkward.

Just as Tyrell was obediently following Dumbledore onto the ship, she noticed that the instant she boarded, Dumbledore lightly tapped his fingers—

Then a magical fluctuation was detected by Tiera and transmitted from Dumbledore.

……

Meanwhile, in Diagon Alley.

Gilderoy Lockhart entered Gringotts accompanied by Dolores Umbridge.

Even before Tierra was hospitalized, the Ministry of Magic had reached an agreement with Gringotts—more precisely, under the forceful persuasion, coercion, and various torturous tactics employed by Dolores Umbridge, the Senior Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic, Gringotts finally reluctantly agreed to provide a loan to Gilderoy Lockhart.

However, it was not the originally planned 700,000 Galleons, but was reduced to 500,000 Galleons.

Even so, Tierra still made a profit.

Tiera actually needed 350,000 Galleons. The gold contained in those 350,000 Galleons was enough for Tiera to exchange for all the Sky Gold needed for his ascension ceremony.

In other words, he made a net profit of 150,000 Galleons.

This is a bargaining skill that Tierra learned from his mother. When he was a child, his mother liked to take him by the hand to a big market next to their house to buy clothes.

His mother would often start by cutting the price down to half.

Therefore, Tiera started asking for double the amount of money.

“This way, Mr. Lockhart.” Umbridge fawned over “Gidro Lockhart” and pushed open the Gringotts door.

“Thank you, Ms. Umbridge.” With that, “Gidrolockhart” gave a polite but greasy smile.

He met Dolores Umbridge at the Leaky Cauldron. On the way from the Leaky Cauldron to Gringotts, Gilderoy Lockhart's ears never stopped buzzing. Umbridge, like a lapdog trying to please its master, used a high-pitched, girlish voice to curry favor with Gilderoy Lockhart.

Tierra suspected that if Umbridge had a dog's tail, it would be wagging right now.

According to Umbridge, Gringotts' ability to provide Gilderoy Lockhart with a huge loan was entirely due to her efforts—

Although Umbridge is domineering, self-righteous, unreasonable, rigid, authoritarian, extremely controlling, and loves to steal credit from others, Tiera is willing to believe Umbridge's words just this once.

Because Tiera believed that no one but Umbridge, that toad-like imp, could possibly extract that 500,000 from the mouth of a money-grubbing goblin—

For this reason alone, Tiera felt she should thank her.

Tierra needs to think carefully about what the best experiment she can arrange for her is.

After Gilderoy Lockhart and Umbridge entered Gringotts, a tabby cat emerged from the shadows of Diagon Alley.

The spotted cat suddenly jumped to a secluded spot and transformed into an old woman wearing a dark green robe.

The old lady took out a dressing mirror from inside her robe and said:

"Kingsley, they're inside."

“Received,” replied a tall, muscular Black man on the other side of the mirror, then put the mirror away.

Kingsley was currently inside a rocky cave several hundred meters underground in Gringotts. Standing before him were a composed and capable, but somewhat haggard, middle-aged man; a fat, one-eyed, one-legged old man; a handsome man with curly hair; a greasy-haired man in a black robe with a look of disgust; and a short man in a tuxedo.

It was Remus Lupin, Alastor Moody, Sirius Black, Severus Snape, and Filius Freeway.

It can be said that almost all of the top combat power of the Order of the Phoenix is ​​here.

“We’ll finish this quickly,” Kingsley said. “Dumbledore’s idea is to capture Gilderoy Lockhart alive if possible, but if that fails, he can be killed.”

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