Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 258 Finalized
Ultimately, Nicholas Lemaître helped Thierra finalize the design for his arms and eyes—

At Tierra's request, his right hand was made to look like a normal arm, only silver-gray in color and more mechanical in appearance. Tierra asked Nicholas Lemaire to add several slots to his arm so that a shield or a short blade could be attached.

In addition, out of respect for Dumbledore, Nicholas Flamel reluctantly agreed to enhance the hardness of Tyella's right arm, which would also increase his strength to some extent.

"I really don't understand, what do you, a wizard, need such great power for?" Nicholas Lemay complained, puzzled, after finalizing the design of the arm.

“Well…” Tiera shrugged and said, “Every mage has a heart for melee combat. If that day ever comes, I hope I can wield a wand and a sword, cast a Flash Charm, and go into battle to kill enemies.”

The second design features Tiera's right eye, which is made black, matching her original pupil color, and possesses functions such as farsightedness, magnification, and X-ray vision.

Thierra had hoped that Nicholas Lemai would at least add photo and video recording capabilities to his work.

However, Nicholas Lemai firmly refused.

"Alright, Tierra." Just as Tierra was about to argue, Dumbledore raised his hand and gave Tierra's left shoulder a firm squeeze, saying, "Giving you X-ray vision is already an extraordinary favor from me."

“If you insist on adding video recording and camera functions, I’m afraid I’ll have to ask you to remove your prosthetic eye before entering Hogwarts and hand it over to me for safekeeping,” Dumbledore said. “And I’ll also ask Nick Flamel to limit your X-ray vision ability to only boxes, chests, desks, and at most doors, walls, statues, and the like. You can’t see through fabrics or clothing.”

"Why?" Tierra asked, displeased. "I don't look blindly; you should trust my character."

“Of course I trust your character,” Dumbledore said with a smile. “Since you don’t look around randomly, you don’t need the ability to do that, right?”

“Hmm…” Tierra said reluctantly, “Okay…you’re right.”

“Very good,” Dumbledore asked. “Do you have any other requests regarding your arms and eyes?”

“If we don’t count those ideas that are simply impossible to realize, then there’s nothing,” Tierra said.

“Very good.” Nicolas Lemaître rummaged through the pockets of his dress, finally counting out about one hundred euros, and handed it to Thiella.

“Mr. Lemaître… what… what are you doing?” Thierra asked somewhat embarrassedly as she accepted the one hundred euros.

Hey, look at you, it's not a holiday, why are you giving me so much money?

“Relax today and go sightseeing in Paris. This will give Dumbledore and me some private time to catch up. Tomorrow, you can start working on your arm and eye with me,” Nicholas Flamel said.

“Wait, I… I’m going to participate in the alchemy too?” Tierra asked doubtfully, then glanced at Dumbledore. “But I’ve never studied alchemy.”

“No, you have studied it,” Dumbledore said.

“I heard from Albus that you have read through ‘An Introduction to Alchemy’,” Nicholas Lemaître added from the side.

“I remember you carried this book with you almost the entire first and second year of high school,” Dumbledore said. “And the elixir of immortality that Tom Riddle drank was made by you.”

“That’s good, it means your alchemy skills have passed,” Nicholas Lemaître said. “How much of the content in ‘An Introduction to Alchemy’ does you remember?” “All of it,” Tierra lied.

Dumbledore had hinted beforehand that Nicholas Flamel intended to guide him in alchemy, but Tyella believed that this "guidance" meant first having access to Nicholas Flamel's vast collection of books, then receiving theoretical explanations from him, and finally beginning practical application.

After all, rather than practicing with Nicholas Lemma, Thiera preferred to rummage through his study to see if he could find any clues about Merlin's ascension ritual.

“Good, that’s even better,” Nicholas Lemaître said. “It means you have a thorough understanding of alchemy and are ready to put it into practice.”

“Wait a minute…” Tiera added, “Well… I mean… I think I should read some more books first…”

“Reading books?” Nicholas Lema said. “No need for that. The essence of alchemy is the essence of magic. I heard from Albus that you have also read ‘The Principles of Modern Magic’ and ‘The Principles of Potions.’ That’s good. With these two books as a foundation, I won’t need to spend too much energy on you. I just need to explain some new knowledge points and operational techniques to you tomorrow and the day after, and then you can follow me to refine your arm.”

“Alright…” Tiera said, seemingly accepting the fact that she would also be involved in the refining process.

“But I still hope to read some books on alchemy, if possible…” Tiera said, still unwilling to give up, “I would rather sit in your rich library and read for an afternoon than wander around in an unfamiliar place.”

"And look at me now, all covered in green, what if someone sees me..." Tierra tried to play the victim.

“Alright, alright, maybe you’re not really suited to going out for a stroll.” Nick Flamel and Dumbledore exchanged a glance, then said somewhat helplessly, “Since you’re so eager to learn, I can’t stop you, right? Hmm… perhaps my library does have many books that interest you… So go ahead, it’s on the second floor, the room on the left as soon as you go up. Oh right, the room on the right is my bedroom, and the one further to the right is where you’ll be staying for the next few days. Your luggage has already been moved directly from Hogwarts into your room by Little Leva.”

“Little…Minerva?” Tiera asked, puzzled.

“Minerva McGonagall,” Nicholas Lemai said, “that’s your Professor McGonagall.”

“Oh, okay, thank you, Mr. Lemaître,” Thierra said, stuffing the euros in her hand into her pocket, then skipping and hopping upstairs to the second floor.

After Tierra disappeared at the top of the stairs, both Nick Lemai and Dumbledore's expressions suddenly darkened.

The two of them got up at the same time, one after the other, and went down into the basement through a small door on the side of the lab bench.

"How bad is the situation?" As soon as he entered the basement, Dumbledore immediately closed the door, waved his Elder Wand, and cast several anti-spy and warning spells over the entire basement.

“It’s terrible,” Nicholas Lema said with a grim expression. “You saw the effects of Tierra drinking the elixir of immortality.”

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