Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 314 Artificial Life
Upon hearing Igor Kakarov's words, the expressions on the faces of those in the conference room changed drastically.

The others were relatively calm, showing little reaction, only surprised by how wicked Dumbledore was. Even Lady Rosie, who had always been at odds with Dumbledore, merely chuckled, seemingly mocking his hypocrisy. But Hathaway Romanoff—

"Shameless! Despicable! Hypocritical! Despicable!" Hathaway slammed her fist on the table and shouted angrily. "How dare someone steal the Great Leader's technology! How dare they share my power!"

"I'm going to kill that imposter!" Hathaway suddenly stood up and said. "I'm going to kill that imposter, and that hypocritical old gay Dumbledore too!"

"calm down!"

When Hathaway Romanoff suddenly stood up, everyone else in the meeting room was clearly startled. Igor Kakarov and the thin, middle-aged wizard immediately stood up, drew their wands, and nervously blocked the French windows through which Igor Kakarov had come in, in case Hathaway really rushed into Hogwarts.

Mrs. Rosie also stood up, one hand on Hathaway's shoulder, the other holding a delicate little purple bottle, which she gently swirled in front of Hathaway's nose.

After smelling the scent emanating from the small bottle, Hathaway seemed to calm down considerably.

“Relax, calm down… calm down…” Mrs. Rosie said, patting Hathaway on the back.

“But Grandma Rosie…” Hathaway tried to argue—

“Calm down… Hathaway, calm down…” Rosie continued patting Hathaway’s back as she gently helped her sit down.

“Do you remember how I taught you?” Rosie asked after Hathaway sat down.

“Use your brains more, use your magic less,” Hathaway said. “But Grandma Rosie, why don’t we just take care of him? If you can hold off the other professors for a while, I can slaughter Dumbledore and the rest of the group all by myself!”

“Calm down, calm down, Hathaway…” Mrs. Rosie said, then shook the bottle under Hathaway’s nose.

Hathaway finally calmed down.

“Do you remember Gellert’s motto?” Rosie asked.

“For the greater good,” Hathaway said.

“Yes, for the greater good,” Mrs. Rosie said. “The living are the interests, the resources.”

"Our goal has never been internal strife within the wizarding world; otherwise, how would we be different from Voldemort?" Lady Roselle continued. "Our aim is domination, not destruction. Every living wizard, young or old, is an important resource, a bargaining chip in our fight for our rightful place in this world. And when it comes to bargaining chips..."

Mrs. Rosie looked at Hathaway, signaling her to continue.

“We must hold onto every chip and not waste them,” Hathaway said.

“Yes, my child,” said Mrs. Rosie. “Especially Dumbledore, he’s still useful, he can’t die now…”

“Where is that damned artificial life form?” Hathaway said viciously again. “Where is that imposter who dared to steal my authority? Shouldn’t we deal with him for the sake of our plan?”

“About this…” Mrs. Rosie looked at Igor Kakalov.

“I think we might be able to wait and see, or rather, continue to observe,” Igor Kakarov said. “The appearance of the artificial life form Tyella indicates that Dumbledore has also begun to explore the path to godhood.”

"Yes." The thin, middle-aged man—

Scott Lake said.

“While Mr. Grindelwald’s mastery of flesh magic is unmatched in the world today,” Scott continued, “we must also acknowledge Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel’s achievements in alchemy. We cannot rule out the possibility that the creation of Tierra, this artificial life form, followed Mr. Grindelwald’s old process, but we also cannot rule out the possibility that Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel, through decades of research, designed an artificial life form capable of incorporating attributes other than ‘death.’” After saying this, Scott Lake glanced at Madam Rosie, and seeing her nod slightly, continued:

“I think Tiera is extremely valuable right now. Whether or not he is an artificial life form with the attribute of 'death', he is the only successful artificial life form in recent years besides Hathaway, and regardless of his magical abilities, we can be pretty sure from his speech on Halloween night that he prefers an intelligent rather than a magically capable artificial life form.”

“Based on my observations, it is almost certainly the case,” Igor Kakalov said.

“Heh…” Hathaway suddenly said, “I remember someone being terrified by such an intelligent player.”

"So, where has his path to godhood led him?" Lady Rosie patted Hathaway on the back and then asked.

“At least one staircase,” Igor Kakarov ignored Hathaway’s provocation and answered Mrs. Rosie’s question, “is his wand.”

“In other words, we cannot rule out the possibility that he has other levels.” After hearing Igor Kakalov’s answer, Mrs. Rosie nodded and said, then glanced at another white-haired witch sitting on the other side of the conference table.

"Let's go over this. I remember you predicted, Hastie, that the champion from Hogwarts would be a boy named Cedric Diggory, and that he would eventually die in the final round of the Triwizard Tournament, right?" Madam Rosie asked Hastie.

“Yes…yes, madam,” the white-haired witch, or rather Hastihad, said somewhat shyly.

"And Hastie also predicted the fourth contestant, didn't he?"

“Yes…yes,” Hastie said.

The others in the meeting room nodded in agreement.

"In other words, Hastie's own prophecy was accurate," Mrs. Rosie said. "I don't think anyone would disagree with that, would they?"

The others nodded in agreement.

"Then can we assume the following two possibilities?" Lady Rosie said, "either that Tiera, as an artificial life form, possesses attributes that allow him to evade things like divination and prophecy, or that he possesses an extremely powerful magical artifact that allows him to escape the torrent of fate... So can we assume that this magical artifact is his second step?"

The others in the conference room exchanged glances and then nodded.

“So he must have at least two ladders,” Igor Kakarov said.

“Yes,” said Lady Rosie, “which means he is very close to embarking on the path to godhood.”

"Whatever we're going to do with him, we have to be quick," Mrs. Rosie said. "Whether he and Hathaway are the same type or not, whatever we do, we have to be fast. We absolutely cannot let Dumbledore or Nicholas Flamel succeed before us."

“Hathaway,” Lady Rosie said, “I’m giving you a task. Go and help us, and also help yourself, investigate Tiera’s background, what his ‘attributes’ are, and how far he is from becoming a god.”

"Why me?" Hathaway said, dissatisfied.

“Even if he is an artificial life form with a strong emphasis on intelligence, his spiritual dimension must be unique and unparalleled. Only you, as the 'vessel,' are truly suitable to go, and besides…” Mrs. Rosie smiled and continued—

"And if things go wrong, we allow you to 'devour' him."

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