Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 349 Stand Up, Harry!

Rita Skitta's article caused a huge uproar at Hogwarts, but—

It's completely useless.

As the saying goes, it takes two to tango; the spread of a rumor requires the joint efforts of the creator, the spreader, and the person involved.

Now, the creator, Rita Skitta, can no longer openly appear at Hogwarts. Both Dumbledore and Tyrell seem indifferent to the matter, while the disseminator—

Thanks to Tiera's status as a hero and his good relationships, no one cared about him except for Draco Malfoy and a few scoundrels from Slytherin.

Three slaps and two are silent; even if Draco Malfoy wanted to muddy the waters, he couldn't do it all alone.

By mid-January, the students had all gone to Hogsmeade Village for a visit.

Hermione was very surprised to hear that Harry was going too.

"I thought you would take advantage of the quiet time in the common room to study that golden egg properly."

—Hermione seemed to have seen through Harry's little scheme. While Tyrell was walking ahead and listening to the Weasley twins talk about their new prank, Hermione quietly asked.

“Oh, I—I think I’ve figured out what it means.” Harry lied.

"Really?" Hermione exclaimed, sounding delighted. "That's wonderful!"

Harry felt guilty and uneasy, but he shook off the feeling. After all—

He still has five weeks to investigate the clues to the golden egg; there's plenty of time...

As they left the castle with the main group heading to Hogsmeade, walking through the cold, damp grounds toward the school gates, and passed Durmstrang's large ship moored on the lake, they saw Viktor Krum emerge from the cabin onto the deck, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks—

He looked extremely thin, but his physique was quite robust. He nimbly climbed onto the gunwale, stretched out his arms, and plunged into the water with a splash.

“He’s gone mad!” Harry exclaimed, watching Krum’s dark head bobbing in the middle of the lake. “It’s January, it must be freezing!”

“He came from a place that was much colder than here,” Hermione said. “I think it’s quite warm here for him.”

“Yes, but there are giant squid in the lake,” Ron said sourly and sarcastically, but there was no trace of worry in his tone.

Listening closely, Ron's tone suggested that something was hoping for it to happen.

Hermione noticed his tone and frowned.

"Don't you know?" At that moment, Tyrell, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and looked at Harry—

"What?" Harry looked at Tyella with some confusion.

"Didn't you unlock the secret of the golden egg?" Tiera asked again. "If you unlocked the secret of the golden egg, how come you don't know why Viktor Krum is practicing swimming in this freezing weather?"

"Huh?" Harry looked at Tyella nervously. "Ah... I, I, I..."

“You didn’t solve it, did you?” Tiera sighed. “Why didn’t you ask?”

“I…I, I, I…” Despite the cold January, Harry felt a surge of heat on his cheeks.

“Sigh…” Tiera shook her head, “Didn’t we agree to help each other during the competition?”

"Or are you not going to treat me as a friend and planning to keep all the prize money and trophy for yourself?" Tyrell slowed her pace, walking side by side with Harry. "No, I, I didn't, I didn't!" Harry said, his face flushed. "I didn't mean that!"

"Hehehehe..." Tierra suddenly laughed and put her arm around Harry's shoulder. "I know, I was just joking."

Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

“About the golden egg,” Tierra said with a mischievous grin, patting Harry on the shoulder. “You know our prefects’ bathroom, right?”

“Ah… I know, I know.” Harry looked completely bewildered, clearly unaware of why Tyrell had shifted the topic from the golden egg to the prefects’ bathroom.

“As warriors, we have the privilege of using the prefectural bathroom to shower this semester,” Tiera said. “Go and completely submerge your golden egg in the water before opening it. This will change the tone of the voice inside the egg, and then you will be able to understand what it is saying.”

"Huh?" Harry's mouth dropped open, staring blankly at Tyella, then asked, "That simple?"

“Easy?” Tyrell raised an eyebrow, then flicked Harry’s forehead hard—

"It's so simple, I don't know who couldn't figure it out after thinking about it for over two months!" Tiera said, pretending to be angry. "She was just laughing at Viktor Krum."

"Hehe..." Harry scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

Harry seemed much more cheerful after learning the key to unlocking the golden egg, no longer looking so listless, and finally showing some signs of being a young man.

After returning from Hogsmeade, Harry was almost itching to invite Tyrell to go for a bath in the prefects' bathhouse—

However, Tiera refused.

"I already knew what the second match was about." Thierry pulled out his weapon—

"Snapped--!"

Tierra slapped Harry's hand away from her clothes.

"And you need to stand up, Harry, stand up!" Tyella lectured sternly like a strict father. "Look at you, you relied on me in the first game, you should try harder on your own in the second game!"

As she spoke, Tyrell gently poked Harry's forehead with her hand.

“But…but…um…” Harry racked his brains for a reason, “But you’ve been so busy since the start of this term…we haven’t had time to have as much fun as we did in the last term, the term before that, and the term before that.”

“Sigh…” Tiera shook her head and sighed, “Yeah… I also feel like I haven’t relaxed in a long time.”

“Right, right!” Harry said. “So I thought going for a bath together might help relieve some of our fatigue!”

"Relieve my ass!" Tierra said rudely. "Are you going for a bath? You're going to solve a puzzle, Harry!" Tierra said with a pained expression. "Get your act together, Harry. Solving the golden egg puzzle is just the first step of the second project. This is just telling you what the second project is; you'll have to figure out how to solve it yourself!"

"It's okay!" Harry said optimistically. "I still have you, right? If we work together, we'll definitely be able to get through the second project!"

“Stand up, Harry! Figure out the second project yourself; I'm not helping you anymore!” Tierra said, then looked at Harry and said—

"Son, your father is very disappointed in you!"

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