Harry Potter and the Great Old Ones

Chapter 43 Package
Tiera was very excited about this bold idea. Although he was not yet capable of conducting such a daring experiment, Tiera felt more and more that the sacrifice of his left little finger was worthwhile.

Because Tiera's wizard robe was a size too large, the wide sleeves perfectly covered his left hand.

So far, apart from Harry, no one has noticed that Tyella always wears a flesh-colored glove on her left hand.

When Harry asked, Tyella replied, "I have a very, very ugly burn on this hand, so I always wear gloves. I hope Harry won't tell anyone."

Although Tyella's little finger had lost flesh and blood, for some unknown reason, it could still move freely on its own, relying only on the bone. Therefore, Harry did not doubt his statement and comforted him, saying, "You are so good at potions, you will definitely be able to find a potion to heal the scar on your hand in the future."

Harry's hard work in studying couldn't save him from Snape's clutches.

After learning that all of Harry's previous answers came from Tyrell's help rather than from his own genuine interest in potions, Snape canceled the class's questioning session and instead focused on mocking Harry and Ron while Harry was brewing potions.

"Ha, it seems our Mr. Potter can't even cut potions without your little sidekick. Even if we threw snake-feather grass to a bunch of crabs, they could cut it better than you!"

"Mr. Potter, this is Potions class, not the kitchen! Please stop your pumpkin juice spree!"

"Mr. Potter, do you want to blow up your classmate? Please preheat the Laura juice before putting it in!"

“Mr. Potter…”

……

Although Snape often targeted him, Snape seemed unusually irritable today, deducting more than twenty points from Gryffindor, almost taking back all the points Hermione had earned in other classes.

Hermione, who was in a group with Tyella, was so angry that she started grinding her teeth.

This caused Hermione to largely ignore Ron and Harry after class.

After being scolded by Snape for an entire class period, Harry couldn't help but argue with the little witch when faced with Hermione's lecture.

The little witch was so angry that she turned around and left.

"Come on, Tyella, let's go to the library," Hermione said, trying to pull Tyella along.

“Uh…no, no,” Tyella said. “Harry is practicing Quidditch today, and I…I want to go watch.”

“Quidditch? Quidditch!” Hermione almost screamed. “Don’t you dislike Quidditch?”

"Uh...yes, I don't like riding a broomstick myself, but watching Harry ride one is quite enjoyable," Tyella said somewhat guiltily. He just didn't want to be with Hermione.

Hermione is smart, but to be honest, she's a bit annoying at this age, always acting like a little adult and lecturing Harry and Ron.

He also liked to chatter on and on about trivial things around Tiera, which Tiera found a bit annoying.

"Fine, fine, fine!" Hermione glared at Tyella. "Go watch your Quidditch."

After saying that, he turned around and ran heavily towards the stairs.

Tierra, Harry, and Ron all breathed a sigh of relief.

“Phew, let me tell you, Hermione’s definitely gone stupid from reading too much,” Ron said.

Harry nodded silently in agreement.

Tierra, however, said dismissively, "Your potion-making techniques are indeed a bit problematic, but you can't entirely blame Snape for deducting points from you."

Hermione is still young, so it's understandable that she's a bit headstrong. Being such a proud little witch puts a lot of pressure on her, so it's understandable that she's a little short-tempered. That evening at dinner, Hermione didn't sit with them; instead, she ate alone at the other end of the long table, reading a thick book.

Tierra could tell that Hermione was very irritable, and her movements with the knife and fork were much rougher than usual when she cut the steak.

As dinner was drawing to a close, a flock of owls flew in from outside the hall, dropping envelopes and packages.

Malfoy was the most numerous among them.

Tierra noticed that Malfoy glanced at her smugly as he opened one of the packages, but instead of taking anything out, he quickly wrapped it back up.

It seems Malfoy is plotting something again...

Tierra thought to himself that after he defeated Malfoy in an unconventional duel, Malfoy had been quiet for a while, and would run away from him like a mouse running away from a cat.

However, it's clear that as long as he lives, he'll keep courting death. It seems that Malfoy must have brought in some outside help from home... or at least obtained some magical items.

After all, their family has a close relationship with the Burginberg Black Magic Shop.

There was also a package from Tiera this time, delivered by his pet raven, Raven.

After more than two months of careful nurturing by Tiera, Raven, now almost indistinguishable from an adult raven, landed gently on Tiera's long table with a package clutched in his foot.

“Ah—ah—” Raven cried out to Tierra.

This was his first time carrying things on a long-haul flight.

"Alright, alright, I know you've worked hard." Tiera gently stroked Raven's head with her hand while taking out a small bowl and pouring some hot milk from the cup.

"Little elves, could you please get me a few pieces of raw lamb? My little raven is starving," Tiera said to the empty hallway.

A few minutes later, a small dish of lamb cut into small pieces appeared in front of Raven.

"Ah—" Raven exclaimed happily, then lowered his head to eat the lamb.

Tierra then used a knife to cut open his package.

Inside the package was a paper box that was 20 centimeters long, 10 centimeters wide, and 10 centimeters high. When the box was opened, bundles of herbs were carefully wrapped in light yellow oil paper.

Tierra got in touch with Slug and Giggs Pharmacy through upperclassmen... namely George and Fred Weasley, and, posing as the Weasley twins' juniors, had Raven deliver a letter to Diagon Alley with a deposit.

Because the Weasley twins need a lot of magical materials to make pranks, and most of them can be found in potions shops.

So the potions shop owner and the Weasley twins were already very familiar with each other.

Therefore, when Tierra, as a junior of the Weasley twins, asked the potion shop owner for some rare but not very precious medicinal herbs, Slug and Giggs readily sent them to him.

It's perfectly normal for young wizards at Hogwarts to experiment with potions on their own or practice brewing potions before the final Potions exam.

Tiera bought only 180 grams of desert thorn flower from the potions shop—a plant that the Ministry of Magic had been cultivating on a large scale, 200 grams of fairy wings, and two ounces each of scorpion gall and feathered serpent silver shell at the bottom of the package.

Apart from these, they are all ingredients needed to brew Heris' potion.

Now, all that's missing for Tiara to learn Parseltongue is two medicinal herbs controlled by the Ministry of Magic: the pupa of the scorpion horn and the skin of the African tree snake.

(End of this chapter)