Harry Potter and the Old Ones

Hearing the knock on the door, Snape stared at Harry angrily for a while——

Harry stared at Snape not to be outdone.

"Humph!" It wasn't until the knock on the door rang again that Snape gave Harry a sharp look, waved his wizard robe, and turned to open the door.

Before the third knock on the door sounded, Snape opened the wooden door fiercely.

"Good evening, Professor Snape."

Appearing outside the door was the other person Snape least wanted to see besides Harry——

Tiera.

Tiera leaned forward slightly, looking quite polite, and then looked past Snape and saw Harry, who was sweating profusely and panting in Snape's office.

"Ah ha, Harry is here too." Tiera said knowingly.

"That's right, Professor Snape, do you have time? I have something I need to discuss with you." Tiera said with a smile, "It's mainly about things related to Harry's Occlumency. I found that he is studying. After two months, it seems that progress is still relatively slow. I thought maybe the two of us could have a small meeting to discuss whether we can change the teaching methods."

"Hmph -" Snape snorted disdainfully and glanced at Harry.

Tiera also smiled and followed Snape's gaze and forgot about it.

Harry was mortified by the looks of both men.

"Okay, Harry, you go back to the dormitory first, take a shower and have a good rest." Tiera said with a smile, "Snape and I will discuss your next teaching plan."

Harry looked at Snape, then looked at Tiera gratefully, and trotted out of the dark and damp office.

"What on earth do you want to do!" After Harry walked away, Snape slammed the door fiercely, turned his head and growled angrily at Tiera, "You hope I can teach him Occlumency, I promise. Yes, but I also hope that you will stop interrupting me like this when I am teaching Harry!"

"How is Harry's progress now?" Tiera asked indifferently, as if she didn't care much about Snape's anger.

"Terrible." Snape replied, looking a little irritated. "He has no talent at all in this area. The most important thing is that he doesn't want to work hard at all."

"He is still young, and his path is going too smoothly." Tiera smiled, "He does not have the maturity experience like us, nor has he experienced the pain like us. It is difficult for him to learn how to guard against others. It’s hard for him to learn how to contain his emotions.”

"Then what should we do?" Snape asked, "If he has talent but is unwilling to work hard, how can we teach him?"

"Then there's no need to teach him." Tiera said with a smile, "This will help you hide from Voldemort, won't it? After all, you haven't completed any of the things I asked you, and you have also provided him with a lot of information, he will definitely trust you more, right?"

"It was you who asked me to teach Harry Occlumency!" Snape suddenly roared, "It was you who asked me to leak the contents of Harry's mind to the Dark Lord!"

"Yes, yes, yes" Tiera nodded lightly, "Yes, it's all me, I asked you to do it right."

"You" Snape suddenly pursed his lips tightly and stared at Tiera, "Is this part of your plan?"

"Yes." Tiera admitted bluntly.

"Are you willing to sacrifice Harry for your plan?" Snape asked.

"Both you and Dumbledore are." Tiera said with a smile, "You think of me as too cruel and cold-blooded."

"Aren't you?" Snape asked.

"Yes, but not entirely." Tiera said, "People are complex and have many facets."

"What about you, Harry?" Snape asked.

"I'm very grateful for his early help, but I hate his ineffectiveness," Tiera said. "If I had to use a metaphor, it would be... like raising a son, or a rich second generation who has been following me since childhood. Just like a slut."

"So you decided to ignore him so much?" Snape asked sternly, "and gave him up to the Dark Lord?"

"As I just said." Tiera smiled, "I am raising a son, not a little wimp."

"He was so well protected by you, Dumbledore, and others in the Order of the Phoenix, especially that stupid godfather, that he suddenly experienced almost no setbacks except my death." Tiera said with a smile. , "Since he is unwilling to work hard, then let him go. Since he knows that the threat of Voldemort is close at hand but is still unwilling to work hard, then let him go."

"He must learn, he must know that when he is in a desperate situation, he cannot always place his hope on you, me, or Dumbledore. He must know that when he is in danger, what can he really do? The only one he can rely on is himself," Tiera said.

"Is it because you want to train him, or because training him, putting him in such a desperate situation just fits your plan." Snape asked rhetorically.

"The two are not in conflict," Tiera said. "The connection between Harry and Voldemort transcends fate. Ever since that night in Godric's Hollow many years ago, there has been something deeper than death between him and Voldemort. Something strong is tied together.”

"What about you?" Snape asked again, "You have nothing to do? You can't separate them? Can't you use your magical little finger to separate something stronger than death?"

"Okay." Tiera said, "But like I said, we are raising a person named Harry Potter, not a complete Dumbledore, nor a complete Tiera, but It’s a man named Harry Potter.”

"Of course, we can create a peaceful and happy world for him and his children in the era he lives in, but that doesn't mean he can rely on it." Tiera said, "This world is very big. It is so big that the earth we live on and the Muggles we fear day and night are just a speck of dust in this vast universe, so small that it is invisible."

"If we take a step forward, we have such a big space. If we take a step forward, we have such a vast world, such an infinite universe, and we..."

"But we voluntarily hide in a nutshell, living a life of being like a fly and a dog, and comparing every penny with the baht."

"This is my goal." Tiera said, "My journey has never been a fight between wizards and wizards, or a fight between wizards and Muggles. My goal is in the stars and the sea."