For the rest of the Christmas Holiday, Tierra continued studying in an orderly fashion.
Perhaps because of the Huris Potion, as well as his spiritual presence being far stronger than that of ordinary people, Tierra made rapid progress in learning Occlumency. By the day before the Christmas Holiday ended, he was already able to edit and alter certain memory fragments within his mind, then display them to Voldemort beyond the Spiritual Walls.
This put Voldemort even more at ease. He attributed his initial inability to read Tierra's thoughts to Tierra's talent for Occlumency—the instinctive formation of an outward-facing mental protective shell when he felt wary.
"Tom, this formula." Tierra wrote and sketched in the diary as he spoke. "I still don't quite understand this formula."
Over the course of that short Christmas Holiday, Tierra had already been "won over" by Tom Riddle's extraordinary eloquence and intelligence.
Not only had he opened up "all" of his spiritual dimensions to Tom Riddle, but he had also increased the magical power he fed Tom.
Of course, this magical output was negligible to Tierra's overall spiritual existence. And Tom Riddle certainly would not drain him dry in one go. Even without Tierra deliberately restraining him, after escaping that half-dead state, Tom Riddle gradually slowed the rate at which he absorbed magic.
After all, finding a long-term meal ticket so perfectly suited to his tastes was no easy matter. Tom Riddle's goal was complete resurrection. Keeping Tierra... keeping a whole, vigorous Tierra would better help him return to life.
What Tierra was calculating now was the formula for a Magic Enhancement Potion.
Many Pure-blood families... many wealthy Pure-blood families gave this potion to their children after they began learning magic.
This potion was only notably effective while a wizard was underage. Once a wizard reached