3 The Wise Queen of Assyria

Harry entered the house to inform the banshee that he was done with the garden, only to get a shriek once he was noticed "why are you inside?"

'Calmly, calmly' Harry chanted to himself "I- I did it" he acted. His mind going a mile a second, analysing things he never noticed before 'so this is how iron man sees things' Harry thought to himself

"And why did you come to me? You should know by now no food for you till everyone ate. You are nothing but a burden to us; you freak" her tone got sharper as she spoke "now, back in the cupboard" she shrieked again

Harry ran 'in fear' to the cupboard under the stairs. And closed the door after himself. Once inside he just shook his head, perhaps he should avoid binding with the symbiote till after his escape to avoid suspicion.

Harry took a moment to find a comfortable position then summoned his inventory. It is time to make use of his newly acquired intelligence.

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About a month passed like a nothing, as Harry's first book was the one on mind magic. Three days after starting to read the book he was able to make his relatives ignore him like he was never there. And by the end of the seventh week his basic occlumency was unparalleled

'These books are crazy' Harry thought to himself

Harry then checked the other books freely as he had all the time in the world. He took a week but eventually he was able to absorb the soul and milk it for all of Voldemort's memories. It was easy fighting the soul's corruption as Harry saw all the information and warnings in the books about mind and soul magic.

The following week was spent studying the book of Ruin Crafting. And the one after it was spent studying blood magic. To make sure he can be rid of any and all magical bindings and wards and whatever else Dumb-Ass-Door added.

By the end of the month Harry had a good Idea on what was done to him.

Magic weakening, check

Blood wards, check

Mind weakening, check

And these are just the obvious and large ones. Harry had no doubt that Dumb-Ass-Door was messing with his family vaults as well, but he couldn't rush. He needed to take it easy and make sure he makes everything fool-proof.

One day, the Dursleys left him alone in the house, so he took this opportunity to bond with the Symbiote. As he commanded the system to do so a golden globe of slime appeared in front of him, floating in the air. The globe then approached Harry and was sucked into him.

Since the Dursleys started to ignore him, he can take whatever he wants from the fridge whenever he wants, following that logic, he already drank the Potion of the Fed.

"Did the symbiote bind correctly?" Harry asked the system

[Affirmative, host requires training in the use of the symbiote] the system spoke with its ever present monotone voice

"I see, let's do that later" Harry dismissed it and commanded "use summon item"

[Affirmative]

*PING* [Using Summon: Assassin]

A second after the system announcement, a magical circle appeared in front of Harry, in the living room. Out of the magical circle, a beautiful woman appeared. She was wearing a long dress with a deep cut in the chest area showing a lot of cleavage. She had black hair and small but sharp features. One of the most unique things about her though, is her ears. They appear to be elongated and sharper at the end, like elves.

"I answer your summon, my lord" she says as she bows. She then rose to her full height "it seems my master is still young" she said keeping her face passive and not giving anything away

"Age can be deceiving" Harry responds the smiles "Semiramis"

Her eyes widen for a brief moment before she schools her features again "it seems so" she quips

Semiramis is the Wise Queen of Assyria, who was taken from her husband by the king, and married him as his queen causing her husband to take his own life. She then poisoned the king, to be the first to kill by poison. It was rumoured that she is the creator of the hanging gardens of Babylon, and as such, she can summon them as her noble phantasm.

The requirement for the summoning however, are heavy. Basically she needs to go to north Iraq and chant a spell for three days, constantly and without interruptions. But it can be done and is so worth it

Semiramis is also both an assassin and a caster. This means she can hide herself from just about anything and use magic.

"Come along Ramis" Harry called as he moved towards the stairs "I will show you where you will be staying for now"

Ramis simply raised a single brow at the name, but followed nonetheless. She followed him and entered a room at the top of the stairs "excellent, it seems the muggle repelling wards don't work on you"

As she looked at him inquisitively, he began to explain the world they were in and what is going on, who he is in this world, and his plan. By the time he was done, Semiramis was shocked that such a thing exists, until Harry showed her the book Harry Potter and the philosopher Stone that he got from one of the daily lottery runs. That got her attention quick, and he left her to it. He also left the Book of Mind Magic for her as well, as he is still working with the Space-time book

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A month passed and Harry used the time to teach Ramis how to apparate, create port-keys and ward, against muggles and magicals. The wise queen is truly intelligent. She took to the information like fish to water.

At the moment there is a war going on between Iran and Iraq. The war started in 1980 and should end in 1988. Ramis will make use of the Magicals leaving the country because of the war and summon the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in a heavily warded area.

Today is the day Ramis starts her journey east. She will first travel by airplane to turkey, using fake identification that was acquired through mind magic. Then she will apparate towards Iraq bit by bit. In total the trip should take about five days.

Harry was in the room "do you have the trunk" Harry asked like a concerned mother

"In my coat pocket" Ramis replied tapping said pocket, looking amused

"And the warding notes?"

"I have them"

"The illusion necklace?"

"Ears look normal"

"What about…" Harry tried

"Calm down MOM" Ramis smirked as Harry blushed "I'll be fine. Don't worry" she said leaning down to be on his eye level

Harry nodded solemnly. He hated having to send his first friend to a war zone. His weakness caused it, and he will make sure he doesn't need to make this choice again "be careful, I'll await your signal"

As Ramis apparated out, Harry decided to go back to studying his charms book. He needed to modify a specific charm for the plan to work.

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The weak passed slowly for Harry. His worry was getting the best of him, until finally, on the eighth day the signal came.

It was time to Break Free