Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 364: The Honest Professor Trelawney
After breakfast, everyone went to the first divination class of the school together.
The classroom for the divination class is at the top of the north tower. That place is far from the castle. It takes at least ten minutes to walk up the stairs. It is a test for the students who go to the divination class.
It is worth mentioning that there are actually quite a few students who choose divination, which is the first choice for students who choose to make up numbers, and is more popular than its Muggle studies.
No way, the homework in divination class is usually relatively simple, as long as you make up some bad things, you can easily fool the past, it doesn't take much time and energy, let alone study hard, because big Most students can't learn divination at all, at most they can only learn some common sense of divination.
No way, divination requires talent.
Few can truly predict the future.
"Are there any shortcuts? That's a chore."
Lee Jordan asked breathlessly. It took them at least fifteen minutes to get to the small platform below the divination classroom. Several people around had arrived earlier than them.
"Unfortunately, there is no direct shortcut to get here." Fred took a deep breath, breathing steadily before speaking, "However, there is a secret passage, but you don't expect to be much faster." /
"Where is the shortcut." Angelina asked immediately.
"Behind the portrait of the nun on the third floor." Fred did not hide it. "It can lead to the fifth floor, but the stairs here still have to be climbed."
"I hate the stairs here." Albert muttered. The stairs they went up were very narrow, and they were still spiraling upwards. When they climbed up, he felt an inexplicable dizziness.
"This is my first class, how about you?" Albert noticed that Katrina was looking over, and he took the initiative to say hello to the other party, and said something that others couldn't understand.
"Just came over from the mathematical divination." Katrina said anxiously: "It's really boring."
"What are you talking about?" Fred asked, raising his eyebrows, finding the conversation between the two guys a little inexplicable.
"Where's the divination classroom?" George asked with a frown, looking around.
"The redheads are really a bunch of idiots." Graham Monty sneered from the side.
Gryffindor and Slytherin have always had a bad relationship, especially with Quidditch players.
"When did gorillas have the right to call others stupid?" The twins looked at Graham Monty and said solemnly.
Mont didn't refute, because she was spelled and her tongue was glued to the roof of her palate, and she couldn't speak for a moment, let alone refute the twins.
He pointed his finger at his tongue and gestured towards his partner, his cheeks flushed with suffocation, and finally nearly punched the twins, only to be held back by his partner.
Without waiting for Fred to continue taunting each other, the trapdoor above suddenly opened, and a silver ladder was put down. When the others saw this, they stopped watching the fun and climbed up one after another.
"Nice job!" George winked at Albert, in a very happy mood.
Albert pretended not to hear and surveyed the divination classroom. It's less like a classroom, and more like a mixture of a loft and an old-fashioned teahouse.
The classroom is warm, surrounded by a bunch of small round tables, each with a few armchairs and small soft cushions, and a large copper kettle burning in the fireplace next to it. The curtains are drawn, and the surrounding lamps are draped in crimson shades, creating a quirky atmosphere.
The circular walls are surrounded by shelves filled with dusty feathers, candle heads, old playing cards, countless crystal **** for divination, and a huge pile of tea sets.
"Welcome to divination," Professor Trelawney said to all students. "I'm Professor Trelawney, and you may not have met me before."
"Divination is the hardest of all the magical arts." Professor Trelawney said in a soft, muffled voice, "So, I must warn you at the outset: if you don't have 'Sight' , then there is very little I can teach you, and in this regard, books can only take you so far..."
After hearing this, everyone looked at each other, and most of them didn't understand what Professor Trelawney was saying.
"She means the book isn't much use?" Katrina asked Albert, frowning.
"What she means is that the divination class requires a lot of talent, and it's just like that without talent." Albert explained in a low voice, "There are actually very few wizards who can really predict the future."
"Mr. Anderson is right," said Professor Trelawney, walking up to Albert at some point, smiling, "I'm glad you could come to my class."
Many people looked at Albert, so that he didn't know what to say.
"Sit, everyone, sit down first!"
Professor Trelawney, seated in an armchair in front of the fireplace, continued: "This year we're learning all kinds of basic divination methods. First term we'll learn how to interpret tea leaves. Next term we're supposed to learn palmistry. By the way To mention, I don't expect to teach you how to predict the future, as Mr. Anderson said, there are actually very few wizards who can really predict the future, but I can let you understand the most basic common sense and basic usage of divination."
The students began to whisper.
"During the summer term," continued Professor Trelawney, pretending not to hear, "we will learn to look at the crystal ball, which is the main thing we will learn, if you have the 'sight', the crystal ball will Take you into new territory."
"I remember that Albert seems to be able to see from the crystal ball?" Lee Jordan mumbled softly, not knowing if it was intentional or not.
"Oh, it looks like Mr. Anderson already has a 'sight'." Professor Trelawney looked Albert up and down, and suddenly said, "Then why don't we let him show us?"
Albert gave Lee Jordan a stern look, and at Professor Trelawney's urging, he sat down in the seat next to Professor Trelawney with the eyes of countless students.
Professor Trelawney places a crystal ball in front of Albert.
At this moment, all the students gathered around, as if to see how Albert predicted the future.
Albert stared at the crystal ball, stretched out his hand and brushed it over it, the silver mist began to spin, and there were faint shadows moving inside.
He stared intently at the mist in the crystal ball, thinking about what he wanted to know.
With the previous experience, Albert did not doubt that he would fail.
"What did you see?"
Professor Trelawney's voice seemed to come from far away.
"A pool of silver liquid."
"A pool of silver liquid?" Professor Trelawney repeated suspiciously.
"I was predicting the possible danger just now." Albert said softly, "I saw a pool of silver liquid."
"What do you think that is?" Professor Trelawney asked.
"Unicorn blood," Albert affirmed. "As far as I know, unicorn blood is silver."
"Is there a unicorn body next to the blood?"
"No." Albert affirmed, "I only saw a pool of silver blood."
"What do you think this means?" Professor Trelawney continued.
"It's dangerous in the Forbidden Forest." Albert said cooperatively.
At this moment, everyone exploded and began to whisper.
"Everyone knows that the Forbidden Forest is dangerous." Several Slytherin students couldn't help sneering.
"I think you can organize Slytherin students to go for a walk in the Forbidden Forest." Fred sneered, "Maybe, you will have incredible adventures."
"Quiet!"
Professor Trelawney had to raise her voice to suppress all the disturbance, "Mr. Anderson, go on."
"As far as I know, unicorns are magical creatures with strong magical powers. There are very few things in the Forbidden Forest that can harm them, which is a bad omen." Albert said calmly.
Professor Trelawney looked at the crystal ball on the table, then at Albert.
Honestly, she's also not sure if Albert can use the crystal ball to make predictions.
During her time at Hogwarts, Professor Trelawney had never met a student with a real gift for prophecy, but she did see a momentary change in Albert's face just now. Saw something on the ball.
Actually, Professor Trelawney really guessed right.
Albert really predicted the possible danger at Hogwarts just now, and also predicted that, in the fog, Albert saw a scarf from the crystal ball.
He knew right away what it was: the ridiculous scarf around Quirrell's head.
It was impossible for Albert to tell this, so he could only concoct a true prophecy to keep several of his deadly roommates away from the Forbidden Forest~IndoMTL.com~Terry Professor Lawney. "Albert said suddenly, "I have a question. "
"What's the problem," Professor Trelawney said.
"Why can't I see my prophecy so clearly," Albert said. "As far as I know, a true prophet can make himself and others see what he sees in a crystal ball."
"Yes, yes, many people think so." Professor Trelawney looked at Albert with a complicated expression and replied softly, "However, very few people know that this talent Only very few people have the talent.”
"But having a talent doesn't mean you can do it right away. You need training, you need to try, and you need this part of the knowledge." She continued, "I suggest you watch 'Poke the Mist and See the Future' first. , this book will take you into the world of fortune-tellers, but you don't need to pay too much attention, because it's just that."
"Okay, go back to your seat, we're going to start class." Professor Trelawney added, "20 points for Gryffindor, you really have a talent for this."
Perhaps because of Albert's stimulation, everyone was very attentive in class, and they all hoped to have the ability to predict the future like Albert.
No one thinks they can't do it.
"Did you really see it?" Lee Jordan finally couldn't help asking when Professor Trelawney taught everyone how to use tea for divination.
"What do you think?" Albert asked blankly.
Katrina next to her was mad. She couldn't be sure if Albert could actually use the crystal ball to make predictions, but with just a few simple words, she got 20 points from Professor Trelawney. It really made her unacceptable.