Daily Life at Hogwarts Chapter 365: Simple Arithmetic Divination
"I don't understand, I really don't understand, what is this all about!"
Lee Jordan, who had just left the divination classroom, looked restless.
This divination lesson doesn't teach you anything useful. Most of the time, Professor Trelawney asked them to use pages 5 and 6 of the book "Punching the Mist to See the Future" to interpret the shape of the tea leaves.
Later, Fred's cup actually allowed Professor Trelawney to decipher the worst omen—an omen of death!
This made Lee Jordan uncomfortable because Fred's cup was read by him.
"Aren't you serious?" Albert said suddenly, feeling the depressing atmosphere around him.
Several roommates stopped and looked at Albert.
"As far as I know, Professor Sybill Trelawney has predicted the death of a student every year since he came to this school." Albert calmly recounts the fact, "Foreseeing death is a welcome welcome to her. The new class of students."
"Every year?" Fred asked.
"Yes, it happens every year." Albert patted Fred on the shoulder and said, "So far, none of them have died."
"Looks like you don't have to die." George grinned and wrapped his arms around his brother's shoulders.
"Yeah, that's great." Fred couldn't help sighing, "To be honest, I was also taken aback by Professor Trelawney's prediction."
"But... prophecy..." Lee Jordan was still struggling with the matter.
"The prophecy is of course false. I suspect that Professor Trelawney can't predict at all. At least, it can't directly help people predict the future like those fortune-tellers, otherwise she will definitely show us her in class. Prophecy, nothing is more convincing than that."
"And what about your prophecy?" Lee Jordan asked, still not giving up.
"Of course it's a trick." Albert noticed a bunch of people eavesdropping nearby, and pouted, "Since Harry Potter came to Hogwarts, Headmaster Dumbledore has been in the castle again. Mysteriously created a restricted area, I always felt that something bad might happen."
"You bastard, I thought..." Lee Jordan stared at Albert, stunned, knowing that he had been deceived again.
"We've been together for two years, and you still don't know Albert!" George looked like you're still one of us.
"Albert still needs prophecy?" Fred teased. "He doesn't need it. If he really wants to prophesy, he just needs to say it. It's guaranteed to be more accurate than prophecy."
The twins looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.
Yes, in the eyes of the Weasley brothers, Albert's mouth was more accurate than prophecy.
As for Professor Trelawney's death prophecy, 80% of the time is her way of welcoming the new class. Just ask someone about it and you'll know if it's true or not.
As for whether Albert will predict, Fred and George are more inclined to this guy.
No way, his mouth has already said a lot of things. Another point is that Albert does not like to let too many people know something, such as whether it will be divination. Maybe Albert didn't mind telling them these things in private, but asking in public was deliberately provocative.
Also, this guy likes to tell some truths, some lies, and some half-truths, making it completely unclear which ones are true and which ones are false.
Fred and George never asked more secret things in front of everyone, and even if they did, it was purely a joke.
If you want to know anything, just go back to the dormitory at night and ask in private.
Lee Jordan's stiff head couldn't turn around for a while.
Fred and George both gave Lee Jordan a look to shut him up, then changed the subject.
"There's a Transfiguration class next, and in the afternoon, there's a class on magical creatures and potions. The classes are full these days. It's really uncomfortable."
"Your mathematical divination is just like that." George frowned as they passed the empty hallway.
"No, I've let the clone go to class, well, don't ask me how I did it, it needs to be kept secret." Albert took out his pocket watch and checked the time, then walked into the boys' bathroom next to him. "Wait for a while."
Albert pushed the door of the cubicle lightly, and found that the door of the cubicle was locked. He tapped it lightly three times, and the door of the cubicle was also knocked three times. Albert turned and walked beside him. When the door was just closed, the originally locked door opened, and Albert came out with a tired face.
As for the compartment that had just unlocked the door, Albert was taking the time-turner out of his leather bag, carrying it around his neck, and turning the time-turner once.
Albert felt his time rewind rapidly, something seemed to be pounding in his ear, and the next moment, he felt his feet on solid ground, and everything came together again.
Putting away the time converter, he took out a pocket watch from his pocket and glanced at the time. Albert quickly walked out of the boys' bathroom, ready to go to a math divination class.
"Speaking of which, the class of arithmetic and divination seems to be in classroom 7A on the eighth floor." Albert murmured to himself, "Oh, it's really boring to run a long distance again."
The "numerology" of arithmetic divination is a branch of arithmetic that refers to the mystical relationship between many events and simultaneous events.
Wake Field's Divination and Graphing by Numbers Albert had read it over the summer and was not very friendly to most wizards who didn't really learn math.
These things reminded him of a book called "The Kabbalah Numerical Code", which is Jewish esoteric divination, the so-called "secret of numbers" in people's mouths.
In Albert's view, the realm of arithmetic in the wizarding world amounts to a mixture of probability calculations and a bunch of weird stuff.
If that's the case, that might explain why a spellbreaker needs to be proficient in this stuff.
This will allow them to assess the success rate of a spell removal without actually performing it, which means they can minimize the risk of a failed spell removal.
When Albert appeared on the fourth floor of the castle through a shortcut, and was just about to go to the eighth floor through other secret passages, he happened to see the two unlucky **** who talked back to Filch, the red-haired Weasley's Luo En Weasley, and another...the famous Harry Potter.
"Red-haired Weasley, hum, don't think I don't know what you're up to. Students are not allowed to go to the corridor of the restricted area on the fourth floor."
As soon as Albert approached, he heard Filch's annoyed voice.
"Get lost, I don't believe you guys are so lucky to get lost in the restricted area on the fourth floor."
Soon, Albert saw a person going over there. It was Professor Quirrell. He should have been preparing to go over to check the protection level, and just happened to help two hapless people who were lost.
"If I see you getting lost and entering the restricted area again." Filch looked angrily at the two who escaped and threatened, "Just put it in confinement, maybe spend a day in the dungeon, Helps clear your mind."
As Harry and Ron pass the corner, Albert is standing there, looking at them half-smile.
"As expected of Weasley, are you planning to visit the restricted area of the school on the first day of school?" Albert looked at Ron and said softly.
"No, we're just lost," Ron retorted.
"We're just looking for the Charms classroom," Harry muttered under his breath.
"Come on, then, keep walking this way, and you'll be there soon after crossing the armored corridor." Albert said softly, "If you're lost, it's better to ask someone for directions than to be at school yourself. Wandering around, that's what no-brainers do, and trust me, many people will be willing to help you lead the way, Potter, as long as you speak."
Harry and Ron trot in the direction Albert pointed.
"You know him?" Harry asked quietly.
"Fred and George invited him to my house this summer, and Mom and Dad liked him a lot," Ron said dryly. "Supposed to be a great genius."
"But why did he say that," Harry couldn't help asking.
"Fred and George like to be mischievous at school. He probably thought I would be like them." Speaking of this, Ron was a little depressed. He suddenly knew why Filch would target They are, 80% related to Fred and George.
Albert didn't know what Harry and Ron had said, and he finally took a shortcut to the arithmetic and divination classroom before class.
The teacher for this class is Professor Viktor, who explains to them what divination is.
…refers to a hypothetical form of divination based on assigning numerical values to words or phrases. Although this may seem contradictory at first glance, arithmetic uses a more rigorous and mathematical approach to predicting the future.
Well, this is actually the original words in "Digital Divination and Graphics".
"...Mathematical divination requires rigorous logic." Professor Viktor said to the students whose heads were swelled below, "Don't make up, don't think you can deal with me by filling in a bunch of numbers in your homework." /
Next, Professor Victor showed them the dense numbers on the blackboard and began to teach everyone how to do mathematical divination.
Except for a few Muggle-born students such as Shanna and Albert, most of the students in the class were frowning and listening intently.
No way, a group of students who don't even have a complete grasp of the four arithmetic operations are undoubtedly very difficult to learn mathematical divination,
However, Albert easily understood, well, the content is probability calculation.
"Okay, do the rest of the topics. If you haven't finished this lesson, take it back and do it. This is today's homework." Professor Victor said to the students in the class.
"Aren't you doing it?"
Sanna raised her eyebrows and asked, she wouldn't think Albert didn't understand.
Albert points to the table on his parchment. He's done counting.
It's very simple, you can get the answer in three or two.
"Why are you able to figure it out so quickly!"
Katrina felt incredible. She noticed that Albert didn't calculate much, so she quickly calculated the pile of numbers on Professor Victor's blackboard and filled it on the parchment.
"I studied advanced mathematics," Albert said casually.
Compared with advanced mathematics, the current arithmetic divination is indeed very simple.
It is undeniable that in this regard, Muggle wizards are far more advantageous than wizards born in wizarding families. After all, they all went to school when they were young, and they have studied mathematics to some extent, and have been exposed to four arithmetic operations.
Professor Victor walked over, picked up the parchment on the table ~IndoMTL.com~ and glanced at the numbers in the table.
All are correct.
Professor Victor gave Albert a surprised look. She had heard about Albert before, but when she taught him personally, she really understood why other professors judged him like that.
"Look, Mr. Anderson has finished the calculation, and everything is correct. Gryffindor adds 10 points." After Professor Victor finished speaking, he leaned over to Albert and said, "After class, you stay for a while, I have some something to tell you"
Arithmetic divination is really difficult for many students. Except for Shanna, even Katrina, who was immersed in calculations, failed to finish the pile of numbers before get out of class ended.
Such a huge gap hit Katrina hard.
After Albert came out of the classroom, Katrina tried to say something, but Shanna preempted her.
"What did Professor Victor want you to do?" Shanna asked curiously.
"Professor Victor asked me to go to the Enhancement Class when I was free."
"The advanced class? I heard that the advanced class only recruits the brightest students. I heard from other seniors that it seems to be called advanced arithmetic and divination research. The classroom is on the first floor of the castle." Shanna suddenly asked, "I can join you. Are you going to the class?"
"I don't care." Albert shrugged.
"How did you do it? I mean how did you learn it so quickly, any tricks?" Katrina finally couldn't help but ask.
"You think the difficulty may be related to the fact that you haven't studied mathematics." Albert said honestly, "Arithmetic divination is very similar to Muggle probability calculation. If you have learned this knowledge, you can learn the current arithmetic and divination It will feel very simple."
Katrina gave Albert a vicious look, turned and left. She didn't want to talk to the guy, it was so annoying.