The circular walls were lined with shelves, cluttered with dirty quills, candle stubs, tattered playing cards, countless shimmering crystal balls, and a mountain of teacups.
Entering such a classroom for the first time, the young wizards began to discuss amongst themselves, some already regretting their choice of this subject.
After all, the classroom alone suggested that the teacher wasn't very reliable.
"Welcome!"
"It's wonderful to finally see you in the material world!"
A soft, indistinct voice suddenly echoed from the shadows.
The first impression of the Divination professor was that of a glittering, oversized insect, as she was quite thin and wore large spectacles. She also draped herself in a light, transparent shawl adorned with shimmering metal spangles, and her long, slender neck was laden with countless beads and chains, while her arms and hands were covered in bracelets and rings.
"Sit down, my children, sit down!"
Urged by her voice, the young wizards found tables and sat down.
Ethan, Cassandra, and Hermione sat together.
As was customary, teachers of every subject liked to elevate the importance of their course, showcasing their awesomeness and putting down the young wizards.
Professor Trelawney was no exception.
She immediately predicted in front of all the young wizards that classes would be suspended in February due to a severe flu outbreak, without specifying which year's February.
She also frightened Gryffindor's Lavender by saying that her greatest fear would occur on Friday, October sixteenth.
This left the young wizards below dumbfounded.
Soon, the official lesson began. She instructed everyone to take a teacup from the shelves, pair up, and then attempt readings and interpretations according to her directions.
In pairs, Hermione immediately pulled Lavender over.
The little girl was still trembling, due to Trelawney's earlier prediction about her.
Ethan and Cassandra filled their teacups and returned to their small table, gulping down the scalding tea in a few mouthfuls.
Following Trelawney's instructions, they swirled the tea leaves a few times, drained the cups of tea, and then exchanged cups.
Ethan took Cassandra's cup and looked at it, seeing only scattered tea leaves and nothing else.
He opened the book "Unfogging the Future" to pages four and five.
Just then, Trelawney walked up behind Ethan and glanced at his cup.
She immediately cried out in alarm.
"Good heavens, this is an ominous sign!"
As she spoke, Trelawney retreated backward in terror.
"Slaughter... blood... hell... souls!"
Now, most of the young wizards looked at Ethan, their faces filled with a mixture of belief and doubt.
Ethan looked down at the teacup, unable to make out anything at all.
"What specifically is it?"
Ethan frowned. This summer, he had caused a lot of slaughter and played with many souls, but what was to come?
"I can only see these... I can only see these..."
Trelawney said, turning and walking towards the other young wizards, without any intention of explaining.
"She's a fraud, isn't she!"
"Just shaking the tea leaves a few times and she can see things? And Lavender, don't be afraid, her predictions are definitely false."
Hermione, seeing Ethan's confusion and Lavender's fear, began to reassure them.
What followed was Trelawney's performance time, with everyone receiving ominous predictions and no one receiving good fortune.
Especially Harry, whom Trelawney said had an aura of death around him.
This directly silenced Harry.
After class, walking on the spiral staircase, the young wizards began to complain about Trelawney.
They thought her predictions were completely inaccurate, and how could everyone receive ominous predictions?
"Ethan, are you still thinking about the prediction just now?"
"Yeah, I don't know if her predictions are accurate or not!"
Ethan had a headache. Trelawney's predictions were sometimes accurate and sometimes not, just like her unreliable appearance.
Slaughter, blood, and souls, Ethan could understand, but what did hell represent?
Chapter 159: Ron Suffers
In the afternoon, after lunch, was Care of Magical Creatures class.
The class was held near the Forbidden Forest, but first they had to gather at Hagrid's hut, where Hagrid would lead them.
The rain had stopped in the middle of the night yesterday, and the sky was a refreshing light gray. The grass underfoot was damp and springy.
"I told you the Divination professor is a fraud. Professor McGonagall said so in class!"
Hermione, following behind Ethan, puffed out her cheeks, not understanding why Dumbledore would allow such a professor to teach at Hogwarts. She had no professional ethics at all.
If she were even a little normal, what teacher would predict the death of a student every year?
Trelawney like this, she did not deserve to be a teacher.
"Don't think about her anymore. The future is still in our own hands. Things will be as they will be!"
Anyway, Trelawney's prediction about him was vague and didn't say anything specific.
Even whether Harry's prophecy was really predicted by Trelawney, or whether Dumbledore had deliberately set a trap for Voldemort, was hard to say.
As long as he was strong enough, these prophecies would be useless.
If Voldemort didn't believe in this prophecy, wouldn't every step be calculated by old Dumbledore? Harry, the savior, would be completely useless.
"Harry, what's wrong with Ron today? He seems a little abnormal again?"
On the grass, Ethan looked at Harry strangely.
Today, Ron hadn't been with Harry, whether on the way to class or at any other time. They only sat together in class.
And Ron in class seemed unable to sit still, as if he had nails growing under his butt.
"I don't know either. When I woke up this morning, Ron almost collapsed. He said it was because he practiced spells too late last night. I don't know if it's true."
Harry was still very worried, afraid that Ron would go astray again.
But when he asked Ron, Ron wouldn't say why, which was very frustrating, and he couldn't confide in others.
So, Harry was a little out of sorts all morning, and he didn't even want to pay attention to Malfoy's provocations.
"Pay attention to him. If he seems unwell, take him to Madam Pomfrey."
Ison seemed to have thought of something. After speaking, he quickly ran away.
Could it be that the veterinary medicine he gave yesterday had an effect!
He originally planned to play with Peter Pettigrew, letting him find a rat to be 'happy' with, which might leave a psychological shadow on him.
Although his image is a rat, his mind is a person, and he has lived as a person for decades. He can't accept being intimate with a rat.
By the way, he could also trick Ron. This guy's temper is getting worse and worse. Let him worry about his rat again. After all, after such a strong veterinary medicine is released, Scabbers will only become more mentally weakened.
But he didn't expect this trick to be so big.
Peter Pettigrew, after taking the veterinary medicine, didn't go to find a rat but went to find Ron. You know, Ron's dormitory has five people. Isn't he afraid of being discovered?
"What were you whispering to Potter about just now?"
Cassandra asked curiously.
Looking at Harry's evasive appearance, she knew it must not be a good thing.
"It's nothing."
Ison shook his head. This matter is not glorious to tell.
Even though such things are not uncommon in this country, Ison can't accept it.
He arrived outside Hagrid's hut. He was standing outside waiting for the students.
He was still wearing the mole skin coat he saw in the morning, and Fang was still squatting at his feet, but after seeing Ison arrive, Fang quickly abandoned Hagrid and ran to Ison's side.
Hagrid waved to Ison. He seemed a little nervous, and his face was a little strained.
When the time was almost up, Hagrid shouted loudly to the students outside:
"Come on, come on, hurry up!"
"I have something good to show you today! This class is going to be great!"
"Is everyone here? Good, follow me!"
Hagrid was a little incoherent, but Ison could understand. A student who was expelled from Hogwarts can now be a professor, which has far exceeded his expectations for himself.
After the students gathered, Hagrid led everyone to a small path.
It wasn't far, about five minutes later, they arrived at their destination.
This was a small paddock that Hagrid had cleared. The paddock was now empty.
"Everyone gather around this fence!"
"Right—make sure you can see. Okay, first you need to open your textbooks."
Everyone took out their textbooks for Care of Magical Creatures, 'The Monster Book of Monsters', from their bags. Ison found that most people's books were tied with ropes.
And even when they were tied, they were not very well-behaved, constantly trying to bite something with their mouths.
"Ison, why is your book so quiet?"
Terry, who was next to him, looked at the book in his arms, which was tied with a rope and now had to be held tightly to control it, and the quiet book in Ison's hand, and seemed quite puzzled.
Suddenly, Terry widened his eyes: "Ison, you didn't kill it, did you!"
Immediately, Ison became the focus, and everyone looked over.
Some young wizards were a little eager after hearing this. Since getting this textbook, it has been restless, and being bitten is not uncommon.
If this book could be quieter after it died, they would be willing to be the executioner.
"My book is not dead, look!"
Saying that, Ison poked the pink cover of 'The Monster Book of Monsters' with his hand. The mouth on it opened and closed a few times, proving that it had not passed away yet.
"Then how did you do it?"
Terry was still a little confused. Could it be a problem with the book's personality?
Among a bunch of irritable books, there appeared an honest book like Ison's!
"These books are all products of alchemy after being activated. I just made a small modification to them."
Ison made a gesture that some people hate very much.
When he first bought this book, Ison found that coercion was useless to them. After excluding the option that they were more advanced than other magical creatures, there was only one possibility, that these things had no thoughts or reason.
Therefore, Ison could only use alchemy to modify them.
"This is made by alchemy?"
Terry looked down at the restless book, his expression a little broken.
He really couldn't figure out which boring guy would use alchemy to make such a book full of bad taste.
Knowing that it was made by alchemy, many people began to have wicked ideas, such as destroying the magic patterns on it, would it return to normal?
"Stop, don't do that, stop!"
Hagrid shouted immediately when he saw someone pointing their wand at 'The Monster Book of Monsters' to cast a spell.
"You can stroke it, just like this, starting from the spine of the book."
Hagrid took Harry's textbook, directly untied the rope that trapped it, and dodged its mouth that wanted to bite people.
Then, he stroked it down the spine with his thick index finger. The textbook trembled in Hagrid's hand, and then lay quietly in Hagrid's palm.
