Chapter 290: Rice: This Prediction Is so Accurate! (Two in One)

According to Rice's schedule, his first class of the new semester is Divination.

This course, together with Care of Magical Creatures, Ancient Runes, Muggle Studies, and Arithmetic Divination, constitute the elective courses for students below the fifth grade at Hogwarts.

When choosing courses, Rice signed up for all of his other elective courses except Arithmetic Divination. He was still very interested in the content of those courses.

Daphne signed up for the same courses as Rice, and Daphne filled in whatever he filled in. Rice had no opinion on this, and in his opinion, these courses all had their value.

More importantly, this way someone would help him do some meaningless homework.

Daphne didn't know what future she was going to face. When she thought that she was about to come into contact with the mysterious Divination, her face was full of excitement.

"Do you think that after I learn Divination, can I become a super powerful prophet? Wait until the final exam, and directly divination the content of the next day's exam." Daphne's eyes were full of expectations for Divination.

But her expectations were too unrealistic...

Even the prophet in the rumors could not do what she expected - the prophet could only predict your final score at most. And the accuracy of the prediction is proportional to the importance of the event.

Only when facing those major events that can affect history can the abilities of the prophets be brought to the extreme.

"Divination has little to do with acquired efforts. Prophets are born, and this is a real ability that comes with blood inheritance, so it is difficult for you to become a fortune teller through hard work." Rice told Daphne the bad news.

If a person's ability to read people's expressions is strong enough, he can pretend to be a fortune teller, but his essence is more like a psychology expert, and has nothing to do with a real prophet.

Seeing Rice say this, Daphne's disappointment was beyond words.

She muttered, "Why should we sign up for this course? It's better to use this time to sleep."

Rice nodded seriously. He didn't plan to listen to the course content of this course carefully, and he planned to give the homework to Daphne.

The main reason why he signed up for this course was that he was very interested in the teacher of this course. Rice learned from the school documents that the current professor of divination is Sybil Trelawney.

When he saw this surname, he decided to sign up for this course.

The surname "Trelawney" is not ordinary. Their family is a divination family and has been engaged in the divination industry as early as the ancient Greek era. Professor Trelawney's ancestors thousands of years ago left a very deep impression on Rice. He wanted to see how much ability the descendants of the Trelawney family inherited from their ancestors.

"So you signed up for this course just to see the teacher of this course?!" Daphne couldn't understand Rice's behavior.

"Don't underestimate the Trelawney family. Her ancestors were priests responsible for conveying oracles. It is said that they were cursed by the gods for leaking prophecies casually, so that no one believed her prophecies. The power of prophecy and the power of curse were passed down along with the bloodline... Anyway, it is worth meeting her."

Les briefly introduced the history of the Trelawney family to Daphne, and she was stunned: If this is true, wouldn't the Trelawney family be more powerful than the Greengrass family?

If Les could hear Daphne's voice, he would tell her: Unfortunately, you think about the facts. The most commendable point of the Greengrass surname is that it has pure blood from generation to generation, but this pure bloodline has not inherited any specific magical talents - only silver hair and some personality traits have been inherited. The surname Trelawney is different. It really passed down the talent for divination through the bloodline.

During the conversation, we arrived at the North Tower.

Les climbed a staircase with a large rotation angle and came to a small platform. This platform is closed, with only a round trap door on the ceiling.

This is different from what Les remembered. It may be that later generations have remodeled this place.

As the class time approached, the platform gradually became crowded. The trap door suddenly opened, and a silver ladder fell from above, just in front of Les' feet. He climbed up the ladder and came to a strange classroom.

The space above the trap door is not like a classroom, but more like a teahouse in the attic. There are more than twenty small round tables in the round room, and each table is surrounded by bulging small cushions.

As soon as he entered the divination classroom, Les smelled a dull and greasy aroma. He followed the smell and found that the source of the smell was the fireplace in the classroom. Professor Trelawney seemed to have added some special medicinal herbs to the firewood in the fireplace, so that the classroom was filled with strange smells.

Les tried to twitch his nose twice and distinguished what was added to the firewood: some spices with calming and insect repellent effects. Maybe it is easier to use the talent of divination in a drowsy state?

In addition to the unpleasant smell, the lighting in the classroom was also terrible. Logically, the divination classroom at the top of the north tower should have the best lighting, but Professor Trelawney had pulled down all the curtains, and the lights in the classroom were covered with crimson lampshades. This caused everything here to be shrouded in dim scarlet light, which made people feel depressed.

In addition, there were many shelves on the walls of the classroom, on which were piled some props for divination.

After the last student climbed up the ladder, Professor Trelawney emerged from the shadows of the classroom. She hid so well that most people didn't notice her at first. Rice didn't find this professor visually.

After asking the students to sit down, Professor Trelawney began to introduce what divination is to everyone in a soft and vague voice.

When Rice heard her say, "If you don't have 'sight', then there will be very little I can teach you", he nodded from the bottom of his heart - this was exactly the same as his cognition.

However, Professor Trelawney's words were very lacking in nutrition. After a period of mysterious words and a few simple prophecies, Professor Trelawney began today's class.

The content of their first class was tea leaf divination. She divided the students into groups of three and asked them to go to her to get tea. After drinking the tea, they would use the remaining tea leaves to predict the future.

Rice was very familiar with this. He drank the boiling hot tea at an astonishing speed and handed his teacup to Daphne. At this time, Daphne had not even drunk half of her tea.

While drinking the boiling hot tea, she complained to Rice that this class made her feel that she was wasting her time.

"Don't think so. We can at least verify whether we have opened the 'third eye' and whether we have the 'sight'. Of course, there are no prophets among your ancestors, and you probably don't have this talent."

Daphne: ...

She wanted to curse: Could she not know whether there was a prophet in the Greengrass family?

She slammed the cup in her hand onto the table and said angrily, "Then I might as well sleep in today!"

Daphne's voice was a little louder, and Professor Trelawney, who was not far away, seemed to have heard her words, so she "floated" to the table of the two and took Les's cup from Daphne's hand.

"Let me see, dear." Professor Trelawney stared at the cup and turned it counterclockwise.

Les raised his head and waited quietly for Trelawney's divination results.

"Well... Broken-winged falcon, child, you once had enemies, but you seem to have gotten rid of their influence?" Trelawney asked, looking into Les' eyes.

With years of experience, she would adjust her predictions according to the other party's reaction. However, making a negative prediction first was a habit she had maintained for decades.

Les nodded. Trelawney was right. He did have enemies, and he did get rid of them.

Seeing Les give a positive response, Trelawney smiled. She knew the little wizard in front of her and knew that he was one of the most popular figures in the past two years. Although he was not as prominent as Daphne Greengrass beside him, he was also a child worthy of attention.

In her day-to-day research, Professor Trelawney had long accepted the tragic reality that she did not inherit the talents of her ancestors. Although she never admitted it, she had already accepted this fact in her heart.

Then her divination gradually went astray and became something close to psychology.

Before the start of each school year, she would collect information about students who had reported for divination classes according to the list, and make targeted predictions after analysis.

Today, Trelawney's task was to fool Daphne and prevent her from going against herself, otherwise she would not be able to go to class this semester. In Trelawney's view, Rice, who had a good relationship with Daphne, was a very good entry point.

Her question seemed very specific, but if you think about it in depth, you will find that it is actually very vague - the false gods of Northern Europe were regarded as enemies by Rice, so was Malfoy, who had gone against him many times in the first grade, his enemy?

Of course, Rice didn't regard him as an enemy. He had never taken the descendant of the Malfoy family seriously. But in Professor Trelawney's eyes, Draco Malfoy was of course Rice's enemy, and Malfoy didn't dare to provoke Rice recently, which must be because Rice "got rid of the influence of the enemy".

Rice's affirmation gave Trelawney courage, and she made further predictions.

"Okay, but don't be careless. The falcon only broke one wing, and your enemy will come back one day." Trelawney didn't believe that Draco Malfoy would give up. She felt that there would be conflicts between the two in the future, so she made such a prediction.

"Let me see again--" She continued to turn the teacup, then took a breath and said in a strange tone: "The stick that hit the hat... Oh, dear, this is not a lucky teacup! Betrayal from a good friend! Poor child, poor child!"

She stretched out her two bony hands, as if she wanted to give Rice a hug.

Rice: ...

He narrowed his eyes and looked at Professor Trelawney carefully: Did you make this prediction intentionally or accidentally?

I have to say that her prediction is quite accurate.

Les stretched her neck to look into the teacup and found that Trelawney was not making it up. The pattern of the tea leaves was indeed like her description.

Daphne:?!

After hearing Professor Trelawney's divination, she suddenly felt that "when you sit at the table, disaster will come from the sky": Les's good friend would betray him? Who else could be his good friend besides herself? What does this old thing Trelawney mean? Will I betray Les! ?

Wait, does my sister belong to the category of Les' good friends? And that Hermione Granger, she knew Les earlier than herself... Daphne began to think wildly.

Les just took a look at Daphne's expression and knew that this girl was controlled by Trelawney.

He couldn't help rubbing his forehead and whispered, "It's not a betrayal, just a little disagreement between friends."

Trelawney's eyebrows twitched: she just wanted to put some "eye drops" on Daphne, but she accidentally guessed it right again? She was in a good state today!

Trelawney was happy, and she decided to take advantage of the victory and continue to predict. However, the two predictions just now were negative. Trelawney knew that things would turn around when they reached the extreme, so she decided to say a few nice words to end this divination - looking at the expression of the little girl from the Greengrass family, she was already shocked by herself. After removing the thorn, it would be easy for her to teach next.

'Just say a few nice words, and today's task will be successfully completed. 'Trelawney secretly encouraged herself in her heart, and after writing a draft, she turned Rice's teacup again.

After a exaggerated performance that whetted everyone's appetite, she spoke.

"I saw the bright stars in your teacup. As an adult, you will achieve unlimited success. Perhaps the whole magical world will spread your name. I saw the crucible used to make potions, the badge symbolizing power, the gold coins representing wealth... They are all hidden in the starlight. Child, you must grasp this beautiful future. If you act carelessly, everything in the starlight may also turn into a bubble..." Trelawney said vaguely.

In her opinion, isn't it a foregone conclusion that a young wizard like Rice, who is extremely talented and has a close relationship with the heir of the Greengrass family, will have a bright future?

Even if something unexpected happens in the future, she hasn't said it for sure, right?

Seeing that Rice didn't respond, Professor Trelawney returned the teacup to Rice and floated away.

After Professor Trelawney walked away, Daphne asked cautiously: "Rice, who do you think will betray you?"

Rice glared at her unhappily: "Well, I will break up with all of you first. If there are no good friends, won't I be backstabbed by my good friends?"

Daphne quickly shrank her neck and stopped talking.

But after a while, she pushed her teacup to Rice's hand again. She wanted to ask Rice to do a tea leaf divination for her.

"Let me see... well... I did see your future." Rice took the teacup, pretended to look at it for a while, and came to a conclusion.

"What future?" Daphne pricked up her ears, afraid of missing a word.

"You have to do two divination homework assignments." Rice responded decisively: This is an indisputable future that will never change.

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