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Chapter 184 Divination is a Practical Knowledge
"Divination?"

Old Tom's pale eyebrows twitched, and he looked at Tang Sen again.

"It's the first time I've seen a fortune teller, I mean, of course I've met Trelawney, but she's clearly not a fortune teller"

Old Tom explained intimately: "Trelawney is the divination professor at Hogwarts, she is the great-great-granddaughter of the prophet Cassandra Trelawney, obviously she did not inherit any prophetic talent, she is just a A liar from the shadow of my ancestors."

Tang Sen nodded slightly, motioning for the other party to continue talking.

"I admit that Trelawney got a few prophecies right, most notably about the Boy Who Lived. But everyone who saw her knew that she was a lie, that she was a Drunkard, a liar, she tricked Dumbledore into sympathy."

Old Tom emphasized: "If there is one good thing among the things Umbridge did at Hogwarts, it must be investigating Trelawney and letting her stay for inspection."

"I heard that the Ministry of Magic is ready to approve her expulsion.

Tang Sen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Fired?"

He didn't have much impression of such a detailed plot.

"Of course, it should be only a few days. Letting her spend Christmas at Hogwarts is considered kind, isn't it?" Old Tom said naturally.

"What about the divination course?" Tang Sen asked.

"Of course Dumbledore will choose the next candidate." Old Tom paused, lowered his voice, and muttered: "It may also be appointed by the Ministry of Magic. According to the so-called Education Act No. 22, if the principal cannot Provide a suitable candidate for a teaching position, and Umbridge will be appointed by the Ministry of Magic to Hogwarts in this way."

"It seems that I did choose a bad timing." Tang Sen said regretfully.

Old Tom spread his hands: "Even if Trelawney is not expelled, I'm afraid you and her have nothing to communicate with. She will just go crazy and say that you will die."

Speaking of this, he laughed loudly: "If it's this kind of prophecy, I'm afraid I can also be a fortune-teller. After all, everyone will die."

Townsend smiled and shook his head: "I can't comment on the Professor Trelawney you mentioned. After all, I have never met her, but as a true fortune-teller, I must clarify one point."

"Seer is a profession that can prove itself."

He made a joke: "But no one ever said I was a liar."

"You look like a decent gentleman." Old Tom said: "Forgive my offense, I really don't like things like divination or prophecy. I'm too lazy to wait for several years to confirm a prophecy. Your fried fish and potatoes Here comes the pie, please eat, guests."

The color and shape of the pie was a bit suspicious, but it smelled really good. After riding a dragon for a long time, Tang Sen was really hungry, but he didn't intend to end the topic, but said seriously: "Why do you think it proves that a How many years does the prophecy have to wait?"

"Mr. Tom, you obviously have a stereotyped impression of divination. You think that fortune tellers will say some goddamn words, and then wait for one of them to hit the luck and happen to happen. No, Mr. Tom, this is not divination."

Tang Sen said affirmatively: "Divination can be precise and definite. It can be used to predict any trivial matter in daily life, Mr. Tom. Do you want to do a divination?"

"If you don't charge." Old Tom shrugged his shoulders: "Anyway, idle is idle."

He thought for a while and said, "If you can predict whether the next person to enter the Leaky Cauldron will be a wizard or a witch, I will treat you to a glass of the best Scotch whiskey."

Tang Sen smiled, he could tell that the owner of the Leaky Cauldron obviously didn't take this matter seriously, and just regarded it as a trick.

After all, with such a half-and-half probability guess, even if the guess is correct, it may be luck.

He didn't poke the opponent, but took out a gold galleon, and said: "This is a very simple divination method. When the coin falls, if it is heads, then the wizard will come in. If it is tails, then come in." will be witches."

"Interesting method of divination." Old Tom laughed. "I thought you needed to look at the distribution of the foam on top of the glass, or look at the palmistry. That's what Trelawney did."

"That's another method of divination, not so intuitive, isn't it?" Tang Sen smiled, said it silently seven times in his heart, and threw out the gold coin.

In order to show that he did not operate in the dark, Tang Sen did not catch the gold coin with his hands, but let it fall on the bar. The gold coin rolled and spun on the bar, and finally got stuck in the gap above the bar. in there.

"Oh, this is a little embarrassing." Old Tom said, "Maybe you are divining a wizard who turned into a witch or vice versa, well, this joke is not funny, don't worry about it, I didn't question your divination ability , It’s just that divination always has a chance of failure, doesn’t it?”

"My divination will not fail." Tang Sen smiled, and was not angry because of the joke, but explained: "Obviously, the results of the divination show that the next person to enter the Leaky Cauldron is the one between the wizard and the witch." outside possibility."

"What could that be? Muggles can't enter the Leaky Cauldron." Old Tom said, "I just strengthened the Confusion Charm today—"

Before he could finish his sentence, the door of the Leaky Cauldron was pushed open. To be precise, it was not the door leading to London, but the back door, the door leading to Diagon Alley.

Old Tom's eyes were immediately attracted, and he saw something flying in through the door, hovering in the narrow space of the bar, and swept over several kerosene lamps with flustered wings.

It's an owl.

"Passed out!"

There was the sound of chanting a mantra from behind the door, a ray of light flashed, and the owl fell straight to the ground.

Then, a very short wizard walked in. He looked at the people in the bar, and said apologetically, "Sorry, it obviously hasn't adapted to the environment outside the cage. I just bought it in Diagon Alley." Get him down."

So saying, he waved his wand again, and said the incantation:
"Restored as before!"

The fragments of kerosene lamps on the ground and the disrupted decorations flowed back in time, and quickly returned to the appearance before the owls ravaged.

After finishing all this, the wizard picked up his owl and walked to the bar: "Old Tom, same old."

Old Tom ignored him, but stared blankly at Tang Sen with an expression of disbelief on his face.

"Hey." The wizard jumped up in dissatisfaction, stood on the bar stool, and patted the countertop: "Your expression looks like seeing a giant dragon appearing in the bar!"

Old Tom woke up like a dream.

"Owl? An owl?" He muttered, "Neither a wizard nor a witch, so your divination is confirmed, Merlin's beard—"

"Hey!" The wizard had to remind Old Tom again: "Will no one want to serve me a glass of butterbeer?"

"Oh, Professor Flitwick." Old Tom finally noticed the guest, and instinctively said: "Old friend, shouldn't you stay at Hogwarts on a day like today?"

"You finally noticed me. I almost thought I had been cast with the Disillusionment Curse." The little wizard named Professor Flitwick said angrily, "I prepared a bunch of presents, but found that my owl was missing. It must be those naughty Gryffindors. Anyway, I have to come to Diagon Alley to buy another owl, or everyone will not receive my present tomorrow."

He stroked the owl in his arms, and glanced at Tang Sen beside him: "Huh? An oriental man?"

"A fortuneteller!" Old Tom raised his voice and emphasized, "This is a real fortuneteller!"

He couldn't wait to talk about what happened just now.

Finally came to a conclusion: "I can be sure that Don and Trelawney are completely different, as he just said, no one will think him crazy."

"Professor Trelawney is my colleague, old Tom." Professor Flitwick reminded, "Maybe we can use some softer words."

He obviously didn't want to comment on Trelawney, but looked at Townsend and said, "I've never studied divination, but I really haven't heard that divination can be used to do this kind of thing. I thought fortune tellers They often take it as their duty to predict the big events in the future.”

"Divination is precise and definite, and of course it can be used to predict small things in daily life!" Old Tom cut the conversation: "If you can't even predict small things in daily life, how can everyone believe in the big events that he foretells? Uh, I'm not here who to insinuate."

Seeing that Professor Flitwick reminded him with gestures again, he gave up his intention to complain about Trelawney again, and said, "Don, I haven't introduced you yet, this is Professor Flitwick from Hogwarts, He's Head of Ravenclaw House, and also teaches Charms."

It was only then that Tang Sen was able to intervene, and said with a smile, "Many people have misconceptions about divination, thinking that divination is illusory and incomprehensible."

"I hope to change this concept. I believe that divination is a practical science, and predicting the future is not so unattainable."

Professor Flitwick showed a surprised expression, and he said seriously: "Your ideas are very pioneering."

"Magic needs this kind of pioneering, which is also the idea of ​​Hogwarts. In ancient times, many people, even some people with the blood of wizards, thought that learning magic was a dangerous and uncontrollable thing. They felt that magic Unreal, incomprehensible."

"It also caused a lot of tragedies that were caused by silence."

"But through generations of wizards and wizards, today's spells are safe and practical."

"I'm looking forward to you being able to do the same in divination, even if it's just the first step."

Tang Sen nodded and said, "This is exactly the purpose of my coming to England. I want to visit Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to communicate and learn British divination."

"Dumbledore will definitely welcome a scholar like you." Flitwick paused, showing a complicated look: "Unfortunately, the timing of your visit is not very good. Don't worry about something that happened at Hogwarts recently. Things will all be sorted out, but you might have to wait a while...maybe in the second half of the year."

"It's regrettable." Tang Sen showed a disappointed expression: "Is it because of the senior investigator? I heard from Mr. Tom that the professor of divination is even going to be fired."

"It's just something speculative." Flitwick glared at Old Tom and said, "Dumbledore will take care of these things."

"Okay." Tang Sen nodded, showing a thoughtful expression: "Actually, I'm wondering if Hogwarts is still recruiting."

"I mean, a new divination professor?"

　I saw feedback from many book friends, saying that this volume is a bit watery.

Cough cough, of course there is a reason why I haven't added more frequently recently, and the more important reason is that I have slowed down the pace.

Harry Potter is a work I like very much, so the process of writing this volume, I hope it is not a fast-paced main line about how the protagonist completes the purchase, but also spend some pen and ink to describe the world and enrich some of this The details of the world, such as magic, such as Hogwarts.

It is not like the first three dungeons, which only focus on the protagonist and the portrayal of a specific character, and will allocate some energy to make other characters not so flat and facial.

Of course, the core of this volume will not change, Tang Sen can always use money and various tricks to achieve his goals, and become the justifiable Dark Lord~
　
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