Chapter 267 The Centaur's Prophecy (Part 1)

News of the escape of ten notorious Death Eaters from Azkaban quickly spread throughout the campus.

This caused rumors to spread throughout Hogwarts——

Rumors circulated that in Hogsmeade, someone had recognized several fugitives; others said that the fugitives were hiding in the Shrieking Shack and might break into Hogwarts like Sirius; Ministry of Magic...

Children in the wizarding world grew up hearing these names almost from childhood.

Names like Bellatrix Lestrange, Antonin Dolohov, or August Rookwood are as terrifying as their master Voldemort, and their crimes are even more terrifying. is well known.

Many people are very dissatisfied with the explanation in the "Daily Prophet"... ten Azkaban felons escaped, and the Ministry of Magic thinks that Sirius Black alone is the culprit.

Such an explanation is too pale, like lying to a child, it is not convincing at all.

In such confusion and fear, they began to recall what Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter had said... The topic of whether the mysterious man was resurrected was discussed in the corridor again from time to time.

However, such enthusiastic discussions did not last long.

Because that afternoon, "Education Order No. 26" was posted on the announcement wall by Mr. Argus Filch, the administrator of the castle.

This educational order prohibits teachers and students from discussing topics unrelated to the curriculum in public places... Violators will be strictly dealt with by Hogwarts senior investigators.

So, in Jon's view, the superficial discussion has almost disappeared; but behind the scenes, no one knows about it!

...

At 7 o'clock in the evening, Jon followed the fourth grade students of Slytherin to classroom 11 on the first floor.

Since the centaur Firenze became the divination teacher, all the divination classes have been changed to night time.

They were also in class with Ravenclaw's fourth-year students... Due to the outbreak of the Azkaban mass escape incident, these Ravenclaw students began to criticize Umbridge and Umbridge. A certain degree of hostility arose among the trusted students.

So when they saw Jon show up, they started pointing and talking about him.

Jon didn't care about this, and walked straight into the classroom.

Classroom 11 has also been remodeled since the centaur Firenze became a divination teacher, and now it looks like a forest glade.

The floor of the classroom had become covered with soft moss from under which the trees had grown; their branches, covered with lush foliage, fanned across the ceiling and windows, so that clusters of soft, mottled green Light pours throughout the room.

Students had to sit in the dirt with their backs against tree trunks or boulders, with Firenze standing in front of them.

There was a black horseshoe-shaped bruise on the chest of the centaur classroom. The expression on his face was always serious without any smile. His dark blue eyes scanned the whole crowd... When he glanced at Jon, he paused for a moment.

To be honest, the new divination class is even more boring than before... In Professor Trelawney's class, at least let them interact and have fun; in Firenze's class, they can only lie on the moss ,Looking at the stars. Or burn sage and mallow to further interpret the results of stargazing.

Firenze told them about the prophecy of the centaurs, they observed the starry sky and paid attention to the changes of those stars,...they will sometimes reveal important trends of disasters or changes, as well as the fate of each race...but it is very complicated, and it may take ten years time to confirm what they saw.

Firenze also told them that there are indications that people in the wizarding world are only passing through the short period of peace between the two wars. War sparks shone brightly overhead, hinting that fighting would surely resume soon...

Almost all the students were confused. To be honest, the astrology of the centaur is really not suitable for human beings.

It wasn't until the bell rang outside the classroom door that everyone got up in a daze and left.

Jon just got up from the moss, but he heard Firenze behind him suddenly call out his name: "Christopher Patrick, please wait!"

Jon had to stop.

...

Soon there was only Firenze the centaur left in the classroom besides Jon.

Firenze took the initiative to shake hands with him, and then asked, "I heard from them that you have profound attainments in divination?"

"It's just a rumor..." Jon quickly denied, he didn't dare to put on a show in front of the centaur, a group of creatures that could truly predict.

"No..." Firenze shook his head gravely, and gently touched Jon's face with his rough hands: "Your eyes are gray... In the history of the centaur, everyone who has The gray-eyed foal will grow up to be a true stargazer!"

Jon couldn't help shivering, and stammered an explanation: "But... I'm not a centaur, but a human!"

"So, this might just be a coincidence!" Firenze didn't seem to care about this, with a smile on his face.

Firenze turned around, and his four hooves thumped loudly:

"Some say we're not interested in anything but what's around the moon..."

"Professor Scamander is indeed describing this in the book "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them." Jon said softly.

"He's right." Firenze nodded: "My people are like this. They stubbornly believe that they must never disobey God's will, and the omens shown by the movement of the planets cannot be changed..."

"I was like this at first, until one summer more than ten years ago, I saw some slight changes in Mars... just a few months before the young Harry Potter repelled the mysterious man..." Fei Lun Ze turned around suddenly.

"What... does this have anything to do with me...Mr. Firenze?" Jon stammered and asked.

"Strictly speaking, it has a little relationship!" Firenze patted Jon's shoulder lightly: "I can only ask you to respect every choice you make, Mr. Patrick... because I can't reveal too much, but I think you should understand what I mean!"

"I... I still don't quite get it..." Jon said.

"I don't quite understand either!" Firenze stood there blankly and shook his head at him.

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"Another unnutritious conversation...another old magician who speaks in a cloud..." Jon couldn't help muttering softly when he walked out of the divination classroom.