Chapter 184 Divination Is a Practical Knowledge

"Divination?"

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

"This is the first time I have met a diviner. I mean, of course I have met Trelawney, but she is obviously not a diviner."

Old Tom explained thoughtfully: "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 person who relies on A liar from the shadow of our ancestors.”

Tang Sen nodded slightly and signaled the other party to continue speaking.

"I admit that Trelawney made some predictions by mistake, the most famous of which was about the Boy Who Lived. But everyone who has seen her knows that everything she told was a lie. An alcoholic and a liar, she deceived Dumbledore's sympathy."

Old Tom emphasized: "If there is one thing that Umbridge did at Hogwarts that can be considered a good thing, it must be that she investigated Trelawney and kept her on duty."

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

Tang Sen's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Expelled?"

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

"Of course, it shouldn't be more than a few days. It's a kindness to let her spend Christmas at Hogwarts, isn't it?" Old Tom said matter-of-factly.

"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 assigned 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 this is how Umbridge will be appointed to serve at Hogwarts by the Ministry of Magic."

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

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

At this point, he burst out laughing: "If it is 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 Professor Trelawney you are talking about. After all, I have never met her, but as a true diviner, I must clarify something."

"Soothsayer is a profession that can prove itself."

He made a joke: "But no one has ever called me a liar."

"You seem like a decent gentleman." Old Tom said: "Forgive me for the offense, I am really not interested in divination or prophecy. I am too lazy to wait for several years just to confirm a prophecy. The pie is here, please dine, our guests.”

The color and shape of the pie were a bit suspicious, but it smelled really good. After flying for a long time on the dragon, Tang Sen was indeed hungry, but he did not intend to end the topic, but said seriously: "Why do you think it confirms a How many years will it take for the prophecy to wait?”

"Mr. Tom, you obviously have a stereotype about divination. You think that fortune-tellers will say some magical words, and then wait for one of them to hit the big luck. No, Mr. Tom, this is not divination."

Tang Sen said with certainty: "Divination can be accurate and certain. It can predict any small things in daily life. Mr. Tom, do you want to do a divination?"

"If you don't charge." Old Tom shrugged: "Anyway, you are idle."

He thought for a while and said: "If you can divine whether the next person who enters the Leaky Cauldron is a wizard or a witch, I will treat you to a glass of the best Scotch whiskey."

Townsend smiled. He could see that the owner of the Leaky Cauldron obviously didn't take this matter seriously and just regarded it as a little trick.

After all, even if the guess is correct, it may be luck.

He did not poke the opponent, but took out a gold galleung and said: "This is a very simple divination method. If the coin falls, if it is heads, then the wizard will come in. If it is tails, then the wizard will come in." It will be a witch."

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

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

In order to show that he was not operating behind the scenes, Tang Sen did not catch the gold coin with his hands, but let it fall on the bar. The gold coin rolled and rotated on the bar, and finally got stuck in the gap on the bar. There.

"Oh, this is a bit embarrassing." Old Tom said: "Maybe you are divining a wizard who turned into a witch or the other way around, okay, this joke is not funny, don't worry, I am not questioning your divination ability. , but there is always a chance of failure in divination, isn’t it?”

"My divination will not fail." Tang Sen smiled, not angry at the joke, but explained: "Obviously, the divination results show that the next person to enter the Leaky Cauldron is a wizard and a witch. outside possibilities.”

"What could that be? Muggles can't enter the Leaky Cauldron." Old Tom said, "I just strengthened the confusion spell today -"

Before he finished speaking, the door of the Leaky Cauldron was pushed open. To be precise, it was not the door to London, but the back door, the door to Diagon Alley.

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

It's an owl.

"Collapse!"

The sound of a curse was heard from behind the door, a flash of light flashed, and the owl fell to the ground.

Then, a very short wizard walked in. He looked at everyone 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 off him."

With that said, he waved his wand again and recited the spell:

"Restored to the original condition!"

The fragments of kerosene lamps on the ground and the disrupted decorations circulated as if going back in time, and soon returned to the way they were before the owls wreaked havoc.

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

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

"Hey." The wizard jumped up dissatisfied, stood on the stool at the bar, and patted the table: "You look like you saw a giant dragon appearing in the bar!"

Old Tom finally woke up from a dream.

"Owl? An owl?" He muttered: "Neither a wizard nor a witch, so your divination results are confirmed. Merlin's beard -"

"Hey!" the wizard had to remind Old Tom again: "No one wants to give me a glass of butterbeer?"

"Oh, Professor Flitwick." Old Tom finally noticed this guest and greeted instinctively: "Old friend, shouldn't you be staying at Hogwarts on a day like today?"

"You finally noticed me, I almost thought I was cast by a disillusionment spell." The short wizard named Professor Flitwick said angrily: "I prepared a bunch of gifts, 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, otherwise everyone will not receive my gift tomorrow."

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

"Soothsayer!" Old Tom raised his voice and emphasized: "This is a real fortune teller!"

He couldn't wait and recounted what had just happened.

Finally came to the conclusion: "I can confirm that Don and Trelawney are completely different. As he just said, no one will regard him as a madman."

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

He was obviously unwilling to evaluate Trelawney, but looked at Townsend and said: "I have never studied divination, but I have never heard that divination can be used to do this kind of thing. I thought that fortune telling Often it is his duty to predict future major events.”

"Divination is accurate and certain, and of course it can be used to predict small things in daily life!" Old Tom took over the topic: "If you can't predict even small daily things, how can you believe in the big events he predicts? Well, I'm not here Who are you insinuating?"

Seeing Professor Flitwick reminding 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 of Hogwarts. He is the Head of Ravenclaw House and also teaches Charms."

Tang Sen finally intervened and said with a smile: "Many people have misunderstandings about divination. They think that divination is illusory and difficult to understand."

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

Professor Flitwick showed a surprised expression and said seriously: "Your idea is very groundbreaking."

"Magic requires this kind of pioneering. This is also the concept of Hogwarts. In ancient times, many people, even some with wizard blood, believed that learning magic was a dangerous and uncontrollable thing. They felt that magic It’s ethereal and incomprehensible.”

"This has also led to many tragedies caused by silence."

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

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

Tang Sen nodded and said: "This is exactly the purpose of my coming to the UK. 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 and showed a complicated expression: "Unfortunately, the timing of your arrival is not very good. Something happened at Hogwarts recently. Don't worry. Things will be sorted out, but you may have to wait a while. Maybe into 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 class will even be fired."

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

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

"I mean, a new Divination professor?"

I have seen feedback from many book friends that this volume is a bit watery.

Ahem, this is of course due to the fact that I haven’t been updating regularly recently, and the more important reason is that I have slowed down my pace.

Harry Potter is my favorite work, so when writing this volume, I hope it will not be a fast-paced main line about how the protagonist completes the purchase. I will also spend some pen and ink describing the world and fleshing out the story. 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 some energy will be allocated to make other characters less flat and facial makeup.

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 legitimate Dark Lord~