Chapter 297 Arithmetic Divination

"Malfoy, if you keep talking, I'll slice you into pieces!" Harry roared.

There is a frightening cold light on the edge of the knife used to handle medicinal materials. Judging from the smoothness with which it cuts through daisy roots, it must be fine for cutting meat. Cutting bones may depend on the user's technique. However, judging from its length of less than three inches and the width of one finger, these words obviously have little power to intimidate.

"It's a pity that I can't use it to brew potions." Malfoy didn't care about his threats at all, pretending to be sad and said, "In this case, the poor Hippogriff will turn into a horse. It’s a winged beast.”

A nasty smile appeared on his face: "Do you know why?

Because it is about to be beheaded! Ha ha ha ha……"

"You deserve to be beheaded." Harry was so angry that his hands were shaking, and he pinched the knife again and again, but in the end he had to do as he was told and slice the caterpillar viciously.

A few tables away to the right, Hermione added a mouse's spleen into the crucible. She couldn't stop looking ahead. She said with some worry: "They won't fight, right?"

"Probably not. Harry is sometimes impulsive and sometimes not so impulsive." Loren scooped up some with a spoon, slowly poured it back into the cauldron to check the color, and observed the progress of the potion brewing.

Small bubbles appear slightly at the bottom of the crucible. When it is about to boil but not yet boiling, add a little bit of leech juice and stir over low heat until the decoction turns bright and dazzling green. A pot of fresh shrinking potion is finished.

Loren took out a small medicine bottle from his pendant, scooped up the medicine with a spoon and filled it into the bottle.

Hermione was confused and asked, "What is this for?"

"Store some potions in case you need them in the future." Loren didn't even raise his head, concentrating on picking up the school's wool.

Hermione was silent. A certain conscience that had not yet been completely contaminated told her that this was inappropriate behavior. In a way, she felt that Loren's words made sense.

Just when the little witch was in a moral dilemma, Draco's proud voice once again attracted everyone's attention: "Professor Snape, we're done!"

He held the stirring spoon in the air with a proud expression.

Harry stood beside him, holding a gleaming knife in his hand, as if he was about to stab Draco at any moment.

This follower is rebellious.

Putting the filled potion into the pendant, Loren raised his head and watched the excitement with interest.

Snape, who rushed over after hearing the sound, looked at the potion that Draco and Harry had brewed. He scooped some up with a spoon, slowly poured it back into the crucible, and hung out a thread of translucent green liquid for everyone else to see.

"The color that a normal finished product should have." Snape looked at the two of them with playful eyes, "It seems that you two are very suitable for teaming up. Do you want to be together in future potions classes?"

"No, no need! Professor!" Harry shouted quickly, his eyes as green as the potion filled with panic, "Today is just a special case."

Snape looked at Draco, who shrugged. He had had enough fun anyway.

The young wizards in other groups also finished the potions before get out of class ended, and most of them were considered successful. However, except for Loren and Hermione, the potions of other groups had more or less impurities, and the liquid was not clear enough.

Potions class and Harry's follower career ended with Snape's calm voice assigning homework: "Listen, go down this week and write a paper on shrinking potions. The length must not be less than one foot. get out of class is dismissed."

Loren and others went upstairs together.

Harry still remembered Draco's face when he ordered him, and the more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he gritted his teeth with hatred: "Even if I don't cut him into pieces, I really should beat him!"

"Come on." Loren shook his head and joked with a smile, "Your duty is to be a follower for a whole day. Don't let him hear this. Be careful if he asks you to feed and serve during dinner."

"Oh, Merlin~" Harry imagined the scene and shivered in fear, "I'm not going to the Great Hall for dinner. Ron, please help me bring some pies back to the lounge."

Several others couldn't help laughing.

"By the way, Hermione, what's the next class?" Harry habitually asked the most reliable one among the few people, but found that only Loren and Ron were in sight. He asked doubtfully, "Where's Hermione? She Where did you go?"

"I'm going to book my spot in the elective class." Loren replied calmly, "The next period is the elective class Arithmetic Divination. If you didn't choose it, there will be no class today. Just go back to the lounge. I should be attending class as well. ”

There happened to be a corner of the corridor ahead, and many wizards taking elective courses were turning around the corner. Loren waved to the two of them, and quickly ran away from Harry and Ron's sight.

"See you at dinner then - no, I'll see you after dinner." Harry waved to him, once again applauding his wise decision not to go to the Great Hall for dinner.

Ron looked thoughtfully at the group of wizards who were taking elective courses. There was a nasty figure among them. He looked puzzled: "Is Malfoy also going to take elective courses?"

"Yes, I heard Seamus said he chose Ancient Runes." Harry replied, because he was a follower, and he specifically asked about Malfoy's class today.

Ron asked uncertainly: "I remember Hermione also chose runes, right? What class did Loren say he and Hermione were taking just now?"

Harry realized what he meant and replied hesitantly: "It seems to be arithmetic..."

He paused and thought for a few seconds, "There is a time conflict between classes. Hermione must have chosen Arithmancy. She can take this class with Loren."

Ron looked at him: "But, do you think Hermione will give up a class, or do you think she will miss class?"

Harry was stunned for a moment: "Yeah, that's...Hermione..."

…

When Loren walked to the Arithmancy classroom, Hermione had already taken a seat in the front row and was waiting there.

She had just finished a course on ancient runes, returned from an hour later, and was looking through the rune numbers 0-9 in her notebook.

Hearing the sound of Loren putting down his schoolbag and sitting down, Hermione handed over the notebook and asked curiously: "Why is the animal representing the number three a rune snake and not a three-headed dog? I mean, Lu Wei also has three heads." .”

"Because the rune snake was more popular with ancient wizards, its fangs ground into powder can be used instead of Floo powder, although there is a risk of poisoning. Compared with the three-headed dog that only drools and can be put to sleep with music casually , they are much more useful." Loren replied.

Hermione giggled: "Lu Wei will be sad when he hears you say that. He liked you before."

"It has been sent back to Greece for foster care by Dumbledore, and it cannot be heard." Loren paused, and couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart, "Why do you have to take the ancient runes class first, and then Come back to Arithmancy, instead of finishing Arithmancy with me and then coming back to Ancient Runes.”

"Well... there's no reason, it's the same to you." Hermione hummed a few times, her voice drawn out softly and softly, like a kitten's. Fingers as white and tender as green onions were tapping on the notebook, and the brisk melody conveyed the little witch's happy mood.

Classes with the Time-Turner were tiring, and she would find it even harder if she put one's runes behind. And if the arithmetic divination that the two of them take together is put aside, the exhaustion of long classes seems less unbearable.

"Weird." Loren muttered quietly.

Compared with divination, the word arithmetic in the name of the arithmetic divination course scared off many young wizards, and there were not many people in the classroom. Because it was the first class, there were no designated seats, so the little wizards were scattered throughout the classroom, sitting sparsely.

Having experienced Professor Trelawney's divination class, Hermione had great expectations for this arithmetic divination, which was said to be logically rigorous.

Professor Settima Victor, who was in class, was an intellectual, middle-aged witch. She wore a black professor's robe, a pointed wizard hat, and thick black-rimmed glasses. She looked somewhat similar to Professor McGonagall. It's just that she is less serious and solemn than Professor McGonagall, and looks more approachable.

She spoke in a calm voice, softer than Professor McGonagall: "Arithmetic divination refers to a type of divination that uses numbers to explain a person's character and destiny, as well as the movement of planets and stars, in order to predict the future. Its other aspect One name is "numerology". "

"Unlike crystal ball reading, tea leaf reading, or palmistry, which is based on interpreting vague images, or deducing the internal connections of food from random shapes and random words, arithmetic is based on a series of familiar operations with strict rules."

These words that were different from divination and cutting won Hermione's favor. The little witch nodded repeatedly and her eyes were bright.

"The ancient wizard Pythagogas first proposed that "the world is built on the power of numbers." Wizards began to explore the magic of numbers and developed arithmetic divination. The use of ancient arithmetic and divination is very troublesome, so I won’t go into details here. Interested students can come down and discuss it with me later. "

"In the 13th century, the arithmetic fortune teller Bridget Wenlock first determined the magic power of the number 7. Since then, arithmetic fortune telling has entered a new era..."

"This semester we will learn the divination method of predicting people's personalities through names. All it requires is a pen, a piece of paper and the ability to spell, add and subtract..."

“The most widely used divination method is to extract three main numbers from a person’s name, namely the personality number, the soul number and the world number, and then interpret the results through a series of theories and methods based on the interpretation of the numbers. First let’s get to know the numbers…”

"The number 1 represents...the number 2 represents..."

Professor Victor's narration is completely different from Trelawney's divination method. Compared with those vague and specious predictions, the arithmetic divination method has a mathematical beauty, is concise, clear, and straightforward.

But it was a bit boring because of it. Professor Victor explained the meaning of each number on the stage sentence by sentence, his tone was calm, and it was similar to Professor Binns's history talk, which made the little wizards yawn incessantly.

The first step in analyzing a person's name is to convert it into a series of numbers, with each letter corresponding to one of the numbers 1 to 9. There's nothing magical about the divination process, which Loren likes to call "numerology."

That is: A-I corresponds to 1-9, J-R corresponds to 1-9, and S-Z corresponds to 1-8.

Add all the numbers, and if the sum exceeds 9, add the ones and tens digits to get a number in the range of 1 to 9.

This number is the personality number, which literally represents the person's personality.

Next, do the same operation on the vowels in the name (A, E, I, O, U) to get the soul number.

The Soul Number provides a glimpse into the person's soul, revealing desires and fears.

Finally, do the above operation on numbers except vowels to get the world numbers.

The world number represents the characteristics that the person exhibits to the outside world.

"Take Nicol Flamel in the Middle Ages as an example." Professor Victor suddenly raised her voice. She paused and glanced meaningfully in the direction of Loren.

Hearing this familiar name, Loren was excited and became energetic.

"... Based on these explanations, we can now study the name of Nico Flamel."

NICHOLASFLAMEL: 59386311631453.

Professor Victor wrote the calculated result "4, 4, 9" on the blackboard: "It can be seen that he is a hard-working, honest and honest person. He often falls into hesitation and hesitation, and sometimes gets angry easily... He solves problems with a pragmatic approach and is very stable emotionally. However, what he shows to the world is his generous side..."

Loren pricked up his ears and listened to every word, silently matching the analysis results with his impression of Nico.

Hard work: interpreting the "Book of Abraham" in the early stage, refining the Philosopher's Stone in the middle stage, and persisting in exploring alchemy after becoming famous, and has not slackened off for hundreds of years.

Hesitation: After gaining immortality, Nico did lose his spirit for a period of time and became timid and afraid of things. Finally, he woke up in time from the crisis brought by Grindelwald.

To be honest...it's easy to get angry...

Loren paused for a moment, not sure about this.

However, he remembered that there was a period of time in the first grade, probably shortly after he opened the book of fantasy, when Flamel became inexplicably angry several times.

Judging from Flamel's performance, Nico should have had a hot temper when he was young.

“Finally, when we finish the numerical analysis of a person’s name, we can go back to the series of numbers arranged under his name to see if any number appears more frequently.

We found that 3 and 1 appear more frequently than other numbers. This shows that in addition to the personalities we just analyzed, LeMay is also a perfectionist, very focused on doing things, and his money comes very easily. "

"Money comes easy..." Loren repeated silently.

“…like many prediction systems, the more information you know about your subject, the more accurate your predictions will be, and Arithmancy is no exception…The real difficulty lies in doing the analysis Eliminate the influence and interference of known circumstances.”

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Digital table:

1: This number represents an individual or an individual. People who belong to "1" are very independent, dedicated, honest, and determined. They set a goal for themselves and then move forward to achieve it. They don't like working with others or giving orders. They may be self-centered, willful and domineering. Usually they are loners.

2: Represents the ability of interaction and two-way communication, cooperation and balance. People with this number are very imaginative and creative. Their personalities are supple, balanced, and natural. They are well coordinated, loyal and responsible, and very fair. But the number "2" also represents a contradiction, a mixture of positive and negative aspects. It often represents two completely opposite aspects of things: day and night, justice and evil, etc. People belonging to this number may be introverted, withdrawn, moody, indecisive, and introspective.

3: Represents the concept of completeness and completion. Just like the three tenses in language: "past tense, present tense, perfect tense" and what we usually call "consciousness, body and spirit" etc. Pythagoras believed that the number "3" was the first "completed" number, because 3 can be a series of numbers, which includes the beginning, middle and end. 3 represents genius, energy, artistic accomplishment and talent, sense of humor and social skills. People belonging to this number are usually very approachable and wealthy. They have a good chance of success. But they also have shortcomings. They may be less able to focus on something, easily offended and more superficial.

4: Just like a table with 4 legs, 4 represents stability and solidity. People who belong to "4" are also representatives of hard work. They are very practical and results-oriented and come across as trustworthy. They like logical thinking and reasoning and don't like illusory things. They are very organized and make sure the work is completed smoothly. Just like the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, there is no suspense for this kind of people, and their actions can all be guessed. They can be stubborn, suspicious, and sometimes come across as too pragmatic. They are often overtired, and any contradiction that applies to "2" is only doubled here in "4".

5: Represents instability and imbalance. It reveals change and uncertainty. People belonging to this number may be attracted to many things, but ultimately choose only one. They like to take risks and take risks. They also like to travel and make new friends, but may not like to stay in one place for too long. Such people sometimes like to show off, have a weak sense of responsibility, have a short temper, and have little patience.

6: Represents the concepts of harmony, friendship and family. People belonging to this number are loyal, responsible and loving. They have good ability to adapt to the environment. In the fields of teaching or literature and art, their talents are very outstanding. But doing business is often not easy to succeed. They sometimes like to gossip and feel complacent. Pythagoras believed that "6" was a perfect number because it was divisible by both 2 and 3. And it is the sum of the first three natural numbers, and it is also the product of these three numbers (1+2+3=6, 1×2×3=6)

7: Strong cognitive ability, intelligence and understanding. People belonging to this number like to work hard and like challenges. They are usually serious, academic, and interested in all things mysterious. For them, originality and imagination are far more attractive than money and wealth. But it can also be pessimistic, sarcastic, and insecure. "7" is considered a mysterious and magical number. There are also seven planets in ancient astronomy (the sun, the moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter).

8: Represents business success. This success may also be reflected in finance, politics and other aspects. People belonging to this number are very practical, ambitious, courageous to take responsibility and hard-working. But at the same time, they may be jealous, greedy, and like to give orders. They can represent both the pinnacles of success and the troughs of failure. Whichever way it goes, things are likely to continue to develop.

9: Represents completion and complete achievement. This number is also the number of “fulfillment.” It's 3 times 3. People of this number are willing to provide services to others, and many of them are teachers, scholars, or humanitarians. They are determined, work forward courageously, and never feel tired. They also often inspire others. But at the same time, such people may be arrogant, and they may act self-righteous when things don't go in their intended direction.

This divination method is a bit of a head-scratcher. I have revised it over and over again in order to express it as clearly as possible. I apologize for being late. [Bow]