Chapter 300 The Prediction Is Accurate, but It’s a Little Heartbreaking
"This year we will learn the basic methods of divination." Trelawney said, "In the first semester, we will learn to interpret tea leaves and read palms. In the summer semester, we can start learning crystal balls."
"Professor, can you prove your predictive ability to us?" Aaron raised his hand and said, "I think this will inspire our enthusiasm for divination."
After the voice fell, the students also looked at Professor Trelawney curiously, wanting to know if there were any predictions of theirs.
"Real predictions are often made when they are unexpected." Professor Trelawney said a little entangled, but soon changed the subject, "But some simple predictions are easier."
She looked at Parvati Patil, a black-haired Gryffindor girl, "Beware of a red-haired man."
Parvati was stunned for a moment, subconsciously looked at Ron Weasley, who was only one aisle away from her, and quickly moved her chair to the side to keep as much distance from him as possible.
Ron's eyes twitched slightly. Although he was not interested in this classmate, the action of moving the chair really caused a lot of damage to his heart.
"There will be a severe flu in February and classes will be suspended.
I will lose my voice.
Around Easter, one of us will leave us forever."
The atmosphere in the classroom suddenly became solemn. If this prophecy is true, it means that someone in this classroom will die in April next year.
"Dear." Trelawney looked at Lavender Brown, who was closest to him, "Can you hand me the largest silver teacup?"
Lavender swallowed her saliva, but breathed a sigh of relief.
It was just a teacup. She was definitely not the one who left around Easter.
She took the silver teacup from the shelf and put it in Professor Trelawney's hand.
"Thank you, dear." Trelawney opened the teacup and took a look. There was a hint of regret and reluctance in his smile. "The thing you fear most will happen on Friday, October 16th."
Aaron silently compared these prophecies and looked at Lavender Brown thoughtfully.
If you want to know Professor Trelawney's predictive ability, it is probably the fastest way to pay attention to this girl's performance on October 16th.
"Now everyone go get a teacup from the shelf and come to me.
I will fill the cup with tea, and then you drink the tea, leaving only the tea dregs.
Shake the cup three times with your left hand, then turn the cup upside down on the tray, and when the last drop of water seeps out, hand the cup to your partner to interpret." Trelawney smiled and reminded: "You can refer to the textbook "Seeing the Future through the Mist" to interpret the shape of tea leaves. I will help you solve it at any time."
The students immediately did as they were told and took the teacups from the shelf one by one.
But when it was Neville's turn, Trelawney suddenly picked up a broom and dustpan and walked over.
Crack!
The sound of broken porcelain sounded, and Trelawney seemed to have expected it. While cleaning, he looked at Neville, "You should take a blue cup. The pink cup is my favorite."
Neville nodded blankly and picked up a cup with a blue pattern.
Aaron and Hermione went through the process as Professor Trelawney said, and then exchanged teacups with each other.
"What can you see in my cup?" Aaron asked curiously.
Hermione opened the textbook, found the content of tea leaf interpretation, and then checked Aaron's teacup.
As time passed, Hermione's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and there was more struggle on her face.
"Uh... It doesn't matter if you can't tell. Your expression is scary enough."
"I can do it." Hermione took a deep breath and continued to nitpick on the teacup.
Aaron smiled bitterly and shook his head, and interpreted Hermione's teacup by comparing it with the textbook. The shape of the tea leaves was like a group of chains, connected from head to tail, but with a small gap in the middle.
"Amazing!" Aaron raised his eyebrows, "Professor Trelawney is definitely a true prophet."
"What did you interpret?" Hermione asked.
"Are you sure you want to know?" Aaron asked playfully.
Hermione grabbed her teacup, but after comparing it with the textbook for a long time, she still couldn't decipher it.
"Tell me quickly."
"Okay, okay." Aaron chuckled, "You will give up this course because of the huge pressure, and the specific time may be around Easter."
Hermione:......
"Impossible, you must have made a mistake."
"Wait and see, let me take a look at mine first."
Hermione handed Aaron's teacup over, but he couldn't see the pattern inside, or the tea leaves in his cup were not just a mess, and almost all kinds of patterns could be seen.
"Can't see through it?" Hermione said proudly, "I even doubt whether the tea leaves in your cup are alive."
At this time, Professor Trelawney walked to the table of the two, "Open up your thinking and let your vision transcend the boundaries of the world."
"Uh... Professor, I think I see it very clearly." Aaron murmured, "One of your previous prophecies was about her, I am at least 70% sure."
When Trelawney heard this, he looked at Aaron with a smile in his eyes.
Dumbledore told her to pay special attention to a Slytherin before the start of the school year, but she didn't care at that time because divination is about talent and has nothing to do with academic performance.
But now it seems that she was careless. This student is one of the few people in the wizarding world who has a talent for divination.
"Yes, but he can't see through himself." Hermione pouted.
"Dear, let me see." Professor Trelawney gave Aaron a gentle smile, and then took the teacup from the table.
She didn't need a textbook, just stared at the tea in the cup intently, constantly rotating the teacup, and carefully observing from all directions.
"Why is this happening?"
"What?" Hermione asked a little nervously.
"I have never seen such a complicated fate." Trelawney's eyes widened with excitement, "Sword...flame...Dear, the tea leaves show that you have experienced a fierce battle. Have you participated in any war?"
"Haha..." Aaron smiled awkwardly, but his heart was in turmoil.
Damn! Damn!! Damn!!!
You can see this, is divination so good?
This course must be learned, even if you can't learn it, it doesn't matter if you give up the remaining four courses.
"You must have seen it wrong." Hermione interrupted dissatisfiedly, "Aaron is only thirteen years old, and the fierce battle has nothing to do with him."
Aaron swallowed his saliva, and then gave Trelawney a guilty look.
Trelawney looked around at the curious eyes, and immediately understood what Aaron meant.
"Maybe I saw it wrong." Trelawney didn't feel embarrassed, but continued to look at the teacup from all angles.
"Short steps... You will go on a long journey, but will be back soon."
Hearing this, Aaron's eyebrows jumped slightly.
A good sign, it seems that his next trip to another world will not take too long.
"Wait, there is another endless staircase... You will have a particularly long journey."
Aaron's heart skipped a beat, what does long mean? It's too scary!
"Professor, what else did you see?"
Trelawney did not answer, but stared at the teacup with wide eyes, and did not even notice that his glasses hit it.
"Chains, portals, arrows, stars, whirlpools, thrones..."
Professor Trelawney's unconscious interpretation did not even occur to her.
The teacup kept making "crackling" sounds, and clear cracks slowly appeared, and crimson blood dripped from her palm.
Finally, the teacup broke, and Trelawney came back to her senses. She looked at the fragments all over the ground and the coffee-colored crumbs mixed with blood in astonishment.
"Who are you?" Trelawney asked in doubt.
"I'm just a thirteen-year-old wizard, there's no need to make such a fuss."
"No, I can't predict your fate." Trelawney said seriously, "The result of the divination tells me that you will grow infinitely in all kinds of troubles and crises, even to the point where I can't look up to you."
"It's not that exaggerated!" Aaron said embarrassedly, but he already believed this prophecy in his heart.
This is determined by his identity. Before he grows up to be the god of magic, or becomes the head of Gaius's family, or gets married and has children, he must fulfill the corresponding obligations according to the family rules.
Hiss!
From this point of view, staying in other worlds is not a bad idea. At least he doesn't have to bear those responsibilities, which can be regarded as a disguised retirement.
"Believe it or not." Trelawney smiled with narrowed eyes.
Aaron's mouth twitched, "Then I'd like to ask, is there a time limit for this prophecy?"
"I don't know."
"Okay! I'm fine."
"Child." Professor Trelawney said hesitantly, "Your future is limitless, but this is a great test of your psychological quality."
"Thank you." Aaron exhaled slowly, "I am fully prepared for this."
Trelawney continued to walk around the classroom, answering questions for others from time to time.
"Aaron, don't take what she said just now to heart." Hermione comforted, "It's all nonsense."
"Who knows?" Aaron shrugged, "The real situation is definitely not as exaggerated as she said, but... it may not be false.
The divination class is really magical. It seems that I have to ask Jins to prepare a crystal ball for me. "
"Don't you have a crystal ball?" Hermione asked puzzledly.
"It's a different grade! I need a higher quality... crystal ball." Aaron said seriously, "If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools. A high-quality crystal ball is still very helpful for divination."
At this time, there were several exclamations from the side, and Professor Trelawney threw Harry's teacup on the table like throwing a hot potato.
She seemed particularly uneasy, and her eyes looking at Harry were also very heavy.
"Dear." Professor Trelawney said tremblingly, "You have an ominous sign."
"Not strong?" Dean Thomas asked puzzledly, "What do you mean by not strong?"
"Ominous, dear, it is an ominous sign." Professor Trelawney emphasized, "The big, gloomy dog that haunts the cemetery is the most vicious omen in our world. It foreshadows...death."