Hogwarts starts with stealing power.

After the little wizards had some delicious food to replenish themselves, the atmosphere was finally no longer so heavy.

A smile spread across Harry's face as he saw Dobby the house elf working here.

Dobby seems to have adapted to his new life and is very happy at Hogwarts.

Ron looked at Harry, "So Harry, have you seen a big black dog somewhere?"

He was still reeling from Harry's prophecy.

Harry was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes, I saw one the night I left the Dursleys."

With a clatter, Ron's fork fell onto his plate.

"Maybe it's a stray dog," said Hermione calmly.

Ron glared at Hermione as if she were crazy.

"Hermione, if Harry saw a jinx, that would be - that would be terrible!" he said. "My Uncle Bill saw a jinx and he died twenty-four hours later!"

"Coincidence!" Hermione said nonchalantly, pouring herself a glass of pumpkin juice.

Ron turned to look at Lin Xia and asked urgently, "What do you think?"

Lin Xia...

Lin Xia naturally didn't have any ideas, because the pattern of tea leaves in her teacup was a balance.

This scale is probably referring to the scale of destiny in her body, but she is not sure whether the scale will bring her benefits or harm.

Lin Xia thought for a moment and said, “Ron, those who believe in this matter will believe it, and those who don’t believe it won’t be a big deal.

And it's been a long time since Harry saw the stray dog."

She looked at Harry.

Harry nodded and said, "Well, at least half a month or a month."

Hermione shrugged. "If you ask me, this is just nonsense speculation. I think this Divination class is a mess! This class is not as accurate as my Arithmetic Divination class!"

Ron said dissatisfiedly: "Professor Trelawney said that you don't have the right aura and you are not suitable for divination at all. You are just used to showing off and can't accept that you don't have talent in this area!"

This sentence touched Hermione's sore spot. She closed the book with a snap, and the food on the table couldn't help but shake.

"If you ask me, if doing well in Divination meant I had to pretend to see death omens in a pile of tea leaves, I'd probably not take it. It's a load of crap compared to my Arithmancy class!"

Hermione stood up and stormed off.

Ron frowned and muttered, "She keeps talking about divination over and over again. How can she find the time to learn it?"

Lin Xia spoke up at this time, "Okay, let's pack up quickly. We still have to go to Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration class. The difficulty of Transfiguration will be much higher this semester. If we miss a class, we will definitely fall behind by half."

She suddenly paused, turned her head and glanced at a corner of the auditorium, and whispered:

"Besides, Trelawney not only predicted Harry, but also other little wizards, including Mikel. But do you understand Mikel's prophecy?"

After these words were spoken, Harry, Ron and Draco all looked confused.

Draco asked hurriedly: "Mikel was predicted, I didn't hear it!"

Ron and Harry also nodded repeatedly and looked at Lin Xia with curiosity.

Now it was Lin Xia's turn to frown.

She was sure her memory was correct.

Lin Xia said: "Didn't you hear it? It's right after Trelawney's comment about Hermione not having an aura, saying that he is a despicable person who steals destiny."

Ron said, "I didn't hear it. What do you say he is?"

Lin Xia raised her eyebrows: "A despicable person who steals destiny."

These three people were still looking at Lin Xia expectantly, hoping that she would say it.

Lin Xia understood everything.

Maybe due to some rules, she can say this sentence but others cannot hear it.

Lin Xia had a hunch that perhaps even Trelawney didn't know that he had predicted Mikel.

She spread her hands and said, "No, I thought about it again and realized that I heard it wrong. The professor didn't say anything."

Lin Xia urged them: "Okay, let's go to Transfiguration class quickly. I can't wait to perform Transfiguration!"

After a while, they arrived at the classroom.

This school year, Transfiguration is still a major course and young wizards cannot take it as an elective.

If nothing unexpected happens, this course will continue with them until their seventh year of study, until graduation.

But Lin Xia remembered what Cedric said, that Transfiguration actually also has small class teaching.

It was organized by Professor McGonagall herself, and was open only to wizards with a talent for Transfiguration. One needed to get an invitation letter from the professor.

With her aptitude in Transfiguration, it shouldn't be difficult for her to get an invitation letter.

In the new semester, the knowledge they learned in Transfiguration class was indeed much more advanced. Professor McGonagall taught everyone about advanced Transfiguration - Animagus.

After explaining part of the theory, Professor McGonagall performed the magic herself, allowing everyone to see her transform from a wizard into a small and cute tabby cat.

There are traces of glasses around the cat's eyes, which is very professorial.

Professor McGonagall said: "The transformation performed by an Animagus is basically lifelong and cannot be changed, unless you are a special Animagus who can change freely and at will."

She changed the subject and said, "But the probability of this happening is extremely small. Looking at the entire history of wizards, there are no more than 10 people."

In the past, when she talked about this theory, the little wizards would cheer or exclaim loudly, but today they were all listless.

Professor McGonagall transformed herself from a tabby cat into a wizard once again.

"What's wrong with you today? You all look so lifeless. Do you have holiday syndrome? Are you tired of studying right after the start of the semester?"

This was her first time performing Transfiguration and she did not receive any applause from the young wizard.

Hermione raised her hands high, stood up and said, "Professor, we just had our first divination class and interpreted the tea leaves. The result is -"

"Then I understand," Professor McGonagall interrupted her and frowned, "Go ahead, tell me, who among you will die?"

The little wizards all looked at her in surprise and finally gave her some reaction.

Everyone couldn't help but turn their eyes to Harry.

Harry had to stand up, "It's me, Professor. Professor Trelawney said I encountered an ominous omen, a bad omen of death."

Professor McGonagall stared at him, not at all flustered.

"Then you might want to know one thing, Potter. Sybill Trelawney has predicted the death of a student every year since she came to this school, but so far, none of them have died.

Her favorite way to welcome a new class is to read the omen of death. If I hadn't said anything bad about my colleagues--"

At this point, Mag paused and said, "Divination is the least rigorous branch of magic. To be honest, I don't have much patience for it.

True prophets are few and far between, and Professor Trelawney is just—" She paused again, looking at Harry critically: "You seem to be in good health."

The serious Professor McGonagall even made a little joke, "Please forgive me for not exempting you from your homework today. If you really die, you won't have to hand in your homework."

Everyone laughed and felt relieved.

Harry's mood improved a lot, and he listened to the following classes more seriously.

Unfortunately, he knew that he didn't have much talent for transformation.

The one who stole the show in this class was still Lin Xia.

Although she was not a student of her own college, Professor McGonagall still asked Lin Xia to stand in front of the podium and personally demonstrate the transformation, and praised the objects she transformed:

"This is a perfect and extremely standard transformation!"

Of course, not every little wizard was immersed in the relaxed and happy atmosphere, although the Transfiguration classroom was very bright, dispelling the red light of the Divination class and not surrounded by the almost dizzying aroma.

While Ron was struggling with Transfiguration, Lavender Brown, who was sitting next to him, whispered, "What about Neville's cup?"

Fear surged up again, and Ron said worriedly, "I don't know either."

Finally, the Transfiguration class was over, and the little wizard ran to the auditorium to have lunch in a noisy manner.

Lin Xia ate quickly and ran to the laboratory during lunch break because she had an experiment to do.

Draco must have caught up. Since following Lin Xia, his grades have never fallen behind.

Hermione didn't want to fall behind, so she pulled Ron and Harry over to do research together.

The task assigned to Ron and Harry was still to familiarize themselves with the runes, but this time Hermione also came to them and looked at the runes with them.

Hermione said, "Originally I wanted to study other subjects, but Lin Xia said that my progress in magic runes was far behind yours, so she asked me to learn more about it with you."

The longer you are involved in research, the more you will realize that each field is deeply subdivided.

The fields related to magic writing are the most advanced research among the advanced ones.

The alchemical research derived from magic runes can produce related strange items; the research on magic arrays derived from it can turn decay into magic, and a simple array can take the lives of a large group of people.

In addition, magic runes have a certain connection with ancient magic.

Although ancient magic is cumbersome to use and some of its powers are very weak, there are also many powerful ones that are beyond the reach of modern magic.

As they watched, Hermione suddenly looked up and said, "Ron, stop sighing. Didn't you hear what Professor McGonagall said? Trelawney's prediction is unreliable!"

Ron: "I don't think it's reliable, but Harry has already encountered what she predicted. He met the big black dog!"

"Maybe it was a stray dog," Hermione said for the third time today.

Ron said tangledly: "You, you don't understand, encountering an ominous omen -"

"No, I understand!" Hermione interrupted forcefully, "Harry is right next to us, do you want him to be in danger?"

Ron: "Of course I don't!"

Hermione: "Then don't always look so worried in front of him. It's disgusting to watch."

Harry looked left and right, not knowing which friend to comfort first.

In the laboratory, Draco was helping Lin Xia with her research. They were studying a special type of wand.

Lin Xia’s idea is that she is interested in binding magic and wants to develop a magic wand that has a strong bonus to binding magic.

Draco found the thought a little bit satisfying.

On the one hand, he felt that Lin Xia was daydreaming.

But on the other hand, he felt that Lin Xia's idea might work.

Whether it is a magnetic wand or a natural wand, they actually have no bonus to specific magic, so why not develop one that can provide a special bonus?

For example, their customized wands are all tailored according to their magic power and temperament, so every magic they use is as easy as pie.

Some wizards with hot tempers, combined with corresponding wands, have a strong bonus effect on fire spells.

Draco exclaimed: "Lin Xia, if you can really make this type of wand, I believe that all major institutions will increase their investment in the research of wands!"

Who would have thought that magic wands could be played like this?

Lin Xia smiled but said nothing. This was indeed very possible.

She might receive a lot of orders for custom-made magic wands of certain enhancements, but she would never accept them.

The reason for making this magic wand is that the production method had long been introduced by the Destiny Compass.

She just needs to follow the steps to get what she wants.

But if you were to research a new wand from scratch, it would conservatively take several years of research and development.

Where is there so much time to waste?
While the two were testing the materials, Draco chatted about what happened today: "Why did you arrange for Hermione to learn runes? I'm afraid Ron will quarrel with her again."

Lin Xia: "She should have supplemented her knowledge of magic a long time ago. I think her intelligence can be used in magic. If you don't study hard, Hermione will catch up soon."

Draco's heart sank, and he thought of Hermione's arrogant look, which he admired quite a lot.

But if this pride is directed towards oneself...

He still hoped that he was better than Hermione, so that Hermione would at least speak more gently.

"By the way, what do you think of Trelawney's divination?" Draco asked curiously, "Professor McGonagall doesn't care at all. I think Hermione doesn't care either. What about you?"

Lin Xia smiled faintly, "Draco, you should know that I am a person who believes in intuition very much, and in my eyes, intuition is actually a kind of divination."

She said with certainty: "I believe in divination."

Draco asked hesitantly, "So you think Harry will die?"

Lin Xia shook her head: "I think he can see death, but death is probably someone else."

She saw with her own eyes how the destiny compass described Harry. He was the child of destiny in this world, the one cultivated by Dumbledore himself.

Even if Harry really wanted to die, it wouldn't be that easy.

After quickly completing a few experiments, Lin Xia and her classmates plunged into their busy studies again.

When they entered the third grade, the academic pressure on them became heavier day by day.

I have two classes in the morning and another class in the afternoon, and this week's schedule has two days that are full!

Fortunately, the little wizards are looking forward to the afternoon class, which is the Care of Magical Creatures class!

This class was taught by Hagrid, as the first class taught by the new professor.

Lin Xia specifically observed the young wizards who came to class. Half of them were from Gryffindor, and the other half were divided among the three major colleges.

Hagrid is not the only professor of the Care of Magical Creatures class. There are three other professors. Judging from the students taking this course, they actually tend to favor Hagrid.

Hagrid had been studying in Gryffindor before, and the wizards in Gryffindor also liked him very much and had the best relationship with him. (End of this chapter)