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Chapter 202 The Twins' Debt

"Divination, of course, the magical and great divination... The more clairvoyant a person is, the more they can sense the future."

Professor Trelawney said this in Divination class the day after "Magic Legends" was published.

"So Dumbledore really saw nine hundred futures?"

Fred asked boldly - yes, he had taken the Divination class.

Of course, it wasn’t that he felt he had this or that talent, but the two of them had basically figured out the requirements for all elective courses before choosing them.

The elective courses for lower grades at Hogwarts were two out of five. The most boring ones were Arithmancy and Runes. One involved a lot of calculations, and the other involved a lot of theoretical text. The two happily gave up on them.

As for the remaining three courses, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, and Muggle Studies, the easiest one is Divination. Although it is called Divination, students who have studied it for a year will find one thing - as long as you work hard to make yourself unlucky in Divination, Professor Trelawney will be very happy to give you a high score.

As for the remaining two subjects, the two of them decisively gave up Muggle Studies - there was no other way. They could just muddle through the other subjects so they wouldn't be checked when they got home. But Muggle Studies would make them look weak and get scolded every day when they got home...

But, just yesterday, a magical legend pointed out that Dumbledore was a master of divination - considering the previous treasure issue, everyone almost believed it.

So, almost not long after the class started, someone raised the question.

"Nine hundred possibilities... Well, I can only say that the cost is very high. Yes, very high—" Professor Trelawney added mysteriously.

This very thin professor, who was wearing large glasses and a standard fortune teller's outfit, had to suppress her smile in order to continue speaking without ruining her image - she had enjoyed watching it so much yesterday.

As the only professor of prophecy at Hogwarts, she keeps her daily life mysterious and holds herself to the highest standards of a fortune teller in every aspect of her life.

But... there's a small problem.

All the professors at Hogwarts knew that the deputy headmaster of Hogwarts, the only deputy headmaster in charge of all school affairs, Professor Minerva McGonagall, had always had a pitifully low opinion of Divination. She would deduct as much as possible from the list of requirements for Divination classes, and the tea leaves used for Divination were the lowest quality. If they were more expensive, she would not provide them...

Although everyone knows that tea is used for divination after brewing and it has nothing to do with the variety, this is still too bullying!

But it’s different now—Dumbledore said Divination is good!
Well, three hundred futures and six hundred possibilities. Although Trelawney herself can’t do it, but... as long as the students believe it!

Think positively - what if the elective course has too many students and they have to allocate funds to repair the classroom, or even make it a compulsory course all of a sudden...

This is not shabby, and the fortune teller cannot conjure up Galleons out of thin air. Even if the number of people is only increased a little, it is a great thing to be able to stabilize the course!
But forget about demonstrating divination hundreds of times about the future—she couldn't do it.

Besides, Dumbledore couldn't do it either - she even suspected that Dumbledore had lost his ability to divination after the battle with Grindelwald.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have been so shocked by her rare accurate long-term prediction - if Dumbledore's prediction was really that powerful, then her job search would probably be hopeless.

"So, the price was that Grindelwald was imprisoned, and Dumbledore lost that power because he used too much power of prophecy?"

She guessed so and tried to guide the students' thinking upwards - as for the specific explanation?
Forget it. The most important thing about divination is that even if you see everything clearly, you should not make any statement, because no one can be sure what accidents will happen.

"cost?"

"Of course, using the Third Eye endlessly is not an easy task."

...

Trelawney's remarks soon spread throughout the school - although the professor's reputation varied greatly, with some people admiring him greatly and others sneering at him, his fame was there after all.

Moreover, a headmaster who can predict the future every day is too scary - it just so happens that defeating a big man like Grindelwald requires a price, and everyone likes to lose the ability to predict the future due to excessive divination.

Andrew also heard such remarks and said that this generation of readers had too strong imagination.

Of course——that’s the setting.

Otherwise, it is really outrageous that Dumbledore, who has powerful divination abilities, could allow Voldemort to rise.

So it must have been lost due to excessive divination - anyway, he had no intention of opening the third volume before the Voldemort matter was concluded, so if it was lost, it was no big deal.

But the story spread more widely than he had imagined.

When he went to his office for duty the next day, even Professor McGonagall heard about it.

"The reason why Albus can't do divination is because he has done too much divination? Do you think we should relax the financial review of Sybil?"

Professor Sybill Trelawney is the professor of Divination. Andrew had heard Professor McGonagall complain about her when he started doing odd jobs in his first year...

Obviously, the professor now attributed Professor Trelawney's poor divination skills to the so-called third eye that could not be used for a long time - after all, for most students, the talent for divination does not exist. But fortunately, the Examination Authority is lenient, as long as you follow the steps in the textbook and operate completely standardly, you can get an O.

As for those who are truly talented? That's even easier, just show it directly. The instructors have more authority to add points than you think.

……

"How about we study divination seriously? The Marauder's Map might be related to divination... Blake said that they were confused about how they got the Marauder's Map, and they only remembered that it was related to Peeves..."

George whispered to Fred - after confirming that products like the Marauder's Map were made by their predecessors, a sense of ambition emerged in the hearts of the two.

That is to create a magic prop of the same level as the Marauder's Map, and then leave it in the school, and pass it around like the Marauder's Map to help the next troublemaker.

But after this belief emerged, the two were almost in despair - the production of a magic prop basically had to be linked to alchemy.

Alchemy is a combination of potions, transfiguration, runes, and spells...

Judging from their performance, such a thing is simply wishful thinking.

But we can't just give up like this, right?
"Divination... forget it. It's about talent. Even if Professor Trelawney's course is unreliable, she has a talent that Dumbledore recognizes. The two of us..."

"Well, you two..."

A voice came from the wall, "Can we chat?"

The two of them froze in their eyes for a moment, and then something bad happened.

...

But it was useless. Running away was not the solution now. Even meeting Filch would not be as bad as meeting the person now - at this moment, the other party was scarier than the angry Snape.

"Hello Nick, how can I help you?"

George took a breath, trying not to be so nervous.

After all, the other party is the creditor...

Yes, the creditors - when they found the damn diary, in order to allow it to be studied honestly, they discussed with Nick and let Nick buy a stake, thus successfully avoiding being cheated by the diary full of lies.

But now it seems... that diary was not completely false...

The secret treasure of the Big Four really exists, because there is indeed a secret room hidden in that toilet, and based on what the two have discovered over the past few days, there are indeed things left behind by the founders.

Snape's office was said to be full - so said the Slytherins.

Although the houses were in opposition to each other, the two actually knew several Slytherin people. It sounded strange - but that was the truth.

Slytherin's unity depends on pure blood, but the so-called pure blood... can't get around the Weasley family anyway...

But now comes the problem.

The secret treasure was sealed by the school staff, the diary was taken away by Taylor, and the dangerous basilisk that was said to be able to hurt ghosts became a prop in Snape's office.

How should they respond to the honest Nick who has been helpful along the way?
They saved Ginny, but Nick got nothing - it was awful to risk his life talking to the diary without any reward.

Others may be able to accept this, but they two cannot accept this kind of thing - they have a very good reputation!
"We've run into some troubles... but trust us, we'll work hard to research your neck problem, even if we need help from others."

"trouble?"

Nick looked at the twins, "The diary?"

"Well, forget it, what it was looking for has been taken away..."

"Isn't it that secret room?"

"Ah, you know?"

Their eyes widened.

"I knew it on the first day. Myrtle said... I have a good reputation among ghosts..."

Nick said this somewhat modestly - he was basically the most sociable of the ghosts. When the ghosts became interested in the so-called secret room, he was the first to know the answer. Even some students who knew the information got it from the ghosts.

"So, it's that... ah, yes, yes, yes..."

Nick was stunned - now that he thought about it, if everything was really as Myrtle said, the living basilisk might really break his neck...

He looked despairing—the basilisk was dead.

With this despair, Nick turned around and prepared to leave - it was too late, the twins did not lie, they just failed.

"What are you going to do, Nick?"

"Ok?"

Nick turned his head and said, "Let's find a place to be sad - maybe I should have died a long time ago..."

"No, no, no," George shook his head repeatedly, "We might be able to help you, um... Blake, you know Blake, we can ask him, yes, we can ask him, he might have a way, you know..."

It was too humiliating to let people go without being paid - it was a huge blow to the twins.

As to whether Blake can handle it, it is still unknown, but I have to ask. Fortunately, they have a reward.

-

"Cut the ghost's neck?"

When Sirius, who was lying on the hospital bed, heard this, he felt terrible.

There should be a limit to being naughty, and it should not be done with the intention of causing malicious harm!
Except for Snotlout, of course...

Well, according to James, Snotlout is no exception.

"This is what it wants in life, Sirius!"

Fred said seriously.

If it weren't for this incident, Nick would definitely not help them study the diary - but they abandoned Nick in the middle of the study in order to save Ginny, which was really unacceptable.

"You should have a way. If you can do it, we will give you a big surprise, Sirius!"

"Yes, it's a big surprise, something you have never discovered before. It is an amazing existence. We also learned about its existence from the elves during this period!"

The two of them were talking to each other - this was the place they knew when they went to the cafeteria.

To be specific, I was very hungry after being put in solitary confinement, and I found out about it when I heard the elves chatting in the kitchen.

I had originally intended to show it off to Sirius as a junior, but now it can only be regarded as a transaction - Sirius definitely doesn't know the places that are not marked on the Marauder's Map.

"Someone I don't know exists?"

Sirius was stunned - it was the first time he heard such a joke.

However, the two were serious about it and used it to make a deal that would help a ghost.

...

"Let me think about it... Hmm, I think I've seen it somewhere..."

"That's probably the only one, right?"

Sirius hesitated for a long time, and finally said something uncertainly.

"However, that requires great courage and wisdom... and it's just a legend. We didn't dare to try it at that time."

you?

The twins were stunned for a moment - what kind of existence could make Sirius say such a thing?
"Yes, we... In fact, senior students generally know about it. It's a popular rumor."

Sirius recalled.

"Every Ravenclaw longs for the crown, and every Gryffindor looks forward to drawing the dagger... Well, that's about it?"

"Every one of them is expecting to draw the dagger?"

"Yes, the short sword that is as famous as Ravenclaw's diadem, it is said to be able to cut through everything... Didn't you see that legend, the one that Gryffindor used to cut through magic? If it was this, the neck should be able to fall off, right?"

"But... no one has ever found the crown!"

The twins looked at each other - like many others, they had been longing for a crown since first grade, but that thing... was just something that poor students imagined.

"The dagger has appeared many times... Well, we checked the records and found that a Gryffindor with wisdom and courage can summon it from the Sorting Hat, but... for some reason, we dare not go to the headmaster's office."

Sirius had a wicked smile on his face - the headmaster's office was invaded, well, I hope they won't be exposed...

There are too many unknown places, and none of them is as fun as the principal's office.

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