Marvel's Hogwarts Wizard

Chapter 325 A Gift for Hagrid (First Update)

However, Jerry knew that this female professor, who looked like a crazy woman, actually had some skill, well, I should say some ability.

After all, the famous prophecy that "only one of the two can survive" came from her mouth, and the prophecy did indeed come true in the end.

But that's not her normal level. Her normal level is probably to make a hundred divination predictions, and maybe, or most likely, none of them will come true.

Jerry had previously researched this female professor. Although her divination and prophecy skills were really not that great, she was indeed good at passing on the art of divination.

She is the great-great-granddaughter of the famous prophet Cassandra Trelawney, who is a wizard or witch born with the ability to foresee the future using her third eye. The prophecies made by prophets are recorded by the Ministry of Magic and stored in the Hall of Prophecy within the Department of Mysteries.

If you haven't heard of Cassandra Trelawney, you're probably familiar with the name Gellert Grindelwald, as he was also a prophet who predicted the Muggle World War II in 1927, before it even happened.

Therefore, Jerry thinks that it's worth listening to and referencing this female professor's class, but if you really want to master the divination magic that can predict for decades, you still need to put in the effort to study it slowly on your own.

Or wait until you get the "Dream" card, and then study it carefully based on your current understanding.

"So, you've chosen divination as your elective, the most profound of all magical arts. I must be clear from the start: if you lack insight, I am powerless to help you. In this field, books can only teach you so much..."

After Professor Trelawney had everyone open their textbooks to "Seeing the Future Through the Fog," she began to lay the groundwork in advance.

Jerry's understanding was that divination magic was very profound, and not being able to learn it well had nothing to do with the textbook or her teaching; it was mainly because you didn't have the aptitude or talent for it.

This is just shifting the blame, because those who take her course basically don't learn divination magic by graduation.

Hermione, standing next to Jerry, was quite surprised to hear that books weren't very helpful for the subject, because in her mind, books were extremely important for any course.

It was precisely because she spent time previewing and memorizing the textbook in advance that she was able to be more efficient than others in class.

"Today we'll learn the basics of divination, specifically tea divination. Please turn to pages five and six, and then work in pairs to perform the divination interpretation."

And so, after making up some frightening prophecies for a few timid young wizards, Professor Trelawney began her formal lessons.

Three hours later, Jerry closed his textbook and sighed inwardly.

"This really makes no sense at all; it seems we'll need more time to work things out!"

After the lesson, he didn't find any logic or magical principles in Professor Trelawney's explanation. It just felt like she was just using the characteristics of certain things to make some kind of intuition.

At least he can't sense anything right now.

"I think the divination class was a complete mess; she was just making wild guesses!"

Hermione complained as she put the book away.

Clearly, she felt that divination based on observation and intuition, unlike arithmetic divination which relies on what is seen, was just wild guessing.

After the elective classes in the morning, the regular required classes began in the afternoon.

In addition to Transfiguration, Spells, and Potions, a new compulsory course on the protection of magical creatures has been added for third graders.

This afternoon's class was a magical creature protection class taught by both Gryffindor and Slytherin students, and it was also Hagrid's first experience teaching a class.

The course involves learning about the very polite nature of the hippogriffs, befriending them, and riding them around the outer edge of the Forbidden Forest.

The whole process went relatively smoothly, except that Malfoy made a rude remark and was attacked by a hippogriff, but Jerry, who was prepared, blocked it with his Ironclad Charm.

After the lesson, Jerry didn't return to the castle with everyone; instead, he stayed behind alone.

"Jerry, thank you so much! If a student got hurt in the first class, I would have been such a failure as a teacher!"

Hagrid held Jerry's large, fan-like hand, his eyes filled with guilt and gratitude.

He was very serious and nervous about his first lesson as a teacher, but things almost turned out badly. If Jerry hadn't reacted quickly, he might have ended his teaching career today.

Jerry smiled and shook his head, then took a small box out of his wizard robe:

"In my opinion, Hagrid, you are one of the best magizoologists in the world. Today's incident was just an accident, and it's not your fault."

Oh, by the way, I stayed because I wanted to give you something. I bought it by chance in Greece, and I think you'll like it!

Although Hagrid is a mixed-race giant who is four or five meters tall, he actually has a very good personality and is very warm and kind, and he has helped him a lot.

For example, professional knowledge about magical creatures, such as Norbert the dragon, Thestrals, Cerberus, and so on.

So Jerry also planned to give him some small gifts in return.

"These are the cubs of a Chimera and a Griffin!"

Hagrid opened the small box and immediately let out a cry of surprise.

Because he saw two magical creature cubs in the box, one with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, and the other with the forelimbs, wings, and head of a giant eagle, while its body, hind legs, and tail resembled a lion.

These two are the famous mythical creatures of Greece: the Chimera and the Griffin.

"I'm leaving them in your care. I'll be going now!"

Jerry declined Hagrid's enthusiastic invitation to dinner, told Hagrid not to tell anyone about the Kemera and Griffin he had given him, and then waved goodbye.

Unlike dragons, chimeras and griffins are not restricted by the Ministry of Magic from being kept as pets, but the box containing his two cubs was encased in a Threadless Stretch Charm, which the Ministry of Magic does not allow to manufacture privately.

However, Hagrid was the kind of person who didn't like to follow rules, so he wasn't worried that Hagrid would find anything wrong with it. It was just that Hagrid's big mouth probably wouldn't be kept secret for long.

"Alright, tonight I'll go to the Room of Requirement to seal the soul in Ravenclaw's crown, then go to the Ministry of Magic in London to get a magical car, plus meditation. Looks like I'll be spending a lot more red stars!"

Well, thankfully, sealing Voldemort's soul in the crown should bring in quite a few little red stars!

On the way back to the castle hall for dinner, Jerry began making plans for the evening.

(End of this chapter)