Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"Good morning, Friday."

"Meow."

After greeting his newly adopted cat, Ryan began to wash up.

It was getting late, but Ryan was not in the least bit panicked.

"It turned out to be the right decision to choose Ravenclaw classes on Friday."

He sighed that his choice was correct - Ravenclaw only had one Charms class on Friday, and it was during the third class in the morning.

This means he can prepare the cat's bed and food first, and even have time to go to the kitchen to enjoy a delicious breakfast.

"good day."

Ryan sighed.

But while he was enjoying his fruit pie in the kitchen, he did hear some gossip.

"Mr. Potter took Mr. Weasley to the school hospital last night. I heard that Mr. Weasley was injured during his night outing...Oh, my God, that's terrible!"

The kitchen house-elf, 'Sweetfruit', seemed deeply distressed by what had happened to Ron - caring for wizards was almost instinctive for house-elves.

Ryan asked curiously and then learned that Ron's injuries did not seem serious.

"Madam Pomfrey delivered them to the professor this morning. I'm glad they didn't miss their classes today."

Xiangguo sighed sincerely.

Ryan recalled what classes Gryffindor had this morning.

"...Oh, Potions class."

Then he realized that this beautiful day was destined not to be very beautiful for Harry and Ron.

Besides this, he had heard from the elf that Hagrid had visited Dumbledore this morning with a serious look on his face.

"His expression was very serious, but also a little pitiful and scary... Oh, Xiangguo said bad things about the wizard. Xiangguo is a bad elf!"

When Xiangguo was about to hit herself on the head with the bowl, Ryan stopped her.

Then, Ryan set off for the Charms classroom.

When he entered the classroom, most of the first-year Ravenclaw wizards were already there - when it came to enthusiasm for class, the young wizards were never behind others.

"Ryan!"

After entering the classroom, Ryan heard a cute cry.

He turned around and found Padma Patil waving at him with a smile.

“Padma.”

Ryan also greeted her, and then sat next to her familiarly.

That's right - ever since they were assigned to the same ship when they crossed the Black Lake upon entering school, he and the Petil sisters had had a pretty good relationship.

But these two equally beautiful sisters were not assigned to the same college.

Parvati Patil was sorted into Gryffindor, while Padma was sorted into Ravenclaw.

"How are you doing recently? Is Qiuqiu okay?"

Ryan looked at Padma with concern - Qiuqiu was her pet, a Maine Coon cat, who had fallen ill not long ago.

"Oh, he's fine... I took him to see Madam Pomfrey, and he's only vomiting because he ate too much."

"That's good—by the way, I also got a cat recently..."

The two chatted casually.

From how to keep a pet cat from shedding, to the spells and lessons learned recently.

"I've recently been reading 'Tianmu Divination' written by Master Cassandra..."

When Padma mentioned this, Ryan's eyes lit up.

He also remembered that Padma was very interested in and studied divination.

In fact, her 'Petier family' was famous for divination.

It is said that the source of its divination magic comes from a big country in the East, and its ancestors have produced more than one powerful fortune teller.

Although none of them could reach the heights of the prophecy master Cassandra Trelawney she mentioned, they were all fortune tellers of some reputation.

so...

"Speaking of which, I recently saw something about divination—perhaps you know the 'Silver Scythe' and the 'Hunter's Arrow'..."

Ryan asked decisively.

What he was asking about was the prophecy he received from the centaur last night.

[As the hunter's arrow pierced the silver sickle, a curtain of darkness swept across the ancient forest.]

When the sky and the earth meet, the wings of the dead intertwine with pure blood.

The returning heir will find the seedbed of life and usher in a great beginning.

In fact, Ryan had given this prophecy a little thought while eating breakfast this morning.

He didn't know divination - to be more precise, divination and prophecy were the fields that required the most talent among all magical fields.

People with a talent for divination don't even need any training, they can almost foresee the future by nature, while those without a talent for divination can achieve nothing.

Even Ryan's four teachers could not be considered experts in this area.

Of course, with the magical attainments of the four giants.

Even if they are not good at a certain field of magic, they will always know something about it - so under their guidance, Ryan can also analyze some information in the prophecy.

"The returned heir and the nursery of life obviously refer to the nursery of me and the Hufflepuff teachers, and the ancient forest refers to the Forbidden Forest... This needs no further explanation."

The part Ryan could confirm was obviously the 'place' and 'person' in the prophecy.

But Ryan had heard Ravenclaw mention the elements of prophecy.

"It's just like writing a magic paper, Ryan. The elements of a prophecy lie in location, person, time, and conditions. The first two are usually not difficult to guess, as those involved in the prophecy will already have a sense of it."

"The key lies in the latter two, especially the 'conditions' for achieving the prophecy... which are usually the most difficult to understand."

Ravenclaw once commented.

At this moment, Padma was also stunned when she heard Ryan's question.

Then she frowned and thought.

Ryan did not interrupt the little witch's thoughts.

After a long pause, Padma said, "I'm not sure what the 'Silver Scythe' is, Ryan... but I think Orion's arrow may refer to the constellation Orion."

"I've read a similar description in the Interpretation of Astrological Proverbs."

She said hesitantly, "Orion rises to the zenith in winter. Its arrows may refer to corresponding stars. Perhaps this will be helpful to you?"

"Of course!"

After hearing her words, Ryan's eyes lit up.

He was almost certain that Padma's interpretation was correct.

"It's the 'time' part. Although it's a little incomplete, it's enough."

Ryan murmured in his heart.

"winter."

And at this moment...

"Ahem...kids."

As the shrill voice came, Ryan saw a textbook floating up to the front of the podium not far away.

Then, Professor Flitwick flew in from the classroom door.

He flew onto a specially made small stool, allowing his head to barely appear above the podium.

"Oh, Ryan—it's an honor, ahem... I mean, I'm glad you chose my class today."

The professor whom Ryan first met greeted Ryan.

This surprised Ryan a little.

In his impression, although Professor Flitwick was very familiar with him, he would not treat him so specially.

He didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the professor seemed a little shy when he greeted him just now, unlike his usual enthusiasm and generosity.

But then, Professor Flitwick returned to normal.

He looked at the eaglets enthusiastically and said, "Are you ready? The spell we're going to learn today is quite sophisticated—I mean... you're going to love it!"

Chapter 68: Flitwick’s request, the difference between ancient times and modern times?

Ryan didn't think 'obstacles galore' was such a clever spell.

But some young wizards obviously have different opinions from him - such as Padma.

At this time, she waved her wand again, but nothing happened in front of her.

This made Padma a little discouraged.

But just a moment later, her eyes became firm again.

"call..."

She took a deep breath and tried more seriously.

Ryan just watched her actions silently without saying a word.

"Okay, children—today's essay is about 'Obstacles'. This spell is a bit difficult for you, so don't be too disappointed if you don't master it... Oh! Excellent! Miss Patil, an excellent Obstacle Spell!"

It was not until Professor Flitwick announced the end of the class that Padma finally succeeded in releasing "Obstacles".

Although the power of this barrier spell was not very great and the effect did not seem to be very good, both the old wizard and the young witch showed genuine smiles at this moment.

"..."