Study Days at Hogwarts Chapter 1007

Chapter 1007 Trelawney's Prophecy

The position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts is a complete trap!

This is Umbridge's deepest feeling during his tenure at Hogwarts.

She had already forgotten how many times she had looked through the archives of successive Defense Against the Dark Arts professors. Since Harry Potter went to Hogwarts to study, the wizards of several Defense Against the Dark Arts professors have been extremely miserable.

Professor Quirrell, dead.

Professor Lockhart, turned idiot, forever in St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries.

Professor Lupine, ruined, almost sent to Azkaban for attacking students.

Professor Moody, was locked in a box from beginning to end. And Barty Crouch Jr., who replaced him, had an even worse fate. His soul was directly sucked out by the dementors, and he died very badly.

Professor Smith, who was missing before Harry Potter came to school, has never been found, and probably died.

Although Umbridge is reluctant to believe in the so-called curse, it is not just a coincidence that no Defense Against the Dark Arts professor has been in office for more than a year in decades.

No wonder Dumbledore couldn't find any professors willing to take up the position.

When he thought about jumping into this deep pit on his own initiative, Umbridge couldn't feel better.

Following this trend, she is very likely to die suddenly before the end of this semester, as the group of students said.

Naturally, Umbridge will not wait to die. She plans to resign from the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor before the end of the semester, so as to avoid the curse.

This is the best solution she came up with after studying the files for so long.

All Defense Against the Dark Arts professors who resigned early were lucky enough to escape unharmed.

However, as a professor sent by the Ministry of Magic to work at Hogwarts, Umbridge cannot give up the position of Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at will, let alone give up her own influence in Hogwarts, so she needs other positions to come to Hogwarts. A substitute, such as the High Inquisitor, or the Headmaster of Hogwarts.

Replacing Dumbledore as the new headmaster of Hogwarts is Umbridge's ultimate goal. As long as this task can be completed, everything will be fine.

It's just that during the time Umbridge stayed at Hogwarts, he failed to catch Dumbledore's handle, and instead was embarrassed by a series of pranks.

Thinking of the recent anti-toad alliance, Umbridge's mood was even worse.

Especially the recent prediction that Minister of Magic Fudge will be ousted next summer from the Ministry of Magic, which really made her feel even more irritable.

Umbridge does not believe in prophecy, but it does not mean that there is no need to prepare in advance.

Helping the Ministry of Magic gain a foothold in Hogwarts was one of her main tasks when she came to Hogwarts.

As long as it can be done, there is basically no need to worry about being abandoned by the Ministry of Magic. The Ministry of Magic will not easily give up a deputy minister with a strong enough wrist and strong execution ability.

And the core of this plan is to place professors in Hogwarts school.

Senior investigators have the power to expel unqualified professors.

In Umbridge's mind, there were three suitable targets.

The first one is naturally Hagrid, a half-blood giant in the protection of magical creatures class. According to the information provided by the Slytherin students, Hagrid's protection of magical creatures class is quite bad, especially last semester's snails caused a lot of trouble.

It's a pity that the big Hagrid was not at school, so he escaped by chance, but it didn't hinder Umbridge's determination to expel Hagrid.

It's just that after Hagrid is expelled, Professor Wilmina Graplan is likely to become the new professor of the Protection of Magical Creatures class, and the other party is more inclined to Dumbledore than to the Ministry of Magic.

The second place is Sybill Trelawney from the divination class. According to the information provided by the Slytherin students, the students all call Trelawney an old liar.

If Trelawney is driven away, Umbridge feels that Dumbledore should not be able to find a suitable divination professor to fill the vacancy in a short time.

After all, the number of wizards who really understand divination is too small.

The last one is Professor Caredy Bubbaji of Muggle Studies.

This professor once mentioned some theories that didn't please the pure-blood factions, such as "there is not much difference between Muggles and wizards", which made the pure-blood factions very dissatisfied and hoped that Dumbledore could expel her. A new Professor of Muggle Studies was brought in, but Dumbledore undoubtedly refused.

If Professor Caredi Bubbaji can be dismissed and replaced by someone that everyone likes, it will undoubtedly win her the support of the pure-blood faction.

Umbridge was well aware that both she and Fudge needed the support of the Pureblood faction.

In fact, Fudge has achieved certain results.

The next day, according to the plan, Umbridge went to the divination classroom on the top of the North Tower with the questionnaire and writing board prepared in advance.

When she pushed open the trap door and entered the divination classroom, she found that Professor Trelawney was staring at her expressionlessly, his eyes were very unfriendly, as if looking at an enemy, and the fake smile on Umbridge's face froze.

In the divination classroom, the students who had just received the dream interpretation guide noticed the change in the atmosphere. They were all surprised to find that Professor Trelawney was very hostile to the toad.

Everyone looked at Umbridge, wondering what the toad had done.

"Good afternoon, Professor Trelawney."

Professor Umbridge found a remote vacant seat and sat down, his face resumed his signature smirk, "I believe you must have received my notice, which says to check the time and date of your class."

"Received." Professor Trelawney still did not look away, "I also predicted... I will be expelled by you."

Professor Trelawney's words really stunned all the students in the divination classroom. Everyone was whispering, trying to figure out what the old liar was doing!

"The old liar took the wrong medicine?"

"Could it be that the old liar knows that he can't pass the examination, so he intends to fool the toad in this way?" Ron muttered softly, immediately attracting the glaring glances of the two girls around him.

In any case, it is undoubtedly something that everyone likes to see that the old liar is **** the toad.

Harry guessed what was going on.

Professor Trelawney's hard-on Umbridge is obviously very abnormal, and all the abnormal things that happened at Hogwarts are probably caused by someone who is deliberately targeting Professor Umbridge.

Isn't Professor Trelawney afraid of being expelled?

No, I just knew that I would be fired, so I was not afraid, and dared to vent my anger on the toad.

Who is playing tricks behind the scenes is ready to be revealed.

Harry suddenly looked forward to what would happen next.

"Oh!" Professor Umbridge has been in the Ministry of Magic for decades, his face is thicker than a book, and a hypocritical smirk soon appeared on his face: "Whether to expel you, you need to be in the classroom after I check you in class." Make a decision."

"Just within the last two months, as for the exact time..." Professor Trelawney still stared at Umbridge, and said in a bad tone: "You will not get what you want, there will be a nasty guy to take over this job. "

"Are you not in class?"

Umbridge raised his eyebrows slightly, and changed the topic. She suspected it was Professor Trelawney's trick.

"This class was originally intended to explain dreams, but... if you have any questions, just ask directly!"

Umbridge was also very surprised at the strong hostility towards Professor Trelawney, and so far no professor in Hogwarts has shown such amazing hostility towards her.

However, considering that she was about to expel unqualified professors, it didn't seem strange that Trelawney became hostile to her.

"Okay!" Umbridge looked up at Trelawney and asked, "How long have you been in this position."

"Almost sixteen years," Trelawney said to herself, "Dumbledore used mine, I'm the great-great-granddaughter of the seer Cassandra Trelawney, and I know exactly what my situation is. , You don't need to question whether I have the “Third Eye”, if you want to prophesy, I think we can start, and then you can leave.”

Umbridge frowned slightly, and found that the question he wanted to ask was answered in one go by the other party. She took a pen and quickly wrote something on her clipboard, when Trelawney brought a crystal ball and placed it on the cushion in front of her.

"Put your hand on the crystal ball, I can't wait to see your future." Trelawney said to Umbridge in a malicious tone, "The Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts is cursed It has been very unlucky, it really makes people wonder if you can leave the job alive, please!"

Umbridge's face darkened when she heard the words, she hesitated for a moment, then put her hand on the crystal ball.

At this moment, all the students left their seats one after another, and surrounded the two of them, wanting to see the result of Toad's divination.

No way, who made the old liar so powerful?

However, everyone is doomed to disappointment, and nothing has changed in the crystal ball.

Everyone looked up at Trelawney, and the expression on Umbridge's face was extremely strange.

Trelawney, who had been staring at the crystal ball, suddenly spoke.

"You will always be unlucky, very unlucky, because you are being watched."

"I didn't see anything." Umbridge smirked, as if trying to expose Trelawney's ridiculous lie.

"That's because you don't have Tianmu, and I'm not a good fortune teller." Trelawney looked up at Umbridge with a sneer of disdain, "You don't know anything about divination, Only a master prophecy can satisfy your request, and the other party will not even look at you."

Without waiting for Umbridge to explode, Trelawney continued, "I saw that you drove Dumbledore away and became... if you call it the headmaster. In fact, you can't even get into the headmaster's office."

"I give you a piece of advice, don't enter the Forbidden Forest, or those long-legged people will teach you an unforgettable lesson, but I don't think you will listen. I also saw the administrator send you out of Hogwarts, and Pippi The ghost set off firecrackers behind you to celebrate your departure, by the way..." Professor Trelawney put her face in front of Umbridge, shook her head pityingly and said, "I saw you eventually died in Azkaban Prison, It's unfortunate."

"How dare you..." Umbridge's cheeks were flushed, looking like a volcano that might erupt at any moment.

"This is the divination you wanted, I didn't mean to lie to you." Professor Trelawney completely entered the mutual harm mode: "And after you get out of Hogwarts, I will return to Hogwarts teach."

"Don't be angry, if you think the free one is unreliable, you can spend your own money to find a fortune teller to predict the future." Professor Trelawney laughed happily: "The premise is that you can find someone who is willing to fortune tell you, as far as I know , after Cassandra Wabraski was admitted to St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Injuries and Injuries, there is only one wizard left in the whole of England who has the ability to predict your future."

"You..." Umbridge's eyes flashed dangerously, "Do you think it's fun to insult me like this?"

"Insult? No, I think you are mistaken. It is indeed the result of divination. I am not interested in insulting you!" Professor Trelawney took the crystal ball and said to Umbridge calmly, "Now you You can go."

Umbridge slammed the door and left angrily.

"You can't expect me to be nice to a person who is about to expel me." Trelawney said to the students below with no expression on her face: "Besides, I didn't insult her. That is indeed the predicted result."

"Professor, are those prophecies true?"

"Of course it's true." Professor Trelawney reminded, "As early as the first class, I told you that without the third eye, that is, the second vision, you can't go on the road of divination. Farther away. Hogwarts never expected you to become masters of prophecy, because there are very few people who can truly predict the future. I have taught for sixteen years, and I only met Mr. Anderson."

"Then what's the point of divination?" Someone couldn't help asking.

"Let you understand what divination is, and understand some of the most basic knowledge, such as palmistry, tea reading, card reading, and dream interpretation." Trelawney looked around everyone and said calmly, "If you don't take this class, How do you know if you have a talent for divination? Talented people will quickly stand out after receiving systematic learning, and those without talent can only do that."

"Okay, let's cherish the little time left now!"

"Professor, do you really have a talent for prophecy?" A famous Hufflepuff student asked, but he soon realized that his words were too rude.

"Sorry Professor, I..."

In this regard, Harry has the right to speak more than anyone else here. The old liar Trelawney does have the power of prophecy, but she has no control at all, and sometimes she doesn't even know what prophecy she made.

"Yes, but it's very weak and unstable." Trelawney curled her lips. She was very confident about this, because she was personally admitted by Albert.

"Since Cassandra, there hasn't been a second truly powerful prophet in my family." Trelawney said helplessly, "This is actually a very normal phenomenon. As far as I know, Cassan Della Vabraski's descendants did not inherit much of her prophecy ability. In this world, there are not many master prophecy masters who can really meet Umbridge's requirements."

(end of this chapter)

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