The Day of the Draw at Hogwarts

Professor Trelawney adjusted her shawl in a very elegant gesture and continued: "Divination class is the most profound of all magical arts. Before the class starts, I must tell you that if you have not learned about life, If you have inherent insight, then I really can’t help you at all. In this course, the books can only teach you a little bit of knowledge..."

Many people turned their attention to Hermione. She looked very stunned. Not only did the professor personally tell her that books were of little help to divination, but also because Tom had said something very similar before: Without talent, there is no way to learn divination. There is no need to sign up for this course.

"...This is a talent possessed by only a few people." Professor Trelawney did not pay attention to the reactions of the students below. In fact, over the years, she had learned to ignore the students' reactions. Of course, she also noticed the person standing there. The boy next to the brown-haired girl seemed to agree with what she said, which made her feel better.

Tom has only one attitude towards what Professor Trelawney said, and that is: It's so right, so right!

Every word she said spoke to Tom's heart, which also greatly changed Tom's attitude towards Professor Trelawney - because what she said was indeed the truth.

Of course, Tom would still disdain to imitate her subsequent show-offs. In his opinion, Professor Trelawney should work hard to cut off the influence of the chaotic life on her third eye and see the real future as much as possible, instead of choosing to lie in order to consolidate her position. Of course, small temporary tricks can indeed deceive people, but after all, they are not a long-term solution, and they will eventually further blur one's third eye.

Next, Tom watched Professor Trelawney's performance with a cold eye, watching her greet Neville's grandmother, and then warn Parvati Patil to be wary of red-haired men. The former was due to a lack of information, while the latter Tom felt it was better to use Ron's characteristics as a gimmick.

Amid various intermittent prophecies, which Tom preferred to call nonsense, Professor Trelawney talked about her teaching schedule for this school year. In the first semester, they will learn to read tea leaves, and in the second semester, they will learn palm reading. In the summer semester, if the little wizards have finished learning the omens of fire, they will start to learn about crystal ball divination.

Tom was still very happy. For others, divination was just about participation, but for him it was a practical skill.

Professor Trelawney asked the students to divide themselves into pairs and begin to learn how to interpret tea leaves.

Tom picked a pure white teacup from the shelf that was pleasing to the eye, and then went to get the tea from Professor Trelawney. He walked up to Professor Trelawney, but the professor did not pour tea for Tom immediately. Instead, he stared at him for a while.

"Let me see your palm." Before Tom agreed, she grabbed Tom's right hand with her claw-like hand and looked at it carefully.

After looking at it for a while, she clicked her tongue and said, "Tragic, very tragic. This is the worst palmistry I have ever seen. Let me see your left hand..."

The hand used for palmistry also matters. In the opinion of fortune tellers, the right hand has a greater influence and the left hand has less influence. Therefore, when reading palmistry, you should first look at the right hand, and then use the left hand to make additions and subtractions for good or bad luck.

But Professor Trelawney lost control of his expression the moment he saw Tom's left hand.

Professor Trelawney: (O_O)?

"Why does the palmistry of this left hand completely conflict with the right hand?" She was very surprised.

The other little wizards in the class were also attracted by the movement here, and started whispering in twos and threes.

"What happened to Yoder?"

"It seemed like I was reading palms, but the palm readings turned out to be extremely different."

"It's reversed. One hand is very bad, and the other hand is like a god..."

Professor Trelawney didn't care about what other students said. She murmured to herself in confusion: "It's so strange. The mound of Venus on your right hand looks very bad. You probably won't survive to adulthood, but the one on your left hand is in very bad shape." The life line is extremely strong - you are almost immortal. According to the performance of the Sun Mound on your right hand, you may be wandering like duckweed all your life, but the fate line on your left hand is very lucky - and the marriage line is also very different. .”

Professor Trelawney gave up thinking and muttered: "That's weird. It can't be that one person is stuffed into another person's body."

Tom:…

Seeing that the other little wizards had already picked up their teacups and lined up behind Tom, everyone's eyes were burning with gossip. She quickly picked up the teapot and quickly filled each little wizard's teacup with tea. At the same time, he also said that Tom's situation is very complicated, and this may be more dangerous than bad.

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Professor Trelawney coughed twice and signaled the students to sit back in their seats as soon as possible and drink the tea until only the tea leaves remained.

"Swish the tea leaves three times in the cup with your left hand, then turn the cup upside down on the tray. After the last drop of tea seeps out, you can let your companion interpret your tea leaves." She stopped and put a blue The colored teacup was put into Neville's hand - he had just accidentally broken his teacup. "The content on pages five and six of "Looking Through the Fog to See the Future" can help you interpret the shape of tea leaves. Of course. , I will also patrol among you and give you necessary help and guidance..."

Tom sat at the table, blew on the tea in his hand, and then drank it in small sips. Hermione sat across from him with a teasing look on her face: "Mr. Yodel, who is about to face a terrible fate, what do you think of your own fate?"

She glanced at Professor Trelawney, who was walking among the students like a huge sparkling insect, and rolled her eyes, "She is right about one thing, she can't teach us anything."

In Hermione's eyes, Professor Trelawney had just been talking nonsense, but what shocked her was that Tom did not take her side this time - he actually seemed to agree with what the old woman said!

"Tom, you don't take what she said seriously, do you?" Hermione kicked Tom under the table.

"No, five or six of her ten sentences are nonsense." Tom shook his head and drank the last bit of tea. "The tea tastes okay. Hurry up, we have to exchange it later."

"In my opinion, there is not a word of truth in her mouth."

Although Hermione's first impression of Professor Trelawney was average, she was not the kind of student who would stop studying just because she had a bad impression of the teacher. She took the time to drink the tea in her cup. The first sip she took in burned Hermione.

She frowned and stuck out her tongue: "This tea is just like pot water!"

Note: Palmistry is divided into three lines (cross lines, star lines, island lines) eight hills (Venus hill, Jupiter hill, Saturn hill, Sun hill, Mercury hill, moon hill, first Mars hill, second Mars hill) and five lines ( Life, wisdom, emotion, destiny, marriage), the Mound of Venus refers to the bulge at the base of the thumb and surrounds the thumb, representing health and vitality.

The Sun Mound refers to the raised area at the base of the ring finger, which represents wealth, talent, fame, etc.