Chapter 198 Lies Are Also Part of Divination
"Is it over so soon?"
Snape reflexively asked, "Who is this person?"
Tang Sen moved the crystal ball to one side of the table again, leaned back slightly, leaned against the back of the chair, and said: "I have already said, Professor Snape, I am just a fortune teller who lives in peace with the world. "
"What I can do is just show you some fragments of the future. I am not interested in knowing who this person is."
Snape frowned tightly and said, "The Resurrection Stone is really in this person's hands?"
Tang Sen spread his hands, "At least in the future I saw before, this person did have the Resurrection Stone. Of course, the day I saw was in the very distant future."
Snape was silent, his lips pursed into a straight line, and he kept looking at the crystal ball on the table and Tang Sen in front of him.
As early as noon, when the other party proposed the price of the Resurrection Stone, Snape was already tempted. However, he suppressed the impulse and went to Dumbledore immediately.
He remembered Dumbledore's uncharacteristically solemn words.
"Professor Tang obviously has abilities that are different from ordinary people. Although I still doubt that the miracles he performed in the open class did not rely on simple divination abilities, what is certain is that he can indeed see the future."
"He seems to be a friendly and well-behaved person. He is impeccable in terms of ability and conversation. I heard that Hagrid and Filius had a good impression of him. Even Minerva thought that At least he'd make a good Divination professor."
"But I don't know why, I always feel instinctively uneasy in my heart. I know that saying this is unfounded and irresponsible Severus. Every time I see him, I will think of some wrong things I have done."
"I even thought about using Legilimency, but the uneasy feeling became stronger. Maybe it was because I was too tired recently. Tom was threatening the safety of the entire wizarding world, and Hogwarts was involved in some boring political tricks. ."
"In short, Severus, Professor Tang is very likely to have some hidden purpose. For someone who can see the future, he will never tell you about the Resurrection Stone for no reason, and he happened to tell you."
"Maybe you can try to get in touch with him. Of course, you must be careful not to be tempted by anything."
Snape remembered that the last time Dumbledore mentioned someone so solemnly was Voldemort in his heyday.
He did not think that the young Divination professor in front of him could be a greater threat than Voldemort. Voldemort would not be troubled by gastrointestinal problems.
But he naturally listened to Dumbledore's suggestions.
"What about the time?" Snape asked: "How do I know when he will appear in the picture?"
"Recently." Townsend replied: "Within a week."
"That's too broad." Snape said coldly, "I still have classes, so I don't have time to guard Knockturn Alley all the time."
Tang Sen showed a helpless look and said: "Professor Snape, I just want to ask for a bottle of potion. Divination is not a wasteful thing."
A small bottle of magic potion was placed on Tang Sen's table.
"This is a blessing elixir." Snape said stiffly: "Is it enough to make up for your consumption?"
"Ahem -" Tang Sen put the potion in his arms and smiled: "Professor Snape, you are too outspoken. We are all colleagues, so there is no need to be so aloof."
"Let me think about it, maybe I can find out when that scene appeared through pendulum divination."
He raised his hand, showing a crystal pendant hanging on his hand, and then said softly: "Professor Snape will gain something from going to Knockturn Alley tomorrow."
"Professor Snape will be rewarded by going to Knockturn Alley tomorrow."
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After chanting silently seven times, the pendant begins to rotate counterclockwise.
"The pendulum method is a simple and practical divination method. Usually counterclockwise rotation represents opposition and errors. Of course, in some special cases, counterclockwise rotation can express more meanings. This is consistent with It’s related to the words divined by the fortune teller, for example——”
"Get to the point." Snape interrupted Townsend.
"Sorry, professional habit." Tang Sen said: "So, the omen of the pendulum means that there is no need for you to go to Knockturn Alley tomorrow."
Snape frowned: "Are you sure? Just rely on the pendant here?"
Compared with the gorgeous and realistic effects of crystal ball divination, the pendulum method seems too simple.
Townsend became serious: "This is divination, Professor Snape. If you don't believe in divination, there is no need to continue."
".Please continue." Snape gritted his teeth.
Townsend used the pendulum method to divine a few more times, and finally determined: "Professor Snape, you can go to Knockturn Alley at noon the day after tomorrow. I think you will gain something."
"I hope so." Snape stopped staying and turned around quickly. The long black robe was raised due to the rapid pace, making Snape's leaving figure look like a low-flying bird. Giant bat.
"Close the door for me, thank you." Tang Sen reminded, and then heard the office door slam shut.
Obviously, it was not pleasant for Snape to pay the price of a bottle of Elixir for a piece of information that had no beginning or end and could not be determined to be true or false.
To be honest, if it weren't for Dumbledore's instructions and his desire for the Resurrection Stone, Snape wouldn't want to have any contact with this soothsayer at all.
It wasn't until Snape's footsteps moved away that Townsend stopped smiling and narrowed his eyes.
He stood up, gently brushed the crystal ball with his fingers, and murmured in a low voice: "Divination is such a good thing."
Although I didn't really use the ability of divination just now, but used another ability.
Create illusions.
But for people who don't know divination, there is no difference.
Anyway, the picture shown on the crystal ball will indeed come true.
Thinking of this, Tang Sen laughed again.
"Even if I can't really do divination, maybe I can become a good fortune teller."
The process of submitting the textbook list was smooth. According to the tradition of Hogwarts, the school will not interfere with the professor's decision unless there is dangerous or illegal content in the list.
In fact, professors have great autonomy in their own subjects. For example, Professor Lockhart before, he even included a complete set of books he wrote in the textbook list, giving himself a lot of Even if Bohuo behaves like this, he has the permission of Hogwarts.
All that remains is to wait for the formal induction process at the Ministry of Magic to be completed. Obviously, neither Umbridge nor Minister Fudge will delay in this regard.
In fact, this was also the case. When Townsend spent his first night at Hogwarts comfortably and walked out of the office, Professor McGonagall was already waiting in front of the door.
She brought official paperwork from the Ministry of Magic, as well as a class schedule.
The course schedule is more relaxed than Tang Sen imagined. Tang Sen only needs to work 7 hours a week, and the rest of the time can be used freely.
Divination class is a non-main course, and students only need to take it once a week. In the first and second grade, divination class is a compulsory course. The four colleges will be divided into two small classes to take classes separately, adding up to 4 classes a week.
In the third grade, the divination class became an elective course, so the students who had taken the divination class in the four colleges were combined and took classes together until the end of the fifth grade when the divination class exam was taken. These three grades added up to three classes a week.
Finally, there is the advanced training class for sixth and seventh grade students. In fact, it has been a long time since Hogwarts has had sixth and seventh grade students choose to continue taking divination courses, so the course schedule is not arranged for the time being.
Of course, there's the salary, and Hogwarts professors get paid handsomely.
Tang Sen was quite impressed. After all, this was the first time he made money after being hit by a dump truck.
"Anyway, it seems I have a lot of time to do my own thing."
Tang Sen thought happily.
"Learn magic knowledge, study the information left by the witch, and of course, the most important thing -"
"Become the Dark Lord quietly!"