Mysterious Journey

Chapter 969 I am Omen!

Hogwarts, Divination classroom.

With Professor Trelawney finishing her opening remarks, the classroom fell into a tense silence.

However, she seemed oblivious to it.

"Dear? I suppose we must start the lesson regardless?"

Professor Trelawney turned her head, looked at Cho Chang, who was still stunned on the cushion, gave a weak smile, and repeated softly.

"Could you please pass me that largest teapot? The one we used in class a few weeks ago?"

Since the beginning of the class, this was probably the most thorough and clear sentence the students had heard.

Cho Chang seemed relieved. She stood up and placed a huge teapot from the shelf onto the table in front of Professor Trelawney.

"Thank you, dear. By the way, be careful of those gazes lingering on you. Even if heading towards misfortune is the inevitable fate of those people, at least you won't be so sad when wailing. It's not your fault; everything is a tragedy written in destiny."

Cho Chang trembled like a sieve.

It wasn't the first time she had heard something similar. Hadn't Elena said something like that before?

The only difference was that the previous time was "group intimidation," while this time she was facing a single-target pointing skill.

The night before last, when playing Werewolf, Elena had inadvertently told everyone to try not to invest in relationships too early at school. In case of an early demise, they might have to spend the next ten years healing the shadow. Dating and stuff, it was best to wait until graduation.

This was also one of the reasons why Cho Chang had been hesitant to launch an offensive against Cedric Diggory.

Many girls in Ravenclaw thought Elena was particularly weird. They rumored that Elena might know some extremely evil curse magic.

After all, judging from the various events that had happened last year, those who opposed her would eventually encounter misfortune - some she personally retaliated against, while others either had a bad stomach, encountered "dark potions" in the Defense Against the Dark Arts exam, or performed poorly during exams...

Compared to the angelic "Lucky Star" Luna, Elena was equivalent to an "evil god" in the hearts of many girls.

"Alright, alright, alright."

Professor Trelawney said softly in that gentle, vague voice.

Through the rising and lingering smoke in the classroom, which carried a strange fragrance, her tall, thin figure appeared somewhat ethereal.

"Now, dear students, I would like you all to divide into two groups. Take a teacup from the shelf on the side of the classroom, come to me, and I will fill your teacups with tea. Then sit down, drink the tea, and drink until only tea leaves remain. Use your left hand to gently shake the tea leaves in the teacup three times, then turn the teacup upside down and place it on the saucer; wait for the last drop of tea to seep out before removing your hand and passing the teacup to your partner to interpret. We can refer to pages five and six of 'Unfogging the Future' to interpret the shapes of the tea leaves. I will also circulate among you, helping and guiding you. Oh, dear—"

Professor Trelawney suddenly stopped and looked ahead with some confusion.

"Professor?" Hermione raised her hand.

"Yes, what is it, Miss Granger?"

"I don't have the book, neither does Elena. We didn't expect to have the opportunity to take Divination this semester—"

"Ah, yes. Professor Dumbledore mentioned it... But don't worry, child, don't worry at all. This is the Divination classroom at Hogwarts. I saw these problems long ago. There are some old textbooks that have just been sorted out under the storage cabinet. Use them first, and then you can write to Flourish and Blotts to buy a new set later... Touching other people's old books will create a destiny entanglement... It may obscure your inner eye..."

Professor Trelawney said softly, stood up, and walked to the storage cabinet next to the teacup shelf.

She groped inside for a while, took out two tattered, thick books with black covers, and handed them to Elena and Hermione at random.

The black book cover depicted a full moon shrouded in clouds, and a light silver foil title: "Unfogging the Future."

The author of this book is Cassandra Vablatsky, the only "Ministry of Magic-approved" seer remaining in the current British wizarding world. Now ninety-eight years old, Cassandra's position in the field of divination is almost equivalent to that of her junior Newt Scamander in the field of magical creatures.

At the same time, she is also the second most admired witch in Professor Trelawney's life, the legendary Crystal Seer.

"Alright," Professor Trelawney returned to her table and opened her arms to the students, "Let's begin, try to open your inner eye..."

After Elena and Hermione's teacups were filled with tea, they returned to their table.

The tea was scalding hot, and many students either grimaced or blew desperately, hoping to drink the scalding tea quickly.

"Wait, wait, Elena! We can't, at least shouldn't do that—"

"Immobulus!"

Elena deftly retracted her wand and gave the little beaver on the side, who looked uneasy, a "don't worry" look.

As a "seer" marked by Professor Dumbledore and Professor Trelawney, she could naturally use any means to assist divination. Even if she was caught casting a spell on the spot, she could use her superb acting skills to muddle through. She didn't want to foolishly blow air to cool the tea.

The "Freezing Charm" that Professor Flitwick had explained in Charms class worked very well.

Under Elena's magic, the steaming tea quickly cooled down. Reducing the thermal motion of molecules was not difficult to understand.

"You'll affect the divination result—" Hermione lowered her voice and frowned as she looked at the explanation in the book.

"The book doesn't say that. Or... you can report me to the professor?"

"Forget it, let's move on to the next step."

Hermione sighed helplessly. She felt that one day she would be confined because of this girl.

While Professor Trelawney was still inspecting in the classroom, Hermione glared at Elena fiercely, quickly picked up the "iced tea" that seemed to have just been taken out of the refrigerator, and quickly drank it all. The cool tea instantly dispelled the stuffy sleepiness brought by the classroom incense.

Hermione narrowed her eyes and carefully savored the refreshing coolness flowing between her lips and teeth. It was hard to imagine that they were still emitting heat a moment ago.

Sure enough, just as Elena had shown in Charms class, she had already mastered the advanced changes of the Freezing Charm.

In Hermione's silent gaze of condemnation, Elena didn't do anything more outrageous in the subsequent links. They drank the tea, shook the teacups a few times, drained the tea, and exchanged cups as Professor Trelawney had taught before.

"Alright," Elena said, and the two turned to pages five and six of the book at the same time, "What do you see in my teacup?"

"Many brewed brown things, obviously," Hermione said.

As the brief coolness dissipated, the heavy, fragrant heat in the classroom surged up again, making her feel a little stuffy.

"Open your minds, dears! Let your eyes transcend the tangible world!"

Professor Trelawney's voice echoed in the dimly lit classroom.

Hermione tried to concentrate, while also trying to immerse herself in illusions.

"Okay, your tea leaves look like a shaky cross..."

She said, while carefully checking the explanation in "Unfogging the Future."

"That means you will soon encounter trials and tribulations - this is simply a panacea description - but there is also a pattern here, which should be a sun sign. Wait... the sun means 'great joy'... so you may face trials, but you will be happy soon?"

"If you ask me, I think your seer aura doesn't seem to be weak? It sounds reliable."

Elena said, she had to try her best to hold back her laughter, because Professor Trelawney's gaze was looking towards her.

"It's my turn..."

Elena looked into Hermione's teacup, she tried her best to imitate Luna's erratic voice.

"Oh, a black cylinder rising on the horizon, this is a bowler hat," she said, "Maybe you will enter the Ministry of Magic in the future and become a Minister of Magic like Cornelius Fudge. Great, then I can walk sideways outside..."

"Come on, Elena. I won't go into politics - and, stop messing around."

Hermione glanced at Elena helplessly, of course she knew that this guy was imitating Luna.

Ignoring Hermione, Elena turned the teacup to the other side and continued to play the game of seer.

"But it looks more like an acorn like this... What is this again?"

She flipped through her tattered "Unfogging the Future," some of which seemed to have been soaked in tea, and said in a low voice.

"Wow! Unexpected wealth, unexpected gold! Well, let me think, it seems that the annual bonus of 'The Quibbler' is about to be issued? You shouldn't have thought about this before. Perfect prophecy, remember to give me some as a prophecy reward later. There's something else here..."

Elena vividly performed the appearance of a seer, and turned the teacup again.

"This looks like an animal. Well, it looks like a pig, a snake, a tiger, a rabbit, an ox, and a sheep... I know what this is, yes, this should be a big orange cat... Look, like this, it looks like you are going to raise a cat soon? That's really good."

Elena tapped the wand in her hand lightly under the table, and a layer of hazy light and shadow appeared above the tea leaves.

The light and shadow were first a dark shadow, which gradually became clear with her tea leaf analysis.

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"Cat? Pfft—"

Hermione was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help but laugh.

Professor Trelawney turned around quickly and happened to see the last trace of light dissipate from the teacup.

"Let me see, dear."

She frowned and looked at Elena, walked over quickly, and took the teacup from Elena's hand.

Although she was not particularly good at spells, in her long time teaching at Hogwarts, Professor Trelawney knew very well that some students would secretly use magic in class, which was almost unavoidable at Hogwarts, but only today...

Compared to those who use magic to disguise their talents, she still can't accept the little guys who waste their precious talents.

"Please be serious in class, Divination is not a subject suitable for jokes and horseplay."

Everyone quieted down and watched Professor Trelawney.

Hermione was even so nervous that her face turned pale, this was the first time she had appeared out of sorts in class.

It's over!

It's all Elena's fault!

This white-haired girl is a troublemaker!

Professor Trelawney stared at Hermione's teacup and slowly rotated it counterclockwise.

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"Cat... dear, you have to be careful of being deceived or betrayed by close friends..."

"It should perhaps be interpreted here as a partner. The appearance of a new partner."

Elena retorted quickly, looking at Professor Trelawney warily, and met Professor Trelawney's gaze.

"Look here, the book says positive and negative interpretation—"

Elena pointed to the content of the book, "Counterclockwise rotation is a sign interpretation of inverse suffixes, but after being transferred between the two of us, the position of this cup is actually turned into the forward grip when Hermione handed it out, so it should be flipped again. This is an exchange of physical mirrors."

The surrounding third-year students looked at Elena in surprise and admiration.

This was the first time they had taken a class with Elena, and they had never heard a student question the content of a professor's explanation before.

Compared to the other dozen or so magical subjects at Hogwarts, Divination was obviously more awe-inspiring. Not to mention, questioning the professor in this kind of class where subjective understanding is of great importance is like questioning the teacher's ugly painting in an abstract painting class.

However, Professor Trelawney did not answer Elena.

She glanced at Elena thoughtfully and unobtrusively switched the teacup to her left hand.

Then, Professor Trelawney lowered her large, scary eyes, looked at Hermione's teacup, and continued to turn the teacup back and forth.

"Club... an attack. Good heavens, good heavens, this is not a pleasant teacup..."

"But in my opinion, that's more like a top hat symbolizing power." Elena politely added in a low voice.

"Skull... danger ahead, my dear..."

"Scattered gold coins, this should be a good sign, right? Unless galleons hit your head."

Everyone stared blankly at Professor Trelawney, and from time to time looked at Elena, who kept adding completely opposite opinions on the side.

However, what puzzled the whole class was that Professor Trelawney seemed to have shielded Elena's voice and continued to turn the teacup at her own pace, making one prediction after another. She finally turned the teacup again, took a deep breath, and screamed.

In Hermione's highly raised and increasingly dissatisfied expression, Professor Trelawney sat down in the empty armchair next to her.

Her hands, covered with various pendants and glittering, gently stroked her heart, her eyes closed tightly.

"Good heavens - the second one today - my dear child - no - it's better not to say it - don't ask me—"

"You wouldn't... see misfortune in my teacup?"

Hermione twitched the corner of her mouth and asked bluntly.

She began to wonder if it was a wise decision to choose this course, not that she had much evidence to prove that Professor Trelawney was pretending to be lying, mainly because in the past year or so, Elena would perform similar performances every once in a while.

If this can be regarded as a seer, then Elena is definitely a seer no less than Professor Trelawney.

"Don't worry, Hermione, anyway, I don't think these look like misfortunes—"

Elena shrugged helplessly and unhesitatingly chose to protect her little wing.

Anyway, at the beginning of class, Professor Trelawney took the initiative to send her a "official gold water," claiming that the "aura" surrounding Elena was exceptionally bright, and she was now using it as a reason to counteract Professor Trelawney's "misfortune."

"Oh, my dear, don't you understand yet?"

At this moment, Professor Trelawney's big eyes opened dramatically and looked deeply at Elena.

"I'm not making predictions for Miss Granger, but making some simple, superficial future resonance for... you, Elena Kaslana, who handed me the teacup... As for the content you said before, of course, this is obviously what you should be doing..."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Elena blinked her eyes, her expression slightly stiff.

"You are also a seer, Miss Kaslana, Professor Dumbledore told me before class."

Professor Trelawney looked at Elena calmly, gently put down the teacup in her hand, and continued to say in the whispers of a group of young wizards.

"It's not Miss Granger's misfortune, it's your misfortune - you are the source of misfortune! Future resonance will pay a price, it will extinguish the aura surrounding the people around you like a vortex, you have to learn to control your power to make accurate predictions..."

Elena, who had been watching the show and fueling the flames, had a flash of understanding in her eyes.

So that's it, Professor Trelawney had been foreshadowing for so long, and the result was that she was waiting for her here?

Albus Dumbledore's task?

"Oh? So..."

Elena said softly with a smile still on her face.

"I - am misfortune? I don't understand... Is this advice or a prediction?"

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