During the course of a lesson, Scott inadvertently made eye contact with Snape several times.

He had to run Occlumency all the time to keep out Snape's snooping eyes.

After the Potions class was over, Scott couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief as he walked out of the classroom.

The next session is elective time, and after Scott and Milton say goodbye, they go to the arithmetic and divination room alone.

Arithmetic divination refers to the use of numbers to explain a person's character and destiny, or to predict the future.

Another name for it is "the science of mathematics".

This prediction of the future does not require a special talent like the divination taught by Professor Trelawney.

In divination classes, students often use crystal balls, tea leaves, or palmistry to interpret vague images, or to deduce the inner meaning of things from random graphics or scribbling.

Arithmetic divination, on the other hand, is based on a set of rules and rigorous mathematical calculations.

Mathematics, which is an area that Scott is familiar with and good at.

However, arithmetic divination is somewhat similar to big data deduction, and it is not possible to make some magical predictions like Trelawney, a professor of divination.

However, after today's arithmetic divination lesson, Scott seemed to have gained something.

He felt as if he was underestimating the potential of the class.

After class, he couldn't help but walk up to Professor Victor, who was in charge of the arithmetic divination class.

"Professor Victor." He asked politely, "I wonder if you have time to talk to me about arithmetic divination." ”

"Mr. Trollope?"

Professor Victor looked at Scott in surprise.

He was a bald, middle-aged wizard who was tall and as thin as a bamboo pole.

He wears glasses on his face, and the lenses of his glasses are so thick that Scott can barely see his eyes.

"Oh, talk about arithmetic divination."

Professor Victor nodded a little awkwardly and said in a wooden voice.

"Absolutely, it's rare for a student to be really interested in the subject."

With that, he turned and left the classroom.

Scott looked at his back with some confusion, "Professor Victor? ”

"Huh?"

Professor Victor paused, looking back in surprise.

"Why don't you follow?" He asked curiously.

"Yes."

Scott hurriedly followed.

He could see that Professor Victor was indeed very wooden and not good at words.

Along the way, Victor didn't say a word and went straight to his office.

He didn't say hello to Scott, but pushed the door straight and walked in.

Scott hurriedly followed into his office.

The first impression of this office is that it is chaotic.

Mountains of parchment were everywhere throughout the office.

Scott followed Professor Victor, somewhat cautiously slipping through the piles of paper.

It was as if they were walking through a labyrinth, and it took a while for them to finally arrive at Professor Victor's desk.

Professor Victor put down the book in his hand, looked around for a moment, and scratched his hair.

"Would you like something to drink?" He asked, a little uncomfortably, "Oh, sorry, I have very few guests here, and besides, I don't know where my teapot has gone." ”

"Don't bother, Professor Victor."

Scott hurriedly said politely.

"Okay then."

The upright Professor Victor nodded immediately and sat down behind his desk.

Then, he pulled out his wand and lit it on the table.

Whoa......

In an instant, countless parchments floated automatically, shuttling through the air.

After a while, a portion of parchment flew up to the desk, and they were connected end to end in a long scroll.

The rest of the parchment fell from the sky and returned to the pile.

At the same time, the quill in the inkwell on the desk shook and flew straight up to write a series of numbers in the blank space of the long scroll.

Professor Victor looked at the scroll and breathed a sigh of relief, and his demeanor became a little more relaxed.

"Oh."

When he saw Scott, he was stunned, as if he had forgotten about Scott just now.

"I'm sorry." "I was calculating a difficult problem before class, and I couldn't settle down until I got the answer." ”

"Of course, it doesn't matter."

Scott said with a smile.

Professor Victor nodded, "You want to talk to me?" What exactly is it talking about? Of course, Mr. Trollope, I remember that you have always done very well in arithmetic and divination classes. ”

Scott could see that he had to be more direct when talking to someone like Professor Victor.

"After today's class, I suddenly have some new understanding of arithmetic divination."

He said directly.

"Originally, I thought that arithmetic divination focused on logic, and there was no way to make predictions like divination, after all, divination requires special talent......"

"Nope."

Professor Victor interrupted him with some agitation.

"Arithmetic divination is a discipline that is not inferior to divination!" He emphasized in an accentuated tone, "Of course, I also need talent in this class!" ”

"Of course."

Scott nodded hurriedly.

"Just today, I suddenly had a different idea about arithmetic divination."

"Really?"

Professor Victor's tone was somewhat surprised.

"Can you tell me, Monsieur Trollope, what have you learned today?"

"Of course, that's exactly why I wanted to talk to you."

Scott organized the language.

"I thought, maybe I had the wrong idea about this course in the past. It wasn't a Muggle number, although what we learned in class was a bit like that. ”

He said with some uncertainty.

"That's probably not real arithmetic divination, or just some fur, because arithmetic divination is also a kind of magic."

"Congratulations on noticing, Mr. Trollope!"

Professor Victor stood up excitedly.

"I've been teaching this subject at Hogwarts for more than a decade, but the young wizards haven't learned the true essence of this subject. I would say that this is all because the magic of arithmetic divination is really too profound! ”

He lowered his head again and looked at Scott through the thick lenses of his glasses, "Is there anything else you have in mind?" Mr. Trollope! ”

"If I'm not mistaken......"

Scott said.

"Divination and arithmetic divination should have their own advantages. Divination does not require known conditions, as long as it is a person with heavenly vision, he can see some possibilities for the future by interpreting some vague images. ”

Professor Victor nodded his head.

"Arithmetic divination requires some known conditions, and we can deduce the past and the nearer future through this magic," Scott said. ”

"You're not wrong!" Professor Victor pushed his glasses excitedly.

Scott went on to state his feelings.

"Although arithmetic divination requires known conditions and is difficult to predict too distant in the future, it should have advantages that divination does not have."

At this moment, he blurted out as if he was blessed to the heart.

"Arithmetic divination will yield more accurate and detailed results than divination."

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