"Now, I'm asking you to work in pairs.

Each man took a teacup from the shelf and came to me, and I filled the cup with tea.

Then you sit down and drink the tea until you have only the tea residue left, and then shake the tea residue in the cup three times with your left hand, and then turn the cup upside down on the tray.

When the last drop of tea is oozing out, hand the cup to your partner to decipher......"

Professor Trelawney held a teacup in her hand and spoke in her characteristic soft voice about the techniques of divination on tea pomace.

At this time, the teacup in front of Clark and the others was also filled with tea, and they sat at the table, and according to the teacher's instructions, they quickly drank the hot tea in two sips.

Then they shook the tea residue a few times, drained the tea, and exchanged cups with each other.

"You know what, Clark!" Hermione stared at the brown abstract pattern and muttered, "I feel stupid to rely on tea residue to predict fate." ”

Clark took Hermione's teacup and nodded approvingly, "Actually, tea divination is already an outdated means of divination. ”

He didn't lower his voice, so much so that this kind of explosive words instantly made some of the little wizards around him prick up their ears.

"This method of divination originated in the 17th century, and it has no historical background compared to those ancient divination.

After all, it wasn't until 1609 that we learned about tea, a miraculous plant from the East.

It was not until the middle of the 17th century that tea became a mass consumer product.

But even so, tea divination only became popular at the end of the nineteenth century.

So the development of this method of divination has only been more than two centuries, and it soon became less popular. ”

Clark explained the origin of tea divination, and turned to pages five and six, comparing the shape of the tea grounds in Hermione's teacup, trying to begin to decipher.

Regrettably, he didn't see any useful information in it, and he looked at the tea residue that looked like some kind of iron lock, and the book described it as "going to enter marriage too soon".

From the other side, it looks like a tower.

Before he could think of what the pattern meant, Ron and Harry, who were not far away, burst into a burst of laughter, which caught Professor Trelawney's attention.

"Honey, let me see." She spun around and snatched Harry's teacup from Ron's hand with an unhappy expression.

The students fell silent, and their eyes were focused on Professor Trelawney, who stared at the teacup and turned it in a counterclockwise direction.

"Eagles...... Honey, you have a sworn enemy. ”

"Well," Hermione deliberately raised her voice so everyone could hear her, "everyone knows about Harry and the Mystery. ”

Professor Trelawney glared at her, and Harry and Ron looked at her in surprise and admiration, they had never seen Hermione treat a teacher like that before.

"Big-headed...... An attack. Professor Trelawney ignored Hermione, just continued to turn the teacup and lowered her frighteningly large eyes.

"Oh my God, oh my God, it's not a pleasant cup......

Skull...... My dear, your future is in jeopardy......"

Everyone watched Professor Trelawney's performance in amazement, and she finally turned her glass around, then took a deep breath and screamed.

Professor Trelawney sat down in an empty armchair, one hand pressed tightly to his heart, his eyes closed.

"Oh - my dear child - my poor child - no - better not to say it - don't come and ask me ......"

With such an exaggerated performance, someone was really frightened.

"What the hell is going on, Professor?"

Dean Thomas immediately asked, and everyone stood up, slowly gathering around Harry and Ron's table, trying to see what was in Harry's teacup.

"That's ominous!" Professor Trelawney's eyes suddenly opened, "My poor boy, you have an 'ominous'! ”

Her words seemed to have magical powers, and all the children from the wizarding family gasped in unison and covered their mouths with their hands in horror.

Children like Harry, Dean, and Lavender who grew up in the Muggle world don't know why.

Of course, there were also people like Clark and Neville in the crowd who had no fluctuations on their faces, and Hermione, who looked disdainful and seemed to see through everything.

"What?" Harry asked, "I'm sorry, Professor, what do I have?" ”

"Ominous, dear, ominous!" Seeing that Harry didn't understand, Professor Trelawney cried out in shock.

"A big black dog roaming the cemetery! My dear child, I see in your teacup a bad omen, the worst omen, a harbinger of death! ”

Harry's expression began to grow unnatural, and his heart tightened.

If it was something else, he might have thought the professor was lying to him.

But he had actually seen the big dog, the dog on the cover of the book "Signs of Death" in the Blotted bookstore—the dog in the shadows of Magnolia Crescent Street.

The young wizards present all looked at Harry, except for Hermione.

In her opinion, what happened in today's divination class has no scientific basis or magical reasoning, and is purely a trick of charlatans.

Clark shook his head as well, not at all surprised by Hermione's reaction.

In fact, he himself wanted to see the true skills of this Professor Trelawney, after all, the other party did fulfill several real prophecies in the original book.

Whether it is the birth of the savior or the escape of Peter Pettigrew, it is said that the score is not bad.

So from the very beginning of this class, his powerful psychic perception ability has been opened to the maximum, and circle after circle of psychic power has spread out, lingering around the other party.

Today, however, Professor Trelawney does not show any special changes.

Clark can conclude with great certainty that Professor Trelawney's words just now are all bluffing!

So when Hermione couldn't sit still, Clark didn't stop her.

Hermione stood up, walked around the back of Professor Trelawney's chair, looked down at the teacup in the other's hand, and said bluntly.

"Professor, I don't think it's like some ominous thing."

Professor Trelawney turned his head to look at Hermione, his disgust for her mounting.

"Don't be upset when I say that, my dear, but I see that the aura around you is small, and maybe you don't have much sense of the future."

Ron tilted his head from one side to the other in case Hermione saw him snickering.

Gu Ling Hermione sneered and glanced at Clark, she knew that since Clark didn't stop her, then he must have a way to deal with it.

Sure enough, when Professor Trelawney finished belittling Hermione, Clark took the initiative to stand up.

"Professor, of course we believe what you say, after all, you are a teacher."

Clark's words made Professor Trelawney's face much better.

And what you may not know is that Professor Trelawney's great-grandmother was a famous soothsayer named Kassandra Trelawney.

The soothsayer's prophetic powers were even as powerful as the original Dark Lord Grindelwald.

And wizards with this prophetic ability, in the wizarding world, often have a unique title, that is, [prophet]. ”

Clark's words caused the young wizards present to exclaim, after all, they had fallen asleep since they were children listening to the story of Dumbledore's victory over Grindelwald.

The corners of Professor Trelawney's mouth were slightly upturned, and at the same time, a proud look appeared on his face.

In fact, according to the original book, this Professor Trelawney is also a prophet of God, that is, the legendary [prophet].

It's just that it seems that because of the baptism of time, when this prophetic talent belonging to the [Prophet] was passed on to Professor Trelawney, it had been greatly diluted.

This also caused her prophecies to be ineffective, and even she herself was half-convinced of her abilities.

"But!" Clarke's tone changed, "You don't seem to have shown us your true strength today, Professor Trelawney. ”

His words instantly made Professor Trelawney nervous, "What? Real strength? I don't understand what you mean......"

"Professor, I actually know a little bit about prophecy.

Of course, I can't compare to a prophet like you, and I'm an intuitive soothsayer at best, not even an astrologer.

But my intuition can sense that you didn't have the power to prophesy. ”

Clark could see that Professor Trelawney's already nervous expression suddenly became even more ugly when he said this.

However, she did not see the coffin without tears, and did not fully believe Clarke's words.

"Oh, really? But I don't see the spirituality that haunts you. Professor Trelawney said in a slightly questioning tone.

Clark unhurriedly clicked on the list of abilities belonging to [Psychic Warlock], as an expert in manipulating psychic power, [Psychic Warlock] also has the ability of prophecy.

"Maybe my spirit is hiding."

He joked, then added, "But ever since I awakened my magic, I've often been able to see what has happened on some objects. ”

Clark spent 500 XP in exchange for a prophecy psychic ability, Reading Objects.

[Reading Object]: Level 1 ability, consumes 1 point of psionic energy, you can perceive the remaining information fragments on an object through psychic energy, and the retrospective time can be traced back to 12 (perceived) hours, and the retrospective time can be extended by increasing the psionic energy consumption.

He glanced around, and the invisible mental fluctuations turned into a circle of ripples, spreading outward, colliding with the surrounding objects, and then transmitting the approximate information carried on some objects back to his mind.

"Professor, you bought this necklace yesterday at a stall in Diagon Alley, right?" Clark's gaze fell on Professor Trelawney.

"How do you know? You stalk me! Professor Trelawney was taken aback and almost blurted out.

Hermione, however, said dismissively, "Clark came to school with us on the train yesterday. ”

Clark only smiled faintly, and did not defend anything, but looked at a girl from Ravenclaw on the side.

"Padma, you seem to have lost the pearl brooch on your clothes the day before yesterday?"

The little girl with freckles nodded nervously under the gaze of everyone.

Clark showed a sure expression, and then said, "If I were you, I might have flipped through my Transfiguration textbook, and maybe there would be a surprise." ”

As soon as she said this, Trelawney's face suddenly turned pale, and she knew that since Clark dared to say this, she must be completely sure.

After all, this kind of thing is not as vague as her prediction, and the Ravenclaw schoolgirl only needs to go back and flip through the book after class to verify the truth of his words.

And the little wizards around him were also aware of this, and in their opinion, the ability shown by Clark was not much different from what Professor Trelawney had shown just now.

The pressure was now on Professor Trelawney's side, and she opened her mouth under everyone's gaze, but she was too nervous to say a word.

The classroom suddenly fell silent, and the atmosphere was awkward.

Clark looked at the sweat on Professor Trelawney's forehead, knew that the heat was almost over, and smiled, "Of course, I can see that what you just said is teasing us." ”

"Ah, yes! Right! Right! Professor Trelawney nodded hurriedly.

"In fact, the real tea divination is not in the interpretation of the tea residue after drinking the tea, but in the cup of tea.

Just like the incense you lit in this classroom, and the half bottle of sherry on your desk.

If I'm not mistaken, there must be some special ingredients in both of these things.

These special ingredients, which may teach you ancestral recipes, can slightly weaken our subjective consciousness and increase our spiritual power, helping the soothsayer to better perceive fragments of information from the outside world from a spiritual perspective.

The tea leaves used for tea divination should also be special magic materials with the same effect. ”

Clarke's words made the young wizards present suddenly realize that his words were better understood than Professor Trelawney's pretentious and vague statements.

It turns out that it's not that we don't have the talent for divination, but that the tools and materials we use are wrong!

Professor Trelawney's face also showed a look of amazement, in fact, she didn't know much about the techniques that Clark was talking about.

Fortunately, Clark accepted it when he saw it and gave her a step down.

"But I also know that, like your ancestral incense and sherry, this special divination prop material is very valuable.

After all, it's only the first lesson of the school year, and we are all still beginners, so it is a waste of this precious material to be used on us, so it is understandable. ”

"Ah, yes, thank you for your understanding," said Professor Trelawney in a particularly muffled voice, "yes, those techniques are indeed too early for you. ”

"Professor, you didn't know what you just said......" Clark struck while the iron was hot.

Professor Trelawney could only pinch his nose and say, "Hahaha, that's just a joke I played with you, that's what I said in the first class every year." ”

After saying that, as if he was worried that these students would make some more trouble, Professor Trelawney said directly: "Okay, I think that's all for today's class, yes...... Please pack your own things......"

Then, she was back in the shadows, at least to Hermione, her back was very embarrassed.