"It's over so soon?"

Snape reflexively asked, "Who is this man?" ”

Townsend moved the crystal ball back to the side of the table, leaned back slightly, leaned back in his chair, and said, "I already said, Professor Snape, that I'm just a soothsayer. ”

"All I can do is show you some future clips, and I don't have any interest in knowing who this person is."

Snape's brows tightened together, and he said, "Is the resurrection stone really in this person's hands?" ”

Townsend spread his hands, "At least in the future I saw before, this man did have the Resurrection Stone, and of course, the day I saw it, in the distant future. ”

Snape was silent, his lips pursed into a line, and he couldn't stop looking at the crystal ball on the table and the Townsend in front of him.

As early as noon, when the other party proposed the price of the resurrection stone, Snape had already moved, but he suppressed his impulse and went to Dumbledore as soon as possible.

He remembered Dumbledore's unusually solemn words.

"Professor Tang obviously has extraordinary abilities, and although I still suspect that the miracles he accomplished in the public class did not rely on the ability of simple divination, it is certain that he can indeed see the future."

"He seems to be a friendly and well-behaved man, impeccable in both ability and conversation, and I have heard that Hagrid and Filius have a good impression of him, and even Minerva thinks that at least he will be a good teacher of divination."

"But for some reason, I was instinctively uneasy, and I knew that it was unfounded and irresponsible to say so, and every time I saw him, I remembered some of the wrong things I had done."

"I've even thought about using the Dementors, but the uneasiness has intensified, perhaps because I've been so tired lately, Tom is threatening the safety of the wizarding world, and Hogwarts is getting bogged down in some boring political tricks."

"In short, Severus, it is very likely that Professor Tang is hiding some secret purpose, and for someone who can see the future, he will never say the Resurrection Stone for no reason, and he happens to tell you."

"Maybe you can try to make contact with him, of course, be careful not to let anything tempt your mind."

Snape remembered the last time Dumbledore mentioned a man in such solemn terms, it was Voldemort in his heyday.

He didn't think that the young divination professor in front of him could be more threatening than Voldemort. Voldemort wasn't bothered by gastrointestinal problems.

But for Dumbledore's advice, he naturally listened to it.

"What about time?" Snape asked, "How do I know when he'll be in the middle of the picture?" ”

"In the near future." Townsend replied, "Within a week." ”

"It's too broad." Snape said coldly, "I still have classes, and I don't have time to keep guarding the Tumble Alley." ”

Tang Sen showed a helpless look and said, "Professor Snape, I'm just asking for a bottle of potion, divination is not a non-consuming thing."

A small potion was placed on Townsend's table.

"It's a magic elixir." Snape said stiffly, "Is it enough to make up for your consumption?" ”

"Ahem-" Townsend took the potion into his arms and smiled, "Professor Snape, you're too outward-looking, everyone is a colleague, don't be so angry"

"Let me think about it, maybe I can find out when that picture appeared through pendulum divination."

He raised his hand, revealing a crystal pendant hanging from his hand, and whispered, "Professor Snape will have a reward for his trip to Tumbledown Alley tomorrow." ”

"Professor Snape will have something to gain by going to Tumbledown Alley tomorrow."

“.”

Recite it seven times and the pendant begins to rotate counterclockwise.

"The pendulum method is a simple and used method of divination, usually the counter-clockwise rotation represents opposition and error, of course, in some special cases, the counter-clockwise rotation can express more meaning, which is related to the words of the soothsayer, such as——"

"Getting to the point." Snape interrupted Townsend.

"Sorry, professional habits." Townsend said, "So, the omen of the pendulum means that you don't have to go to Tumbledown Alley tomorrow. ”

Snape frowned, "Are you sure?" Just with the pendant of the play? ”

Compared to the gorgeous and realistic effect 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 for divination a few more times, and finally decided, "Professor Snape, you can go to Tumbledown Alley at noon the day after tomorrow, I think you will have a reward." ”

"I hope so." Snape didn't stop and turned quickly, his long black robe lifted by his rapid pace, making Snape's departing figure look like a huge bat flying low.

"Help me bring it to the door, thank you." Townsend reminded, then heard the office door slam shut.

Obviously, it was not pleasant for Snape to pay the price of a bottle of elixir for the sake of a piece of information that had no head or tail and could not be determined whether it was true or false.

Truth be told, if it weren't for Dumbledore's orders and his desire for the Resurrection Stone, Snape wouldn't have had anything to do with the soothsayer.

It wasn't until Snape's footsteps were far away that Townsend retracted his smile and narrowed his eyes.

He stood up, brushed his fingers lightly over the crystal ball, and whispered, "Divination, what a good thing." ”

Although he didn't really use the ability of divination just now, he used another ability.

Create hallucinations.

But for people who don't know divination, it makes no difference.

Anyway, the picture presented on the crystal ball will indeed come true.

Thinking of this, Townsend laughed again.

"Even if I can't really do divination, maybe I can be a good soothsayer."

The process of submitting a textbook list is smooth, and according to Hogwarts tradition, the school does not interfere with the professor's decision unless the list contains dangerous or non-compliant content.

In fact, professors have great autonomy over their own disciplines, such as the previous Professor Lockhart, who even included the entire set of books he wrote in the textbook list, bringing himself a wave of goods, even if this behavior was also allowed by Hogwarts.

All that remains to wait for the official onboarding process for the Ministry of Magic to be completed, and it is clear that neither Umbridge nor Minister Fudge will delay in this regard.

In fact, when Townsend walked out of the office after spending his first night comfortably at Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall was already waiting at the door.

She brought official paperwork from the Ministry of Magic, as well as a class schedule.

The course schedule was even more relaxed than Townsend had imagined, with Townsend only having to work seven hours a week, and the rest of the time he could spend as much time as he wanted.

Divination is a non-main course, students only need to attend it once a week, and in the first and second years, divination is a compulsory course, and the four colleges will be divided into two small classes, adding up to 4 hours a week.

In the third year, the divination class became an elective course, so the students who took the divination class in the four colleges combined to take the class together until the fifth grade ended the divination class, which added up to three classes a week.

Finally, there is the sixth and seventh year refresher class, in fact, it has been a long time since a sixth or seventh year student at Hogwarts has chosen to continue with the divination class, so the class schedule is not scheduled for the time being.

And, of course, the salary, which Hogwarts professors get paid well.

Tang Sen sighed, after all, this was the first time he had made money since he was hit by a mud truck and hit the heavens.

"Anyway, it looks like I've got a lot of time to do my own thing."

Townsend thought happily.

"Learn about magic, study the materials left behind by witches, and, most importantly—"

"Quietly become the Dark Lord!"

(End of chapter)