Divination Class
Isolde's Divination were indeed much more interesting.
She had learned many Divination methods from Grindelwald. In the first lesson, she first demonstrated Wax Divination, which was most popular in medieval Europe. Then she showed Geomancy commonly used in 12th-century Europe courts, which involved randomly drawing 16 points, forming four groups, and interpreting the hexagrams accordingly.
Next, Isolde performed Alphabet Divination, a method used by the official Rome authorities, which involved roosters pecking at rice and Divination by "talking" the roosters. She also demonstrated Northern Europe Rune Stone Divination, Druidic Ogham Divination, and Haruspicy, a practice exclusive to the Rome Senate, which broadened the horizons of all the students.
Ron and Harry exclaimed that this was a true master, like magic. Isolde scoffed, saying it was nothing special, and added that he would borrow Professor Graves ' skull Suien sometime so everyone could truly see what real Divination was like.
Of course, even though Isolde is Su Yu's secretary, the boss still has to do his homework.
That evening, in the Slytherin common room, Kurama was hunched over his desk, diligently working on his Divination for the week, occasionally shaking the longevity lock around his neck, which jingled loudly.
Hermione was writing her paper while talking to Su Yu was almost asleep.
"Today Harry received a Howler from Sirius Black, saying he was bored to death at home and wanted to come to school with Harry," Hermione and the other girls chuckled as they said this. "Black said he wanted to stay with Harry like a big dog because he was really worried about Harry. Harry quickly wrote back to him, telling him not to do anything reckless and that he could take care of himself at school."
This is probably the life Harry wants most, right? Su Yu thought to himself.
Over the next few weeks, Neville received gifts from his family almost every few days: homemade cakes and various pastries from his mother, and Firebolt and other odds and ends from his father. Neville carefully put them away each time and faced each day with a smile!
Professor Moody's Defense Against the Dark Arts is becoming increasingly profound, and to give his students some real training, Professor Moody even lets them experience the feeling of the Imperius Curse!
Each student must be subjected to the Imperius Curse by Professor Moody, and then resist it through their own willpower.
What does it feel like to be cursed with the Imperius Curse? Simply put, it's like you become a Kapibala with your mind completely blank, and then an angel appears on your shoulder. She tells you what to do, and you do it. You don't know why you're doing it, but it doesn't matter anyway, right? She's already spoken, so it doesn't matter anymore.
Ron is like that; his resistance is extremely low, as you could see from the Quidditch World Cup match. Malfoy is different; he was simply affected by... well, you know. For an innocent young man like Chu Nan, Veela is very dangerous, isn't it?
Slytherin students affected by the Imperius Curse are in a different situation, because although they also become Kapibalas with empty minds, they not only have an angel on their shoulder, but also a demon on their head.
"Listen to me, you should do it, darling."
The angels kept tempting her.
"Slap! Slap!" The demon slapped the angel twice across the face.
"Bullshit! Why should I listen to you? Who do you think you are?"
The demons roared madly together.
Professor Hagrid's class was finally no longer filled with Blast-Ended Skrewt. He had someone bring in a bunch of Niffler and Bowtruckle, and his class became incredibly popular. The girls practically wanted to stay in Hagrid's Hut forever; after all, who could resist such adorable baby Niffler?
However, it's easy to lose things in Shanghai's classes, especially among Slytherin students. Their Kurama Badge, rings, earrings, necklaces, and the like often disappear mid-class, and they have to line up to retrieve their belongings every time class ends.
The announcement for the Eight-Way Championship has finally been posted. Representatives from the eight houses will arrive at the Hogwarts Academy of Design at 6 p. m. on Friday, October 30th. Classes that day will end half an hour early so everyone can go to the Great Hall to welcome their "friends" from afar.
After several houses' professors and students expressed their opinions, the final decision was that, except for the Slytherin Academy, each house would select two people through their own vote, and then the Goblet of Fire would choose the winners. The remaining fourteen spots would be decided by the Slytherin Academy itself through an internal election.
Each of the other seven academies will send 20 students, all around sixteen or seventeen years old (I'm not saying their age because the Japanese Mahoutokoro is a ten-year program...), led by their respective principals.
In the days that followed, the ancient castle shed its former leisurely atmosphere and was immersed in a busy atmosphere. The Eight-Way Championship were about to begin, and teachers and students from other schools would soon arrive. The entire Hogwarts school mobilized to prepare for the arrival of guests from afar.
Throughout the castle corridors, figures busily waving wands could be seen everywhere. Students worked in pairs, each with their own tasks, chanting Scourgify to wipe away the dust accumulated in the cracks of the walls, and magically gathering fallen leaves into neat corners.
The Dali floor gleamed and shone under the magic polish, reflecting the flickering candlelight in the dome. The once slightly mottled stone steps were now spotless.
The common lounge, classrooms, and Great Hall were the key areas to be cleaned. In the spacious Great Hall, the tables and chairs were arranged neatly, the floating silver plates were polished to a shine, and the magical light and shadow simulating the starry sky on the ceiling were carefully adjusted, making it even more dazzling and dreamlike.
House-elf flitted about, deftly wiping wine glasses, tidying curtains, and putting away clutter in corners. Even the armor on both sides of the corridor was polished to a gleaming shine, with lubricant applied as if it were free, so it would no longer make any clicking or smacking sounds.
On October 30th, the entire hall seemed to have been transformed. The signs and flags of each house were hung throughout the Great Hall, fluttering in the wind. Every student wore brand-new wizard robes and their shoes were polished to a shine.
Fred complained to George about why Slytherin had fourteen spots while Gryffindor only had two. They were both either chosen or not chosen at all. That was fine, but the worst-case scenario was that one of them would be chosen while the other wouldn't. The two had fought several times over this issue in the past few days. It was a case of fearing both that their brother would suffer and that he would drive a Range Rover.