Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Douglas shook his head slightly without explaining.

Time flies when you get used to spending it in a certain way.

Catching mice seems to have become the most popular thing to do at Hogwarts.

Every corner of the corridor was searched thoroughly by the younger students.

Even the flexible students asked where the mice were, despite the mocking gaze of Mr. Filch, the castle caretaker.

Originally, at the suggestion of George and Fred, Ron wanted to rent Scabbers to other students to practice catching mice.

But Banban only eats and sleeps, and doesn't know how to run at all.

Even when held in the mouth of Hermione's ginger, bow-legged, round-faced cat, Crookshanks, there was no sign of it waking up.

In the end, Ron had no choice but to send Scabbers back to the cage and complain about Hermione's Crookshanks.

"Honestly, I don't think it's a normal cat. Even Banban isn't afraid of it. When you bought it..."

Hermione glared at Ron and said:

"Shut up! I don't know who was worried that Crookshanks would eat his Scabbers, so they kept stopping me from buying it. Besides, Crookshanks' favorite food is spiders..."

When Ron heard the spider, he subconsciously kept his distance from Crookshanks, fearing that it would suddenly jump on him and spit out a spider.

In the morning, Professor Lupin also started taking all the students participating in the morning run to the obstacle course.

Unlike Douglas, he explained clearly to the students the various problems they would encounter in the obstacle race and the spells they would need to use to deal with them.

He also borrowed the alchemical rat from Douglas for his students to practice with.

During this time, Professor Lupin used a very beautiful magic to send back the flying broom that George and Fred had summoned with the Flying Charm.

"That's a great idea. In battle, one should give it their all and utilize every possible opportunity to create advantages for oneself. However, it doesn't conform to the current rules."

George retorted:

"Professor Lupin, but in reality, if we want to catch a mouse, and don't care about its life or death, the Scythe is also a good choice..."

Fred continued:

"But this rat seems to have a counter-curse..."

Lupin's eyes were a little sad and angry, but he still said in a calm tone:

"So you should understand that what you caught is not an ordinary mouse..."

After hearing what Lupin said, everyone looked at each other, not quite understanding what Lupin meant.

(A Summoning Spell is a summoning spell that causes distant objects to fly into the hands of the caster. To successfully cast this spell, the caster must be concentrating on the object to be summoned. Summoning Spells cannot be used to summon buildings or most living creatures.)

In the magic practice study room, a list of obstacle course magic and mouse catching magic compiled by Professor Lupin himself is very popular among students.

Also due to the magic practice study room and Douglas's special emphasis, the deans of various colleges did not accidentally drop any potion formulas, etc. this time.

During the Defense Against the Dark Arts class for Gryffindor's third year students, Douglas noticed that Lavender Brown, who had performed well before, looked dazed. Twice, she only remembered to cast the spell after the mice had run a long way away.

Douglas frowned and asked:

"Miss Brown, being distracted during a battle is not a good sign. Can you tell me what happened?"

Lavender Brown, who originally looked dazed and sad, suddenly covered her face and burst into tears after hearing Douglas's question.

This action made Douglas a little confused. Hermione and her roommate Parvati Patil, who were instructing the students to practice spells, hurried over.

The two of them first held Lavender's shoulders and whispered comfort, and then Parvati nervously explained to Douglas in a low voice:

"Professor, she received a letter from home this morning. Her rabbit Binky was killed by a fox."

It was obvious that Hermione also heard about this for the first time. She whispered to comfort Lavender:

"I'm so sorry for you, Lavender..."

Douglas rubbed his head and said seriously:

"Ms. Brown, I'm sorry for your rabbit's death, but I hope you won't bring your emotions into the classroom.

To put it mildly, this is in the classroom. To put it seriously, this is on the battlefield. If your partner were to encounter an accident during the battle, would you also lose focus and cry? "

Douglas' voice was a little loud, attracting the students nearby.

Lavender was stunned for a moment, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and said in agony:

"Professor, I... I should have known this would happen. Today is October 16th..."

Douglas was choked. What kind of reason was this?

Seamus, who had come closer, suddenly shouted in a serious tone:

"October 16th, 'The thing you fear most will happen on this day.' Remember that? Professor Trelawney was right!"

As soon as Seamus finished speaking, the students who gathered around him showed shocked expressions.

Douglas rolled his eyes immediately. He had heard from other students last time that Trelawney predicted Harry's death. He didn't expect to hear the professor's prediction again more than a month later.

Chapter 219: Sybill Trelawney, Professor of Divination

Hermione was about to say something but was interrupted by Douglas.

"Miss Brown, could you please tell me under what circumstances Professor Trelawney made the prophecy for you?"

"Uh!"

No one quite understood what Douglas meant, and Hermione looked at him puzzledly.

Although Lavender didn't understand, she thought for a moment and said:

"When we first started Divination class, Professor Trelawney asked me to bring the cup to her, and then she casually said that the thing you fear most will happen on Friday, October 16th."

Douglas nodded after hearing this, and then said with a regretful expression:

"I'm afraid Miss Brown is mistaken. What's upsetting you today isn't the news of your rabbit's death, but the fact that I'm about to assign you a two-foot-long homework assignment because you've been so poorly performing in this class... Of course, the other students will still have to make it at least ten inches long."

When the classmates heard Douglas' words, they all looked at Lavender with sympathy.

When Lavender heard the news, she was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly she seemed to be choking on her own saliva and started coughing continuously.

Douglas shrugged and said:

"Obviously, this makes you even more upset."

Hermione suddenly raised her hand high, and after getting Douglas's consent, she said doubtfully:

"But Professor, Professor McGonagall once said that Divination is the least rigorous branch of magic, and there are very few true prophets. She seems to think that Professor Trelawney..."

Oh, and she predicted that Harry would die this semester, and obviously we know that’s not going to happen…”

Hermione said and looked at Douglas cautiously.

Ron patted Harry's shoulder excitedly and said:

"Professor, it's clear Harry is very strong!"

At this time, all the students, whether they believed Trelawney or not, looked at Douglas, wanting to hear what the professor had to say. After all, the other party predicted that his nephew would die.

However, Douglas's mouth twitched unconsciously.

If he were a student, he would definitely criticize and complain about the divination professor mercilessly.

He had signed up for divination because he heard it was the easiest way to get credits, but in the first class, he became the one whose death was predicted.

As a professor, he certainly would not complain about his colleagues in front of students, not to mention that the professor was not completely incompetent.

First of all, Sybill Trelawney's ability to play tricks is indeed very deceptive. Douglas speculates that this should be a family inheritance.

After all, not every generation of the Trelawney family inherited the bloodline of the true prophet Cassandra Trelawney. Over the centuries, their family must have developed a set of prophet attire and rhetoric that suits them.

For example, in today's Lavender incident, she hinted to Lavender very early on that something she was worried about would happen today, so whenever anything happened today that made Lavender unhappy, she would subconsciously think of Trelawney's words, thereby amplifying her emotions.

Many times, students would be taught by Professor Trelawney, and sometimes these sudden predictions would hit the mark, but most of the time she was just bragging and self-aggrandizing, and the so-called predictions were not accurate at all. Douglas had personally tested this.

On the other hand, Trelawney did inherit the bloodline of a true prophet, and always made important predictions when she was unconscious, and afterwards she had no memory of having made the prediction.

The most important point is that each of these true prophecies targets major events that affect the magical world, and personal trivial matters are not worth the appearance of prophecies.

Douglas once heard a true prophecy when he gave Trelawney a thank-you gift at graduation. However, it was not until the system appeared and he decided to return to Hogwarts that he understood most of the meaning of the prophecy.

At that time, he sent a gift to Trelawney, who was hiding in the attic office at Hogwarts all year round...

Douglas came back to his senses, looked at everyone, and said seriously:

“Divination is a good course to earn credits on, and it teaches you more about the interpretation of human nature and the environment.

For example, now is the Defense Against the Dark Arts class, but you are pestering me to ask about divination. In this situation, what kind of prediction can you make... "Look at Shura

Hermione was the first to react, and her face immediately turned red with embarrassment, because she was the class representative who took the lead in asking questions, so she quickly told the students to practice spells.

The students came back to their senses and their faces suddenly looked a little ugly. What could they predict in this situation? They would definitely have to do more homework.

After hearing what Douglas said, Lavender seemed to feel better. After all, a good classmate should punish everyone together.

After class, Douglas was stopped by Professor McGonagall on the steps back to his office.

"Douglas, you signed the permission form for Potter to go to Hogsmeade. It seems that you are not Mr. Potter's guardian yet?"

Douglas looked around and said with a smile:

"Indeed, it's not. You know Harry's situation well. Cousin Petunia would definitely not sign it. But as Harry's godfather, Sirius is qualified to sign it. If you need, I can have Sirius sign another copy privately."

Professor McGonagall shook her head and said:

"Forget it, Sirius is not suitable to come forward for the time being, so it's enough for me to know about this matter.

There's another thing I've been wanting to ask you. With all the fanfare surrounding catching rats, aren't you worried that the traitor might find out and escape?

Douglas thought, I have to let him run, but he said:

"My medicine works well, and I've already given the cage to Ron."

Professor McGonagall nodded and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had been going to the Gryffindor common room to check on the dormitories every night these days.

In order to let the other party know that she would be there every day, every time she entered the boys' dormitory, she would find some reasons and loudly scold some students.

At the same time, he was worried that Pettigrew would find out that he was targeting him, and Professor McGonagall was not in a position to go to Ron alone to check on his pet, so he didn't know that the cage had been arranged.

Finally, when Douglas was leaving, Professor McGonagall stopped him again, walked up to him and whispered:

"Why don't you find a chance for Sirius to walk around the campus in his Animagus form? He can't stay in your office all day. He'll be bored."

Looking at Professor McGonagall's concerned eyes, Douglas said helplessly:

"Professor, you should know about what happened between him and Professor Snape. I'm worried that he won't be able to control himself after seeing Professor Snape, but I've promised him that I'll take him to watch the Gryffindor match..."

Professor McGonagall sighed helplessly after hearing Snape.

But when she heard that Sirius would go to watch the Gryffindor match, she seemed to have the illusion of going back in time...

Chapter 220 Quidditch Field

The wind howled and the rain poured down.

Because the castle was too dark, more torches had to be added to the corridors and classrooms.

Today is the Quidditch game between Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

Early in the morning, Sirius came to Douglas' office excitedly.

"Sirius, I finally got to sleep in on a rainy day!"

Sirius smiled and hugged Douglas's shoulders and said:

"Young people don't need that much sleep. Today is Harry's competition day. Don't you need to cheer him up in advance?"

Douglas looked at Sirius's expression, which said, "Take me with you, and you must take me with you," and shook off his arm and said,

"I think you must have forgotten that I am a Hufflepuff, and if I need to cheer, it's for Hufflepuffs."

After saying that, he sat down leisurely at the table and began to enjoy breakfast.

Dobby was reporting on yesterday's learning progress and today's study plan.

Sirius reluctantly threw a piece of parchment with a simple summary and plan in front of Douglas.

Originally, Douglas wanted him to do the same as Dobby and just say it to him every morning, but Sirius really couldn't put himself on the same level as a house-elf, so he took a shortcut and wrote his content down.