Chapter 728: Detention

"Originally three, now I think I can choose all courses."

Xiang Xien's lips curled up.

"You think a wizard's energy—"

Sineipu just wanted to mock, but paused inexplicably.

"Arithmancy and Divination, drop them."

He said irrefutably.

"Why, Professor?"

Xiang Xien asked.

"In the Wizarding World, there are some wizards who have an innate ability to foresee the future.

They can foresee the future through dreams, the shapes of tea leaves, tarot cards, or crystal balls.

However, true seers are few and far between; the known seers are only Cassandra Trelawney and Grindelwald from centuries ago..."

Sineipu's lips curled, and he said coldly.

"You mean Divination requires talent?"

Xiang Xien guessed.

"No, Divination does not need to be learned."

Sineipu sneered.

Xiang Xien was silent.

Professor Sineipu might be right.

He had never heard of Gellert Grindelwald learning Divination, nor did Professor Sybill Trelawney possess any good divination techniques.

In other words, talented wizards don't need to learn to make prophecies, and wizards without talent learn it to no avail.

"Seers. Of course, heh...

They can indeed make prophecies, but predicting the future is extremely difficult because the causal relationships of wizard behavior are always complex and changeable.

If you encounter a prophecy, get as far away as you can...

Remember, Green, if you dislike the result of a prophecy, forget it.

Fate is just a stupid thing."

Sineipu said gloomily.

"I understand, Professor."

Xiang Xien nodded.

Prophecy, in this Wizarding World, is a rare and profound power.

The most prominent prophecy here is the words of the Hogwarts Divination professor:

The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not... either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies...

"You'd better be that way..."

Professor Sineipu was silent for a while.

He seemed to be thinking of something else, other possibilities.

"This is a wizard's prophecy; besides this, centaurs are also seers, having their own divination system, which is completely different from wizards.

Unless you have a centaur teacher and are promised by the entire centaur tribe to learn their divination that is never passed on, otherwise drop it."

Sineipu did not sneer; he was just stating a fact.

Even though the winter snow had just melted, the dungeon was unusually cold; this was the underground of Hogwarts, always possessing a cold climate distinct from the castle above ground.

Xiang Xien's eyes lit up after hearing this.

Sineipu's eyes went dark quickly.

"You've even been to the centaur tribe?!"

Sineipu was both shocked and angry.

Those are centaurs; the reasons they would kill wizards are ridiculously simple—they don't follow wizard laws.

"Firenze, a centaur, he agreed to be my Divination teacher."

Xiang Xien felt that if he stayed in the dungeon a little longer, the abnormal Professor Sineipu might even know that Headmaster Buliduo liked wool socks.

"Xiang Xien Green!"

Sineipu was furious.

When Xiang Xien walked out of the dungeon, he hadn't realized he had survived another storm.

Professor Sineipu was becoming increasingly abnormal, which puzzled him quite a bit.

But the good news was that he had a Time-Turner, and it was "taken" from the Ministry of Magic by Professor Sineipu.

Without the strict regulations of a general Time-Turner, Xiang Xien only needed to return it before graduation.

And a general Time-Turner not only requires annual inspections by Ministry of Magic officials but also needs to be returned within two years.

The drafty corridor was still bone-chillingly cold, and the window glass of the classroom next to it was also clattering in the biting cold wind.

Xiang Xien discovered Xiang Hemin and Jia Siting behind a suit of armor.

They looked dejected when they saw Xiang Xien.

"Is your detention finished, Xiang Xien?"

Jia Siting felt his mood improve slightly; he asked with a forced smile.

Xiang Xien nodded.

"But our detention has begun—fortunately, Professor Sineipu didn't deduct our house points."

Xiang Hemin was unhappy.

Thus, Xiang Xien quickly learned that their theft of potion materials had been discovered.

Or rather, Professor Sineipu was preparing to deal with them.

Originally, Xiang Xien thought this was a reasonable detention, but thinking of Professor Sineipu's lingering anger, he opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say in the end.

"Be careful."

Xiang Xien said.

"Don't worry, Xiang Xien, letting Luohate leave Hogwarts, I think this is exactly what Professor Sineipu wants to see... since Professor Sineipu didn't deduct our house points this morning, he shouldn't make things too difficult now."

Jia Siting said optimistically.

Xiang Hemin also nodded in agreement.

Xiang Xien paused.

He finally sighed.

The next morning, Xiang Xien was unpleasantly informed that Gryffindor and Hufflepuff had each been deducted twenty points.

In the Great Hall, Xiang Hemin wished she could burrow into the long table, only revealing a mouth to eat;

Jia Siting was even more dull, presenting a look of not having recovered yet.

"What's wrong with them?"

Harry poked Luo En.

"I heard they were deducted twenty points by Sineipu; of course, that's not the most important thing, the most important thing is that they were given triple detention...

And it's detention in Filch's hands, just because they used the wrong hand while brewing potions.

I guess Sineipu will deduct points next time because they entered the Potions classroom with their left foot instead of their right foot, what do you think?"

Luo En explained with deep sympathy. ===== CHAPTER 729 =====