[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring":3,"chapter-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-135":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Starting at Hogwarts, Logging into Elden Ring",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1496309,1944,"Chapter 135: A Talent-Bound Prophecy, and the New Term Begins","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-135",135,"\u003Cp>Hermione quickly changed the subject.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So if you've already mastered Animagus transformation… then the Zen Garden really can help me train mine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur transmitted his reply with spirit-speech—his feline form unable to speak aloud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course. The Zen Garden can save you an enormous amount of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just can't refund any time you personally spend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's wonderful! I can't wait to start!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur poured a bucket of reality over her enthusiasm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't get excited yet. You still have to keep a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a full month. Good luck enjoying that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione puffed her cheeks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph! That's nothing. I can handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her cousin always loved teasing her. Too mean!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She squeezed Arthur-cat even harder as revenge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright—enough. Put me down,\" Arthur protested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No! I haven't hugged you nearly enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur struggled out of her arms and shifted back to human form before she could catch him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Class. Now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione reluctantly followed him out of the Zen Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Electives Begin\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Third-years could pick three classes among Ancient Runes, Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, and Muggle Studies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, Hermione wanted to take all of them—after all, she now had a Time-Turner, and if she ever got tired she could replenish her stamina in the Zen Garden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur, however, stopped her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He insisted she sample every course first before committing, to see which were truly worth her time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their first destination today: Trelawney's Divination class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Sybill Trelawney—full name Sybill Patricia Trelawney—was a very interesting figure. Arthur whispered explanations to Hermione as they climbed the North Tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In Greek myth,\" Arthur said, \"the Sybils were prophetesses favored by Apollo. And our Trelawney here is the great-granddaughter of the real Cassandra—well, Cassandra Trelawney, not Troy's Cassandra.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione blinked. \"So she really has prophetic blood?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm. Thin, but still there. Prophecy is tied to bloodlines. Voldemort inherited Parseltongue after all those generations of Slytherin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trelawney sometimes enters an unconscious trance where her predictions are real. But once she wakes, she forgets everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur gave her a meaningful look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She's the one who prophesied the identity of the Boy Who Lived during Voldemort's prime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione stared with renewed curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Arthur added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the class I recommend you avoid the most.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because prophecy requires talent?\" she guessed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's one reason. Divination isn't like Arithmancy; there's no logic, no rules—only tea leaves, crystal balls, and 'interpretation.' For someone without the gift, it's just staring at blurry shapes and inventing meaning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He leaned in and whispered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And… Professor McGonagall can't stand her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione instantly perked up at that—gossip detected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur continued via spirit-speech:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trelawney uses cold reading techniques—behavior observation, personality judgment, ambiguous wording. Her 'sudden prophecies' work only because her students unconsciously fulfill them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>McGonagall sees right through her theatrics. If you pick this class, she might… sabotage you for your own good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, had she been born in the East, would've recognized the pattern immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was textbook fortune-telling from street stalls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Divination: A Practical Demonstration of Nonsense\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Class began—and Trelawney did not disappoint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She spotted Neville's nervous fidgeting and intoned ominously,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My dear boy… I sense tragedy in your very near future…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poor Neville nearly dropped the teacup—and then, predictably, did drop it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trelawney gasped in theatrical triumph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She terrified the entire front row in similar fashion—Harry, Ron…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hermione, sitting safely in the back thanks to Arthur, silently thanked every deity she knew.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end of the period, she had completely abandoned the idea of taking Divination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She also dropped Muggle Studies shortly after—being raised by Muggles, she already knew everything the professor painfully explained, making the class a total waste of time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Quiet Stretch… Mostly\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed peacefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Worth noting: Rita Skeeter's published interview turned out shockingly positive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Either she wanted to curry favor with Arthur, or she had been thoroughly traumatized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her praise for Hermione was so exaggerated that longtime readers wondered openly if she'd been bribed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Care of Magical Creatures\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On Hagrid's first lesson, he introduced the class to Buckbeak the Hippogriff—offspring of a male griffin and a mare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, a Hippogriff requires respectful bowing before one may approach or ride it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Draco Malfoy, though reformed somewhat by Arthur's influence, still couldn't suppress his competitive streak when Harry was involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Harry bowed first, Draco scoffed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He refused to bow—and yet, to Hagrid's shock, Buckbeak bowed first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Draco shot Harry a smug look and sauntered back to the Slytherin group without even riding the creature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hagrid was baffled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason was simple: after spending so long with his dragon Hydrea, Draco carried a faint trace of dragon's aura.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not as overwhelming as Arthur's Ifrit, but enough to intimidate lower-threat magical beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Harry was irritated, but it was Hagrid's first day as teacher—he didn't want to embarrass him, so he simply glared at Draco and let it go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defense Against the Dark Arts\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Professor Lupin's first class was even more interesting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He brought out a Boggart—a shapeshifter that becomes whatever its viewer fears most, feeding on terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Boggarts are easily defeated with the Riddikulus charm—or even hearty laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville was first. Lupin coaxed out his answer:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>he feared Snape the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Lupin told him to imagine Snape wearing his grandmother's clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the wardrobe opened, a perfect Snape stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(Rumor says Snape once saw this memory in the Pensieve and nearly killed Lupin.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Neville cast \"Riddikulus!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape's robes morphed into an elderly lady's outfit—red handbag, frilly scarf, and all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The classroom exploded with laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur snapped a photo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Snape stormed into Arthur's room demanding the photo's destruction, threatening to sever their teacher-student bond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arthur refused, though he did solemnly promise never to show it to anyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Snape could only seethe in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus he went after the other culprits—Neville and Lupin—next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To read 90+ future chapters, head over to Patreon:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>patreon.com\u002FWhiteDevil7554\u003C\u002Fp>",972,"2026-06-06T04:19:46.381Z",1,"novelbin.me","6e0734b7c2cd1b559ef04d988d922f93dc1aab82f3122516586e8ca62a5b963c","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-136","starting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-chapter-134",281,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstarting-at-hogwarts-logging-into-elden-ring-cover.jpg"]