There was no trouble at the beginning of the school year this year. No one had any trouble or made trouble. Everyone happily spent the first night back at Hogwarts, and then devoted themselves to the courses from the second day on.

among.

But what excites the students the most is Ellie’s Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Because of this, when Ellie walked into the classroom, almost all the students stared at her with shining eyes. But Ellie just walked slowly to the podium, then looked at the students, and after a moment she spoke.

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"Today we're going to learn how to deal with a werewolf."

"Why……………"

Hearing Ai Li's words, the students couldn't help but let out a sigh of disappointment, but Ai Li was obviously unmoved. She just glanced at everyone and then spoke again.

"After teaching the werewolf course, I will conduct a spot check test on you. If the passing rate is high enough, then I will consider teaching you how to deal with a dementor."

Hearing this, the students' originally disappointed and frustrated expressions suddenly became excited. Although Ellie didn't say it clearly, considering that they all saw Ellie summoning a huge dragon to deal with those dementors that day, then this sentence

The next meaning is naturally very clear.

As a result, the students became more serious than ever. Not only did they carefully study all the knowledge about werewolves taught by Ellie in class, they also took the initiative to go to the library to inquire and borrow books and records about werewolves. Even while walking in the corridor,

The students mostly discussed stories about how to deal with werewolves.

Not only that, after that, Ellie also taught them how to play a game called "Werewolf" in class, which made the students even more excited.

Only Professor Lupine was somewhat embarrassed. Ellie could see that he looked nervous and awkward every time he saw her, as if he was worried about discovering his true identity - but Ellie could assure him that he didn't have to.

So nervous because I already knew his true identity.

This situation lasted until Gryffindor's second Defense Against the Dark Arts class. Ellie soon discovered that although most students still studied and listened hard, many of them were also absent-minded and seemed a little distracted.

As if restless.

"So...what happened today? Do you have anything more important than dealing with werewolves?"

Ellie put down the wand in her hand, stared at everyone and asked. But after hearing her question, the students immediately turned to look at Harry Potter, while Hermione hesitated and raised her hand.

"Teacher Aili, we just had our first divination class and interpreted the tea leaves, and the result..."

"Oh, so it's Potter who will die this year, right?"

Hearing this, Ai Li immediately understood what was going on, and at this time everyone looked at her in surprise.

"I understand what you are thinking, but I can assure you that although Professor Sybill Trelawney does have considerable strength in divination, you must know that for some reasons, she made the decision while awake.

The prophecies are basically meaningless, but on the other hand, if she tells a nonsense as if she is possessed by something, and then comes back to her senses and doesn’t know what she said... you should be careful.

.”

"………………?"

Facing Ellie's answer, everyone was stunned. At this time, Ron also raised his hand.

"That...teacher? But, at that time, she successfully predicted that Neville would break his first cup..."

“Prophecies are sometimes as close to hints as they are vague.”

Ai Li narrowed her eyes, thought for a moment, and finally decided...it's actually quite fun to ruin other people's lives.

"I'm not afraid to tell you that many times the so-called prophecies are actually just a brief inference... Miss Granger."

"exist!"

Hearing Ellie call her name, Hermione stood up hurriedly.

"When you see an apple swinging from side to side on an apple tree, do you think it will fall to the ground next?"

"...That's right."

"This is actually a kind of prediction, because we have accumulated enough experience and we all know that the apple will fall to the ground, so even if it does not fall, when we see it, we will automatically make this judgment."

"But Neville did break his first teacup."

Ron interrupted again uneasily, while Ellie waved her hand.

"This is actually a very clever psychological suggestion. You see, everyone knows that Mr. Longbottom is sometimes careless and clumsy. If you tell him that he will break the next cup, then he will be nervous...

...Mr. Longbottom, were you particularly nervous at that time?"

"Ah, yes..."

Neville also nodded at this time.

"She told me I would break the cup, which scared me. I didn't mean to, I really..."

"This is normal. When you are forced to focus on one thing, you can easily make mistakes. And when you hear the other person speaking, you have actually been prompted. You see, for example, if I ask you to cast

A spell, and then tells you that you will definitely fail, and then you really fail... This is not my prediction, it is just that you are under too much pressure."

Hearing this, the other students suddenly became interested, and Hermione raised her hand high again.

"So Teacher Ellie, are you saying that... those fortune-tellings through tea leaves and teacups are completely nonsense?"

"Divination is not my specialty. Of course, I have to tell you that there are indeed situations in the world that can hint at the future through some kind of omen, but that situation is very rare. At least I don't think it will appear when a group of students are sitting together.

A place to drink tea... In fact, many times, the ambiguity of divination is a kind of protection and induction, for example..."

Ellie pointed to another student again.

"I told you that you will be unlucky soon. Do you believe it?"

"Huh? This..."

"Many times, you can see a lot of things from your face, and you can figure out your psychology... For example, if a person always has a sad face, then he will think the worst when encountering things. For this kind of person, I can also give him a prediction."

You will encounter some very bad things recently, be careful'. In fact, of course I don't know what bad things are, but looking at his expression, I know that he will consider the bad side of many things.

So when he encounters a bad thing, he will only think that my prediction is correct...and I said recently, so when will it be recently? An hour later? A day later? A week later? A month later?

If you think about it carefully, can you really not encounter anything bad during these hours?"

"……………………"

Hearing this, the students shook their heads.

"So you see, divination is something like this in many cases. If you take it too seriously, you will only be forced to give hints, which will lead to disaster. Also, if there is no clearly pointed prediction, then you can treat it as meaningless.

nonsense."

Ellie waved her hand.

"Okay, now let's continue with class."

After Ellie's explanation, Harry's expression relaxed a lot, while Hermione seemed to have transferred her enthusiasm for divination to the psychological level. Of course, this was not a good thing for Professor Trelawney.

She was almost blown away by Ellie's explanation, and even went to Dumbledore to protest - but for Ellie, her protest was not painful at all.

You, a low-class gypsy witch, are teaching me, a prophetic mage, how to do things?

Generally speaking, it was peaceful most of the time. Lupine was also a very good teacher on the Care of Magical Creatures. Malfoy didn't bother him. Naturally, Harry and others didn't get into any trouble.

So you see, Hagrid is often the source of all evil, and he can almost avoid most of the trouble by just getting out of Hogwarts.

But on Halloween, Ellie still encountered a little trouble.

She was blocked by Harry, who also handed her a piece of paper - certainly not a love letter.

"Hey, Teacher Ellie, I want to go to Hogsmeade, but my aunt and uncle, they didn't sign my form..."

"Why don't you go find Snape?"

Looking at the permission form in her hand, Ellie looked at Harry with a smile, while the latter looked slightly red and lowered his head.

"Snape...Professor didn't let me go, saying it would be safer for me to stay at Hogwarts."

Frankly speaking, it's not really safe. Of course, in fact, Sirius came to kill Peter Pettigrew. It can only be said that Harry was unlucky to be in the same college as Ron, so he gave others a

Sirius was under the illusion that he was going after Harry Potter. But for Ellie... of course it had nothing to do with it.

Anyway, it's pretty much the same.

But why are you blushing when it comes to Snape? What happened this holiday?

Well...forget it, Ellie decided not to care about these things. After all, she is not the goddess of order.

"No problem. You are quite nervous during this period. It would be good to go to Hogsmeade to relax."

While talking, Ellie signed on it.

"I personally don't have any objections to you going out to play. Of course, I don't know whether this signature is valid."

"Thank you, Teacher Aili."

Harry was quite happy to get Ally's signature. He took back the application form and thanked Ally, then turned and left.

Ellie shrugged her shoulders and then looked away.

I wonder how Sirius will act this time?
Chapter completed!