The Hogwarts Emerald

Chapter 47 Prophecy confuses people
Ada and the twins did not stay in Hagrid's cabin for long. They left after about an hour. Even when chatting with the three people, Hagrid's hands were not idle, so Ada and the twins naturally did not want to disturb him too much.

Hogwarts security guard Hagrid is not only responsible for key management, but also for guarding and handling things in the Forbidden Forest. Some animals in the Forbidden Forest were injured before, so Hagrid has to deal with their injuries. He has been busy with this recently.

From Hagrid's words, Ada and the other two could hear his resentment towards those who entered the Forbidden Forest. He felt that it was a heinous crime for the intruders to harm those "cute" animals.

After leaving Hagrid, Ada and the twins went to the Black Lake. They walked aimlessly along the lake. Although the Black Lake was not the same color as the sky, there was still a unique beauty between the lake and the mountains.

The giant octopus surfaced, its huge feet slapping the water, creating waves of water. Ada looked at it, but in her heart she was thinking about how big the iron plate would be needed to grill such a big octopus.

Perhaps because the pressure was released, Ada seemed particularly lively today. She and the twins even had a skipping stone competition to see who could skip farther and more.

She would cheer for the stones she threw, and would be dejected if she didn't perform well. Such a childish side of her rarely appeared.

After playing for a long time by the Black Lake, Ada and the twins returned to the castle when it was getting dark. The three of them walked back to the castle, talking and laughing. The twins seemed to have endless jokes and anecdotes to tell. Being with them always made people happy, as if they were cast under a spell of happiness.

The threat from welfare will soon disappear. All Ada needs to do is wait and prepare for the final exam in more than a month. She still has the confidence to get first place.

Although Foley's resignation application had been approved, he did not leave immediately, and Dumbledore would not ruthlessly kick a former professor who was injured out of Hogwarts.

For the next week, Fuli stayed in the school clinic to recuperate. Now that he was no longer a professor, he seemed not to be so unlucky and his physical condition had improved.

The girls in the support group would still frequently visit Welfare in the school clinic. Madam Pomfrey did not stop the students again, she just limited the visiting time, she did not want Welfare to be hurt more.

A few days later, Foley, who had gradually recovered his health, was discharged from the hospital. This time, he looked much better than before when he left the school infirmary. He seemed much more energetic. After returning to the office and quickly packing his belongings, Foley left Hogwarts directly, and left overnight.

It seemed that Fuli did not want to stay in this school any longer. He walked out of the school faster than the best flying broom on the market, so that the girls who wanted to see him off for the last time were unable to say a word to him. The girls could only look at his departing back and silently wish him the best of luck.

Ada was also among the people who were seeing him off. She was not tall and was trying to hide herself, so she was not noticeable in the crowd. But she was not there to send him off. She wanted to see with her own eyes that he had left and that she was safe again.

Although Fuli has been in the hospital during this period, Ada is still worried. As long as Fuli is not away, Ada dare not relax for a moment. Who knows if Fuli will give Ada a "dying and sick sitting up in shock".

Now that Foley is not only no longer a professor, but has also completely left Hogwarts, Ada can finally put her mind at ease.

What was hidden in Hogwarts? Who attacked Daniel? Why did the thief who didn't take anything enter the common room of the four major colleges? Who sneaked into the forbidden forest? With the departure of Foley, these things had nothing to do with Ada in an instant, and she no longer had to worry about these terrible things.

After Foley left, the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor position became vacant, and students of all years studied on their own when taking this course.

In fact, everyone is used to studying on their own in this course. When Fuli was there, he kept reading from the textbook, which was no different from studying on his own.

Snape personally wanted to become a professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts, but not only did he fail in his application, he couldn't even substitute for the class. Snape's resentment over his failure to change jobs erupted in the Potions class, and his words became sharper and his venomous tongue more lethal.

The first victims were naturally Gryffindor, and the one who suffered the most damage among Gryffindor was Ada, and the hatred was still strong.

Snape spoke harshly to Ada, trying to create opportunities for himself to deduct points from Gryffindor, but the unreasonable and troublesome behavior he had shown before did not appear again.

Ada had not been detained after Potions class for a long time. Even when she and the twins secretly went to the Forbidden Forest during this period, she still did not receive Snape's "after-class invitation". The two people whose relationship had been eased had returned to the original state, disliking each other but being able to coexist peacefully in a strange way.

Ada and the twins were very lucky on this trip to the Forbidden Forest. The three of them did not encounter any large pets that wanted to use them as midnight snacks, nor did they encounter any other strange and dangerous creatures.

In the Forbidden Forest, they encountered centaurs. Although most of the centaurs were not very friendly to wizards, they were lucky enough to encounter a low-probability event.

Firenze, whose lower body was cream-colored, was one of the few centaurs who did not reject wizards. He had a gentle attitude and politely persuaded the three people who were exploring the Forbidden Forest to leave.

The kind Firenze even gave Ada and the twins a ride until they were safely at the edge of the Forbidden Forest.

During the journey, Firenze said a lot of strange things. He always looked up at the stars in the night sky and said something that sounded roundabout.

The twins were simply confused by him. Firenze's incomprehensible remarks made the twins doubt their lives. They felt that they were not speaking the same language as the centaurs.

Ada also didn't understand what Firenze meant, and she couldn't even extract any useful information from the centaurs' words. Firenze was unwilling to speak directly, and chose to tell Ada and the others something in this almost code language.
Unfortunately, Ada and the twins didn't understand what he wanted to express at all. The three of them didn't really understand the constellations and other things that Firenze mentioned.

Although they have astronomy classes, their divination classes have not yet begun.

In fact, Ada never quite understood the fortune teller's thinking. Divination is just divination, why is it so obscure? All the information is hidden, and people can't understand it. Can't you just say it directly?

It seems that all those who are good at, or make a living from, divination speak in such a mysterious way, as if they are speaking in secret codes, as if only in this way can they prove that they can see further than others.

Coming to a magical world in an incredible way, Ada naturally believed in divination. Since there was already magic, why couldn't there be divination?
But it was hard for Ada to believe these fortune-tellers who liked to speak in a mysterious way. The way they predicted and divined made Ada feel very familiar. Firenze was not setting up a stall in the square, and Ada would not pay for consultation either, so why did he have to do this?

The Divination course at Hogwarts will not start until the third year. I heard from the seniors that the course is taught by a neurotic witch named Sybill Trelawney.

This seemingly abnormal and crazy professor is said to be the great-great-granddaughter of the prophet Cassandra Trelawney, but everyone agrees that she did not inherit her talent from her ancestors.

The Divination professor is a weirdo who likes to drink, but Ada doesn't find it strange at all. You will feel relieved when you think about the other professors in the school: the serious old cat girl is the Transfiguration teacher, the greasy and poisonous old bat is the Potions teacher, the ghost-like self-propelled hypnotist is the History of Magic teacher... and so on.

The seemingly normal professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts was actually an ambitious unlucky guy who left Hogwarts before the end of the school year.

It seemed that if you were a normal person while teaching at Hogwarts, you would be too embarrassed to go out and greet other professors.

So Ada was no longer surprised, and she didn't care what Trelawney was like. But Sybill Trelawney, who was drinking in her lounge at the moment, had never expected that a student would have such a bad impression of her before she had even taken a divination class.

Ada and the twins left the Forbidden Forest in confusion. They returned to the castle in bewilderment and did not even notice the abnormality on the Marauder's Map. A person who had already left the school had returned.

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