Chapter 1008： brutal truth

  Chapter 1008 The Cruel Truth

  Professor Trelawney's prophecy, like a depth bomb, completely boiled Hogwarts.

Most of the students were very surprised that the old liar predicted that he would be expelled by Toad. Many people thought it was Professor Trelawney's trick, but all the students who have taken divination classes know that Professor Trelawney is absolutely A liar, maybe planning to use this to scare Umbridge from getting fired.

  What is the situation?

  Does Professor Trelawney understand divination?

  Everyone doesn't know about it, but people are very interested in the results of Professor Trelawney's divination to Umbridge.

  In Professor Trelawney's first prophecy, Umbridge will drive away Dumbledore and become the new Headmaster of Hogwarts.

  This prophecy is not good news for the teachers and students of the school.

  As long as you are willing to use your brain to think a little, you can guess that Umbridge's motives for coming to Hogwarts are not pure.

  Who would be willing to let the deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic go and come to Hogwarts to teach, and even choose the most dangerous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor?

  In the second prophecy, Umbridge is going to get into big trouble in the Forbidden Forest, where he's being taught a lesson by a bunch of longlegs.

This one is a bit confusing, but the third prophecy is that Umbridge will eventually be kicked out of Hogwarts school, which is not surprising, because Defense Against the Dark Arts professors usually have a hard time at Hogwarts. Ci served for more than a year.

  The most surprising thing is the fourth prophecy, will Umbridge die in Azkaban?

   No matter how you look at it, it seems that Professor Trelawney is deliberately annoying Umbridge.

  But Professor Trelawney claimed that this was the result of divination.

  In order to explore the "truth" of the whole incident, the students who were extremely curious asked the "prophecy expert" Albert for help.

  "Professor Trelawney does have some prophecy abilities, but her ability is not very strong."

   "As for whether Professor Trelawney's prediction to Umbridge will come true, I think it won't be long before everyone can witness the result with their own eyes."

Some people suspect that Albert and Trelawney have long been colluding and flattering each other; some even want to encourage Albert to make a prophecy for Umbridge to prove that he can really predict the future, but Albert regards these as ridiculous The "exciting general" was ignored.

  Why should he prove it to others?

   It was Umbridge who was **** off by Professor Trelawney's prophecy. When many people quietly passed the corridor of the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, they could clearly hear the sound of cursing and smashing things coming from inside.

  The Weasley brothers' telescopic ears are widely welcomed by everyone. Curious students will even use the telescopic ears to hear clearly what the toad is swearing.

  Everyone is guessing when Umbridge will drive Professor Trelawney away.

  However, they are doomed to fail, and Umbridge seems to have no intention of firing Professor Trelawney for the time being, at least not yet.

   It is believed that Umbridge was worried that Professor Trelawney's prophecy would come true, since even Albert admitted that Professor Trelawney had the ability to "prophet".

   Only Umbridge knows what the actual situation is.

When the divination incident was raging in the school, Umbridge asked someone to pass a note to Albert again, inviting him to drink tea in the Defense Against the Dark Arts office. Umbridge really planned to ask Albert Divination by Professor Trelawney.

  During her tenure at Hogwarts, Umbridge was not without gains. She collected a lot of information through Slytherin students, and suspected that Anderson was the master of prophecy that Professor Trelawney said.

More than a month ago, when Harry Potter was on trial, he also mentioned that a famous fortune teller had given him a fortune-telling. Umbridge felt that it was very likely that this guy was in front of him, and that the guy who told about Fudge's resignation next summer The prophecy may also be passed on by this guy.

  Especially after the **** Mudblood in front of him offered an expensive divination fee of 1000 Galleons, Umbridge's mood fell to the bottom all of a sudden.

  Can he really predict the future?

  Is Fudge really going to step down next year?

   "Mr. Anderson, may I take it that you are trying to blackmail a professor?"

  Umbridge had a disgusting smirk on her face, and she was determined to figure out whether the guy in front of her had the ability to predict the future no matter what.

  If it was someone else, Umbridge wouldn't believe it at all, but this Mudblood named Albert Anderson has already performed too many miracles.

   It is not unacceptable for another miracle to occur.

   "Extortion, I think you made a mistake." Albert raised his head and looked at Umbridge with a strange expression.

   "I made a mistake?" After Umbridge met Albert's gaze, the smile on his face suddenly froze, and he quickly moved his gaze away, not daring to meet Albert's gaze.

"If you ask me for divination now, that is a business. The essence of the business is to pay with one hand and deliver with one hand." Albert drank the milk tea in his cup and said in a cold tone, "If you want me to do divination for you, The remuneration that should be paid to me must not be less, no one can be an exception!"

   "No exception?" Umbridge was still smirking.

   "No one is an exception." Albert ignored Umbridge's malice, stood up and said, "If you are not willing to pay, I will naturally not prophesy for you."

   Without giving the other party a chance to speak up, Albert had already taken out his wand from his robe pocket, and with Umbridge's stunned expression, he waved it at her, causing Umbridge to forget most of his memories.

   "Then I'll go first, I wish you a nice afternoon."

  Albert stuffed his wand back into his pocket, smiled and nodded at Umbridge, then turned and left the Defense Against the Dark Arts office, leaving Umbridge stunned.

  By the time Umbridge came back to his senses, he had already forgotten about asking Albert to give her a divination, and only Albert's evaluation of Professor Trelawney was left in his head.

  Professor Trelawney did know how to prophesy, and he succeeded, so those prophecies are likely to come true?

   "No, it can't be, it can't be true! That guy is a liar, everyone says she is a liar, she is a liar!"

   Umbridge kept saying similar things to himself, and then suppressed the fear.

  That's right, Professor Trelawney is a liar, her prophecy is just a bluff, Umbridge didn't see his future from the crystal ball at all.

  However, Umbridge didn't know that there is still such a show operation that can help others predict.

   Albert had just left the Defense Against the Dark Arts office when he saw Fred, George and Lee Jordan sneaking around.

   "What did Toad want you for?" Fred put his wand back in his pocket and asked with a smile, "We were just discussing whether we should go in and help you."

  The three of them were all holding wands, as if they were ready to rush into the office at any time to help Albert subdue Umbridge.

   "What's the result of the discussion?" Albert asked with a smile. He knew very well that the appearance of the three of them was actually deliberately pretending to be funny. They never worried that Albert would get into trouble with Umbridge, and it was Umbridge who should really be worried.

   "George said that you will definitely not suffer."

   "Toad wants me to divination for her, but he doesn't want to spend money..."

   "How much are you going to hit her?" Li Qiaodan asked curiously, but he knew that asking Albert for divination would hurt his wallet.

   "Not much, a thousand Galleons." Albert said flatly.

   "If I were a toad, I wouldn't want to give money." The three of them were speechless, what do you mean not much, is this a lot?

  They feel that they have a different unit of measurement than Albert.

"It's related to my future, a thousand Galleons is not expensive. That guy doesn't want to pay it, and he wants to use his status as a Ministry of Magic and senior investigator to pressure me," Albert said helplessly spreading his hands, "So... "

   "So you gave her a hard time." Fred said excitedly.

   "How is it possible, I am not that violent, I just let her forget part of her memory."

   "I thought you would be very angry." Lee Jordan is also a guy who doesn't think it's a big deal

   "Why am I so angry?" Albert asked back, "Are you angry at a barking toad?"

  Three of them felt that this was very reasonable, but they regretted not being able to see Albert give Umbridge a hard lesson.

   Albert didn't intend to have any conflicts with Umbridge. Anyway, if necessary, it would be enough to let the other party forget some memories.

   As for how Umbridge feels, who really cares?

   This solution was learned from Ministry of Magic employees when watching the Quidditch World Cup last year.

  They all do that themselves, so there is no problem.

   On the contrary, it was Umbridge's actions that made him feel that the other party was stupid.

   Could it be that he is used to dominating the Ministry of Magic?

   Or was the oppression too tight recently, causing Umbridge to lose his normal rational judgment, and did a series of stupid things?

   "Is Professor Trelawney's prediction true?"

  The three were even more curious about this matter, they knew that it was actually a prophecy given by Albert.

"it is true."

   "Will Umbridge really die in Azkaban?"

"right."

   “This is really exciting news.”

   "However, despite the predicted results, the future may actually change. The prediction involves too many causes and effects, and no one can determine what the future will look like."

"Can't understand!"

   "I didn't expect you to understand!" Albert sighed, "The future can be changed, but it's really difficult to change the future."

  Albert did try, and it turned out that Peter Pettigrew died prematurely.

   For this reason, he also personally went off the field to create opportunities for Sirius.

   As soon as they returned to the common room, Shanna immediately came over and told Albert about the Defense Association.

   "Recently, everyone has been spreading rumors in private that someone plans to re-establish the Defense Association to teach everyone Defense Against the Dark Arts." Shanna lowered her voice and said, "Everyone thought it was you."

   "I'm busy and I'm not free." Albert probably guessed what was going on.

   "It wasn't you?" Shanna looked at Fred and George, "You must know who it is, right? Angelina said Fred told her."

"Ahem, it's Harry, and Harry's defense against the dark arts is not low." George cleared his throat and explained under Shanna's gaze, "I think Hermione is right, you can't let the toad Our defense against the black arts is ruined, so we have to learn something to protect ourselves, if you are interested, you can go and have a look."

   "Aren't Albert going?" Shanna looked at Albert, who shook his head and said, "I'm not free, and if I go, the nature may become different."

   "What's different."

   "They will definitely let me take everyone to kick Umbridge out."

   "Isn't that bad?" Angelina asked.

"It's not that it's bad, but it's meaningless. Even if Umbridge is driven away, the Ministry of Magic will send other people to take up the post." Albert paused and said meaningfully, "Besides, I think Umbridge is actually It was fun."

   This is really true. Umbridge has been in Hogwarts for less than a month, and he has indeed brought a lot of joy and laughter to everyone.

   "How is Harry Potter's Defense Against the Dark Arts?" Shanna turned to George and asked, "We can really learn something."

   "Everyone communicates with each other and learns from each other." George shrugged. "What we learn is the "Guide to Self-Defense" compiled by Albert."

   "Oh, that book came out?" Shanna knew about it.

   "It hasn't been published yet, don't look at me, I don't have one here either." Fred shrugged, "It is said that Granger has a copy, but I haven't seen the real thing either."

   "When?" Shanna hesitated for a moment, but decided to go over and have a look. Her level of Defense Against the Dark Arts is not high. If you want to get a good grade in the test, you have to spend more time on it.

   As for whether Harry is a liar, as long as he has a little brain, he won't be entangled in such matters.

  …

  After nightfall, the lights were still on in the principal's office, and Dumbledore fell into brief contemplation as he looked at the memory of the Pensieve on the table.

Dumbledore naturally also paid attention to the latest Trelawney divination incident at Hogwarts, especially when it was mentioned in the divination that he would temporarily lose his position as headmaster, which reminded Dumbledore of a certain conversation :

  I see you lost your position as principal.

   Just then, there was a knock on the door of the principal's office.

   "Come in, Minerva, what can I do?" Dumbledore looked at Professor McGonagall who appeared outside the door with some surprise.

   "I remembered something about the recent prophecy."

  Professor McGonagall glanced at the Pensieve on the table, put the wand directly on his temple, and pulled out a memory.

  The two turned their attention to the Pensieve, which contained a conversation between Professor McGonagall and Albert:

  …By the way, the next headmaster of Hogwarts is Professor Snape, if that pink toad doesn't count.

"This is the employment consultation from the year before last." Professor McGonagall said to Dumbledore. "Honestly speaking, most of his predictions have come true. The pink toad here should refer to Umbridge. She was turned into a Toad."

  In the past, Professor McGonagall didn’t really care much about these things, and he wasn’t interested in divination either.

  However, Voldemort was resurrected, and many of Albert's prophecies came true, and she had to face these things squarely.

   "Actually, Mr. Anderson told me before that I will temporarily lose the position of headmaster." Dumbledore was very calm, as if it was an insignificant matter, "What do you want to drink?"

   "Why are you still able to say these words so calmly? If Umbridge becomes the headmaster, God knows what the whole school will look like." Professor McGonagall was a little emotional.

"Trelawney's prophecy doesn't look like her." Dumbledore smiled and handed a cup of hot cocoa to Professor McGonagall, "That should be Anderson's prophecy, crystal ball divination has always been Anderson's specialty."

   "So, Sybil's prophecy is true?" Professor McGonagall's face suddenly became a little ugly, as if he had thought of something bad.

   "Mr. Anderson is not a liar. For him, the truth is sometimes crueler." Dumbledore took a sip of hot cocoa and stared at the changes in the Pensieve.

   "Under what circumstances do you think Severus will become the principal." Professor McGonagall asked in a low voice.

   Dumbledore was silent.

what's the situation?

   "When Voldemort took control of Hogwarts." Dumbledore said calmly.

  Both knew exactly what this meant.

  If Dumbledore was still alive, obviously this kind of thing would not be allowed to happen.

   This is also the reason why Professor McGonagall came to Dumbledore in a hurry, because when she talked about Sybil's prophecy with Professor Flitwick this evening, she recalled Albert's divination.

   "It's not that bad." Dumbledore comforted.

  Actually, a long time ago, Dumbledore deduced from Albert's few hints that he might die soon.

   To be honest, Dumbledore wasn't too worried about these issues, because in Albert's prophecy, Harry defeated Voldemort, and that was enough.

   When facing death, Dumbledore is not afraid. For him, death is just a brand new adventure, but before setting off, he needs to finish everything he should do.

  (end of this chapter)