Chapter 640: Professor Trelawney's Act (Edited)

"Beast!" Hermione pulled a handkerchief from her pocket, spat, and glared at Tom furiously.

Tom raised his hands in a sign of innocence.

Poor thing, he had actually only come to the library to read. But he ended up experiencing a demon possession and a senseless exorcism.

The exorcist, Miss Granger, had succeeded in banishing the demon from his limbs.

"It's okay, okay, I admit I was wrong~" Tom, who had come out ahead, felt relieved and didn't want to argue anymore. Instead, he fixed Hermione's messy hair.

Tom's hands gently caressed the delicate curve of the girl's cheek, wiping away any smudges on her cheeks.

"It wasn't necessary to do that." Once the demon was banished, reason regained control of Tom's mind.

Hermione stayed silent for a moment and pressed her lips together.

[If time is short, why not go completely crazy?]

"After all, there won't be a chance to do something like this anymore." She looked at him pitifully and slung her backpack over her shoulder.

"I still have classes this afternoon, so I'm leaving." She leaned in and gave Tom a kiss. Tom stiffened and instinctively wanted to avoid it, but he stayed in place without moving.

"At least you have some conscience." Hermione scrutinized Tom's face, straightened his collar, and left.

What Tom didn't see was that when Hermione turned around, her eyes became slightly red.

After Hermione left, Tom checked the wall clock and realized that it was almost time for his first class of the afternoon. So he quickly tidied up the place to make sure he hadn't messed up any tables or chairs, and then left the library.

Regarding Krum's invitation, both acted as if they hadn't heard anything.

In the afternoon, Divination was the only class where Tom and Hermione had different schedules.

The class took place in the West Tower, an unusual place for Hermione, as she considered this class pointless. But Tom was interested, as he knew Professor Trelawney had some talent for divination, so he took the subject seriously.

"Reuniting with you in the material world, I am pleased to see you. The bustling mundane atmosphere of the castle may obscure the clairvoyance of seers, but fortunately, we still have a quiet corner here to explore the mysteries of divination..." Professor Trelawney seemed to ramble as she looked at the students.

"So, Professor, if clairvoyance is clearer here, can you make an accurate divination about your own fate?" Perhaps tired of clairvoyance arguments, Ron asked something unusual, prompting Professor Trelawney to look at him expressionlessly. She knew that this Weasley family boy had no talent, and after deciding Ron's fate on the path of divination, Professor Trelawney answered in her ethereal voice.

"When seers make a divination about their own fate or something closely related, clairvoyance is more likely to be hidden, and premonitions are erased. It takes the help of another qualified seer to dispel that dense fog. But seers are rare, and the probability of two seers appearing together is almost zero..."

Ron pursed his lips, turned around, and told Harry, "This woman has already said all the good and bad things. If divination doesn't work, just blame it on clairvoyance being hidden. I've got it!"

Harry nodded, agreeing as well. However, considering it was an easy class and easy to get credits, he made Ron shut up and not argue with Professor Trelawney.

After answering Ron's question, Professor Trelawney began the day's lesson.

The lesson's content remained astrology, a form of divination that predicts fate through the observation of the movement of planets and stars. First, Professor Trelawney asked everyone to calculate the positions of the planets and then moved on to the practical session.

"Next, I will invite a student to come forward, and I will reveal their destiny," Professor Trelawney said as she moved to the center of the classroom, looking at the sleepy young wizards and witches around her.

Upon hearing this, the students immediately understood: it was time for the divination class performance to begin.

Professor Trelawney was going to call a student and make an unfortunate prediction. Most students viewed it as entertainment; after all, they had been fooled all year, and it was time to take a break from that. However, there was a small fraction of students who believed in Professor Trelawney's words.

"Dear Yodel, allow me to take a look at your birth chart." In this class, Tom was the chosen one by Professor Trelawney.

Harry and Ron smirked, especially Harry, who was really tired of Professor Trelawney's death predictions about him.

Professor Trelawney approached Tom's table, took his birth chart, and examined it closely.

As she did so, her expression began to change. Finally, as expected, a look of sadness appeared on her face.

"Poor Yodel." Professor Trelawney looked at Tom, pretending as if she was about to cry.

"Your recent life has been...". However, at this point, Professor Trelawney suddenly paused until all the students were looking at her before uttering the last word.

"... fortunate?"

Present students: ???

Why is she deviating from the script? Shouldn't she say that Tom will soon experience misfortunes and then console him for a while? Why is she saying good things?

Tom was also stunned.

Seeing the students' reactions, Professor Trelawney smiled with satisfaction. Even without divination, she knew that Tom Yodel was currently having a good time.

Wouldn't the winner of the Order of Merlin have a reason to feel proud? She wasn't a charlatan who simply told people they would encounter misfortunes; she was a serious diviner who adjusted astrological predictions based on known information.

"A fortunate life is something to be envied. However..." After just a few more comments, Professor Trelawney showed her true colors and predicted another ill omen.

The present students nodded. Now that was more like it. This was the right way to do it—the tone was right! Professor Trelawney had begun her act.

"However, what?" Lavender sat on the edge of her seat and leaned forward, listening intently. She was one of the few students who considered Professor Trelawney's predictions to be absolute truth.

Seeing that she had piqued the students' interest, Professor Trelawney didn't continue with suspense. She waved her arms like a butterfly, and the beads on her necklace trembled with her movements, producing an eerie sound. Then, she placed Tom's birth chart on her desk and, with an enchanting tone, said, "Tom Yodel, you will lose someone you love!"