Chapter 318: Conceding Defeat (Edited)

"Minerva~"

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As soon as Fish reached the classroom, he jumped in front of her.

"Harry is going to die, you must find a way to save him nya."

"Huh? what did you say?!"

Professor McGonagall's smile froze and her hand, which had reached out to touch Fish's head, stopped in mid-air.

Could it be that Black had snuck into the school and hurt Harry Potter?

Professor McGonagall's heart clenched and she asked hurriedly.

"Sybil just gave Harry a prophecy that he's going to die tomorrow nya!"

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The kitten was lying on top of Professor McGonagall, and tilted its head up in a very serious manner.

I'm surprised...

Professor McGonagall was relieved to see Harry enter the classroom unharmed and gave Fish a nasty tug of his ear.

"I told you that you can listen to what Sybil says and not take it seriously."

"But Harry also said he saw the big black dog called 'Grim' again."

Professor McGonagall had heard the legend of the Grim, and used to believe it, not entirely, but rather in everything...until she met Sybil Trelawney.

Professor McGonagall's opinion of the fortune-telling profession had been turned around by Professor Trelawney's presence, and while she did not consider all fortune-tellers to be charlatans, she was mostly skeptical about the supposed prophecies.

The "deaths" often found in fortune telling had become less credible in her eyes.

With a glance at the anxious crowd, Professor McGonagall reluctantly said, "So, is it Potter who has been predicted to die this year?"

Everyone looked at her in astonishment.

Professor McGonagall patted Fish's little head and said calmly, "Then you should know that Sybil Trelawney has predicted the death of a student every year since she came to this school. So far, none of them have died. She loves to welcome a new class by reading the omens of death. If it weren't for the fact that I never speak ill of my colleagues..."

Professor McGonagall stopped abruptly and, after grimacing uncharacteristically, continued, "Divination is one of the less critical branches of magic. I'm not going to lie, I don't have much patience for it. True seers are few and far between and Professor Trelawney..."

She paused once more to say something, then said to Harry in a matter-of-fact tone, "It seems to me that you are in excellent health, so I beg your pardon if I do not excuse you from your duties today. I assure you that, in the event of your death, you will not have to hand in your homework."

Hermione smiled, she had never believed in Professor Trelawney's supposed divination from the beginning, and the fact that Professor McGonagall thought the same as she did made Hermione even happier....

Not bad for her... well... idol!

The others were a little more relieved to hear Professor McGonagall say that.

It's hard to be intimidated by a bunch of tea when you're away from the red light and giddy aroma of the Divination classroom.

However, there were some who were still worried, like Parvati and Lavender, who had become loyal Trelawney supporters, and Ron, who was easily swayed.

"Come on, back to your seats, let's start the lesson!"

Professor McGonagall had no intention of spending too much time trying to dissuade them, and she patted Fish on the head and urged him sharply.

They all rushed to take their seats, more frightened by Professor McGonagall than by the prophecy they didn't know to be true.

This transformation class talks mainly about knowledge of Animagus. Of course, it does not teach you how to become an Animagus, it only presents the origin and development of this spell.

In the course of the lesson, Professor McGonagall, who is an Animagus, naturally showed her hand,

She turned into an adult silver cat with a pattern around her eyes that resembled her glasses.

Immediately after, Fish transformed back into his cat form and jumped onto the podium, approaching Professor McGonagall and rubbing his head against her.

"Nya~"

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Although it was a pleasure to be rubbed by Fish, there was still a lesson to be taught, so Professor McGonagall had to harden her heart, stick out his paws and push the petting kitten away, then jump off the podium and return to her original form.

"Fish is the only known Animagus, naturally born, so unlike normal Animagus, he can not only turn into all sorts of cats, but also tigers and leopards... which everyone should know about."

Professor McGonagall suddenly remembered that Fish, the kitten, was trying to turn into a tiger and a leopard to defeat her one day, and couldn't help but give her a stern look.

Fish, who had just turned back into a cat-man, was confused and didn't know what he had done to upset Professor McGonagall.

After the look, Professor McGonagall warned the others, "Practicing the Animagus spell is a very difficult and dangerous thing to do, not to mention changing into other forms after becoming Animagus."

She gave some examples of failed Animagus transformations, and after startling everyone, she lightened her tone a bit and said, "Of course, if you want to practice the Animagus spell, you can come to me first, and I'll give you some guidance to reduce your chances of failure."

There was a slight expression of amusement on Professor McGonagall's face as she said this.

"The Weasley twins, they became Animagus under my tutelage."

"What?!"

Ron jumped up from his seat in surprise, completely forgetting about Harry.

"When did this happen? how come I didn't know?"

"Did you know about it too, Minerva? George and Fred told Fish to keep it a secret..."

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Beside her, Fish scratched his head, wondering what the two of them could be thinking, they had only told his to keep it a secret two days ago, why did they confess so quickly?

Professor McGonagall let out a grunt, she could basically guess what George and Fred were thinking, they didn't want to tell anyone that they had become Animagus, they were probably getting ready to do something bad.

As for why they had suddenly approached her this morning and offered to sign up as Animagus, Professor McGonagall could guess why, "The two of them, they were probably scared of Dementors..."

Professor McGonagall was right, the twins were scared.

Even though they already knew that illegal Animagus were caught and put in Azkaban, and that Azkaban was terrifying, it was all rumors and no concept.

But after seeing a real Dementor, they were both scared....

This was no match for Filch's childish punishments!

The thought that they might be locked up in Azkaban for a while for not registering as Animagus made George and Fred feel so weak that they both went to Professor McGonagall early this morning and told her everything.

And Harry and the others found out why the twins had left first this morning.