Chapter 328
New Schedule and Arithmetic Divination
Chapter 328 New Schedule and Arithmetic Divination
When Wade went to the auditorium for breakfast in the morning, he received his class schedule for the new semester.
The schedule is packed, which is completely different from the relaxed schedule of the previous two years. Some courses even overlap in time.
Just counting this morning, he had Divination and Arithmancy starting at nine, followed by Transfiguration and Charms.
After an overly busy morning, there were Care of Magical Creatures, Muggle Studies, Defense Against the Dark Arts in the afternoon, and astronomy in the evening.
In fact, for previous students, the time for Divination, Arithmancy and Muggle Studies was all at 9 a.m. Because the overlap rate of students choosing these courses was very low, the school only needed to make slight adjustments to meet the class needs of most people.
But this year, because of the questionnaire compiled by Wade and others, and the influence of Professor Abigail, more students chose Divination and Muggle Studies than before.
Although arithmetic divination is also called "divination", it has become unpopular.
After all, there are very few students who love mathematics and truly believe that they are good at mathematics. What's more, most young wizards have not received a complete mathematics education, and the arithmetic and divination textbooks are like heavenly books to them.
Ancient magic runes are slightly better, this is because Vader, with the title of "genius alchemist", has caused several sensations in the magic world, making many young wizards very yearning for him.
Many students with excellent academic performance usually choose Ancient Magic Rune; to ensure safety, they also take two elective courses that are easier to pass the OWLsl exams.
As a result, divination and Muggle studies, which had previously been deserted, suddenly became overcrowded. It was impossible for Hogwarts to apply for a time converter for everyone, so it could only readjust the class schedule that had been followed for hundreds of years.
"Oh my God, Wade!" Michael looked over and saw Wade's class schedule, and exclaimed, "So many classes! Is this hell?"
He looked at the class schedule he had just been complaining about, and immediately found it much more pleasing to the eye.
Wade looked at his schedule again and said, "It's okay... I don't have so many classes every day."
The shortest day has only four classes.
Even though there are only eight classes a day, it is actually not bad for Wade, who used to have ten classes + morning reading + evening self-study every day.
In the past, he had to attend cram schools and interest classes even on weekends, but Hogwarts courses do not occupy Saturdays and Sundays.
Considering that professors don’t always give homework in every class, and that most of the rigorous subjects only have papers due once a week…
After thinking about it, the pressure that Wade had just felt disappeared immediately. He put away the schedule and asked Michael, "Have you finished eating? We'd better leave early. The North Tower is a bit far."
"immediately!"
As Michael spoke, he stuffed the remaining boiled potatoes on the plate into his mouth in a few bites, took a big sip of carrot juice, and jumped up from his seat.
Michael and Wade both took Arithmancy, so they walked together towards the classroom, which was on the seventh floor of the castle.
As they passed through the entrance hall, they saw Harry, Ron, and Hermione rushing in. Michael watched them disappear at the entrance to the hall, then turned and asked Wade:
"If I remember correctly, Hermione is also going to take Arithmancy class, right?"
"Of course," Vader said.
"She's eating now, so she'll definitely be late later," Michael said sympathetically.
The arithmetic divination classroom is close to the library. From here you have to go upstairs, walk around a long corridor, and then climb several flights of stairs to get there.
Even if you don't get lost in the castle's rambling staircases, it will still take quite a while to get there.
But Wade smiled and said, "Don't worry, she won't be late."
"Hmm? No?"
"Yes." "How is this done?" Michael asked in surprise.
"Sorry." Wade shrugged and said, "It's a secret. I can't tell you."
Michael touched his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"This secret is the reason why you can choose twelve courses, right?" he asked inquiringly.
Vader smiled and said nothing, but his eyes acknowledged it without a doubt.
Michael didn't ask any more questions. He lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. When he was almost at the classroom, he let out a long sigh.
"I regret it," he said.
"What?" Vader asked.
"I should also choose all the classes..."
Michael said in annoyance, "I thought the school would stagger the class times, or let you make up for the missed classes on weekends. I didn't expect that the truth might be more interesting than I guessed..."
"Teaching twelve courses will take up so much time, and writing the homework for twelve courses... I think you can only endure it for two weeks at most, and then you will give up on your own initiative..."
Vader said with a smile.
He knew Michael very well. Michael was lazy and had never been good at working hard.
Michael imagined himself having eight or nine classes a day, shuddered, and silently retracted his previous thoughts.
Not long after the two of them sat down in the classroom, Hermione ran in hurriedly. She slammed her schoolbag on the table with an angry expression on her face.
Wade looked at her and guessed that Hermione might have finished her Divination class by now.
Just like he chose to take Arithmancy class with Michael first, Hermione should have gone to Divination class with Harry and the others first and heard Trelawney's prophecy about death.
The two looked at each other and he confirmed his thoughts.
Hermione smiled helplessly at him but said nothing. She even sat at the other end of the classroom, apparently to avoid accidentally passing the information about the "Future Divination Class" to Vader.
So Wade also withdrew his gaze.
The whole classroom was sparsely populated. When the class was about to start, there were less than ten people. Most of them were Ravenclaws. There was only one Gryffindor, Hermione, and no Hufflepuffs.
To Wade's surprise, Theodore Nott from Slytherin also chose this course. He sat alone aside, flipping through the Arithmancy textbook in his hands.
After a while, a professor pushed open the door and came in.
The professor of arithmetic divination is named Setima Victor, a female professor with thick black hair and elegant appearance.
She was wearing a crimson wizard robe and a pointed, cake-cone-like hat. She spoke softly and rarely smiled.
"Arithmetic divination is a rigorous discipline that has been used for more than two thousand years."
She said in a soft and clear voice: "In this class, you don't need to touch the crystal ball or look at moldy tea leaves to make up stories. Our divination rules are based on regular and rigorous mathematical operations, using numbers to explore people's character and destiny..."
(End of this chapter)