"I... I'm very grateful you didn't call Severus over too," Dumbledore said with a sincere nod.
"... Is it still not too late for me to call him now?"
"I'm sorry, it's too late. But please rest assured, Gellert will never harm the Little Wizards. Even the Aurors from the Ministry of Magic don't believe he would harm any Little Wizards."
"He also promised me that he would not instill his beliefs into the Little Wizards in any way," Dumbledore explained.
"Then why is he coming to Hogwarts to be a Professor? Everyone in the European magic world knows that if you want to be a Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts, either you have a guilty conscience or you're completely incompetent. If this Mr. Grindelwald can truly make such a promise, what's the point of him being a Professor?" Kaisen spoke a blunt truth.
"... Has Hogwarts become like this under your management?" Grindelwald looked at Dumbledore meaningfully, his words like a sharp blade, stabbing at Dumbledore's chest once more.
"I'm sorry, this is another selfish reason why I hired you to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor.... This position was cursed by Lord Voldemort, and you know I'm not as good as you at these ethereal curses existing in the void," Dumbledore said, looking at Grindelwald.
"As you wish." Grindelwald nodded obligingly.
"Is this sufficient?" Dumbledore looked at Kaisen with a hint of resentment, clearly bothered by Kaisen's blunt truth causing him to lose face in front of Grindelwald.
"Uh-huh... It's fine... So, where will Mr. Grindelwald be staying during this time?" Kaisen nodded and asked a gossipy question.
"...."
"Alright, if you won't say, then don't. I won't ask anymore. I'll go see Professor Trelawney."
Just then, Grindelwald, who was sitting in the corner, suddenly spoke, "I can only say that you won't get any answers from that clumsy Divination Witch."
"... What other unknown talents do you, old man, possess?"
Kaisen's gaze swept back and forth between Grindelwald and Dumbledore's faces.
"He is a Seer, capable of seeing the future."
"Wow, that's amazing?" Kaisen said, surprised.
"If you want to find that special wood, the Amazon Rainforest or the African savanna," Grindelwald said casually.
"Wow, thank you so much! Are both of those places where that kind of wood is found?"
Grindelwald shook his head, "That's what I saw in the future. You only went to these two places to search. As for whether that wood is in these two places, it's unknown. Perhaps there are other opportunities in these two places."
"Okay, thanks. But I still have to go to Trelawney's. I even prepared a gift for her," Kaisen said, leaving Dumbledore's Headmaster's office.
"Why does his gratitude sound so sarcastic? Especially that one line, 'Wow, thank you so much.'"
"You'll get used to him. When he talks to you, he'll be frighteningly familiar, making you miss the time when you first met," Dumbledore explained.
"It seems you're already starting to miss it."
"Yes, at that time he was so sincere, so awkward, so..."
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Dumbledore pulled out a Potion and tossed it to Grindelwald.
"If your throat is bad, drink the Potion."
"........"
......
"Oh yes... yes, try to open your Third Eye... Everyone has a Third Eye, it's just whether you've opened it or not." The moment Professor Trelawney saw Kaisen, she forcefully pulled him to a seat and made him sit on the chair.
She then began an impromptu Divination lesson targeting him.
"Yes, how is it? Do you feel your Third Eye has opened?" Professor Trelawney asked.
"Uh... What should I be seeing?" Kaisen asked.
"That's for you to ask yourself. What do you want to see?"
"I see... I see Hogwarts in ruins, but with no casualties. I'm holding blocks and rebuilding a new Castle on the ruins."
"I also saw that during my vacation this year, I found the two plants I needed: wood and flowers."
"I also saw that I became a writer, and my readers loved my books, drowning me in gifts."
"That's enough, Kaisen. Try to combine them?" Professor Trelawney said, guiding him step by step.
"Uh... I should see... I used the readers' gifts to find the wood and flowers I needed, and used them to rebuild Hogwarts?" Kaisen said, making things up.
"Excellent! Professor Kaisen, you have a great talent for Divination." Professor Trelawney praised him.
Kaisen, sitting in his seat, gave an awkward but polite smile.
He had no Divination talent whatsoever; he was just spouting the first things that came to his mind. As for the final future, it was just a fusion of three ideas.
But to be fair, Professor Trelawney didn't give him a death prophecy this time, which was very good.
Professor Trelawney has changed... She's no longer keen on attending funerals. Of course, that still needs a question mark.
Hmm... it definitely needs a question mark.
"Alright, Professor Kaisen, continue this every day, maintain your Third Eye training, and you will open your Third Eye one day and become a Seer like me," Professor Trelawney said softly.
"Uh... I will." Kaisen nodded awkwardly. As for the so-called Third Eye training, there was no need for that.
Even if he didn't understand Divination before, he knew from the complaints of the older Little Wizards that it was a subject purely based on talent.
Something like the Third Eye, if you don't have it, you don't have it. It's probably not possible to open it later in life.
Something like Divination, if you don't know it, you don't know it. Perhaps making a tragic death prophecy for himself could help him pass Professor Trelawney's final exam, but the future would always tell them the truth.
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