Kaisen had just sat down in his office, not even warming the chair, when the crystal ball on his desk lit up.
He casually waved his hand, and the office door in the distance opened, revealing four small figures.
Sirius, on the fourth floor, seemed to have caught a scent and rushed down, practically sprinting towards Harry.
After some time, Kaisen had already boiled hot water, and there were five teacups on the coffee table, with a plate of small pastries in the center.
It was only then that the four Little Wizards finally arrived.
"Professor, I'd like to consult you about something concerning our elective courses for next semester," Hermione said, warming her hands around a hot teacup.
"Hmm, please speak," Kaisen said, taking a tactical sip of black tea.
"I originally wanted to sign up for all the courses, but I checked the timetable with some older students and found that some courses conflict. So I wanted to ask how to choose between them," Hermione said.
"Of course, it depends on your interests," Kaisen said.
"The courses I definitely want to take now are Alchemy and Ancient Runes, but I want to try to sign up for as many other courses as possible. However, there are always time conflicts, so I came to ask which courses are more valuable and worth giving up conflicting courses for."
Hermione said with a helpless look, resting her chin on her hands.
Kaisen leaned back in his chair. He knew that Hogwarts had the Time Converter for dealing with course time conflicts.
After all, he had taught Alchemy for a year and a half and had heard more than one round of gossip in the classroom office.
Even now, with his office being large enough to play Quidditch in, Little Wizards still came to him after class with their brooms to chat and gossip.
However, he didn't plan to mention such a thing, even if it was just Hermione. He wouldn't say anything.
After all, a Time Converter, which could travel through time, was too dangerous, not to mention that he had genuinely experienced a chase from the future just around Christmas.
Even if Hermione was reliable, he wouldn't say anything. Hermione was reliable, but the other three...
Harry, Neville, Ron—which one of them seemed reliable?
Harry, overtly mischievous.
Neville, slyly mischievous.
Ron, foolishly mischievous.
If they knew about the Time Converter, would this world still be good?
So, in summary...
"Hmm... what are the courses you have conflicts with? I'll help you deliberate," Kaisen said.
Hermione took out a third-year course schedule for next semester, and the conflicting courses had already been marked by her.
"These four classes: Divination Class and Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures and Muggle Studies Class."
"Hmm... I'll talk about the latter two first. Hogwarts's Muggle Studies Class... I've attended a few lessons, and I've even seen Professor Burbage's lesson plans. In short... it has nothing to do with modern Muggles, or rather, it's completely irrelevant. As a Wizard from a Muggle background, you'll probably have your blood pressure rise."
"As for Divination and Arithmancy... Divination relies on talent, while Arithmancy relies on logic."
"I won't talk about Arithmancy with you. For Divination Class, if you enroll, getting a good grade at the end of the term is very simple: just creatively predict your own death on the exam paper."
"However, if you're aiming for self-improvement, it's not highly recommended. Of course, don't take my words as gospel; maybe you really do have a talent for Divination."
"But I still need to add, Divination Class is different from other courses. If you have a talent for Divination, even if you've never attended a single class, you can accurately see the future. But if you don't have talent, even if you wear out the Divination book, you'll still make mistakes."
"And the so-called good grade in Divination Class at the end of the term is like a Muggle learning magic and pretending to know magic. It's fine to deceive outsiders and Professors, but don't deceive yourself."
Kaisen spoke so much that he felt parched. Little Angel Neville had already refilled Kaisen's empty teacup.
Hermione, however, frowned: "Professor, if what you say is true, then for those without talent, isn't this Divination Class just a childish trick?"
"Although it's impolite to say so, yes, Divination Class is like that. magic at least has some logic, but Divination Class has no logic at all."
Neville and the other two sitting in the corner of the sofa exchanged glances. They didn't hear anything about Divination talent or anything like that. They only heard what Professor Kaisen said: the Divination Class final exam was easy, only requiring them to creatively predict their own death...
Isn't this their chosen guaranteed course!
Praise Trelawney!
"But Professor, why is such a course offered if it barely helps Little Wizards improve?" Hermione still asked, puzzled.
"You can not have it, but you cannot be without it. Moreover, Professor Trelawney truly has a talent for Divination. Although her talent is sometimes effective and sometimes not, she truly understands the field... And what if, by chance, she finds a Little Wizards with a talent for Divination? That would be a treasure for the entire magic world," Kaisen explained.
"Oh... then it seems I should try it too. What if I also have it!" Hermione suddenly said with renewed vigor.
Kaisen felt a bit awkward hearing Hermione's words. How did that saying go....
"...You... uh, Hermione, I must warn you never to get angry in Professor Trelawney's class, especially for someone like you who values practical truth."
"Okay, Professor, I'll remember that... But Professor, did you say Professor Trelawney's class makes people angry?" Hermione asked.
"Yes, just before you came, I was just pulled into a private lesson by Professor Trelawney."
"So, Professor, did you get angry?" Harry asked.
"Anger is for enemies, not to be vented on family and friends, so... sometimes people need to learn to self-digest."
Kaisen said, rubbing his stomach with a hint of helplessness. Thinking of all the various and bizarre death predictions Professor Trelawney had made since he first met her, he immediately felt there was no need to eat lunch.
"Okay, Professor, from your expression, we can probably tell how... uh... Professor Trelawney's class is."
"Actually, it's not so bad, as long as you turn a deaf ear to all the ominous death predictions constantly surrounding you. It's very simple," Kaisen added.
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