Professor Trelawney's outburst before leaving really shocked all the teachers and students of Hogwarts, and also refreshed everyone's previous impression of the old liar.
No one thought that all this was actually done by someone behind the scenes, and the actual operation was not difficult.
Professor Trelawney is an experienced liar herself, who has decades of experience in playing tricks and deceiving others. In Albert's euphemistic words, she is a master of language.
With the help of a blessed elixir and a complete script, it's no surprise that the performance is exceptional.
The last successful case was Harry Potter.
For this reason, Albert was surprised to find that he had triggered a task called "Highlight Moment".
Unfortunately, the task is not easy to complete, especially since Albert is about to graduate from Hogwarts. He doesn't have much time to complete the task, so he can only rely on luck. Although Albert has always claimed that he is very lucky, he is actually not willing to rely on luck.
What puzzled Albert was that when Potter confronted Fudge during the trial, no similar task was triggered.
After this incident, the prophecy left by Professor Trelawney before her death was once again dug out from the garbage dump of history.
In addition to the recent prediction that Potter would be banned by Toad, the second prediction that she would be fired by Toad also came true.
The next prophecy is that Headmaster Dumbledore will hire a non-human Divination professor to work at Hogwarts.
This prophecy will be verified in the next few days and will not make everyone wait too long. What if the third prophecy also comes true
Will the remaining prophecies also gradually come true
The prophecy left by Trelawney was like a slap in the face, which directly knocked Umbridge unconscious.
Umbridge never thought that she would go to so much trouble to drive Trelawney away and prepare to place "her own people" in Hogwarts, but Dumbledore had already found a new divination professor.
Could it be that the other party had already anticipated this
What made Umbridge even more annoyed was that Dumbledore did not tell her who the new Divination professor would be. He just said mysteriously that she would know in a few days. He even confidently assured that if the new professor did not arrive within three days, the Ministry of Magic could appoint a new Divination professor on their own.
The smile on Dumbledore's face gave Umbridge a very bad feeling. She didn't want the old liar's prediction to come true at all, not only because of Trelawney's subsequent prediction, but also because it meant that she drove away a professor who could truly predict the future.
Not only will people question the actions of Minister of Magic Fudge, but they will also question her ability to serve as a senior investigator.
Umbridge was right. Albert really dug a hole for her to jump into.
After sending away the furious Umbridge, Dumbledore could not help but shook his head. He walked to the window, looked in the direction of the Forbidden Forest and fell into a brief silence.
To be honest, the elderly man did overlook something at first, and if it weren't for Albert's reminder, he might even make a bad mistake.
The centaurs are very hostile to wizards.
Moreover, the superiority complex of most wizards always easily touches the nerves of centaurs.
However, for an elderly person who is always busy and often needs to think about many things, forgetting some things is sometimes a helpless thing.
Fortunately he got the reminder.
When Dumbledore found Firenze, the only centaur willing to come to Hogwarts to serve as the Divination Professor, he actually reminded Firenze privately and invited him to return to school with him. However, Firenze refused. The centaur still insisted on returning to his own group and telling everyone the news instead of going directly to Hogwarts with Dumbledore.
This is undoubtedly a terrible thing.
So, when Dumbledore came back from the forest, he asked Hagrid to go to the Forbidden Forest to meet Firenze.
Honestly, this wasn't really a knowing choice, but Dumbledore was running out of options.
If another Ministry official got involved, it would only make things worse and might even lead to Trelawney being kicked out completely.
Dumbledore never wanted Trelawney to leave Hogwarts, especially after he made the prophecy about Voldemort, her situation became very dangerous.
Her departure now is obviously related to someone.
In fact, Dumbledore would rather Trelawney remain unknown and protected in Hogwarts rather than being in the spotlight like she is now.
However, what had happened had already happened, and there was no point in saying anything more. He believed that the other party would ensure her safety, just as Trelawney said before leaving, she would return to school to teach next semester.
Hagrid had heard about what happened yesterday and knew that Trelawney was fired by the woman named Umbridge, but he never thought that Dumbledore would hire the centaur Firenze as the school's divination professor.
Moreover, Hagrid was upset by Trelawney's expulsion.
Although Hagrid was confident about the Thestrals class, he was still a little worried that he would be kicked out, not only because Umbridge had reviewed his course not long ago, but also because of Albert's warning.
The reminders given by Albert basically come true, which means that he may be driven away by Umbridge one day, which is undoubtedly not good news.
After Dumbledore left, Hagrid seemed to remember something. He took out Albert's letter from the cabinet, read it carefully, threw the parchment into the fireplace and burned it, then took his bow and arrows to the Forbidden Forest to meet Firenze.
"Hopefully it's not that bad."
Hagrid plunged into the Forbidden Forest and walked quickly towards the group of centaurs.
Before Hagrid got close to the centaur group, he saw a shocking scene: half of the centaur group were kicking something.
There was no doubt that what Dumbledore feared had happened.
"Stop, stop it, what are you doing?" Hagrid stepped forward quickly and tried to stop the violence.
"Go away Hagrid, this is an internal matter between our community." Bane glared angrily at Hagrid who pushed him away.
Hagrid helped the fallen centaur up from the ground. Firenze looked miserable, with horse hoof prints all over his body.
"Firenze betrayed us and degraded himself into a slave of humanity."
The centaurs did not attack Hagrid, but glared at him in dissatisfaction.
"Betrayal? Just because Firenze plans to help Dumbledore?" Hagrid glared back at the group of stubborn centaurs in front of him with dissatisfaction.
"Our customs are different from yours, and our laws are different from yours," said a gray centaur with deep wrinkles on his face. "Hagrid, don't get involved in the private affairs of the centaurs."
"All I saw was a murder," Hagrid cried.
"Firenze tried to sell our knowledge and secrets to humans," Mager walked out of the crowd of centaurs and stood in front of Hagrid, saying coldly, "This is a shame for us centaurs, and we must stop this from happening."
"Your knowledge is not as valuable as you think. I can't bear to see you murder my friend. If Dumbledore knew you were planning to kill his professor, he would be very unhappy." Hagrid had to bring up Dumbledore. He knew that only Dumbledore could intimidate the group of centaurs in front of him.
However, this did not produce the desired effect, but instead made the already irritable centaurs even angrier.
"Dumbledore is in a bit of trouble right now, and it will take at most half a year to solve the problem," Hagrid said loudly, "He just invited Firenze to come to Hogwarts to be a professor, which is a position worthy of everyone's respect."
"Firenze, if you insist on leaving us, we will regard you as a traitor, and you will be expelled from the community. Never step into the forest again, otherwise we will kill you." Magorian looked at Firenze calmly. He knew what trouble Dumbledore was in, but the centaurs were unwilling to be involved in conflicts and wars between wizards, and Firenze's actions would undoubtedly bring trouble to the entire community.
"Sorry, Magre, I don't regret my decision." Firenze turned and walked out of the Forbidden Forest.
"Hagrid, you've already lost the friendship of the centaurs." Magorian looked at Hagrid's departing back and said coldly, "From now on, don't come to our Forbidden Forest again. You are no longer welcome here."
"This is not your forest."
"Just let them go like that?"
Bane, a dark-bodied bearded man, pawed the ground anxiously. "We know what he has hidden in the Forbidden Forest."
Magre didn't answer Bane and turned away.
As the leader of the centaurs, Magorian was calmer than the other centaurs. If possible, he did not want to have any unpleasant conflict with Dumbledore.
After all, the Forbidden Forest was near Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and as their neighbors, they knew very well that the old man was a wizard worthy of the respect of the centaurs. Perhaps this was why Firenze chose to help Dumbledore.
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On the other side, Firenze limped to his old friend and said softly, "Thank you, Hagrid, you helped me a lot."
"Your injuries look pretty bad!" Hagrid noticed the horseshoe prints on Firenze's body and was a little worried about his injuries. It was not a fun thing to be circled and kicked by a group of centaurs. Hagrid suspected that if he had not appeared in time, Firenze would have been kicked to death by other centaurs.
"Don't worry, I can heal my injuries."
On the way back to Hogwarts, Firenze picked some herbs and planned to use them to heal his injuries. Centaurs are very good at healing magic, and their healing magic is somewhat different from that of wizards.
Unfortunately, it is winter now and not many useful herbs can be found. There are reserves in the community, but Firenze cannot go back.
"Hagrid, I need some dill sprigs."
Firenze was kneeling near Hagrid's pumpkin patch, tending to the herbs he had picked along the way.
"You are lucky. Someone gave me a lot of dill a while ago. I'll get it for you." Hagrid turned and walked into the hunting lodge to take the dill that Albert gave him to treat his injuries a while ago.
"Oh, it seems I'm lucky." Firenze took a large amount of fresh white fish from Hagrid.
"This is what Albert gave me. I was always surprised that he gave me so much. Now I can probably guess why." Hagrid helped to crush the dittany and mixed it into the herbs prepared by Firenze. "I dare say he knew you would come to Hogwarts to work. No wonder he asked me to keep an eye on you to prevent you from being killed by other centaurs."
"Albert?"
Firenze whispered the name, but he did not recognize the other person.
"Albert is a genius, a great genius, and he is good at divination. He has helped me a lot and is a very nice person. You will definitely like him." Hagrid introduced his friend to Firenze while helping him apply herbs on the wound.
Firenze picked up some dill branches and chanted the centaur's healing spell softly. It seemed as if a green light swept along the dill branches over the wound covered with herbs. Firenze reached out and wiped off the herbs on it. The part that was originally kicked by the horse's hoof healed a lot.
If Albert were here and saw Firenze using the dill as a prop for the healing spell, he would probably be able to see the reason at a glance.
Dittany can actually be used as the core of a wand. If combined with willow and unicorn horns, it is possible to create a very powerful and extreme healing wand.
As for why Albert knew this, it was naturally because he had made one himself and gave it to Mrs. McGonagall to please his future mother-in-law.
"That Albert can predict the future?" Firenze was a little surprised.
"Yes, he can tell fortunes, and he's very good at it." Hagrid did not hesitate to flatter him. "Many people say that Albert is much better than Dumbledore when he was young. Maybe you know him. I remember Albert used to go into the woods often."
"I roughly know who he is. I remember hearing Ronan mention him before." Firenze recalled something that happened a few years ago.
One night, a young foal broke into the woods alone to look for other lost foals. Later, the centaur found many corpses of eight-eyed giant spiders in the woods. Even the centaurs were still very wary of those big spiders.
Of course, if Hagrid hadn't mentioned it, Firenze would probably have forgotten it.
"You stay here and treat your injuries first. I'll go tell Dumbledore that you're here. I think he'll help you arrange everything." Hagrid was about to find Dumbledore and tell him about Firenze.
"No need, Hagrid. I'm here." Dumbledore appeared near the hunting lodge. He looked at the horseshoe prints on Firenze's body and sighed silently in his heart, "Thank you, Firenze, and thank you, Hagrid."
"You're welcome. It's what I should do." Hagrid said, almost patting his chest.
"I have to thank Albert for his reminder. I think he is looking forward to meeting you. I believe you two will get along well!" Dumbledore said to Firenze.
Firenze was a little confused and didn't understand what Dumbledore meant.
"Albert is a prophet, and I think he would be happy to exchange knowledge about prophecy with you." Dumbledore explained to Firenze with a smile. He thought that Albert reminded him, most likely to get something from the centaur.
As for what he wanted, it was not hard to guess. Albert was very interested in the knowledge of centaurs.
"I'm looking forward to meeting him." Firenze said softly. He was somewhat curious about the young fortune teller.