Hogwarts: The Unscientific Wizard (TL)

Andy could not hide his disbelief.

At a time like this, you're still thinking about gambling?

After a moment's thought, Andy pointed his finger upwards and motioned for the two of them to follow him.

"I'll go to my room and get something," Andy said and then walked upstairs without waiting for the others.

"We'd like to take a break," the Weasley twins said in unison and followed Andy upstairs.

Hermione: "…"

She was tempted to punch someone.

In Andy's room, the three of them gathered together again. Andy then took out the crystal ball and cast another divination.

[I want to know the score of the Quidditch World Cup]

White mist appeared in the crystal ball, and a picture flashed through the mist.

The scoreboard in the picture flashed by almost instantly, but Andy saw clearly that the Irish team was leading the Bulgarian team by 160 points and had already secured victory in the competition.

Then a man wearing the Bulgarian team uniform caught the Golden Snitch and ended the game!

Andy: "..."

This person is undercover, right?

To be fair, although Andy doesn't particularly like Quidditch, he does know the rules and how the game is played.

When your team is 160 points behind, the Seeker's job is not to catch the Golden Snitch but to prevent the opposition from doing so, earning time for their team to close the gap.

Since you're going to lose anyway, waiting a bit might just give you a chance.

And it's not unusual for a Quidditch match to last three or four days.

So, imagine how surprised everyone in the stadium would be when he caught it...

"It's Krum! He caught the Golden Snitch!" George recognised the man at once—Ron had been talking about him all summer, and there were posters of Krum all over his room.

"Did you see the score?" Fred asked, frowning.

It was a fleeting image, the scoreboard hardly visible, and then there was Krum catching the Golden Snitch.

"Ireland was leading by 160 points..."

Andy said, "It's no use even if Krum catches the golden snitch."

"This is a big shocker!" George looked excited.

Fred continued, "Krum caught the golden snitch, but Ireland won...Andy, we're going to get rich."

"How much are you going to bet?" Andy asked.

"Thirty golden galleons. What about you?" George answered, then asked in return.

Andy was silent for a moment, then said, "If Bagman is reliable, I'm going to bet thirty thousand golden galleons."

George: "…"

Fred: "…"

"How much?" The two of them were shocked.

"Thirty thousand..."

Andy explained, "In addition to Sirius's bounty, I've also earned quite a bit over the years. I was going to invest it in our wizard amusement park, but now I think it would be a smart idea to make some extra money."

Big boss!

It's not enough that he's smart and strong; now he's even good at making money.

When they think about themselves, they realise that they've never saved any money, and although they occasionally do some small business, they hardly ever make a fortune.

What a sad life!

George and Fred looked impressed. "Andy, do you have any tips?"

Andy shrugged and said, "Well... I killed a thousand-year-old basilisk and sold it for a lot of money."

"Cool!" The twins gave him a thumbs-up.

"Andy, if you bet 30,000 golden galleons, I'm afraid that Bagman guy will default on the bet," George sighed.

"He can't afford to pay that much," Fred explained.

Andy: "..."

"How much do you think is safe to bet?" Andy asked.

George held up one finger. "A thousand at most."

Ah, this...

"Is there a more reliable bookmaker?" Andy asked again.

"Maybe there is, but we don't have the contacts," Fred said with great regret.

Andy: "..."

Forget it, a thousand it is!

It's free money, so why complain?

Andy took out his wand and flicked it above the enchanted pocket, and a bag containing a thousand gold galleons flew out.

"Here's the money,"

Andy handed the twins the bag and said, "I'll stay in the tent in case anything happens."

"Leave it to us!"

"Absolutely no problem!"

The twins promised and carefully put the money bag away. 

After this private business was finished, the three of them went downstairs again. 

Hermione gave Andy a hard stare. 

"This is all for our living expenses in the future." 

Andy leaned over and said with a smile, "Just think, weddings cost money, building a house costs money, and in the future, we have to raise children and send them to school..."

"All in all, we can't live on anything less than a few hundred thousand galleons."

Hermione: "..."

***

After waiting in the living room for nearly an hour, Mr. Weasley returned from outside with Sirius.

"Remus, what's going on?"

Sirius asked impatiently as soon as he came in, "Arthur told me a bit about it, but I don't really understand. He said Andy did a divination. Is that right?"

Lupin hurriedly went up to explain the whole thing in detail.

He had taught Andy for a year and knew him quite well.

Andy's divination skills were famous at Hogwarts. Many young wizards had sought Andy's advice, and his predictions were almost always accurate.

Not only that, Andy's divination skills had also been recognised by Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore.

It was highly credible!

"You can do divination too!?" Sirius was shocked.

The more he got to know Andy, the more Sirius realised that he was almost a genius in every field.

It was as if there was nothing he didn't know.

"How good are you at alchemy?" Sirius asked curiously.

"Er…"

Andy said helplessly, "I wanted to learn from Mr Borgin… he's a master at it! I even planned to get a job in his shop."

"But I failed the interview!"

"He was afraid of retaliation from Voldemort, so he didn't hire me."

"So now I have to teach myself... But this is the study plan for next school year."

Sirius: "..."

"Alright, let's get down to business!"

Lupin interrupted hastily. He looked at Mr. Weasley and asked, "What did the Ministry say?"

Mr Weasley looked helpless. "It's more or less what we expected. They refuse to call off the game. If we do, it could cause even more chaos."

That did make sense.

Just look at all those crazy fans outside!

Once the game is stopped, these people will definitely cause trouble!

"The Ministry is taking this seriously..."

When he said this, Mr. Weasley glanced at Andy. "After all, Andy did the divination, and Dumbledore seemed to have mentioned this to Minister Bones."

Andy: "..."

Mr Weasley continued, "The Minister has reassigned a lot of personnel temporarily... But in doing so, the Ministry's defences will be a bit weaker."

"Andy..."

Mr Weasley looked at Andy and said solemnly, "If the Dark Lord really does attack, we'll have to rely on you. If we use the Aurors, we'll suffer heavy casualties."

"OK!" Andy gave a sign.

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