"Honestly, Dumbledore, the Sorting Hat does look a lot better, doesn't it? Why haven't you washed it before? I don't believe you can't! ”

It was Pomona who spoke. Professor Sprout, though she said she should have cleaned up the dirt from her body first.

As the head of Hufflepuff and professor of herbology, Sprout often haunts various greenhouses, so he has almost all the year round with mud, of course, the smell is definitely not too good, although there are some perfume masks, but Severus can still smell some dragon dung, obviously, even if it is the first day of school, Professor Sprout still has not forgotten to fertilize the herbs!

"Honestly, Pomona, I really didn't think the Sorting Hat had to take a shower, you know, we never washed him, and the Cleansing Charm didn't work for him." Dumbledore replied with a smile, "I can only say that Severus provides a good cleaning method, I have never thought of washing it directly before, and it takes a lot of magic skills to wash off the surface stains without touching the forbidden rebound." ”

And Professor Sprout and Professor McGonagall, who heard Dumbledore's response, glanced at Dumbledore in surprise, this is the second time Dumbledore has praised Severus, the first time can be said to be Dumbledore's habit, he always likes to promote juniors, so the two don't care, and the second compliment made the two of them fall in love, which shows that Severus's strength has really been recognized by Dumbledore.

There aren't many people in the wizarding world who can be recognized by Dumbledore!

Professor Flitwick was not surprised, as Severus's Charms professor, he knew Severus's talent for charms better than Dumbledore: no worse than potions!

As for the wailing of the Sorting Hat, these people subconsciously ignored it, as old professors who have taught at Hogwarts for dozens or hundreds of years, they know the temper of the Sorting Hat better than Severus, according to the current saying: cheap!

This guy can only stay in the principal's office every day, and he can only go out to show his skills when he is in the branch, so he has developed a living treasure character, and he especially expects the attention of others.

Therefore, for almost a year after the separation, his favorite thing was to ponder the lyrics, and how to make them bright, how to attract attention and how to sing, and because of this, almost every house was ridiculed, such as the reckless Gryffindor, the not very smart and unwanted Hufflepuff, and the Ravenclaw who felt superior, etc., and the most talked about was Slytherin, because he found that saying bad things about Slytherin always won more and louder applause, and this year there was no good word for Slytherin.

At the same time, the former Sorting House hats made fun of and ridiculed the professors present because of their importance, so they didn't have a problem at all if someone could clean him up.

Before, they were just too nervous, for fear that Severus would destroy the function of the Sorting Hat, as long as it didn't affect the Sorting Hat, the rest was not arbitrary.

……

"It's broken, Mr. Hat is broken, Mr. Hat that no one cares about is broken!"

Seeing that no one was paying attention, the Sorting Hat screamed louder and more violently, trying to elicit sympathy from several professors.

"Alright, Mr. Hat, you're alright, I promise." Dumbledore winked playfully, "Don't you feel much more comfortable after taking a shower?" ”

"It's not comfortable, Dumbledore, this evil Slytherin almost killed me just now, oh, I've been badly hurt, I'm going on vacation, I won't be able to sort next year, really!"

The Sorting Hat was truly possessed by a drama spirit at the moment, and he kept twisting his body, as if he was going to turn himself around to show off his scars.

"So what are you going to do? Mr. Hat" At this time, Severus's deep voice came coldly, but the Sorting Hat didn't notice, he thought it was Dumbledore talking.

"I'm going on vacation, I want you to take me on a tour, to Diagon Alley, I've never been there!" The Sorting Hat continued, babbling as he applauded his wise decision and imitated the sound of applause, but before he could finish, "I'm going to fire this evil Slytherin, I must be expelled, or I won't be sorted!" ”

"Oh, is that so?"

It was only then that the Sorting Hat realized that it was Severus who was speaking, and that the other professors were just watching, except for Professor McGonagall's slightly disapproving frown, Dumbledore and Professor Flitwick were just laughing, while Professor Sprout was chatting with the portrait.

At this time, the Sorting Hat was really a little sad, he didn't win the sympathy he deserved for such a wonderful performance, and even worse, he found himself in the hands of Severus again, this guy wouldn't be thinking about any bad idea to torture Mr. Hat, right?

Severus, who was holding the Sorting Hat again, did have a bad idea, but it was only a threat, he didn't want to destroy the Sorting Hat, otherwise Dumbledore and the other Headmasters would not give up.

"If you talk nonsense again, I don't mind sewing your mouth shut, or seeing where your tongue is, and chopping it off!"

When Severus thought about "splitting the Sorting Hat" into corpses, a little silver light appeared in the hat, and a sword hilt appeared.

Drawing the Gryffindor sword in his hand, he grabbed the tip of the Sorting Hat with one hand and held it to the neck of the Sorting Hat with the other, "You see, even Gryffindor thinks I have a point. ”

……

The Sorting Hat was no longer howling, Sprout and the portraits were no longer talking, and Dumbledore was no longer smiling, all of them looking at Severus with their mouths open and in surprise like Professor McGonagall.

"He summoned the Gryffindor Sword!"

I don't know which portrait said this, and then the voices of the portraits sounded again.

"A Slytherin can summon a Gryffindor sword!"

"Merlin, I must be dreaming!"

……

The voice of the portrait could no longer be controlled, and it was useless for Dumbledore to stop it, until Dumbledore closed the entire portrait with a curtain.

At this time, the professors didn't know what to say, especially Professor McGonagall's mood was the most complicated, which even wizards from Gryffindor couldn't do.

That's the summoning of the Gryffindor Sword, which is said to be something only a wizard with Gryffindor's approval can do.

And it's used in this kind of almost joking place!

Note that it's a call, not a get!

Just holding an ordinary wizard can do it, and summoning it, to be honest, this is the first instance to be known in nearly a hundred years.

Dumbledore was expected to be able to do it, but he wasn't sure if he was nominally in possession of the Gryffindor Sword or if he was actually approved by Gryffindor.

And what about Severus? How could he do it?

"Ahem...... I've always thought it was a bit too hasty to divide wizards into four different collectives by relying solely on the Sorting House, and it turns out that even Slytherin has wizards like Severus who can be approved by Gryffindor." Dumbledore slowly calmed down, this is probably the third time his heart beat faster in his life, he is old, and he can't bear it!

And Severus just pouted disdainfully.

Only he knows the truth, he is not the Gryffindor sword summoned through the prohibition left by Gryffindor, he is summoned through the scabbard, and it turns out that the Gryffindor sword is the sword of victory of the oath, so he will respond to Severus's call.

I guess there are other reasons for not being able to summon before, such as distance, or banning.

And now that the connection between the sword and the scabbard is established again, Severus feels that he can do more than just summon the sword, like now.

"I wouldn't be honored, I've always been a Slytherin, always am!"

Then he let go of his hand and left the principal's office.

Strangely, though, the Gryffindor Sword didn't fall, but turned into silver light and vanished again, just as it had appeared.

As for the Sorting Hat, no one really paid attention to it this time.