Chapter 13 Surprised?
Although Louie knows very well that the girl (boy) is secretly watching you, which is one of the three major delusions in life, and then when you rack your brains to choose a good name for the child, you will find that she (he) has been quietly gone for a long time.
However, at this time, Louie was sure that Professor McGonagall was indeed pretending to be casual and quietly looking at herself.
"She's... Still have concerns about my status as an Obscurity? ”
"Maybe!"
Louis knew better than anyone how stable the silence stored in the spirit world was, and although Louie felt that Professor McGonagall's worries were a little unnecessary, she was indeed a responsible Deputy Dean for the safety of all the teachers and students at Hogwarts, wasn't she?
Then, all the first-year freshmen, including Louie, followed Professor McGonagall to the sorting waiting room.
The space inside is a little smaller, and it may be that there are more freshmen in this year's first year, which seems a little crowded.
Louie, who doesn't like physical contact with strangers very much, originally wanted to use a magic shield to separate a space, but the twins, who didn't want to be angry, actually blocked in front of him in advance, and won a large space in the corner for him.
"George, Fred, thank you." Louis smiled at the twins in front of him.
"Shhh
George put his finger to his lips, and then Louis whispered a reminder from Fred, "Percy often says that Professor McGonagall is a very strict person, and we better listen to her first, and then talk later!" ”
"Good!"
Louis nodded slightly, and then Professor McGonagall said to all the first-year freshmen, as was customary in previous years:
"On behalf of Hogwarts, I welcome you here, the opening party is about to begin, but before you can take your seat, you need to determine which house you are into..."
Briefing the new students on Hogwarts accommodation, the Houses, and the House Cup.
After introducing the instructions of Hogwarts, Professor McGonagall instructed all the new students to come forward and let her use the Descaling Charm, the Drying Charm, and the water and dirt from the freshmen.
When Louie and the twins walked up the line to Professor McGonagall, seeing that the three of them were not stained with water or mud, Professor McGonagall only smiled and nodded at Louie, telling all the freshmen to wait for a while and leave the room.
Looking at Professor McGonagall's departing figure, the two brothers George and Fred first secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then they looked at Louie and asked in unison:
"Louie, do you know how to divide the house?"
"I don't know."
Of course, Louie couldn't reveal the secret in advance, so he shook his head and smiled: "Maybe some kind of test is needed, didn't you ask Percy before you came?" ”
"We asked, but Percy didn't say." George said a little helplessly.
"And his expression is mysterious, very much like the way we were before our prank!" Fred calmly analyzed.
After that, the two of them looked at Louis again and asked, "Louie, we all want to be sorted into Gryffindor, what about you?" ”
"Me? Feel free to do it! ”
"Don't you want to go to Gryffindor with us?"
"Of course I do."
Louis said casually: "But I think... I'm more likely to be sorted into Laclauvin. ”
"Well, that makes sense!"
Feeling that Louie's analysis had some truth, George and Fred glanced at each other regretfully, and were just about to continue to say something to Louie, but suddenly saw Professor McGonagall returning and hurriedly closed their mouths.
Upon her return, Professor McGonagall lined up the freshmen and led the first-year students into the auditorium.
The Great Hall of Hogwarts was large enough for Louis to feel like it would not be a problem to accommodate a few thousand people, with long tables full of students from four houses on all sides, and stars of candlelight floating above it, illuminating the entire Great Hall.
As the strange singing of the Sorting Hat ended, Professor McGonagall in front of the freshman team took out a piece of parchment and began to roll call, and the new students whose names were called would be accepted by the Sorting Hat's arrangement in full anticipation.
The first person to be named by Professor McGonagall was none other than Louie who happened to know Anne, who had crossed the lake with him and the twins.
"Anne Hasta!"
Anne was so nervous that she was suddenly called out by Professor McGonagall, and her fair little face turned red instantly, and she stumbled out of the crowd and sat down and put on her sorting hat.
Just a few seconds later, the Sorting Hat made the decision to send Anne to Hufflepuff, to the cheers of the Hufflepuff students.
Immediately after that, the second person named by Professor McGonagall, Louie was no stranger to him, and it was the little black guy he met on the train.
Lee Jordan.
Unsurprisingly, he was assigned to Gryffindor, and while he got his wish, Louis was keenly aware of Percy's cheering figure in the crowd.
But seriously, the freshmen who watched Professor McGonagall name each other were assigned to various houses by the Sorting Hat, even if Louie, who had a limited understanding of the HP world, knew what the secret of the Sorting Hat Sorting was, but the feeling that the fate of the Sorting House was to be controlled by others really made Louie feel very uncomfortable.
Not to mention that it's not a person in charge of the Sorting House, but a hat that can read the minds of others.
Slytherin often received so-called pure-blood wizards, and what was needed to be assigned to Lacrauwen was wisdom, or rather a thirst for knowledge.
The people who went to Gryffindor said that it was difficult to listen to it was courageous, and to say that it was difficult to hear it was to have a reckless temperament.
Hufflepuff...
Louis, on the other hand, believed that it was often the remaining students who were admitted.
They make it through the Black Lagoon full of expectations, only to be told that you are not brave enough, smart enough, pure-blooded enough, but you are genuinely in love with magic, which makes Louie feel that it is a gentle, tolerant academy, and the favorability is off the charts.
Moreover, the students who are assigned there can also do very well, such as the Hogwarts representative selected by the Goblet of Fire in the HP movie, which is a student from Hufflepuff.
Therefore, if the power of the Sorting House could be in his own hands, Louie, who came from a Muggle family, would first pass Slytherin, followed by Gryffindor, who did not match his personality, and finally choose between the two houses of Laclauvine and Hufflepuff.
Of course.
If nothing else, as Louis and the twins had said earlier, he thought that his thirst for knowledge was more likely to be shunned to Laclauvin.
However...
Can there really be no accidents?
Let's hope for it!
Following George and Fred from the Sorting Hat to Gryffindor, Louie suddenly heard Professor McGonagall call his name, and he slowly paced towards the Sorting Hat, quietly manipulating his magic to use his own skill: the Mental Barrier, to prevent the Sorting Hat from peering into his mind.
However, almost at the moment when Louis put on the Sorting Hat, the Sorting Hat did not even think about it, but shouted without hesitation:
"Gryffindor!"
And then.
Somewhat dazed, he took off the Sorting Hat, and Louis saw that the two brothers George and Fred were cheering heartily on the Gryffindor seat, and even Percy was excited, eager to drag him directly into the Gryffindor seat.
And then.
Louis slowly shifted his gaze to the teacher's seat on the side, and he saw Dumbledore with a satisfied face, and suddenly winked at himself very mischievously.
That's like saying...
"Surprised? Unhappy? ”