Chapter 18 Opening Banquet
The entire auditorium was really about to explode, and the students and teachers looked at William with a ghostly expression.
With Merlin on top, William is probably the first person in Hogwarts history to make such a big splash just after entering the school.
All eyes were on Albus Dumbledore, who was sitting in the golden headmaster's chair, as if to see what he would think of it.
I saw Dumbledore clapping his hands and looking at William with appreciative eyes, "Quite a good spell casting skill!" ”
It seems that he must have seen William's supernatural skills contained in the spell.
The Sorting Hat, writhing on the stool at the moment, cracked a crack in the hat, and shouted, "How many years! It's been a long time since I've been so comfortable, and finally someone has thought to clean the poor Sorting Hat. ”
William smiled, put away his wand, and bowed lightly to Professor Dumbledore and the teachers in the teacher's seat, glancing slightly at Professor Quirrell with his purple turban.
Then he turned around and walked towards the second row of long tables on the left.
The students all applauded William along the way, and the most exaggerated thing was that a pair of Gryffindor House twins had the fiery red hair.
Whistling loudly, they ran from the Gryffindor table to William, shaking William's hand.
"I'm Fred Weasley."
"I'm George Weasley."
"How did you come up with this idea?"
"Merlin is on top, this is really,"
"Great!"
The way the twins spoke to each other also surprised William.
William smiled and said, "It's just a whim, you can call me William." ”
"You should come to Gryffindor, because,"
"You're going to be a mischievous genius!"
After a brief hello to the twins, William walked quickly to the Ravenclaw table, and after shaking hands with a few seniors who had gotten up, William sat down next to a girl with long brown hair who looked like a royal sister.
"Welcome to Ravenclaw, I'm the prefect of Ravenclaw, Penelope Crivat, you can call me Penelope." The girl greeted William generously.
"Thank you, Sister Penelope, you can call me William."
"You know, you almost spent five minutes on it just now, and you became the new hat." The girl said to William with some pity, and then asked curiously, "What did the Sorting Hat tell you?" ”
So that's the case.,It's sad that the sorting hat hurriedly reported his branch after answering his own question.,It turns out that you don't want to be the new hat.。
I really don't know how there can be such a high level of wisdom on a hat, William thought with some curiosity.
"I asked the Sorting Hat a bunch of questions and chatted with him, and I didn't expect the hat to be a chatter." William explained to the girl with a smile as he thought back to what the hat had said to him.
If you didn't die in that battle, how could you have disappeared? I wonder what happened!
The auditorium soon fell silent again, and William looked at the new students who were still waiting for the Sorting House like the other old students, after all, there was still a big play to be played.
Maybe it was William's powerful descaling charm that cleaned the Sorting Hat and made it happy.
The rest of the branch went quickly. Almost as soon as the freshmen put on their hats, the sound of the sorting hats was heard.
After William, the next one to be assigned to Ravenclaw House was a little witch named Lisa Dupin, a girl with two pointed tiger teeth and small dimples on both cheeks, and a very cute smile.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer new students left, and finally it was her turn, Professor McGonagall finally shouted, "Harry Potter! ”
"Potter, is that Potter?" There was a buzz in the auditorium again.
William looked at the little boy who had been watching him at the station, and buttoned his hat on his head nervously.
I don't know how long he can hold out, William thought with some curiosity.
The Sorting Hat was silent for about two minutes, and then finally spoke in a loud voice, "Gryffindor! ”
Suddenly, the Great Hall erupted in loud cheers, and the Weasley twin brothers shouted loudly, "We've got Potter!" We've got Potter! ”
After Harry, Ron was also successfully sorted into Gryffindor, and then the last freshman, Blaise Shabini, was sorted into Slytherin, and the sorting ceremony finally ended.
Albus Dumbledore, who sat in the center of the room, stood up from the golden headmaster's chair, his hands outstretched, and he looked at the students below with a smile on his face, as if nothing could make him happier than to see so many energetic students gathered together.
"Welcome! Welcome to Hogwarts to start the school year! He said,
"Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words. That's it: stupid! Cry! Residue! Wring! Thank you, and let's start eating! ”
He sat down again, and the little wizards began to applaud, and then, roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, ,,,,,,,, these beautifully prepared foods suddenly appeared on the plates on the long table.
"Pretty subtle teleportation magic." William exclaimed, his hands quickly putting the food on his plate and munching on it.
Merlin was on board, and on the train William was so engrossed in reading that he didn't eat much, and now he felt like he was dying of hunger.
"Underneath the Great Hall is the Hogwarts kitchen, where the house-elves used teleportation magic to transfer them to our current plates after preparing the food." Prefect Penelope explained to the freshmen.
When everyone had their bellies open and their stomachs were filled, the rest of the food disappeared from the plate. The forks are as smooth as ever again.
After a while, the pudding came up. Ice cream of all flavors, apple pie, chocolate muffin,,,,,,,
At this time, the atmosphere in the auditorium began to heat up, and the young wizards began to communicate with each other.
William's classmates, as well as Prefect Penelope, also asked William about the invention of the impact charm, the situation of the family, or the customs of the German wizarding world, and William also answered modestly and decently one by one, and from time to time the girls around him giggled and didn't listen.
Eventually, the pudding disappeared and Professor Dumbledore got back on his feet. The entire auditorium was silent again.
"Now that everyone is well fed and drunk, I want to say a few more words to everyone. At the beginning of the semester, I would like to make a few points to note with you. ”
"First-year students are aware that the woods on campus are off-limits to students. Some of our old classmates should also remember this. ”
Dumbledore's shining gaze swept towards the Weasley twins, who looked away with a flickering gaze.
"Also, Mr. Filch, the administrator, wants me to remind everyone not to do magic in the hallways between classes.
"The Quidditch player review will take place in the second week of the term. If you are interested in joining the college team, please contact Mrs. Huo Qi.
"Finally, I must tell you that anyone who does not want to suffer an accident or a painful death should not enter the corridor on the right side of the fourth floor."
There were a few laughs in the auditorium, but it quickly subsided.
"Now, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Dumbledore exclaimed. "Everyone chooses their favorite tune, prepares, sings!"
So William also sang aloud with a magical song from his previous life, according to the melody of Tengger's version of Ke Can't: Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, please teach us knowledge, whether we are old people who have fallen or children who have broken their knees,,,
Soon everyone finished singing the school song, and only the Weasley brothers and William continued to sing.
Dumbledore commanded the last few bars for both of them with his wand, and when they were finished, he applauded the loudest.
"Music, more than anything we've done here! It's bedtime time. Please take the prefects of each college back to the dormitory. ”
"Ravenclaw first-year students! Come with me, don't run away on your own. ”
The prefect Penelope beside him stood up and said to the first-year eaglets vigorously.