Ravenclaw?

Danilova was slightly stunned, and the motto that the founder of Ravenclaw House once said in "Hogwarts, A History" subconsciously came to mind: Extraordinary wisdom is the greatest wealth of mankind.

If she had to choose one of the four colleges, Ravenclaw would undoubtedly be the place she wanted to visit.

"Hoo ......"

Danilova let out a long sigh of relief and walked briskly down the steps.

At the second table to her right, the Ravenclaw students were clapping and cheering her to welcome her to their table, and none of the students alienated or ostracized Danilova because of her nationality, and when she joined the ranks of Ravenclaw College, several seniors even stood up excitedly and rushed to speak to her.

At Hogwarts, students from abroad are all too rare.

"Hoffa Bach!"

"Ravenclaw!" the hat shouted again, and a boy with short black hair quickly put down his hat and ran to the long table at Ravenclaw College, hesitated for a few seconds, and then sat down somewhat stiffly next to Roger Davis's group of boys.

"Harper Powell!"

"Slytherin!"

A cheer erupted from the edge of the Slytherin table welcoming the newcomers.

On the other side, Gryffindor House seemed to be facing Slytherin, and whenever a new student joined, the long tables of the two houses would erupt in a louder cheer than each other's last time, as if they were two tanuki fighting each other.

Danilova doesn't know much about the rivalry between Hogwarts houses.

More than the other three freshmen, she focused more on the freshmen who had joined Ravenclaw like her—the ones she would spend the most time with in the next seven years.

If nothing else, at the same time, these people will also become her fierce rivals in future study exams.

"Kirabi Carroll!"

"Ravenclaw!"

It was a small, shy-looking girl, who seemed a little dazed as she descended the steps, and ran over with her hat on, and finally trotted back to a sound of good-natured laughter, returning her hat to Professor McGonagall.

As for her sister, Selev Carroll, she was sorted into Gryffindor.

Immediately afterward, two more boys were also assigned to Ravenclaw.

Verne Kemond, a sunny boy with bright blond hair and blue eyes, his face was resolute but not old-fashioned, and his body was much more robust than most of his peers, like a knight's squire in a medieval oil painting.

Alan Harris, who joined the Ravenclaw table closely, also had brilliant blonde hair, but his temperament was completely different from Verne's, the boy's soft light blonde hair was obediently attached to his scalp, and the whole person looked elegant and refreshing, as if the legendary honors of those wealthy Europeans who took classes in private colleges.

Of course, as soon as the two boys joined the Ravenclaw table, they were "caught" by the eyeing Roger Davis - as the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, Roger was so eager to add fresh blood to the team, and last year they were at the bottom of the four houses and five teams.

Danilova found that sometimes the hat would immediately call out the name of the academy.

But other times it takes some time to make a decision, and I don't know if it's a delusion, and the vast majority of young wizards who sit on a stool for more than half a minute will eventually be assigned either Gryffindor or Ravenclaw.

Just then, Professor McGonagall's gaze swept over the parchment and paused.

The Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts raised his head, glanced at the little wizards standing in front of her, pursed the corners of his mouth, his serious expression seemed to soften a little, and he showed a slight smile in an extremely rare manner, and said softly.

"Irina Ivanovich!"

Professor McGonagall's pause was not noticeable, and the students did not notice the slightest change.

However, as Professor McGonagall pronounced the name, the conversation in the distant Hogwarts faculty seats stopped almost simultaneously, and everyone, including Professor Dumbledore, turned their heads and looked at the girl with different expressions.

Irina Ivanovich - Danilova looked at the skinny girl with some nervousness.

If there were any peers in the first grade who would put pressure on Danilova to overcome, then Irina Ivanovich was definitely the one who brought the first place, and Danilova barely saw a smile on Irina's face.

To be precise, a smile from the heart, not a ......

......

In the center of the auditorium, on the brim of the Sorting Yard.

"Welcome to Hogwarts, Miss Ivanovich. ”

Minerva McGonagall looked at the little witch in front of her and whispered.

"If you're a little confused, I suggest you consider Gryffindor. I spoke with Mr. Ivanovich at the International Transfiguration Symposium decades ago, and I believe he is a great, upright wizard. ”

Unlike the other child from the Russian non-magical world, Irina's situation was undoubtedly more special.

Earlier, Minerva McGonagall had heard the story of the Ivanovich family from Dumbledore - as "Ivanovich's granddaughter" and "descendant of the Wizard's Death", Irina might never have been able to attend a wizarding school if it weren't for the combined pressure of Albus Dumbledore and Newt Scamander.

Merely...... That's all they can do.

Whether it is Newt Scamander or Albus Dumbledore, most of their influence is still limited to the European and British wizarding circles, and it is really difficult to cross the English Channel to influence the acquiescence of the Russian Ministry of Magic, the Kordos Dorez School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and even the International Federation of Wizards.

For McGonagall, there's even less she can do.

Try to take care of it as much as you can, it's all Minerva McGonagall can do.

“...... Thank you, Professor McGonagall. ”

Irina Ivanovich straightened her back and shook her head politely and gently.

"But- sorry, I already have an academy I want to go to......"

The girl's lips pursed into a line, and she solemnly picked up the Sorting Hat, and put it on.

As the brim of her hat slipped down to obscure her vision, Irina Ivanovich remembered what Elena had whispered in her ear the night before, standing on the bridge of the Hyperion.

"Those who hold salaries for all people are frozen to death in the wind and snow, and those who open the way for the world are trapped in thorns...... Miss Ivanovich, if you're just going to spend a good and carefree time at school, then Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and even Ravenclaw are a good choice for you. ”

"But ......"

"If you're going to change the world with me and get back the honors your grandfather deserves, then ......"

In the darkness of the world, Irina clung to the edge of the stool.

"Slytherin?" a small voice asked.

"Are you really sure? You're a brave kid, and you're not bad at heart, and you're a rare talent at Hogwarts...... While Slytherin will help you to glory, it's destined to be a lonely, cold path, and it's- for the greater good, at all costs...... Since you are so insistent...... So rightfully so, Slytherin!"

Irina heard the hat call out the name to the entire auditorium.

She took off her hat and breathed a sigh of relief, her legs trembling as she walked to the Slytherin table.

Elena Kaslana's first level, she passed, Hogwarts' Sorting Hat proved her resolve, and she managed to enter Slytherin House, which has the most pure-blood wizarding families and is also the most stubborn.

Then, there is only one mission left - to conquer this place once and for all...... Then, change the world!

And before that......

Amid the applause and cheers of the Slytherin students, Irina smiled gracefully and appropriately as she turned her gaze to the little witch with a dazed look, at least not to another "Na" her age.

Merely......

Irina didn't notice that while she was staring at Luna, Danielova was secretly looking at her.

......

At this time, there are not many people left.

When Professor McGonagall called Luna Lovegood's name, there was a buzzing whisper in the auditorium, hissing like a small flame, and Luna was clearly more than a notch more than a notch more popular than the other freshmen.

Not to mention that as last year's Hogwarts "group pet", LVO's Luna has reduced the "difficulty of dungeon" for many students.

In addition, Luna's family also runs a series of the hottest top publications in the wizarding world at the moment, such as "Singing Contradictory", "A Bite of Hogwarts", "Into the Magic" and so on - you know, whether you want to run for prefect, president of the male and female student council, or want to get a good job in the wizarding world, most of them need to have published one or two articles.

What's more, there is also a huge score reward on Luna's body from last school year.

As for Luna Lovegood's house affiliation, there is no doubt about it......

"Ravenclaw!"

The Sorting Hat barely touched the ends of Luna's hair before shouting.

Immediately after, the auditorium erupted in the loudest cheers of the evening, and Danilova could clearly hear the neat sighs of relief from the seniors around her, followed by deafening cheers and screams.

In the past academic year, Ravenclaw College has had a really hard time-

The house is at the bottom of the school, the Quidditch team is on the verge of disbandment, at least two or three days a month are spent in the hallways, there is always the least amount of hot food on the table, there are no new freshmen in the lower grades, and all grades are completely suppressed......

With the sound of the Sorting Hat falling......

At the same time, a series of crisp clanging sounds suddenly came from the hourglass of the academy outside the hall hall.

In the flickering firelight, sapphires fell like raindrops, striking the bottom of the Ravenclaw hourglass, making a pleasant and beautiful sound, and the stomping and cheering of the Ravenclaw students became more and more deafening, the cheers almost toppled the enchanted ceiling, and the magic candles above their heads seemed to tremble slightly with the sound.

"Quiet, be quiet! The Sorting House isn't over yet!"

Professor McGonagall had to pull out his wand and cast a spell that made her voice thunder in order to overpower the deafening cheers and stomping of the students at Ravenclaw House, especially the group of girls.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I suggest that you place the celebration in the lounge tonight...... Otherwise, I might want to consider removing some of the scores from your house hourglass early—perhaps, all of them?"

With Professor McGonagall's cold voice, the atmosphere in the auditorium seemed to pause, and as if the sound had been withdrawn in an instant, it suddenly became quiet, and only the cheerful air beat on the long table.

Of course, it should be more precisely the atmosphere at the Ravenclaw College President's Table.

The joys and sorrows of human wizards are not the same, and the young wizards of the other three academies only think they are noisy.

Now there are only four wizards left to be assigned.

And the luck of Ravenclaw College is obviously far from over.

With the exception of Ginny Weasley, who unsurprisingly became a new Gryffindor, the remaining three young wizards: Evan Mason, Alex Stoker, and Zoe Siegel, were all assigned to Ravenclaw by the Sorting Hat.

"It's good, it's wonderful, it's wonderful!"

Professor Flitwick clapped excitedly, wiping the corners of his eyes.

Elena has even been mentally prepared to run the House Cup for seven consecutive years since he entered the school, but the potential shown by this year's Ravenclaw freshmen has given Flitwick renewed hope.

As a reserved Ravenclaw dean, he wouldn't be like McGonagall, Snape, and Sprout in the race for a problem student for a mere House Cup result - partly because of the pride of Ravenclaw tradition, and partly because of ...... Elena didn't give Ravenclaw a chance to pry into the corner!

Even the friendship in Charms class was limited to Flitwick and Elena.

Alas, what a pity......

Professor Flitwick glanced with a little regret at the silver-haired witch who was talking to Professor McGonagall in front of him, if Luna Lovegood had been officially enrolled last year, with the level of this little white-haired ball's road idiot, he might have turned to Ravenclaw.

Given that Luna Lovegood is already on the last list.

Even though there was a brief commotion in between, the sorting ceremony did not last long.

As the cry of Ginny Weasley being assigned to Gryffindor rang out, Professor McGonagall finally stopped reading the name and slowly put away the large roll of parchment list in her hand.

"It's time......"

Ron Weasley said, grabbing his knife and fork, staring at the golden plate in front of him.

It's not that the Weasley woman's cooking skills have regressed, it's that the food in the Hogwarts kitchens is so delicious, and God knows how much he's missed the delicious food in the Great Hall of Hogwarts for the past two months or so.

In fact, it's not just Ron.

As the last freshman entered the long table, almost all the children subconsciously grabbed their knives and forks, either looking at the empty plate in front of them and smirking, or looking pitifully at Dumbledore, who was sitting in the middle of the faculty seat, waiting for the meal to begin.

In everyone's anticipation, Professor Dumbledore stood up.

He looked at the students with a smile, his arms outstretched, and made a gesture of welcome, as if nothing could make him happier than seeing the students fill the Great Hall of Hogwarts again, the old man took a deep breath, and his voice echoed through the Great Hall.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome......"

"Ahem, I'm sorry, Headmaster Dumbledore. ”

For the first time, Professor McGonagall suddenly cleared her throat and interrupted Dumbledore's voice.

"This year's sorting ceremony is over, but there was still one person who didn't wear a hat in last year's sorting ceremony, and I think it's best for us to take advantage of this opportunity to make up for it, both traditionally and institutionally. ”

Professor McGonagall pursed her lips and glanced meaningfully at Elena.

"Say yes, Miss Elena Kaslana—"

"Minerva! Oh no, Professor McGonagall, you're probably not right!"

Pomona Sprout, who was smiling and chatting with Madam Pomfrey, changed her face and frowned heavily, and said calmly with a hint of determination in her soft tone.

"Needless to say, Miss Caslana is a Hufflepuff student, as the Sorting Hat admits to herself, and as far as I know—there has never been a comical precedent in the history of Hogwarts for a student to repeat the Split House twice. ”

"But ......"

At this moment, a slow voice suddenly floated out.

Severus Snapmore rubbed his chin and looked at Elena carefully, then casually glanced at Irina Ivanovich, who was sitting at the Slytherin table, and whispered thoughtfully.

"If I'm not mistaken, Miss Caslana didn't wear the Sorting Hat, and her ascension to Hufflepuff doesn't seem to be based on the judgment that she was assigned to Hufflepuff - wearing a hat and waiting for the Sorting is a Hogwarts tradition. ”

"Professor Snape......?" Okay, good...... I see......"

Pomona Sprout's face froze, and she glanced fiercely at Head Slytherin, who was sitting to Dumbledore's right.

Now she finally understands why Gryffindor and Slytherin make an exception to award Elena with a special prefect medal, and in the rare event that they join forces to sing and harmonize - they want to compete for Elena's year-end scores.

Or rather, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's House Cup ownership this year.

"What do you think, Philippus? From an objective point of view......

Professor Sprout took a deep breath, trying to suppress the displeasure in his heart, and turned his head to look at Professor Flitwick.

Since last semester, she has known that Gryffindor and Slytherin have been coveting the cabbage in their vegetable fields, but fortunately, not all house professors are such a lack of bottom line, at least Ravenclaw has always been on her side.

According to Hogwarts' tacit understanding, if there is a tie vote for something, the situation usually chooses to leave the status quo unchanged - unless it is a special case, Albus Dumbledore will not take sides on his own initiative.

"Well, it seems to me that Elena Kaslana is of course a student at Hufflepuff House......"

Filius Flitwick was stunned and replied without hesitation.

Call...... Thankfully, Ravenclaw is as trustworthy as ever.

However, before Professor Sprout's smile could appear, the small, undisputed Dean of Ravenclaw paused for a few seconds, then suddenly cleared his throat and added something with a serious face.

"Because of this, I don't think it would matter if Miss Kaslana were to fill in the sorting process - it wasn't us, not the students, who had the right to decide the sorting at Hogwarts, but the Sorting Hat, infused with the wisdom of the Big Four. ”

"You, Felius!"

"Three to one, the result is obvious......"

Professor McGonagall smiled triumphantly and looked down at Elena.

"So, Miss Caslana, hurry up - the whole school has been waiting for a long time, and it's better for us to complete this ceremony as soon as possible, didn't you also say before that after becoming a prefect, you will lead by example and abide by the school rules?"

"This ......"

The corners of Elena's mouth twitched, and she swallowed.

This was completely different from what she had in mind, in the original version, the script she had discussed with Professor McGonagall should be mixed in with the freshmen's sorting house, disguised as an accident of inertia, symbolically wearing a hat, and dealing with it.

Instead of...... Such a clear banner, in front of everyone's eyes, to deliver the letter of nomination!

Out of the corner of her eye, Elena glanced at Professor Sprout not far away, took the Sorting Hat from Professor McGonagall with some headache, and rubbed the broken hat with a sad face, knowing that she would not have threatened it in the first place.

There is no doubt that the behavior of the older cat lady today is definitely a well-planned act of revenge.

In that case, then......

Elena sighed lightly, her expression resolutely buttoning the Sorting Hat to her head.

"Hey, hat...... Let's cooperate, otherwise ......"

As the girl thought so, the faces of Gellert Grindelwald, Newt Scamander, and the members of the SCP Foundation, the Saints at their meetings, the Hubelion testing weapons in the open sea, the thousands of years of war reserves of the Gringotts elves, and the mushroom clouds rising above the ground......

The Sorting Hat was silent for at least a few tens of seconds, a hint of trilling in the familiar whispers.

“...... Dear Empress, everything is subject to your will. ”

Indeed, knowledge is the most precious treasure of mankind.

It turns out that a hat may not understand mathematics, but it certainly understands art.

The corners of Elena's mouth lifted slightly, and she nodded in satisfaction.

"Very well, then, pronounce the names of the four Hogwarts houses in turn, and then ...... Let's loop indefinitely!"

"This ......," the Sorting Hat writhed writhing with a wry face.

"Hurry up and get started! until Professor McGonagall takes you off my head—"

"Alas......"

The Sorting Hat let out a reluctant sigh, and then shouted like a broken jar as everyone watched.

"Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff ......"

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