Chapter 136: Sorting Ceremony
The train slowed down and finally stopped. The passengers pushed and shoved and shoved through the doors and down to a small, dark platform, where the night chill made Harry shiver.
Then a lamp flickered above the students' heads, and Harry heard a familiar voice shouting, "First year! First-year students are here! Harry, how are you? In the midst of the crowd, Hagrid's bearded face smiled.
"This is our new professor, right? I'm sure I've seen you back then. ”
"Of course, you're still so strong." Wang Yi said with a smile.
"Haha, hunting ground guarding is not an easy job, and you can't do it without a good body."
"Alright, the little ones are over to you, I'll have to go and say hello to Dumbledore first."
"Don't worry," Hagrid said, then turned to Harry and Sakura and the others, "Come on, come with me, are there any more first-year students?" Watch out for the soles of your feet, all right! First-year students come with me! They followed Hagrid down a steep, narrow path. It was pitch black on both sides of the path, and Harry thought to himself that there must be dense woods on both sides. No one spoke, except for Neville, who had lost the toad before, occasionally sniffing out once or twice.
"Turn this corner, and you'll soon see Hogwarts for the first time." Hagrid shouted back......
Hogwarts Castle still stands there, no different from what Wang Yi remembers, and it has not been able to leave a trace on a magical building in just over ten years.
Arriving at the gate, an old woman in an emerald green robe was already standing there waiting.
"Is it Sorenville? In the blink of an eye, you've been out of school for a long time, and you're ready to be a professor. ”
"Yes, Professor McGonagall, I wish you a long and healthy life."
"Hehe, come on, I'll take you to Dumbledore, and you can get to know the other 'new' professors too."
Wang Yi followed McGonagall, and they did not enter through the main entrance, but walked through the professor's passage, and came directly to Dumbledore.
"Hello, Professor Dumbledore, we're meeting again."
"Ah, it's Sauron, you're here," behind the half-moon-shaped lenses were a pair of eyes that were almost invisible with a smile, as sharp as an eagle, "I almost didn't recognize you when I saw you last time, to be honest, you are willing to come to Hogwarts to teach, but it has helped me a lot, the school is funded by twelve directors, students do not charge tuition, and they have to subsidize students in need, professors are notoriously poorly paid, and there are fewer and fewer young people like you who are willing to impart knowledge." ”
"You've won a prize."
"Okay, we have time to talk later, go sit down, the freshmen are coming."
Because he was teaching an elective course and was a newcomer, Wang Yi's position was at the end, and sitting next to him was a somewhat familiar stranger.
Familiar because of the breath, this is an "old friend", but the face is very unfamiliar, looking at the age should be younger than Wang Yi showed, it should be the younger brother who graduated later.
"You...... Hello, Bu...... Professor Black, I'm ...... Quirrell. ”
It seems that Dumbledore's statement that there are not many people who are willing to become professors is true, otherwise a stuttering question would have been enough to keep him out of the school.
"Hello, Professor Quirrell, although I am older than you, I am still a newcomer as a professor, so please take care of me in the future."
Stammering, I mean Professor Quirrell smiled and nodded with difficulty, it seemed that communicating with people was indeed his problem.
The doors of the auditorium, that is, the cafeteria, opened, and a small group of freshmen walked in, and this year there were quite a few of them, more than a hundred.
Professor McGonagall placed a quadrangular stool in the center of the auditorium, on which was a tattered pointed hat.
(This thing hasn't been washed in more than a decade.) )
Wang Yi has a new understanding of how much wizards don't like cleanliness, so it seems that it is not so difficult to understand that Muggle-born Lily chose a clean James Potter instead of a greasy Snape, at least Wang Yi is supportive of this.
Suddenly, the hat twitched, and a crack like a human mouth opened at the edge of it. Then the hat began to sing:
Maybe you don't think I'm beautiful, but don't just trust your eyes, if you can find a hat that is smarter than me, you can do whatever you want with me.
Your bowler hat is black and shiny, and your top hat is slippery and high, and because I'm a Hogwarts distribution hat, they're not as good as mine.
I know best what you're thinking in your head, so put me on, and you'll know where you should go.
You should probably go to Gryffindor, where there are many warriors, courage, spirit and torque, who are not afraid of challenges and storms;
If you belong to Hufflepuff, where loyalty, integrity and excellence, people are patient and sincere, and they are not afraid of the toil of work;
If you would go into the Ravenclaw of wisdom, it would be really good, there are a lot of scholars and wise men, and it is not easy to find other places;
Or you will go into Slytherin, and you will find sincere friends, where people are cunning and insidious, and will stop at nothing to achieve their ends.
Come and put me on, don't be scared and frightened! It's safe to be protected by me, because I'm a thinking magic hat.
When the hat finished his brilliant singing, the whole auditorium responded to a round of applause, and it bowed to each of the four tables full of students, and then stopped moving.
(Is it really good to be so black?) Dumbledore, you're really not afraid of being beaten up by the first headmasters after you die, are you? )
Professor McGonagall stepped forward, holding a long roll of parchment.
"When I read your name, I ask you to put on this hat and sit on a stool and wait for the assignment." She said, "Sakura-Black! ”
Taking advantage of the surname, the Black family is always the first to go up.
There was a commotion in the auditorium, all the students from the aristocracy knew the meaning of the Black family, and the old nobles who had disappeared for more than ten years had returned, and they couldn't help but focus their eyes on the new Black.
Sakura walked to the hat and looked at the worn sorting hat, Sakura remembered Wang Yi's instructions, and then ...... She took a wooden basin from her pouch and placed it on a stool, the Sorting Hat was held in her hand, the bag was turned upside down, and a stream of water flowed out, and Sakura showed the people in the auditorium how to clean a hat.
"No, no, no, help! She's going to kill me! Not...... Goo-goo-goo! ”
This slightly familiar scene caused Professor McGonagall to turn her head and glare at Wang Yi fiercely, who touched her nose embarrassedly, but he really didn't want to let a cute little girl like Sakura wear a dirty hat that hadn't been washed for more than ten years.
Sakura did it quickly, and with the help of magic, she completed the task of cleaning and drying in more than ten minutes, and as for the cold sweat and black lines on the other students' heads, let's ignore them.
"Mr. Hat, now that you are clean and tidy, do you feel comfortable?"
Looking at it, although it seems to have no eyes, Sakura's big eyes, the sorting hat can only say "thank you" dryly.
"Alright, let's put our hat on."
Professor McGonagall hurriedly said that the sorting ceremony had dragged on long enough, as for why not stop her, because McGonagall was killed by Sakura before she could react, and then the hat was already wet anyway, so she simply let Sakura continue to do a good job, anyway, with Wang Yi's example in front, Dumbledore couldn't punish this little girl.
"Little girl of the Black family, what else is there to say, Slytherin!"
Sorting Hat: (This seat finally pulled back a round!) )
As a cute little girl, Sakura received a warm welcome, of course, some guys with special eyes have been secretly noted down by Wang Yi, and they continued to applaud after shivering.
The sorting ceremony continues.
"Hermione Granger!" Hermione ran forward, put on her hat, and sat down on the stool.
"Gryffindor!"
"Draco Malfoy!"
"Slytherin!"
Very good, the little peacock sat down next to Sakura, as one of the few big nobles in the wizarding world, his behavior was a signal, and those guys who were not qualified enough did not dare to go to see Sakura anymore.
Amidst the shouts, it was finally ...... turn to "Harry Potter!" ”
Harry stepped forward, but the sound of the audience was like a boiling pot.
Wang Yi saw Harry sit in his position for a long time, and finally the Sorting Hat shouted "Gryffindor!" ”
(Harry certainly doesn't hate Slytherin as much now as he did in the books, and Draco and Sakura are both there, so...... Old glass, you are a black hand again! )
Harry went to Gryffindor's place and sat next to a red-haired boy, who was closer than the other strangers because they had met at the train station.
(Phew!) )
When the sorting ceremony was finally over, Albus Dumbledore stood up, looked at the students in the audience, and spread his arms, as if to say that there was nothing more joyful than seeing all his students in the room.
"Welcome!" He said, "Welcome to Hogwarts!" Welcome to the new school year! Before I start the dinner, I would like to say a few words. All I want to say is: stupid! Cry! Residue! Wring! Thank you! He sat down, and everyone applauded and cheered.
At the beginning of dinner, the little ghosts reincarnated by this group of hungry ghosts began to struggle with a group of "delicacies", and only Wang Yi silently handled some barbecue in the teacher's seat, and only these meats and some vegetables could be eaten.
Finally, when the dessert was finished, Professor Dumbledore stood up again, and the audience fell silent.
"Aha, since we've all eaten and drunk enough, I'll just say a few more words, I'm going to issue a few more notices now."
"First of all, I'd like to introduce you to our new professor, Sorenwell Black! He's going to teach you the lesson of protecting magical creatures, the original Professor Kettle Byrne is too old and has decided to live out his old age with his little fur, he's complained to me countless times, and now he's finally found a successor! ”
Wang Yi stood up to greet everyone, because it was a young face, and the vast majority of people didn't know him, so except for the teachers who had taught him back then, only a few little hairy children in Slytherin applauded warmly, and the others were sparse and lala.
"Then new students should pay special attention to the fact that the woods next to the castle are strictly forbidden to students, and this should also be kept in mind by senior students." Dumbledore's eyes glared over to the Weasley twins.
"Our administrator, Mr. Filch, wants me to remind you that magic is not allowed in the hallways between classes."
"The Quidditch player test will take place in the second week, and students who want to represent their residence are invited to register with Ms Hodge."
"Finally, I must warn you that those who don't want to die a tragic death should not go to the third-floor corridor on the right hand side within this year!"
"Before going to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Dumbledore shouted, and then Harry noticed that the smiles of the other teachers had become dull.
Wang Yi: (I knew that the lack of new professors was definitely not just because of salary!) )