288. Admission Branch
Dressed in the newborn robes he bought, Du Teng followed the army and shuttled through the castle. Only when you actually enter Hogwarts can you feel the majesty of this huge medieval castle.
The scenes I saw in the movie now appear in front of Du Teng very really.
Moving portraits, moving steps, erratic ghosts, and unchanging masonry.
The luggage has been sent to the dormitory, but there is actually a bug here. At this time, Du Teng and they had not yet carried out the sorting ceremony, who would go to which college was still uncertain, and how could the luggage be sent to the dormitory? Either it's really a bug, or the luggage is piled up somewhere outside the dormitory, and when the sorting ceremony begins, the luggage of the students assigned to the college is sent to the corresponding dormitory.
Maybe so...... Du Teng didn't know, if his pupil power was still there, he could use his reincarnated eyes to take a look, anyway, the magic enchantment here couldn't stop his pupil power. But now he just has an empty world, no, the top body in the universe, but he can't use any ability, so he can only guess.
Of course, it doesn't make sense to guess or not, he wasn't so bored that he was very nitpicky to dig up bugs, he just thought about this problem, and then began to wander around the world.
Just walked like this, ignoring the curious or inquiring eyes of the people around him, and followed the large army all the way into the hall of the cafeteria.
In fact, this hall is not specially used as a canteen, some important meetings and school events are often held here, and this can be regarded as one of the most important public places of the school.
Duten and the others were stopped outside the hall, and Professor McGonagall, a very strict woman, was the Deputy Headmaster of Hogwarts, as well as the Head of Gryffindor House and the teacher of the Transfiguration.
Du Teng looked at the old woman in front of him and began to recall her performance in the plot. In the plot, she is a fair mentor who treats all four colleges equally. Unlike Professor Snape, she punished even if a student from her house broke the rules, even if she ended up losing the House Cup. I believe that she will continue her principle of fairness in the position of principal.
Secondly, she is a very strict and concise Transfiguration teacher, and all the students respect her, although some people are especially afraid of her. Special care for Harry Potter. She didn't tolerate any kind of unruly behavior, and no one could interrupt her class time - even Umbridge didn't get much out of interrupting her lecture. She is also a Quidditch fanatic. This is a testament to her character traits that are cold on the outside and hot on the inside. In her first year, she caught Harry flying into the sky in violation of Mrs. Hodge's rules, and instead of punishing him, she approved him to join the Gryffindor team.
In the end, she is a strong witch. When Dumbledore dies and the second battle is fought, she remains at her post in the midst of Hogwarts' turmoil, trying to protect the students of the Death Eaters.
It can be said that this old witch looks very strict, terrible, and even a little impersonal many times, but she really loves this school and loves these students, and like all the professors in this school, no matter how they behave at the beginning, in the end, the performance of these people is all embarrassing and admirable.
Du Teng's cranky kung fu, the army came to an end.
Professor McGonagall settled them in for a few words, pushed open the door, and entered the hall with a group of turnip heads.
Countless eyes suddenly cast on the four long tables around, and on the front teacher's seat, there were also more than a dozen eyes on the crowd.
A group of little radish heads, who have never seen much of the world, were looked at by so many people, some people were so shy that they lowered their heads at that time, of course, more students still looked up with curiosity, a pair of eyes felt that they were not enough, and everything was fresh.
Duten is also fresh, he is also the first time to enter this world, the first time to enter Hogwarts, the first time to enter this hall that is very famous in the original book, of course he also wants to take a few more looks, this is normal.
A group of freshmen led by McGonagall walked to the front, and Headmaster Dumbledore spoke a few words before starting the house.
Hogwarts Sorting is known to be the Sorting Hat. The Sorting Hat is an old, patched, and dirty, peaked wizard's hat that originally belonged to Godric, the founder of Gryffindor. But don't underestimate it, it's a smart, thoughtful magic hat into which the four founders poured their own minds, so that the Sorting Hat can sort students into houses based on their talents and qualities, and thus place students into the houses that suit them.
However, before the official sorting of the house, the Sorting Hat also sang a song of the Sorting Hat. It sounded so weird that Du Teng even wanted to laugh at one point.
After singing the song of the Sorting Hat, the Sorting Ceremony begins.
One by one, the students stepped forward and sat down on their stools, with Professor McGonagall right next to them, picking up the Sorting Hat and putting it on for the new student, who would then say aloud the house the student belonged to.
One student after another was assigned, and soon, the reincarnators that Duten was very interested in appeared, and the first to go up was a member of the unmanned team that Duten had not even seen before, a little girl, who was assigned to Ravenclaw. The little girl looks quite weak, but since she can become a reincarnation, a fool will regard her as a real weakling.
The second reincarnation who went up was a member of the five-person team that Du Teng saw on the train, a very ordinary boy, irrelevant to ordinary, with an ordinary body and an ordinary temperament, in short, a guy who could not be found in the crowd alone, and was assigned to Ravenclaw.
Next, more reincarnators appeared, but most of them were sorted into Gryffindors. It's the academy where the protagonist is, and the plot will revolve a lot around it in the future, and all the reincarnators, regardless of their purpose, are still related to the protagonist in the final analysis, and it's normal for them to want to go to Gryffindor.
After all, staying by the protagonist's side all day long, if there is really any situation, they can also react at any time.
Yes, they want to go to Gryffindor. Another characteristic of the Sorting Hat is that it tends to compromise with the strong will of the students. If the student is not strong-willed, or has no goal, the Sorting Hat will choose the right house for the student based on their own judgment. At the same time, if the student's self-desire is very strong, the Sorting Hat will respect the student's ideas and let them go to the house they want to go to.
Wasn't that how Harry Potter was in the beginning of the books? The Sorting Hat seemed hesitant about his whereabouts, and he muttered the words "Gryffindor" before the Sorting Hat relented and sent him to Gryffindor.
It's okay for someone else to do this kind of thing, the Sorting Hat is just a tool, not a representation of the true will.
The team is decreasing very quickly, and most of the students still have no clear goals, and they all choose to follow the arrangement of the sorting hat, of course, the speed cannot be slowed down.
In the middle, Harry Potter went up, Ron went up, Hermione went up, and Neville, Malfoy and other familiar faces all went up, and Duten was standing at the back of the line, so he had been watching from a distance.
After the fifteen reincarnators had been assigned fourteen, it was Du Teng's turn.
Everyone looked at him, but the ordinary students of the other academies were all looking at him expectantly, only the fifteen reincarnators looked at him with some scrutiny, some vigilance, and some hostility. Duten ignored these glances, and sat down on the stool indifferently, allowing McGonagall to put the Sorting Hat on herself.
"WellโI'll look at me, you may belong to Gryffindor, where there is a deep boldness in the heart, and their courage, courage and boldness make Gryffindor outstanding; If you are shrewd-minded, you may enter the wise Ravenclaw, and those who are wise and learned will always meet their fellow believers there......"
"Hufflepuff."
At this moment, Du Teng slowly spoke.
"Hufflepuff? Are you sure, you want to go to Hufflepuff? โ
The Sorting Hat was slightly stunned, and his twisted mouth clicked and moved, asking loudly.
Duten wanted to go to Hufflepuff for no other reason than to stand on the sidelines and watch it all. In the four major houses in the original book, Hufflepuff has the lowest appearance rate, and there are very few people who can get it, and it looks much worse than the other three houses, especially Gryffindor and Slytherin. But in fact, this is not the case, the four major colleges, in essence, there is not much gap.
Hufflepuff is not weak, but the plot itself does not want them to deviate, the protagonist's family is all in Gryffindor, and the enemy family is almost all in Slytherin, almost a duel between these two houses, even Ravenclaw rarely appears, and the already low-key Hufflepuff house is even less brilliant.
But after all, it is one of the four major colleges, the heritage is still there, the representative attribute is soil, and the fit with Du Teng is also quite high. In addition, he just wants to observe the actions of other reincarnators, and if he enters Ravenclaw, or even Gryffindor, he will inevitably be distracted by all kinds of things. It's better to just jump out, I guess other reincarnations are also happy to do the same.
So he was simple, and after the Sorting Hat asked again, he answered in the affirmative.
"That's right, I want to go to Hufflepuff."
"Hufflepuff !!"
Respecting Du Teng's choice, the Sorting Hat shouted.
Almost as soon as the Sorting Hat recalled, the Hufflepuff table cheered, and the seniors there rose from their seats and applauded Duten to welcome him.
Du Teng's position was already relatively backward, and after he determined the place of belonging, there were few more people, and the sorting ceremony was all completed.
Headmaster Albus Dumbledore stood up at this point, 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! โ
"Thank you!"
Dumbledore sat down, and everyone applauded and cheered.
Only Harry couldn't laugh or cry.
"Is he a little insane?" Harry couldn't help but ask Percy.
"Neurotic?" Percy smugly, "He's a genius!" He's the best magician in the world! However, he did have a problem with his head. Eat tomatoes, Harry? โ
Harry turned his head, dumbfounded.
The plates in front of him, which had been empty, were now full of food. He'd never seen so many of his favourites on the table at the same time: roast beef, roast chicken, pork, lamb, sausages, bacon and steak, as well as boiled tomatoes, roasted sweet potatoes, fries, Yorkshire dices, pears, carrots, ketchup, and mint hard candy.
Britain has long been known as the country of dark cuisine, and Duten, who came out of the country of food, really didn't like the food here. Of course, he won't starve to death even if he doesn't eat for a few years, and his current physique doesn't care about such trivial things as eating. For others, it is a matter of survival, but for him, it is at most a hobby.
A hobby of tasting different cuisines.
But in order not to look unusual, he still ate some selectively, and of course he could swallow what he thought was good.
After everyone finished eating, the leftovers automatically disappeared from the plates, and the plates became as brilliant as they had been at the beginning, and after a while, desserts appeared. Duten can think of every kind of flavors of large pieces of ice cream, apple pie, honey candy cake, chocolate lobliform cake, jam fritters, strawberries, coffee gall, rice pudding...... The whole nine yards.
For dessert, it's not bad here, and the craftsmanship of the house-elves is still acceptable.
Finally, when the dessert was finished, Professor Dumbledore stood up again, and the audience fell silent.
"Aha, since we've all eaten and drunk, I'll say a few more words. I'm going to make a couple of announcements now. New students should pay special attention to the fact that the woods on the playground are strictly forbidden to students. This is something that older students should also keep in mind. โ
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 wish to represent their home should register with Ms Hodge.
Finally, I must warn you that those who do not want to die a tragic death should not go to the third-floor corridor on the right hand side within this year! โ
Harry burst out laughing, and Harry was one of only a handful of students who laughed.
It feels like an idiot, at least that's how Duten feels.
Finally, Dumbledore slowly opened his arms and looked at the young students in front of him.
"Before going to bed, let's sing the school song together!"
Dumbledore shouted.
In this way, Duten officially joined Hogwarts and became a magical apprentice with Harry Potter. (To be continued.) )