Chapter 8: The Sorting Ceremony
After a few hours, the train slowed down and finally stopped. The passengers pushed and shoved, rushing to the door, and Mo Wen also took Qiu Zhang's little hand and jumped onto a dark and small platform. An exceptionally tall figure in the crowd carried a lamp and shook it above the students' heads, "First graders! First-year students are coming over here!" Looks like it should be the half-blood giant Hagrid.
The freshmen followed the figure and stumbled, stumbling and stumbling, as if walking downhill along a steep and narrow path, holding Qiu Zhang's little hand tightly along the way. "Turn this corner, and you'll soon see Hogwarts for the first time." The tall figure shouted back.
Then at the end of the path suddenly a black lake opened, and on the high hillside on the opposite shore stood a majestic castle with spires and windows twinkling under the stars.
"No more than four people per boat!" Hagrid exclaimed, pointing to a group of small boats moored to the shore. Mo Wen pulled Qiu Zhang and jumped into the boat, followed by another boy and a girl. "Are you all on board?" Hagrid shouted, and he was in a boat by himself. "That's good to move forward!" A group of small boats immediately rowed across the mirror-like lake.
"My name is Eddie Gami, hello!" The boy was very generous, and introduced himself soon after he got on the boat.
"Marietta Ekmo," the girl with a freckled face also said.
Mo Wen began to recall the original book, two characters with only names, but that Marietta seemed to be the culprit who told the professor and finally led to the breakdown of the relationship between Zhang and Harry. However, Mo Wen didn't care, his means were much higher than Harry's, and he wasn't afraid that Qiu Zhang would run out of his palm.
"Cho Zhang" and "Modi Guris" also introduced themselves.
Hearing Mo Wen's name, Marietta's eyes lit up, obviously she had heard something, but just as she was about to say something, she heard Hagrid shout: "Bow your head! "They were already close to the cliffs of the castle.
Everyone bowed their heads, and the boat carried them through the ivy curtain that covered the cliff front to the secluded open entrance. They followed a pitch-black tunnel that seemed to lead to the castle underneath, and finally reached a place that resembled an underground dock, and then climbed up a field of gravel and small pebbles to a large oak door.
A tall black-haired witch in an emerald green robe stood in front of the gate, and she said to Hagrid, "Hagrid, I'll pick up the newborn." ”
"Okay, Professor." Hagrid agreed.
"This is Professor McGonagall, our Deputy Headmaster, who wrote our letter of acceptance, and who is also the Head of Gryffindor House, teaching Transfiguration." Mo Wen whispered to Qiu Zhang, who nodded and listened carefully, after coming to Hogwarts, Qiu Zhang was obviously a lot nervous, and listened carefully to Mo Wen's introduction. However, when Mo Wen came to a place with lights, Qiu Zhang took his little hand away.
Above Professor McGonagall was introducing the Sorting House, Cho Chang suddenly whispered, "Modi, which house do you think we will be sorted into?" ”
Modi just smiled and said firmly, "You and I will be sorted into Ravenclaw College." ”
"Why?" Qiu Zhang asked puzzled.
"Because it's fate!"
Qiu Zhang was so angry that he pinched Mo Wen, but girls can do this regardless of age, "I'm talking serious, don't make trouble." ”
Mo Wen's face suddenly turned serious, and he looked at Qiu Zhang seriously and said, "I mean seriously, a smart and beautiful girl like you will definitely be assigned to Ravenclaw, and I will be with you." ”
The door of the hall was open at this time, and the blazing torch reflected the eyes of Mo Wen's different colors, making him look particularly charming at this time.
Watching this scene stupidly, Qiu Zhang was stunned for a moment.
And at this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind Mo Wen, "Mr. Gurris, the sorting ceremony is going to take place now, and I personally think that your confession should be saved for next time." ”
But Professor McGonagall appeared behind the two of them at some point, and the people around her laughed as she spoke, and Cho Zhang blushed and hurriedly lowered her head.
But Mo Wen was unmoved, and said with a smile: "Okay, professor, I will remember." ”
Freshmen lined up and walked into the hall, where the rest of the academy was seated around four long tables with thousands of candles floating in the air above the dining room. Four tables are lined with glittering gold plates and goblets. At the top of the cafeteria is a long table with the teachers' seats. Professor McGonagall brought the first-year students over there and had them line up in front of the entire upper class. The ceiling above was clear, but the sky outside was cloudy, obscuring the light of the moon.
Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year freshman, and placed a wizard's hat on top of it. The hat was patched, worn out, and dirty.
Then in the eyes of everyone, the hat suddenly burst into a song and began to sing, but did not hear what it was singing, but looked at the hat carefully.
Level 0 Spell: Detect Magic
In Mo Wen's eyes, the aura contained in this broken hat is amazing, even far beyond his own magic wand, should it be said that it is worthy of Gryffindor's hat, what has been circulated for so long is really a bit of a doorway, but now he is more concerned about whether this hat will be aware of his secrets, after all, it is a hat that can detect thoughts. And Yuan Chu was rolling in Mo Wen's mind at this time, making a lot of noise, saying that Mo Wen looked down on her, and she would never be discovered by a broken hat. Mo Wen thought about it and felt that it would not, if he could detect anything, those pure-blood nobles would not allow the school to use this kind of thing to divide the school, it is estimated that this hat is similar to the second-level spell detection idea, maybe it is more powerful to see a person's character, and what people hide in their hearts should not be discovered.
After a while, the Sorting Hat was finished, and the freshmen began to step forward one by one and put on their hats.
"Marca Belby." "Ravenclaw!" The first boy whose name was read was assigned to Ravenclaw, and the table with the most girls suddenly erupted in applause.
"Michael Conai" "Gryffindor! ”
"Miles Bridge", "Slytherin!" ”
"Eddie Gami" "Ravenclaw! ”
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A person's name was called, and the applause in the hall never stopped.
"Autumn Zhang", Mo Wen felt that Qiu Zhang behind him suddenly became nervous, and suddenly turned around and whispered: "Don't worry, I'll go back to Ravenclaw to find you." ”
Looking at Mo Wen's serious expression, Qiu Zhang snorted and laughed, and the whole person relaxed, and then smiled: "Okay, I'm waiting for you in Ravenclaw." ”
And then there was a loud "Ravenclaw!" Cho Zhang ran briskly to the Ravenclaw long table and chatted with a senior senior, seeing Mo Wen looking at him, and playfully returning the look.
Mo Wen just smiled at this, and then saw Diggory's depressed expression on the Hufflepuff table, and Mo Wen smiled even more happily.
The number of people is decreasing one by one, and finally it is the turn of "Modi Guris"
The surrounding chatter suddenly became louder, and several people stood up from the table, apparently many people had heard of the name of the little genius of the Guris family.
I saw that under the gaze of everyone, Mo Wen was not nervous at all, and walked up with a brisk step, the pair of gold and silver eyes were extraordinarily deep, and with the aristocratic temperament, it was particularly attention-grabbing.
An identification technique was thrown on the Sorting Hat, and a message appeared in Mo Wen's mind: the Sorting Hat, a sub-legendary item, can easily distinguish personal personality and obtain shallow thoughts.
Relieved, Mo Wen buckled the Sorting Hat to his head.
"Well," he heard a small voice in his ear, "it's hard, it's very difficult, it's outstanding, it's not lacking in courage, it's pure blood, and there's a kind of contempt for the rules, except for the three Hufflepuff houses that suit you well." ”
Mo Wen said firmly in his heart: "Ravenclaw! ”
"Ravenclaw, huh?" The small voice asked, "Are you paying attention?" In Slytherin you are more likely to succeed. ”
Mo Wen sneered in his heart, was it Dumbledore's temptation? Afraid I'll become a second Voldemort? A broken hat in charge of the branch actually guided the student's choice, and immediately cast a third-level protection spell on himself to avoid detection, and then used the brain occlusion technique.
"Huh?" The Sorting Hat was surprised, "What an amazing Occlumency, I'm getting more and more trying to get you to Slytherin." ”
Mo Wen whispered angrily: "Ravenclaw, Ravenclaw." "What are you kidding, the last few battles in the book belong to Slytherin and Gryffindor, and Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have almost never died, if he really enters Slytherin, he will definitely be rejected and suppressed by Dumbledore, and he can't lick Voldemort's toes, and then both sides won't be pleased, and the danger will be great, besides, Ravenclaw is the college with the most beautiful women in the original book, Cho Zhang, Luna are here, the sister of the Pettier sisters is also there, only Gryffindor House can compare to each other in the college, It's still because the beauties of the college where the protagonist is located can be introduced.,If it's really compared.,It's still Ravenclaw with the most beauties.。
"Alright, alright, then Ravenclaw." Seeing Mo Wen's thoughts, the Sorting Hat had no choice but to follow his wishes, and the hat called out the last name to the entire dining room.
The students in the hall saw another scene, after Mo Wen put on the Sorting Hat, the Sorting Hat seemed to take a long time without a decision, and at this time, the dark clouds in the sky suddenly cracked a crack at some point, and a ray of moonlight shone down, enveloping Mo Wen's body, and the pair of golden and silver eyes exuded a faint luster, reflecting his whole person in a particularly mysterious way.
Then the Sorting Hat shouted, "Ravenclaw! ”
The whole Ravenclaw house was boiling, everyone cheered, and even a few girls jumped up, while the other houses looked a little lost, especially the Slytherin girls.
Mo Wen gracefully walked to the long table in his academy, pulled open the chair next to Qiu Zhang and sat down, and said to the latter, "I said I would come to Ravenclaw to find you." ”
Cho Zhang glared at him, then smiled again.