Chapter 11: The Branches

"Ralph, you're really right, just put on your hat." Hansen whispered cheerfully.

"Your dreams are amazing, you can dream of it." Roque was envious.

"Well, I don't know if it's like you said before." Claude whispered.

"Perhaps." Ralph didn't say much.

Soon, Professor McGonagall took a few steps forward, a roll of parchment in her hand.

"Whoever I call by name now puts on his hat and sits on a stool and waits for the Sorting House." She said.

"Hansen Abbott!"

Hansen smiled at them and walked out of the queue and put on his hat, which was just over his eyes.

He sat down.

Waited for a moment......

"Gryffindor!"

The Sorting Hat shouted.

It's hard to imagine that a hat can shout such a loud and emotional voice.

The farthest table on the left erupted in cheers, and Hansen waved at Ralph and walked over to the other.

"Ralph Alvey!" Professor McGonagall exclaimed.

Ralph walked out of the queue, sat down on a stool, and put on his hat.

Hearing Ralph's name, the restaurant suddenly became lively.

The students whispered, the professors heard about him, and Professor McGonagall gave Ralph a second look.

"Is this Ralph? Looks pretty good. One girl said.

"Yes, it's a little handsome, but the expression is too stiff, just smile more." The girl on the side chimed in.

"No way, who told someone to have such a father?"

"Well, yes, my mother told me to take care of him more, what about you?"

"Me too."

"Then we'll be together."

This kind of conversation is not only between a pair of girlfriends, at the moment, the vast majority of witches are talking about Ralph.

Many wizards from the wizarding world inevitably began to talk about him, and they were basically "told" by their parents:

"It's nice to meet Ralph at school, you know, help him more, he's not like you, he has ...... mom and dad"

Now, here comes Ralph.

As soon as he put on his hat, Ralph entered a state of mental emptiness, and thanks to dreams, he knew that this method could be used to exercise willpower, increase his connection to the natural world, and strengthen his perception of magic.

Thanks to long-term meditation, Ralph can meditate anytime and anywhere, without thinking about anything, without thinking or wanting anything.

The Sorting Hat twisted from side to side, making it seem to outsiders that this was a Sorting Problem.

After a long time, the Sorting Hat couldn't help it, and called, "Albus, look at me, if I'm broken." ”

Ralph, who was awakened by the hat, shuddered and asked a little resentfully, "Mr. Hat, aren't you going to start yet?" ”

"I'm not bad, I'm not bad, Albus, I'm not bad, I'm okay, I'm okay, I'm okay......"

Albus, who was sitting in the headmaster's seat, looked at the Sorting Hat and then at Ralph, and shook his head helplessly, not knowing what the hat was doing.

Is it really in need of a repair?' After all, it's more than 1,000 years, why don't you show Nicol next time? 'Abu thought.

"Mr. Hat, aren't you going to start yet?" Ralph reminded.

"Oh, let's get started." The Sorting Hat said.

"Shall we come then?"

"What's coming? Pulling you into a dream? I don't have the ability. The Sorting Hat detected Ralph's strongest thoughts.

"No, I've been preparing for so long."

"Well, Ralph, it's you, I thought I was broken? You're amazing. ”

"I also think that this is something I've been exercising since I can remember, and I relax there every day without thinking about anything."

"Aren't you just in a daze? Ralph. ”

“...... Hurry up and sort the house, I don't want to say anything more. Ralph was speechless.

"Okay. Think about what makes you happiest. "The Sorting Hat is a little aggrieved, but out of exceptional circumstances, I would like to remind you.

"The happiest thing?" Ralph muttered.

The first bath in thunder, the joy of new life; To be the king of birds in the forbidden forest, the recognition of responsibility; Get together with your neighbors and be cared for; The first time I made friends of the same age, the estrangement faded, and I was happy; Soar through the sky, chase the storm, and play with the thunder......

He came here to study, but now, it seems to have changed, he has always thought that he and human society will be incompatible, but he has neighbors who are not relatives but relatives, and he has a few friends who can talk.

He felt that perhaps he should go to Hufflepuff.

"Ravenclaw!" The Sorting Hat shouted.

The second table on the left clapped and screamed from some girls, we have Ralph!

"Ralph, friends are made by yourself, not by the Academy, I think you are more suitable for Ravenclaw, use your wit, I can feel your joy when you learn your first magic."

"Thank you, Mr. Hat." Ralph froze and thanked the hat.

"You're welcome." The Sorting Hat opened a pleasant arc.

As soon as Ralph reached the Ravenclaw table, he stepped forward with a couple of witches and pulled him to their places, and the male prefects who were about to step forward were pushed aside.

I have to say that Ravenclaw is all girls' world, and the yin and yang are in decline, no, a few more girls have been assigned to Ravenclaw.

After what seemed like a century, the Sorting was over, and Professor McGonagall rolled up the parchment, picked up the Sorting Hat, and left.

During this time, Ravenclaw also gained a few boys, which made the then Quidditch captain rise to ideas that he had not dared to have before.

Roark was assigned to Hufflepuff, which was similar to what he had in mind, since his mother was a Hufflepuff.

Claude was assigned to Ravenclaw, and remembers that Roque said that he was a top student and had been accepted into Eton College before coming to Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore stood up, he looked at the students with a smile on his face, and stretched out his arms to them, as if nothing made him happier than seeing them all in one place.

"Welcome!" He said, "Welcome to Hogwarts to start the new school year!" Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words. It is: 'Enjoy!' 'Thank you! ”

He sat down again, and the audience burst into applause.

As the applause wore off, the table was filled with food: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, boiled potatoes, baked potatoes, potato chips, Yorkshire pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some odd reason, mint hard candy.

Surrounded by a crowd of seniors, Ralph felt as if he had arrived at the annual Hogsmeade meeting.

Claude, who was sitting next to him, was also teased by many senior sisters because of his shyness.

Hansen looked at this side with envy on his face, turning his grief and anger into appetite.

And Roque looked at Claude with a constipated look on his face, his eyes inexplicable.