Chapter 18 Finally entered the snake courtyard

"Aaron Gaius." Professor McGonagall read out Aaron's full name.

"Haha! It's finally your turn, little one." The Sorting Hat laughed triumphantly.

Aaron spread his hands, "To be honest, I don't actually want to be the last one to appear. After all, the people in front are too good, and the pressure on the people behind will always be great."

As he said that, he took down Abe, who had climbed on top of him at some point, and walked up the steps.

"Professor McGonagall, can I ask you one last question?"

"Okay, ask!"

"If I cast a cleaning spell on this hat, it won't take revenge during the sorting process!"

Professor McGonagall looked down at the Sorting Hat in her hand and hesitated: "Probably not!"

"Definitely not." The Sorting Hat said proudly, "I was once the wizard hat of Godric Gryffindor, and I also had the magical blessings of the other three giants who founded Hogwarts. I have four The founder of Hogwarts was too intelligent to do such a dishonest thing."

"Really? Then I'll be relieved." Aaron nodded with satisfaction, and then took out a black wand.

The Sorting Hat began to tremble, and then it recalled the meaning of the first half of Aaron's sentence, "What do you want to do? I'm warning you, don't mess around!"

I am the Sorting Hat, and my seniority may be much higher than you think. "

"No matter how senior you are, it's just a hat. It's not something to show off." Aaron said, then waved his wand, "Clean it up."

"No!" The Sorting Hat let out a long cry, and then a burst of white smoke came out, and all the dust on it was bounced off. Although the appearance was still rotten, it was at least a hundred times cleaner than before.

"How dare you?" The Sorting Hat showed a ferocious expression, but it looked stern in appearance.

"Why don't I dare? You said you won't avenge yourself." Ya Lun explained as he should, and then calmly sat on the stool.

Aaron's wave of manipulation left all the students speechless in shock. After all, no one had dared to do this before him.

Some professors at the guest of honor looked at Aaron in different ways. They were either appreciative, frowning, or dumbfounded, but most of them were interested.

"Professor McGonagall, you can start." Aaron said calmly.

"Oh!" Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, and then carefully placed the sorting hat on Aaron's head.

"Huh?" After the Sorting Hat was placed on Aaron's head, his expression immediately changed to one of extreme astonishment, "How is that possible? I originally thought you were just trying to please others, but I didn't expect you to be even more difficult to deal with than the one just now.

He is not lacking in courage, has unparalleled courage, tough character, smart mind, and a strong thirst for knowledge hidden in his heart.

The most important thing is that you have extremely high talent and potential. Over the past thousands of years, I have seen countless students. Among them, there are no more than ten at the same level as you, but they are just barely above that level. There has never been one. People have such powerful magic power at the age of entering school. Are you really only eleven years old? "

"Isn't this nonsense?" Aaron said speechlessly, "And don't you think you're talking too much?

Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. After all, the wizarding world is much bigger than Hogwarts.

By the way, haven't you made a decision yet? "

"No, you have to give me some time to think about it!

You are so comprehensive, and each college is particularly suitable for you. What is your purpose of coming to school, or what do you desire most? "

"Is it necessary to ask so clearly?" Aaron said unhappily. He could clearly feel that this old hat was prying into his thoughts all the time, but he was destined to be unable to see any secrets in front of his perfect level of Occlumency.

"Of course." said the Sorting Hat. "Some people are eager for knowledge, some are eager for power, some are eager for resources, some are eager for..."

"I don't care what you said. What I long for is true friendship."

"Friendship? This is really rare.

If it's friendship...Slytherin. "The Sorting Hat shouted loudly.

After the results came out, the Slytherin students clapped loudly and cheered, while the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw students sighed.

They also heard the Sorting Hat's comment just now. The Snake House will get a very outstanding student.

"As expected." Aaron murmured, and then he picked up Abe and walked to the Slytherin table. Professor McGonagall also put away the freshman list and the sorting hat and walked to his seat.

Draco and his two followers greeted him friendly, and the prefect also welcomed him warmly.

Aaron even saw Professor Snape, the dean of Slytherin, who was at the guest of honor, nodding slightly to him, which made him a little flattered.

"Aaron, I knew you would be sorted into Slytherin, and only Slytherin is worthy of a genius like you.

You didn't notice that Weasley's face turned particularly ugly just now. Draco said happily.

"Eh! That's too serious." Aaron waved his hand sheepishly, "I never thought I was a genius.

As for Weasley's expression, that has nothing to do with me. "

Ding! Ding! Ding!

Professor McGonagall tapped the cup in front of her with the golden spoon, "Please pay attention."

Dumbledore stood up from the main seat, raised his hands, and looked at the students below with a smile on his face, "Now, the banquet begins."

As soon as he finished speaking, the four long tables were filled with all kinds of food. In front of Aaron alone, there were beef, lamb chops, pork chops, potatoes, pudding, pea shoots, carrots, corn, etc., it can be said that All picky eaters are taken care of.

Abe jumped directly in front of Aaron, pointing at the chicken drumsticks on the plate with his little paws, and looking at Aaron with a very longing look on the other side.

"Uh... Got it." Aaron smiled and put the food it wanted to eat in front of it.

At this moment, a gray-white ghost emerged from under the table and stopped right next to Draco, opposite Aaron.

This shocked Draco so much that he dropped the fork in his hand on the plate.

"Don't worry, he is Bloody Baron, the ghost of our Slytherin House." said an old student.

That said, ghosts are harmless to living people, and there are ghosts floating everywhere in the hall.

But the one next to Draco was really scary. He looked haggard and his clothes were covered with silver blood spots. He was no different from a perverted murderer.

Sitting across from him while eating, Aaron said he was very stressed. As for Draco Malfoy sitting next to him, Aaron expressed deep sympathy.

After more than half an hour of meal time, the food and cutlery on the table disappeared in an instant, and the table became clean again.

After eating and drinking, Aaron sat on the chair and felt that the pet in his arms had gained two or three pounds.

"Okay, it's bedtime. Before that, let's do one last activity and sing the school song." Dumbledore said excitedly, as if this was the most important part of the entire sorting ceremony.

"Hogwarts still has a school song?" Aaron looked at a freshman standing aside in surprise, but he also looked confused, obviously not knowing anything.

Then he set his sights on a senior, and saw a look of bitterness and hatred on his face. Aaron could read the torment and embarrassment on this senior's face.

Dumbledore flicked his wand gently, and a golden ribbon floated out from it. On the ribbon were lines of text, namely lyrics:

Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts,

Please teach us knowledge,

No matter we are balding old people,

Or the kid who hurt his knee after a fall...

"Everyone chooses the tune he likes." Dumbledore said in an approachable manner, "Get ready to sing..."

The next moment, an extremely noisy sound rang out in the lobby. The combination of chaotic tones and somewhat unorthodox lyrics was like a magic sound filling the ears.

Aaron had the urge to cover his ears, but this was obviously inappropriate in public.

In desperation, Aaron held Abe on top of his head. Its two front paws openly covered the ears under his hat, while its two back paws pressed on Aaron's ears.

It's secretive and natural, and you really can't find it if you don't look carefully.