Chapter 29 Sorting Ceremony

There was a four-legged stool in front of the long table on the stage, and on the stool was a patched, historical, pointed wizard hat.

The pointed wizard hat was singing a song by itself until Professor McGonagall came forward.

"Whoever's name I call now, put on the hat, sit on the stool, and wait for the sorting."

Professor McGonagall took out a parchment roll:

"Colin Creevey!"

Colin was startled, and immediately trotted up, sat down nervously and put on the hat.

Almost without a pause, the hat gave the answer:

"Gryffindor!"

All the wizards at the long table of Gryffindor applauded, celebrating that their college had a new student.

"Astoria Greengrass!"

"Slytherin!"

"Luna Lovegood!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Ginny Weasley!"

"Gryffindor!"

As the little wizards were called up one by one, it was soon George's turn.

"George!"

The moment George put on the Sorting Hat, like other little wizards, he didn't hear any hesitation or questioning from the Sorting Hat, and got the answer directly.

"Slytherin!"

"It's Slytherin?"

George showed a little surprise on his face, but he quickly restrained his emotions, put down the Sorting Hat, and walked slowly to the Slytherin table and sat down.

To be honest, he thought he was most likely Gryffindor, and a little Ravenclaw, but he didn't expect it to be Slytherin.

But after thinking about it, he likes to have plans and clear goals when doing things, and sometimes he is more realistic, which is in line with some characteristics of Slytherin.

Maybe he really prefers Slytherin's personality characteristics in his bones.

Slytherin does not mean bad, and none of the four major colleges refers to absolutely good or absolutely bad.

Gryffindor has also produced some wizards like Pettigrew, and Slytherin has also produced wizards like Regulus who are willing to sacrifice themselves to resist Voldemort, and even prefer to die rather than let the house elves replace them.

The characteristics of the four major colleges are actually mostly positive.

Gryffindor is brave, Ravenclaw is knowledgeable, Hufflepuff is upright, and Slytherin is smart, motivated and goal-oriented.

"Slytherin is also OK. Snape is more protective and proficient in dark magic. If he can win honor for Slytherin, he should have a lot of gains."

When he came to his senses, the sorting ceremony was over.

In fact, before that, for each college he might be assigned to, he analyzed the personality of each dean and made relevant response plans.

Therefore, even if it was Slytherin, it would not be a big problem.

Dumbledore said a few simple words, introduced the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Gilderoy Lockhart, and announced the start of the dinner.

Then, countless delicacies made by house elves appeared on the four long tables in an instant, and the hungry little wizards immediately began to show off.

George also ate the food on the table, but he still paid some attention to the long table in front of the stage.

Sure enough, not long after, a wizard with a thin figure, grayish yellow skin, a hooked nose, greasy black hair draped over his shoulders, wearing a black robe and cloak, and exuding a cold aura appeared at the door of the auditorium.

He walked quickly to the long table like a big bat, and all the little wizards he passed by, no matter which college or grade, couldn't help holding their breath.

This person was none other than the dean of Slytherin, Severus Snape.

The top potion master, and a magic master second only to Dumbledore, Voldemort and Grindelwald.

Snape said a few words to Dumbledore and McGonagall, and Professor McGonagall's face quickly turned ugly, and then the three of them walked out of the hall together.

"My father got promoted again in the Ministry of Magic"

"When I was seven, my mother bought me a sword worth twenty Galleons."

"Humph, what's yours, me."

At the Slytherin table, the first-year wizards began to show off their families and financial resources while eating.

The little wizards who can be assigned to Slytherin are basically descendants of pure-blood families. Very few are mixed-blood, and it is basically unlikely that there are little wizards born in pure Muggle families.

So some of them knew each other when they were young.

Even if they didn't know each other, they would deliberately show their families and financial resources at this time to ensure their next position.

George didn't get involved. It is very likely that his body is a mixed-blood. His Muggle mother had a relationship with his wizard father, and then got pregnant unexpectedly. When he couldn't find the father, he didn't want to drag himself down, and it was normal to abandon the child after giving birth.

So in terms of family status, he must be at the bottom of Slytherin, so there is no need to ask for trouble.

As a half-blood, as long as he shows absolute strength like Snape and Voldemort, he will naturally not lack status and admirers.

Slytherin pays attention to bloodline and strength, of course you have to be at least a half-blood.

"Oh, Merlin's beard, it's the Bloody Baron, he looks so scary!"

At this moment, the little wizards shuddered, because a scary ghost with a thin face, empty eyes, and covered in blood suddenly came to the Slytherin table and sat down.

And the place where he sat was right next to George.

George looked up at the Bloody Baron, a faint smile appeared on his face, he nodded to the Bloody Baron gracefully, as a greeting, and then continued to eat dinner leisurely.

What's the big deal about being covered in blood? He has seen everything in the laboratory and killed dozens of people. How could he be afraid of this little blood?

And the Bloody Baron was obviously a little surprised that someone could be so calm when seeing a first-year wizard for the first time.

However, as a Slytherin ghost, he was quite satisfied that Slytherin had such a courageous little wizard, so he also nodded in response.

"Which family is he from? How dare he say hello to the Bloody Baron?"

"I don't know. I haven't heard of him. He should be a half-blood."

"Half-blood? But he doesn't look like one. I think he looks like a wizard from one of the twenty-eight families. He looks very elegant."

George's performance in front of the Bloody Baron naturally caught the attention of all the Slytherin wizards. They were also curious about this elegant and bold little wizard.

However, they soon concluded that George was a half-blood, because if he was pure blood, they would not have heard of him. His name, George, was also very strange.

But even so, some little wizards, especially the little witches in the first and second grades, developed a little affection for George.

This also made some little wizards look at George with a little more jealousy.

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