Chapter 28: Sorting hat
At this time, not only Cowen and Penello were communicating in a low voice, but the freshmen who knew or did not know around were discussing things in the college nervously and expectantly.
At this time, Professor McGonagall raised his hand and took off the metal chain pocket watch hanging on his robe, opened it to check the time, then put the pocket watch and looked around the new students.
After all the whispered discussions disappeared, Professor McGonagall spoke and said solemnly: "Okay, then you follow me into the lobby and start sorting."
After speaking, Professor McGonagall turned and led the way. As the wooden door slowly opened inward, Professor McGonagall entered the door first.
A group of freshmen, with anxiety, entered the door one after another in response to the light from the wooden door.
Inside the door is a very wide rectangular hall. There are four wooden tables nearly forty meters long. Each wooden table is full of students sitting on both sides.
There are a large number of white candles floating in the sky, and there are many huge braziers on the load-bearing wall pillars on both sides, making the entire auditorium very bright.
A group of freshmen followed in the footsteps of Professor McGonagall through the long dining table, feeling the scrutiny gaze coming from all directions and listening to the endless voices of discussion.
Many freshmen were so nervous that even Penello appeared stiff.
Soon, the team walked to the end of the auditorium, facing the professor's table placed sideways in front, and all the freshmen stood still in front of the ceremony table.
Professor McGonagall walked up the steps of the podium, turned around and commanded the freshmen to gather and stand horizontally, and then said: "Before the sorting ceremony, our principal, Professor Dumbledore, would like to say a few words to everyone."
Following the words of Professor McGonagall, the C seat of the professor's table behind him stood up an old man with a white beard and abdomen, wearing half-moon-shaped gold wire glasses.
A freshman behind Kewen couldn't help but whispered excitedly: "That's Professor Dumbledore! I'm on the card..."
"Hmm!" Professor McGonagall made a movement, causing the freshman to silence instantly.
"Welcome, welcome." At this time Dumbledore spoke, in a loud voice, and slowly said, "I have a few things to announce for the beginning of school."
"First-year freshmen should pay attention. This school strictly prohibits any student from entering the dark forest. It is a forbidden forest."
"First-year freshmen are not allowed to use flying broomsticks alone, boys are not allowed to enter the girls' dormitory, and they are not allowed to use magic spells in the corridors."
At this point, Professor Dumbledore nodded and sat down slowly.
"Thank you Professor Dumbledore for your speech." Professor McGonagall said, taking out a white scroll from his sleeve, and then unfolding it and said: "Next we will start sorting, and the named classmates come up and sit down. on the chair."
Professor McGonagall picked up the wizard hat placed on the chair with another hand, pinched the tip of the'dirty brown' hat and said: "I will buckle the sorting hat on your heads. The sorting hat will Decide which college you are assigned to, then listen up...James Palmston."
Among the freshmen looking around, the little James that Cowen had seen walked out of the crowd, stepped up the steps of the podium excitedly and nervously, and turned and sat on the chair.
Professor McGonagall slowly buckled the sorting hat on top of James's head. The next moment, the sorting hat suddenly came alive. The folds on the hat formed the shape of eyes and mouth, and the folds of the mouth began to twist with a loud voice. Outgoing: "Slytherin—"
Cheers and applause sounded from a long table of students, and the old students of Slytherin College welcomed little James with their respective gestures.
When little James walked to the table and took a seat, the welcome gradually subsided, and Professor McGonagall continued to carry the sorting hat to roll the call.
A freshman went up to the ground nervously, and amidst the cheers of the old students from different colleges, he went to sit down at the tables of their respective colleges.
Not long after, Professor McGonagall named Penello's name.
Penello turned his head and glanced at Cowen with a slight nervousness, and then under Cowen's encouraging eyes, he took a deep breath and walked out of the new crowd.
After sitting on the stage, Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat on Penello's head. Soon, the loud sorting sound of the Sorting Hat rang: "Ravenclaw—"
Penello's eyes lit up, he stood up amidst the cheers at the long table at Ravenclaw College, and after a glance at Cowen, he walked to the long table with a smile on his face.
After a few more students went up, Professor McGonagall looked at the roll call list in his hand, paused in his tone and looked at Cowen in the crowd, and called out: "Corvin Quinn."
A burst of noisy and rustling discussions suddenly sounded throughout the hall, making Kewen who was stepping forward a little stupefied, but he ignored so much and kept walking, and went up to the stage and sat in a chair.
Professor McGonagall dropped his hand holding the Sorting Hat, and buckled the Sorting Hat on top of Cowen's head.
Just when Kewen was ready to listen to the Sorting Hat to sort him out, he didn't want a deep voice suddenly sounded in his mind.
"Um...there is a challenge..."
"What?" Kewen subconsciously responded in his mind. UU reading www.uukanshu.com
"Your branch is very challenging for me." That voice rang out of Kewen's mind again.
"Are you a sorting hat?" Kewen suddenly responded, and continued to respond in his mind.
"it's me."
"Well, which college should I go to?" Kewen asked.
"Hmm..." The Sorting Hat groaned, and then muttered: "Noble blood, strong appetite, knowledgeable, brave and powerful... You are suitable for all colleges."
"Then how should I choose?" Kewen's heart sank, trying to empty his distracting thoughts, and responding in his mind.
"Oh, don't be so wary of me." The Sorting Hat did not respond, but found the changes in Kewen, and then explained: "I can only read your characteristics, not your memory."
After hearing this, Kewen felt relieved.
"Okay, let's go back to the sorting house." The sorting hat's voice continued: "In the long years, I have seen students like you who are suitable for all colleges, but they have one of the most prominent characteristics after all. But you are different. Almost all of your four qualities have reached the limit of my detection."
"So, you can only choose the college you want to go to."
"Then can you introduce the four colleges?" Kewen asked with a relaxed mind: "For example, the location, and the convenience."
"Yes, I also like to have someone chat with me more." The Sorting Hat said cheerfully: "For the location, Slytherin and Hufflepuff are underground, and the other two are upstairs."
"For convenience, Hufflepuff and the kitchen are next to each other; Slytherin is close to the classroom; Ravenclaw is close to the library; Gryffindor's bedroom is in the tower, with the best view and wide view."
Hearing this, Kewen began to ponder...
