Chapter 15: Hogwarts Learning Panel, Chapter 7
Sien: "......"
Better not to answer.
"Why?"
Sien asked in his heart in a small voice.
"Let the old hat sing again—beautiful Ravenclaw, from the quiet riverside......"
The Sorting Hat suddenly started singing, and at the same time kept twisting on Sien's head.
"Mr. Sorting Hat?"
Sien covered his head and asked in confusion.
"Those wise and learned people will enter the wise Ravenclaw......"
The Sorting Hat was still twisting and singing.
"I want to go to Hufflepuff."
Sien seemed to realize something.
"Ravenclaw says: We teach students whose intelligence must be superior......"
The Sorting Hat sang non-stop.
"I want to go to Hufflepuff!"
Sien tried to make a final struggle.
"Stubborn little wizard, why must you go to Hufflepuff?"
"Mr. Sorting Hat, why must I go to Ravenclaw?"
"Well, practicing spells for thirteen hours a day, training yourself until you can't move;
can't even recognize all the English, and finished memorizing all the books you bought in two months... Except for Luo Yina, the old hat hasn't seen such a wizard eager for knowledge for a long time.
Slytherin can help you realize your ambition, Gryffindor appreciates your courage, and Hufflepuff also accepts your kind heart."
The Sorting Hat's voice carried emotion,
"But only Ravenclaw can empower a wise wizard to move towards the truth!"
"I want to go to Hufflepuff."
Sien felt his momentum drop a lot.
"Okay."
Unexpectedly, the Sorting Hat agreed. Sien's emerald eyes brightened.
"Lying to you,"
The Sorting Hat's voice became loud,
"Ravenclaw!!!"
Sien, who felt lost, pinched the Sorting Hat.
"Ouch ouch ouch ouch......"
Hearing the Sorting Hat's voice, Sien felt much better.
But he didn't hear the second half.
"...... Hey, I lied to Ravenclaw......
It's really inherited. Luo Yina, you were always so reckless to pinch the old hat back then......
Twelve centuries... the old hat finally fulfilled its promise to Gryffindor and found a successor for Ravenclaw.
Watch, in that thin body of the little guy, hides great power. The old hat will never look wrong."
Ravenclaw is also fine.
Sien said to himself,
at least not Slytherin.
Sien hadn't put the Sorting Hat into Professor Marcus Maige's hands when he heard enthusiastic applause from the Eagle House long table.
Even Gryffindor and Hufflepuff were applauding. Sien looked, and the most energetic one was Justin, who stood up.
He led a group of Hufflepuffs to clap.
Looking at it this way,
Sien felt even worse.
What a good Hufflepuff!
What a hateful Sorting Hat!
In the center of the Great Hall,
Professor Marcus Maige looked at Sien gently.
The pilled robe had been changed into Hogwarts' plain robe;
the ill-fitting shoes had also become British-style leather boots;
the cautious emerald eyes flashed with longing light.
She took off the hat for him:
"Are you ready, Mr. Green? Go and welcome your new life."
Sien was in a daze for a moment, and then was gently pushed by Professor Marcus Maige towards the Ravenclaw long table.
"Welcome!"
Sien saw a slightly chubby little wizard beside his seat waving at him.
"I can't believe it, you are actually a Hatstall!"
Curious eyes came from behind his big copper-framed glasses. After a shiver, he reached out to Sien.
But unfortunately, his copper-framed glasses were sliding down, so his extended hand went to fix the glasses again.
Finally, he apologized to Sien in a flurry.
"Hatstall?"
Sien didn't care, his big eyes full of confusion.
"Oh! Heavens! You don't know!"
The chubby little wizard opened his mouth wide.
"Terry, not everyone will go to study that tattered hat."
A voice came from behind him.
It was a wizard with long black hair. He interrupted Terry's next words helplessly.
"Don't mind it too much. Terry always likes to study these strange questions. When I just sat down, he was still asking me how many windows Hogwarts has.
Merlin, who would care about that thing?
Unless they all fall down, they would definitely crush Terry Boot, who is counting below."
"No, windows are very important!"
The little wizard named Terry's face turned red, obviously anxious.
"Okay."
The long black-haired little wizard responded like coaxing someone, and then introduced to Sien with great interest,
"Hatstall.
It means a sorting problem student,
referring to those little wizards whose sorting time exceeds 5 minutes.
Very rare. It is said that it will only appear once every fifty years.
By the way, I'm Michael Corner, welcome to Ravenclaw."
He reached out his hand.
Sien was even more confused. Exceeds five minutes?
But he clearly remembered it was only a little time?
It seemed like something had stolen the time.
Sien thought so.
"Sien Green."
The two shook hands gently.
With the last freshman going to Slytherin, Dumbledore stood up.
He looked at the students with a smile, opened his arms to them, as if nothing made him happier than seeing the students gathered together.
"Welcome!"
He said,
"Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start a new school year!
Before the banquet begins, I want to say a few words.
That is: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"
While he was speaking, Terry was frantically taking notes, and Michael beside him had an expression of "I knew it would be like this."
Sien didn't care, because on the table in front of him, food was piled up like magic.
Roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steaks, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, potato chips, Yorkshire pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, gravy, ketchup, apple pie, treacle tart, chocolate cake, jam doughnuts, trifle, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding......
Sien checked the menu he had listed, and it was exactly the same as in his memory.
Dipping beans, it has begun.
Sien said to himself.
Subsequently, he turned on the one-key sweep mode.
"How did he manage to be so elegant and eat so fast."
The dumbfounded Michael asked another boy on the left. ===== CHAPTER 16 =====
End of Chapter
