Chapter 32: The Sorting Hat cannot decide your future

The sudden scream startled everyone in the Great Hall! Professor McGonagall shuddered, subconsciously stepped back a few steps, and other teachers were horrified, showing unbelievable expressions.

Professor Snape and Headmaster Dumbledore stood up in shock at the same time.

Quirrell, who was possessed by Voldemort, stared at Chu Yang.

In the nearly thousand-year history of Hogwarts, such a scene has never appeared! What happened to the Sorting Hat? Why did it let out such a miserable scream?

The Sorting Hat is nothing more than that. Chu Yang, the culprit, lost his nervousness just now, calmly took off the hat, and pinched the mouth formed by the folds of the Sorting Hat, making its scream stop abruptly.

Not only that, he also used a threatening gaze to make this hat with wisdom learn to keep its mouth shut in an instant.

Talking nonsense will kill people... oh no, it's killing hats!

"I'm putting you on my head again now, be honest, understand?"

The Sorting Hat nodded repeatedly, Chu Yang smiled with satisfaction, and put it on again.

"Ahem, I haven't slept well recently, I was a bit out of shape just now..."

"Well, very good, I see the potential in you."

The Sorting Hat shook its body and asked: "You have the courage to fight for it, you have an endless desire for knowledge, you are loyal enough to your friends, and more importantly, you are for the purpose, not... oh no, it's knowing how to protect yourself and judge the situation."

"Slytherin!"

Although they didn't know why, the students of Slytherin House still applauded. They didn't know at this time that Chu Yang was from a Muggle family.

The other three are quite good... Why did you choose Slytherin? I intended to spend the next school life quietly!

Chu Yang smacked his lips and said with some dissatisfaction: "Did you make a mistake?"

The Sorting Hat shook and asked: "Is it wrong?"

Chu Yang nodded and said: "I think it's wrong."

The Sorting Hat said tremblingly: "Then it should be wrong, I will re-..."

Before he finished speaking, the Sorting Hat was picked up by Professor McGonagall.

Professor McGonagall looked at Chu Yang with complex expressions and said: "The Sorting Hat cannot decide your future. After the banquet, Headmaster Dumbledore intends to talk to you personally. You go down first!"

The air in the whole hall seemed to freeze at this moment. The students opened their mouths wide. Even the senior students who were about to graduate had never seen such a battle! What is called the Sorting Hat cannot decide your future? Not to mention the students, the professors were also whispering at the dining table, discussing the topic of Chu Yang, full of surprise. They had never seen such an outrageous thing.

Chu Yang scratched his head and said: "Then where do I sit?"

Professor McGonagall also had a headache and said helplessly: "Sit wherever you want."

Chu Yang thought about it, and then sat down in front of the Hufflepuff House long table. This scared the students of the Badger House, but surprise is surprise, they still welcomed Chu Yang enthusiastically.

Chu Yang chose to sit here, mainly to repay Professor Sprout's care. Although he didn't know where he would be arranged in the end, he had to express it.

After a short chaos, the sorting ceremony continued. After Chu Yang, the painting style of other freshmen gradually returned to normal, and the Sorting Hat did not show signs of not waking up again.

Chu Yang ate this meal very uncomfortably. The fiery gazes from all sides gave him the illusion of sitting under a spotlight.

Whether it was teachers or students, their curiosity about Chu Yang exceeded Harry Potter.

But fortunately, the appearance of the ghosts helped Chu Yang attract most of the attention.

Walls, statues, dining tables, ghosts in the castle poured in from all directions, especially those ghosts that emerged from the food, Chu Yang felt physiological discomfort after seeing it. The freshmen who had never seen this scene fell into chaos again.

The girls who were a little timid began to scream one after another.

As part of the entrance ceremony.

Teachers and seniors appreciated this scene with relish, even Dumbledore was laughing.

"Ghosts, there are really ghosts!" Ron pulled Harry's clothes and shouted, "Fred was right, there are really ghosts in the school."

Harry pulled his clothes nervously, afraid of ghosts on one side, and afraid of Ron pulling his clothes off on the other.

Hermione, who was always the calmest and most calm in the trio, turned pale

Chu Yang made a gesture for her to relax.

The semi-transparent ghosts formed a sharp contrast with the warm colors of the living, which in Chu Yang's eyes was the boundary between life and death.

Ghosts in the Harry Potter world were more like a kind of earthbound spirit.

Some of them chose to become ghosts voluntarily; according to "Nearly Headless Nick," it only required paying a certain high price.

As for what that price was, only those who became ghosts knew.

Besides that, there were also some who became ghosts in a daze after dying accidentally at the school.

For example, Moaning Myrtle; she was killed by the basilisk's petrification magic and then became an earthbound spirit in the second-floor lavatory.

Both were ghosts, yet they could not be mentioned in the same breath, especially the latter.

In Chu Yang's view, it might have something to do with Hogwarts.

This castle, which had existed for nearly a thousand years, possessed countless secrets; perhaps it could not be regarded as a dead object.

The student enrollment records might also be some kind of contract signed with this ancient castle, which would be activated under certain special circumstances, causing deceased students to exist as ghosts.

Of course, the above was just Chu Yang's speculation, but he thought optimistically, "If I became a ghost after I died, the first thing I'd do is tear Hogwarts apart. Wanting me to stay here for a lifetime? Not a chance."

The cuisine at Hogwarts seemed quite good according to the feedback from the new students.

But for Chu Yang, it was just so-so.

After all, England was a notoriously barren land for food.

Coupled with a ghost with the bad taste of taking off his own head from time to time, Chu Yang's remaining appetite dropped straight to zero.

After the evening banquet ended, the new students, who should have returned directly to their dormitories to rest, were instead led back by Professor McGonagall to a lounge next to the Great Hall.

Professor McGonagall began to check whether the new students were carrying wands, in order to determine whether Malfoy's encounter was man-made.

After a 15-minute inspection, the result was unexpected for Professor McGonagall.

Among all the new students, not a single person was carrying a wand.

In other words, the possibility of Malfoy's encounter being man-made could basically be ruled out.

"This matter should be reported to Dumbledore as soon as possible!" A rare, grave expression appeared on Professor McGonagall's serious face.

(End of this chapter)