Cassandra is not the last freshman.
She was unable to be assigned to a college for a long time, which made the remaining freshmen who had relaxed have their hearts in their throats again.
Could it be...that someone would really be declared unqualified?
Elders at home, older brothers and sisters, and new classmates they met on the road, their threatening words reappeared in their minds.
"The Sorting Hat is testing your magic qualifications. If you fail, you will be expelled!"
"The Sorting Hat will confuse your cognition. If your will is not firm, you will lose yourself!"
...
In particular, the seniors, uncharacteristically, no longer maintained their aloof posture, but started whispering among each other.
Let the cold sweat drip down their backs...
In front of Cassandra, Professor Slughorn gradually put away the smile on his face.
He also wondered if he had done something wrong. Why did he put the Sorting Hat on the little wizard himself and stop talking?
As the discussion gradually grew louder, Professor Slughorn's inner pressure also increased.
Finally, he couldn't stand the pressure and turned to Dumbledore for help.
Dumbledore shook his head inconspicuously, indicating that nothing unexpected happened.
Slughorn breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It wasn't his own fault, it was his rare hat embarrassment.
In situations like this, the Sorting Hat needs to struggle for a long time.
Now that he knew what was going on, he relaxed and carefully cast a soundproofing spell on Cassandra.
Prevent external noise from affecting the Sorting Hat's judgment.
"quiet!"
The buzzing noise suddenly stopped.
"The Sorting Hat has not given the answer, so we must wait patiently!"
After saying that, he broke off the candle at hand and turned it into a chair.
With a round body, he sat down on it, and the chair was firm and alive.
Professor Slughorn took out the gold-rimmed handkerchief from his pocket and wiped the non-existent sweat stain.
Then he put on a posture of watching the excitement and stared at the center of the field.
Time passed by minute by second, and the shock of the professor's language was smoothed away.
The little wizard's gossipy heart became active again.
But this time, Professor Slughorn didn't stop everyone.
The longer the argument goes on, the more profound the impression becomes.
Cassandra's name will be remembered at Hogwarts.
After all, he had seen that Luna and Elise had violated school rules and had to accompany her through the freshman entrance process.
The young wizard's unique youthful atmosphere was active in the auditorium.
The unhappy principal Armando Dippet gradually became infected.
His angry mood gradually calmed down.
It seems that the sorting ceremony does not need to be too serious.
School rules are usually very strict, and it is not a good thing to suppress children's nature.
In particular, magic is idealistic, and emotions are also a major factor that affects the power of magic.
After not expressing his position for so long, Dumbledore looked at Armando Dippet with a deep heart.
When Armando Dippet saw Dumbledore looking at him, his eyes softened slightly and he nodded.
Dumbledore was speechless when he saw this.
This stubborn old man actually changed his gender after being cracked down by the Ministry of Magic?
...
Finally, the Sorting Hat's mouth cracked...
But because of the soundproofing spell.
No sound came out...
Professor Slughorn's smile froze on his face.
Only then did he realize that his soundproofing spell worked in both directions!
He quickly waved his hand to remove the soundproofing spell.
But it was too late, the Sorting Hat's voice had long since disappeared.
By the way, what’s up with the Sorting Hat in this era? Why isn’t it a talkative person?
I wore it last year and talked a lot about it.
Xifa felt a little strange.
Why did it shout once this year and then become silent?
I don’t believe it because you don’t know which college Cassandra is assigned to!
However, Professor Slughorn just pretended to be nonchalant and took the Sorting Hat off Cassandra's head without asking her any questions.
Because he knew that Cassandra's next move must be to go to the college assigned to her by the Sorting Hat.
Cassandra stood there, and it took a while before she came back to her senses.
She thanked Slughorn with a bow.
I dare not look at Xifa.
Turn around and walk towards Slytherin...
Cassandra had just taken two steps when bursts of exclamations came from around her.
It turned out to be Xifa, who was about to walk to the center of the field with an ugly face.
Although Elise and Luna were shocked, they quickly grabbed Xifa from left to right.
There are still new students behind.
At this time, he rushed to the center of the field to question her...
It is difficult for the principal not to punish him.
The scene froze,
All the young wizards pointed at him one after another, and Dumbledore also looked at him in surprise.
It seems that she was surprised that Cassandra didn't choose Ravenclaw, maybe she was surprised that Cassandra had a conflict with Xifa, maybe...
"What's the problem? Xifa?"
Dumbledore raised his eyebrows and stretched out his hand to suppress the noise of the crowd.
Then he smiled and spoke to resolve Xifa's awkward situation.
"Yes... no, no... my legs are a little sore after waiting for so long."
The excuses were crude, but no one made any explicit accusations.
After Sifa slowly sat down, she waved her hands to Elise and Luna to express that she was fine.
Then, he took out a pair of large sunglasses and put them on, and opened his dragon eyes.
After observing, Xifa frowned.
Is the Sorting Hat cast with a confusion spell? Despite being a chatterbox, Cassandra was assigned to an unexpected house...
But I didn’t see anything unusual.
Even if a confusion spell is cast, why doesn't Cassandra belong to the same college as him?
Beauty trap? Pure-blood wooing? Obtaining the secrets of bloodline wizards?
Who can touch the Sorting Hat when the professor is not in the castle?
...
A series of questions passed through Xifa's mind and then were crossed out.
No, none of it is right... Xifa was a little confused.
He didn't even consider that Cassandra went to Slytherin voluntarily or was persuaded.
Soon, the last little wizard was also sorted.
The principal delivered a speech as always.
This time Xifa was not in a daze.
Because what the principal said was all about what Hogwarts should do in the face of the war that breaks out this year.
These things obviously cannot be useless school rules, because the biggest rule of the school is that as long as you don't get caught, you can do anything.
Armando Dippet's old and hoarse voice sounded in the auditorium.
Xifa summarized it after listening.
First of all, this year, all the professors from the outer college were recruited to serve as captains of a wizard team. Because those wizards are all wizards from the outer college and are led by their former professors, they are more obedient to orders.
Senior wizards can graduate early and adapt to the war environment in advance, or they can apply to become professors in external colleges to make up for the vacant teaching resources in external colleges.
If you really feel that your level is not good enough, you can stay at Hogwarts and continue your studies.
However, if they want to graduate with distinction, they must lead at least one lower-grade study group so that the lower-grade wizards have a leader in learning magic. This is because the professor will go to the front lines at any time to support and contain the enemy's powerful dark wizards.
In this case, there may be no professor for this subject for several weeks.
...
Finally, the principal finished speaking and all the lights in the auditorium were turned on again.
The dinner party officially begins!
This chapter has been completed!