save the bachelors

Chapter 4068 4070 [Peeves]

"Welcome to Hogwarts," Professor McGonagall said, "The opening banquet is about to begin, but before you go to the dining hall to sit down, you must first confirm which house you will enter.

Sorting is a very important ceremony, because during your time at school, the house is like your home at Hogwarts. You will go to class with other students in the house, live in the house dormitory together, and spend your spare time in the common room of the house together.

The names of the four houses are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each house has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding wizards and witches.

During your time at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn your house extra points, while any violations will cause your house to lose points.

At the end of the year, the house with the highest score will receive the house cup, which is a great honor. I hope that no matter which house you are assigned to, you can bring honor to your house.

In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of the whole school. I suggest you take care of yourself and be more energetic while waiting. "Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and introduced the freshmen.

Suddenly, most of the freshmen became nervous.

Because before they came, they were fooled by their families, thinking that the Hogwarts sorting ceremony was very dangerous and challenging. They might fail, be expelled from school, or even lose their lives.

Even Lily, James and Sirius were a little nervous, worried that they did not meet the requirements of the Sorting Hat and might be rejected by the school.

Only Xiang Nan was calm and composed.

……

"When the other side is ready, I will come to pick you up." Professor McGonagall said, "Please keep quiet while waiting."

After saying that, she left.

The students began to talk among themselves, worried about the upcoming sorting ceremony.

"My father told me that we have to pass through the passage guarded by the fire dragon."

"My mom said we have to fight the troll with our bare hands."

"My sister said that at least five spells need to be cast."

They whispered to each other, each with a look of anxiety on their face.

Just then, someone suddenly screamed, and everyone fell into chaos.

It turned out that a balloon filled with water fell from the top of the hall, knocking a poor freshman into a drowned rat, and even affected several people around him.

Then, the second water bomb fell down again... and almost hit someone again. Fortunately, the person dodged in time, but the water bomb still exploded.

The cold water sprayed out, pouring on the shoes of the freshmen and soaking their socks. People around them screamed and pushed each other, all wanting to leave this place of trouble as soon as possible.

Xiang Nan looked up and saw a short little monster floating twenty feet above their heads. The creature was wearing a bright orange party hat and a spinning bow tie, with a wicked broad face with a grin on its teeth.

"What is that?" Lily asked in surprise.

"It's Peeves, a mischievous spirit." Xiang Nan explained.

"You little first-year brat, try my water bomb again." Peeves chuckled and threw another bomb at the freshman.

"The water ball disappear!" Xiang Nan waved his magic wand, and the water ball immediately disappeared without a trace.

Peeves was stunned, with a look of astonishment on his face, but he immediately took out the water ball and wanted to throw it at the freshman again.

"Lock the tongue and throat! Expel Peeves!" Xiang Nan waved his wand twice, and Peeves was immediately grabbed by the throat and expelled far away from the door.

During this process, it refused to give up and continued to make obscene gestures, but it was completely speechless because its tongue was stuck to its forehead. "Quick dry~" Xiang Nan waved the wand a few more times, and the freshman, who had just been drenched by Peeves, immediately had a cloud of steam coming out of his body, and his clothes were immediately dry.

There were also several people who were implicated and had their shoes and trouser legs wet, but they also recovered to a dry and refreshed state.

"Wow, that's amazing~", "That's amazing~", "Who is he?"

The classmates applauded and expressed their deep admiration for what Xiang Nan had done.

……

At this moment, a light cough was heard, and the students immediately fell silent and looked at Professor McGonagall who had returned.

"Excellent." She looked at Xiang Nan and praised with a smile, "What's your name?"

"Severus Snape, Professor." Xiang Nan bowed slightly and said respectfully.

"Mr. Snape, I hope you can be sorted into my Gryffindor house." Professor McGonagall said with a smile.

The vanishing spell, the expulsion spell, the tongue-locking spell, etc. that Xiang Nan had just performed were all relatively advanced spells that were not learned until the fourth or fifth grade, and not everyone could learn them.

Xiang Nan has not even started school yet, but he has already learned such advanced spells, and can use them so skillfully and exquisitely, which shows that he is truly talented.

"Thank you, professor. I'll try my best." Xiang Nan nodded.

Seeing this, the freshmen looked at Xiang Nan with envy. They wished that they were the ones who showed off their skills just now, so that they wouldn't have to worry about the division.

"Okay, everyone line up in a single file and follow me," Professor McGonagall said, leading the freshmen out of the room, through the entrance hall, and through a double door at the back into the luxurious dining room.

"Wow~" Many classmates exclaimed, especially Lily behind Xiang Nan, whose eyes widened.

She had never seen such a magical, wonderful, and magnificent place. There were four ridiculously long tables in the restaurant, and on them were glittering gold plates and tall wine glasses.

Thousands of candles floated in the air above the tables, illuminating the entire restaurant with golden and dazzling splendor.

On the ceiling above the candles, one could actually see the starry, dazzling night sky, which was clearer than what could be seen outside the house. "Severus, is this restaurant open-air? Why can we see the sky outside when we are standing inside the house?"

"That's because the ceiling is cast with a spell, so it looks the same as the sky outside." Xiang Nan explained quietly.

Lily nodded suddenly.

……

The freshmen walked through the cafeteria. At this time, students from other grades had already taken their seats on both sides of the dining table, and they were looking at the freshmen curiously.

The freshmen came to the upper part of the restaurant. There was another long table on the platform over there. It was the seats for teachers. It was already full of school faculty and staff. Albus Dumbledore sat in the middle.

Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year student, and on top of it she placed a pointed wizard's hat. The hat was patched, worn, and extremely dirty.

"Is this the Sorting Hat?" Lily asked in surprise.

Xiang Nan nodded.

James Potter and Sirius Black both breathed a sigh of relief.

They were a little worried at first, thinking Xiang Nan was lying to them, but now it seems that what he said is true.