Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Chapter 31 Unexpected Sorting Results

Unlike previous years, the first-grade wizards did not attend the sorting ceremony immediately after entering the banquet hall.

Dumbledore, who was sitting in the middle of the classroom, stood up. The old man in purple wizard robes walked to the center of the high platform, which was the position he would stand in previous years when he gave a speech after the banquet.

A podium inlaid with a golden owl relief appeared in front of Dumbledore out of thin air, silently but quite eye-catching.

"Welcome!" he said, "Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start the new school year! However, before we hold the sorting ceremony today, there is still a little thing to deal with..."

Dumbledore looked at the first years, at Harry Potter, and finally his eyes fell on Bourne. "...You little ones must have heard about what happened on the Hogwarts Express. After all, there are no secrets in Hogwarts."

His words caused a burst of laughter from the students on the four long tables, but they soon became quiet.

“Although I heard the news a little later than you, through various understandings, I, an old man, finally figured out the cause and effect of the whole thing.

In fact, it was two accidents.

First of all, let us pray for Mr. Gower who was unfortunately injured in the first accident. Because he has been sent to Madam Pomfrey, he will be under observation in the medical room tonight, and he is destined to not be able to enjoy the sumptuous dinner that follows.

We have also dealt with the bag spider that caused his injury and its owner. I won’t go into details here.

However, if the first accident was excusable, the second accident was inseparable from the recklessness and carelessness of some people.

George Weasley.

Fred Weasley.

Burn Slughorn—"

Dumbledore called three names in succession, and the Weasley twins immediately stood up at the Gryffindor table, but their faces did not show even the slightest bit of embarrassment. On the contrary, Percy Weasley, the elder brother of the twins and the prefect of Gryffindor, who was sitting next to him, didn't know whether it was because of shame or simply a pain in his head, so he covered his forehead with his hands.

Seeing this situation, he secretly said that what is supposed to come will always come, so Bourne also stepped out of the team of first-year wizards.

"The Weasley brothers recklessly used the Petrifying Curse on the train. Although they had good intentions according to the investigation, they accidentally injured the first-year students. Therefore, I decided to deduct five points from each of them."

As soon as he finished speaking, among the metal hourglasses that were placed side by side in the corner of the hall and symbolized the four major colleges, the one belonging to Gryffindor had ten rubies stuck in the upper part that had not yet fallen. There is a big difference compared to the hourglass.

At the same time, Bourne noticed that Professor McGonagall, who was standing next to the first-year team, had his arms crossed behind his back, and the hand that was not holding the wand seemed to be clenched into a fist.

"As for Mr. Burne Slughorn, he cast the curse indiscriminately without systematic study, which caused the curse to mutate, and a total of ten classmates were harmed by the mutated curse.

Similar to the punishment just meted out to the Weasley brothers, Mr. Slughorn will be deducted 50 house points.

In addition, his mutation spell caused damage to the train, damaged public property at Hogwarts, and caused the century-old train to be delayed for the first time. For this, he will be deducted two hundred college points..."

Unlike the situation after announcing the punishment for the Weasley twins, as soon as Dumbledore announced the punishment for Bourne, the students at the four long tables below exploded.

In a sense, the Weasley twins are famous figures in the four major colleges. Everyone is used to deducting points from them and is not surprised by it.

However, Bourne is still a freshman who has just entered school. The one-time deduction of two hundred and fifty points is probably unprecedented in the history of Hogwarts. It is hard to say whether the scoring hourglasses contained that many gems at the beginning of the school year.

Moreover, some smart people immediately realized an extremely terrifying thing: the little wizard named Burne Slughorn had not yet participated in the sorting ceremony - unlike the Weasleys, the current Burnt Slughorn Well, actually it could be a student from any college! What is a "poison pill"? This is!
hiss--

When the little wizards thought of this, they almost all gasped in unison. Anyone who still has some thoughts about their college winning the College Cup will look at Bourne with extremely frightened eyes: "Don't come over!"

The deans of the four colleges also had different expressions on their faces. Thanks to the letter sent to them by Horace and the unusual family name "Slughorn", the four deans all knew whose child Bourne was.

Therefore, the "old three" McGonagall, Sprout and Flitwick were not actually nervous, while the face of "young" Snape, who had greasy black hair and wore black wizard robes, completely changed. The bottom of the pot is ashes.

"Since the parties concerned have no doubts about the punishment," Dumbledore said, "the sorting ceremony will continue."

As soon as the principal said these words, the pointed wizard hat placed on the four-legged stool came to life.

It began to twist and turn, and a wide gap opened in the edge of the hat, like a mouth. Then it sang a ditty: "Maybe I'm not pretty enough, but never judge a book by its appearance. If you can find a more beautiful hat than me, I can eat myself..."

There was also a song behind the Sorting Hat, but most of the freshmen didn't listen to it because the song before it was so scary - it could even eat itself if it was so cruel - is that what Bourne said is true? It can really do it. Pry open the heads of these little wizards one by one?

It is precisely because of this that when the Sorting Hat finished singing, all the first-year students were silent and no one applauded it at all.

The Sorting Hat immediately broke through the defense. You know, the lyrics of this song were compiled after a full year of thinking. Even if it doesn’t sound good, it’s okay to support it, right?

"You are the worst class I have ever led..."

Just when the Sorting Hat was about to be exported to Zaun, Professor McGonagall quickly took it out of the stool. And, interestingly, it is somewhat similar to petting a cat. The Sorting Hat immediately shuts up when it is grabbed "by the scruff of the neck".

She took a few steps forward, holding a roll of parchment in her other hand. "Whoever's name I call now will wear this hat and wait for the results of the sorting."

"Hannah Abbott!"

A little girl with a red face and two braids stumbled out of the queue, with tears still in her eyes. She put on her hat, the brim of which fell just over her eyes. Not long after sitting down, the Sorting Hat immediately shouted out——

"Hufflepuff!"

At the same time, the Sorting Hat was cursing in his heart and thinking: "I caught you! It turns out that this little guy is causing trouble!" The sorting ceremony went on very quickly. Generally, as soon as the little wizard puts on the hat, the Sorting Hat will immediately give his own information. judgment.

Only when Harry Potter was sorted, the Sorting Hat took a little longer to make its judgment. It seemed to have been chatting quietly with Harry Potter for a while, and Harry Potter finally shouted: "I absolutely Not going to Slytherin!"

Professor Snape's face turned completely dark.

Finally, Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor House, and the long Gryffindor table in the banquet hall burst into enthusiastic applause and cheers that nearly knocked over the roof. Prefect Percy stood up and shook Harry Potter's hand tightly, and the Weasley twins also shouted: "We have Potter! We have Potter!" For a moment, Gryffindor The long table is filled with cheerful air.

When Ron was also sorted into Gryffindor, Percy led the people around him to applaud and introduced to them: "His name is Ron, and he is my youngest brother!"

And then, it was Bourne's turn to sort.

Although after Harry Potter was exposed, the "savior" aura immediately gained the attention of a large number of students, the recent "hot search" at Hogwarts was, after all, caused by Bourne. The score affects the minds of many people. In the hall, the eyes of the little wizards naturally focused on him.

Taking the Sorting Hat from Professor McGonagall, Bourne put it on and then sat upright on the four-legged stool.

Immediately afterwards, the Sorting Hat made a rather explosive judgment in a louder voice than before——

"Azkaban!"

Dumbledore stood up from the principal's chair in a hurry; the parchment in Professor McGonagall's hand fell to the ground with a "pop"; Hagrid, who was sitting on the teacher's seat, had just taken a sip of mead and immediately choked. It came out and sprayed without wasting a drop onto the turban of Professor Quirrell, who was sitting on the edge of the seat acting as a "little transparent"...

The little wizards in the audience were also confused.

The young wizard from a Muggle family quickly asked his friends around him about the situation. Why, there is a hidden academy in Hogwarts that we don't know about. Is this another form of discrimination against Muggle wizards? The little wizards who were born with mixed or pure blood basically all had expressions of disbelief. Some even pinched their thighs and patted their faces to make sure they had just heard something.

Realizing that he had made a mistake, the Sorting Hat immediately laughed twice and said, "I was joking, to liven up the atmosphere."

Bourne grinned helplessly.

As a person involved, he was the first to know the whole story: the moment he put on the hat, the Sorting Hat angrily asked him why he wanted to smear him, but no matter how he explained it, it was just an unfinished "metaphor". In the end, the Sorting Hat finally Still couldn't help but take revenge on him.

Of course, pranks are pranks, and the Sorting Hat still has professional ethics. It is indeed carefully judging which college Bourne should be assigned to. However, unlike the "Legilimency" type of inquiry that Bourne imagined, its method of judgment is actually chatting with the little wizard.

"How to repay kindness with kindness? I don't know where I learned this famous saying from Gryffindor. I am a hat created by him, so it is not surprising that I have his temperament, right?"

"Not surprisingly."

"Very well, you are a smart kid. How about going to Ravenclaw? As long as you can tolerate that bronze door knocker with a sphinx-like quirk, Ravenclaw is actually..."

"I don't like the Raven's style very much. My stealth skills and power claws are only average." Bourne thought for a while, and flashed in his mind some people he had met. Those people were not that good. No, Bourne just felt that they were a little out of tune with him.

"Um, stealth, power claws... what are these? Forget it, it's not important." After all, the Sorting Hat is just a high-level alchemy tool. Apart from its originally designed use, its learning and thinking abilities can only be regarded as average. .

"Then would you like to go to Hufflepuff or Slytherin? The former, the little wizard of Hufflepuff, among other things, the food they eat is definitely the best in Hogwarts. They are very united, and They are definitely not mediocre as some people slander them.

As for the latter, I don't need to explain. Your surname is 'Slughorn', and your grandfather was the dean of Slytherin. You'll definitely be at home in Slytherin House. "

Bourne hesitated. Hufflepuff can eat delicious food, which does seem to have a certain attraction to him, and Slytherin House is the house that Grandpa Horace most hopes he will enter. The only problem was that, as much as he felt about the Crow (or even more so, after all, Hydra was not a loyalist), he also disliked the sneaky image of snakes.

A little wizard, a hat, communicating silently. The content of their exchanges is unknown to outsiders. Perhaps it was because the Sorting Ceremony was already a little late and they needed to be rushed to leave some time for the banquet; or maybe it was because they were worried that the Sorting Hat would make an even more explosive speech. Professor McGonagall glanced at Dumbledore, who also nodded slightly to her.

So, Professor McGonagall stretched out her wand without leaving a trace and tapped the "eyelet" of the Sorting Hat.

"Okay, okay, little Grid, I get it." The Sorting Hat muttered.

Then, it also 'said' to Bourne: "Forget it, I can see your hesitation, so I might as well make the choice for you.

Let me tell you a secret, some people may say that the four major houses of Hogwarts each have different characteristics.

But in fact, are there no brave people in Slytherin? Are there no intelligent and outstanding people in Hufflepuff? Are there no official fans in Ravenclaw who like to seek power? Has there ever been a cowardly and treacherous person in Gryffindor?
Don't be stupid, Hogwarts is a magic school jointly built by the four giants. The four giants in each house have devoted their efforts.

If you are good enough, no matter which college you go to, it will not stop you from shining your light. But if you are not that good, no matter which college you go to, it will not help you much. "

"It makes sense." Bourne agreed in his heart.

"What does 'a little bit' mean? It's obviously a wise saying. Okay, I know which college you should be assigned to."

The Sorting Hat opened its mouth and announced to everyone present Bourne's final house: "Gryffindor... eh..."

It wasn't that the Sorting Hat screamed at the top of its lungs, but that the moment it shouted "Gryffindor", Professor McGonagall standing next to it pulled it off Bourne's head.

Professor McGonagall looked at the Sorting Hat in surprise, and then at Dumbledore sitting upright on the principal's chair. However, she saw the old man applauding slightly, and followed his gaze——

Knowing the sorting result, Bourne jumped off the four-legged stool and walked towards the long table belonging to Gryffindor.

Looking at the child's back, Professor McGonagall was slightly lost in thought. Even though he was holding the title of 250 points, he still didn't panic - this is indeed very Gryffindor style. Professor McGonagall felt a lot more balanced because of this. Perhaps, this is also a good result.

(End of this chapter)