Hogwarts: I'm Cousin Harry.

The coat was too big for Hermione, it could almost fit her in it.

However, it was warm.

"Thank you."

Hermione's face flushed slightly, and she tightened the collar of her coat to wrap herself more tightly.

"First-year freshmen! First-year freshmen come here!"

A kerosene lamp was shaking above the students' heads, and a rough and familiar voice sounded.

It's Hagrid.

When he saw Harry, he wanted to go up to say hello, but stopped when he saw Dudley.

"First-year freshmen, follow me, watch out for your feet!"

After a while, many little wizards gathered around him. He took the lead and walked forward with the kerosene lamp in hand. The little wizards followed Hagrid, slipping, stumbling, and walking along a steep, narrow, winding and rugged path. go downhill.

One thing Dudley noticed was that the older students walked off the platform and headed the other way, in a way that only the first years were walking.

"I read in "A Piece of Hogwarts School History" that first-year freshmen have to retrace the path walked by the four great founders of Hogwarts on foot to learn their spirit." Wrap yourself tightly Hermione said, showing a little furry head.

Dudley had roughly read what she said, but didn't remember it.

This is the difference between Dudley and Hermione. Hermione is not a taboo about meat and vegetables, and will memorize some random knowledge whether it is useful or not, while Dudley will deliberately choose to memorize some things that are useful to him.

For example, Potions and Herbalism, Dudley had memorized the contents of these two subjects by heart, but Hermione had only read them and remembered the contents.

For Dudley, this distance was not enough to warm up, but for other young wizards, this distance made them breathless.

Fortunately, at the end of the road, a black lake suddenly opened up at the end of the narrow path. On the other side of the lake, on a high hillside stood a majestic castle with many spiers and windows shining under the starry sky.

Think of it as Hogwarts.

What a majestic building.

It's just that Dudley could feel the grandeur of the castle just by looking at it from a distance, and it was inevitable that he would be a little excited when he thought of spending the next few years there.

Never lived in a castle yet.

"Hey kids, get on board. No more than four people per boat!"

said Hagrid, pointing to a fleet of small boats moored to the shore.

For other young wizards, there were no more than four people per boat, but for Dudley, the water level dropped to four people just because he got on the boat by himself.So Dudley is a boat in which one man rides.

It is said that there are many aquatic magical creatures living under this lake, but it is not known if it is true.

Dudley stared blankly at the pitch-black lake.

For Dudley, Hogwarts was not only a place of study, but also a treasure trove.

"Daddali, please allow me to call you that."

Dudley's boat was very close to Hagrid. He looked a little embarrassed, but he lowered his volume and whispered, "I'm sorry, oh, I mean, I shouldn't have been that day."

"Is your place better?"

Hagrid spoke incoherently.

The scene where Dudley swallowed his tail left a deep impression on him.

"It's all right now," Dudley said flatly.

In fact, there is still a small scar left on the position of the buttocks, which he left on purpose to warn himself.

In essence, Dudley didn't hate Hagrid. The conflict that day was caused by Hagrid's attack on Vernon first. Dudley later heard from Petunia that the reason why Hagrid was rude to Vernon was because he used to Some unpleasant things happened to the two of them.

In addition to Hagrid, Vernon also had conflicts with some of Harry's father's friends.

Hagrid's character belongs to the simple category, he is not bad in nature.

Of course, sometimes simplicity is not a purely commendatory term.

This was Dudley's perception after his butt was taught a lesson.

"Is it true?"

said Hagrid in a low voice.

"If possible, I hope you can invite me to your house as a guest in the future."

"Of course I will take Harry with me, after all, you are my uncle and aunt's friend."

"if you do not mind."

Dudley admitted that he said these few words with a strong utilitarian meaning, he had known the map of Hogwarts, Hagrid's home was near the Forbidden Forest, and the Forbidden Forest would become Dudley's frequent place in the future, It is necessary to have a good relationship with Hagrid.

"Oh ma'am, I mean...of course I don't mind"

Hagrid was a little incoherent, not at all rude like he had been at the Dursleys' cottage before.

After passing through a dark tunnel and arriving at a place similar to a pier under the castle, the small fleet stopped.

Professor McGonagall stood in front of the gate with a serious expression.

"A first-year freshman, Professor McGonagall."

said Hagrid to Professor McGonagall.

"Thank you, Hagrid."

Professor McGonagall said politely to Hagrid, and then said to the other little wizards, "Come with me."

Speaking of which, he pushed open the door, and the style of European medieval castles was displayed in front of the little wizards. The walls were made of a kind of gray stone. Dudley didn't know the specific material, but it was definitely much harder than ordinary stone. The fact that Dudley couldn't break off a piece of it with all his might proved that.

Flaming torches surround the stone walls, the ceiling is so high that you can hardly see the top, and in front of it is a luxurious marble staircase that leads directly to the upper floor.

Walking up the stone-paved floor, one could hear buzzing voices coming from the door on the right. It was obviously full of people, and they followed Professor McGonagall all the way to a small empty room at the other end of the hall.

"I know, I read in "A Piece of Hogwarts History" that we have to assign a house before we can officially start studying."

Hermione whispered, leaning against Dudley.

Her voice was not loud, but Professor McGonagall heard her and gave her a glance of approval: "That's right, Miss Granger."

"Welcome to Hogwarts."

Professor McGonagall cleared his throat and spoke.

"The school-opening banquet is about to begin. Before you take a seat, you must first confirm which college you each enter."

"Sorting is a very important ceremony, because when you are in school, the college is like your home in Hogwarts. You have to take classes with other students in the college, live in the dormitory of the college together, and live in the house of the college together. Spend your spare time in the common room."

"The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin."

I sent out the morning one early this Monday.

Chapter 38 38 Are you really a wizard?

"Hermione, do you know exactly how we were put into which house?"

After Professor McGonagall ordered to leave, Harry asked impatiently.

He doesn't think he has Dudley's talent for teaching himself potions, nor is he like Hermione who can teach himself a few spells, nor is he like Ron and Neville who grew up in the wizarding world since they were young. Outside of this book, I don't even know half a spell.

It's a pity that the know-it-all Hermione let him down, and Hermione shook her head and said unwillingly: "I don't know, I checked many books, and each book simply mentioned Passing through Hogwarts requires a sorting ceremony, but there is no detailed record of what the ceremony was, and it was mentioned briefly.”

Harry looked at Neville and Ron again.

"Uncle won't tell me."

Neville's expression looked even more tense than Harry's, with a mournful face: "I think I may not be able to pass. A few years ago, everyone thought I might be a squib."

"It should be a test. Fred said it would hurt us a lot, but I think he was joking." Ron tried his best to keep his tone calm, but he was no less nervous than Neville .

"Take it easy, Harry."

Dudley patted his old cousin on the shoulder, signaling him not to worry: "If you don't pass, we'll go to Smelting Middle School."

Hearing this, Harry's eyes lit up, and his originally nervous mood eased.

As long as you can study with Dudley, isn't it all the same where you go?

While speaking, a group of pale, translucent figures came out of the wall, and the little wizards standing in front screamed in shock.

It's a bunch of ghosts.

Dudley really wanted to study the composition and principle of ghosts, but obviously now was not the time.

Because Professor McGonagall is back.

"Now, stand in a single file and follow me."

It has to be said that Dudley was slightly shocked by the magnificence of the Hogwarts restaurant, especially the thousands of candles floating in the air and the ceiling where the sky could be seen.

The candles are spelled, and basically will not be used up, otherwise, the consumption of so many candles would be a considerable expense.

Dudley had to say with emotion, magic is really convenient.

In the center of the auditorium, there was a four-legged stool with a top wizard hat on it.It was a dark, greasy, patched wizard hat.

Sorting hat.

I saw a wide slit in the brim of the hat, like a mouth, and began to sing.

"You may belong to Gryffindor, where there is bravery buried in the bottom of my heart, their courage, boldness and boldness make Gryffindor outstanding;

You may belong to Hufflepuff, where the people are upright and loyal, and the students of Hufflepuff are stoic and honest, not afraid of hard work;

If you had a shrewd mind, you might have entered wise old Ravenclaw, where the wise and learned always met their kind;

Maybe you will enter Slytherin, maybe you will make sincere friends here, but those cunning and insidious people will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. "

The first three are basically a bunch of praise words, especially Gryffindor added several words in a row, which is more than the praise of the remaining three houses combined, and when it comes to Slytherin, except for the first One sentence is barely a compliment, but the latter sentence is Hong Guoguo's mockery.

Targeted very clearly.

Why the Sorting Hat targeted Slytherin Dudley is not interested in knowing, maybe this is Slytherin's own bad taste.

He was even more curious which academy he would be assigned to.

And whether the other party will read the secret in his heart.

According to Dudley's magical talent, there is a high probability that he will be assigned to Hufflepuff, because in the common perception of the wizarding world, it represents mediocrity, but according to Dudley's academic master attribute, there is a certain probability that he will be assigned to Lavin Crow.

"Ding"

At this moment, Dudley heard a pleasant system beep.

"Join any Hogwarts house, and the rewards depend on the specific house."

It seems that the rewards of each academy are different.

At the same time, Professor McGonagall also took out the parchment and read out the first name.

"Hannah Abbott"

It was a girl with golden double ponytails.

Ten seconds later, with the "Hufflepuff" sound of the Sorting Hat, the name of the Iron Hat King was finally settled.

Afterwards, Susan Burns and Justin Fletchley were read out by Professor McGonagall. Dudley only heard the names of the first few people, and knew that the order of the list must not be in alphabetical order.

After all, except for the iron hat king who starts with A, the rest will start with H for a while, followed by A for a while, P for a while and return to H for a while, no matter how you think about it, it will not be an alphabetical order.

Ron and Neville were successfully assigned to Gryffindor, and Malfoy was assigned to Slytherin as expected.

"Where do you want to go, Hermione?" Dudley asked Hermione, who was standing beside him.

"Gryffindor or Ravenclaw." Hermione said with a tangled face, "I've considered these two colleges for a long time, Ravenclaw has its own independent library, and the learning atmosphere is very good. But Principal Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall both graduated from Gryffindor, and many famous wizards graduated from Gryffindor."

"And you, Dudley?"

"Any school will do."

Dudley's attitude was much more indifferent, and he almost decided that he would be sorted into Hufflepuff.

He even began to think about when he should sneak out for a late-night snack, after all, Hufflepuff's lounge was closest to the kitchen.

When Hermione was called, she ran up in a hurry, and the Sorting Hat called Gryffindor without much hesitation.

Although Hermione has the attributes of a schoolmaster, she was born a Gryffindor.