Chapter 21: Is the Sorting Hat so brave?
After this unexpected situation, the Sorting Hat stopped wasting time. Basically, it could sort the students as soon as it touched the hair of the new students.
With this efficiency, only the last two freshmen were left soon.
"Connor Prince!"
Hearing this familiar name, Kyle and Cedric looked over at the same time.
"Is this the little girl on the train?" Cedric asked curiously. "Where do you think she will be sorted into, Slytherin?"
"Probably." Kyle scratched his back subconsciously and said. "Since she is wearing extraordinary clothes, she is probably a pure blood, so she should be Slytherin... huh?"
At this time, Kyle was suddenly stunned. He didn't know if it was his illusion. After Professor McGonagall called Connor's name, Snape, who had been stern and seemed to be completely uninterested in the sorting, actually focused his attention on the sorting hat for the first time.
"They know each other!" Kyle thought to himself.
Although Snape rarely participates in social activities due to his special status, he is one of the four Head of Houses of Hogwarts, after all, and he is also a famous potion master. It is impossible that he has no acquaintances in the magic world.
Connor's family may be one of them.
Thinking of this, Kyle felt a chill on his back and suddenly had a bad premonition.
If this is true, with Snape's character, if he knew that Kyle had fooled Connor, then Kyle would probably enjoy the treatment of the protagonist in advance.
"It can't be such a coincidence..." Kyle felt his scalp tingling.
What a sin.
Just now, he was teasing the Weasley twins for their evil deeds, but Kyle didn't expect that the retribution would come so quickly, and it would come to him in the next second.
Kyle looked at the stage nervously.
For some reason, when it was Connor's turn, the efficiency of the Sorting Hat seemed to have returned to the beginning.
Everyone waited for more than a minute before the Sorting Hat spoke:
"Hufflepuff!"
Huh??
A warm cheer broke out at the Hufflepuff table, and the prefects stood up again to welcome Connor to join.
Only Kyle looked at Connor, who was walking past him with a question mark on his forehead.
What's going on? In addition to Scamander, pure-blood families are coming to Hufflepuff. This is really rare.
It's not that there are no pure-bloods in all four Houses, but there are fewer in Hufflepuff.
As for whether Connor came here to chase him... this is impossible.
Sorting is not a game. In a big way, it can even affect the future path of wizards.
So even if Connor is young and ignorant, the Sorting Hat will not let her do whatever she wants, otherwise, Connor's family will not just let it go.
Kyle remembered that Chris once told him that when Sirius Black was sorted into Gryffindor, his mom had a big fuss in Hogwarts.
If Dumbledore hadn't intervened, the Sorting Hat would have been burned by her with a fire.
This matter caused quite a stir at the time. The Ministry of Magic held several meetings to discuss whether to abandon the Sorting Hat and adopt other methods of sorting in the future.
Moreover, the support rate for this proposal is not low because most pure-blood families are unwilling to let their children go to colleges other than Slytherin, especially those stubborn conservatives.
It is a shame for them to have a Gryffindor in the family.
Of course, the final result is definitely not passed.
After all, Dumbledore more than 20 years ago was not as easy to talk to as he is now. After he clearly expressed his opposition, those pure-blood families did not dare to talk about it again.
This matter was left unresolved.
However, since then, the pure-blood family members who supported the proposal have never been to other Houses.
Kyle glanced at the Professor's seat on the stage.
It was easy to confirm whether the sorting was normal. Just look at Snape's reaction. If Connor's family really had a good relationship with Snape, Snape would definitely not continue to sit there calmly after she was sorted into Hufflepuff...
Uh...
Okay, Kyle was wrong.
In the classroom, Snape's face was so gloomy. He was constantly talking to Dumbledore and looking at Hufflepuff from time to time.
Kyle lowered his head quickly, trying to reduce his presence.
It wouldn't be such a coincidence. Is the Sorting Hat really so brave? Kyle was a little nervous.
At the same time, the last freshman just finished the sorting and went to the Gryffindor table.
Dumbledore stood up and looked at the students with a smile on his face, stretching out his arms. "Welcome, welcome to Hogwarts, it's a new school year, nothing is more joyful than seeing you. What are you waiting for, eat!"
The initially empty table was instantly filled with steaming food.
Beef, roast chicken, pork chops, sausages, and steaks were piled up into small mountains, which increased people's appetite.
If you think these are too greasy, there are also fragrant Boiled Potatoes, pea sprouts, and fried potato chips next to them, which are also very good to eat together.
The whole hall was filled with the aroma of food.
Kyle shook his head, trying not to think about those messy things.
Forget it, it's already like this. What's the point of thinking so much, just take it one step at a time.
Anyway, no matter what, he won't be the first one to be unlucky. There is still a Sorting Hat ahead.
In addition, even if Snape really wants to make trouble for him, it won't last long. As long as he can hold on until Harry Potter enters school next year, Snape won't be in the mood to care about himself anymore.
Kyle calmed down, reached out, and took a fried chicken leg from the front and stuffed it into his mouth.
He had no appetite after being bumped on the train all the way before and just ate some snacks. He was really hungry now.
The house-elf cooking skills are quite good.
The Fried Chicken leg is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. After taking a bite, it is juicy, and the fragrance instantly fills the whole mouth.
The baked potatoes are also good. The heat is just right, and there is no extra seasoning, which completely retains the fragrance of the Potatoes themselves. If you think the taste is a bit light, there are separate ketchup and black pepper on the side.
Kyle found that this combination was unexpectedly good, so he took another one.
But just as he finished cutting the potatoes and was about to get the black pepper, Cedric suddenly came over and whispered to Kyle, "Did you notice that she's been staring at you?"
"Staring at me? Who?" Kyle replied without raising his head.
"It's the freshman named Connor Prince who we met on the train." Cedric raised his eyebrows and pointed in the opposite direction, saying, with a teasing look in his eyes.
"If you don't believe me, look, she's starting to stare at you again."