Chapter 428: New Functions of the Sorting Hat and Contestant Selection

"Principal Dumbledore, let's have dinner and select at the same time. These two things do not conflict!" Cedric's voice came from the long table of Hufflepuff House.

He received a round of cheers before he finished speaking, and clearly had the support of many people.

Seeing that the students in the audience had no intention of waiting until the next day, Dumbledore complied with everyone's wishes. However, he did not start the selection immediately. Instead, he took out a fist-sized crystal ball from his arms. The crystal ball was filled with white mist.

"I would like to thank Professor White once again. In order to make the selection results more convincing, she not only modified the Sorting Hat, but also thoughtfully made a magic crystal ball for us, which can show the strength of magic in each person." , as if to testify to Professor White, Dumbledore pulled out his wand and pressed it against the crystal ball.

The mist in the crystal ball suddenly turned red, then turned to gold, and finally became as dazzling as the sun, so dazzling that the students in the front row couldn't help but close their eyes.

"Minerva, try it." Dumbledore handed the crystal ball to Professor McGonagall. Professor McGonagall followed the same example, and the luster of the crystal ball suddenly dimmed a lot.

If the crystal ball looked like a small sun in Dumbledore's hands just now, then in Professor McGonagall's hands, the light intensity is at most like a high-power incandescent light bulb.

Professor McGonagall smiled sheepishly and handed the crystal ball to Professor Sprout beside her - she couldn't let her be so embarrassed alone, she had to find someone to be with her!

After touching the tip of Professor Sprout's staff, the smoke in the crystal ball turned khaki, and its brightness was about the same as Professor McGonagall's state.

Professor Sprout thought for a moment and placed the crystal ball in front of the newly hired Professor Arius. She wanted to take the opportunity to see the level of her new colleague.

I hope it's not Lockhart or his ilk, Professor Sprout thought in his mind.

Of course Rowena understood what Sprout meant. The corners of her mouth raised slightly and she stretched out her index finger to rest on the crystal ball.

The crystal ball didn't respond.

Rowena raised his eyebrows, and Helga on the other side said in a voice that could only be heard by the two of them: "You should restrain yourself."

‘Sure enough, the detection limit has been exceeded. ’ Rowena became convinced and began to suppress his own magic power. After a while, the crystal ball turned cyan, glowing as brightly as Dumbledore did at that time.

There was a "wow" sound from the audience. Although in a literal sense, magic power does not completely represent one's own strength, it can always explain something. Professor McGonagall and Professor Sprout are good examples.

The new Professor Arius actually has the same amount of magic power as Principal Dumbledore. He is really a powerful wizard!

"Thank you, stop now, otherwise Madam Pomfrey will prepare eye drops for everyone." Dumbledore made a little joke and took the crystal ball from Rowena.

"Let's start dining! Students from each college come forward one after another -" Dumbledore said loudly.

The golden plates and goblets in front of everyone were suddenly filled with food and drinks. The students also walked to the faculty table in order of seating, put on their sorting hats as if they were participating in a sorting ceremony, and used their wands to hold the magic power. crystal ball.

It can be seen that the strength of the students' magic power is directly related to their age. The older the students, the more dazzling the crystal ball shines. The strength of magic power of individual students is already a bit like that of professors.

However, the scores given by the Sorting Hat do not completely refer to the light of the crystal ball. Some people's scores are unexpectedly high or low.

The students came forward in order, first Gryffindor, then Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and finally Slytherin.

Rice paid a little attention and found that, as expected, students like Hermione and Cedric had obtained very high scores - one was ninety-eight and the other was ninety-nine. It was a certainty that they would pass the selection.

To his surprise, Neville's score was quite good, with a full eighty-seven points. As long as a large number of high-scoring players did not emerge from Slytherin House, his probability of being selected was also very high.

"Digory's score is actually lower than Granger. It's incredible. Sister, how many points do you think you can get?" Astoria asked in a low voice.

From Astoria's point of view, it was a bit surprising that Digory was the owner of the elemental realm, so his score was actually lower than Hermione's. It may be because Cedric has not fully awakened the realm, or it may be that the Sorting Hat has included the phantom Rice in Hermione's realm.

"One hundred percent!" Daphne was quite confident.

Les stood silent. The crystal ball that Helga created did not make him panic. He could clearly see Rowena's reaction when he first came into contact with the crystal ball. Obviously, the crystal ball's display ability had an upper limit. As long as the magic power you input into it is strong enough, it will get stuck and not display.

Of course, I would not use such eye-catching methods. He will find ways to contain his magic power so that his magic power is no different from that of ordinary students.

But he was still a little uneasy because too many accidents had happened. Rowena's return, the transformation of the Sorting Hat, and this so-called magic crystal ball...

Why are there so many things I don’t know? This is not a good sign.

Les thought about it and had an idea.

He quietly stood up while everyone's attention was on the food and the selection ceremony.

"Les, you--?" Daphne turned her head to look at Les.

"I'm going to the bathroom and will be back soon. You two don't make a sound." Les's face was gentle and he looked calm.

"Oh oh." Daphne nodded, and Les disappeared when she turned her head.

Walking into the bathroom, Les quickly took out several bottles and jars and began to prepare the potion. To be on the safe side, he had to take the potion to completely restrain his own magic strength.

For wizards, it is very difficult to conceal their own magic strength, because no one would do that. If Helga's crystal ball was made extremely sharp, even with Les' strength, it might be overturned, but with the help of the potion, it would be different.

Les's potion is essentially a poison. After drinking it, Les will enter a weak state, and his own magic strength will naturally decrease.

In this way, even if Helga makes her crystal ball more precise, she can't measure the problem.

Of course, the best strategy is not to participate in the selection ceremony at all, which is why Rice appeared in this bathroom.

After drinking the potion, Rice waited quietly in the bathroom and cast a magic to transmit the sound from the next door auditorium.

The auditorium was in a mess, but Rice didn't care.

[Okay, thirteen contestants have been selected, everyone should go back to bed! ]

Rice heard Dumbledore's voice announcing the end of the ceremony, and a smile appeared on his face-

Royna, I won this battle!

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The second update is here, good night, muah~