Chapter 18: Finally Entered the Snake Hospital
"Aaron Gaius." Professor McGonagall read out Aaron's full name.
"Haha! It's finally your turn, little guy." The Sorting Hat laughed triumphantly.
Aaron spread his hands, "To be honest, I don't really want to be the last one to appear. After all, the people in front are too good, and the pressure on the people behind is always great."
As he said that, he took Abe, who had climbed to his head at some point, down and walked up the stairs.
"Professor McGonagall, can I ask you one last question?"
"Sure, go ahead!"
"If I use a cleaning spell on this hat, it won't take revenge during the sorting, right?"
Professor McGonagall looked down at the Sorting Hat in her hand and hesitated, "It shouldn't be!"
"It definitely won't." The Sorting Hat said proudly, "I used to be Godric Gryffindor's wizard hat, and I also have the magic blessing of the other three giants who founded Hogwarts. I have the wisdom of the four founders of Hogwarts. It's impossible for me to do such a tasteless thing."
"Really? Then I'm relieved." Aaron nodded with satisfaction, and then took out a black wand.
The Sorting Hat began to tremble, and then it recalled the meaning of Aaron's first half of the sentence, "What do you want to do? I warn you, don't mess around!
I am the Sorting Hat, and my seniority may be much older than you think."
"No matter how senior it is, it is just a hat. It is not something to show off." Aaron said, and then waved his wand, "Clean it up."
"No!" The Sorting Hat let out a long cry, and then a burst of white smoke came out, and all the dust on it was bounced off. Although the appearance is still rotten, it is at least a hundred times cleaner than before.
"How dare you?" The Sorting Hat showed a fierce expression, but it seemed to be fierce on the outside.
"Why shouldn't I dare? You said you would not take revenge on personal grudges." Aaron explained as he should, and then sat down on the stool calmly.
Aaron's manipulation shocked all the students and made them speechless. After all, no one dared to do this before him.
Some professors in the guest of honor looked at Aaron with different eyes, some admired, some frowned, some laughed and cried, but most of them were interested.
"Professor McGonagall, we can start." Aaron said lightly.
"Oh!" Professor McGonagall was stunned for a moment, and then carefully put the Sorting Hat on Aaron's head.
"Huh?" After the Sorting Hat was put on Aaron's head, his expression immediately became extremely surprised, "How is it possible? I thought you were just grandstanding, but I didn't expect you to be more difficult than the one just now.
Not lacking in courage, with unparalleled spirit, tough character, smart mind, and a strong desire for knowledge hidden in your heart.
The most important thing is that you have extremely high talent and potential. I have seen countless students in the past thousand years, and there are no more than ten of them who are at the same level as you, but they are just barely at that line. No one has ever had such powerful magic at the age of admission. Are you really only eleven years old?"
"Isn't this nonsense? ? "Aaron said speechlessly, "And don't you think you've said too much?
Just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. After all, the magical world is much larger than Hogwarts.
So you haven't made a decision yet?"
"No, you have to give me some time to think about it!
You are too comprehensive, and every college is particularly suitable for you. What is your purpose of coming to school, or what do you desire most?"
"Is it necessary to ask so clearly?" Aaron said unhappily. He could clearly feel that this broken hat was spying on his thoughts all the time, but in front of his perfect level of brain occlusion, he was destined to see no secrets.
"Of course." The Sorting Hat said, "Some people desire knowledge, some people desire power, some people desire resources, and some people desire..."
"I don't care about what you said, I desire true friendship."
"Friendship? This is really rare.
If it is friendship... Slytherin." The Sorting Hat shouted loudly.
After the results came out, the Slytherin students applauded loudly, while the Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw students sighed.
They also heard the evaluation of the Sorting Hat just now. Snake House will get a very outstanding student.
"It is so." Aaron murmured, then picked up Abe and walked to the Slytherin long table, and Professor McGonagall also put away the list of freshmen and the Sorting Hat and walked to her seat.
Draco and two followers greeted him friendly, and the prefect also welcomed him warmly.
Aaron even saw Professor Snape, the dean of Slytherin, nodding slightly at him in the guest of honor seat, which made him a little flattered.
"Aaron, I knew you would be sorted into Slytherin, and only Slytherin can match a genius like you.
You didn't notice that Weasley's face turned particularly ugly just now." Draco said happily.
"Eh! That's too much." Aaron waved his hand embarrassedly, "I never thought I was a genius.
As for Weasley's expression, that has nothing to do with me."
Ding! Ding! Ding!
Professor McGonagall knocked on the cup in front of her with a golden spoon, "Please pay attention."
Dumbledore stood up from the main seat, raised his hands, and looked at the students below with a smile, "Now, the banquet begins."
As soon as the voice fell, the four long tables were instantly filled with all kinds of food. In front of Aaron alone, there were beef, lamb chops, pork chops, potatoes, pudding, pea sprouts, carrots, corn, etc., which can be said to fully take care of all picky students.
Abe jumped directly in front of Aaron, pointing at the chicken leg on the plate with his little paw, and showing Aaron a very eager look on the other side.
"Uh... Got it." Aaron smiled and put the food it wanted to eat in front of it.
At this time, a gray ghost came out from under the table and stopped right next to Draco, opposite Aaron.
This shocked Draco, and the fork in his hand fell on the plate.
"Don't worry, he is the Bloody Baron, the ghost of our Slytherin College." An old student said.
That being said, ghosts have no killing power against living people, and ghosts are floating everywhere in the hall.
But the one next to Draco is really scary, with a haggard appearance, and silver blood spots all over his robe, just like a perverted murderer.
Sitting opposite him to eat, Aaron said he was very stressed, and as for Draco Malfoy sitting next to him, Aaron expressed deep sympathy.
After more than half an hour of dining time, the food on the table and the tableware disappeared instantly, and the table became clean again.
Aaron, who was full and satisfied, sat on the chair and felt that the pet in his arms had weighed two or three pounds.
"Okay, it's time to go to bed. Before that, let's do the last activity and sing the school song." Dumbledore said excitedly, as if this was the most important part of the entire sorting ceremony.
"Hogwarts also has a school song?" Aaron looked at a freshman next to him in surprise, but he also looked confused and obviously knew nothing.
Then he turned his eyes to a senior, who looked bitter and resentful. Aaron read the torment and embarrassment on the face of this senior.
Dumbledore flicked his wand lightly, and a golden ribbon floated out from it. On the ribbon were lines of text, which were lyrics:
Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hogwarts,
Please teach us knowledge,
Whether we are bald old men,
Or children who have hurt their knees...
"Everyone chooses the tune they like." Dumbledore said in a friendly manner, "Prepare to sing..."
The next moment, an extremely noisy sound rang out in the hall, and the disordered tones and some improper lyrics combined together, like a magic sound filling the ears.
Aaron had an urge to cover his ears, but this was obviously inappropriate in public.
In a hurry, Aaron held Abe on his head, and its two front paws covered its ears under the hat openly, while its two hind paws pressed on Aaron's ears.
Secretly and naturally, if you don't look carefully, you really can't find it.