Chapter 4068 4070【Peeves】
“Welcome to Hogwarts,” Professor McGonagall said. “The opening party is about to begin, but before you go to the dining hall to sit down, you must first confirm which house you are entering.
Sorting is an important ceremony because your house is like your home at Hogwarts while you are at school. You will attend classes with other students in the college, live together in the college dormitories, and spend your free time together in the college common room.
The names of the four houses are: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin. Each academy has its own glorious history and has produced outstanding wizards and witches.
While you are studying at Hogwarts, your outstanding performance will earn your house extra points, while any irregularities will cause your house to lose points.
At the end of the year, the college with the highest score will receive the College Cup, which is a high honor. I hope that no matter which college you are assigned to, you can bring glory to the college.
In a few minutes, the sorting ceremony will be held in front of all the teachers and students of the school. I suggest you tidy up and feel refreshed while waiting. Professor McGonagall cleared her throat and introduced the new students.
For a time, most of the freshmen became nervous.
Because before they came, they were all deceived by their families into thinking that the sorting ceremony at Hogwarts was very dangerous and very challenging. They may fail, be kicked out of school, or even lose their lives.
Even Lily, James and Sirius were a little nervous and worried that they would not meet the requirements of the Sorting Hat and might be rejected by the school.
Only Xiang Nan was very calm and calm.
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"I will come to pick you up when the other side is ready." Professor McGonagall said, "Please keep quiet while waiting."
With that said, she left.
The students began to talk a lot and were worried about the upcoming sorting ceremony.
"Listen to my father, we have to break through the passage guarded by the fire dragon."
“My mother said we had to fight the troll with our bare hands.”
“My sister said at least five spells need to be cast.”
They whispered, all of them with uneasy expressions on their faces.
At this moment, someone suddenly screamed, and everyone became a mess.
It turned out that a balloon filled with water fell from the top of the hall and smashed a poor freshman into a drowned rat. Several people around him were also affected.
Immediately afterwards, the second water bomb fell again... almost hitting someone again. Fortunately, the man escaped in time, but the water balloon still exploded.
The cold water spurted out, poured on the freshmen's shoes, and soaked their socks. The people around were screaming and pushing each other, trying to leave this place of right and wrong as quickly as possible.
Xiang Nan looked up and saw a short little monster floating twenty feet above their heads, wearing a bright orange party hat and a swirling bow tie, looking bad. A grin spread across his broad face.
“What is that?” Lily asked in surprise.
“It’s Peeves, a prankster.” Xiang Nan explained.
“First grade kid, try my water bomb again.” Peeves chuckled and threw another bomb at the new student.
"The water ball disappears!" Xiang Nan waved his magic wand, and the water ball immediately disappeared without a trace.
"Lock the tongue and seal the throat! Peeves is driven away!" Xiang Nan then waved the wand twice more. Peeves immediately grabbed his throat and was driven out of the door far away.
During this process, it refused to give up and continued to make obscene gestures, but was completely speechless because its tongue was stuck to its forehead. "Quick drying~" Xiang Nan waved the wand a few more times. A cloud of steam immediately evaporated from Xinsheng, who had just been drenched by Peeves, and all his clothes were dried immediately.
Several people who were affected and had their shoes and trousers wet were all restored to a dry and refreshing state.
“Wow, so awesome~”, “That’s awesome~”, “Who is he?”
The students applauded one after another, deeply admiring everything Xiang Nan has done.
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At this moment, a slight cough was heard, and the students immediately fell silent and looked at Professor McGonagall who had returned.
“Excellent.” She looked at Xiang Nan and praised with a smile, “What’s your name?”
“Severus Snape, professor.” Xiang Nan gave a slight bow and said respectfully.
"Mr. Snape, I hope you can be sorted into my Gryffindor house." Professor McGonagall said with a smile.
The disappearing spell, banishing spell, locking tongue and throat seal that Xiang Nan just cast are all relatively advanced spells that cannot be learned until the fourth or fifth grade, and not everyone may be able to learn them.
Xiang Nan has not yet entered school, but he has already learned such a profound magic spell, and can use it so skillfully and skillfully, which shows that his talent is really brilliant.
“Thank you, Professor, I’ll try my best.” Xiang Nan nodded.
When the freshmen saw this, they all looked at Xiang Nan with envy. They wish they were the ones showing off their skills just now, so they don't have to worry about being sorted.
"Okay, everyone, line up in single file and follow me." Professor McGonagall said again, leading the freshmen out of the room, through the foyer, and through a double door at the back into the luxurious dining room.
“Wow~” Many students exclaimed, especially Lily, who was behind Xiang Nan, her eyes widening.
She had never seen such a magical, wonderful and magnificent place. There were four ridiculously long tables in the dining room, set with gleaming gold plates and goblets.
Thousands of candles floated in the air above the table, illuminating the entire restaurant with a dazzling glow.
On the ceiling above the candles, one could actually see the starry, dazzling night sky, which was even clearer than outside. "Severus, is this restaurant open-air? Why can we see it even though we are standing in the room?" To the sky outside?”
“That’s because the ceiling is enchanted, so it looks like the sky outside.” Xiang Nan explained quietly.
Lily nodded suddenly.
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The freshmen walked through the dining hall. At this time, students from other grades were already seated on both sides of the dining table, looking at the freshmen curiously.
The freshmen came to the top of the dining hall. There was another long table on the table there, which was the seat of the teachers. It was already filled with the school's faculty and staff, and Albus Dumbledore was sitting in the center.
Professor McGonagall gently placed a four-legged stool in front of the first-year students, and placed a pointed wizard's hat on the stool. The hat was patched, worn, and dirty.
“This is the Sorting Hat?” Lily said in surprise.
Xiang Nan nodded.
James Potter and Sirius Black both breathed a sigh of relief.
They were a little worried at first that Xiang Nan was also lying to them. But now it seems that what he said is true.