Harry Potter: Who cares about belated motherly love?

Chapter 282 Sorting Ceremony

Professor Sinistra, who greets us, barely appears in name in the original work, with a very weak presence (or maybe I just don’t remember clearly), but in this world, she is a female professor with beautiful chocolate brown skin who gives people a calm and firm impression.

She is not a particularly eye-catching beauty, but her facial features are very regular, her figure is slender, and her sharp phoenix eyes are as unique as a cat. Although she doesn't talk much, her teaching method is intellectual and clear and easy to understand, so she is very popular in Hogwarts. Especially among the senior girls, many people regard her as an "ideal adult" and yearn for her.

"Headmaster Dumbledore wants to hear about your situation."

Professor Sinistra took us directly to the principal's office. As we left, she smiled and said, "I was surprised when the principal told me that you were unable to enter Platform 9, but I was relieved to see that none of you three were injured." Then she returned to her office.

...Ah, what a handsome way to leave, Professor Sinistra. No wonder she has been ranked first in the "ideal adult woman" in the eyes of Hogwarts girls for five consecutive years.

But, back to the point.

After she took us to the stone statue in front of the principal's office to say goodbye, I expressed my gratitude again, and then we also went into the principal's office. (By the way, this year's codeword is "Dolbul Bubble Gum". I really hope they will end these candy codewords soon.)

"Oh, I've been waiting for you for so long... I'm so glad you three are okay."

As we entered the headmaster's office, Dumbledore was standing up from behind his desk (we knocked, by the way), which made both Charlie and Harry a little nervous. Especially Harry, his eyes flickered between curiosity and nervousness, looking around.

"Well, Charlie, you can explain it on your behalf. The entrance to platform 9 is blocked. What's going on?"

Dumbledore ushered us to the reception table, tapped it gently with his wand, and tea and scones appeared instantly (I guess he was signaling the Hogwarts house-elves), and then he got down to business.

"Okay, here's the thing..."

Charlie recounted his previous explanations and speculations to his parents Arthur and Molly. Dumbledore never interrupted him and nodded as he listened to all the explanations.

"Well, that's it..."

Dumbledore began to ponder halfway through Charlie's explanation, and finally nodded.

"Your suspicion that the house elves might have something to do with this may not be entirely unreasonable. The magic of that entrance is very complex, and ordinary wizards cannot easily interfere with it. However, the magic of house elves is different from that of us wizards. If it were them, they might be able to do it."

Dumbledore spoke as if to himself, and finally turned to Harry.

"Harry, if that house-elf appears in front of you again, please tell us immediately. Although the defenses of Hogwarts are foolproof, I emphasize again that the magic of house-elves is different from ours, and they may easily enter."

After these words, we left the principal's office.

——However, since the other students had not arrived yet, we still had to spend about two hours in Charlie's laboratory.

……

We were caught by Percy, Fred, George and Hermione before the New Term Party (Ginny went a different route as a freshman).

When we explained it to them for the third time, the Sorting ceremony began (before that, Hermione saw Gilderoy Lockhart in the professor's chair and almost cheered, but swallowed it back).

The freshmen entered the hall with nervous faces. Professor McGonagall placed a three-legged stool in the middle, on which was placed an ancient three-cornered hat - the "Sorting Hat".

At this moment, the originally noisy students in the auditorium shut up one after another, and the freshmen were also affected by this atmosphere and became quiet one after another.

When everyone in the Great Hall fell silent, a long slit in the brim of the Sorting Hat opened like a mouth and began to sing:

"There were four great wizards

They established this new institution

Four figures who are still etched in history

They created Hogwarts.

The names of the four wizards

Left in four colleges

Gryffindor the Brave

Gathering those who have firm beliefs

Ravenclaw is wise and fair

Value wisdom most

Hufflepuff

Honesty is the basis

Slytherin

Internal unity is the strongest

These four colleges

It will become your second home

I decide

Your future direction

Wear me, wear me completely!

This is my duty! "

After the Sorting Hat finished singing, the entire hall erupted in thunderous applause.

I thought so last year, the Sorting Hat has an unexpectedly beautiful voice when it sings...

"It's different from the songs we sang back then...!"

"I heard from Bill and the others that the Sorting Hat sings a different song every year. This is the part of their entrance ceremony that they look forward to the most."

"Is this a song composed by the Sorting Hat itself?"

"probably."

Harry, Hermione and I discussed in low voices as the Sorting ceremony continued.

"Colin Creevey!"

Hearing this familiar name, I quietly shifted my gaze towards the Sorting Hat, just in time to see a skinny, light brown-haired boy sitting on the three-legged stool.

Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat on him, and a moment later, the Sorting Hat shouted, "Gryffindor!"

The new student, whose face was red with nervousness, almost stumbled towards the Gryffindor table, and was greeted with thunderous applause. I looked at Colin Creevey, who was full of fanatical admiration for Harry, and silently prayed for Harry's good luck in the coming year.

If he takes too many photos and becomes a nuisance, I'll remind him to be more careful for Harry's sake.

The Sorting ceremony continued, and finally Ginny's name was called.

"Ginny Weasley!"

When Professor McGonagall put the Sorting Hat on Ginny's head, whose face was redder than her hair, something unexpected happened.

Normally, House Sorting rarely takes more than a minute, but in rare cases, there are so-called "difficult students" who may take five minutes or more. This usually happens to students who have two or more House traits, which is very rare.

Ginny wasn't "difficult to sort".

Her sorting took only about a minute.

However, being a member of the "Weasley" family, this is extremely rare.

Not only me, but also Fred, George, Percy, Charlie, Bill, even my father Arthur, and the relatives who had met us brothers and sisters, as members of the orthodox Weasley family, none of us was sorted into Gryffindor in more than five seconds!!!

Seeing this scene, not only our brothers and sisters, but even some wizards who were familiar with the surname "Weasley" were slightly shocked.

In the end, Ginny was sorted into Gryffindor, but even so, some of the senior Gryffindor students were still confused amid the applause. I was also surprised.

——If I had thought about this matter more seriously at the time, the situation might not have been so serious. This became my deep regret later.