Talking: "..."
Thinking: '...'
System: [.....]
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A little girl with a ruddy face and two blond braids stumbled out of the queue and put on a hat that covered her eyes. She sat down.
Sean couldn't help but take a few more glances, trying to see if there was a metallic sheen somewhere on the girl's body.
"Hufflepuff!" cried the Sorting Hat.
There was a burst of cheers from the long table on the right.
"Terry Boot."
"Ravenclaw!"
There was warm applause from the second long table on the left. Sean saw Ollivander's silver-haired granddaughter there. Her expression was calm and she didn't even want to applaud.
As more and more freshmen were assigned to various colleges, Hermione beside him became more and more nervous.
When Professor McGonagall called out her name, the girl glanced at him, then quickly ran to the four-cornered stool, she put on her hat and sat down.
The Sorting Hat didn't speak for nearly a minute, longer than Seamus Finnigan, a light-brown-haired boy before.
Finally, the Sorting Hat grinned: "Ravenclaw!"
Hermione took off her hat and sighed in relief, then greeted the Ravenclaw students who stood up to greet her.
Sean showed a curious expression 'Is this also one of the new changes?'
In the following time, Harry and Neville were both assigned to Gryffindor as they wished, and Malfoy, who was unhappy, finally showed a satisfied smile after the hat called out "Slytherin".
When there were a few people left, Professor McGonagall finally called out Sean's name.
He put on the sorting hat and sat down.
'Well, the smell is really bad'... The Sorting Hat didn't give him any surprises on that regard.
However, Sean didn't know if it was his own delusion or it was true he felt that a long time had passed, and the sorting hat on his head did not make any sound.
Just when Sean was puzzled, a slight voice finally came from his ear.
"A-"
Sean: ? !
"A-ah- it's really hard to choose."
Sean rolled his eyes, which were covered by the brim of his hat.
'Can you speak without panting? I almost thought I was going to be goong to Azkaban.'
The hat didn't seem to hear his thoughts , and it said with some distress: "You are very talented, no matter what house I put you in. Besides, it can be seen that you are a very proud person."
"As a member of Hogwarts, although it is inappropriate to say that, it seems that you are more suitable for another magic school..."
Sean's mouth twitched.
"But since you have come to Hogwarts, it seems that Slytherin is the most suitable for you..."
Sean immediately said forcefully in his thoughts , "I'm not going to Slytherin."
"Why?" Hat said in surprise when it heard his thoughts .
"You just assigned so many Slytherin students, don't you know what they are?"
The Sorting Hat choked for a moment, but he continued to persuade him: "Slytherin can help you gain glory."
"If you won't say it, hurry up. The other three houses are fine. You smell too much." Sean said with disgust.
The Sorting Hat was silent for a moment, then said angrily, "What can I do? I haven't been washed for thousands of years, I'm just a hat!"
"You are a magical hat, okay? Where is the professionalism of the Sorting Hat? Besides, the smell affects the user experience so much."
"That's not within my purview, I only have one task, to assign the students to their houses!"
Sean didn't notice, but when he was bickering with the hat, there were whispers in the auditorium.
Hermione looked worriedly at the boy who was still sitting upright. She whispered to the senior student beside her, "It's been almost ten minutes, is this normal?"
The senior shook his head: "At least I've never seen the Sorting Hat spend so long to sort a student, just think about it, if every student took so long, the dinner would already become breakfast the for the next day."
Beside the four-cornered stool, Professor McGonagall turned her head invisibly, and looked at Dumbledore in the first seat.
The wise old man showed a smile, indicating that there is no need to worry.
Sean is still bickering with the Sorting Hat.
"Ha, I must tell the Headmaster later that the Sorting Hat wants to send me to Nurmengard!"
The hat raised it's voice and said irritably, "You, how can you be innocent out of thin air?"
"You said it yourself, that Nurmengard must be very happy if it got a student like me, and you won't need to spend time composing songs every year."
"That's because there is no need for a hat over there!"
"Ha, exposed, how do you know, are you trying to defect from Hogwarts?"
"What do you know? That's because my clone is in Nurmengard, and we can share... Hell!" Halfway through, the Sorting Hat immediately shut up.
Sean opened his mouth wide. It was just a fight. He seemed to heard some big news...
The Sorting Hat let out a few dry laughs and whispered, "can you not tell others?"
"I'll think about it." Sean narrowed his eyes.
"Okay, okay... If you can enter the principal's office, I'll tell you a castle secret, but you can't tell anyone what happened today!"
"That's alright, by the way, the house I should choose it, right?" The secret of the castle was already a pleasant surprise, Sean didn't ask for anymore secrets.
"Why can't I keep my mouth shut..." The Sorting Hat said in a frustrated tone, "Tell me, where do you want to go, I will listen to you."
Sean thought for a moment: "Ravenclaw."
"Ravenclaw!" The Sorting Hat immediately shouted loudly, as if asking him to hurry down.
"Huh?" Sean took off his hat, only to find that the students in the auditorium were all looking at him strangely. It wasn't until he walked towards the long table that Ravenclaw burst into applause.
Sean walked to Hermione's side in two or three steps and sat down, and found that not only Hermione, but the other eagles also had strange expressions on their faces.
"Did something happen?" he whispered suspiciously.
"Didn't you feel it yourself? The students in the auditorium have been chatting for a long time. The red-haired twins in Gryffindor even secretly played a game of wizard cards!"
"what?"
"You've been wearing the Sorting Hat for almost thirty minutes!" said Hermione.
thirty minutes? ! Sean frowned. Although he did quarrel with the Sorting Hat for a while, it felt like a few minutes at most. Why did it take so long?
"Ronald Weasley."
"Gryffindor!"
The next person was Ron who got allotted at once.
Seeing his doubtful expression, Hermione also reacted, and thought 'Sean may not know it'.
"However, the professors didn't pause, maybe you're special," Hermione said.
Sean looked at the professor's long table in front of him.
"hope so…"
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We are officially in the ranking's boys and girls thank you all who are still reading this story.
I deleted some words and changed some to be more readable.
Thanks for reading