Chapter 54 54: Never make mistakes!
The other professors have already left.
Only Snape, Dumbledore, and McGonagall were left in the auditorium. The Sorting Hat's lung-splitting screams finally made Dumbledore more than he could bear.
"Professor Snape, as the Sorting Hat said, it is one of Hogwarts' precious possessions, and we have no right to damage it or do other... other things."< br>
Dumbledore never called anyone by their first name when others were around.
He originally planned to take Snape to visit the poor student who was unconscious just now. Unexpectedly, Snape had already taken advantage of the Sorting Hat while he was arranging his beard.
Tell the truth.
Snape's behavior at this moment is actually not a bad thing in Dumbledore's opinion. It at least proves that Ian does have some weight in Snape's heart.
This is the bond that can hold Snape from falling into it when he is on the verge of an abyss.
"I just want to take the Sorting Hat and take a shower."
Snape continued to hold the Sorting Hat expressionlessly.
"A cesspit is not a bathroom! Let me go! You nasty old bat!"
The Sorting Hat yelled.
"I think you should speak less." Professor McGonagall saw Snape's face turning a bit ugly, and she quickly made a silencing gesture towards the Sorting Hat.
"Haha, old bat, right? Not even Merlin can save you today." Snape said as he walked towards the toilet with the Sorting Hat.
Dumbledore raised his hand and hesitated to speak.
"Dumbledore! Save me! McGonagall!"
"I watched you grow up! Please save me!"
The Sorting Hat wants Struggling but completely lacking that ability.
"It's Ian! It's Ian! I want to file a complaint! It's the little wizard who called you that! I'm just imitating him!" Seeing the door getting closer and closer, the Sorting Hat finally couldn't hold it any longer.
He became a traitor for once.
However.
Thousands of years of time did not seem to make him realize the price of being a traitor - Snape's face became a little uglier, and his steps suddenly accelerated a little faster.
"Then let you take a bath in the cesspit of Ravenclaw."
Snape's tone was cold.
"No!!!"
The Sorting Hat screamed in despair.
"Okay, Professor Snape, don't scare it anymore." Dumbledore said helplessly. He actually felt a little guilty when facing Snape.
After all.
He was the one who promised to get Ian into Slytherin in the first place.
Who would have thought?
No matter how you look at him, you would think he would be a standard Slytherin child.
Why did you go to Ravenclaw?
He even secretly asked the Sorting Hat last night so that it could give more consideration to Ian. As a result, the child was assigned to another house by the Sorting Hat - Dumbledore. Lido certainly believed in the Sorting Hat's judgment, but Snape was obviously not happy to accept this fact.
“I’m not kidding.”
Even though Snape said so, he still stopped in his tracks.
Dumbledore immediately spoke when he saw this, "Give the Sorting Hat some time, I believe it can give a convincing reason. After all, it has never made a wrong judgment in thousands of years."
The words of Principal Bee made Professor McGonagall, who was standing next to him, nod.
"Interfering with the work of the Sorting Hat is actually a kind of overstep." Professor McGonagall is a very conscientious professor. She has restrained her Gryffindor nature for many years after becoming a professor.
“That’s right! I never make mistakes!”
The Sorting Hat also defended himself loudly at this time.
"I only believe in my eyes. Slytherin will bring him glory. He was born to be a Slytherin." Snape recalled several meetings with Ian in his mind.
Whether it is an orphanage.
But the dug-out floor of Hogsmeade Village.
And many of Ian’s words and deeds.
From Snape's point of view, it was a constant proof that Ian would be a student of the college he was in charge of.
Ambition, shrewdness, strong will and understanding of glory.
On these very, very precise traits, Snape felt that even without any filter, he would have concluded that Ian was superior to most of the Slytherin students he had ever taught. .
The characteristics are so obvious!
Where else to go besides Slytherin?
Look at the students who entered Slytherin this year!
One is inferior to the other!
Leaving aside the Grindelwald brats, the others were simply the worst Slytherins he had ever seen! There was even a coward who fainted from excitement!
I fainted from excitement!
Shouldn’t such a person go to Gryffindor?
Snape grew angrier as he thought about it.
He felt that the Sorting Hat was deliberately disgusting him. Even the cub of the Grindelwald family was deceived and became lame. How could such a cunning Ian not be a Slytherin?
"Silence will not save you."
Snapti held the tip of the Sorting Hat and raised the Sorting Hat high in a cold tone.
"I'm just thinking! I'm thinking about how to explain to you how special the little boy you like is!" The Sorting Hat's tone was somewhat arrogant.
"I'm listening, but if you're going to say something about him being smart, clever, wise, fair, knowledgeable, and far-sighted, I think I can find a way to make you smell like a cesspool forever."
Snape scoffed.
Of course he knows the characteristics of students in each college very well.
"No! You can't do that! Dumbledore, please say something!"
The Sorting Hat's expression became even more frightened. It has wisdom that is not inferior to that of humans. There are even some people who Said that Gryffindor once left a fragment of its soul in it.
Of course, these are all rumors and there is no evidence, but one thing is very certain, that is, the Sorting Hat does know the importance of a Potions Master.
"Dumbledore can't save you, it seems you really intend to fool me like this."
Snape looked gloomy.
Compared with those young wizards from various colleges, as a professor, he certainly understands some of the rules of the branch. In fact, the young wizard himself also has a little decision-making power about the future college.
As long as he has some corresponding qualities, the Sorting Hat will consider the young wizard's request. In his opinion, every drop of blood on Ian's body should be printed with the symbol of Slytherin. right.
Even if Ian really has the qualities of Ravenclaw, it is completely reasonable for him to be sent to Slytherin.
"Of course not! It's definitely not like this! If it's just so ordinary, how could I not give you this face? I will definitely throw that little wizard to you Slytherin!"
He can even do simple flattery, and the wisdom of the Sorting Hat is evident. Of course, this may also be due to Snape's aggressiveness forcing him to be quick-witted.
"But he went to Ravenclaw."
Snape's sneer was cruel.
"That's because Ravenclaw is the most suitable house for him!"
The Sorting Hat quickly screamed, "No one is more suitable for Ravenclaw than him. I have been waiting for a thousand years. Ravenclaw's search for her successor is the mission entrusted to me by Gryffindor!"
His words did not satisfy Snape.
“Ravenclaw received the most students this year.”
I didn’t expect Snape to even count this.
"Those are just students! Just students! You don't know Ravenclaw! You haven't seen her beauty back then! No one in the past millennium has been qualified to be her real apprentice!"
The Sorting Hat's words made her sad. The expressions of Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall couldn't help but change.
Professor McGonagall's eyes narrowed slightly. Dumbledore's eyes behind his glasses were a little more twinkling.
Of course they all understand the true meaning of apprenticeship.
That is the inheritance of the mantle.
It is the relationship between ancient wizards like father and son - as the Sorting Hat said, there can be many students, but apprentices are different. Wizards will only accept those who are in the exploration and pursuit of magic. Children who can go further than themselves become apprentices, so that after their death, the apprentices can take their knowledge to see farther scenery.
"Are you saying that the child named Ian has the talent to become Ms. Ravenclaw's apprentice?" Professor McGonagall's expression showed a bit of incredible shock.
“Of course!”
The Sorting Hat responded with a loud voice.
"He and Ravenclaw both have the same qualities, qualities that you guys don't have! Even you! Dumbledore is lacking in this area!"
The Sorting Hat yelled at Jean Si Nap couldn't help but frown.
"Shut up!"
He didn't want the Sorting Hat to continue talking.
"How can you say that about Dumbledore..." Professor McGonagall also stood up and refuted the Sorting Hat. She did not want to maintain Dumbledore's unshakable authority.
But the current situation.
The Sorting Hat is probably only saved by Dumbledore.
If the Sorting Hat were really allowed to go around the dung pile of young wizards, and Snape applied a potion that would never disappear, then it would not only be the Sorting Hat who would be tortured.
She, McGonagall, is the branch host for new students every year!
"Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, please let it continue... Do you think I am such a stingy person that I would compare something with a little wizard?"
Dumbledore stopped Snape's behavior and shook his head helplessly at Professor McGonagall. Then, he looked at the Sorting Hat in Snape's hand with curiosity.
“I still say that the Sorting Hat’s judgment is not wrong. In fact, I agree with it. At Ian’s age, I can’t improve and create magic.”
Dumbledore's words made Professor McGonagall's pupils shrink slightly.
"A new student who has not yet entered school? Create magic?"
Mag looked in disbelief.
"..."
Snape's expression also suddenly froze.
Damn it!
Didn’t that guy say that Dumbledore just played with the bird for him?
How come even the magic of creation and improvement appears!
"That child..."
Professor McGonagall's voice was trembling a little. She certainly understood the meaning of Dumbledore's words. At the same time, she also recalled who Ian was with when he was sorted. Stand together.
A talented little wizard.
Standing next to a little Grindelwald.
Professor McGonagall didn't want to think ill of the little wizard at Hogwarts, but the worries that could not be avoided in her heart made her look at Dumbledore nervously.
And this.
Exactly what Snape didn't want to see.
His lips were biting tightly.
I don’t know if I regret my behavior of questioning the Sorting Hat.
"Don't be nervous, they are all good children, Professor McGonagall. We need to have more confidence in our students." Dumbledore spoke softly.
only.
No one can detect some of these subtle emotions. "If we treat them as evil people to guard against them from the beginning, how can we help them stay away from the quagmire of evil?"
A very reasonable sentence.
"There is something wrong with my mentality."
Professor McGonagall nodded with deep understanding.
Snape secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He already wanted to throw away the Sorting Hat in his hand.
However.
"Dumbledore, I am not saying that your magical talent is not good! Of course, that little guy's magical talent is also amazing, but that is not the reason why he should go to Ravenclaw."
But the Sorting Hat was still chattering away, as if he wanted to convince everyone.
"Stop messing around with me!"
Snape snapped.
"You guys said a lot of things there, why are you still blaming me?" the Sorting Hat said aggrievedly.
Seeing that everyone present was a little impatient, this man who always liked to chatter and was like a gossip did not dare to continue to challenge human patience.
“It is the attitude towards knowledge!”
The Sorting Hat's words were shouted concisely and clearly.
"Every young wizard in Ravenclaw has the desire and attitude to seek knowledge." Professor McGonagall was puzzled. She felt that this was not a very convincing reason.
Snape and Dumbledore obviously had similar thoughts.
Just.
Compared with Snape's growing impatience, Dumbledore was still listening and waiting.
"I'm not talking about the kind of mediocre pursuit and desire. Look at you, that's why I said you can't understand her, so she lives in the loneliness of not being understood her whole life."
The Sorting Hat's voice was a little sad, as if the timbre had become a little different at this moment.
“Although all Ravenclaw students have been intelligent and astute academics for thousands of years, Ravenclaw’s most unique trait has never been her desire and pursuit of knowledge.”
The Sorting Hat seems to be reminiscing, but also lamenting and regretting.
“Standing on the top of the mountain of wisdom, what you want to have is never hard work, pride, intelligence, hard work, but... that kind of naked arrogance towards knowledge.”
Its words made everyone slightly stunned.
But it didn’t stop.
“Yes, Ian has this quality. He makes me seem to see Rowena in the past. They all have enough arrogance for knowledge...”
“ It is knowledge that chases them and becomes the path under their feet. "
"Don't question my judgment, my decision is absolutely correct!"
The wrinkled face of the Sorting Hat faced Snape.
Sent out powerful words.
Resounded throughout the auditorium.
“Ian Prince, he is the most correct Ravenclaw. I admit that Slytherin may lead him to glory, but only Ravenclaw can help him reach greatness! ”
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