The Shopkeeper of All Worlds in the British Wizarding World

Chapter 8 Sorting Ceremony
"Hannah Abbott!" Professor McGonagall called out the first name.

Sure enough, this must be the iron-clad Hannah Abbott mentioned in various fan fictions in the previous life, Ryan complained in his heart. However, according to the alphabetical order of her surname, it should indeed be her first branch.

One by one, little girls with rosy cheeks and two golden braids stumbled out of the line and put on the sorting hat.

Ryan thought about how Hannah Abbott became the owner of the Leaky Cauldron and married Neville Longbottom at the end of the story, and then looked at this somewhat reckless girl. A kind of excitement of participating in history arose from the bottom of his heart.

Hannah sat down on the stool, and a moment later she heard the Sorting Hat drawl, "Hufflepuff—!"

The people at the table on the right applauded and cheered Hannah, welcoming her to sit at their table, and the fat monk ghost at the long table also waved to her happily.

"Susan Pence."

"Hufflepuff--!" Susan quickly ran over and sat down next to Hannah.

As the sorting continued, Ryan discovered that the hat changed its tone every time it pronounced a name. It seemed that the life of a hat must be very monotonous. What a poor hat.

Before his name was called, Ryan began to guess which college he would be assigned to.

Because of his bloodline, Slytherin is definitely out of the question. As for Ravenclaw, Ryan, as a poor student, said that they probably don't think highly of him. So the possible houses are Gryffindor and Hufflepuff.

The atmosphere in both colleges was pretty good, but after seeing Hermione being sorted into Gryffindor, Ryan began to lean towards Gryffindor. After all, it was better to have an acquaintance who was a top student than to know no one at all.

Finally, when Neville Longbottom returned the hat to Professor McGonagall, Ryan's name was read out by Professor McGonagall.

So he put on the hat that had probably never been washed since the school was founded in 993 AD.

Communicating with the hat is a very novel thing. Even though Ryan has experienced two lifetimes, he has never encountered such a thing before.

After putting the hat on his head, Ryan heard a subtle voice saying, "Although I think your idea is a bit impolite, thank you for your concern. However, the life of an old hat is not as boring as you think. I can feel your kindness and courage, so I have decided."

Before Ryan could react, the subtle sound turned into a loud shout: "Gryffindor."

Ryan took off his hat and placed his hands respectfully on the stool. Although the hat was dirty, torn and full of patches, he represented Hogwarts better than this magnificent castle, because the wisdom injected by the four giants made it the representative of the spirit of Hogwarts.

After bowing to the professors, Ryan walked to the Gryffindor table and sat next to Neville.

After a while, Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor just as in the original text, and everyone at the table stood up and cheered and applauded.

When Professor McGonagall came back from placing the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore stood up from the golden chair in the center of the teacher's seat. He looked at the students with a smile on his face and stretched out his arms to them. It seemed that nothing made him happier than seeing the students gathered together. "Welcome!" he said, "Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start a new school year! Before the banquet begins, I want to say a few words. That is: Idiot! Crybaby! Scum! Twist! "Thank you all!"

He sat down again. Everyone applauded and cheered. Ryan looked at Hermione across from him and asked, "What does the headmaster mean by this?" Hermione answered a little confusedly, "I haven't seen it in the book. It may be some special welcome words in the wizarding world." Neville interrupted them at this time and said, "Don't think about that for now. Let's eat quickly. Aren't you hungry?"

Ryan saw that the empty tableware was now filled with all kinds of food. He followed his usual dinner habits and took some boiled potatoes, pea sprouts and tomato sauce with chicken to eat. Even after living in the UK for ten years, Ryan was still not used to eating a lot of meat at night. Fortunately, his adoptive father was also Chinese, and the family's diet had some Chinese style.

When everyone had almost finished eating, the remaining food disappeared from the plates. The plates and forks became clean as before. After a while, the pudding came, with all kinds of ice cream flavors.

With the help of sweets, everyone chatted smoothly. Ryan and Hermione kept asking the prefect Percy some academic questions. This lively atmosphere lasted until the desserts disappeared.

As the last dessert disappeared, all kinds of tableware also disappeared, and the table became as clean as if it had just been set up.

The restaurant returned to silence, and Professor Dumbledore stood up again: "Everyone, I think everyone has eaten and drunk enough. Then, I would like to give you a few points of attention.

First of all, please note that freshmen are not allowed to enter the woods on campus. Some of our old classmates should also remember this.

Dumbledore's shining eyes glanced towards the Weasley twins.

Secondly, Mr Filch, the caretaker, also asked me to remind everyone not to perform magic in the corridors during class breaks.

"The review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Students who are interested in participating in the college team please contact Mrs. Huo Qi.

Finally, I must tell everyone that anyone who does not want to suffer an accident and die a painful death, please do not enter the corridor on the right on the fourth floor. "

Hearing this, a few freshmen laughed, but most of them kept quiet. This was because most students knew that Dumbledore, as the headmaster, never lied about safety.

Ryan knew that this was the level of the Philosopher's Stone at the end of the semester. However, this thing had nothing to do with him. After all, these things were prepared for Harry and Voldemort, so as an outsider, he should try not to get involved.

Although the Philosopher's Stone was very precious, he could definitely exchange it for a lot of goodies if he met a customer in need at the Wanjie Grocery Store. But thinking that Dumbledore had been watching that thing, Ryan gave up the bold idea. After all, he didn't want to be regarded as an enemy by the most powerful white wizard.

Dumbledore paused, letting everyone digest the news, and then said loudly: "Okay, everyone, before everyone goes to bed, let's sing the school song together!" Almost all the teachers' faces froze.

Dumbledore flicked his wand, and a long golden ribbon flew out of the wand, twisting and coiling like a snake above the high dining table, forming lines of text.

"Everyone chooses the tune he likes." Dumbledore said, "Get ready and sing!"

Ryan felt a little embarrassed, but he still sang the whole song according to the tune in the movie footage he had seen.

When Dumbledore announced that it was time for bed, the Hogwarts opening ceremony officially ended.

(End of this chapter)