Hogwarts Raven

Chapter 54 54: Never make a mistake!
The other professors have left.

Only Snape, Dumbledore, and McGonagall were left in the hall. Dumbledore finally couldn't bear the Sorting Hat's screams.

"Professor Snape, as the Sorting Hat said, it is one of Hogwarts' most valuable assets, and none of us have the right to damage it or do anything else."

Dumbledore never addressed anyone by their first name when there were others around.

He originally planned to take Snape to visit the poor student who had just fainted, but he never expected that while he was trimming his beard, Snape had already got his hands on the Sorting Hat.

to be frank.

In Dumbledore's view, Snape's behavior at this moment was not actually a bad thing. At least it proved that Ian did have some weight in Snape's heart.

This is the bond that can hold Snape back from falling into the abyss when he is on the brink of it.

"I just wanted to take a bath with the Sorting Hat."

Snape continued to carry the Sorting Hat with an expressionless face.

"A cesspool is not a bathroom! Let me go! You damned old bat!"

the Sorting Hat yelled.

"I think you should talk less." Seeing that Snape's face turned a little ugly, Professor McGonagall quickly made a gesture to the Sorting Hat to keep quiet.

"Haha, old bat, huh? Even Merlin can't save you today." Snape said as he was about to walk towards the toilet with the Sorting Hat.

Dumbledore raised his hand, as if to say something else.

"Dumbledore! Help me! McGonagall!"

"I watched you grow up! Come on, save me!"

The Sorting Hat wanted to struggle but was completely unable to do so.

"It's Ian! It's Ian! I want to complain! It was that little wizard who called you that! I was just imitating him!" Seeing the gate getting closer and closer, the Sorting Hat finally couldn't hold it anymore.

He was a traitor for once.

however.

Thousands of years seemed not to have made him realize the price of being a traitor - Snape's face became even uglier, and his pace suddenly quickened.

"Then I'll let you bathe in the Ravenclaw cesspool."

Snape's tone was icy.

"Do not!!!!"

The Sorting Hat let out a desperate scream.

"Okay, Professor Snape, stop scaring it." Dumbledore said helplessly. He actually felt a little guilty when facing Snape.

after all.

He was the one who originally promised Ian would be admitted to Slytherin.

Who would have thought?
No matter how you observe him, you will feel that he is a typical Slytherin child.

Why did you go to Ravenclaw?
He had even secretly told the Sorting Hat last night to give special consideration to Ian, but the child was still sorted into another house by the Sorting Hat - Dumbledore certainly believed in the Sorting Hat's judgment, but Snape was obviously not happy to accept this fact.

"I'm not kidding about it."

Although Snape said this, he still stopped.

Seeing this, Dumbledore immediately spoke up, "Give the Sorting Hat some time. I believe it will be able to give a convincing enough reason. After all, it has never made a wrong judgment in thousands of years."

The old headmaster Bee's words made Professor McGonagall, who was standing next to him, nod.

"Interfering with the work of the Sorting Hat is actually an overstepping of the mark." Professor McGonagall is a very conscientious professor. After becoming a professor, she has restrained her Gryffindor nature for many years.

"Right! I never make mistakes!"

The Sorting Hat also loudly defended itself at this time.

"I only believe in my eyes. Slytherin will bring him glory. He is born to be a Slytherin." Snape recalled several meetings with Ian in his mind.

Whether it is an orphanage.

It was the dug-up floor of Hogsmeade.

And Ian's many words and actions.

In Snape's view, this was all proof that Ian would be a student of the college he was in charge of.

Ambition, shrewdness, strong will and an understanding of glory.

In terms of these very, very precise traits, Snape felt that even without any filters, he would have determined that Ian was more outstanding than most of the Slytherin students he had ever taught.

The trait is so obvious!

Where else to go but Slytherin?
Look at the students who are entering Slytherin this year!

One is inferior to the other!

Not to mention the Grindelwald brats, the others were simply the worst Slytherin class he had ever seen! There was even a coward who fainted from excitement among them!
I fainted from excitement!
Shouldn't such a person go to Gryffindor?
Snape became angrier the more he thought about it.

He felt that the Sorting Hat was deliberately trying to disgust him. Even the Grindelwald kid was fooled, so how could such a cunning Ian not be a Slytherin?
"Silence won't save you."

Snape held the tip of the Sorting Hat and raised it high with a cold tone.

"I was just thinking! Thinking about how to explain to you how special the little boy you like is!" The Sorting Hat said in a stubborn tone.

"I'm listening, but if you're going to say something about him being smart, clever, wise, fair, knowledgeable, and farsighted, I think I can find a way to make you smell like a cesspool forever."

Snape sneered.

He certainly knows the characteristics of students in each college.

"No! You can't do that! Dumbledore, say something!"

The Sorting Hat's expression became even more terrified. It had wisdom that was no less than that of humans. Some even said that Gryffindor once left a piece of its soul in it.

These are of course all rumors, and there is no evidence for them, 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 want to fool me like this."

Snape looked gloomy.

Compared with the little wizards in various colleges, as a professor, he certainly understands some of the rules of the branches. In fact, the little wizards themselves also have some decision-making power regarding their future colleges.

As long as the little wizard has some corresponding qualities, the Sorting Hat will consider the request of the little wizard. In his opinion, every drop of Ian's blood should be imprinted with the symbol of Slytherin.

Even if Ian really possessed the qualities of a Ravenclaw, it would be completely reasonable for him to be assigned to Slytherin.

"Of course not! It's definitely not like that! If it was just this ordinary, how could I not give you this face? I would definitely throw that little wizard into your Slytherin!"

Even simple flattery can be seen, the wisdom of the Sorting Hat is evident. Of course, this could also be a quick wit forced out by Snape's aggressiveness.

"But he went to Ravenclaw."

There was a cruelty in Snape's sneer.

"That's because Ravenclaw is the best house for him!"

The Sorting Hat screamed, "No one is more suitable for Ravenclaw than him. I have waited for a thousand years. Finding the heir of Ravenclaw is the mission entrusted to me by Gryffindor!"

His words did not satisfy Snape.

"Ravenclaw has the most students assigned to it this year."

I didn't expect Snape was even counting this.

"Those are just students! Just students! You don't know Ravenclaw! You haven't seen how graceful she was in her past! For thousands of years, no one has been qualified to become her true apprentice!"

The Sorting Hat's words made Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall's expressions change slightly.

Professor McGonagall's eyes narrowed slightly, but Dumbledore's eyes flickered behind his glasses.

They certainly all understand the true meaning of apprenticeship.

That is the inheritance of the mantle.

It is a father-son relationship among ancient wizards - just as the Sorting Hat said, there can be many students, but apprentices are different. Wizards will only accept those children who feel they can go further than themselves in the exploration and pursuit of magic as apprentices, so that after they pass away, the apprentices can take their knowledge to see more distant scenery.

"Are you saying that the child named Ian has the talent to become a Ravenclaw lady's apprentice?" Professor McGonagall's expression was slightly filled with incredible shock.

"Of course!"

The Sorting Hat responded in a loud voice.

"He and Ravenclaw both have the same qualities that none of you have! Even you! Dumbledore lacks in this aspect!"

Snape couldn't help but frown at the Sorting Hat's shout.

"shut up!"

He didn't want the Sorting Hat to continue.

"How can you say that about Dumbledore..." Professor McGonagall also stood up and refuted the Sorting Hat. She didn't want to maintain Dumbledore's unshakable authority.

But the current situation.

The Sorting Hat can probably only be saved by Dumbledore.

If the Sorting Hat really were to go around in the dunghills of little wizards and have Snape smear on it a potion that would make the smell last forever, it wouldn't just be the Sorting Hat that would be tortured.

She, Mag, is the host of the sorting of new students every year!

"Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, please let it continue... Do you think I am such a petty person that I would compare anything 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 a little curiosity.

"I still say the same thing. The Sorting Hat's judgment is never wrong. In fact, I agree with it. At Ian's age, I am not yet able to improve and create magic."

Dumbledore's words made Professor McGonagall's pupils shrink slightly.

"A freshman who hasn't enrolled yet? Creating magic?"

Mag looked incredulous.

"..."

Snape's expression also suddenly froze.

Damn!

Didn’t that guy say that Dumbledore just played with him a little?
How come even the magic of creation and improvement has emerged!

"That child..."

Professor McGonagall's voice trembled a little as she spoke. She certainly understood the meaning of Dumbledore's words. At the same time, she also recalled who Ian stood with when he was sorted.

A talented little wizard.

Standing next to a little Grindelwald.

Professor McGonagall did not want to assume ill will towards the young wizard of Hogwarts, but she could not avoid the worry that welled up in her heart, and she could not help but look at Dumbledore nervously.

and this.

This was exactly the scene Snape didn't want to see.

He bit his lips tightly.

I don't know if he regretted questioning the Sorting Hat.

"Don't be nervous, they are all good kids, Professor McGonagall. We should have more confidence in our students." Dumbledore spoke in a soft tone.

just.

Some of the subtle emotions were not noticeable to anyone. "If we treat them as evil people from the beginning, how can we help them stay away from the quagmire of evil?"

A very reasonable statement.

“It’s my mentality that’s wrong.”

Professor McGonagall nodded in agreement.

Snape secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

He was about to throw away the Sorting Hat.

however.

"Dumbledore, I'm not saying that you don't have magical talent! Of course, that little guy has amazing magical talent, but that's not why he should go to Ravenclaw."

The Sorting Hat continued chattering on, as if trying to convince everyone.

"Stop messing around with me!"

Snape snapped.

"You were the ones who said a lot of nonsense there, why are you blaming me?" said the Sorting Hat aggrievedly.

Seeing that everyone present was getting a little impatient, this hat that always liked to chatter like a nagging person did not dare to continue challenging human patience.

“It’s an attitude towards knowledge!”

The Sorting Hat shouted out succinctly.

"Every little wizard in Ravenclaw has the desire and attitude to learn." Professor McGonagall was puzzled. She felt that this was not a very convincing reason.

Snape and Dumbledore apparently had similar ideas.

just.

Compared to Snape's growing impatience, Dumbledore was still waiting with his ears attentive.

"I'm not talking about the kind of mediocre pursuit and desire. Look at you. That's why I said you couldn't understand her. That's why she lived in loneliness and not being understood all her life."

The voice of the Sorting Hat carried a hint of sadness, as if the timbre had become a little different at this moment.

"For thousands of years, although all Ravenclaw students are smart and smart, the most unique characteristic of Ravenclaw has never been her desire and pursuit of knowledge."

The Sorting Hat seemed to be reminiscing, but also seemed to be lamenting and regretting.

“Standing on the peak of wisdom, what you need is never hard work, pride, intelligence, or effort, but rather… the naked arrogance toward knowledge.”

Its words made everyone slightly stunned.

But it didn't stop.

"Yes, Ian has this quality. He makes me feel like I saw Rowena in the past. They both have enough arrogance towards knowledge!"

“It is knowledge that pursues them and becomes the path under their feet.”

"Don't question my judgment, my choice is absolutely correct!"

The Sorting Hat's wrinkled face was turned towards Snape.

Made a powerful statement.

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!"

　A 4,000-word chapter! Then I started saving up drafts, and it will be published with a minimum of 10 chapters! !

　　
　
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