My Hogwarts has a serious problem.

Chapter 240 237. Sorting Hat

As Lynn pondered what questions she might have asked Ms. Gray, she had already drifted far away.

There are many suspicious points.

He recalled the expression on Ms. Gray's face when she said those words, and he had a feeling that things were not as simple as he thought.

But it was already very late, and if Lynn continued to wander around the castle, he might cause trouble for Hermione. He kept Lady Grey's words in mind and returned to the Room of Requirement.

Hermione was still flipping through those thick, brick-like tomes in the Room of Requirement when she saw Lynn come in, and she yawned as she spoke.

"I thought you weren't coming back tonight, now that curfew has started."

Lynn stopped by the kitchen on his way and got some late-night snacks, which he handed to Hermione.

"Where else could I go if I didn't come back? You've worked hard today too, spending so much time flipping through books here."

They ate a late-night snack inside the "Always Required" room while reminiscing about their day.

"That's all for Harry and Ron. I looked at their Charms homework, and they did a pretty good job. Then you went to the Ravenclaw dorms and ran into a first-year student, Luna Lovegood, on the way. You made a deal with her, answering the question about the eagle door knocker. Afterward, Luna wanted to invite you to visit the Ravenclaw common room, but you refused. She then helped call out Ms. Grey, and you ended up having a secret conversation with her. That's all for tonight."

Hermione listened attentively, just in case there was a discrepancy if her identity and Lynn's identity were switched.

"Did you find out the entrance to the basilisk's hideout?"

Lynn rubbed his forehead, looking troubled. "We have a clue, but the clue Ms. Gray gave me is very strange. You need to come over again after class tomorrow so I can verify it."

Hermione readily agreed, and Lynn then used the Disillusionment Charm to help her return to her Gryffindor dorm room before returning to the Room of Requirement himself.

Silent all night.

The following evening, after Hermione finished her classes, Lynn once again used her identity to move around Hogwarts.

The three things Ms. Gray mentioned are actually quite easy to find.

Ravenclaw's door knocker eagle hangs on the door of the common room, Gryffindor's Sorting Hat lies quietly in the Headmaster's office, and Hodgepodge's kitchen painting must be the one with fruit used to hide the Hogwarts kitchen door.

As for why Slytherin wasn't there, Lynn guessed it might be because Slytherin left Hogwarts after falling out with the other three leaders, so he wasn't there.

But then again, what connection will the things the goblins built in Hogwarts Castle have with the four great masters of Hogwarts?

Lynn couldn't figure it out for the time being, but he decided that he could try it as Ms. Gray had suggested.

After having dinner in place of Hermione and Harry, Lynn headed straight for the nearest kitchen entrance on the first floor.

This is a corridor with murals on both sides, and it is also the entrance to the common room of Hodgepodge Academy.

But it was right after dinner, and the corridor was full of Hodgepodge students, so Lynn had clearly come at the wrong time.

So he didn't stop, but changed direction and walked towards the entrance to the principal's office on the third floor.

Dumbledore will be away from Hogwarts for a while after the start of the semester, and will not return until three days before Lynn gets the Time-Turner on September 19th. The stone golem guarding the headmaster's office stopped preventing Lynn from freely entering and leaving the headmaster's office last semester.

Having returned to his original appearance, Lynn entered the empty headmaster's office and headed straight for the Sorting Hat, which had been sitting idle in the office gathering dust for a year.

Lynn picked up the hat and, still unwilling to give up, reached inside, trying to pull out Gryffindor's greatsword, but only touched air. He pursed his lips and could only put it on his head.

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The air was silent for a few seconds, and neither the Sorting Hat nor Lynn spoke.

They were like two swordsmen dueling, silently shifting positions, each waiting for the other to reveal a weakness.

In the end, the Sorting Hat couldn't resist any longer.

"Oh my god! Why are you wearing me again? Please, let me go, I don't want to see you again."

Lynn raised an eyebrow. This was the first time he had spoken with the Sorting Hat since the Sorting Ceremony, and he hadn't expected it to not want to see him.

"Why? I remember the first time I wore you, you did the same thing, and you didn't even touch my hair before you assigned me to Slytherin. I heard that you should have considered the opinions of the junior wizards when you were sorting my house, right?"

"There are always exceptions, my friend. You're that exception, Lynn. Please, stop wearing me and stop trying to take the Gryffindor sword from me. Gryffindor won't let you have it."

Why?

"Why? Why are there so many 'whys'? Why do we have to ask 'why' at all?"

Lynn didn't say anything, and just sat on the chair in the headmaster's office with the Sorting Hat on, as if she didn't care at all about wasting time with the Sorting Hat.

He did come here to ask the Sorting Hat about what Lady Grey had told him, but now the Sorting Hat's behavior had piqued his curiosity, and he wanted to find out the truth about it today.

About ten minutes later,

"Fine, fine, I really give up. You should know that I used to be the Sorting Hat of Gryffindor," the Sorting Hat said helplessly.

Lynn nodded: "But your magic was bestowed upon you by the four founders of Hogwarts."

"It seems you've done a lot of homework; your grades in history of magic must be excellent."

"You're Gryffindor's hat, so what?" Lynn didn't give him a chance to change the subject.

"Yes, although my magic was bestowed upon me by all four of them, I was once the hat of Gryffindor, so I always tend to favor Gryffindor when sorting houses. Just as the qualities required by Gryffindor are so similar to those of Slytherin, when I encounter someone with unique talent who meets the requirements of both houses, I will be more inclined to sort him into Gryffindor."

Lynn blinked: "Harry Potter's talent is exceptional enough, but I heard him say that if he hadn't insisted on it, you would have sorted him into Slytherin."

"I've said before that there are always exceptions. His talent is outstanding, and his character meets the requirements of both Slytherin and Gryffindor. Under such circumstances, I should have taken the initiative to sort him into Gryffindor. However, he has too much of a Slytherin influence on him. When I was in charge of him, I even thought he was Slytherin's successor."

(End of this chapter)