Hogwarts: This holy light is righteously evil.

"boom!"

"Oh!!"

The Sorting Hat shouted.

Professor McGonagall, who was standing nearby, was startled and quickly turned to look.

"Please rest assured, I am just having a friendly exchange with it. It has been too hasty in assigning my college to different schools, and I think I need to correct it."

Puni reached out his left hand, grabbed the Sorting Hat's mouth which was about to shout, then pulled the hat up a bit and gave Professor McGonagall his signature smile again.

Professor McGonagall stood there, unsure of what to say.

Puni took this as a tacit agreement, then put the hat back on his head and let go of her hand.

"Please don't yell at me from above. It's noisy and undignified. If you don't behave, I might pull you down and give you a good beating."

The hammerhead that flashed with holy light in Puni's mind almost blinded the Sorting Hat.

"What kind of magic is this? When did the Lestrange family acquire power like yours?"

In Puni's mind, the phantom of the Sorting Hat trembled.

Actually, this phantom shouldn't have appeared, but the moment he put on the hat, the diary in his mind turned a page, and the figure of the Sorting Hat appeared in his mind.

"Don't you know this is the talent I've awakened? My dear mother once wanted to kill me, but unfortunately she underestimated my talent and ultimately fell victim to her own arrogance."

The student in the graduating class swallowed hard.

It suddenly remembered that it seemed to have heard Dumbledore mention this before, but it was usually not willing to have too much interaction with Dumbledore; that old man was too scheming!

It can never win an argument with the other party!

Rather than talking to Dumbledore, it preferred to quietly contemplate for a whole year what it should say at the freshman orientation party.

This was its moment of glory, making its debut in front of the entire Hogwarts!

"Oh ho ho ho... That's quite a talent, but do you even have to beat me?" The Sorting Hat said, looking aggrieved.

"Of course not. I was just too excited. I thought I might be more suitable for Ravenclaw. You see, I love knowledge so much and I'm even more obsessed with the study of magic. To explore the origin of magic, I can spend whole nights immersed in books. Isn't that the purest Ravenclaw quality?"

"Oh, come on, kid." The Sorting Hat shook its head. "I admit you have exceptional intelligence and a strong thirst for knowledge, but isn't your fundamental purpose in learning all this knowledge to gain more control? You're not a little guy who's good at being subordinate to others!"

Chapter 20 Qiu Zhang: It's been almost five minutes. Puni can still hold on for a long time!

“No one likes to be subservient to others.” Puni curled his lips. “The increase in power is an inevitable side effect of exploring magic. My true motivation is to gain a deeper understanding of this magical world.”

"You're such a liar!" The Sorting Hat laughed in exasperation. "That's not what you're telling me!"

Puni didn't care whether he was straight or not, he was very confident: "Now announce the result, let me go to Ravenclaw as an apology to you."

Sorting Hat: ? ? ?

Why should I apologize to you?

Puni was puzzled: "Your carelessness just now almost made me spend the next seven years interacting with mostly pureblood children. Don't you know that this will determine the course of my entire life?"

“I do not subscribe to pure-blood supremacy, and I believe I possess the qualities of all four houses, yet you immediately suggest sending me to Slytherin because of your empiricism. I think that’s far too simplistic.”

Puni seriously criticized the Sorting Hat for its hasty decision.

The Sorting Hat was also taken aback by what was said.

After careful consideration, it not only didn't get angry, but also sheepishly admitted its mistake.

"Well... this is my problem. It's because over the years, nine out of ten children from pure-blood families related to Slytherin have ended up choosing that gloomy place."

Puni nodded in agreement: "Yes, that's why I said most of them inherited Slytherin's pure-blood supremacy ideology, and you actually want me to go to that gloomy place for seven years!"

Sorting Hat: "..."

This little wizard's tongue is just as sharp as Dumbledore's!

Hate!

It dislikes talking to people it can't argue with!

"Even so, I still believe your true self is best suited for Sly..."

Just as the Sorting Hat was frowning in distress, it suddenly paused, and then began to laugh strangely.

"I see! I finally understand!"

The Sorting Hat trailed off, "No wonder you insisted on going to Ravenclaw! Hehehehe~"

Puni's calm expression stiffened slightly, and he pursed his lips: "I don't understand what you're talking about. I told you, I'm heading to the Ravenclaw library."

"Hooray!" The Sorting Hat laughed even harder.

Sure enough! No matter how eloquent a person is, they will definitely have their own weaknesses!

Even Dumbledore was no exception, let alone this little wizard who just had some strange talents?

Hehehe~ It loves hearing these gossip stories!

"Alright, alright, since you insist on going, then..."

The Sorting Hat was about to open its mouth and assign a college to Puni.

But Puni grabbed its mouth again.

Professor McGonagall glared at Penny helplessly: "Mr. Lestrange!"

Puni let go of his hand and smiled sheepishly, though he wasn't embarrassed at all.

"Ugh! Ptooey! Your hands are so salty! What did you touch?"

"It's just the water of Black Lake."

"What?! You actually fed me water from the sewer!"

"How could I call it feeding you? I just wanted to interrupt you because you're always so hasty and rushed."

"What do you mean? You're not planning to go to Ravenclaw again?"

"No, no, of course I'll go, but I hope you can wait another minute to announce it. It's been over fifty seconds now."

Sorting Hat: ? ? ?

"What does this mean?"

"Because I really want to be a troublesome student in the sorting department!"

The Sorting Hat was truly furious this time; its mouth was practically crooked with anger.

"Don't even think about it!!!"

The Sorting Hat suddenly took a deep breath, giving Penny no chance to bargain further, and immediately opened its throat, shouting at a volume that made everyone's eardrums hurt:

"Ravenclaw!!!"

The shout was so urgent and loud that even Professor McGonagall, who was standing next to him, was startled and swayed slightly.

She gently adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose.

How about we have Severus come to next year's freshman ceremony...

Thinking of this, she suddenly paused.

No, I'll have to do it next year. I'll let Severus fill in for me the year after. Every year there's something wrong with the freshman ceremony, it's such a headache.

Professor McGonagall reached out and removed the Sorting Hat from Puni's head.

Puni regretted that he hadn't become a hat-wearing clown.

As soon as he stood up, he heard the old hat muttering in Professor McGonagall's hand.

“Every hat-wearing embarrassment is a stain on my record. You want me to do it again? No way!”

Puni shrugged.

It's just a hat embarrassment, isn't it?

Although Hogwarts has been established for nearly a thousand years, only Professor McGonagall and Peter Pettigrew are widely known.

That old man is really unreasonable.

"If I become a hat-wearing idiot, I don't know if the diary will unlock anything new, what a pity."

Puni descended the steps from the platform amidst regret and Ravenclaw's applause, and then went to Ravenclaw's long table.

Cho Chang was very excited at this moment, and Puni even felt that she was more excited than when she learned that she had become a student of Ravenclaw.

"Come sit here! Congratulations, your hat has turned blue too."

Qiu Zhang gave Puni the most spacious spot.

Marcos, his face flushed, exclaimed, "That's fantastic! We're all Ravenclaws!"

A senior girl next to her laughed and looked at Puni: "Haha~ You should have held the Sorting Hat's mouth shut a little longer, then you could have become the third Sorting Problem Student of the 20th century."

"A student facing difficulties in the college selection process?" Qiu Zhang was taken aback.

“Yes, those students who can make the Sorting Hat agonize for more than five minutes without deciding on a house are called Sorting Problem Students, or Hat Dilemmas. The two Hat Dilemmas of this century both went to Gryffindor. I wish we could have one in Ravenclaw too.” The upperclassman sighed.

Qiu Zhang's eyelashes fluttered twice: "But Puni seems to have reached five minutes in just a few dozen seconds! He can still last a long time!"

Puni's lips twitched.

Something about what you're saying sounds a little off.

Having gone through the Sorting Ceremony, Puni gained a deeper understanding of the diary in her mind.

A diary that possesses one of its own unique characteristics is certainly no ordinary thing.

In addition to its proven efficacy, it can even replace Occlumency to some extent, preventing others from probing one's thoughts.

If he wanted, he could even turn the events recorded in his diary into memories and present them to others!

"Goodness, it seems I don't even need to learn Occlumency. I can just write more in my diary every day."

Puni smiled and turned to look at the few young wizards still undergoing the Sorting Ceremony.

Whether it was due to his influence or not, the Sorting Hat suddenly became incredibly energetic, and almost every young wizard who went up to the Sorting Hat was declared to belong to a house within half a minute.