Chapter 29 Sorting Ceremony

There was a four-legged stool in front of the long table on the stage, and on the stool was a patched, pointed wizard hat that looked very old.The pointed wizard hat was singing to itself at this time, and only stopped when Professor McGonagall came forward.

"Whoever's name I call now, put on your hat, sit on the stool, and wait for the Sorting."

Professor McGonagall took out a parchment scroll:

"Colin Creevey!"

Colin was startled, then he immediately trotted up, sat down nervously, and put on his hat.

Without a pause, the hat gave the answer:

"Gryffindor!"

All the wizards at the long Gryffindor table applauded loudly to celebrate the arrival of a new student in their house.

"Astoria Greengrass!"

"Slytherin!"

"Luna Lovegood!"

"Ravenclaw!"

"Ginny Weasley!"

"Gryffindor!"

As the little wizards were called up one by one, it was soon George's turn.

"George!"

The moment George put on the Sorting Hat, like the other little wizards, he did not hear any hesitation or questioning from the Sorting Hat and got the answer directly.

"Slytherin!"

"Slytherin?"

George showed a look of surprise on his face, but he quickly calmed down, put down the Sorting Hat, walked slowly to the Slytherin table and sat down.

To be honest, he thought he was most likely Gryffindor, with a small chance of being Ravenclaw, but he didn't expect to be Slytherin.

But after thinking about it, he likes to plan things, has clear goals, and is sometimes more realistic, which fits some of the characteristics of Slytherin.

Maybe deep down, he really is more inclined towards Slytherin's personality traits.

Slytherin does not mean evil. Among the four major houses, no one is absolutely good or absolutely bad.

Gryffindor has also produced some wizards like Pettigrew, and Slytherin has also had wizards like Regulus who were willing to sacrifice themselves to fight Voldemort, and even preferred to die rather than let house-elves replace them.

The characteristics of the four major colleges are actually mostly positive.

Gryffindor is brave, Ravenclaw is knowledgeable, Hufflepuff is upright, and Slytherin is smart, motivated and goal-oriented.

"Slytherin is fine too. Snape is protective of his people and is proficient in the Dark Arts. If I can win honor for Slytherin, I should be able to gain a lot."

When I came to my senses, the sorting ceremony was over.

In fact, before that, for every college he might be assigned to, he analyzed the personality of each dean and made relevant response plans.

Therefore, even if it is Slytherin, it is not a big problem.

Dumbledore said a few simple words, introduced the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor Gilderoy Lockhart, and announced the start of the dinner.

Then, countless delicacies made by the house-elves suddenly appeared on the four long tables, and the hungry little wizard immediately began to show off.

George also started eating the food on the table, but he still paid some attention to the long table in front of the stage.

Sure enough, not long after, a wizard with a thin figure, grayish skin, a hooked nose, greasy black hair draped over his shoulders, wearing a black robe and cloak, and exuding a cold aura, appeared at the door of the auditorium.

He walked quickly to the long table like a big bat. All the little wizards he passed by, no matter which college or grade they were from, couldn't help but hold their breath.

This man was none other than the Head of Slytherin, Severus Snape.

The top potion master, and a magical expert second only to Dumbledore, Voldemort and Grindelwald.

Snape spoke a few words to Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall, whose expression quickly turned ugly, and then the three of them walked out of the hall together.

"My dad got another promotion at the Ministry of Magic"

"My mother bought me a twenty-Gallon sword when I was seven."

"Humph, what do you think of that? I..."

At the Slytherin dining table, the first-year wizards began to show off their families and financial resources while eating.

The young wizards who can be assigned to Slytherin are basically descendants of pure-blood families. Very few are mixed-blood. It is basically unlikely that there are young wizards born in a pure Muggle family.

So some of them knew each other when they were kids.

Even if they don't know each other, they will deliberately reveal their family and financial resources at this time to ensure their future position.

George was not involved in this. It was most likely that his body was a mixed-race. His Muggle mother had a relationship with his wizard father, and then he became pregnant unexpectedly. When he couldn't find the father, he didn't want to be a burden, so it was normal for him to abandon the child after giving birth.

So in terms of family status and so on, he must be at the bottom of Slytherin, so there is no need to ask for trouble.

As a half-blood, as long as he shows absolute strength like Snape and Voldemort, he will naturally have no lack of status and followers.

Slytherin focuses on bloodline and even more on strength, so of course you have to be at least a half-blood.

"Oh, Merlin's beard, it's the Bloody Baron, he looks so scary!"

At this moment, the little wizards trembled, because a terrible ghost with a thin face, empty eyes and covered in blood suddenly came to the Slytherin table and sat down.

And the place where he sat was right next to George.

George looked up at Bloody Barrow, a faint smile appeared on his face, he nodded gracefully to Bloody Barrow as a greeting, and then continued to eat his dinner leisurely.

What's the big deal about being covered in blood? He has seen everything in the laboratory and killed dozens of people. How could he be scared by a little blood?

The Bloody Baron was obviously a little surprised that someone could be so calm when meeting a first-year wizard for the first time.

However, as the Slytherin ghost, he was quite satisfied that Slytherin had such a courageous little wizard, so he also nodded in response.

"Which family is he from that dares to greet the Bloody Baron?"

"I don't know, I've never heard of him. He should be a mixed-blood."

"Half-blood, right? But he doesn't look like one. I think he's more like a wizard from one of the twenty-eight families. He looks very elegant."

George's performance in the face of the Bloody Baron naturally caught the attention of all the Slytherin wizards. They also became curious about this elegant and bold little wizard.

But they soon concluded that George was a mixed-blood, because if he was a pure-blood, they would have never heard of him, and his name, George, was also very strange.

But even so, there are still some little wizards who have developed some good feelings towards George.