Chapter 400

"Hurry up, hurry up, new students are coming today!" Barbara dragged her good friend, Suzy quail, who was also Ravenclaw, into the auditorium. It has been renovated, with four college long tables full of flowers, golden plates and goblets. Now the cups and plates are empty, but at the beginning of the party they will pop up with food and drink.

There are countless candles floating above the hall, which make the lights here bright. The flags of the four colleges are hung on the walls on both sides. The champion College of last semester was Slytherin, so the edge of the green snake flag of Slytherin is decorated with gold corolla.

Senior students sit close to the gate and partially empty the table near the rostrum at the other end. It will be a place for new students, and it also means that each college will welcome new family members. On the rostrum, the principal, the professor, the teacher and the staff sat down and looked at the students with a smile. In front of them was a high platform with a greasy, tattered pointed hat. This is the famous branch hat, the treasure left by Gryffindor, one of the founders of Hogwarts. It's a smart hat that can judge a person's character and potential, and then assign it to one of the four colleges.

The four colleges are Gryffindor, hechpatch, Ravenclaw and Slytherin.

New students come by boat from the big lake outside Hogwarts castle, climb the steps, enter the hall, put on the hat, enter a college, receive a warm welcome, and then eat, as it used to be every year. This year, however, there are some differences. There are two more tables on both sides of the rostrum, and those who have passed the examination sit here. They will also attend the branch ceremony, but there is no need to take the boat.

"Barbara, what are you doing at the front? It will be next to the new students, and there will be a lot of noise Susie was panting all the way. Her white face climbed up the scarlet color and looked very cute. She took Barbara to a seat and reached out to help her friend tidy up her rolled collar. "Why don't you pay attention to the image? Remember what happened when you were in the hospital? "

"Remember, remember, I knocked over the syrup and turned your hair into candy." Barbara said with a smile, "Hey, I'm not here to see new students, I'm a cram student. Do you see that Oriental face, right next to big Addo? "

"Who didn't know it was Mike long, the wizard who passed all the exams in less than four months, the first eighth grade in history." Susie stroked her chest to breathe smoothly. "He's just like the rumor. He looks so strange!"

"It's time for you to take good exercise. If you run like this, you'll gasp like this. What if you're in danger?" Barbara looked at her good friend and thought that there was nothing wrong with Mike's words. Most of the witches had poor physical quality. After the experience of being in danger in the Forbidden Forest and being set off in a balloon, she began to consciously strengthen her running exercise. In addition to her better "cardiopulmonary function", she found that her magic also increased. This unexpected joy made her pay attention to every word he said, and even found a book to record Zhao Mai's words and deeds in the forbidden forest. Of course, she promised to keep it secret, so there was no name in the book, just a simple "he".

"We haven't won the division championship for eight years in a row, and Slytherin has won the last four years. Don't you think it's a little boring?" Barbara gently breathed into Susie's ear: "as long as Mike joins in, our college will win!"

"Ah? Is he that good? " Susie gently pushed Barbara's face away so that she could turn her head to her and say, "he's very good at the exam, but it doesn't mean he can get more marks for the college. Is he a good Quidditch player? "

"No, although the Quidditch player is handsome, it's not his style." Barbara found that she could not share the story of the forbidden forest with others, or she would have broken her oath. So she just shook her head and said, "ah! I can't say it, but he's very good anyway! "

Susie looks suspiciously at Barbara, then at Zhao Mai, and reaches out to touch Barbara's forehead. "No fever?"

"Of course, I'm sober." Barbara grabs Susie and shakes back and forth, saying, "believe me, the only way to win the division is to let Mike come to our college, our college!"

"Well, I believe you. An eighth grader is always good. " Susie said quickly, holding the glasses that were about to fall. "As long as you study hard, is the branch champion so important?"

"Of course, if I didn't win a division title in seven years at Hogwarts, I would be sad. Susie, you won't hurt me, will you Barbara said boldly, "so let's pray together. Let's let the hat divide Mike to Ravenclaw."

When they prayed, Zhao Mai was not aware of it. He sat beside the nervous and excited ah duo and closed his eyes until the freshmen lined up to enter the hall. After the president's brief speech, Professor Dumbledore put on the branch hat for each student, and then the wrinkled hat would call out the name of the college and assign the freshmen.Colleges are not evenly distributed, but each college has an upper limit of carrying capacity. The dormitories and classrooms in Hogwarts can accommodate up to 1000 students, but the current number of teachers and teaching resources can only maintain the maximum number of 400 students. This is why not all the cram students can stay. Some of them need to continue to study and join the first grade with the next students next year.

Of course, there are also some cram students who will join the first grade this year. They make fun of themselves and say that they are "the last lucky ones". Immediately after the 11-year-old and 12-year-old children, these people also started the ceremony of separation.

Some of them are seventeen or eighteen years old, and the older ones are in their early twenties. They were big and out of place among a group of children, which caused some laughter. Zhao Mai looked left and right, poked Addo with his elbow, and then began to clap rhythmically. Soon, all the tutors joined in, just as the applause of the drum beat the laughter. All tutors are a whole. No matter which college they are assigned to, they all share the time of learning together and will always take the title of "tutor".

The tallest of all was Addo. Professor Dumbledore stood on tiptoe and threw the hat on his head. The hat hesitated for a moment, and suddenly yelled, "ah duo! Well, I mean hutch patch! "

"Ah duo." In a round of applause, Addo made it to the hechpatch table. Hechpatch is unknown among the four academies, which seems to be the most ordinary, but actually provides the most pillars and bricks for the wizarding world.

Tolkien has been assigned to Gryffindor, which is quite satisfactory to him. Tolkien said more than once that he would like to enter Gryffindor. The brave lion - in fact, the Griffin - is his favorite animal. Considering the British love of lions, such a choice is justifiable.