Chapter 43 It’s all pretending
Amid the little wizards' anxiety, the boat slowly reached the shore.
Hagrid led the little wizards to the shore and knocked hard on the door three times with his huge fist.
The door of Hogwarts slowly opened, and Professor McGonagall, wearing emerald green robes, was waiting there.
She looked at the freshman with a serious expression.
Hagrid said to Professor McGonagall, "All the new students are here."
"Thank you, Hagrid. I'll take them in next."
Professor McGonagall waved her wand, and the gate of Hogwarts was completely opened, revealing an incredibly large space inside.
She led the little wizards through a long corridor to an empty room and explained to them the differences between each academy.
Professor McGonagall was still very young at this time, and Snape looked at her with some nostalgia.
Lily was already shaking with nervousness. She whispered to Snape, "If I can't defeat the dragon, will I be sent back home?"
Snape tried to soften his tone.
"No, Hogwarts will not let young wizards do such dangerous things."
"The distribution ceremony will begin soon." Professor McGonagall looked at the freshmen and said seriously, "Stand in a line and follow me."
Snape followed Lily along the familiar path and came to the center of the hall with other young wizards.
Thousands of candles were hung in the air, and the senior students looked at the freshmen with kind smiles.
Everyone noticed that Professor McGonagall placed a tattered old sorting hat on the chair.
The next second, the Sorting Hat started singing that funny and ugly song.
“Maybe you think I’m not beautiful, but don’t just trust your eyes. If you can find a hat smarter than me, you can do whatever you want to me…”
Long before the Sorting Hat opened its mouth, Snape had already skillfully cast a silencing spell on its ear until it finished singing the song.
"It sings so badly." Lily complained in a low voice.
The Sorting Hat twisted and turned in its chair and finally finished the song passionately.
Professor McGonagall walked forward with the parchment scroll in her hand.
"Whoever's name I call now will put on his hat and sit on the stool until he is sorted," she said, glancing at the parchment.
"Vincent Abbott!"
A boy with blond hair walked over nervously, and Professor McGonagall put the hat on his head.
"Hufflepuff!"
Less than a second after the Sorting Hat was put on, it shouted out the result.
There were cheers from the Hufflepuff table, and the boy's robes changed into Hufflepuff style, and he ran towards the table nervously.
"That's great. It turns out we don't have to fight a dragon." Lily said thankfully beside Snape.
After he finished speaking, a sneering voice came from behind him.
Lily turned her head and saw the two annoying boys laughing at her. She couldn't help but glare at them fiercely.
How annoying! She definitely didn't want to be assigned to the same college with these two people.
Snape turned his head and looked at the two of them coldly, then spat out two words: "Stupid dog."
James was furious and wanted to roll up his sleeves to fight him when Professor McGonagall called his name.
James immediately ignored the quarrel and quickly ran to sit on the chair.
As soon as the Sorting Hat touched his hair, it shouted out the result.
"Gryffindor!"
He quickly put down the Sorting Hat and ran happily towards the Gryffindor table.
"Sirius Black"
Professor McGonagall called out another name.
Sirius immediately ran up and put on the Sorting Hat.
After he came on stage, the students of Slytherin House raised their heads to applaud, but the Sorting Hat did not give a result immediately, which made them feel confused.
Snape already knew the result and looked at the members of the Black family at the Slytherin table.
Narcissa looked at her cousin arguing with the Sorting Hat on the stage, and a hint of confusion appeared on her face.
Each person and the hat discussed for a long time on the stage, and finally came to a conclusion, and the Sorting Hat announced it loudly.
"Gryffindor."
There was a moment of silence in the hall. Andromeda stood up in a panic, and Narcissa looked a little unhappy.
Sirius didn't care about these people's reactions. He happily ran to the Gryffindor table, hugged his good brother, sat at the Gryffindor table, and started a heated discussion.
Lucius noticed that his fiancée looked unhappy, so he raised his hand, held Narcissa's hand which was tightly holding the spoon, and looked at her soothingly.
Narcissa's face looked a little better.
The Slytherin table was eerily quiet.
No one expected that the Black family, which pursues pure blood, would actually produce a Gryffindor!
"Severus Snape"
Professor McGonagall called out the name.
Snape walked over calmly and put on the Sorting Hat.
"Oh, let me see your memory, your extremely rich knowledge and your excellent talent. Maybe you can go..."
"To Slytherin."
Snape interrupted him directly.
"Are you sure? I think Ravenclaw would be a better fit for you."
"Just go to Slytherin." Snape confirmed.
"Okay, since you insist, then... Slytherin!"
The Sorting Hat shouted out the result loudly.
There was no reaction from the Slytherin table. After all, the last name did not sound like that of a pure-blood wizard.
"Clap clap clap."
Lucius clapped gracefully.
Seeing this, the other Slytherin students immediately started applauding and looked at Snape with some curiosity, surprised that he had won Malfoy's favor.
Snape put down the Sorting Hat and walked calmly towards the Slytherin table.
"Severus, sit here." Lucius said to Snape.
Hearing this, Snape walked to his side. Lucius' seat was the best seat in Slytherin, in the center of the long table. Narcissa gave him a friendly smile.
"I knew you would be sorted into Slytherin."
Lucius patted him on the shoulder, his prefect badge flashing in the light, and there was a hint of envy in his voice.
"Gardenia really loves you so much that she came to Hogwarts with you."
"what?"
When Snape heard the latter sentence, his mind froze.
"Gardenia is here too?"
"You don't know?" Lucius was a little surprised and looked towards the professor's seat, "But she is there."
Snape immediately turned his head to look at the professor's seat, only to see Jiang Li, who was supposed to be at home, now smiling and talking to the Herbology professor Sprout next to him.
Professor Sprout seemed to like Jiang Li very much and looked at her with a smile on his face.
Feeling a strong gaze, Jiang Li looked in the direction of the gaze and saw Snape who was staring at him.
She waved gently in Snape's direction and smiled brightly, and saw Snape immediately look away with a blank expression.
Yeah, you are angry.
Children really don't know how to be amused.
Sprout noticed her movements and asked curiously, "Do you know that student?"
"Well, his name is Severus, and he's my family." Jiang Li replied.
Snape felt that he was extremely stupid. He actually worried whether Jiang Li would be lonely living at home after he left, but he turned around and became his professor.
He was in a bad mood and didn't even notice that Lily was sorted into Gryffindor.
Lily walked towards the Gryffindor table in a sad mood.
"Hey, you're not assigned to the same college as your friends~"
As soon as I sat down, I heard a sarcastic voice.
Lily glared at James and said unhappily, "Stay away from me."
When James heard this, he immediately squeezed into her seat and said in a mean way, "No, I like to sit here, Sirius, come and sit here too."
Sirius immediately sat on Lily's right, and he and James sat on Lily's left and right.
Lily's face turned red with anger.
As the Sorting came to an end, Professor McGonagall tapped the covers and Dumbledore stood up.
All the students stopped what they were doing and looked at Dumbledore seriously.
"Before the banquet begins, let us welcome the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Denia Malfoy. She will teach you Defense Against the Dark Arts in the next school year."
Dumbledore introduced Jiang Li to everyone.
Jiang Li stood up and smiled at the students.
She has an outstanding appearance, and she is wearing a well-cut black dress that perfectly outlines her graceful figure, paired with a chic rose hat. The black hollow veil adds a bit of mystery, and an exquisite necklace around her neck sparkles with a low-key and luxurious light under the light.
Her aura is powerful yet restrained. She doesn't need to say anything, just stand there quietly to attract everyone's attention. The smile on her lips is like the spring sun, warm but not scorching, making people respect her but unable to help but want to get closer.
Many students blushed secretly and kept looking at her.
Snape also heard some students whispering.
"She looks really gentle, unlike the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professor."
It's all pretend.
Snape watched Jiang Li behave elegantly and easily in front of everyone, and he couldn't help laughing when he remembered how she deliberately sold swords at home.