days at Hogwarts

Chapter 741: The first time you enter school, you must be sorted into a house
Loren and Hermione looked at the graduate in some surprise, but could not help but feel curious about the Sorting Ceremony of Ilvermorny. They looked at the four towering statues and followed Nancy Boot's instructions to walk towards the circular platform.

The statue of a long-horned water snake is right in front of you. The slightly scary snake head opens its mouth and spits out its tongue. The gems on its forehead and eyes emit a soft glow, revealing a kind of calm gentleness.

According to the book, the Horned Serpent Academy is keen to accept students who love reading and thinking, which is equivalent to Ravenclaw in Hogwarts, advocating wisdom...

These data flashed through Hermione's mind, and as she stood on the circular platform, she felt very subtle.

"Bah!"

It was not the horned water snake that responded to her, but the thunderbird statue on the right. Along with the subtle sound of electricity, a faint but obvious crystal blue electric light flowed through, and the solid wood carved thunderbird vibrated its wings, faintly conveying the brewing storm and thunder.
Nancy, who was standing below the platform, explained at the right time: "The Thunderbird prefers students who love adventure and are brave enough to step into the unknown. The flapping of its wings means that it likes you very much."

Hermione pursed her lips. In fact, she was more inclined to the horned water snake.

Loren was not surprised. He felt that Ilvermorny was worthy of being a school with hundreds of years of history. It had something special. The purpose of Thunderbird Academy not only included the courage of Gryffindor, but also a bit of Slytherin's ambition, or lofty aspirations, which was very suitable for the little witch.

Then Hermione turned around and made way for him. As she stepped off the stage, she heard Loren mutter in a low voice, "The Sorting Ceremony at Ilvermorny is pretty accurate."

Hermione: "..."

Loren stood in the middle of the huge Gordian knot and looked at the four statues with interest.

Directly in front of you is the long-horned water snake. Unlike the notorious basilisk and the serpent monster, the long-horned water snake is notoriously weak and easy to bully. Because its entire body can be used to make potions and wands, it was captured and on the verge of extinction centuries ago. In its native places of Western Europe and the Far East, the long-horned water snake is still a rare animal.

Some people speculate that the long-horned water snakes in the Americas were brought here by immigrants, and without natural enemies or potion makers to hunt them, they gradually multiplied. Some experts also believe that this is because the long-horned water snakes have mutated, giving up their poison in exchange for the gemstone on their foreheads. It is said that the gemstone has the ability to be invisible and fly, and a very small number of water snakes have the talent to predict disasters.

The founder, Isolt Searle, once made a wand with the horn of a horned water snake under the guidance of the snake and gave it to his adopted son Chawick Nancy. This wand eventually issued a warning when Gormlaith Gaunt attacked, buying them time in that duel.

The Thunderbird is a magical animal that lives in North America and is related to the Phoenix. It has also left its mark in Muggle history and legends. The most recent legendary event was in 1926, when Newt controlled the Thunderbird to attack the entire city of New York.

There is no legendary story about Thunderbird Academy. It's just that one of the founder's adopted sons liked this creature. He was Chawick Nancy, who held the wand with the core of the horned water snake. He founded Thunderbird Academy.

The cat-leopard looks similar to a jaguar, but has six legs. It lives in the Appalachian Mountains. When it is young, its head is like a rabbit. When it grows up, it can walk upright and run faster than a bow and arrow. Its eyes have the ability to hypnotize and telepathically.

There is no legendary story about the Cat and Leopard Academy. It is just the favorite animal of the founder's other son.

Pukki has a deep connection with Ilvermorny.

Pukki are not magical animals, but a sub-human race, distant relatives of goblins. The International Confederation of Wizards once intended to classify them as humans. They are short, gray-skinned, have very long ears, and can use powerful magic.

When Aesop Searle was young, he rescued a Pukki from the Hidden Monster. He was William recorded in the school history. In order to repay his gratitude, he stayed in Ilvermorny. The rest of the story is widely known. He helped the founder overcome the initial hardships and helped the school to operate and develop... The four colleges represent wisdom, body, heart, and soul respectively.

Loren came back to his senses, lowered his eyes calmly, and waited quietly for the sorting ceremony to begin. A ray of crystal blue light flashed by, and he caught the subtle magic power that quickly swept across his body.

He had a vague understanding in his heart that Ilvermorny did not have a Sorting Hat that could read minds, so it used the method of detecting magic instead.

Everyone has a different personality, which leads to different emotions. Some scholars believe that emotions are the means by which the soul regulates magic power, and can shape and change magic power. Therefore, Ilvermorny tests magic power to judge personality, and then divides the people into different houses.

Since this theory is still in the theoretical stage, Loren speculates that this method of division may not be so reliable.

After about a few seconds, movement was heard from the academy statue above.

First, the gem inlaid on the forehead of the long-horned water snake burst into light, then the thunderbird flapped its wings, the six-legged cat-leopard leaned forward slightly, and uttered a death sound from its mouth, and Pukchi wearing gray armor drew his bow and drew his arrow.

The four college statues took time to respond to the students.

Loren and Hermione had read about this situation in books, but they were still a little surprised to see it happen in front of their own eyes.

"It is rare that this happens, and if more than one college has a statue that indicates a desire to recruit students, then the choice falls to the students themselves."

Nancy seemed to find it very interesting and turned to look at Picqueri next to her: "The last time this happened was with Picqueri's grandmother. By the way, Picqueri's name is inherited from Ms. Seraphina Picqueri."

"You already know about the Horned Water Snake College and Thunderbird College. The Cat-Leopard College pursues a selfless spirit and a strong body, and the Pukki College advocates becoming a doctor who saves others." Pickley Graves leaned against the wall, not caring about Nancy's words, with a smile on his face: "How about it, Loren, which college do you want to choose?"

"I think there are loopholes in this method of sorting. If you encounter a problem student who has difficulty making choices, the professors in your school will be busy." Loren shook his head and turned to walk down the stage.

Nancy and Pickley didn't seem to have thought about this question either. They looked at each other with thoughtful expressions.

"If there were such psychological barriers, the four colleges would not have responded at the same time..."

Suddenly, a steady and rough voice came from the circular terrace above, followed by a series of footsteps. Several familiar figures walked out from the terrace. Headmaster Dumbledore was smiling, and Gilbert Fontana of Ilvermorny was also laughing. He chuckled and said:

"Are you really not going to choose a house, Mr. Morgan? And Miss Granger, Ilvermorny is an open-minded school that accepts transfer students from outside."

(End of this chapter)