Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

At the guest of honor table, Hagrid, who was sitting in the corner, was so surprised that he accidentally crushed the cup in his hand.

Not far from him, a professor with only one arm and half a leg left seemed to be frightened by the sound of the cup breaking. He raised his hand exaggeratedly, but accidentally threw away the prosthesis on his right hand.

The prosthetic limb hit Professor Flitwick's head, causing the latter to let out a low cry - it was unclear whether the cry contained more shock or pain.

A professor with his head wrapped in a turban sitting not far from Flitwick also let out an exaggerated exclamation. The sharp sound made a professor with greasy hair next to him frown.

Professor McGonagall, who was closest to Ryan, could hardly hide her surprise.

This has never happened before.

Since the recorded history of Hogwarts, students who have been sorted by the Sorting Hat will enter one of the four major houses, without exception.

Although some people also joked that perhaps for some natural dark wizards, the Sorting Hat could directly send them to Azkaban.

But that was just a joke.

But now...an exception has really appeared.

So at this moment, even Albus Dumbledore, who had been sitting quietly in the headmaster's seat, couldn't help but stand up.

He looked at Ryan's back thoughtfully, then walked to the front of the stage with a serious expression.

"Let me do it, Minerva."

He said this to Professor McGonagall, and after the latter stepped aside, he walked in front of Ryan.

Those sky-blue, wise eyes swept across Ryan's face and finally locked onto the Sorting Hat.

He didn't say anything, and neither did the Sorting Hat.

But Ryan was certain—they were communicating.

"Really... Now that you're sure... I understand."

After a brief exchange with the Sorting Hat, Dumbledore responded softly.

Then he looked at Ryan with a smile and turned around.

"Loud voices—oh, children, please be quiet."

He gently stretched out his hand and pointed at his neck, then signaled for silence.

After the young wizards quieted down, he continued, "I just confirmed the result of the sorting to the Sorting Hat, but it is clear that it does not intend to change its conclusion."

"So, I think I must have the honor to announce that Hogwarts will welcome a special little wizard..."

He cleared his throat. "Mr. Ryan Elias, his house will be under 'Hogwarts'."

"He doesn't belong to any college, but he belongs to all colleges at the same time!"

After hearing this, even the knowledgeable professors could not hide the shock on their faces.

Dumbledore's meaning is easy to understand. Ryan will receive special treatment and he will live in school as a student of four colleges at the same time.

But obviously...

"Dumbledore, this..."

Professor McGonagall said hesitantly, "Isn't this a little too special - I mean, about the timetable and dormitory..."

She understood the problem.

Hogwarts had never had such a special student before, and the Hogwarts timetable could not keep up with such a huge change.

For example, Gryffindor freshmen have a Transfiguration class on Monday morning and a Herbology class in the afternoon.

On the contrary, Ravenclaw freshmen have two consecutive Potions classes on Monday morning and a History of Magic class in the afternoon.

But Hufflepuffs are a combination of the two - they have Potions classes in the morning and Herbology in the afternoon.

The class schedule is different for each college.

In this case, it would obviously be very troublesome for the school to arrange Ryan's courses.

But Dumbledore obviously didn't think this was a problem.

"According to tradition, the Sorting Hat's result cannot be changed."

He confirmed this fact before saying, "As for the class schedule...Mr. Elias can submit the class schedule of his choice every Sunday."

"Just make sure you have the same number of classes per week as other students."

"For the first week, he'll follow the Gryffindor schedule."

Dumbledore did not hide his preference for Gryffindor - after all, he was the most famous Lion student of our time.

The young wizards below, even some of the senior wizards, were envious after hearing this.

Being able to choose his own courses means that as long as Ryan does it properly, he can ensure that he is not late for any of his classes.

"He might even be able to sleep in every day."

Ron whispered to Harry, "I really hope the hat does the same to me someday."

Harry didn't reply—he was envious, too, but he kept it to himself.

But at this time, Dumbledore continued to speak.

"As for the dormitory, Mr. Elias will get a special one... In fact, there's a vacant room on the south side of the sixth floor of the castle. I believe the elves would be happy to clean it up and use it as Mr. Elias's dormitory."

"And the common room... Mr. Elias can certainly use the common rooms of all four houses."

Something is wrong, absolutely 110% wrong!

Then Ryan discovered that something was wrong.

Although the reasons given by Headmaster Dumbledore seem reasonable, such as the tradition of the Sorting Hat cannot be changed...

But no matter how he listened, Ryan felt that the principal was too lenient with him...it could even be said to be a "privilege".

"Did the Sorting Hat tell him my identity?"

Ryan muttered in his heart: "This hat can't be so unreliable, right?"

Just as he was thinking this, Dumbledore announced that the ceremony would continue.

The old wizard turned happily and walked back to the guest of honor table.

But when he turned around, Ryan clearly saw him wink at him and smile.

Ryan: "..."

Something is even more wrong.

And when Dumbledore sat back in his seat.

"I never thought you would arrange it this way, Dumbledore."

The dark-haired man sitting next to Flitwick spoke softly.

His neck was straight and his head was held high. His black hair, which seemed to have not been washed for some time, matched the black robe he was wearing.

At this moment, he said slowly, "Such special treatment for a freshman... I thought this honor would belong to Mr. Potter."

As he spoke, his eyes swept over Harry Potter who was clapping below.

He saw the other person's eyes and quickly looked away.

"Oh, that hurts, Severus."

Dumbledore stroked his beard and picked up the pumpkin juice on the table with a smile: "Don't be so sharp with a centenarian. This is the decision of the Sorting Hat and the four founders... Oh, this pumpkin juice is a little cold."

Chapter 19 Ryan's sharp comments on the Defense Against the Dark Arts class!

After the sorting, Ryan chose to sit at the Gryffindor table after hesitating for a moment.

Although he could theoretically choose any of the four long tables, the Weasley twins' cheers of "Good job, brother!" and "Come here!" were too loud.

Ryan even saw Qiu Zhang's helpless eye-roll at the Ravenclaw table, who obviously wanted to invite him to sit down.

And after he came to the long table and sat down at the seat that the twins had intentionally left empty.

"Ryan, we all heard about it!"

Fred winked and said, "You taught that Malfoy guy a lesson - I think his name was Draco?"

George shrugged. "Whatever it's called, well done!"

The two brothers high-fived excitedly, and the little lions beside them also applauded and cheered.

Their voices were not masked, so the young wizards from the Snake Academy sitting at the long table not far away could hear them clearly.

They all glared at them, but the little lions were not afraid and glared back immediately.

"I don't think this is anything to brag about."

But after seeing this scene, Ryan frowned: "This has nothing to do with Slytherin itself - it's just that Draco Malfoy himself lacks quality..."

He also discovered that after a thousand years at Hogwarts, the differences between the four major colleges seemed to have become very serious.

Slytherin was particularly prominent among them - they were hated by the other three houses almost at the same time.

This made Ryan feel very dissatisfied.

"Oh Ryan, you don't know those Slytherin guys..."

After hearing this, Fred seemed to want to say something else.

But George interrupted him by patting his shoulder, and the two brothers realized through eye contact that Ryan didn't seem to want to talk about this.

So George immediately changed the subject with a smile: "Oh, let's not talk about these unhappy things... Ryan, you almost caused us to lose 5 Galleons."

So Ryan became even more confused - what was this?

Fred explained, "We made a bet with Cho, we thought you would be sorted into Gryffindor..."

He spread his hands: "The bad news is, we guessed wrong."

And George said: "The good news is that Qiu didn't guess right either."

The two brothers smiled at each other and found this result very funny.

Afterwards, Ryan continued chatting with the Weasley twins.

Most of the content was Gemini introducing the professors sitting in the guest of honor seats.