Connor's Hogwarts

Through the griffin knocker, Connor came to the Hogwarts Headmaster's Office for the first time, which was a spacious, beautiful round room.

Dumbledore hadn't come back yet, and there was no one else in the room. Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes was standing on a gilded perch, tilting his head to look at Connor who walked in.

The walls of the room were covered with portraits of the former male and female principals. As soon as Connor entered, the people in the portraits all looked over. Some continued to pretend to be asleep, or talked among themselves, but no one spoke to Connor.

There is also a huge table in the center of the room with claw-shaped legs. On a shelf behind the table, there is a tattered Sorting Hat.

With nothing to do, Connor decided to chat with the Sorting Hat.

"Hi Sorting Hat, we meet again."

The dirty Sorting Hat shook, probably waking up from thinking. It looked at Connor with its "eyes", as if it could "see" who it was, and said happily:

"Hello, Connor Lake, the most qualified freshman in recent years. I remember you. I haven't seen you for a while. You have become stronger."

? Connor seems to have heard some strange adjectives? "Sorry to interrupt, I heard you correctly...what did you just say that meets the requirements?"

"Oh, you heard me right. It's okay to tell you. As a hat endowed with wisdom by the four founders, in addition to working for the new branch, I was also given the mission of finding qualified candidates!"

? ? ? I seem to have heard something extraordinary by accident? Connor asked cautiously: "Excuse me, what is a qualified person?"

"Eligible students are students who meet the requirements of the four founders at the same time and are qualified to inherit the treasures of Hogwarts." the Sorting Hat said honestly.

? Connor was stunned for a while. Did he trigger the plot? But I’ve never heard that the Sorting Hat has this function? Moreover, why did the Sorting Hat reveal a secret that sounded terrible so easily? ! ?

Connor swallowed and asked, "So... what are your requirements?"

"It's very simple, pure blood, extraordinary courage, extraordinary wisdom, kind nature and strong strength."

"..." Then your condition is indeed very simple.

"So you think I still lack strong strength?" Connor asked without blushing.

"It's almost the same, but they didn't tell me how powerful it was at the time, so it's hard for me to judge."

? ? ? You are too unreliable, why is it such a childish thing to hear what you say? Connor was confused and asked, "Isn't Principal Dumbledore a qualified person?" Could it be that Old Dumbledore is actually a big devil who likes to snatch lollipops from girls, and is he not kind at all? Connor thought maliciously.

"Of course Dumbledore is qualified. Dumbledore is indeed qualified to inherit the Hogwarts treasures." The Sorting Hat said one thing.

"Eh? So Principal Dumbledore got the Hogwarts treasure?"

"That's not true. Dumbledore didn't find the treasure. He didn't seem to be interested in what I said..." The Sorting Hat's tone seemed a bit unpleasant.

"Um, so the qualified person just has the qualifications. If you want to get the treasure, do you have to find it yourself?" Fuck, Bai was happy, thinking he had heard some big secret.

"Of course, there will be a few students like you who are suitable for the four colleges every few years. It's a pity that they all leave the school before they have strong strength. There are many qualified students among the past principals, but it is a pity that they all Like Dumbledore, you don't really believe what I say." The resentment in the Sorting Hat's words seemed to be even deeper.

Hahaha, Connor pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled dryly. In fact, I don’t really believe what you said. If I don’t have nothing to do, I don’t want to chat with you: “Then… do you know where these treasures are?”

"I do not know."

"..."

The Sorting Hat seemed to feel that it was a bit embarrassing to say this. It quickly added: "Actually, I probably know where one of them is! The four founders left me tips! This is only after the qualified person has strong strength. I’ll tell them!”

Under Connor's suspicious gaze, the Sorting Hat sang loudly: "Gryffindor favors the unyielding. Being timid and cowardly is not Gryffindor; Slytherin strengthens himself in the secret room, and foresight is for Slytherin." ;the climb……"

"Wait, wait, wait!!" Connor quickly interrupted the sorting hat to talk about the word count. He said, "Didn't you sing this song at the beginning of school?"

The interrupted Sorting Hat said a little unhappy: "Yes."

"???Then you say this is a reminder?"

"Yes, this is a hint. Look at how obvious the hint is. I can guarantee with my head that Slytherin's treasure is in his secret room..."

"No...so this is what prompted you to sing it like this in the first place? No, it was promised that the qualified person would only know it after he becomes strong?"

"Dumbledore was also there at the time! I sang it to him!" The Sorting Hat said in a slightly annoyed tone like a child who was caught being lazy and did not complete his homework. "And this has been more than a thousand years. No one has ever found their treasure and I have no problem telling them!”

"..." Well, you are older, you are awesome, and everything you said is right, but when it comes to the secret room, Connor's interest was piqued again. This is a real place, "So Hogwarts There are four copies of the treasure?”

"No, there is only one treasure in Hogwarts, but you need to be recognized by the four founders to get the treasure. Maybe you can treat it as having five treasures. As far as I know about them, once you get their recognition , you will get a lot of benefits.”

"Oh, that sounds interesting."

"That's right! Do you want to get these treasures? Listen to me and go find them, boy! The founders have already placed all the treasures there!" the Sorting Hat said excitedly.

Connor was sweating. Are you the legendary Sorting D. Hat? Connor was about to say something else when the door behind him suddenly opened.

Connor turned around, and it was Dumbledore who walked in. He smiled and said, "I hope I didn't keep you waiting too long, Connor. Did the Sorting Hat entertain the guests for me? It looks like you guys were having a good time chatting."

"Hello, Professor, I was just listening to the Sorting Hat talk about the treasures of Hogwarts." Connor replied obediently.

"Oh, so you are still qualified, right? This is an incredible honor." Dumbledore came over and sat back on the chair behind the big table. He waved again, and a chair flew to Connor. In front of him, he said: "Sit down, Connor. As far as I know, most of the previous principals of Hogwarts are qualified candidates according to the Sorting Hat. Maybe you will also become the principal of Hogwarts in the future."

"But you have never looked for the treasure! Everything I said is true! But you don't believe me!" the Sorting Hat shouted.

Dumbledore shrugged helplessly at Connor: "I think this school is the best treasure left by the four founders, isn't it?"

Connor sat down slowly, noncommittal. In fact, he was quite concerned about what the Sorting Hat said. After all, it mentioned the Chamber of Secrets. If it were any other Connor, he would have thought that the Sorting Hat was bragging, but the Chamber of Secrets really existed. It's possible that Harry didn't explore the secret room clearly at all, and there might be something big to eat in it.

It's a pity that Connor doesn't know Parseltongue, otherwise he would want to sneak away now to see what's going on. How about using a lollipop to trick Harry into opening a backdoor for himself? Kidnapping a little friend into the women's bathroom sounds very disturbing. Ahem, anyway, just go and find out when the time comes.

At this time, Dumbledore took out a pile of cockroaches from under his table. A large pile of cockroach-like candies was crawling around on the table. He said, "Want to eat some? This pile of cockroaches is very sweet." "

Connor kept an awkward yet polite smile, silently picked up one, took a bite, and found that the thing was quite crispy: "Thank you, Professor, it tastes good."

Dumbledore smiled happily and said, "That's right. It's been a long time since anyone shared the delicious taste of cockroaches with me. People nowadays don't really like to eat sweets."

Connor has been silently observing the greatest white wizard in the world, trying to see something. Unfortunately, Connor only saw a very ordinary old man, a very kind old naughty boy.

After eating a few cockroaches, Dumbledore seemed to finally remember the business. He said, "By the way, Connor, I think you haven't forgotten the commission to paint a painting for me, an old man."

"Of course not, Professor, I've just been busy lately so I didn't bother you." Shameless old man, if I hadn't come in today, you would have definitely forgotten about me!

"Oh, I can see that you have made great progress in the past two months." Dumbledore leaned forward slightly, his eyes looking over the half-moon glasses into Connor's eyes. This bad old man wanted to use Legilimency again! He is indeed a perverted voyeur! Connor activated Occlumency, stuffing some anxious feelings and what he had eaten for tonight's dinner into the pseudo-conscious space, trying to get through.

In fact, Occlumency is very effective, and simple Legilimency cannot tell Connor's true thoughts.

Dumbledore quickly smacked his lips, withdrew his gaze, and said nonchalantly: "Connor, you are very talented. I haven't seen such an outstanding little wizard like you for a long time. The last time I saw him, he was fifty." years ago"

Dumbledore paused, changed the subject, and said, "Don't be too nervous. I asked you to come here just to have a simple chat. We need to know more about each other, don't we?"

"Yes, Professor, actually I'm not too nervous, I'm still thinking about the Sorting Hat's treasure." Connor pretended to be relieved and scratched his head.

"Well, that's certainly an interesting story."

"Hey! Dumbledore! That's not a story! Everything I said is true!" shouted the Sorting Hat.

"No! You are a liar!" A smelly voice sounded. Connor turned around and saw that it was a portrait. Under the frame, Connor saw the name of the owner of the portrait - "Phineas Nigel" Sir James Black (1847-1926) "Sirius's ancestor?"

"I just believed your lies! I paid for the overhaul of the underground pipes in Hogwarts! I went to look for the secret room you talked about! The result! I turned the castle upside down! But I found nothing! I lost money for this A lot of money!" The old principal seemed to have just woken up from pretending to be asleep or recalled a bad memory. He roared angrily at the sorting hat.

"You are not qualified." The Sorting Hat's tone seemed to be a little weaker: "Just because you haven't found it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

"Okay, okay, Phineas." Dumbledore stopped the old principal who wanted to continue arguing. He turned to Connor and said, "Of course I hope my students will be adventurous, but I don't want them to be reckless. Put yourself in danger, no matter whether the legend of the secret room is true or false, I don't want you to take the initiative to explore its secrets before you have enough strength."

"Um, of course, of course, I abide by the school rules." Connor scratched his head and slightly stuck out his tongue, trying to be cute. Connor knew very well that Dumbledore didn't use Legilimency just now, but he could see that He realized what he was about to think. He was indeed an old fox. He could guess so accurately without using magic. He couldn't let down his guard when dealing with Old Dengtou.

After that, Connor and Dumbledore bragged for half an hour, exchanging business blows throughout the whole process. Finally, they made an agreement with Dumbledore to come to the office for tea every two weeks, and Old Dumbledore let Connor go.

On the way back to the dormitory, Connor couldn't help but sigh: Dealing with foxes is really tiring, so it's better to have more fun with the little kids.