A day of learning magic at Hogwarts

With the last two students, Ronald Weasley and Blaise Sabine, they were sorted into Gryffindor and Slytherin houses respectively.

The sorting ceremony, which lasted for an hour, was finally over.

Professor McGonagall rolled up the parchment, took the Sorting Hat and left.

At the guest of honor, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore stood up at this time.

He looked at the students with a smile on his face and opened his arms to them. He felt very happy that so many students were gathering together.

"Welcome!" he said, "Welcome to Hogwarts to start the new school year! Before the banquet begins, I would like to say a few words."

Ian, who was sitting comfortably in his seat, quickly pricked up his ears.

"That's it: idiot! sneeze! scum! twist!"

"thank you all!"

He sat down again, and a burst of enthusiastic applause erupted in the hall.

Ian vaguely heard that some students around him were discussing whether the principal was a little "crazy".

But he didn't think so... For an outstanding wizard like Dumbledore, it was obviously inappropriate to use this adjective to describe him.

Moreover, this sentence may have other profound meanings.

Ian quickly fell into a brief thought.

Four nouns, or four highly referential names... could they refer to the four houses of Hogwarts?

So Nitwit refers to Hufflepuff?After all, due to the lower threshold, the average quality of Hufflepuff students is obviously lower than that of the other three houses.

No, Ian suddenly thought of something and realized the true meaning of the principal's words——

The word Nitwit is often used as an insult, meaning "idiot, fool". Ravenclaw witches and wizards think that they are very new, so they think that students who have not entered Ravenclaw are idiots.

Blubber is a word often used by teenagers to refer to "fat." Unfriendly children use this word to insult and look down on fatter and less physically fit peers.Most Gryffindor students consider themselves brave and think that students from other houses are not as fearless as them and are all cowards.

Oddment: This is a term derived from the textile industry, which refers to the leftovers of cloth that are small and can no longer be used to make useful items.Slytherin students are advocates of pure blood and value the purity of blood.In the eyes of Slytherins, students from other houses are not pure wizards, but useless scraps.

As for the last Tweak, it means adjustment and correction.Hufflepuff students are always busy doing things, because upright and hard-working Hufflepuff students hope that students from other houses should adjust themselves.

"Interesting!" Ian couldn't help laughing.

This is indeed a good bad joke, although it does take a little brainpower to really understand it.

He seemed to be the only student smiling in the entire hall.

"What's wrong?" Ernie glanced at Ian in surprise.

"Nothing!" Ian smiled and shook his head.

He looked up and glanced at Albus Dumbledore again.

It seems that this great, old principal also has some different opinions on the sorting rules of Hogwarts.

……

The banquet has already begun.

Just now, the golden plates on the long table were filled with food——

Roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops, lamb chops, sausages, steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, crisps, Yorkshire pudding, pea shoots, carrots, gravy, tomato sauce...

As a loyal "carnivore", these foods are quite suitable for Ian's appetite.

During those days in the orphanage, I spent almost every day in hunger.

After leaving the orphanage, in order to save enough for tuition, the daily expenditure on food also needs to be carefully calculated.

A life where one can truly let go of one's belly and eat without any worries seems a bit far away from Ian Traister.

And now, he felt it again.

He picked up a chicken leg in one hand and a pork chop in the other; he ate it up and ate it.

To be honest, the chefs at Hogwarts are pretty good, and the food tastes not bad; it’s just that the pigs have obviously not been castrated, and the pork meat has a distinct smell.

Such a cheerful banquet can easily bring everyone closer together.

Both the new and old students started chatting happily.

Ernie MacMillan quickly put aside the worries of not being assigned to Ravenclaw and began happily telling everyone about some embarrassing things about the MacMillan family's past.

Justin Finch-Fletchley, who was born into a Muggle family, was no longer nervous at all; he vividly began to describe how when he was eight years old, he followed his parents to Westminster Abbey and met Her Majesty the Queen and Princess Diana. ; Many little wizards were fascinated by it.

Cedric Diggory and Hufflepuff's prefect Gabriel Truman, two senior students, were telling the new students about some of the rules in Hogwarts Castle.

"The gentleman standing at the door, Argus Filch, he is the caretaker of Hogwarts Castle; he also has a cat named Lady Norris."

"Every night, they will be in the corridors of the castle, arresting students who escape secretly, and any students caught by them will be imprisoned."

"And Rubeus Hagrid, the keykeeper and gamekeeper. He's a nice, easy-to-talk guy, as long as you don't force your way into the Forbidden Forest!"

Ian was on the sidelines and curiously asked them questions from time to time.

……

The party is over and some delicious desserts are on the way.

After the desserts were gradually eaten, the banquet began to come to an end.

Professor Dumbledore stood up and the auditorium returned to silence.

"Oh, now that everyone has eaten and drank enough, I want to say a few more words to you. At the beginning of the semester, I want to put forward a few things to pay attention to." Professor Dumbledore said:

"Attention first-year freshmen, no students are allowed to enter the forest area on the school grounds. Some of our senior students should also remember this well."

"Also, Mr. Filch, the administrator, asked me to remind everyone not to do magic in the corridors between classes.

"The review of Quidditch players will be held in the second week of this semester. Anyone who is interested in participating in the college team please contact Ms. Hooch.

"Finally, I have to tell everyone that those who don't want to suffer an accident or a painful death, please don't enter the corridor on the right on the fourth floor."

"The corridor on the right side of the fourth floor?" Ian frowned, thinking about the amount of information in it.

The other students around him had already started singing the school song, celebrating the end of the banquet.