How to face the past calmly

While Alphard was thinking hard, Sirius and James chatted with the portraits very familiarly.

"My name is Sirius, nice to meet you."

"I'm James Potter. Do you think that if I secretly plucked a feather from the phoenix over there, it would attack me?"

The portraits also happily accepted the two children brought by Alphard.

"I've been hearing Phineas talk about you, saying you're the pride of the Blacks, boy."

"That phoenix is ​​called Fox. I personally think that it will definitely attack you without its permission, but you are a student, so you shouldn't be hurt too much. If you are fast, you can get the feather, or You can exchange things with it, I saw Ollivander who made the wand succeed, two feathers."

"..." Alphard was at a loss for words.

Mr. Sorting Hat was originally placed on a very conspicuous cabinet with his eyes closed, and he could not wake up from such a loud noise, but when he opened his eyes, he saw Alphard's exquisite face very close to him. , very close, looking at each other for five seconds, Mr. Hat fully demonstrated to everyone present how high his voice can be: "Help, help, that annoying bastard is here to find fault again!"

"Hey hey hey." After the Sorting Hat made a sound, Sirius turned his gun decisively and stretched his claws towards the Sorting Hat. The brat has always been like this, the more scared you are, the more he loves to bully you .

Then?

Then Alphard froze Sirius, together with James, James accused his cousin with his eyes, I am innocent!

The sleeping Phoenix Fox managed to escape, but unfortunately it didn't know about it.

The sorting hat looked at Alphard who said he had frozen his nephew, and the hat with only his face formed a terrified expression, trembling: "What are you going to do, don't come here, I tell you, you will be punished for destroying school public property Yes, a lot of college points will be deducted, I really know how to call it!"

Alphard didn't listen to Mr. Sorting Hat's words, he still stepped forward steadily, and then...

He gave Sirius and James a slap on the back of the head, and pressed Thaw with each hand. They bowed and apologized to Mr. Sorting Hat: "I'm sorry, these two little devils didn't understand the situation during the sorting ceremony. They didn't mean to annoy you. Yes, you don't mind, I personally think your singing voice is beautiful, very inspiring, and a magnificent historical fact."

"Eh?" This is the doubtful sound of everyone present except Alphard, as well as creatures that were once human and never human.

Obviously, this development was not what they expected.

Alphard's apology continued: "I'm really sorry, I caused you a bad mood today, you two, please apologize."

Forced by Alphard's coercion, Sirius and James dragged their voices in unison and said in unison, "Yes-no-together."

"Cough." Mr. Sorting Hat twisted a bit. To be honest, although he was confused by the popularity of Alphard and others, it was actually the same reason that adults would not care about children no matter what. I thought that those three children would come over to apologize to him on purpose. Moreover, since Hogwarts was established for so many years, there have been examples of such children playing pranks on him, and they have been punished by the professors, but , only they came back and apologized.

At this moment, Mr. Sorting Hat finally understood why Dai Lisi and the others liked Alphard so much many years ago. He is a good boy. He may make mistakes, but he will also apologize and take responsibility: "I forgive you."

"Thank you." Alphard smiled brightly at the Sorting Hat.

Apologizing to a hat might seem absurd to others, but Alphard had the idea when Sirius told him that it was a game to make the hat angry.

When I used to read fanart, Alphard always couldn't help thinking that the Sorting Hat is not just a simple hat, it also has feelings and can be hurt. It has worked hard for Hogwarts for thousands of years and welcomed and sent countless children. , it has a long history like this ancient castle, it is older than everyone, it is a special existence that has really seen the Big Four, and unswervingly wants to inherit and carry forward their ideas, it should not be treated like that, Whether it is saying that it sings badly, or dislike its patched appearance... as a hat that has gone through thousands of years, it deserves to be respected.

"Okay, if you came here just for this matter, then now that the matter is over, you'd better leave as soon as possible. I have a hunch that Albus may come back early." Mr. Sorting Hat stayed in Hogwarts for so long Over the years, there have always been some special channels to know things that others cannot know.

And just after Mr. Sorting Hat finished speaking, there were other portraits in the portrait of the principal as guests: "Let Al go, go down the west stairs, Albus and Tom are coming!"

"Thank you for the reminder, we'll talk next time!" After finishing speaking, Alphard hurriedly withdrew from the principal's office with Sirius and James.

After Alphard and the others left, Dai Lisi joked with a smile: "It seems that Mr. Sorting Hat likes Al very much."

"It's just that I don't hate it." Mr. Sorting Hat couldn't be more arrogant, "That kid is the only one who still remembers to bow to me after sorting, twice."

I didn't see you tipping him off last time.Principal Dai Lisi glanced at the sorting hat with a smile, but did not say this.

Phineas raised his chin reservedly and proudly, without saying anything, but there was a message emanating from his whole body, are you envious?My home.

The principals all began to recall the cute little Al in their memory, until Dumbledore entered the door, and the voices stopped abruptly at the same time.

"... Has anything happened here that I don't know about?" Dumbledore always felt a sense of deja vu in the headmaster's office at this moment.

"No!" All the portraits said in unison, very uniform.

Voldemort, who came in with Dumbledore, raised his eyebrows. He felt as if he knew something: "Then, I'll go to the cellar first. You know, Slytherin's annual traditional welcome party. We have something to talk about next time."

"Well, let's talk next time."

After Voldemort left completely, Dumbledore realized belatedly that he was confused by Voldemort's determined expression just now. He obviously hadn't finished talking about the matter at all, so why did he suddenly leave again? has a problem!

The portraits of the principals looked at each other and said innocently, I don't know anything.

Inside the Hogwarts castle, Alpha pulled Sirius and James and started running for their lives. The three of them had a tacit understanding that if the Dark Lord didn't arrive there before the Dark Lord went to the Slytherin common room, there would definitely be trouble. Good things happen.

Unfortunately, they were still stopped.

This is a fork on the first floor that is about to return to the cellar. On the left is a ten-inch giant snake with green skin and yellow eyes, staring at the three of them, hissing something.

"Nagini?! Damn it, go to the right!" Alphard recognized the snake that he used as a cover to faint several times at first glance, and Nagini and the Dark Lord in the original book are basically Meng Buke Jiao Buli Meng's conjoined twins, Nagini, appeared on the left, and of course they had to run to the right.

If Alphard knew Parseltongue, he would know how stupid his move was.

Because what Nagini said in Parseltongue is: {Al, hurry up, this way, Voldy is on the right, you will definitely not run into him if you run from this side.Hey, what are you running for? The direction is wrong. It's this way, this way, that way... Hey, Voldy, I just ate too many sweets in the middle of the night and came out for a walk, absolutely no tipping off! }Voldemort smiled slightly at Nagini, but the cold light in his eyes made people shudder.

Alphard didn't know that Voldemort was smiling at Nagini, and thought he was smiling at him, thinking, Fuck, the Dark Lord is really despicable, my life is over.

"V, V, V..." In desperation, James couldn't even pronounce Voldemort's name.

"Professor Voldemort, we're just a little hungry and want to go to the kitchen to get something to eat." Sirius reacted quickly, giving him a reasonable reason for his several night excursions at all.

Voldemort didn't say whether he believed Sirius' words, he just stared closely at the silent Alphard with those beautiful red eyes, staring at his prey like a snake, and then asked in a voice as low as a velvet cloth : "Is that so, Al? You're just hungry, looking for the kitchen, looking for something to eat?"

Alphard actually didn't want to understand what Voldemort was saying, but unfortunately, he just knew that Voldemort was saying, didn't you say that you would never lie to me again, so now is a good time to test whether you are sincere.

"No, sir, I'm sorry, we went out for a night tour, but this is all my idea, it has nothing to do with them, I forced them to explore Hogwarts at night, I can't wait to learn about it." Alpha De had to bite the bullet and admit it honestly, except for the part other than the Sorting Hat.

Voldemort raised the corners of his lips and smiled with satisfaction: "Very well, then, as you told me, Al, if you do something wrong, you must take responsibility and be punished, but as the head of Slytherin House, I really It is very difficult to deduct points from your own college, so you will come to my office for confinement in the next week, from seven to nine every night, and you cannot be absent."