190 Performance and expression
The process of the sorting ceremony was as simple as in previous years. First, the Sorting Hat sang a new song that he had been thinking about all year, and the students applauded politely. Then Professor McGonagall read out the names of the new students one by one and asked them to sort them into different houses.
However, Karan noticed that the lyrics of the Sorting Hat did not mention anything about uniting everyone.
This may seem inconsistent with schools taking enhanced protective measures.
In addition, when Regulus Black's name was called, the four Houses' tables suddenly fell silent, especially those of Gryffindor and Slytherin.
Everyone wants to see if last year's farce will happen again - a Black was sorted into Gryffindor.
Finally, with Regulus looking slightly uneasy, the Sorting Hat shouted: "Slytherin!"
A burst of enthusiastic cheers erupted from the Slytherin table, which shocked Regulus. He had never expected that he would be so popular.
On the contrary, there were sighs and sighs from the Gryffindor table.
It seems that Sirius is indeed a rare exception.
"What a pity!" James said with a hint of regret, "I thought he could also be sorted into Gryffindor."
Sirius shook his head and said lightly: "There is nothing to be sorry for."
"This is normal."
Compared to James, who had only been with him for one journey, he certainly had to understand better what kind of person his brother was.
There was nothing unexpected about this result.
After all, Regulus was still too weak, especially in front of his parents.
Sirius looked at Regulus's back from a distance. He didn't change his gaze until Principal Dumbledore stood up.
At the same time, the entire auditorium suddenly fell into silence.
Apparently, more than one person noticed the changes in the school, and many people even speculated that this might be related to the increasing number of Muggle victimizations.
All the old students looked at Dumbledore expectantly, and the freshmen who had just completed sorting were also inexplicably infected by this atmosphere. They all remained silent and looked at each other in confusion.
"Welcome our new students!"
Dumbledore said loudly, his arms spread wide and a huge smile on his face.
"Welcome to our old students too - welcome back!"
"I think everyone has a lot of doubts in their minds."
He said empathetically, took out a pocket watch, opened it and took a look at it, then said: "It's almost time..."
time?
What time?
The expressions on the students' faces became even more confused, and Karan even noticed that the same expression appeared on many professors.
At this time, the door of the auditorium was suddenly knocked open with a bang. Steve was so frightened that he trembled violently, and the students suddenly let out a burst of exclamations.
Outside the gate, stood a figure whose whole body was illuminated, which seemed to be deliberately highlighting the identity of justice.
Through this layer of light, Karan saw that this man was Gideon Prewett, the older brother of the Prewett brothers, because he did not wear any gold watch on his exposed wrist.
"I heard there's danger at Hogwarts!"
He spoke uprightly, as if a special magic had been cast on his voice, allowing his voice to spread throughout the entire auditorium effortlessly.
He quickly walked up to a Ravenclaw freshman with wide eyes, and those nearby couldn't help but cover their eyes slightly.
There was no way around it, the light on his body was so bright that it even left a string of glowing footprints on the floor where he walked, with sparks still rising from them, like fireworks.
"Tell me, kid!"
He said seriously: "Where is the danger?"
The freshman was stunned. He even looked a little frightened.
Fortunately, this did not interrupt the performance, because in the next second, a deep black shadow appeared at the door of the auditorium. His whole body was shrouded in black witch robes, and he was exuding waves of black mist.
Everyone immediately recognized the role played by the dark shadow: a Death Eater.
"The danger you talk about is me!"
He said sadly.
If he hadn't heard Fabian's unique voice and seen the gold watch on his wrist, Karan would have even thought he was a real Death Eater.
Fabian's appearance at this time is really similar.
But even so, there were still many students at the end of the long table who were so frightened that they cowered up.
But Gideon quickly came forward. He raised the wand in his hand, and the special effects on his body suddenly became more exaggerated. Undisguised fireworks emerged from his body, turning into the shapes of animals. The heads of passing students were jumping up and down!
There must be something hidden under the witch robe he wears.
Karan couldn't help but think.
"It's the hippogriff!"
Steve suddenly became excited at this moment. He pointed at the fireworks and said: "There are also swallow-tailed dogs, moon-crazy beasts, griffons..."
But he soon stopped counting these magical animals, because the fight between the two was much more exciting than this.
They kept waving their wands in the aisle, and rays of light suddenly shot out. During this period, many fireworks collided with the black mist, and then dissipated together.
The tacit understanding between the two people was unprecedented. Many curses were rubbed against the corners of their clothes, and the students didn't even dare to say anything.
Karan carefully distinguished it for a while, and he discovered that the rays of light were not fireworks, but real magic spells.
It's just that the names of the curses in the two people's mouths are a little bit out of place.
"Fire of justice!" Gideon shouted.
"Evil Shield!" Fabian refused to be outdone.
But this did not diminish the excitement of the performance at all. After Fabian was knocked down "accidentally", there was a burst of enthusiastic applause in the auditorium, and Karan felt that even the ground was shaking.
"thank you all!"
Gideon pulled Fabian up and took off the hood on his head, revealing a face exactly like his.
The two returned gracefully in different directions, and Gideon shouted loudly: "Next, I will serve as the head of the school's Defense Against the Dark Arts department."
Fabian also said loudly: "And I will work under the head of the department and be responsible for everyone's Defense Against the Dark Arts course."
Karan was stunned for a moment.
When Dumbledore was the head of the Transfiguration Department, Professor McGonagall worked under him.
From the looks of it, those two chairs were indeed prepared for the Prewett brothers.
But he didn't expect that there would be two Defense Against the Dark Arts professors this year.
"This is a more traditional way of holding office, which has not been done for many years."
After the applause died down, Dumbledore said with a smile.
He didn't explain the school's protective measures anymore, as if this performance had already explained everything.
Karan turned his head and took a look. Unsurprisingly, the faces of the snake-born people at the Slytherin table were not very good, and many people did not even applaud.
For example, Narcissa Black.
But they didn't boo blatantly.
At the teacher's table, Professor Slughorn seemed to be pretending to say something casually, and Professor Kettleburn's face suddenly became stinker than the snake descendants.
Karan looked at this scene and laughed secretly.
Professor Kettleburn, who had been in charge of the school's pantomime, provided a magically enlarged ash snake to play the role of an "earthworm."
However, the play was messed up in the end. The ash snake suddenly exploded on the stage. In addition, there were conflicts between the actors. After the accident, the school hospital was overcrowded and the pungent burnt smell in the auditorium was excessive. It took several months before it gradually dissipated.
Compared to that accident, the performance of the Prewett brothers was undoubtedly much more exciting and successful.
After the two sat down at the teacher's seat, Principal Dumbledore finally spoke out the common aspirations of the students.
"Now, eat happily!"