Hogwarts: Bourne Returns from Warhammer

Unlike previous years, the first-grade wizards did not attend the sorting ceremony immediately after entering the banquet hall.

Dumbledore, who was sitting in the middle of the classroom, stood up. The old man in purple wizard robes walked to the center of the high platform, which was the position he would stand in previous years when he gave a speech after the banquet.

A podium inlaid with a golden owl relief appeared in front of Dumbledore out of thin air, silently but quite eye-catching.

"Welcome!" he said, "Welcome everyone to Hogwarts to start the new school year! However, before we hold the sorting ceremony today, there is still a little thing to deal with..."

Dumbledore looked at the first years, at Harry Potter, and finally his eyes fell on Bourne. "...You little ones must have heard about what happened on the Hogwarts Express. After all, there are no secrets in Hogwarts."

His words caused a burst of laughter from the students on the four long tables, but they soon became quiet.

“Although I heard the news a little later than you, through various understandings, I, an old man, finally figured out the cause and effect of the whole thing.

In fact, it was two accidents.

First of all, let us pray for Mr. Gower who was unfortunately injured in the first accident. Because he has been sent to Madam Pomfrey, he will be under observation in the medical room tonight, and he is destined to not be able to enjoy the sumptuous dinner that follows.

We have also dealt with the bag spider that caused his injury and its owner. I won’t go into details here.

However, if the first accident was excusable, the second accident was inseparable from the recklessness and carelessness of some people.

George Weasley.

Fred Weasley.

Burn Slughorn—"

Dumbledore called three names in succession, and the Weasley twins immediately stood up at the Gryffindor table, but their faces did not show even the slightest bit of embarrassment. On the contrary, Percy Weasley, the elder brother of the twins and the prefect of Gryffindor, who was sitting next to him, didn't know whether it was because of shame or simply a pain in his head, so he covered his forehead with his hands.

Seeing this situation, he secretly said that what is supposed to come will always come, so Bourne also stepped out of the team of first-year wizards.

"The Weasley brothers recklessly used the Petrifying Curse on the train. Although they had good intentions according to the investigation, they accidentally injured the first-year students. Therefore, I decided to deduct five points from each of them."

As soon as he finished speaking, among the metal hourglasses that were placed side by side in the corner of the hall and symbolized the four major colleges, the one belonging to Gryffindor had ten rubies stuck in the upper part that had not yet fallen. There is a big difference compared to the hourglass.

At the same time, Bourne noticed that Professor McGonagall, who was standing next to the first-year team, had his arms crossed behind his back, and the hand that was not holding the wand seemed to be clenched into a fist.

"As for Mr. Burne Slughorn, he cast the curse indiscriminately without systematic study, which caused the curse to mutate, and a total of ten classmates were harmed by the mutated curse.

Similar to the punishment just meted out to the Weasley brothers, Mr. Slughorn will be deducted 50 house points.

In addition, his mutation spell caused damage to the train, damaged public property at Hogwarts, and caused the century-old train to be delayed for the first time. For this, he will be deducted two hundred college points..."

Unlike the situation after announcing the punishment for the Weasley twins, as soon as Dumbledore announced the punishment for Bourne, the students at the four long tables below exploded.

In a sense, the Weasley twins are famous figures in the four major colleges. Everyone is used to deducting points from them and is not surprised by it.

However, Bourne is still a freshman who has just entered school. The one-time deduction of two hundred and fifty points is probably unprecedented in the history of Hogwarts. It is hard to say whether the scoring hourglasses contained that many gems at the beginning of the school year.

Moreover, some smart people immediately realized an extremely terrifying thing: the little wizard named Burne Slughorn had not yet participated in the sorting ceremony - unlike the Weasleys, the current Burnt Slughorn Well, actually it could be a student from any college! What is a "poison pill"? This is!

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When the little wizards thought of this, they almost all gasped in unison. Anyone who still has some thoughts about their college winning the College Cup will look at Bourne with extremely frightened eyes: "Don't come over!"

The deans of the four colleges also had different expressions on their faces. Thanks to the letter sent to them by Horace and the unusual family name "Slughorn", the four deans all knew whose child Bourne was.

Therefore, the "old three" McGonagall, Sprout and Flitwick were not actually nervous, while the face of "young" Snape, who had greasy black hair and wore black wizard robes, completely changed. The bottom of the pot is ashes.

"Since the parties concerned have no doubts about the punishment," Dumbledore said, "the sorting ceremony will continue."

As soon as the principal said these words, the pointed wizard hat placed on the four-legged stool came to life.

It began to twist and turn, and a wide gap opened in the edge of the hat, like a mouth. Then it sang a ditty: "Maybe I'm not pretty enough, but never judge a book by its appearance. If you can find a more beautiful hat than me, I can eat myself..."

There was also a song behind the Sorting Hat, but most of the freshmen didn't listen to it because the song before it was so scary - it could even eat itself if it was so cruel - is that what Bourne said is true? It can really do it. Pry open the heads of these little wizards one by one?

It is precisely because of this that when the Sorting Hat finished singing, all the first-year students were silent and no one applauded it at all.

The Sorting Hat immediately broke through the defense. You know, the lyrics of this song were compiled after a full year of thinking. Even if it doesn’t sound good, it’s okay to support it, right?

"You are the worst class I have ever led..."

Just when the Sorting Hat was about to be exported to Zaun, Professor McGonagall quickly took it out of the stool. And, interestingly, it is somewhat similar to petting a cat. The Sorting Hat immediately shuts up when it is grabbed "by the scruff of the neck".

She took a few steps forward, holding a roll of parchment in her other hand. "Whoever's name I call now will wear this hat and wait for the results of the sorting."

"Hannah Abbott!"

A little girl with a red face and two braids stumbled out of the queue, with tears still in her eyes. She put on her hat, the brim of which fell just over her eyes. Not long after sitting down, the Sorting Hat immediately shouted out——

"Hufflepuff!"

At the same time, the Sorting Hat was cursing and thinking: "I caught you! It turns out this little guy is causing trouble!"

The sorting ceremony proceeds very quickly. Generally, as soon as the little wizard puts on the hat, the Sorting Hat will immediately give its judgment.

Only when Harry Potter was sorted, the Sorting Hat took a little longer to make its judgment. It seemed to have been chatting quietly with Harry Potter for a while, and Harry Potter finally shouted: "I absolutely Not going to Slytherin!"