The Ancient Wizards of Hogwarts

Back on the bluestone road of Hogwarts, Ash met many senior students heading to Hogsmeade. The three Ashes were obviously junior students, but they appeared outside the school at this time. It was hard not to suspect that they had sneaked out.

Coupled with the three's good looks and bloodline advantages, the return rate is at least 200%, if not 100%.

"so cute!"

"Yeah, those two girls are very cute."

"I mean that boy! What are you thinking about? Break up!"

A senior couple fell out instantly, and the girl left with a cold face without looking back.

It's no wonder, after all, their focus is completely different.

Most of the boys were paying attention to Shirako and Setsuna, while the girls were paying more attention to Ash and Shirako and Setsuna's 'headwear'.

"Their headdresses and tails are so cute. Did they buy them at Fengya Wizard Clothing Store?"

"That tail is so cute, is it tied around the waist, or..."

"then what?"

"What are you thinking!"

"How do I know what you're thinking?"

The two girls whispered, and in the end they both blushed and pointed at each other for their impure thoughts.

From time to time, girls would come up to chat with her. Some of them really wanted to ask where to buy the tiara and tail, and the most were just lusting after Ash's body.

In this star-studded atmosphere, Ash returned to his faithful Hogwarts.

When passing by the auditorium, Momo's nose twitched slightly, he gently pulled Ash's cloak, and said eagerly:

"Master, I'm hungry."

"Where's Bai Zi?" Ash raised his eyebrows and looked at the girl with short silver-gray hair on the other side.

"A little." Bai Zi pulled the scarf and said softly.

Ash pressed Setsuna's head and rubbed it twice, then said with a smile:

"Then let's go get something to eat first. Dumbledore shouldn't be awake at the moment anyway."

"Yeah!" Setsuna nodded obediently and said excitedly:

"I want barbecue! Barbeque!"

Although her body size has shrunk a lot, Setsuna's appetite has not been affected at all. She alone finished three large plates of bacon in ten minutes and devoured them hungrily.

Bai Zi was much more reserved than Setsuna. She hesitated to take off her scarf before eating, and she also tried to imitate other students in using a knife and fork to cut bacon. But her eating speed was not affected in any way, almost as fast as the moment when she devoured it.

But they are wolves, and this word can only be said to be quite appropriate.

And when they left the auditorium and arrived at the principal's office, Dumbledore was already waiting for them.

"Merlin on top."

Dumbledore looked at the two girls beside Ash with a slightly subtle expression, apparently aware of something.

He sighed and then asked:

"Do you mind if I inform Professor McGonagall?"

"Of course not." Ash smiled and made a please gesture.

The waiting time was not long. Professor McGonagall rushed to the principal's office within five minutes after receiving the notification. And when she saw the two girls beside Ash, her expression immediately became extremely serious.

Professor McGonagall asked solemnly:

"Mr. Black, are you sure they are really werewolves?"

How long has it been since? Ash has successfully completed research on the transformation of magical creatures? Professor McGonagall's intuition told her that this was probably true, but her reason told her that these might just be two ordinary girls wearing cat-ear headdresses.

Ash shrugged and asked:

"Mr. Dumbledore, do you mind if I show it here?"

Dumbledore warned earnestly:

"As long as you don't break anything here, especially the portraits."

Ghosts are the souls of people after death, but portraits are different from ghosts in that portraits must be drawn and cultivated by their own hands during their lifetime.

These portraits are similar to an AI that uploads its consciousness. The more time wizards spend on it, the more accurate it will be in its depiction of itself. But portraits are still essentially an imitation of themselves and have no real life.

Moreover, the ghost will not die a second time, but once the entity of the portrait is destroyed, the characters in the painting will also disappear and can never be restored. However, the characters in the portraits also have a countermeasure, which is to escape to other adjacent portraits before their own portraits are destroyed.

In the wizarding world, it is a tradition for famous wizards to draw a sitting portrait so that their deeds can be passed down after their death, so this is why Hogwarts is filled with countless portraits of wizarding historical figures.

The portraits in the principal's office are all the past principals of Hogwarts, and their knowledge and wisdom are rare assets. That's why Dumbledore reminded Ash to be extremely careful!

Ash glanced at Moment, who was chatting animatedly with the portrait of Phineas, and ordered:

"In an instant, change back to your true form and back again. Don't damage the portrait."

Setsuna blinked and took two steps back obediently, leaving enough space.

Then, in front of Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore, she transformed into a two-meter-tall snow-white giant wolf in the blink of an eye! Although Professor McGonagall was mentally prepared, she still subconsciously tightened her wand.

But fortunately, this vigilance did not last long, because she turned back to human form in the next second, and she looked like an ordinary Hogwarts student wearing a Hogwarts uniform.

However, this short moment of change has already frightened the old principals in the portraits.

They never expected that such a petite little girl could turn into a two-meter-tall giant wolf!

"This is really..." Dumbledore was simply amazed and didn't know how to evaluate it for a moment.

"A real, shape-shifting magical creature!" Professor McGonagall had a look of surprise in her eyes, but her attitude was still a little wary.

As one of the most accomplished people in the wizarding world in transfiguration, Professor McGonagall certainly wants to explore higher realms. The two girls in front of me are successful representatives of higher realms. The significance of their existence is absolutely epoch-making!

But they happened to be werewolves, and this identity forced Professor McGonagall to always be vigilant.

Dumbledore suddenly asked:

"Can they use magic?"

"Know some simple magic."

Ash explained, handed his wand to Bai Zi, and ordered: "Bai Zi, use fluorescent light."

Bai Zi, who had always remembered Ash's instructions, took the wand and whispered the spell:

"Lumos."

The top of the wand emits a bright light, which looks like a miniature sun, piercing the person's eyes.

"Nox."

Bai Zi quickly recited another spell, extinguished the light of the wand, and obediently handed the wand back to Ash.

"Merlin's beard!"

Professor McGonagall looked extremely shocked and murmured to himself: "I never thought that this could actually be achieved!"

Dumbledore raised his hand and pinched his eyebrows, sighing:

"Mr. Black, you really gave me a big surprise!"

As descendants of werewolves, the werewolves in the Forbidden Forest were originally unable to return to their adult form in this life.

But the appearance of Ash made this impossibility a reality. Not only did they return to human form, they even had the ability to switch between human form and wolf form at any time. This is something that no other werewolf can do!

Compared to werewolves who can only transform passively on full moon nights, these two girls are obviously closer to Animagus.

Because one of the criteria for Animagus is to be able to switch between animals and humans at any time and at any time.

Dumbledore thought for a moment and then asked thoughtfully:

"Mr. Black, how would you like to arrange them?"

Ash said without any hesitation:

"The best thing is to be admitted to Hogwarts."

Why did he buy school uniforms and textbooks for Shirako and Setsuna if it wasn't for admission?

"this……"

Professor McGonagall frowned upon hearing this, and her first reaction was to refuse.

Dumbledore released these werewolves one after another eleven years ago. Judging from their age and appearance, they are all suitable for admission to Hogwarts. But they are still not humans, but werewolves, which will undoubtedly bring danger to Hogwarts.

But before she could say anything, Dumbledore spoke first:

"sure."

Dumbledore glanced at Professor McGonagall's serious expression and continued: "But they can only enter the school as transfer students. This is not unprecedented in Hogwarts. But you know, the procedures usually require a certain amount of time. Preparation time. Well, let me think about it, how about Thursday night?”

"Thursday night?"

Ash immediately saw Dumbledore's plan, nodded gently and said, "Okay."

The so-called procedures are completely an excuse. In fact, this kind of thing can be done afterwards.

The reason why Dumbledore wanted to hold the 'Entrance Ceremony' on Thursday night was not because there was anything special about Thursday night, but because the day before Thursday happened to be the night of the full moon!

Werewolves are no different from normal wizards when they are not mad. They can become friends or even lovers with ordinary wizards and establish deep friendships. But every full moon night, werewolves will be forced to transform from human form into werewolf form. During this period, they will forget their identity, lose all reason, and only have the most instinctive desire to kill!

Because the werewolves in the Forbidden Forest cannot transform into human form, only in their wolf form there is no risk of losing control on a full moon night. But now, with Ash's help, they have transformed back into human form, even better than ordinary werewolves, and can freely switch between human form and wolf form.

But the problem is, who can guarantee that these werewolves who have returned to human form will not lose control and turn into "werewolf form" like other werewolves on a full moon night?

And once they lose control at that time, they will inevitably start a killing spree in the school. This is something neither Dumbledore nor Professor McGonagall can accept!

So Dumbledore's message was clear, as long as they didn't show any tendency to lose control on Wednesday night. Dumbledore would be able to enroll them the next day without any hindrance.

And once they lose control, Dumbledore will not let them enroll for safety reasons even if he does not kill them. Of course, this is not so absolute. After all, Hogwarts has no such precedent. It just requires paying a higher price.

Dumbledore looked at the older cat girl and asked:

"Professor McGonagall, what do you think?"

Professor McGonagall thought for a long time and said slowly:

"I have no opinion."

If these werewolves wouldn't get out of control on a full moon night, she had no reason to refuse.

Seeing that the three parties reached an agreement, Dumbledore smiled, and Professor McGonagall followed closely and asked:

"Mr. Black, I noticed that their transformation seems incomplete?"

Ash nodded slightly and explained:

"Yes, Setsuna is my first work, so her degree of 'animal transformation' is still relatively high. When it comes to Bai Zi, I already have some experience, but there are still some small flaws."

Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall were thoughtful, but what they didn't know was.

They understand that the flaw is that Bai Zi actually has wolf ears, while the flaw in Ash's mouth is that Bai Zi actually has no tail!

The two sides were not on the same channel at all, but unexpectedly reached mutual understanding.

Dumbledore asked in confusion:

"Just the two of them?"

Ash took out a pink stone from his pocket and placed it on his desk, explaining:

"The main reason is that its magic power is not enough. I'm worried that another transformation spell will destroy it."

"Is this the Philosopher's Stone?" Dumbledore stood up suddenly, his tone somewhat unbelievable.

But what else could this be if it wasn't a magic stone?

Although almost half of his magic power was consumed, he still recognized it at a glance. It was the real thing!

Dumbledore took a deep breath and said solemnly:

"Mr. Black, it seems that the Philosopher's Stone can no longer be lent to you for the time being. I need to write a letter to Nico to explain the situation. I hope you can understand."

"I understand, Principal."

Ash nodded awkwardly, mostly pretending, but some of it was true.

He really didn't expect this thing to consume so much magic power, but he could continue to improve it to reduce the magic power consumption. But this is based on a lot of experiments. Without the magical support of the Philosopher's Stone, Ash would have to find another way and return to his old profession.

Dumbledore didn't know what Ash was thinking, and comforted him:

"Mr. Black, I'm not blaming you. When I lent you the Philosopher's Stone, I already expected that a similar situation would happen, but I didn't expect that the consumption would be so large and so fast."

Dumbledore paused for a moment. The Philosopher's Stone he had just lent yesterday felt as if it had been squeezed dry when he returned it today.

The magic power that came out before was still very viscous, but now it is so thin that it is almost the same as water.

From the corner of his eye, Ash suddenly caught a glimpse of the girl who was whispering to the portrait on the wall, and ordered:

"Setsuna, come here, we have to go."

"oh."

Setsuna immediately abandoned the portrait in front of him and returned to Ash happily, looking at Ash expectantly.

Ash touched the girl's head and asked:

"What did he tell you?"

"Mr. Phineas asked me to go back to the Black family with my master, saying that the Black family has a lot of delicious food, and that I can also marry the master!"

Setsuna excitedly told Ash all about Phineas' promise, and finally added: "He also asked me to keep it a secret."

Phineas Black's expression on the wall suddenly froze. Is this how you keep it secret?

The old principal looked extremely embarrassed and could only turn his eyes to Dumbledore for help.

Dumbledore had no choice but to show his face and said:

"Mr. Black, you may really have to go back to the Black family recently."

Ash frowned and asked:

"What's the reason?"

Dumbledore sighed:

"Signus is dying. He probably won't survive the winter."

Signus had been seriously injured in the previous wizard war, and his ability to survive until now was entirely dependent on magic. But it is already a miracle that he can survive until now. No one thinks he can survive this year.

And once Signus dies, Ash is the only one who can inherit the Black family.

Ash seemed to feel something and was silent for a long time.

Phineas suddenly showed a look of surprise. Although Ash still didn't agree to inherit the Black family, his attitude was at least somewhat relaxed! ——

The caretaker's hut at the hunting ground on Wednesday evening.

Hagrid, who was fertilizing the pumpkins, found Ash coming to the hut and said with a shocked look on his face:

"How did you know Sid was going to be born today?"

Ash looked at Hagrid with a slightly subtle look. He could only say that Hagrid's self-destruction truck lived up to its reputation.

He did not answer Hagrid, but asked:

"Who is Sid? What's your name for Thunderbird?"

Hagrid's reaction was quite proud:

"Yes, this is a good name, isn't it?"

He led Ash into the hut and showed him the golden egg that was placed on the table. That's not because Hagrid painted it gold out of some vanity, but because the Thunderbird's eggshell is made of the softest and purest gold!

So the eggshell itself is already priceless, and the value of the Thunderbird is immeasurable.

As a magical animal native to North America, the thunderbird itself possesses powerful power and can summon lightning and storms while flying. If the storm summoned by an adult thunderbird, its range is even large enough to cover an entire city!

More importantly, there have been rumors in the wizarding world claiming that Thunderbird is a distant relative of Phoenix, and there is a certain blood relationship between the two parties. Whether the rumors are true or not, being associated with a noble distant relative like the Phoenix would not be a good thing for the ptarmigan, as it would make them more vulnerable to poachers.

After all, compared to the rare phoenix in the world, the population of thunderbirds is much larger. Many wizards who want a phoenix as a pet view the thunderbird as a replacement for the phoenix.

For this reason, although MACUSA has been working hard to protect ptarmigans, poaching and trafficking of ptarmigans are still prohibited.

For example, the thunderbird egg in Hagrid's hand was undoubtedly poached.

At this time, there was already a deep crack on the surface of the thunderbird egg, and the crack was still expanding in all directions like a spider web, covering almost one-fifth of the eggshell.

Ash's expression was subtle, and he could only say that it was better to come early than to come by chance.

Hagrid, I'm sorry, I'll just have to laugh at your bird.

Hagrid then remembered the original question again. He scratched his head and said doubtfully:

"Ash, you haven't told me how on earth you knew Sid would be born today?"

"Actually, I don't know."

Ash shrugged and said, "I came to you because of another thing..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a "click-click" sound, and a golden bird's beak suddenly pierced the golden eggshell.

Hagrid didn't bother to ask Ash the reason at this time, and excitedly observed the process of the thunderbird breaking out of its shell.

Click! Click!

More and more eggshells were broken, pieces of broken gold shells fell on the table, and the thunderbird crawled out from the broken eggshells.

The juvenile ptarmigan is far less elegant and majestic than the adult. Although it has a golden, hard beak, it is only as long as its arms. Its body covered with golden down looks quite thin. It flaps its wings swaying on the table. The scene is very funny.

"He's so beautiful...oh, honey, mommy's here, let me get a good look at you."

Hagrid murmured, extending his hand towards the Thunderbird with a loving look on his face, wanting to touch it. But Thunderbird seemed to be frightened, staggering off the edge of the table and crashing into Ash's arms.

"Choo Choo Choo!"

The little guy pressed its wings tightly against Ash's body, raised its head, opened its beak, and made a sharp cry.

Hagrid's hand froze in mid-air, unable to accept the reality. Isn't this his bird?

"Let me touch..."

Hagrid reached out his hand reluctantly, but was bitten mercilessly by the thunderbird.

Although he was just born, the hard beak still bit his skin, bleeding red blood.

Hagrid wasn't angry either, but became increasingly frustrated and sad.

It was obviously the first time the thunderbird had been hatched, and he had obviously been taking care of it for the past few months!

Why does it become like this?

"Bang bang bang!"

Just when Hagrid was feeling sad, there was a sudden knock on the door.

This forced him to put aside his emotions temporarily and open the door. He thought it was Harley and the others, but when he opened the door, he found two strange little witches. They were all wearing Hogwarts uniforms. They all looked to be eleven or twelve years old, and seemed to be freshmen in the first grade.

This made Hagrid's eyes a little confused. He was the one responsible for leading these young wizards from Hogsmeade Station to Hogwarts, although not everyone could remember them. But of the two girls in front of him, one had short silver-gray hair, the other had long snow-white hair, and both wore hair accessories that looked like animal ears.

With such obvious features, it’s impossible for him not to be impressed!

Hagrid asked hesitantly:

"Who are you looking for?"

Ash looked at the door and said:

"Hagrid, they are here to find me."

"ah?"

Hagrid looked confused and hesitated before letting them enter the hut.

"Master, hey hey~, it smells like the master~!"

The girl with long white hair excitedly jumped on Ash's back and rubbed her cheek affectionately.

Ash raised his right hand and patted the girl's head, saying softly:

"Stop making trouble, Setsuna, come down first."

"moment?"

Hagrid frowned when he heard this name. He seemed to have heard this name before. Where did it come from?

Hagrid's eyes suddenly opened wide with a look of disbelief:

"Is this the werewolf you raised? It...how did she become a human?"

Ash grabbed Setsuna off her back, forced her to sit down on the seat next to her, and explained:

"That's why I'm here today. Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore want to see if they will transform on a full moon night."

"Full moon night?"

Hagrid took a breath, but soon noticed another important point. Suddenly his face turned pale and he asked in a trembling voice:

"You mean, Dumbledore and Professor McGonagall will be coming too?"

"Yes."

In order to ensure that Bai Zi and Setsuna would not go crazy and cause harm to the school on a full moon night, Dumbledore and the others would definitely come over in person so that Bai Zi and Setsuna could be stopped as soon as possible when they went crazy.

And if you don't go crazy, that would be the best.

Hagrid subconsciously looked in the direction of the door, and then he saw someone approaching in the darkness holding a wand!

Hagrid strode to the door, closed it, and said hurriedly:

"Sid! Ash, hide Sid!"

"Where to hide?"

"Whatever! Anyway, you must not be discovered by Professor McGonagall!"

Hearing Hagrid's request, Ash reluctantly took out the bag and sucked the infant bird in.

At this time, Professor McGonagall's voice came from outside the door:

"Hagrid! Open the door, why did you close the door when you saw us?"

Hagrid's body trembled. He could already imagine Professor McGonagall's frown, so he had to open the door with a grimace.

Professor McGonagall frowned as expected and asked in a deep voice:

"What are you hiding in the house? Are they those dangerous magical animals?"

Hagrid looked around guiltily, not knowing how to explain.

Ash stood up and took the initiative to help Hagrid:

"It's me, Professor McGonagall. Hagrid thought I escaped and he wanted to protect me."

Professor McGonagall's expression brightened slightly upon hearing this explanation, and Hagrid even secretly gave Ash a grateful look.

——

Inside Hagrid's hut.

Two girls with animal ears on their heads were sitting around the table, and Ash was teaching them how to read with a "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration". Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore sat by the fireplace watching them, while Hagrid made tea for them with a teapot.

Hagrid handed a cup of hot tea to Dumbledore and couldn't help but asked in a low voice:

"Dumbledore, is it really okay to let Ash stay with them?"

That's a werewolf! And there are still two of them! Still on a full moon night, in his house!

If the moon came out later and they suddenly went crazy, he was afraid that even Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore wouldn't be able to save Ash in time.

Of course, Hagrid was not worried about whether Dumbledore and the others could save Ash's life, but he was worried that before Dumbledore could save Ash, he would have been bitten by the crazy werewolf.

To be honest, it reminded Hagrid of that tapestry from Hogwarts: "Troll Beats Barnabas."

If an accident happened today, there would probably be another tapestry at Hogwarts: "The Werewolf Bites Stupid Black".

"Don't worry, Rube."

Dumbledore held the tea cup and smiled:

"We should have more faith in Mr. Black, just as he has faith in them."

Hagrid complained:

"His problem is that he trusts others too easily! I have long said that these wolves...people cannot be trusted."

He seemed to realize that his voice was too loud and deliberately lowered his voice mid-sentence.

Unfortunately, this has no effect.

The house is so big, there is not even a partition. And with Hagrid's loud voice, even if he deliberately lowered his voice, he couldn't get it too low.

What's more, Bai Zi and Setsuna are both werewolves, and their hearing is much better than ordinary people. Even if they are really whispering, they can hear clearly.

Dumbledore smiled and said nothing. Hagrid was a little nervous. He turned to look at the other lady and asked:

"Professor McGonagall, do you think so too?"

Professor McGonagall looked up at the full moon in the sky through the small window of the room and replied:

"At least they're not crazy yet."

The two girls in front of me looked normal, which was a good sign.

"Snapped!"

Setsuna suddenly slapped the table and stood up, and Hagrid immediately nervously picked up the small pink umbrella leaning against the wall and pointed it at her.

Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore were much calmer and did not raise their wands, but were secretly vigilant.

Ash said without raising his head:

"Setsuna, sit down!"

Setsuna looked at him helplessly and said pitifully:

"But...Master, I'm hungry."

Ash couldn't laugh or cry and said:

"Didn't you just eat?"

After thinking for a moment, he answered seriously:

"It's midnight snack time."

Ash touched the girl's head and comforted her softly:

"Study first and eat later."

Dumbledore smiled and said:

"How about going to the castle's auditorium to study? You can eat and study at the same time."

"Is that okay?!" Setsuna's eyes lit up, looking at Ash expectantly.

Ash looked at Dumbledore in surprise and asked doubtfully:

"Headmaster Dumbledore, are you sure?"

"certainly."

Dumbledore took a sip of tea and stood up from the sofa. "It has been proven that your transformation is perfect, and these two werewolf ladies showed no signs of transformation. In this case, there is no need to waste everyone's time." time."

"Professor McGonagall, what do you think?"

Professor McGonagall put down her tea cup and said calmly:

"I have no opinion."

Ordinary werewolves must lose control when the moon is full. Since these two werewolf girls did not show any tendency to lose control, the threat can naturally be eliminated. This means that if Ash's research continues, he may be able to develop a way to 'cure' other werewolves!

Professor McGonagall said seriously:

"Hagrid, this matter must be kept secret, do you understand?"

The fact that Ash was able to cure werewolves would have almost no impact on most wizards. But for those werewolves who long to return to normal wizard life, this may be their only chance in this life!

But the problem is that in addition to those werewolves who are eager to return to normal life, there are also some extreme werewolves who have no intention of turning back to normal people. Instead, they are ambitious and want to turn all wizards around the world into werewolves.

And once it is revealed that Ash can cure werewolves, those extreme werewolves will definitely try their best to kill him!

Professor McGonagall’s intentions are undoubtedly good, but expecting Hagrid to keep secrets is worse than expecting a sow to climb a tree——

Although sows in the wizarding world really can climb trees.

——

At the dinner the next day, many students saw a scene that surprised them as soon as they entered the church. Because in front of the teacher's chair, a four-legged stool was placed at some point, and there was also a pointed wizard's hat on the stool.

"Is that the Sorting Hat?"

"Why did you take out the Sorting Hat?"

"Is there a new life?"

"But it's obviously past the enrollment time now?"

Amid the discussion among the students, Dumbledore stood up at the teacher's desk and said loudly:

"Quiet."

All the students looked at him.

"Today, we have two special students enrolling at Hogwarts."

Dumbledore looked in the direction of the Ravenclaw table, smiled and said:

"You two, please stand in front of the stage."

"Go ahead."

Ash rubbed Setsuna's ears through the wide wizard hat and said softly.

In an instant, he reluctantly put down his knife and fork, walked up to the teacher's desk, and sat on the four-legged stool.

Professor McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on Setsuna's wizard hat. The patched hat immediately came to life, with a surprised tone:

"Oh, you already have your likes and dislikes, opinions... and loyalty to worldly affairs in your heart. This is good. Hogwarts will not let down the enthusiasm and loyalty of the students, so,"

"Hutch..."

Suddenly, Setsuna stretched out her white little hand, pinched the Sorting Hat's 'mouth', and kindly reminded:

"Ravenclaw."

"Hmm~"

"Ravenclaw!"

The students in the audience were stunned. This was the first time they had seen someone threaten the Sorting Hat in this way, and in front of all the teachers!

Are all freshmen today so brave?

In an instant, he used his palms hard and flattened the hat a lot. He exposed his little tiger teeth and threatened:

"Ravenclaw!"

Professor McGonagall sighed:

"It won't be able to speak if you don't let go."

Setsuna hesitated for a moment, then let go of his hand, and the Sorting Hat's tone was full of indignation:

"Gryffindor!"

This would be unacceptable to Gryffindor!

Professor McGonagall's expression changed, and she quickly took off the Sorting Hat and said seriously:

"You can go down now."

Setsuna puffed up his face, ignored the warm applause from the Gryffindor table, and sat beside Ash.

Unlike Setsuna, Bai Zi understood that she must use wisdom at this time. She pulled out the temporary wand provided by Professor McGonagall, pointed it at the Sorting Hat, and said expressionlessly:

"Gryffindor."

The Sorting Hat screamed:

"Gryffindor!"

Bai Zi immediately grimaced.