Harry Potter: From Muggle Cousin to Conceptual Wizard

Chapter 73 Snape's Regret! The Sorting Ceremony Begins!

Dumbledore sat in the center of the faculty seating area, smiling kindly.

Dali's eyes immediately fell on him when he looked towards the faculty and staff seating area.

Dumbledore gave Dudley a mysterious smile, as if he had prepared some special surprise for him.

Dudley didn't delve into it, his gaze sweeping directly to Old Dumbledore's left, as did Harry's.

Dumbledore looked slightly flustered and immediately winked at Dudley, signaling him to give him face and not to make a move in such an important occasion.

Dudley knew the importance of things and didn't plan to act immediately, but that didn't stop him and Harry from memorizing the target's appearance first.

Severus Snape, dressed in a long black robe with a large shawl, looked like a bat, extremely flamboyant;

His short, curly black hair was so greasy it was almost reflective, as if he couldn't afford shampoo; it was incredibly filthy.

His pale, gloomy face looked like it could drip water, as if everyone owed him money; it was utterly awful.

It's easy to identify.

Dudley didn't need anyone to introduce him; he easily spotted his target among the Hogwarts faculty and staff.

Harry too.

Of course, unlike Dudley, Harry didn't rely on information from the original story to identify people. Instead, he used age and gender to eliminate possibilities, as well as the seemingly accidental eye contact between Snape and him.

This first enemy, whom he had written down in his little black notebook, seemed to pay special attention to his eyes. His gaze towards others was calm and indifferent, but when he met his eyes, his gaze became complex and gentle.

His emerald green eyes were almost identical to those of his mother, Lily Potter. Snape, who harbored inappropriate thoughts about his mother, was clearly looking for her shadow in him!

Thinking of this, Harry's eyes sharpened and filled with hatred.

When Snape met that look, he felt as if he had been stabbed in the heart, and the pain was unbearable.

He felt as if he could see Lily, whom he loved deeply, staring at him with intense hatred, making him feel so uncomfortable that he could hardly breathe.

Fortunately, he noticed that Harry's face had many similarities to that of the hateful James, which made him feel a little better. He could just pretend that James had bullied him again!

Snape comforted himself with this thought, wanting to keep looking into Harry's emerald eyes, to see if the inexplicable hatred in Harry's eyes had dissipated.

Unexpectedly, a burly freshman who didn't look like a freshman blocked his view of Harry with a hostile expression, blocking it completely.

【Ding--】

[Nice to meet you! Unlocking Severus Snape's regrettable events for the current time period!]

The Vanishing White Moonlight (Rank S)

[Details: Severus Snape's lifelong love, his childhood sweetheart and unwavering devotion, Lily Evans, indirectly died because of a prophecy he revealed. This became the most unforgettable pain in Snape's life.]

The coveted Defense Against the Dark Arts professorship (Rank A)

[Details: Snape desperately wanted the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor at Hogwarts, but in the original story, Dumbledore never approved his application for the sake of his life.]

Harry didn't get the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor until his sixth year in the original story.

But by then, Voldemort had regained power, and he was busy being a double agent and carrying out Dumbledore's sacrificial countermeasure plan. The position he had once dreamed of had become unimportant.

[The Savior Trio's Misunderstanding (Level C)]

[Details: In the original story, when Harry was a first-year student, he was unaware of the complicated relationship between Snape and his parents. Due to the limited information they had, Harry and the other two main characters developed various misunderstandings about Snape.]

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[Congratulations, host! You have successfully resolved the C-level regrettable incident—the misunderstanding involving the Savior Trio!]

[Thanks to the host's prior planning and continuous follow-up, Harry now understands Snape quite thoroughly, making the possibility of the new main characters having a major misunderstanding of Snape virtually zero.]

This unfortunate incident has been resolved perfectly.

[Special offer, fixed reward: 1 C-level fusion opportunity.]

[Bonus Reward: 1 C-Rank Fusion Opportunity.]

[Currently available magic item fusion opportunities: 2 times for grade C, 1 times for grade D, and 1 time for grade E.]

The moment Dudley's attention was focused on Snape, the system began broadcasting new information about unfortunate events.

Inadvertently insert willows and willows.

Dudley had no idea that he had unintentionally and perfectly resolved one of Snape's regrettable incidents.

However, the system rewards could not change Dudley's feelings towards Snape.

He remembered the grudges against Harry, and the times Snape had teased his mother when he was a child, and he became furious.

Dudley used his muscular body to block Snape's view of Harry, and secretly cast a calming spell on himself to barely quell his anger.

He glared at Snape, then gave Dumbledore a look that said, "I'm giving you face," before turning his attention elsewhere.

"Harry, just remember what he looks like, don't stare at him and reward him!"

Dudley whispered to Harry behind him with the Whisper spell, "Mentally prepare yourself for the big thing you're about to do!"

"Yes, cousin!"

Harry quietly responded, calmed himself down, stopped paying attention to Snape, and began to mentally prepare his speech.

Not far away, Professor McGonagall had already taken out a four-legged stool and a crumpled, dirty Sorting Hat, ready to sort the students into their respective houses.

SS-rank magical item - Sorting Hat, with a rounded brim and pointed top, old and worn, patched, and made of what appears to be an unknown type of leather.

After Professor McGonagall placed it on the stool, the folds on the hat formed the structure of eyebrows, eyes, and a mouth, and it began to sway and sing.

The lyrics roughly translate to: It's old, and it's awesome. It's smart, with sharp eyes. It can read minds and can sort out students well.

Then they sang about the unique characteristics of each of the four houses of Hogwarts.

Gryffindor, courage is their greatest asset; Hufflepuff, loyalty is their greatest love; Ravenclaw, quick-wittedness is their greatest asset; Slytherin, ambition goes without saying.

Finally, there is the ending and conclusion of the song:

Don't be afraid, don't panic. Wearing it is safe because it has its own mind.

As the music ended, the Sorting Hats bowed to the long tables of the four Colleges, and the Great Hall erupted in applause, creating a lively atmosphere.

Among the new students, Ron breathed a sigh of relief. His family had kept the details of the Sorting process from him, and he had thought it was a dangerous activity, but it turned out to be just a matter of wearing a hat.

At that moment, Professor McGonagall gestured towards the four rows of college tables, and the applause in the Great Hall quickly subsided.

Then, the serious-looking vice principal looked at the new students' group, took out a parchment list with the names of the new students written on it, and said that when she called out a name, that person would come forward to sit on a stool, put on a hat, and be assigned to a college.

Soon, the Hogwarts Sorting Ceremony of 1991 officially began.

The first young wizard Professor McGonagall called out was, unsurprisingly, her name:

"Hannah Abbott!"