After all the new students entered the Great Hall, Professor McGonagall asked them to stop.
She then walked to the front of the professors’ table, in front of the four House tables.
There was a tall chair here, and on it sat a slightly worn hat.
The moment Aine saw the hat, he sensed an enormous magical fluctuation coming from it.
Aine believed this hat was a top-tier alchemical magical artifact.
Besides its powerful magical fluctuations, there was also a faint trace of life force coming from it, proving that the hat possessed a certain degree of intelligence.
Professor McGonagall took out a piece of parchment and said to the new students still standing at the entrance, “When your name is called, come up here and sit on the chair.”
“First, Aine T.
Ambrosius!”
Professor McGonagall called Aine first.
Aine thought it was quite normal.
Both his surname and first name began with A.
Aine walked to the front and sat down on the tall chair, and Professor McGonagall placed the Sorting Hat on his head.
“Oh~ A little one from the Ambrosius family.
If I hadn’t sensed that your personality was different from that of your family, I really would have wanted to put you in Ravenclaw.
But now, you belong to~~ Hufflepuff!!!”
The entire Hufflepuff table erupted.
“Yes~~~!!!!”
The reason for Hufflepuff’s excitement was rather peculiar.
There was a legend at Hogwarts that whichever House an Ambrosius family member joined would flourish for the next seven years.
Although there was no reason to believe in such a House legend, Aine’s older brother Tatri had actually fulfilled it.
Tatri had been in Ravenclaw, and during his seven years at Hogwarts, Ravenclaw had ranked first in practically everything.
At the end of every school year, Ravenclaw students occupied the top ten positions in the final examinations.
They had remained undefeated in Quidditch for all seven years, and they had won the House Cup every year.
It could be said that during Tatri’s seven years at Hogwarts, he had raised Ravenclaw to the peak of Hogwarts’ four Houses. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
It was difficult not to think of that House legend.
Of course, Aine believed that the Ambrosius family had deliberately allowed the legend to spread.
Its purpose was to make later generations use it as a goal and a test for Ambrosius family members at school.
And he, Aine T.
Ambrosius, was no exception.
The Sorting of the other new students continued.
When it was Cedric’s turn, he entered Hufflepuff without any surprise.
After his House was confirmed, Cedric came over beside Aine.
Aine raised his hand.
“Give me five!”
Cedric high-fived Aine before watching Fred and George, the twins, take their turns on the tall chair.
“Gryffindor!”
“Gryffindor!”
The Sorting Ceremony ended with the twins.
Next came dinner, which was the event Aine had been looking forward to the most.
After all, to him, food came before everything else.
After dinner, Aine and Cedric followed the Hufflepuff prefect back to the Hufflepuff common room.
Aine was actually quite curious about the Hufflepuff common room.
After all, it had not been described in the books by Aunt JK.
But after seeing it with his own eyes, he was still amazed.
In a special room filled with wooden barrels, one of the Hufflepuff prefects knocked out a particular rhythm on a barrel.
The lid of one of the barrels opened, and under the prefect’s guidance, they entered the common room.
Only after all the new students had entered the common room did the prefect speak.
The rhythm you just heard me knock on the barrel was ‘Helga Hufflepuff.’ As long as you knock on the correct barrel in the proper rhythm, the entrance to the common room will open.
Neither the entrance nor the barrel is in a fixed location.
You can knock on whichever barrel you find…”
While the prefect explained the rules of the common room, Aine looked around.
The entire common room was decorated in yellow and black, but the colors did not make the room feel strange.
Instead, they gave it an exceptionally warm atmosphere.
The black marble floor was covered with ochre-yellow carpets, while the walls were painted a pale yellow and decorated with brass wall lamps that emitted a soft yellow glow.
Apart from the warm tones of the hard furnishings, the soft furnishings of the common room also followed the yellow-and-black theme.
Yellow sofas were paired with solid yellow and black cushions, while black sofas were paired with solid yellow cushions.
Along the walls were various magical plants, such as Tranquility Flowers and Quiet Grass, as well as Insect-Eating Flowers hanging on the walls beneath the brass lamps.
The entire common room gave off a feeling of warmth and was filled with the fragrance of plants, making it feel as though one were surrounded by nature.
Most importantly, according to the prefect, the common room was also equipped with heating, ensuring that the little badgers would remain warm even during winter.
And so, Aine fell in love with this warm common room.
Aine also planned to raise a Phantom Badger (Phantom Badger, Danger Rating: XX).
Apart from looking like a honey badger, the Phantom Badger shared many of its characteristics.
Its primary diet consisted of insects, beetles, and small mammals.
But as a magical creature, it possessed one extraordinary ability: camouflage.
Its fur could bend light, allowing it to become invisible, and its fur was also one of the primary ingredients used in Polyjuice-like Concealment Potions.
Unfortunately, the Phantom Badger had one major drawback.
It was difficult to breed, and each litter produced only one offspring.
Obtaining one was something only financially powerful wizarding families could afford.
After all, a young Phantom Badger cost around five hundred Galleons on the market, while an adult was even more expensive, reaching as much as one thousand five hundred Galleons.
With this thought in mind, Aine went to sleep.
The next day, Aine began his first Charms lesson at Hogwarts.