Rowena Ravenclaw seemed to think of something. "Come to think of it, did you join Ravenclaw because the Sorting Hat recommended it, or because you wanted to join it yourself?"
"I wanted to join it myself." Wizet recalled his Sorting Ceremony. "At the time, I was already able to use Ancient Magic Power in some way, so the Sorting Hat had no idea what I was thinking."
As one of Hogwarts' founders and the one who had left magic upon the Sorting Hat, Rowena Ravenclaw naturally understood what the Sorting Hat would do. "Then it would have had to ask you directly."
"Yes." Wizet nodded. "I wanted access to more magical knowledge, so I chose Ravenclaw. The Sorting Hat also thought it suited me well, so it sorted me into Ravenclaw."
Rowena Ravenclaw gave a soft laugh. "Choices! They truly are important. Everyone must pay the price for their own choices!"
"Everyone needs to..." she murmured, her gaze shifting until it stopped on a portrait, only to quickly move away. The smile on her face vanished, replaced by loneliness.
She blinked, and the unmistakable loneliness between her brows was carefully concealed once more, as though nothing had happened.
Following Rowena Ravenclaw's gaze, Wizet also saw the portrait. Besides Rowena Ravenclaw, it depicted a girl whose face seemed familiar to him.
"And now?" Rowena Ravenclaw's voice rang out again. "Besides the magical knowledge you chose to pursue back then, have you found anything new that you wish to pursue?"
"Of course!" Wizet nodded, a smile appearing at the corner of his lips as a beautiful figure surfaced in his mind. "There are many things I want to pursue now, and many things I want to protect!"
Rowena Ravenclaw looked into Wizet's eyes. "Is that your driving force, then?"
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