The children who could come to Hogwarts now were basically all Old Dumbledore's connections. Those without connections generally went to the other two schools in Europe.
After Hannah and Susan, the one who went to wear the hat was Terry Boot. That went without saying—he was from the Boot Family.
This was the British branch of the Boot Family. Their ancestor was Webster Boot, who had returned from the United States, the founder of Ilvermorny School's Wampus House. Webster's adoptive mother was Isolt Sayre. They were a truly powerful family, with the entire American Magic World backing the Boot Family.
With such a background, Terry was a genuine connection.
"Ravenclaw!"
The Sorting Hat shouted before it had even touched his head.
Sure enough, Su Ming smiled faintly. In the original story, this child's future performance clearly showed that his mind was filled with nothing but charging through everything head-on.
He was suited for Wampus House, which prized "courage," or a similar lion house.
Yet Old Dumbledore had rigged things here. A child of the Boot Family had been directly assigned to Ravenclaw, where the conditions were better.
Dumbledore really knew how to play. The Sorting Hat truly could not lie, but as long as Professor McGonagall held onto the tip of the hat and did not let go, keeping it from touching the child's head, it could freely call out whatever result the principal had arranged beforehand.
It had merely suddenly wanted to call out Lady Ravenclaw's name. You were the ones treating that as the sorting result. This was not the Sorting Hat's fault.
So righteous. The White Demon King was truly so righteous. He dared to pull tricks in front of so many professors and students. That level of shamelessness was genuinely admirable.
Su Ming looked around. Snape's