Shanna's House

"What do you mean by that?"

Professor McGonagall glared at Bell. She simply couldn't believe that anyone could slander Albus like that!

"It doesn't mean anything."

Bell shrugged casually. He was already fed up with all that talking.

He wouldn't have bothered talking to Professor McGonagall if it weren't to make Hermione realize the seriousness of the situation.

Furthermore, Bell wasn't sure if Dumbledore had noticed the problem with the Time-Turner. But Bell felt that even if Dumbledore had, he would probably choose to remain indifferent.

Ever since Voldemort emerged from among the students of Hogwarts, Dumbledore has been suppressing the growth of Little Wizard. This includes, but is not limited to: neglecting certain professors, altering teaching materials, and removing some books from the Restricted Section.

Therefore, Dumbledore might be quite happy to see some outstanding Little Wizard go to another world and live a "wonderful" life where their wishes come true.

"Professor, we should go to the Great Hall. Mr. Potter has been waiting outside for a long time."

Before Professor McGonagall could press for answers, Bell spoke up.

Without waiting for Professor McGonagall's reply, he grabbed Hermione, who was anxiously watching the two of them, and turned to walk towards the door.

"By the way, Professor."

Just as Bell was about to turn the doorknob, he suddenly stopped and turned to look at Professor McGonagall.

"Believe me, you won't find those people's names."

Professor McGonagall fell silent as she watched Bell and Hermione walk out of the office.

Now, she needs to go to the Great Hall for the traditional opening banquet. After the banquet, she will meticulously organize all the historical records of Hogwarts!

She will find it, she definitely will!

When Bell entered the Great Hall, unsurprisingly, the Sorting Ceremony had already ended. The freshmen were happily enjoying their food under the care of the upperclassmen.

Although Bell felt a little regretful that she couldn't witness her younger sister's sorting process, the ending was already predetermined, so it didn't really matter whether she watched it or not.

Bell eagerly headed towards the Ravenclaw dining table. However, as he walked, he found himself unable to move...

"What happened! Why isn't Shanna here!?"

Bell was shocked and scanned the Ravenclaw table again from beginning to end, but he still couldn't find Shanna.

Anxiously raising his right hand, Bell looked at the Magic Mark on the back of his hand.

In an instant, he sensed Shanna's location; the little girl was at the Slytherin House dining table not far from him.

"What's going on?! Why is Shanna in Slytherin House?!"

Bell was completely baffled.

The script wasn't supposed to be like this at all!

Bell didn't believe that the Sorting Hat, that tattered hat that hadn't been washed in who knows how many centuries, could possibly break through her sister's Occlumency.

It's important to know that, having learned from the previous experience of researching the Fiendfyre Curse and the Undying Flame, Bell's level of attention to Occlumency has increased dramatically.

Therefore, in order to help Shanna lay a good foundation in advance, Bell had specifically instructed Shanna to strengthen her training in Occlumency.

Therefore, Shanna's Occlumency can be considered quite good.

Not to mention, the Sorting Hat is only used for sorting houses; it's not some kind of master of Legilimency.

Filled with doubt, Bell didn't even bother to respond to Hermione's call from behind, and rushed towards the Slytherin House dining table.

Hermione, left behind, stared blankly at Bell's departing figure, unsure whether she should continue towards Gryffindor House or follow her boyfriend to find out why he went to Slytherin House.

Shanna had been waiting anxiously and restlessly for a long time.

My Gege clearly said he would be waiting for her in the Great Hall, but why hasn't he come yet?

Most importantly, Shanna had checked several times and confirmed that Hermione, who had left with her Gege, was not in the Great Hall!

Shanna didn't know what she was thinking. In any case, when she was being assigned to a different school, her parents' words of advice from a month ago suddenly popped into her mind.

(While William and Elena felt helpless about their son's disregard for Hogwarts tradition by telling their youngest daughter about the Sorting Ceremony, they weren't surprised at all.)

As if by some strange twist of fate, Shanna chose to stop the Occlumency that was running in her mind and put on the tattered Sorting Hat.

"Slytherin!"

The Sorting Hat shouted loudly.

Shanna had no idea how she got to the Slytherin table or how she sat down.

The applause and greetings from the senior students around her seemed to come from a very distant place.

This was the first time in Shanna's life that she had disobeyed her Gege's request. This made the little girl feel very uneasy and anxious.

Shanna felt a pang of regret; she longed to put that tattered hat back on and go through the sorting process again.

Unfortunately, before Shanna could make up her mind, a professor took the hat away...

Therefore, Shanna became even more unhappy. How could anyone be so annoying?!

The frustrated girl wanted to vent her frustration by blowing something up. However, recalling the scene she had created herself in the mountains not far from her home, she suppressed this dangerous idea.

"Squeak~"

The Great Hall doors were pushed open.

Shanna saw her Gege walk into the Great Hall first. And sure enough, Hermione followed behind Gege.

"Hmph! My Gege's a big liar! He actually abandoned Shanna to go play with Hermione!"

Little Shanna inwardly condemned her Gege's behavior.

However, when she saw her Gege walking quickly towards her, Shanna panicked again.

The little girl looked around frantically, trying to find a place to hide.

At that moment, she forgot that no matter where she hid, her Gege could always sense her presence.

Before Shanna could choose a hiding place, a shadow formed under the light loomed over her head.

"Shanna! Why... why are you in Slytherin House!?"

Her Gege's voice came from above, extinguishing the last glimmer of hope in Shanna's heart.

"Brother, Gege, you're so slow! Where did you go?"

Shanna asked, stammering.

"I'm sorry, Shanna. Professor McGonagall had some business with us earlier, which took a while."

Bell apologized instinctively.

He then realized that those unimportant things could be put aside for now; there were more important issues to figure out.

"Let's put that aside for now. Shanna, didn't we agree to come to Ravenclaw where your Gege is? Why are you sitting here in Slytherin?"

Bell desperately wanted to know what had happened during the few minutes he was gone.