The key figure of the Hogwarts sorting ceremony was actually not the host Professor McGonagall, but an old, dirty, pointy wizard hat.
This wizard hat was created by the Four Founders specifically to assist with sorting and helping the houses.
It has its own consciousness and can also speak. It is an extremely special life form.
However, although it is called a "sorting," ever since Hogwarts was founded, there has never been a student sent back due to not being selected. Because the kind-hearted and selfless Lady Hufflepuff always accepted all students without rejection.
Under the guidance of Professor McGonagall, the students were called one by one according to the alphabetical order of their names and sat on a high stool. Afterward, Professor McGonagall would lift the Sorting Hat and place it on their heads.
Finally, when the Sorting Hat loudly announced the sorting result, the atmosphere in the whole hall instantly changed from its original solemnity to lively excitement.
All the older students cheered and applauded, celebrating the joining of the new members.
The prefects were even more enthusiastic as they welcomed the new students to the long table, showing warmth and care like the others.
This kind of enthusiasm made the new students, who had not yet adjusted from the previous serious atmosphere, a little overwhelmed.
At this time, all the older students would burst into laughter.
Afterward, Dumbledore went up to the podium, and after a few brief and quick welcome words, all kinds of food appeared on the long tables before everyone.
The smile on Link's face never faded even once. This was the first time he truly attended Hogwarts' start-of-term feast, so he was showing immense curiosity and freshness toward everything here.
This sense of freshness, carried along by the surrounding atmosphere, naturally transformed into joy.
If one really had to say there was anything regretful about this feast, it was that Link didn't see Harry and Ron's figures in the hall.
This made Professor McGonagall and Hermione's expressions look quite bad.
Instead, George and Fred, the two brothers, looked very pleased.
Because skipping the Hogwarts start-of-term feast was something even they didn't dare to do.
After a discussion, they unanimously agreed that their little brother Ron had finally shown his talent in the path of pranking.
'Mm, worthy of the name Weasley.'
However, these things didn't have much to do with Link. After Dumbledore officially announced the end of the feast, Link naturally followed the large group out of the hall.
Only, he didn't return to the Hufflepuff dormitory but instead left the group midway and walked toward Snape's office alone.
Today was his potion-drinking day, something he and Snape had arranged long ago.
But what surprised Link was that, just as he pushed open the arched stone door of Snape's office, he discovered the figures of Harry and Ron.
At the moment, they looked a bit miserable, not only were their clothes torn and ragged, but their faces and the backs of their hands, with no clothes covering them, had strip-shaped wounds, which seemed to have been caused by something like a whip.
And across from them stood Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Snape. Judging from their serious and angry expressions, they seemed to be scolding Harry and Ron.
"Uh, really sorry, I came to the wrong place." Link straightforwardly apologized, then was about to shut the door and leave.
Link really didn't want to get caught up in this situation. Considering how petty Snape could be, he absolutely would take it out on Link.
But before Link could exit, Dumbledore said, "Wait, Link, we're done here. You can stay."
"Alright."
Dumbledore's words stopped Link's movement, and Harry and Ron both let out long sighs of relief when they heard that.
"Then let's go, Harry, Ron. You two go back and sleep." Dumbledore said, then led McGonagall and the others out of the office.
When Harry and Ron passed by Link, they gave him a "good luck" look.
This made Link feel a bit baffled. But he soon understood what it meant.
Because the next moment, Snape's voice, filled with suppressed anger, came over.
"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and drink the potion."
Link glanced at Snape's gloomy face, cursed him in his heart a few times, then raised the cup and drank it in one gulp.
And after watching Link completely finish the potion, Snape's expression finally looked a bit better. He nodded and pushed a piece of parchment toward Link.
"Learn this tonight."
Snape's words confused Link a little. When he opened the parchment, he found several large characters written at the top.
[Scarpin's Revelaspell]
"What is this thing?"
Link frowned and asked. Snape's expression darkened again upon hearing this, but he still explained with patience, "This is a special spell only taught in advanced classes. It allows you to directly observe and analyze the components of a potion."
Once Snape said that, Link's eyes instantly lit up. Because, as someone who had fully studied high school chemistry, Link immediately understood the importance of this Scarpin's Revelaspell.
If he wasn't mistaken, this was practically an integrated analyzer for chemical breakdowns. This would definitely bring great help to the entire potion-making and development process.
Even further, if Link could use it properly, he might be able to reverse-engineer a potion's recipe by analyzing the components of a finished potion!
However, the only issue now was, could Link really learn this kind of high-end advanced spell?
Shaking his head, Link quickly cast away all the messy thoughts. No matter how difficult it was, he would only know the result if he gave it a try.
Thinking this way, Link unfolded the parchment and began following the process written on it to attempt the spell.
The casting process of the Scarpin's Revelaspell was quite special.
Although it did have an incantation, the role played by the incantation in the entire casting process wasn't very significant.
This point was somewhat similar to the completely silent spell Occlumency.
Therefore, its difficulty was also similar to Occlumency.
So, Link's first attempt quickly ended in failure. Link wasn't surprised at all by this.
However, Snape clearly didn't think this was anything difficult. So, the moment he saw Link fail, his expression changed, and he slightly opened his mouth, ready to start scolding.
But before he could begin spewing venom, Link had already begun his second attempt.
This time, Link didn't rigidly follow the steps on the parchment. Instead, before he even started, he activated Occlumency and Sensory Enhancement Spell.
In Link's opinion, the absolutely rational state from Occlumency and the hypersensitive state from the Sensory Enhancement Spell should give a huge boost to this observation method.
And the truth proved Link was right.
Because after he successfully ran through the full process of the observation method again, a message appeared before his eyes.
[Scarpin's Revelaspell lv1 acquired!]
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