Byers stepped aside, and the second and third students came out. They were wearing the same school uniform, with the emblem of Ilvermorny School of Magic embroidered on the left chest and on the box.

The students of Ilvermorny quickly lined up in a row, and the three adult wizards walked at the end.

Felix's eyes swept across the middle-aged wizard and stopped at a blonde witch and a dark-haired wizard. They were both very young, but they were not wearing student robes.

This was not the most important thing, but on the right chest of the man and woman, there was an abstract sail embroidered with three wavy lines below.

This symbol was exactly the symbol of the American Reform Society. In the past year or so, they have developed rapidly. Even though they were thousands of miles away, Felix could occasionally see the name of this organization in the newspaper.

After that, the students shouted softly -

from the flames, a row of short, gray-skinned goblins with long ears walked out. They were dressed like jungle warriors, with leaves on their clothes, a pocket bow on their backs, and a small tube of arrows on their waists.

The students of Hogwarts were talking about it.

Professor McGonagall looked back majestically, and they immediately quieted down, swallowing all their questions and curiosity.

A dozen students from Ilvermorny cast their eyes on the wizard who came out last, highlighting his status. He looked a bit like Barty Crouch, and this similarity was more focused on temperament. They all seemed to have a magical ability - when they put on Muggle clothes, they could pretend to be a government official at any time to discuss some issues about automobile exhaust emissions without showing any sense of disobedience.

Agilbert Fontana stirred his wand behind him, stirring the fire emblem into a vortex. Then he strode over and shook hands with Dumbledore.

"Professor Fontana, welcome to you." Dumbledore said.

"Oh, Professor Dumbledore, you don't look changed at all." Fontana said, his eyes sparkling. He was wearing a dark brown robe, and his ink-black hair was combed meticulously. Even when he shook hands hard, his hair was not messy at all.

Dumbledore's long silver beard was blown into a lovely arc by the cool October autumn breeze.

"Please allow me to introduce - Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts Cormac Wilkinson, and two assistants in the school, Uriah Edmund and Bethenny Bach, who insisted on coming. Of course, there are also this year's protagonists, my students!"

Dumbledore smiled and led them in, followed by the students of Ilvermorny. The student named "Byers" had been looking around since he appeared. When he found Felix, he slowly stood next to the female assistant with blonde hair.

"Sister, it's Mr. Hep." He whispered, but because the voice was too loud, the students next to him heard it.

They all looked at the professors of Hogwarts.

"Which one?" someone asked.

"The youngest one!" Byers replied.

Bethenny hit her brother secretly and whispered, "Brother Uriah and I have seen it. You have a year to get in touch. Now! Act like a good person. The students of Hogwarts are all looking at you!"

As she spoke, she showed a decent smile and followed the headmaster and Professor Wilkinson. However, when they passed the team of Hogwarts professors, Byers couldn't help but gesture to Felix to lift the mask.

The boy next to him laughed out loud and said jokingly, "Is this the person you have been thinking about for a whole year?"

"Shut up, Graves." Byers whispered.

They didn't quiet down until Uriah looked over.

The delegation from Ilvermorny walked into the hall, followed by the professors of Hogwarts, and finally the deans and students of the four colleges.

There were huge silk banners hanging on the walls of the Great Hall, each representing a Hogwarts house: Gryffindor with a red background and a golden lion, Ravenclaw with a blue background and a bronze eagle, Hufflepuff with a yellow background and a black badger, and Slytherin with a green background and a silver python.

Behind the teacher's desk, there was the largest banner with the Hogwarts coat of arms: a lion, an eagle, a badger, and a snake connected together, surrounding a large letter H.

"I don't know what to do at this time," Ron said, "It's ten o'clock in the morning, and we just finished lunch..."

But he soon knew what to do. When the Hogwarts students sat down in the Great Hall, the Ilvermorny students standing in the middle sang the school song together -

"We are united against the Puritans. We draw inspiration from the kind wizard Morrigan.

Because she was persecuted by non-wizards, she fled here from faraway Ireland, and this is the origin of our school. Oh! Ilvermorny in Massachusetts!

We chose it!

We chose it!

Excellent magic school~ Your walls protect us; the days with you are as beautiful as a dream. You taught us everything about magic!

Now one thing is very clear:

no matter where we are, no matter where we are, our real home - the only home, is Ilvermorny!"

Then, the students of Ilvermorny raised their wands, and the tips of the wands exploded. Animal-shaped fireworks flashed in the auditorium. The students of Hogwarts looked at the long-horned water snake with a shining crystal on its forehead, the cat-leopard running vigorously, the thunderbird flapping its wings and the goblin raising its bow and arrow, and applauded.

"What is that thing with thorns?" Harry asked while clapping his hands.

"It's a goblin. Professor McGonagall said during the training that its magical ability can allow it to disguise itself as a porcupine." Hermione said, she looked up at the four animals. At the same time, the lion, eagle, badger, and snake on the banner of the auditorium also swam. She whispered, "The professor said that Ilvermorny and Hogwarts have a deep connection. Now it seems that it is true..."

Harry stared at the goblin-like fireworks in the air. They had porcupine-like quills on their bodies, and then lowered his head to look at the jungle warriors standing behind the Ilvermorny students, who seemed to be doing nothing and even a little dissatisfied. They looked like Gringotts goblins who had taken off their suits.

"What a big difference." Harry said with admiration.

Ron clapped his hands in confusion and said, "Why don't we have a school song with a unified tune?"

"We do," said Hermione, "It was introduced in Hogwarts: A History, but I think Professor Dumbledore might think that sincere praise is better than repeating the same tune year after year."

She glanced at the professor's seat and asked in confusion, "Did you see Professor Hep?"

Harry and Ron also looked around, but found nothing.

"Strange, the professors are all seated, and there is an empty seat there. Where did he go?"

At this time, Dumbledore stood up, "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, ghosts, and - especially - distinguished guests," he looked at the students of Ilvermorny with a smile, "I welcome you to Hogwarts with great joy."

"You will spend a long time in Hogwarts, not only because of the competition, but under the advice of Professor Fontana, you will also get to know the ancient traditions of Hogwarts up close, and its magic courses that have cultivated generations of outstanding wizards."

"And this is inseparable from the beginning of everything - the Sorting Ceremony!"

He looked at a corner of the hall, and Felix walked over with a smile and a Sorting Hat.