Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

Although there were a large number of them, Andre still had to report everyone's names at the request of the cold female voice, and then the other party sent a pile of metal badges through the coin slot of the phone booth and asked everyone to Everyone must wear a badge with their name on their chest.

"Visitor of the Ministry of Magic, you need to be checked at the security checkpoint and register your wand. The checkpoint is at the end of the main hall."

As the female voice sounded again, Mr. Weasley hurriedly pulled everyone in, which made this already small space even more crowded, but the amazing thing is that so many people can really be crammed in here, especially Among them was Hagrid, the half-giant.

Soon, the phone booth began to sink. After about a minute, the door suddenly opened.

What appeared in front of everyone was a magnificent hall. People who came to the Ministry of Magic for the first time were curiously observing the surrounding environment. However, before they had time to take a closer look, a familiar voice came from not far away: " You are finally here, hurry up, the ceremony is about to begin."

"Professor McGonagall, are you here too?" Andre turned around and saw the dean's wife running towards her, and he immediately bowed politely.

"Yes, Dumbledore asked me to help, and I also want to see a Hogwarts student receive the Order of Merlin. Unfortunately, some people did not invite me." Professor McGonagall Said half-jokingly.

This actually made Andre a little embarrassed. He had indeed forgotten the dean's wife who was kind to him, and if he hadn't met Hermione and the Weasley family in Diagon Alley today, he would not have brought them to participate. Even Hagrid, who had often gone to Hogsmeade to visit Norbert before, was invited to this investiture ceremony by chance.

Of course, Professor McGonagall didn't really mind this matter. She just made it a joke: "Okay, let's go to the exclusive hall of Wizengamot first. Professor Dumbledore will come on stage later." Let’s start awarding medals.”

On the way to the hall, the lady also said to Andre: "In fact, in the past, for deeds like yours, the Wizengamot would not award a third-level medal. The third-level medal is used to commend the For individuals who have made contributions to our knowledge base or entertainment industry, most of the previous recipients are artists in the wizarding world, and the first-class medal is used to recognize "outstanding bravery or outstanding achievements" in magic. This is also the reason why Peter Pettigrew was able to receive the First Class Medal that year."

"That's true, but in recent years, the Wizengamot has modified the meaning of each level of medals," Mr. Weasley, as an official of the Ministry of Magic, has some knowledge of this matter. He explained: "They decided to determine the level of the medal they received according to the contribution they made. In this way, even artists may receive the Order of Merlin, First Class."

Under the leadership of Professor McGonagall, they quickly entered the hall where the investiture ceremony was held. The group found two rows of seats with the names of Andre and Sirius on them. Their number was less than twenty, and There are thirty places reserved for the two of them, which is enough for them to sit down.

"I still have to help Professor Dumbledore organize his speech. You can stay here for now. Andre should appear first later, and his third-level medal will be in front." Wait for everyone to be arranged. After that, Professor McGonagall hurried backstage.

After about ten minutes, a burst of melodious music came from the middle of the hall, and then Dumbledore, wearing a silver robe, walked to the stage.

"Gentlemen and ladies, welcome to the British Ministry of Magic. You all took the precious time out of your busy schedule today to come here and listen to an old man like me award you with the Medal of Honor of the Order of Merlin. This is a great honor for me. "Dumbledore had a gentle smile on his face, and with the blessing of magic, his loud voice spread throughout the hall in an instant.

"But I think everyone may be more looking forward to the sumptuous dinner that Connelly prepared for this investiture ceremony. To be honest, I also really want to taste the delicacies specially brought by our minister, so I won't hold back. , let’s start announcing the list of recipients of this year’s Order of Merlin.” The principal was still the same as at the Hogwarts opening ceremony, without so many clichés, he simply and directly took it out of his robe pocket. A small piece of parchment.

And his opening remarks also won him a round of applause, and the applause from the audience sounded like thunder.

However, Professor McGonagall, who had returned to Andre and the others at this time, couldn't help but cover her forehead. She complained feebly: "Filius and I prepared a speech for him for two days, but he still... I should have thought of this a long time ago."

The Filius mentioned by Professor McGonagall is Andrei's Charms Professor, Mr. Flitwick.

Dumbledore on the stage spoke again: "Okay, let me see who the first winner is. Oh, I have to say, you are really lucky. You are about to witness the history of Sir Merlin. The youngest recipient of the Order of the Third Class in history. I think you may have seen his name in the Daily Prophet, yes, the first-year student from Hogwarts, Andre Chauvin Mr. Novych Ivanov. I am honored that the first recipient of the award today is a student from my school. Come up, Andrei, I have to read your story to everyone."

When Andre heard his name, he quickly walked out of the audience. At this time, most people focused their attention on him. They were interested in this man who won the Merlin Jazz Third Prize at the age of 12. The little wizard with a first-class medal is full of curiosity.

"As a young wizard who just entered school last year, I have to praise Andre as one of the best students I have ever taught at Hogwarts."

"Earlier this year, through some details that are difficult for ordinary people to notice, he discovered a dark wizard lurking in the school, that is, Peter Pettigrew, who faked his own death and deceived the Ministry of Magic and the Wizengamot. Sir is actually an illegal Animagus."

When Dumbledore said this, he gave Andre a meaningful look. Obviously, he knew very well that his student was also an Animagus who had not registered with the Ministry of Magic, and he had been there for centuries. A magical Animagus that has never been seen before the public.

"If Mr. Ivanov hadn't discovered this, I'm afraid we would still be kept in the dark by Peter, and Mr. Sirius Black, who will later be awarded the Order of Merlin Level [-], will continue to suffer injustice. , was imprisoned in Azkaban." Mr. Principal continued: "Actually, I personally feel that a third-class medal is not enough to commend Mr. Ivanov's contribution to the wizarding world, but he is still young after all, I think He will win greater glory for himself in the future, so when my colleagues in the Wizengamot persuaded me with this reason, I also chose to agree."

"However, it is worth mentioning that Mr. Ivanov led several of his classmates to complete the feat of catching Peter Pettigrew without the help of teachers."

"Here I have to reflect on myself. We adults do sometimes believe too much in ourselves and always ignore the words of children. Fortunately, nothing happened to Mr. Ivanov during that battle. Otherwise, I I might have to take the blame and resign.”

Andre was a little embarrassed. In fact, he never wanted to talk to the professors about this matter. He was leading the development of the matter from beginning to end. Only after Voldemort discovered the existence of Peter Pettigrew, did a little "little" appear. It was a small accident, but even so, he still did not tell Professor McGonagall the truth.

"Okay, I think there are many people waiting behind, so I won't go into details about Mr. Ivanov's specific experience here." Dumbledore took out a carefully packaged package from his robe pocket. A small gift box, and then took out a medal with a white ribbon and put it on Andre's chest personally.

Everyone in the audience also applauded this move, and Andre bowed to them with a smile on his face to express his gratitude.

Fortunately, the wizarding world is not as complicated as Muggle society. He does not need to give his acceptance speech on the stage. After receiving the medal, he can go back to his seat directly.

Next up were two other recipients of third-level medals, one of whom received this honor for improving a certain spell.

Another witch from France, her contribution was to invent a new magic paint that can make the people in the portrait more vivid.

After the French witch stepped down, it was Sirius's turn. His deeds had already caused a sensation in the wizarding world through a special report in the "Daily Prophet". Dumbledore did not go into too much detail and quickly became a fan of him. A second-level medal with a purple ribbon.

There were a total of three third-level medal recipients and two second-level medal recipients at this Merlin Knight Order ceremony, but the rarely awarded first-level medal was still absent.

So under Dumbledore's no-nonsense auspices, the awarding of honors came to an official end soon.

After this, there was a dinner party prepared by the Ministry of Magic for everyone. Generally speaking, Mr. Fudge, the Minister, put a lot of thought into this banquet. He brought a lot of novel foreign dishes to everyone.

This is not the ordinary food that Andre and the others eat every day at Hogwarts, but some delicacies made from wonderful magical plants and animals.

Not even the Weasleys had tried much, let alone the Muggle Grangers.

"Are you going back to Hogsmeade when the meeting is over?" The little witch put a few strange-colored fruits on her dinner plate. Even Andre couldn't identify what plant they were.

"Yeah, I don't have anything to do outside."

"Why don't you go to my house for a few days? There are still several weeks of summer vacation." Ron said vaguely while stuffing his mouth with a steak that was said to be grilled with Ukrainian iron-belly ribs: "Harry and Harry Min, you can also come together, you must be bored staying alone in Sirius. If you come to my house, we can even organize a small three-on-three Quidditch match."

"I can't go," Hermione shook her head and said, "I have to go to Liverpool with my parents next week to visit my grandpa. I have to stay there for the rest of the summer vacation."

Harry was very interested in this. Although he was very happy at Grimmauld Place, at least it was much better than staying at Privet Drive, where he had to get up every morning to prepare breakfast for his aunt's family, but At Black's old house, he didn't have to worry about food at all. Old Kreacher would prepare everything. This house elf had almost no faults except being a little too attentive recently.

Andre didn't refuse. He hadn't been in a good mood during this period. It would be nice to go to the Burrow to relax, so they made an appointment to visit Ron's house tomorrow morning.

It was already eleven o'clock in the evening when the dinner ended. Hermione and the Grangers would take the subway home. As for the car they left in Diagon Alley, it would be fine to drive back tomorrow.

Harry and Sirius had to apparate to Grimmauld Place before they could enter the house protected by the Fidelity Charm.

Naturally, the Weasleys only need to go back to the Burrow through the Floo network, and Andre can only go back to Mr. Aberforth's Hog's Head pub first, because his house does not have a fireplace connected to the Floo network, but he After deciding to go back this time, I applied to the Floo Network Office of the Ministry of Magic to connect my house.

Because he had an appointment to go to the Burrow the next day, Andre did not go to bed immediately after returning to Hogsmeade. He had to seize the time to study the "Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration" he got from Ginny. , to make sure this is not the first Horcrux made by Voldemort when he was a student.

Opening the book cover, it looks like a shabby second-hand Transfiguration textbook, both inside and outside, and has nothing to do with Voldemort's diary.

Andre took out his wand and cast a revealing spell on the book, but there was no change.

This made him frown. He remembered that in the original book, Lucius should have stuffed the diary into Ginny's cauldron, but this morning, he saw clearly that Mr. Malfoy only transformed this diary. He threw the art textbook back into Ginny's hand without making any other action, which was why he asked Ginny for the book.

At that time, he thought that Lucius might have taken advantage of the chaos to use magic on the book and replaced Voldemort's Japan with the original second-hand textbook, but now it seems that the other party did not do this.

This gave Andre a headache. He was originally planning to take the diary into his hands in case there was any trouble next semester, but now he didn't expect that Lucius didn't throw the Horcrux to him. Ginny didn't know if he was still hiding in her home.

If this is the case, before Voldemort returns again in the fourth year, he will have to go to the Malfoy manor to prevent the diary from being mastered by the Dark Lord again, and it will be difficult to destroy it by then.