Hogwarts: Harry's Path to Witches

Chapter 164 Regarding Miss Fleur, Harry has a long way to go

There was applause and cheers in the auditorium, and the guests all turned their attention to the first row.

Harley stood up and walked steadily towards the podium.

She did not wear the Hogwarts uniform today, but deliberately put on the gold and red robe that represented Gryffindor.

Harley's hands were wearing a pair of white silk sealed gloves, and her feet were wearing stockings and high heels of the same color.

Halle's black hair was styled into a single ponytail and she also wore light makeup on her face, making her look more heroic than before.

Professor Dumbledore smiled and took out the Order of Merlin, First Class Medal from the exquisite box, holding the ribbon with the medal in both hands.

He personally put on the ribbon for Harley. The green ribbon was slung across the girl's body from Harley's left shoulder to her right waist.

The heavy Medal of Merlin, First Class, was located on Harry's chest, shining goldenly under the light.

The appearance of the Order of Merlin, First Class is an imposing gold medal with a green ribbon.

The ribbons on different levels of medals have different colors. The second level has a purple ribbon and the third level has a white ribbon.

Slytherins have always claimed that the reason why the first-class medal has a green ribbon is because Merlin graduated from Slytherin House, and this is a tribute to him.

It is unknown whether false propaganda was involved. Anyway, the Slytherins firmly believe that this is true, and they are just happy.

"Thank you, Professor." Harry shook hands with Professor Dumbledore, and the camera lights flashed crazily in the back of the auditorium.

For a time, the atmosphere in the audience reached its highest point, and the applause and cheers became louder and louder.

At the end, as the only wizard to receive the Order of Merlin this time, and still a minor, Harley needs to give a speech.

Harley chose to imitate the speech she gave when she won the potions competition last time, and combined it with the current political correctness of the Ministry of Magic.

Anyway, the content of the speech was nothing more than an affirmation of the current work of the Ministry of Magic and hopes for a peaceful future for the magical world.

After Harley finished her speech and walked off the podium, the investiture ceremony ended.

But the crowd did not disperse, because there was a grand dinner after this.

Although Sirius Black has not been caught yet, although the employees of the Ministry of Magic still need to work overtime to build the venue for the Quidditch World Cup.

But such an important event as the awarding of the Merlin Order of Merlin and the subsequent banquet cannot be canceled at will.

During the meal, wizards kept coming over to congratulate Harry.

Professor Dumbledore also took the initiative to take Harry around and introduce her to big names in various fields.

At the same time, this also demonstrates the close relationship between Professor Dumbledore and Harley. Some wizards even speculated whether Harley was the heir to Dumbledore's skills.

Harley recalled the time she spent among the nobles, so she skillfully dealt with the wizards who came to talk to her.

Midway, Professor Slughorn came over with President Hector and another potion master, Damkos Bebier, who invented the Wolfsbane potion.

"Harry, I have received your paper. I think it will be published in the Potions Master journal next week."

President Hector smiled and said,

"Congratulations to you at the same time. Because you won the championship of the Magic School Potions Championship and published a high-quality paper in "Potion Master", your application to join the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists has also been approved."

"You're not going to give her a pass?" Professor Slughorn teased from the side.

"It stands to reason that you can join the Extraordinary Pharmacist Association by passing a short test and successfully brewing potions within the specified range.

Wizards like Harry who have published high-quality papers and are only twelve years old are eligible to run for the management of the association when they reach adulthood. "

"Thank you, Professor, and thank you, President Hector." Harley took the ID card from the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists.

It was a gold card, representing the highest level of membership in the Society of Extraordinary Pharmacists.

Although Harley herself is excellent and far exceeds the requirements to join the association, she should only be able to obtain the second-class membership status of a silver card.

But Harley placed the patent for the "Illusion Potion" in the Association of Extraordinary Pharmacists, so President Hector also made a favor.

Finally, when the banquet reached the second half, Harley got a rare break.

Harry deftly refused several young officials from the French Ministry of Magic who invited her to dance, and slipped into the bathroom.

Harley stood in front of the sink and just washed her face when she heard a familiar voice coming from the door:

"You seem to be very popular, dear Miss Potter."

"Thank you for the compliment, Miss Delacour." The moisture on Harley's face automatically turned into ice, and then dissipated in the air.

She turned around, and Fleur was wearing a white dress, with her hands behind her back, looking at Harry with a smile.

"Didn't you invite your good friend?" Fleur stood on her toes and pretended to look around the bathroom.

"No." Harley shook her head, "She's still in France."

"Oh, that's such a pity," Fleur said without any regret on her face.

"I haven't congratulated you yet. Congratulations on winning the first-class medal of Sir Merlin. And I didn't know you could be so handsome."

"I prefer you to describe me as beautiful." Harley reached out and smoothed her hair, suddenly remembering that she wore a ponytail today.

"I still think handsome is more suitable." Fleur said seriously, "I didn't even know so many things happened at Hogwarts.

In the past two days, Ms. Maxim said that she would take me to attend the investiture ceremony of Sir Merlin, and told me that the protagonist was you, so I read the British newspapers.

That photo of you stepping on the basilisk is really cool..."

As she said that, Fleur looked Harry up and down with a hint of regret in her voice.

"...It would be great if you were a boy. You are good-looking, have a top-notch temperament, and have a high academic level. You are the perfect boyfriend in my mind."

"Are you sincere?" Harley stared at Fleur suspiciously.

"Of course...it's just a joke!" Fleur covered her mouth and laughed softly.

Harry felt a little regretful, feeling that he had a long way to go regarding something regarding Fleur.

The party lasted until late at night.

Fleur and Harry waved goodbye before boarding Beauxbatons' carriage.

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(Thanks to Jiuwei Yanhu for the tip!)

(ps. The first-class Order of Merlin is the Order of the Black family, and the ribbon is based on the traditional British ribbon.

According to the information found by the author, the ribbon should be hung on the right shoulder, but it can also be hung on the left shoulder.

When writing, the author referred to the way of wearing it in the photos of the Queen of England. The author saw that it was hung on the left shoulder in the photos. Although he didn't understand it, he followed it. )