With Dumbledore's arrival, the memorial fell completely silent, and everyone sat down in their seats.

Dumbledore stepped up to the stage and said in a loud voice, "Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Merlin Memorial for this momentous ceremony.

Over the past year, some wizards have made a significant contribution to the wizarding world—their courage and wisdom have made a significant difference in our world," Dumbledore read a long manuscript, mostly a retelling of the laureates.

"Everything is ready, please go to the position of the orator."

William left his position and strode over, and in the midst of a group of older and even old wizards, a child mixed in stood out.

There are not many wizards in the UK who have been awarded the Order of Merit this year, and in addition to William and Dampos Belby, there is also a third-class medal recipient.

- Gilderoy Lockhart.

The word of commendation is intended to recognize his bravery in the face of dark creatures, as well as the practice of introducing methods of defense in his autobiographical writings.

Dumbledore presented the medals one by one, and soon it was William.

"On behalf of the Order of Merlin and the wizarding community," Dumbledore said, holding up the fine silk ribbon, "bestowing the Order of Sir William Stark Merlin with the Order of Merlin of the Second Degree." ”

The Order of Merlin is composed of an atmospheric gold medal and ribbon, the green ribbon is the first class, the purple ribbon is the second class, and the white ribbon is the third class.

It is said that the green ribbon on the first-class medal is a tribute to Merlin's Slytherin House at Hogwarts.

At least the little snakes' welcome words every year are promoted like this, and I don't know if it's false propaganda.

However, according to tradition, the Merlin First Class Medal is difficult to obtain, and is usually awarded posthumously to wizards who are dead or dying of old age.

Otherwise, it was someone who made a particularly significant contribution, such as Dumbledore, who defeated Grindelwald in 1945 and was awarded a Merlin Order of the First Degree.

Most of the others were awarded second- and third-class medals.

So Umbridge thinks that Fudge can get a first-class medal, which is definitely an extremely shameless proposal.

Dumbledore placed the purple ribbon on William's belt, straddling it diagonally from his left shoulder to his right leg.

"Thank you, Professor." William shook Dumbledore's hand gently, and the ring on his hand hurt his hand.

William suspected that Dumbledore had cast a spell on the ring, otherwise he would have lost the diamond ring after shaking his hand.

"Kid," Dumbledore whispered, "thank you for what you did before. ”

"It's all with the help of the professor."

The two smiled tacitly.

"By the way, come with me after the ceremony, and I'll introduce you to some wizards." Dumbledore whispered.

With that, he walked towards the next person.

With the end of all the ceremonies, the atmosphere of the audience reached the highest point for a while, and the crowd applauded thunderously and cheered endlessly. The magic ceiling is lit with stars and countless brilliant fireworks are raised.

The cheering continued for about a few minutes, until people felt their hands tingling.

Each of the winners gave a speech.

William was talking about encouraging people to eliminate discrimination against Muggle-born wizards and promote harmony among them.

This is also the political correctness of today.

Of course, William also added a little condiment, hoping that the British wizarding community will eliminate poverty as soon as possible, achieve all-round well-off, and achieve common prosperity.

There are naturally not many people who understand such a profound topic, except for Mr. Weasley's interest, everyone else is confused.

During the meal, wizards kept coming to congratulate William, especially Dumbledore who took him around and introduced him to wizards, and the two seemed extremely close.

Seeing this, Fudge became more enthusiastic, and hinted that William would propose that he be elected as the representative of the British Young Wizards of Wizengamot.

Young Wizard Representative is a title given to some British underage wizards during certain events in the Wizengamot.

When Dumbledore graduated, he was the representative of England that year.

According to custom, this title was only given to good wizards between the ages of sixteen and seventeen, but William received the Order of Merlin, which was more than enough for him to be twelve years old.

William was also pestered by Lockhart and took a lot of photographs, and he promised to give him a copy of his book.

Lockhart was also a Ravenclaw student, but when Dumbledore invited him to take up the position of Defence Against the Dark Arts professor next year, he excused himself to go to the bathroom.

"William, did you bring the Heart-Clearing Elixir?" Dumbledore asked suddenly.

"Bring, what's wrong, Professor?" William asked.

When he had been studying for too long, William would use a mind-clearing potion that would help him eliminate all distractions and concentrate.

"I think you need to use some." Dumbleder said as he walked along.

William pulled out a red bottle from the pouch where he had cast the Traceless Stretching Charm.

"A drop?" This is the dosage he usually uses.

"Not a drop, hmm...... I'm afraid of three drops. Dumbledore blinked.

"Oh, okay." William was as good as a stream.

At this moment, a giant came in the distance, and she was wearing black high heels—shoes the size of a small sleigh, and heels of fifty centimeters—but at the woman's feet, flat shoes were about the same.

With the support of her high heels, the woman was at least five meters tall, and if Hagrid was here, she would be a head shorter.

But unlike Hagrid, the woman was beautiful, with a handsome olive-colored face, dark, watery eyes, and a pointed nose.

Her hair was combed back and tied in a shiny bun at the base of her neck.

She was wrapped from head to toe in a black forged garment, and many precious opals shone around her neck and on her thick fingers.

Hagrid missed 100 million!

Dumbledore walked over with William, and she smiled gracefully and held out a glittering hand.

Dumbledore, though also tall, barely bent over when he kissed the hand.

"Dear Madame Maxim," said Dumbledore, "it's been a long time since you've been so graceful. ”

"You, too, Professor Dumbledore, are still in style." Madame Maxim said in a deep voice, "I wish you all the best. ”

"Very good, thank you." Dumbledore said. "This is William, my student, I think you already know him."

William stepped forward and nodded slightly, "Hello, Madame Maxim." ”

"Hello, kid." Madame Maxime glanced at William, "I think you must be the best student at Hogwarts, then ......"

An imperceptible sly smile flashed in her eyes, and she waved a huge hand behind her.

Behind Maxim came a girl of thirteen or fourteen, dressed in a splendid satin robe, with long, waterfall-like silver hair hanging down to her waist.

To tell the truth, the other party was the prettiest girl William had ever seen, and there seemed to be a special magic in her blue eyes, urging him to do something "daring".

Maxim smiled, she waited for the boy to make a fool of himself.

But William was in a trance for less than a second, his eyes returned to clarity, and he smiled in French: "Hello, this beautiful young lady. ”

Maxim's smile froze.

Dumbledore grinned.

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