061: House Cup attribution
"You two did well this time, and the two of you alone have earned nearly 100 points for Ravenclaw College," Professor Flitwick said cheerfully to Joel and Sergei, "keep up the momentum." β
He remembers that it was the two students who stood out in the pasting spell test at the beginning of the semester, winning two sets of Chadwick's Magic from themselves.
"Thank you, Professor!" Joel bowed slightly.
"Did I finish reading the book I gave you two last time?" Professor Flitwick led the two of them into the corner, and he had a lot of free time after the final exams, and he didn't mind exchanging Charms with the two students at this time.
Joel and Sergei were glad that they had sold the signed edition of the book, and then went to the Blott bookstore to buy the original edition, and this year they had roughly finished reading the first one, so three small men of similar height got together to share their understanding of the book.
During this time, the three of them compared the book with the Standard Spell by Miranda Goshawk in England, and it was not until curfew that Professor Flitwick let them go.
Dry-mouthed, the two said goodbye to Professor Flitwick and ran back to the dormitory to take a big sip of water.
Fast forward to Friday evening, where Professor Dumbledore will wrap up the academic year and present the House Cup.
The roommates woke up early, and after going to the bathroom to have some fun, Joel changed into his robes and leaned on the bed to finish reading the second volume of Chadwick's Magic.
Seeing that it was still early, Joel simply packed his bags, and the Hogwarts Train would carry him back to London on Saturday morning.
His previous application to stay in school for the summer was rejected because he still had the orphanage director as his guardian in the Muggle world.
As he sorted through the parchment and books in the drawer, he saw a purple pocket box with a layer of floating dust on it.
Gently brushing off the dust, Joel opened the box and saw the delicately shaped sapphire brooch lying inside.
He pinned the brooch to the right chest of his robe, echoing the Ravenclaw badge on the left chest.
"Where's the brooch?" Eddie asked curiously.
"Hmm...... Bought. Joel didn't say it was a Christmas present, otherwise Eddie would have been asked for it with the level of gossip.
"It's beautiful." Alan praised from the bottom of his heart.
In the evening, the four of them went to the Great Hall, and today all the students of the seventh year of Hogwarts gathered together to fill their respective house tables, and on the walls around the Great Hall hung several huge banners with Slytherin snakes, and the silver snakes came to life, staring at everyone with cold and unemotional eyes.
Professor Dumbledore stood up as soon as all the students were seated, his hands outstretched as he had done at the opening ceremony, a kind smile on his face, and the noise at the long table immediately subsided.
"It's another school year!" He amplified his voice, "Before you enjoy a delicious meal, please listen to the clichΓ©s of my old man." β
"It's been a full and wonderful year, and I'm sure you've got a little more knowledge in your little brains after a year of study, whether it's theoretical knowledge or life ......experience," Dumbledore blinked, "and we're about to have a two-month summer vacation, and we're going to award this year's House Cup before we highlight a series of precautions." β
Dumbledore waved his wand slightly, and a scoreboard appeared in front of him, each of which symbolized a score, with rubies representing Gryffindor, sapphires representing Ravenclaw, emeralds corresponding to Slytherin, and diamonds belonging to Hufflepuff House.
"At the top of the list is Slytherin β 490 points, second is Gryffindor β 420 points, third is Ravenclaw House β 340 points, and at the bottom of the list is Hufflepuff β 320 points."
The students at the Slytherin table thundered as they won the House Cup for the sixth year in a row, and a number of students made defiant gestures against their old rivals, Gryffindors.
Professor Snape in the faculty seat twitched the corners of his lips slightly, clearly in a good mood.
Professor McGonagall stared at the child on her head's desk, her face grim.
"Good job...... Dumbledore chuckled, "but I woke up this morning and received a package that I felt necessary to make some changes to my grades on the last day of term. β
Hearing this, the Slytherin students fell silent, and all eyes were on Professor Dumbledore, watching him wave his wand, and the package placed in the teacher's seat was opened, and a piece of parchment flew in front of him.
Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat, his blue eyes bright and clear.
"Since the end of last year, "CLBT Magic Course Complete Explanation" has become popular in the wizarding world around the world, as of the date of this letter (June 15), the book series has sold more than 3W copies worldwide, becoming the world's best-selling book in the past five years, in view of the original authors of the book - your students Eddie Camitchell, Sergei Lowe, Alan Bot and Joel Taylor contributed to the book series, the Merlin Sir Orchestra hereby decides to award him the Merlin Order of Merlin Third Class."
After Dumbledore finished reading it, he showed everyone the full picture of the letter, and the letter was also stamped with the seal of the Sir Merlin's order, confirming that it was correct and that the child was not bullied.
"Four children, tired to come to me." Dumbledore waved his wand again, and four velvet boxes rose from the package, opening to reveal the Merlin III Medal inside.
Joel and the four of them looked at each other and came to the teacher's seat, and now all the students and professors focused their eyes, which was the opposite of the scene when no one paid attention to the scene during Joel's sorting ceremony, and now everyone in the auditorium was watching them, and they were enjoying the treatment of the protagonists.
Everyone never expected that the teaching materials that helped them improve their final exam scores were actually produced by four junior students!
This is the Order of Merlin, and although the Order of Merlin is the least difficult medal to obtain, it also requires a very high contribution to the wizarding world to have a chance to obtain, and Professor Dumbledore, Professor Snape, and Professor McGonagall are all members of the Order of Merlin.
Under the blazing gaze of everyone present, Alan was obviously a little nervous, his little face was pale, and his calves were trembling with nervousness, Eddie enjoyed being in front of everyone, he puffed out his chest hard, with a proud smile on his face, Sergei continued to look like frost.
Dumbledore leaned down and hung the four Merlin-Third Order medals on their left chests.
"Pretty brooch, Joel." While wearing the medal, Dumbledore whispered to Joel.
"Thank you for the compliment, Professor." Joel looked directly into his clear, unadulterated eyes and smiled, then looked down at the medallion, which was made of pure gold and embellished with a white ribbon, which looked luxurious and elegant.
"Very well, you are the youngest recipients of the Order of Merlin in nearly forty years," Dumbledore encouraged them, "Hogwarts is proud of you. β
The four of them bowed slightly to the teacher's seat, then returned to their seats.
Joel noticed Haylis' quick glance at her sapphire brooch, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly, giving Joel a big smile.
"In recognition of their contributions, each of the four students will earn 50 points for their house!" Dumbledore led the applause.
The audience applauded, the Ravenclaw students blushed with excitement, and they shook Joel's bodies desperately with excited smiles on their faces, while the Slytherin students sighed and sighed at a loss.
200 points!
"Then this year's House Cup winner is obvious......" Dumbledore watched the Ravenclaw sapphires on the scoreboard in front of him skyrocket, surpassing Gryffindor and catching up with Slytherin, and finally staying at 540 points - it was now number one.
"Ravenclaw!" Dumbledore's wand made a beautiful arc, the hanging banners on the walls around the Great Hall changed, the cold silver serpent disappeared, and an eagle soaring in the sky appeared, and after a loud chirp, they melted into the banner, and the main color of the Great Hall changed from silver-green to blue and bronze.
Professor Snape grinned and greeted Professor Flitwick, who was three feet tall, as the prefects at the Ravenclaw bench stepped forward to shake hands with the Joel Four.
"Thanks to you! Thank you, thank you......" Prefect Caitlyn was so excited that she gave each of the four little ones a hug, then walked up to Professor Dumbledore, took the House Cup from his hand, and then turned her head to hold it high, her eyes slightly moist.
Ravenclaw College won the College Cup for the 1990-1991 academic year, and they will keep the trophy for one year before sending it to the trophy showroom.