"Oh? Oh! Fudge was stunned for a moment, and then a look of sudden realization appeared on his face,

"I remembered. Are you the ...... That Division's Umbridge, huh? There is an impression, I remember that you came to me. ”

Umbridge's face showed the look of surprise on the little girl's face when she saw the person she admired the most:

"Ah, what an honor I am! Minister, do you remember me, a junior clerk in the Office Against the Misuse of Magic!

Oh my God, I won't forget this moment! ”

Fudge listened to Umbridge's flattery and nodded, a smile on his face.

Although he is good at politics, this does not prevent him from enjoying listening to other people's ass.

"So what's wrong with that book?" Fudge asked casually.

"Ah, I took matters into my own hands and did a little more work." Umbridge smiled all over his face,

"I think your series of books, including "From Prefect to Minister" and "Tips for Running for Student Council President", are very wonderful.

Especially your book, "The Life of My Minister", which I now keep at my bedside day and night, and read a paragraph every night.

So I took it upon myself to promote that series of books.

And the publicity effect is very good, and the sales of each copy have increased significantly. ”

Fudge's eyes lit up and he nodded with satisfaction: "Good job!" ”

Who doesn't like this kind of subordinate who speaks well, flatters himself, and helps him make money?

Umbridge didn't answer immediately, but looked at the place where Dumbledore had been standing earlier, with an angry expression on his face:

"Minister, that Dumbledore is too much! He didn't even take you into account!

Obviously you are so great, under your leadership, the Ministry of Magic is thriving, and the wizarding world is becoming more and more peaceful.

Two years ago, there was also a wolf poison potion, and a year ago, the Ministry of Magic solved the unjust, false and wrongful conviction fifty years ago, and returned Hagrid's innocence.

Outcome...... That Dumbledore ignored you! ”

At this, Umbridge gasped desperately, his face flushed, and he seemed to be extremely angry.

The expression on Fudge's face was instantly gloomy, but immediately changed back to its original state.

He coughed twice and shook his head: "You can't talk nonsense, Dumbledore is so great, how can he be wrong?" ”

But a strange look flashed in Fudge's eyes.

Indeed, he had long been dissatisfied with Dumbledore.

Not to mention anything else, he is a minister of magic, and his influence is not as good as Dumbledore, what is this?

And Dumbledore, the headmaster of a wizardry school, whose words were better than his own words to many Ministry of Magic staff!

The combination of these factors made Fudge increasingly dissatisfied with Dumbledore.

Fudge looked Umbridge up and down again out of the corner of his eye.

To be honest, Fudge is still happy with this Umbridge.

She is smart, knowledgeable about current affairs, understands her own mind, speaks well, and will help herself earn money.

Although Umbridge is really not very good-looking, it seems that she only has this one shortcoming.

I just don't know if what she said before is true.

Fudge shook his head, "Don't talk nonsense if you have anything. Let's go, let's get back to the offices of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. ”

With that, Fudge walked to the elevator, and Umbridge followed.

On the way, Fudge asked, seemingly unintentionally:

"Director Colt is retiring, do you have the confidence to compete for the position of director of the Office for the Prohibition of Abuse of Magic?"

Umbridge lowered his head and said delicately, "Gee, I do want to compete." After all, I want to take more of the pressure off your shoulders. ”

Fudge nodded, not saying anything more.

……

The ceremony for the Order of Merlin 1st Class is held at Merlin's Cottage outside Salisbury.

Layers of magic are applied there, and only by means of magic can be accessed.

After all, the location of Merlin's Cottage is a tourist attraction for Muggles, and if you are not careful, you can easily be spotted.

Harley landed smoothly and immediately looked around.

The three of them landed outside the Merlin Cottage, and there were no waiting staff around.

However, Professor Dumbledore didn't care, and walked towards the antechamber with a familiar car.

"Keep up, Hallie." Professor Slughorn reminded,

"Although I don't know if this Merlin hut was really built by Merlin, the design inside is very much in line with the identity of Merlin's half-blood dream demon, and the road is extremely complicated.

If you walk alone, it's easy to get lost. ”

"Thank you, Professor, for the reminder." Hallie whispered.

The vestibule is large and there are plenty of rooms around it. Wizards from all over the world are constantly coming out of the room.

After all, the Order of the Order of Sir Merlin is the highest honor in British magic.

Although Britain is no longer the empire where the sun never sets, as long as Dumbledore remains, the British wizarding world will still be on the radar of wizards around the world.

Naturally, the Merlin Sir Order's investiture ceremony attracts wizards from all over the world.

In the center of the vestibule stands a statue of a wizard.

The wizard was a kind old man, thin in stature, draped in a white robe, and holding a long, crutch-shaped wand in his hand.

At the feet of that wizard, there are countless flowers, symbolizing the bloodline of his nightmares.

"Is that Merlin?" Hallie stopped to look at the statue.

Although the statue is the image of an old man, Harley always thinks that this is a playboy, and he must have been a suave man at the beginning.

"Yes." Seeing that Harry stopped, Dumbledore also stopped in place, admiring the statue together,

"Speaking of which, there's another interesting thing about Hogwarts.

According to historical records, Merlin was a famous wizard at the end of the 5th century AD, while the Hogwarts Big Four were from the 10th century AD.

But Slytherin has always insisted that Merlin is a wizard who graduated from Slytherin.

The other houses, while reluctant to support this argument, believed that Merlin had graduated from Hogwarts.

And there is always bits and pieces of evidence in the Hogwarts history that Merlin ever went to school here. ”

Hallie blinked, a thoughtful expression.

After a moment's thought, Hallie suggested a possibility: "Maybe Merlin hasn't died, so he's become a little wizard and come to school again?"

After all, according to the legend, Merlin has the blood of the Dream Demon and lives in Avalon, where there is no concept of death in the legend.

So he could have lived for thousands of years, if not longer, until he got tired of it. ”

"We don't know." Professor Dumbledore's voice was slightly regretful, "Actually, I would like to meet the legendary Grand Wizard Merlin. ”

"You want to ask him for a deeper level of magic?"

"That's just one of the reasons." Professor Dumbledore smiled and didn't continue to explain.

……

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(Thanks to the nine-tailed Yanhu for the tip!) ）

(End of chapter)