Professor Dumbledore led Harriet all the way to the Merlin Memorial, the auditorium where the award ceremony was held.

Along the way, Professor Dumbledore was greeted and came up to shake hands or hug.

Although he still had Harry with him, Professor Dumbledore paused several times and chatted for a while before he got out.

Professor Slughorn had seen a few old friends on the way, so he had already separated from them.

Along the way, Harley also met many people she knew, many of whom were magicians she had met at Nicol's house.

There were also many people who Harley didn't know who also deliberately came up to greet her, wanting to make friends with the protagonist of this award ceremony.

It was only an hour before the ceremony, and Harley finally arrived at the Merlin Memorial.

The inside of the Merlin Memorial Hall is much larger than it looks from the outside, presumably with the Traceless Stretching Charm cast.

The auditorium is a semi-circular hall modeled after the ancient Roman Coliseum, but it is not an open-air building.

But the decorations on the walls are varied, and Harley can at least recognize the reliefs of the Hunter's Path mythical creature, the Fire Giant, and the Death's Path, the mythical creature, Quetzalcoatl.

However, according to Professor Dumbledore, the former is a character from Norse mythology, while the latter is a character from Native American mythology.

The many decorations, including these reliefs, symbolize the glory of England as an empire on which the sun never sets.

The British style itself is decorated with minimal decoration, with thirteen statues clinging to the walls, twelve of which surround the audience seats, and one at the back of the podium.

Each statue wears a different style of helmet and holds a sword, representing King Arthur and his twelve Knights of the Round Table.

The auditorium was already filled with seats, and many of the seats were filled with richly dressed middle-aged or elderly wizards.

As the protagonist of the ceremony, Hallie's position is at the front of the Merlin Memorial.

Here is a place dedicated to the recipients of the Order of Merlin and their invited companions.

Hallie was going to invite Hermione and Fleur, but Hermione was in France and didn't have time to return, and Miss Maxime would bring Fleur.

So in the end, Harley chose to ask Professor Dumbledore to invite the four Headmasters of Hogwarts.

As for Hagrid, he seems to be planning something, and has already gone to Egypt, so he can't come.

At this time, the deans were seated in the first row of the Merlin Memorial, surrounded by a number of former students, current Ministry of Magic officials.

Especially Professors McGonagall and Flitwick, both of whom have been teaching at Hogwarts for decades and have excellent reviews.

Even Slytherin, who didn't deal with Gryffindor, had a lot of respect for Professor McGonagall.

The deans changed their usual style and put on their most appropriate dresses.

Professor Snape, in particular, was finally willing to replace the black robe that had not changed for thousands of years, and put on a new dark green robe.

"Hallie, over here." Professor McGonagall greeted Hallie and rubbed her hair as she sat down.

"Congratulations on winning the Order of the First Class of the Merlin Order and the Potions Championship of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, worthy of our Gryffindor students!"

The surrounding wizards who graduated from Gryffindor also had a little more pride on their faces, and greeted their juniors.

Correspondingly, the smiles on the faces of several Slytherin graduating officials faded slightly.

The seats in the auditorium gradually filled up, and the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, arrived, followed by a number of people.

"Hallie, my dear child." Minister Fudge greeted him with a slightly exaggerated expression, a smile on his face.

Although Sirius hadn't been caught yet, Harley's presence still made him feel a lot better.

Fudge enthusiastically introduced the wizards to Harro: "This is the head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Amelia Burns;

This is the deputy director of the Division of Magical Law Enforcement, Pierce Hinkness;

This is the one you should have seen, the director of the Auror office, Rufus Scrimgeur......"

Fudge could come with all the core officials of the Ministry of Magic, and Harley saw an acquaintance inside, Lucius Malfoy, a senior advisor to the Minister of Magic.

Hallie's gaze was as usual when she saw Malfoy, but she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have to settle accounts with him.

"I wonder what would happen if Lucius was told that he had wasted Voldemort's life and might have revealed Voldemort's secrets?"

Harley thought to herself, thinking that this would make him more painful than killing Lucius Malfoy directly.

Lucius had clearly seen Harley as well, but her face was as usual, and she could even say hello with a smile.

……

With the arrival of Minister Fudge, there were few empty seats in the auditorium.

From a distance, Harley saw Lady Maxim sitting in the back row with Fleur, but the two were too far away to say hello with their eyes.

In the end, members of the Wizengamot in England filled the remaining seats in the first few rows, all dressed in fuchsia robes with a delicate silver "W" embroidered on the left chest.

Professor Dumbledore stood up in the same costume as them, with a look of great joy on his face.

He strode to the front of the Great Hall and looked up at the crowd with bright blue eyes through the half-moon shaped eyes perched on the bridge of the hooked nose.

All eyes were on Professor Dumbledore, and there was an instant silence.

"This is the appeal of the greatest white wizard in this world!" Many people sigh in their hearts, but the underlying emotions vary.

Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat and said in a booming voice:

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

Welcome to the Merlin Memorial Hall for the 100th Merlin Sir Honour Ceremony. ”

Professor Dumbledore gave a speech with great emotion, lamenting the changes in the wizarding world and recognizing the contributions of the Merlin of the Blade recipients to the wizarding world.

Finally, he finally introduced the topic,

“…… This time, we held the Sir Merlin Honours Ceremony in honor of Miss Halle Potter.

While studying at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she defeated a basilisk that had been hiding in Hogwarts for many years and had injured several young wizards as a twelve-year-old young wizard who had not yet finished her second year.

She also assisted the Ministry of Magic in solving a 50-year-old unsolved case and finding Gilderoy Lockhart, who used dark magic to usurp the identity of the heir to Slytherin.

That's why on behalf of the Order of Merlin, the Wiesengamot and the British wizarding community, I would like to award Miss Halle Potter the Order of Merlin the Order of Merlin First Class! ”

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

(End of chapter)