Chapter 258： Xun

Newt?

Mike felt a special sense of familiarity the moment he heard the name, as if he had seen the name before.　

"Is this our protagonist today? Thanks to you, otherwise it would be really hard for me to see Dumbledore."

Newt is obviously a very kind old man, smiling and joking with Mike.

Mike couldn't even call the other party's full name. Naturally, he couldn't be too familiar. He could only smile awkwardly.

And Dumbledore only reacted at this time and introduced the two of them:

"Mike, this is Mr. Newt Scamander, the author of Where Are Fantastic Beasts. And this one, presumably you should already know it, Mike Townley."

"Oh, of course I know, Ravenclaw's new generation leader." Newt joked, looking at the exaggerated Ravenclaw symbol on Mike's body, "I have to say that you are really dressed up today. Handsome."

Mike really remembered who the old man was in front of him, his face quickly showed surprise, and he held Newt's right hand stretched out with both hands and said excitedly:

"You are the author of "Where are Fantastic Beasts"? Oh my god, that's my favorite book!"

Mike's excitement is beyond words, all his words are true, and the book "Where are Fantastic Beasts" is indeed his favorite book, not one of them.

This book records Newt’s experience of traveling to various countries when he was young, and describes in detail various magical animals, from their appearance, living habits, special abilities, habitats to breeding methods, places that need to be careful, etc., everything.

Because the quality of this book is so excellent, it is not surprisingly selected as the Hogwarts textbook.

Although Mike did not choose the protection of magical creatures class, he liked this book very much, and the reason is very easy to understand. Compared with other tedious and boring magic books, "Where are the magical creatures" is obviously more interesting, especially the above. With many exquisite magic pictures, this makes the little wizards more interested in reading.

And Newt Scamander is also a legend. He has liked magical animals since he was a child. Later, after he went to Hogwarts to study, he was assigned to Hufflepuff College by the Sorting Hat. Unfortunately, he ended up with some accidents. He did not graduate, but was expelled.

Dumbledore, who was not the principal at the time, tried his best to defend Newt, claiming that he was innocent, which prevented Newt from being punished and kept the right to use the wand.

After being expelled, Newt began his journey, and during the journey also helped Dumbledore defeat the first generation of Dark Lord, Grindelwald.

But this is just the beginning of his legend. In 1947, he founded the Werewolf Registry and made outstanding contributions to the improvement of the raging werewolf disease in the UK.

In 1965, he wrote the decree "Prohibition of Feeding for Experimental Purposes", which was finally issued through the approval of the Ministry of Magic.

This action protects the survival of magical animals and effectively stops the prevalence of creating new untamed animals in Britain.

And his most outstanding achievement in his life is of course the writing of the series of books "Where are the Artifact Animals", and he also won the Merlin Class II Medal for this.

It was obvious that Mike was very pleased to be able to meet such a legendary wizard. He talked with Newt selflessly, and didn't care about anyone else.

Perhaps because of his lifeless relationship, Newt obviously likes young people very much. He also showed great enthusiasm in the face of Mike's conversation, and Dumbledore is the strongest white wizard in the generation, without a doubt. He became the most dazzling star in the entire venue, and almost everyone in the room wanted to say a few words to him.

This also made Dumbledore a little tired.

To be honest, he didn't like this kind of occasion. This time he wouldn't have come here to suffer if it hadn't been for Mike and Snape's second-level medal.

During the conversation with Newt, Mike also noticed a medal on Newt's chest.

This is a beautiful gold medal, with a circle of purple ribbon around it, which looks very gorgeous.

"This is the second-level badge of the Merlin Regiment, and you will have it later." Newt noticed Mike's eyes and explained, "The only difference between the first-level and third-level medals is the ribbon."

Mike glanced at Dumbledore instinctively, and found that the badge on his chest was paired with a green ribbon.

"You see, that is the first class Merlin Medal, the highest honor a wizard can get." Newt said, "the first class ribbon is green, and many people think that this color represents Merlin in Hogwarts. The college he was in was Slytherin. But it was obviously wrong, because Merlin didn't have Hogwarts when he was a child. Haha.

The second-level ribbon is purple (Newt points to his own medal), while the third-level ribbon is white. "

Mike nodded, his understanding of the Merlin Medal was really not so deep.

And when Newt saw that Mike was listening carefully, he was happy to explain and said:

"The Merlin Medal is awarded by Wiesen Gamour to recognize those who have made merit. Wiesen Gamour has a much longer history than the Ministry of Magic. He existed long before the Ministry of Magic was established, and now, Wiesen Gamo’s role in the Ministry of Magic is equivalent to that of courts and councils in Muggle society..."

As Newt's explanation gradually deepened, Mike also truly understood the true meaning of the Merlin Medal.

It turns out that each level of Merlin Medal has its own different meaning.

The Merlin Medal of the First Class is used to reward those who "show outstanding courage or perform outstanding deeds". The most famous winner is Dumbledore, who won this wizarding world for defeating the Dark Lord Grindelwald. The highest honor.

The second-level Merlin Medal is used to reward those "extraordinary efforts and achievements", just like Newt who is explaining to him in front of him. His book "Where are the Fantastic Beasts" is obviously an extraordinary achievement!

The 　　 three-level Merlin Medal is used to reward those who "have contributed to our knowledge reserve and entertainment business". From this point of view, the best-selling author Lockhart is indeed worthy of the name.

But Newt also hinted something to Mike at the same time, for example, there was some shady in the award of the medal.

Like those who are favored by the Minister of Magic, especially those from the upper class, they always seem to get the Merlin Medal unexpectedly.

And this is not really a real hammer.

The most powerful evidence for the shady of the Medal is that Fudge even awarded himself the Merlin First Class Medal!

This incident made almost everyone angry. Everyone thought that Fudge's career achievements were far from being excellent.

Other people who are not worthy of the medal are Sirius’ grandfather Atalus Black. Everyone thinks that his medal was bought.

Newt’s tone was a little sour when he said these words, which is not surprising, because his achievements are worthy of a first-class medal to be honest, but now he only got a second-class medal.

But Mike felt a little embarrassed, because in fact he was also one of the "hypocrites" Newt said, and his medal was strictly bought.

Since this award ceremony is a free banquet, compared to the award ceremony, this banquet is more like a gathering of Merlin members. Everyone talked and laughed freely and completely replaced the protagonist of tonight, Mike Hess. Nep's sense of existence weakened.

However, Mike, who may be the youngest Merlin Second Medal winner in history, obviously aroused the interest of many people, especially the exaggerated Ravenclaw logo on his body has won a lot of Ravenclaw. Good impression.

So there are not too few people who come to greet him.

Snape is very miserable in comparison. Almost no one talked to him in the past, and Mike even felt that everyone was avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally.

So Snape could only shrink in the corner and drank booze, looking a little sad.

This is not surprising, Snape was once a notorious Death Eater, and was a natural class antagonism to the people present.

To tell the truth, this time Fudge gave Snape the Merlin Class II Medal, which must have caused a lot of dissatisfaction. These people are fortunate that they did not trouble Snape in public today.

With the passage of time, the banquet finally ushered in a climax.

Under the shining of a beam of light, Fudge, who had changed into a coquettish dress, appeared on the podium amidst the applause of everyone. On his chest, a Merlin First Class Medal with a green ribbon was on display. sparkling with light.

Behind him, two white women in waiter costumes are holding two wooden trays, and on the trays is the Merlin Class II Medal.

Mike in the crowd was a little at a loss, Newt pushed him kindly, and motioned him to go to the stage to receive the award.

Mike smiled, and walked onto the stage under the kind eyes of everyone around him.

Of course Snape hadn't reminded him. In fact, there was a magical vacuum zone around him, and obviously no one wanted to stay with him.

So he could only come to the stage alone.

After the two stood still, Fudge opened his hands and pointed at them and said to everyone in the audience:

"Today, we welcome the joining of two new members! Mike Tonley! This young Ravenclaw has eagle eyes. He keenly discovered the mistakes of the old Batty and saved the last dignity of the Black family. ! Therefore, after discussion in the Wiesen Gamo Council, he believes that he is worthy of the Merlin Class II Medal!"

Perhaps because everyone here is a powerful presence, Fudge's speech is simple and concise, not as procrastinated as he used to be.

And when he finished speaking, he took out a second grade medal from the wooden tray held by a waiter behind him, and put it solemnly on Mike's right chest.

The golden medal and the Ravenclaw badge on his left chest echoed each other, welcoming warm cheers and applause.

After giving Mike the honor, Fudge cast his eyes on Snape who was aside.

"Next is the famous potion master, Severus Snape!" Fudge said, "Mr. Snape has been struggling on the potion journey all his life, which has also made him outstanding. Achievement! He not only improved many commonly used potions including hemorrhoid potions, but also restored the long-lost Dragon Ming potion! (a potion that can communicate with fire dragons after drinking)

Therefore! After discussion, the Wiesengama Council decided to award him the Second Class Medal of Sir Merlin! "

After hearing this, Mike realized that the reason Snape won the prize was not because he also participated in Black's arrest.

Originally, because of the relationship between the two being awarded at the same time, I thought that they should have won the same reason, but now it seems that compared with Snape's achievements, his own medal is more moist.

Snape's awarding process is exactly the same as Mike's, but after Fudge brought him the medal, there were very few people applauding him. It seemed that everyone had deliberately ignored his existence.

But Snape obviously didn't care about these people's reactions. He stiffly bent his neck toward the crowd, saying that he had bowed and stood behind Fudge like a puppet.

Snape didn't care about Fudge, obviously he didn't care much, he spoke passionately, telling about their Merlin's contribution to the world.

In the end, he took Mike and Snape to the crowd and bowed vigorously, and said:

"Magic is glory!"

The people in the audience were also stirred up, and they returned the salutes and chanted the slogan "Magic is glory."

Here, the whole award ceremony is over.

Mike and others returned to Hogwarts after receiving the blessings of the people who came to watch the ceremony.

And here, there is still a banquet waiting for them.

Different from the usual banquet The initiator of this banquet is not the professors of Hogwarts, but the students of Hogwarts.

Compared to the serious and serious dinner at the Ministry of Magic, Mike obviously liked the celebration among his classmates more.

As soon as he entered Hogwarts, he took a long breath and followed Dumbledore into the auditorium with a smile on his face.

And as soon as they appeared in the auditorium, there were deafening cheers, and everyone was desperately applauding Mike and Snape, even Slytherin, the coldest in the past.

Snape's feelings should be similar to Mike's. He watched the students who usually look like quails in front of him now enthusiastically applaud him, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

This smile only appeared for a moment, but it was noticed by the Slytherin students.

So, they clapped and became more enthusiastic, especially Malfoy, who desperately waved his hand that hadn't been bandaged until he was removed, hoping to let his godfather Snape see him.

The protagonists of this dinner are undoubtedly Snape and Mike. Dumbledore didn't mean to overpower the guests at all. After a few words, he took his place.

And this also made everyone on the scene more enjoyable.

Now that their exams are over, and their results have not been announced, everyone is caught in a short and crazy joy, and can put aside all the enthusiasm of the outside world.

Harry Potter's Raven's Claw