Chapter 78 The Second Order of Merlin

Standing on the high platform, looking at hundreds of wizards, Dumbledore said calmly and unhurriedly:

"I once heard a saying - a race without heroes is unfortunate, and a race with heroes but not respecting and cherishing them is hopeless - I deeply agree with it."

"In the past years, countless wizards have made outstanding contributions to the wizarding world.

Their courage and wisdom, loyalty and fearlessness have brought major changes to our world, and have also guided and inspired generations of descendants.

They are the heroes of the wizarding race!"

"To express respect and love for these heroes, Unfortunately, we hope to award them medals, which is also the original intention of the establishment of the Merlin Order. "

"Great wizards have written epic stories, but these stories, like the film in a camera, may become out of focus, blurred, collapsed, and broken after several years, and forgotten by people.

We also hope that these medals can become shining coordinates, fix distant stories in the galaxy, and pass them down forever to future generations..."

Dumbledore's words were so contagious that the audience in the stands applauded several times and interrupted his speech.

After the speech, Dumbledore began to loudly announce the names and deeds of this year's winners. Every time a name was read, the wizards present cheered enthusiastically.

The first to go up to receive the award was Mace Gobel, in recognition of his heroic act of rescuing a Muggle child from a vampire.

Followed closely by Bethe Dwyfe, in recognition of her improved treatment plan for dragon pox.

They are all third-level medals, which are also the easiest medals to obtain.

Lockhart received this kind of medal in the past, in recognition of his introduction of defense methods in his autobiography.

Lockhart wrote about those deeds by plagiarizing others, so there was nothing wrong with the method, which was why others believed it.

Soon, it was the turn to issue the second-level medal. The first wizard to go up was Miranda Goshawk. Hearing her name also caused quite a stir.

After all, Miranda Goshawk was the author of the Hogwarts textbook "Standard Spells"... Many people thought she had passed away long ago, but she was still alive!

Next, four or five more wizards went up. It was not Rolf's turn yet. He sat calmly on the chair and waited quietly.

Shirley clenched her fists with a solemn expression, looking more nervous than Rolf, the award recipient who was about to go up.

Rove wanted to laugh, but he held it back. He deliberately frowned and whispered, "Shirley, I'm so nervous."

The ponytail girl became even more nervous when she heard this, but she still encouraged Rove, "You can take a deep breath and then exhale slowly."

Rove did it again, and said with a "crying" face, "No, I'm even more nervous... I don't want to go up, my autism is going to flare up."

Shirley took her hand off the table, quietly held the boy's hand, and comforted him softly, "Don't be nervous... Just get a medal, don't look at the wizards in the audience."

Rove's fingertips slid across the ponytail girl's white and greasy back of the hand, and said in a playful but gentle tone, "Don't be nervous anymore."

Shirley looked at the boy's cunning eyes, and then felt his restless little hand. She didn't know she was deceived, so she wanted to pull her hand back.

But Rolf had already clenched her hand, clasping his five fingers together, and smiled, "Are you still nervous?"

The ponytail girl was stunned for a moment, then gradually raised her lips and shook her head, saying, "Not nervous anymore."

"Mr. Rolf Scamander... He exposed the conspiracy of the Death Eater Peter Pettigrew and helped Sirius Black, who had been wronged for twelve years, to clear his name."

Dumbledore's voice suddenly rang out.

"After Peter Pettigrew escaped from prison, Scamander captured and killed him personally, maintaining the safety of the wizarding world..."

After hearing his name, Rolf gently let go of Shirley's hand, looked at Newt and Tina again, and smiled, "I'm going up."

After that, the boy walked straight to the podium.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Rolf, and people were whispering around.

There was no suspense about Rolf winning the Order of Merlin... At least British wizards thought so.

Of course, after the trial of Peter Pettigrew last year, there were many calls to give Rolf an Order of Merlin.

However, at that time, there were still many conservative wizards who felt that he was only twelve years old and too young...it should not be awarded so early.

But with Peter's escape from prison, people were in panic for several months. Even the Aurors couldn't catch him. Such a dangerous person finally died in Rolf's hands.

Even the most picky wizards couldn't find a reason to object.

Everyone's idea was to give him the damn Order of Merlin...and it must be a first-class Order of Merlin!

However, many foreign wizards didn't know about this and were a little surprised to see that the winner was so young.

The Order of Merlin consists of a majestic gold medal and a ribbon. The green ribbon is the first level, the purple ribbon is the second level, and the white ribbon is the third level.

It is said that the green ribbon on the first-level medal is a tribute to the Hogwarts Slytherin College where Merlin is.

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

Fudge walked to Rolf with the medal with a green ribbon and said with a smile:

"On behalf of the British Ministry of Magic, I would like to award Rolf Scamander the Order of Merlin, First Class."

"Thank you, Mr. Minister." Rolf tilted his head and let Fudge put the medal on him.

Everyone applauded, and some people whistled.

After Fudge put on the medal, he whispered: "There is a surprise for you next."

Rolf raised his eyebrows and wanted to ask something, but Fudge had already walked to a table to take down a medal.

He had no choice but to walk quickly to the stage. Dumbledore, who was not far away, raised his mouth and continued to read loudly:

"The next winner is... Mr. Rolf Scamander."

I just heard this name a minute ago, and when I heard it again, many wizards thought they had heard it wrong.

Even Rolf thought Dumbledore had read it wrong, so he didn't stop, but continued to walk down.

Dumbledore looked at the guests and announced loudly:

"Mr. Scamander successfully prevented a terrorist attack in July this year and saved the lives of nearly a hundred wizards on a floating dragon ship from a group of dark wizards.

For this, the Order of Merlin decided to award Mr. Scamander the Order of Merlin First Class Medal."

Rolf suddenly stopped and looked at Dumbledore in astonishment.

The wizards in the entire stadium seemed to have heard unbelievable words and were all stunned in their respective positions.

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