The years of welding at Hogwarts

It was Noah's repeated encouragement that helped Neville regain his long-lost self-confidence.

Although Neville's performance has always been inconsistent with the brave and fearless image presented by the reckless men of Gryffindor College, instead he looks more like an idol trainee, but without the weak face.

But deep down in Neville's heart, he has never lacked the courage to face his fears.

Mrs. Longbottom knew very well that her little grandson's magical talent was not very high. He was not even average and could even be classified as a poor student.

It was Noah who found the shining points in his grandson and guided Neville step by step to develop his own shining points, which made his grandson achieve what he has today.

With such great kindness, it is no exaggeration to say that Noah is the adopted parent of his grandson.

No wonder she was so excited when she saw Noah.

If Noah and Neville were not the same age, she would even want Neville to kneel down and kowtow to Noah three times, and then call him - "Godfather!"

When facing Neville's grandmother, the smile on Noah's face was no longer the professional fake smile that he gave to others, but a real smile from the heart.

"Neville can achieve his current success entirely because he has the talent to match it. This actually has little to do with me."

Mrs. Longbottom smiled till her eyes almost disappeared at Noah's modest statement.

Ever since the terrible thing happened to his parents, Neville had never seen such a smile on his grandmother's face since he was a child.

"Don't be too modest, kid."

Mrs. Longbottom smiled and patted the back of Noah's hand. "I am very grateful for everything you have done for Neville. If there is anything you need the help of the Longbottom family in the future, we will definitely go through fire and water for you."

"You will always be the most distinguished guest of our Longbottom family."

The promise made by Neville's grandmother was very important. She did not just make the promise to Noah in her own name, but as the patriarch of the Longbottom family, she made the promise in the name of the entire Longbottom family.

This means that if Noah wants to rise up now and raise the three

The words of the Dark Lord Daiqi.

Then the Longbottom family will become loyal followers of the Third Dark Lord.

Just like the Lestrange family to Voldemort and the Rosier family to Grindelwald.

Noah nodded slightly, "It's my pleasure, Mrs. Longbottom."

Just as Noah and Mrs. Longbottom were having a great conversation, Professor McGonagall, who was invited by Noah, arrived at the venue belatedly. The four head teachers of Hogwarts were finally gathered together.

Seeing that several colleagues who were in direct competition with him had arrived, Professor Flitwick, who had been impatient for a long time, immediately began to brag about the excellence of Shirley and Hermione to the other two deans.

His words hinted that the academy he led had produced two recipients of the second-level medal, and at least 50% of the credit for these two medals was due to his good teaching.

Sprout, who also had a second-class medal, just listened to Professor Flitwick's bragging with a smile, and did not expose the dean who could not even solve the problem raised by the eagle-head door knocker.

Snape remained silent; he had nothing to show off.

The only honor that belonged to their Slytherin House was a mere Order of Merlin, First Class, plus Draco's Order of Merlin, Second Class.

Not worth mentioning.

Originally, Professor Flitwick thought that he would see a look of envy and jealousy in Professor McGonagall's eyes, but the reality was that the calmness of the older cat girl was completely beyond his expectations.

Excluding Azkaban, there are four houses in Hogwarts.

When the monster tide besieged the Hogwarts Express, students from every house stood up and fought bravely, and they were awarded medals for it.

Among them, Gryffindor, which is famous for its courage, has the largest number of students participating in the war among the four colleges, and also has the largest number of students awarded medals.

But without exception, they were all awarded the third-level medals. As for the higher-level second-level medals, none of them saw any, let alone the first-level medals that represent the highest honor.

Not to mention that Gryffindor House has the most number of medals. Even if twenty third-level medals were tied together, their value would not be as much as that of a second-level medal.

But why did Professor McGonagall, the head of Gryffindor, look so calm?

Could it be because, in addition to being the headmaster of Gryffindor House, she is also the full-time principal of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry?

The entire Hogwarts is under her leadership, so the medals won by students from the other three colleges, after rounding up, all become the result of her good leadership?

hiss……

It seems reasonable to think this way?

Then, wouldn't my idea of ​​jumping onto Professor McGonagall's desk like a frog and then saying to her at a very close distance in a mocking manner, "I've always wanted to see your jealous expression," be completely futile?

Chapter 272 Stop fighting!

Participants gradually came in, and the huge venue gradually became noisy.

The low hum that lingered in the meeting room soon disappeared as the members of the Wizengamot took their seats in the first two rows of seats in the meeting room.

Everyone's attention turned away from the whispers and toward the podium at the front of the venue.

Gelselda Marchbank walked with a brisk stride that was totally inconsistent with her 200-year-old age. She stood on the podium at the front of the venue and looked at the crowd below with a smile.

She ignored the people from all walks of life sitting at the back of the venue, and focused her attention on the Hogwarts students sitting in the middle of the venue who were waiting to be awarded honors.

Looking at their young faces, Gelsa felt quite happy.

The future of the wizarding world is just around the corner.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen."

The special architectural structure of the conference hall allowed her voice to be easily transmitted throughout the entire venue without the help of magical amplification.

"Welcome to the Merlin Memorial Hall to participate in this unprecedented awarding ceremony in the history of the entire magical world."

"More than a month ago, an incident occurred in London that had a major impact on both the wizarding world and the non-magical world. We have all witnessed the devastating pain this incident brought to both worlds."

"During that astonishing disaster, some wizards showed extraordinary courage and wisdom, which prevented the disaster that affected both worlds."

Griselda did not have a prepared speech in her hand, and every word she said came from her heart.

Unlike when Noah was still a silly and naive student, those so-called school leaders who he only saw a few times throughout the year always liked to give some long and boring speeches without any substance.

The students were standing on the playground and were almost getting baked by the scorching sun, but the leaders were sitting under the parasols on the podium and talking nonsense.

Although the students did not speak, their throats were almost dried out by the sun, while the leaders were leisurely drinking mineral water while talking nonsense.

The content of their nonsense is basically the same.

For example, before getting to the point, let’s review the history of the school since its founding and the achievements it has made in the past few decades of development…

...

In the wizarding world, it is the glorious history of the Ministry of Magic since its establishment, and what achievements Griselda led the Wizengamot to achieve during her dedicated tenure there.

Then let’s get into the topic——

There are three main points we are going to talk about this time. Each point can be divided into three small points, and each small point is a speech of several thousand words.

After speaking for half an hour,

Fortunately, although Griselda Marchbank is old, she is not the traditional bureaucrat who is deeply versed in nonsense literature that Noah is familiar with.

Of course, if it were Cornelius Fudge in such a situation, it might not be certain.

Griselda Marchbank simply explained the far-reaching impact of the Battle of London on both worlds, and then turned the topic to the Aurors and strikers who fought bravely in London, as well as the young wizards who bravely joined the war to protect the safety of their classmates.

In addition to these wizards who were commended for the Battle of London, there are also some wizards who have made outstanding contributions to the wizarding world in other fields, and Griselda certainly did not forget to mention them.

Her entire speech lasted less than five minutes.

When Noah was in high school, the school leaders didn't even finish reading one small point in their speech.

The first thing to happen was the awarding of the third-level medal.

Griselda Marchbank picked up the parchment on the podium for the first time. It was the list of wizards who were awarded the third-level medal this time.

According to the usual awarding ceremony, each winning wizard will have a unique commendation speech when being awarded the medal.

But this awarding ceremony is obviously different from usual ones. There are more than 230 recipients of the third-level medals alone. It will take a long time to read out their names. If we also give each of them an exclusive commendation speech, then this awarding ceremony may not end until tomorrow.

As the names were read out one by one, wizards continued to stand up from their seats and walk up to the podium under the guidance of the staff.

Fortunately, the space on the podium was also widened by the Traceless Stretching Spell, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate so many people.

The wizards who were awarded the third-level medals were clearly divided into two factions.

On one side were those young boys who had not yet graduated from Hogwarts, all with childish looks on their faces.

On the other side were the Aurors and Striker's who had fought bravely in the Battle of London. Even Nymphadora Tonks, a trainee Auror who had just graduated from school, had a fierce look on her face as if she had participated in a life-and-death battle.

There was only one wizard who seemed out of place among them.

Gilderoy Lockhart, a despicable plagiarist who stole other people's adventure stories and adapted them into his own autobiography, won the award because of his brave behavior when facing dark creatures, and because he selflessly shared with readers how to resist dark creatures in the books he published.

Lockhart, wearing a gorgeous peacock blue wizard robe and with his hair neatly groomed, looked out of place among a group of warriors who were rewarded for their heroic fighting. His reason for winning the award also made him look like a clown.

Of course, Lockhart, who was narcissistic to the extreme, was completely unaware of this.

He was even proud of himself for being able to stand in the center of the podium, which was definitely the C position.

In order to award medals to these two hundred people, the entire Wizengamot was mobilized, but even so, each of them had to be responsible for awarding medals to two winners in order to be able to handle the work.

The Order of Merlin is a beautifully crafted gold medal. The three levels of medals have only slight differences in shape, and their levels are identified mainly by their ribbons.

Among them, the green ribbon represents the first-class Order of Merlin, the second-class Order of Merlin is the purple ribbon, and the white ribbon is the third-class Order of Merlin.

According to rumors, the green ribbon of the Order of Merlin, First Class, symbolizes Slytherin House, where Merlin studied while at Hogwarts.

Noah thought this statement was ridiculous.

Merlin was active in the early Middle Ages, around the fourth or fifth century AD.

The history of Hogwarts is only a little over a thousand years old. When Merlin died, Hogwarts didn't even have a brick.

Regarding the little snakes who don't even check the history books seriously and just brag about everything they say, Noah said, what's the difference between your behavior and stealing from our countrymen?

After all the winners on the podium received their medals, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot gave them encouragement and encouraged them to make more contributions to the wizarding world.

As the flash lights under the rostrum came on, the winners were guided by the staff to leave from the other side of the rostrum and return to their original seats.

There was just a small incident during this process.

Gilderoy Lockhart, dressed like a peacock in heat, was obviously unable to walk when facing the continuous flashing lights under the podium.

He had an annoying professional smirk on his face, which just showed his

Those eight teeth, brushed to a shine, kept changing poses for the photos.

Noah really couldn't stand the performance of this peacock.

If Professor McGonagall hadn't told him that Lockhart had promised her to be Hogwarts' scapegoat for the next school year...

No, he is the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts in the next academic year. Maybe Noah will quietly throw a sharp sword at the other party.

"ladies and gentlemen!"

Lockhart, like a Gotham talent who escaped from Arkham Asylum, stood on the podium and said loudly, "What an extraordinary moment!"

"I would like to take advantage of this wonderful occasion to announce a small thing to everyone..."

For the sake of the scapegoat, Noah finally chose to quietly raise his finger and set up an obstacle spell without any trace at Lockhart's feet.

Lockhart, unaware of the situation, continued to move.

“I am very happy to see so many young faces here today. In addition to the Order of Merlin, they will receive something more valuable in the near future.”

Lockhart showed off his bright white teeth. "That's..."

With a sudden "Sea Bull" sound, Lockhart rolled down the one-meter-high podium in a sprawling position.

The entire Great Hall suddenly fell silent, and then, led by one of the three laughing Slytherins, they all burst into merciless laughter that almost blew the entire roof off.

Uh, the more valuable thing for students in the future is that the sea bull is okay.

Such an outrageous thing, even Snape had a hard time holding back his laughter.

Noah on the side glanced at Snape silently, and finally made up his mind to include him in the ranks of Slytherin's Three Laughing Heroes. Oh no, now it should be called the Four Laughing Heroes.

Having made a huge embarrassment in front of thousands of people, even with Gilderoy Lockhart's thick skin, he was too embarrassed to continue staying on the podium and chattering in front of the cameras of the reporters.

Ignoring the pain in his body, Lockhart climbed up from the ground almost at the speed of light and scurried back to his seat at the back of the venue.

After such a shameful thing happened, he had originally planned to just walk away.

But when he thought about the luncheon that would be held after the award ceremony, which would be a great opportunity for him to expand his network and promote his new book, Lockhart became unable to walk again.

After taking a few private glances, Lockhart discovered that no one in the huge venue would pay attention to a clown like himself.

He felt somewhat relieved at first, but then he felt very unwilling to be ignored.

The little incident caused by Lockhart did not affect the continuation of the awarding ceremony at all.