Chapter 138 Medals
"...All students, staff, professors and I, we have all seen Mr. Langley's contribution to the school this school year. He ensures the safety of the school and works tirelessly every night to patrol every part of the school. …”
Dumbledore on the rostrum made it look like the real thing, reciting a long and incredible manuscript that appeared in his mouth. Marne stood alone between the rostrum and the tables of the four deans. In the open space, he faced the little wizards with expressionless faces, feeling like a fool.
The four deans sat at the front of the long tables of their respective houses. Except for them, all the professors in the school were on the rostrum. The professor's seats were arranged on both sides of Dumbledore.Other employees, such as Hagrid and Filch, as well as several people from the Wald School, were at a table further away.
All the living people in the school were here, and Dumbledore still continued:
"I originally wanted to apply for a more representative award for him, such as the Order of Merlin. As you all know, that is a Death Eater, and Marne, who has protected the safety of so many people, deserves a second-level Order of Merlin. I There is power to nominate, but after a period of discussion, we decided to customize a so far unique one for Mr. Langley in the name of the school..."
Ma En's eyes seemed to be staring blankly ahead. In fact, what came to his mind was the current state of every little wizard and faculty member. And it was not just him, there were four other people who could also observe the scene in the field. The dean and Mr. Principal, who are coming to the end of their speeches.
"...This award does not have a special prefix like the Outstanding Contribution Award. It only has a simple name: the Hogwarts Medal. From today on, every student who has made immeasurable contributions to the school will have the opportunity to receive it. This medal represents the highest honor in the school, and now, we will award it to the first recipient..."
Ma En took a slow and deep breath. Whether he could successfully find Compton would be within the next 5 minutes.
"Marne Langley!" Dumbledore on the stage shouted his name in a loud voice. Marne turned and walked towards the stage, standing opposite Dumbledore's table.
Dumbledore carefully took out a small sign that Marn had made this morning. It looked like four house representative animals intertwined together. He gently drew it on Marn's neck and used it in his mouth in a way that only the two of them could. The voice I heard whispered: "Marn, no matter what, you deserve this medal. There is also the Order of Merlin. If you are interested, I can apply for you."
Marn's head shook slightly, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. After waiting for Dumbledore to straighten the small sign for him, he turned around and waved to the audience. There was a burst of warm applause.
The applause lasted for tens of seconds before Dumbledore tapped the cup lightly to quiet the little wizards in the audience. Then he picked up a glass with a drink and handed it to Marn, while he held another glass to face it. The students in the audience shouted: "Everyone, let us respect Mr. Langley!"
The little wizards raised the drinks in their respective cups and made a sound of joy after drinking it down. The two reporters in the corner held the cameras in their hands and kept pressing the shutter from the time when the awards were presented to the present.
Everyone drank the drink containing the magic potion in the cup, and no one's body showed any changes. This situation originally represented failure, but it made Ma En put a smile on his lips.
He clearly saw that the drinks in the glasses of three people had been replaced with other things, and it was a mess just as the little wizards were raising their glasses.
Magic is cast on every cup. As long as someone adds a drink that does not contain magic medicine, Ma En will "call the police" in his mind.
It wasn't that they discovered it, but it was probably that the three of them were afraid that the banquet would be too long and their secrets would be exposed, so they secretly replaced the drinks with polyjuice potion to maintain their appearance.
Amidst the warm cheers, Ma En raised his glass with a smile, gestured to the audience and the staff at the stage, drank all the lemonade in the glass, and shouted: "Everyone , are you interested in watching a fireworks show!"
The atmosphere in the entire auditorium was instantly pushed to a climax. Ma En's hand moved in a large semi-arc in the air, and animals composed of four-color flames appeared in the air:
Red lion, green snake, blue eagle and khaki badger.
They were playing and playing in the sky above the auditorium, sometimes getting together and sometimes scattering. Finally, the snake rolled up Crabbe, the badger captured Goyle, and the blue eagle lifted old Filch out of his seat. The red lion looked around and lay idle next to Ma En.
A group of little wizards yelled again. They didn't think there was anything wrong with this. They just knew that they had watched an extraordinary performance.
"It seems that our Mr. Marne has already chosen who to dine with." Dumbledore once again reminded the students in the auditorium to quiet down.
"Oh~ Professor, this is just a trick...but they should be willing to sit with me for a while." Ma En had a relaxed smile on his face.
The faces of the three people who were caught in front of the stage were obviously not so good-looking. They knew what happened to them the moment they confirmed who the people who were caught were.
They wanted to speak, but found that they had been hit by a petrification spell at some point. They couldn't move, let alone speak.
Marn winked at the audience and Esther, Esther pulled Hermione to the side of Professor McGonagall, lay down on her ear and said something unknown, and quickly left the scene.He himself began to chatter and joke with Dumbledore, trying to attract the attention of the young wizards and prevent them from noticing anything unusual - old Filch's face had begun to irritate erratically.
Just when Ma En's mouth was dry and he was about to run out of words, there was a huge explosion sound outside. The sound was so loud that even the little wizards, not to mention the little wizards, were frightened. Jump.
The auditorium suddenly became chaotic. Ma En looked at the guys in the audience who looked like headless flies and rubbed his eyebrows with a headache.
Dumbledore shouted from the side: "Quiet!"
When the scene was a little better, he then shouted: "All prefects, as well as professors except the dean, take the students back to their dormitories and wait for news!"
Then he turned around and said in a voice that everyone could hear: "Ma En, these people on the stage will be left to you. After everyone leaves, you can send them back."
Ma En nodded, of course he knew that this was for the uninformed.