A few days later, the time came to April 9, and the Easter holiday began.
On the first day of the holiday, Schelling and Dumbledore walked into the fireplace in the principal's office and came to the Ministry of Magic through the Floo network.
Today is the day that Schelling was awarded the Order of Merlin, Second Class.
The investiture ceremony was no different from last time. There was always a large round of social time for the celebrities who made up the Wizengamot to talk and build relationships. The only difference was that there were more people seeking friendship with Xie Lin than last time. More, and with a more enthusiastic attitude.
Then there was a speech with little content by the Minister of Magic Fudge, and finally Dumbledore, the chief wizard of the Wizengamot, took the stage to present the award.
Under the flashlights of many reporters, Shearing walked to the high platform, took the Order of Merlin from Dumbledore, and pinned it on his chest. This is a gold medal with a purple ribbon, which is a higher level than the white ribbon medal that Xie Lin had previously owned.
After the award ceremony, everyone did not leave immediately. Instead, they moved to the Wizengamot Management Agency of the Legal Enforcement Department of the Ministry of Magic, where several senior figures of the Wizengamot, such as Gsilda Marchbain, , Tiberus Ogden, etc., can help Schelling become familiar with the Wizengamot's administrative procedures, document recording and storage, etc.
The reason is that when Schelling was awarded the Knight Medal, Fudge also took advantage of the opportunity to announce to the guests and the media that Schelling would join the Wizengamot alternate bench as a "Wizengamot Youth Representative".
With this status, Schelling is already half a civil servant in a sense, and he is already qualified to enter and leave the Ministry of Magic freely (in the original book, Harry went to trial as a "guest"). Therefore, it is also necessary to take him to familiarize himself with several key places related to his official scope of responsibilities.
Wizengamot is actually a collective term.
What it really represents is the checks and balances between the judicial body of the British wizarding community and the legislative and executive bodies represented by the Ministry of Magic.
Under the "general name" of the Wizengamot, there is the "Wizengamot Management Agency" responsible for recording and storing files of various tried cases, the "Wizard Legal Council" responsible for hearing individual cases, and finally it is the turn The "Wizengamot" serves as the highest court to adjudicate cases that are extremely controversial and have a huge and far-reaching impact on wizarding society.
(The Wizengamot is Wizengamot; the Wizengamot Administration is Wizengamot Administration Services; the Wizarding Law Council is Council of Magical Law)
In the original book, both Sirius, who was framed and imprisoned, and the Lestranges, who deserved their punishment, were actually sentenced to prison by the Wizards Law Council. It can be seen that even though they were involved in extremely horrific murder cases, they failed to alarm the people. "Wizengamot".
The only time in the original book that the Wizengamot Supreme Court was dispatched was when Harry was forced to cast the Patronus Curse in front of his cousin because he was threatened by the dementors, violating the "underage wizard's violation of international laws". Confidentiality Act" regulations. A crime of this magnitude would clearly not qualify for summons to the Wizengamot, and this was clearly a way for Fudge and Umbridge to try to undermine Dumbledore's authority.
The next few people also went to the courtroom to walk around. The courtrooms are not all as gloomy and terrifying as the No. 10 courtroom in the original book, because it is used to judge extremely vicious criminals. It is probably only Grindelwald and Voldemort who are qualified. Harry is purely It was just unfortunate that he hit the muzzle of the gun.
Other courtrooms, such as the Third Courtroom and the Seventh Courtroom, are quite interesting. They contain many novel and weird magical equipment, such as the lie detector in the wizarding world, which is a mirror that can reflect a person's appearance and heart. Whether the words are unintelligible; for example, the Confession Instrument for reforming young criminals, which is an old hat that looks a bit like the Sorting Hat, and can rewrite a small part of a person's memory and personality; there is also a container for storing magic potions such as Veritaserum, Despair Agent, etc. Cabinets, I won’t list them all here.
In short, Schelling has obtained the qualification to move in and out of these places freely.
[Second-level Medal of Sir Merlin is obtained! 】
[The "title" Wizengamot Youth Representative is obtained! 】
[Access to the Ministry of Magic is obtained! 】
Compared to Easter in previous years, this year’s Easter has more homework.
Harry and Ron struggled with endless homework every day. He had to admit that Hermione had to complete the homework like them, and at the same time she had to study how Rita Skeeter eavesdropped on Harry and Harry. Their dialogue is really amazing.
Harry was extremely busy just dealing with the homework, but he insisted on sending regular packages of food to Sirius in the cave. He also wrote to Sirius in passing, telling him that there was nothing unusual and that they were still waiting for a reply from Percy.
Hedwig did not return until Easter was almost over. Percy's reply was enclosed in a packet of Easter eggs, from Mrs. Weasley.
The eggs Harry and Ron got were the size of dragon eggs and filled with homemade toffee. Hermione's Easter egg is smaller than a chicken egg. She pulled a long face when she saw him.
"Your mother doesn't happen to read Witch Weekly, does she, Ron?" she asked softly.
"That's right," said Ron, his mouth full of toffee, "she wants to read the recipe in the newspaper."
Hermione didn't say anything, but she felt bitter in her heart. In the past three years, under the influence of Xie Lin, she is no longer the naive student in the original book who immersed herself in reading and ignored things outside the window. She deeply understands in her heart that a wizard like her who comes from a Muggle family can still It is so unpopular to crush your peers in study.
Although the Weasley family is well-known for being kind to Muggles and loving Muggle things, and has even been called "pure-blood traitors" for this reason, if you look closely you can see that the Weasley family has a very ancient heritage, probably as old as the Gang The Te family is almost the same. There have always been rumors in the pure-blood family that Gaunt is a descendant of Slytherin, and Weasley is a descendant of Gryffindor. The biggest evidence is that in history, every member of the Weasley family inherited fiery red hair, which is the result of Gryffindor himself had the same hair color, and every member of the Weasley family entered Gryffindor House by chance.
Moreover, being able to be ranked among the "Holy 28 Pure Blood Families" shows that this family is not simple. There are only two conditions for the arrangement of the "Holy 28 Pure-blood Families". One is that the family history must be long enough and ancient, and the other is that the family must strictly abide by the tradition of pure-blood marriage and refuse to marry Muggles.
The Weasley family undoubtedly met two conditions. This also proves that this family is still xenophobic at heart.
The Weasley family claimed to be kind to Muggles, but they would never let their bloodline be contaminated by Muggle wizards. Looking at the family tree of the Weasley family, from nearly a thousand years ago to the present, there is no example of intermarriage with Muggle wizards!
Even Arthur himself, who likes Muggles the most, his wife Molly is from another ancient and sacred pure-blood family, the Prewett family.
In the original book, when Bill Weasley wanted to marry Fleur, he was clearly strongly opposed by Molly.
Hermione suppressed her unhappiness and pursed her lips tightly. Take the case of "Witches Weekly" for example. The whole thing was clearly caused by the female reporter making trouble. Even if she really believed the above content, Hermione was also the victim in the article. It was obvious that she and Parvati She was the one who was played and abandoned by the "scumbag", but Molly's behavior undoubtedly showed that she was firmly on the side of Harry and Ron.
At this moment, she really wanted, really wanted to find someone to talk to.
But Harry and Ron were obviously not good partners.
She turned her head slightly, pretending to look at the professor's chair, but in fact her eyes drifted sideways towards the Slytherin table.
With Xie Lin's current level of spiritual power, the Divine Peeping Amaterasu has become a passive skill with almost no consumption. He has already sensed someone peeping at him.
He looked sharply at the source of his gaze. Ah, it was Hermione, but why were her eyes so sad?
Without thinking, Xie Lin sent Hermione an encouraging look and silently made a mouth gesture.
The smart Hermione quickly understood the meaning of the mouth shape, which was "come on". It's that simple, nothing else. But with just these two simple words, Hermione suddenly felt a warm feeling in her heart, and all the grievances and unhappiness miraculously disappeared without a trace in an instant.
She suddenly wasn't sad anymore.
She showed a bright smile, as if those two bright eyes were also smiling. She nodded to Sherrin and then went back to discussing Percy's letter with Harry and Ron with a big smile on her face.
Percy's letter was short and impatient.
"As I keep telling the Daily Prophet, Mr. Crouch has worked too hard and is currently taking a break. He regularly sends owls with instructions. No, I have not met him in person, but I think you should believe that I There is no mistaking my boss's handwriting. I have my hands full at the moment, trying to put down these silly rumors. Please don't bother me again unless it's something important. Have a happy Easter."
"Ah ha," said Hermione, "Percy didn't meet Crouch in person."
"Well," Harry whispered: "So, the person on the Marauder's Map who sneaked into Snape's office that day was really Crouch... We must notify 'Cold' as soon as possible." ('Cold' 'This is the code word that Harry and the others gave to Sirius)
"Come on, let's go to the Owlery after eating."
