Reporting by Rita Skeeter
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Hermione was sitting on the sofa in the Gryffindor lounge, holding a newspaper titled "Hogwarts Professor awarded the Order of Merlin" in bold letters.
The photo below shows Fudge and Ethan shaking hands warmly, with Ethan wearing the Order of Merlin 2nd Class on his chest.
And Fudge eagerly held Ethan's hand with a bright smile, a look of support and progress.
Hermione was surrounded by Gryffindor lion cubs, who gathered together curiously and listened to her reading the newspaper.
Rita Skeeter, a special newspaper correspondent, reported about the Knockturn Alley incident that everyone talked about a few days ago;
[As a professional reporter, I visited the many witnesses, conducted in-depth investigations, and finally got the whole picture.
That night, a gang of dark wizards carried out a maddening attack on a young Auror girl in Diagon Alley. A hero fell from the sky and defeated all the dark wizards when the girl's life was on the line.
It's hard to imagine what kind of torture the girl would have gone through without this hero!
The hero who arrived in time was Hogwarts professor Ethan, after heroically saving the Auror girl.
Mr. Ethan destroyed the entire dark wizard's criminal gang by himself and significantly contributed to the peace of the British magic world.
In recognition of Mr. Ethan's heroic deeds, the Ministry of Magic awarded Professor Ethan the Order of Merlin, Second Class.
Fudge, Minister of Magic, and Dumbledore, Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, also attended the ceremony.
The Minister for Magic Fudge congratulated Mr Ethan on being awarded the Order of Merlin 2nd Class.
This newspaper received information from the Ministry of Magic that Mr Ethan had officially joined the Ministry of Magic as a member of the Division of Magical Law Enforcement.
At the same time, the rescued female Auror, Nymphadora Tonks, seems to be secretly interested in the young and handsome Mr. Ethan.
It is a pity that this is destined to be unrequited love. The author interviewed Mr. Ethan for his views on this matter. Mr. Ethan did not say a word about Nymphadora Tonks' favor and did not say anything.]
The report ended abruptly here, leaving plenty of room for everyone's imagination.
The little lions' mouths were wide open. The shock of this newspaper was too great for them.
The Medal of Merlin has always seemed unattainable to them. Now, the professor teaching his class has won a medal and even received a personal reception from the Minister of Magic.
For them, this is something that only happens in a dream.
"My God, the Second Order of the Order of Merlin!" Ron exclaimed, rubbing his face. He now admired Professor Ethan more and more.
His admiration for Ethan has peaked since he was awarded the Second Order of Merlin.
Hermione's face turned red excitedly, and Professor Ethan felt honored to receive the award. At the same time, she felt slightly different about this report, which was completely different from the last Rita Skeeter's report on the Knockturn Alley incident.
She didn't understand why Rita Skeeter's attitude changed so much; she told Harry and Ron this doubt. Harry and Ron were equally stupid, and they couldn't understand why.
Percy, who had been listening to Hermione read the newspaper, heard Hermione's question and leaned over to answer in a low voice, "Because Professor Ethan is an officially certified hero by the Ministry of Magic this time." After saying this, he left a mysterious smile and went back to his bedroom.
Harry and Ron were even more puzzled when they heard Percy's answer. They couldn't figure out how Rita Skeeter's report had anything to do with Ethan being an official Ministry of Magic hero.
On the other hand, Hermione rubbed her chin and continued to think about the meaning of Percy's words. She seemed to have understood part of Percy's words.
"What does it mean that Professor has joined the Ministry of Magic? Is Professor Ethan leaving Hogwarts?" Ron reread the newspaper, pointing to one of the lines and asking worriedly.
Professor Ethan was almost the best teacher Ron had ever met, and he did not want Ethan to leave Hogwarts.
Hermione was also a little sad. She didn't want Professor Ethan to leave Hogwarts; she thought he was also the best professor there.
"Maybe we can ask Professor Ethan what's going on!" Ron couldn't wait to see if Ethan would leave Hogwarts.
"Professor Ethan is not at Hogwarts." Hermione reminded Ron helplessly, "Penelope and I went to find Professor Ethan these two days."
"Didn't you find out after so many days of class?" Hermione asked in surprise.
"Professor Ethan has gone to the Ministry of Magic, right?" Ron's face turned pale.
Harry nodded in agreement. He had always wanted to become an Auror, and if he had the opportunity, he would immediately rush to join the Auror team.
"Impossible! Professor Ethan will never leave without saying goodbye to this semester's class!" Hermione said with certainty.
"Hopefully so-" said Ron dejectedly, the last thing he wanted Ethan to leave.
Harry suddenly found a box on Hermione's lap, "Hermione, what is this?" Harry asked curiously.
"Ah! Speaking of this!" Hermione exclaimed excitedly and opened the box filled with blue badges that said S.P.E.W.
"What does this mean?" Ron picked up the blue badge curiously and observed it.
"Vomit? Why did you write such a thing on the badge?" Ron asked suspiciously.
"This is not vomiting!" Hermione angrily snatched the badge from Ron's hand, "This is the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare!" Hermione corrected.
"My God, Hermione, have you not given up on this thing yet?" Ron exaggerated. The final exam is almost here. Isn't even the exam enough for you?"
"It's okay; I'll use this to relax during my break," Hermione replied with a wave of ease.
"Where did you get these badges? I've never even heard of your organization!" said Ron.
"Of course, you haven't heard of it; I just found it." Hermione proudly raised her slender neck like a swan.
Ron asked. "How many members do you have now?"
"Well, plus the two of you, there's three," Hermione replied.
"We didn't say we were going to join this vomit!" Ron yelled, we didn't have that much free time!
"Yeah, you guys are busy playing wizard chess every day-" Hermione said, squinting.
Being directly pierced by Hermione made Ron blush a little, "We will never join this vomiting anyway! Right, Harry." Ron put his arms around Harry's shoulders, indicating that Harry and himself were on the same front.
"I repeat, it's the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare!" Hermione corrected.
"Also, you promised me you would help! Don't you forget!" Hermione threatened in a low voice.
"We said it but didn't say we wanted to join." Ron was about to defend himself when he suddenly heard a commotion outside.
"Professor Ethan is back!" Neville shouted to Harry, Hermione, and Ron. Then he rushed into the dormitory, took out his notebook, and ran out again. He wanted Professor Ethan's autograph.
Harry and Ron also took the opportunity to stand up and ran out to avoid Hermione.
Seeing this situation, Hermione stomped her feet angrily and followed. She also wanted to see Professor Ethan.