Marvel's Magic Master

Chapter 398 Public Figure George (Update )
“As I just said, Mr. Black was wrongly accused for twelve years because of the mistakes of the previous minister. As the current minister, although the responsibility is not mine, I still feel deeply guilty.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic today is no longer what it used to be. We are constantly making progress and have the most elite staff who can discover and correct mistakes in a timely manner.

Just like George, he is a representative of our excellent staff of the Ministry of Magic. He once helped capture the dark wizard Old One-Eye while traveling in France and won the Medal of Bravery. "

Fudge put his arm around George's shoulders and boasted. On the surface, he was praising George, but everyone could hear that what he actually wanted to express was that he, the minister, was a good leader.

Under the cameras of major magic newspapers, he finally said:
"So, we decided to award George the Order of Merlin, Second Class, and 10,000 gold galleons as a reward."

After Fudge finished speaking, Dumbledore presented George with the Order of Merlin on behalf of the entire Wizengamot, and George's direct superior Umbridge presented George with gold Galleons.

After that, it was the turn of major reporters to interview George, and George did not disappoint Fudge. He did not mention the fact that he had just started work this morning, nor did he discredit Fudge.

In fact, he joined the Ministry of Magic this morning. Many people in the Ministry knew about it, and many wizards at Hogwarts also knew about it. These reporters might not be unable to see it.

But it doesn’t matter. In the wizarding world, where information can only be spread through newspapers, for many things, as long as most people think something is true, then that is the truth. Not many people will delve into the truth of a few things.

What Fudge wants is that most people in the wizarding world feel that the Ministry of Magic is a reliable entity, and that he, Fudge, is qualified to be the Minister, and that's all.

The next morning, George saw the Daily Prophet's report about yesterday while having breakfast.

Eye-catching headline: "Twelve years of injustice, washed away by the joint efforts of a wise minister and an excellent twelve-year-old employee, Sirius Black turned out to be a hero!"

There were two pictures in the newspaper, one of the minister hugging him, and the other of Dumbledore awarding him the Order of Merlin.

“I am now a public figure.”

Putting away the newspaper, George smiled.

Before, he was only famous in school, and he became famous outside because he joined the England Quidditch team, but because he never participated in the competition, everyone forgot about him.

Later, he received the Medal of Bravery in France, but that was abroad, and not many people in Britain knew about wizards.

So when he entered the Ministry of Magic, many wizards didn't recognize him.

But after this report, I believe there will be few people in the wizarding world who don’t know him.

On the one hand, he took part in the ultimate wizarding exam at the age of twelve with twelve excellent results, graduated early and joined the Ministry of Magic. This was already an incredible thing for most wizards.

On the other hand, the Sirius incident had been going on for a year and everyone was in panic, but now it was resolved by George, which was equally impressive.

The two together were enough to make him a star wizard in the British wizarding world.

"No wonder he became an assistant at the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at such a young age."

"I'm saying that even if he was the Minister's biological son, it would be impossible for him to graduate at the age of twelve and join the Ministry of Magic."

"There's really no comparison. My son didn't even get two Excellence awards in OWL this year, but he's only twelve years old and he's already got twelve Excellence awards in NEWT and has even been hired by the Ministry of Magic."

"Don't even mention your son. You yourself can't even use the Shield Charm properly. He has subdued Sirius and Pettigrew. I don't think we can beat him even if we put all of us together."

"It's not normal that we don't know the Shield Charm. We are clerks, not Aurors. It's not normal that he can subdue the terrible Sirius and Pettigrew at the same time.

One escaped from Azkaban under the watch of so many Dementors, and the other blew up a street. "When George Apparated to the Ministry of Magic again, the Ministry's opinion of him had taken a 180-degree turn.

Yesterday they were discussing about which big shot's child George was parachuted into the Ministry of Magic, but today they found out that he was hired by the Ministry based on his real abilities, and was directly assigned to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement because of his great contributions.

George only started working yesterday morning, and the press conference started in the afternoon, so the arrest of Pettigrew and the clearing of Sirius's grievances could not have happened after George started working.

As for the specific situation, the old employees who have worked in the Ministry of Magic for so many years and are familiar with the Ministry's style can easily guess what is going on.

"Good morning, George!"

"Good morning!"

Along the way, George found that many employees of the Ministry of Magic whom he didn't know were actively greeting him, and most of them had admiration in their eyes.

He did not take advantage of his talent and always responded to the greetings very kindly.

Don't underestimate these employees, many of them haven't even mastered the Armor Spell. Maybe one of them is researching a magic that can help him.

Many employees of the Ministry of Magic have low combat skills. They are not Aurors, but that doesn't mean they are not good at studying magic.

It's like warriors and scientists. Aurors are warriors, and most of the clerks in the Ministry of Magic are scientists. There are only a few people like Dumbledore who are a fusion of warriors and scientists.

If you think about it carefully, which outstanding student graduating from school would not want to join the Ministry of Magic? And the Ministry of Magic would pick the best graduates every year.

With years of accumulation, one can imagine how many talented wizards there are in the Ministry of Magic.

Perhaps it was because after Fudge became Minister, the Ministry of Magic became severely bureaucratic and many senior executives were seriously incompetent, but the magical research abilities of many lower-level employees were not bad.

Just like Arthur Weasley who lives in the most shabby office in the corridor on the second floor, when it comes to alchemy and magic, there are not many people on the entire floor who are better than him.

"Good morning, Mr. Weasley!"

As soon as George walked into the elevator carrying his empty briefcase, he met Arthur who rushed in in a hurry.

"Oh, good morning, George.

Congratulations on getting the medal and the bonus. Ron and Ginny kept talking about you after reading the newspaper this morning, and asked me to ask you when you are free to visit my house. "

Arthur replied as he saw George take a breath.

Of course he knew George. At the beginning of last year at the Leaky Cauldron, George had asked him about alchemy and they had a very pleasant conversation.

But he didn't expect that just one year later, George had become his colleague in the same department.

"I'll go play with them next week after we have a break. Have you been here recently?"

George nodded and started chatting with Arthur.

Arthur has his own ideas about alchemy, and when he visits the Burrow during the holidays, he will have time to ask questions and communicate with him.

(End of this chapter)