International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 186 Medal of Valor
After getting out of the elevator, a creature resembling an Egyptian hairless cat appeared in front of them, but its eyes were big and protruding, just like Ultraman's eyes, but the color was blue.

"The civet, the guard of the French Ministry of Magic." Spurius introduced it for Lu Ren. "It's not a very dangerous magical animal, as long as you don't have any malice in your heart."

The civet led them into a room, and then disappeared into a wisp of smoke.

There are already several people waiting inside the room.The leader was a witch who looked similar to Professor McGonagall, and Lu Ren recognized her. She was the current French Minister of Magic, Monica Dupont—the "Daily Prophet" had previously reported her conversation with Fudge.Beside her were three other people: two elderly witches and Dumbledore.

The French Ministry of Magic is full of yin and yang is weak... Lu Ren couldn't help but want to complain, but this idea just popped up, and Monica Dupont glanced at him.

"These two are not employees of the headquarters. These two are the veterans of the Wizengamot. This is the examiner of the Wizarding Examinations Authority, Griselda Marchban, and this is Amelia Susan. Burns, the current head of the Department of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Magic. In fact, the concentration of British people in this room seems to be a little higher..." Monica showed a slightly stiff smile.

Lu Ren: Σ(っ°Д°;)っ

Careless, Lu Ren quickly activated Occlumency.

Dumbledore showed a warm smile, "Ms. DuPont is an excellent Legilimator, every time I meet her, I think of an old friend, they are all born masters of Legilimency, able to see through other people's emotions and ideas. Are you still used to life at the Greyrat family?"

"Very good, Professor."

Spulius on the side stepped forward quickly, gave Monica a face-to-face salute, and then shook hands with the wizards present in turn.

The next few people chatted for a while, and Lu Ren was shocked to learn that Silda March had once served as Dumbledore's Newt Transfiguration and Charms examiner!So she is at least one year older than Dumbledore, and considering the particularity of the examiner profession, she may be much older than Dumbledore, and may be 120 years old, a real living fossil.

Speaking of longevity, is there a theoretical limit to how long humans can live?There is.Humans have limits.

Human cells cannot divide indefinitely, and the limit of the number of divisions is about 52 to 60 times. After reaching this limit, the cells will stop renewing until apoptosis.Calculated according to the 2.4-year cycle of normal somatic cell division, the limit of human life span is about 124 to 144 years.And wizards are the group most likely to be exposed to this limit. Of course, wizards also have life extension methods such as the Philosopher's Stone and Horcruxes, which can "easily" break the life limit.

"Albus, this kid reminds me of you back then. You just graduated from first grade and you were able to defeat two dark wizards. If it wasn't for that aggressive old baboon from Grellat's family who assured me again and again, I wouldn't believe it. Yes." Maqiban turned around and brought the topic back to Lu Ren.

Spulius on the side showed an awkward but polite smile, but the old baboon?It seemed to fit his father's temperament quite well.

"Ms. Silda, I'm actually surprised that he can do this." Dumbledore's tone was very relaxed and cheerful, "But those dark wizards are indeed getting more and more rampant, aren't they?"

"The power of evil is expanding, and what's more terrible is that some dark wizards and Muggles are colluding together." Bones added, "This has sharply increased our risk of being exposed to Muggles."

"So for this kind of black wizard, we must spare no effort to eliminate it!" Monica ended the topic, "I have proposed a motion to increase the bounty for these people. Son, you have done a very good job, and there will be a few reporters in a while report."

Next, she brought the people present to the meeting room next door. To Lu Ren's shock, it was already full of reporters!After a cursory look, there were probably nearly 20 people!The leading reporter, Lu Ren, saw clearly that it was Jean-Pierre who had met once. Although the female reporter next to him, Lu Ren, did not know her, he also guessed her identity.She was dressed in a magenta gown, with delicate, stiff, curly hair, a pair of bejeweled glasses, an alligator handbag on her lap, and two-inch long, red nails. Nails——Lu Ren knew at just one glance that she should be the Rita Skeeter.

The meeting room is also very formally arranged, it looks like the foreign ministry's speech scene, except that a small table is replaced by a long table with seven chairs.

There is a corresponding name in front of each chair. Dumbledore is in the center, with Lu Ren on the left and Monica on the right. Next to Monica are Madgeban and Burns, and the seat next to Lu Ren is reserved for Stanley. Prius and a young employee of the Ministry of Magic, who appears to be a clerk or interpreter.

After everyone was seated, Monica began her speech.

"This is the French Ministry of Magic... welcome..."

"...I am deeply saddened by the actions of the Dark Wizard and empathize with the pain of the victims..."

"The French Ministry of Magic will accompany all French wizards along the way..."

"...In this incident, there has been a collusion between wizards and Muggles. Now, dark wizards have substantially threatened the existence of the magic world. Therefore, I propose to increase the intensity of the strike against them. I hope that the Ministry of Magic of various countries can unite Action, establish the International Auror Federation, and increase the bounty of dark wizards.” Finally, after a long paragraph of clichés, Monica showed her own purpose: she tried to establish an organization similar to “Interpol "Such an institution is used to combat the increasingly rampant black wizards.

Of course, at the end of her speech, she also praised Lu Ren and thanked him for his contribution. Then, under the flashing lights of the reporters, she handed Lu Ren a money bag containing three thousand Galleons—— Stus finally decided to send Kamo to Azkaban, and then personally pinned a medal on the robe on his chest.

"In order to commend Mr. Lu Ren for his outstanding contribution to the magic world, we have decided to award him a medal of bravery!"

The top of the medal is a red, white and blue tricolor ribbon, with a delicate six-pointed star attached to it. The upper three corners read "Spellcasting, Charming, Summoning" and the lower three corners read "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity". It is a line of small characters: awarded to the courageous Mr. Lu Ren.

Then she shook hands with Lu Ren, and the surrounding reporters captured their actions on camera.

(End of this chapter)