Chapter 157 Graduation Party and Awards Ceremony

Ministry of Magic secret trial, half an hour ago.

In the Great Hall of Hogwarts Castle, Professor McGonagall rapped the table with her knuckles and scolded loudly.

"Alright quiet down, today is your last night at Hogwarts, tomorrow you will have your holiday."

"So I don't want to see anything unruly happen tonight."

"If that is not possible, I will write a letter to every parent here during the holidays, telling them in detail what their children are doing at school."

As soon as they heard that Professor McGonagall was going to use the big move of "telling the parents", the noisy auditorium finally quieted down and the students from the four major colleges stopped wandering around.

They all returned to the long table of their own academy and found a seat to sit down, but most of the young wizards still couldn't help whispering to each other.

The sound of whispers continued to echo in the auditorium.

Professor McGonagall was also helpless when she saw this. Now the headmaster had "run away from home" and had not returned yet, and he also kidnapped a professor.

The person in the school infirmary is still in autism and doesn't know how to deal with the situation.

And as a woman and a cat, her intuition told her that something bad might happen tonight.

But even so, Professor McGonagall did not blame the students anymore, after all, this was the last night before the holiday.

For many seventh year students, this was also their last night at Hogwarts.

Children are always lively and cute, and too much interference is not conducive to their growth.

Instead of criticizing them or drawing their attention to her, Professor McGonagall pulled three white envelopes sealed with wax from her sleeve.

While shaking it in his hand, he shouted louder using magic.

"Before we announce the house, we will announce the first batch of awards for the Hogwarts Three Best Students, the Study Star, and the Most Charming Student."

"So please be quiet, if you are making noise, I will not announce the three awards."

"And, in accordance with Mr. Hohenzollern's suggestion, the prize money of these three students was used to purchase and produce all the so-called summer homework."

"And then it was sent to each of our homes by owl mail."

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole place fell into complete silence, and no student dared to make even a sound.

Everyone looked angrily at the blond boy sitting at the head of the Hufflepuff table.

The resentment in his eyes was simply beyond words.

Karl spread his hands nonchalantly, his face showing that he didn't care, after all, he had suffered a lot in his previous life.

How can I live my life without tearing up these guys' umbrellas? A vacation without summer homework would be incomplete.

Without studying hard all night on the last day, how can anyone here know how great your potential is?

But no matter what Carl thought, when he saw that the whole audience had finally quieted down, Professor McGonagall finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled a long-lost smile.

He walked slowly to the podium in front of the professor's seats, cleared his throat and spoke.

"First of all, we need to make it clear that at Hogwarts, learning always comes first, so we will reveal it first."

"This year's 'Study Star' will be awarded to the student with the best performance in the final exam."

“I hope everyone can learn from him.”

After saying this, Professor McGonagall slowly opened the white envelope in front of her, and then took out a piece of white paper from it.

Read it out loud.

"Let us congratulate first year Gryffindor, Miss Hermione Granger, for achieving full distinctions in all her subjects."

"She has received this honor! Let's give her a round of applause."

After the announcement, Professor McGonagall took the lead in applauding, and other professors also stood up and applauded, but the student body responded indifferently.

Most people just gave polite applause. In fact, most students today were more concerned about the winners of these three awards.

But this is the only award that everyone may be less enthusiastic about, except perhaps for the Ravenclaw Eagle.

Most people are not too keen on this award. After all, it is just an exam and just passing is enough. One more point would be a waste.

Life is hard enough on a daily basis, why make it harder on yourself?

Students who hold this kind of mentality make up the vast majority of the student body, including Carl.

In fact, with the memory palace in his mind, it would have been easy for him to win the award, but unfortunately he traveled through time a few years too late.

If he had come to this world a few years earlier, he might have thought about fighting for it, but now, isn't it better to just lie down?

Besides, I'm a Hufflepuff. Why should I get such a high score? It would make me seem like I'm out of place.

At the side, Hermione, whose image had changed drastically, slowly stepped onto the podium amid polite applause from the crowd.

From Professor McGonagall, I received a Hearthstone card made of pure gold, as well as a promissory note from the first savings bank in the wizarding world.

"Congratulations, kid. Your hard work has paid off."

Professor McGonagall looked at Hermione with joy in her eyes, and after blessing her, she gave up the chair to her.

Hermione casually put the two items in her pocket, stood on the podium with a cold face, and then stared at Carl and spoke.

"I know that everyone here may not have a particularly favorable impression of what I have done."

"But what I want to say is that a person should know why he lives, because only in this way can he endure his current life."

"At the same time, I want to say that any competition for an award is also a competition, and I don't need anyone to give me a break in the process."

After saying this, the stern girl bowed slightly to everyone present, then snorted coldly and turned around and returned to her seat.

This operation truly opened the eyes of everyone present. For a moment, both students and professors stood there in amazement.

In the end, Carl was the first to applaud. Their applause was like a signal, instantly igniting the entire audience.

There was thunderous applause, but unlike before, this time the professors only applauded slightly.

The student group responded with warm applause. The professors might be a little confused as to why Hermione was different from the good student they had imagined.

The students may simply think that this little girl's behavior is so cool.

After this little episode, Professor McGonagall walked back to the podium and waved to the students to stop applauding.

After the Great Hall returned to silence, Professor McGonagall took out the second envelope and read aloud.

"Next we will announce the award for this year's most attractive student."

Upon hearing this, the young wizards, both male and female, sat up straight instantly and stared at Professor McGonagall.

When this award was first established, Professors Carl and McGonagall intended to create an award similar to a sports award.

Used to reward students who do not have good academic performance but have outstanding personal charm and sports activities.

At the beginning, professors were allowed to vote, and later the students heard about this award.

They immediately demanded that students be allowed to participate in the voting, on the grounds that only with the support of the vast majority of people can the other party's charm be recognized.

So this award developed in a very strange direction. Rather than being an award for moral character and charm, it became more like a Hogwarts award.

The first campus beauties and campus hunks election.

Carl had seen it with his own eyes: several senior school sisters with big breasts, accompanied by a group of bootlickers, were frantically canvassing for votes in the corridor.

So he was a little curious about who would receive the award.

That was when he was still wondering which girl would win this honor, he heard Professor McGonagall on the stage say it in a somewhat surprised tone.

"Karl Hohenzollern!!"