Chapter 398 Public Figure George (Update 1)

"As I said just now, Mr. Black was wrongly accused for twelve years because of the mistakes of the previous minister. As the current minister, although I am not responsible, I still feel deeply guilty.

Fortunately, the Ministry of Magic is different from the past. We have been making progress and have the most elite staff to find and correct mistakes in time.

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 he actually wanted to express 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 awarded George the Order of Merlin on behalf of the entire Wizengamot, and George's direct superior Umbridge awarded George the gold Galleons.

After that, it was the interview session for all the reporters to interview George, and George did not disappoint Fudge. He did not mention that he had just started working this morning, nor did he tear Fudge down.

In fact, he started working at the Ministry of Magic this morning. Many people in the Ministry of Magic knew it, and many wizards in Hogwarts also knew it, and 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, many things are just that as long as most people think it is so, and there will not be many people who delve into the minority truth.

Fudge wanted most people in the wizarding world to think that the Ministry of Magic is a reliable existence, and that Fudge is qualified to be the Minister, that’s all.

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

The eye-catching headline "Twelve years of injustice, washed away by the wise minister and the excellent twelve-year-old employee, Sirius Black is actually a hero!"

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

"I am a public figure now."

Putting away the newspaper, George smiled.

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

He won the Medal of Valor in France later, but that was also abroad, and not many wizards in the UK knew him.

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

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

On the one hand, he took the Ultimate Wizarding Exam at the age of twelve and got twelve excellent grades, and graduated early to join the Ministry of Magic, which is already a very incredible thing for most wizards.

On the other hand, the Sirius incident had been a commotion for a year, and everyone was panicked, but now it was solved by George, which is also impressive.

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

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

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

"There is really no comparison. My son didn't even get two excellences in OWL this year. He is only twelve years old, but he has already got twelve excellences in NEWT and joined the Ministry of Magic."

"Don't talk about your son. You can't even use the Shield Charm well now. He has subdued Sirius and Pettigrew. We probably can't beat him together."

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

One escaped from Azkaban under the guard of so many Dementors, and the other blew up a street that year."

When George Apparated to the Ministry of Magic to work again, the entire Ministry of Magic had made a 180-degree turn in his evaluation of him.

Yesterday they were still discussing 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 of Magic with his real ability, and was directly assigned to the Department of Magical Law Enforcement because of his great contributions.

George was hired 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 was hired.

As for the specific situation, the old employees who have been working in the Ministry of Magic for so many years and know the style of the Ministry of Magic well can guess what is going on.

"Good morning, George!"

"Good morning!"

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

He didn't rely on his talent to be arrogant, and he responded very kindly one by one.

Don't underestimate these employees. Many of them haven't even mastered the Shield Charm. Maybe one of them is studying a certain magic that will help him.

Many employees of the Ministry of Magic are not good at fighting. They are not Aurors, but it doesn't mean that 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.

Think carefully, which outstanding student who graduated from school would not want to join the Ministry of Magic, and the Ministry of Magic will pick the best graduates every year.

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

Perhaps because Fudge became the Minister, the Ministry of Magic has serious bureaucracy, and many senior executives are seriously incompetent, but many low-level employees are not bad in magic research ability.

Just like Arthur Weasley in the most shabby office in the corridor on the second floor, in terms of alchemy and magic level, there are not many people on the whole floor who are better than him.

"Good morning, Mr. Weasley!"

Speaking of the devil, George just walked into the elevator with a briefcase with nothing in it, and met Arthur who rushed in.

"Oh, good morning, George.

Congratulations on getting the medal and bonus. Ron and Ginny have been talking about you since they saw the newspaper this morning, and asked me to ask you when you are free to visit my house."

Arthur saw George take a breath and replied.

He knew George, of course. At the beginning of last year at the Leaky Cauldron, George asked him about alchemy, and they had a great time talking.

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

"I'll go and play with them during the next week off. You've been..."

George nodded and started chatting with Arthur.

Arthur had his own ideas about alchemy. When he went to visit the Burrow during the holidays, he would have time to ask for advice and exchange ideas.