After the award ceremony, Arthur was once again surrounded by a group of old men.
This made Cornelius, who wanted to establish a relationship with Arthur, feel awkward.
Arthur was also happy about it.
Cornelius had the familiar face of a politician.
He could be friendly to you now, but as soon as there was a conflict of interest, he would immediately turn his back on you.
Arthur hoped to raise his reputation to a level Cornelius would fear so that he wouldn't suffer when Cornelius targeted Dumbledore.
However, he didn't want to have any connection with Cornelius either.
Arthur chatted with a group of old people until late at night. For the sake of their health, he persuaded them to go back one by one.
Before they left, they gave Arthur their contact information so it would be easy to stay in touch.
After a whole day, Arthur maintained a normal smiley face toward everyone, which lasted until the evening.
He felt like his face was going to freeze.
Rubbing his stiff cheeks, dragging his tired body, he returned to the common room.
"Boom!"
Arthur was startled as he entered the common room.
He saw a crowded room full of people, even Harry and Ron from Gryffindor were there.
Cho and Hermione were holding wizard fireworks, and the loud noise just now was caused by them.
"Congratulations, Arthur!"
With Cho's words, a thunderous cheering exploded in the common room. Almost all the Ravenclaws were awake, waiting for Arthur.
"Fantastic! Third-class Merlin's Medal!"
"You were so cool when you were talking to those people! I've only seen many of their names in books!"
"You broke the record for the youngest Ravenclaw to receive the Merlin's Medal"
The young wizards were all talking at once, and the scene was somewhat chaotic.
But everyone was celebrating and congratulating Arthur, which made Arthur, who had been wearing a fake smile all day, show a genuine smile.
Afterward, there was a small banquet, and the house-elves specially prepared a lovely dinner for this moment.
Cho magically produced butterbeer, contributed by George and Fred, and distributed it to everyone. People sang, danced, and expressed their joy.
This made the exhausted Arthur unconsciously blend in. The banquet continued until late at night before hurriedly ending.
Looking at the messy common room, Arthur snapped his fingers and called Bart, asking him to help clean up the mess.
He then returned to his room and soon fell into a deep sleep.
...
As Halloween approached, Arthur's popularity slowly declined, which relieved him.
During this period, Arthur received various fan letters every day, and some female students from the school even sent love letters to him, asking if he minded having one more girlfriend.
Unfortunately, Cho's Fire-Making Spell destroys all these love letters, leaving Arthur regretful for a few minutes.
Harry's days were not going well either.
Due to the Merlin's Medal, Dumbledore awarded Ravenclaw an additional 200 points. With Arthur's excellent performance, the House Cup for this semester would undoubtedly belong to Ravenclaw.
This put Professor Snape in a bad mood as well. Every day in Potions class, he would find various reasons to deduct points from Harry.
"He just wants me dead," Harry, feeling hopeless, sat beside Arthur and complained to him.
"Gryffindor loses one point! Do not talk during the professor's class, Potter," Professor Snape caught Harry's little movement and followed up with a devastating attack.
Harry no longer cared about it.
Arthur looked at Harry's passive expression and sighed.
Who lets you be James' son?
But then he remembered that he hadn't checked in today, so he regularly opened the panel and clicked the check-in button.
Received daily check-in reward: [Gender-changing Potion].
[Gender-changing Potion] (Purple): Changes the user's gender for a short period of time, with no side effects.
Arthur: ...
Looking at the unclaimed potion, Arthur glanced at Harry.
Is this system messing with us?
Noticing Arthur's strange gaze, Harry gave him a puzzled look.
Arthur hesitated for a moment, but curiosity crushed his concerns about his friendship with Harry.
He quietly asked, "Do you want to try my method? Maybe it will make Professor Snape treat you better. But there might be some risks."
Arthur didn't know if Harry, after drinking this potion, he or she would become more like Lily or if it would trigger Snape's special treatment.
Harry's eyes flickered as he listened.
'Was there really such a good opportunity?'
But Arthur's reliability all this time gave him great confidence.
He nodded firmly and gestured for Arthur to come closer.
Arthur quietly took out the gender-changing potion and handed it to Harry, along with a piece of Fred's voice-altering chewing gum he gave him.
Harry looked at the two things Arthur gave him, feeling puzzled.
After hesitating for a few seconds, Harry followed Arthur's instructions and drank the potion, then chewed on the gum.
Professor Snape noticed the noise and was about to reprimand, but then he saw Harry's transformation.
"Lily..."
Professor Snape murmured softly, for a moment forgetting what he was going to say.
Harry, who was being looked at by Snape, felt uneasy all over.
He had never seen Professor Snape with such an expression.
All this time, Professor Snape had looked at him with disgust, as if Harry Potter should never have existed in this world.
But now, what did he see in Professor Snape's eyes?
Love, reminiscence, regret, and... tears.
Seeing Harry's confused expression, Professor Snape's heart was deeply moved.
He quickly regained his composure and asked Harry to stand up.
"Violet, can you repeat what I just said?" Almost instinctively, Professor Snape changed Harry's name.
[Violet could work for Harry because a lily represents love and purity, a petunia represents anger and resentment, and a violet represents something to do with the love we have for others.]
"Professor, are you calling me?" Harry replied, realizing that Professor Snape seemed to have mistakenly changed his name.
But after speaking, Harry was startled by his own voice.
How did he become a girl?
But he quickly realized that Arthur must have done something with the things he gave him.
He glared fiercely at Arthur, noticing that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes.
But he didn't have time to worry about that. He quickly responded to Professor Snape's question.
"Sorry, Professor, I didn't hear you clearly just now."
Professor Snape instinctively wanted to deduct points from Gryffindor, but as he looked into those emerald green eyes, and not James' annoying face, he hesitated for a long time before saying,
"Pay attention in class and keep your eyes on the professor."
"But your honesty deserves credit. Gryffindor, ten points!"
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