On the television in Hogwarts' Great Hall after Halloween.
"This is a report by our special correspondent, Rita Skeeter. As the patriarch of the Malfoy Family, one of the United Kingdom's twenty-eight noble Pureblood families, Lucius Malfoy has always worked hard to uphold his family's reputation and status... Yet a wizard who lived in such comfort was willing to lie low at You-Know-Who's side, year after year for ten years, submitting to his commands, all to provide the United Kingdom's Ministry of Magic with the most accurate information on You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters... Recently, in order to save those wizards who had been abducted by the Death Eaters, he had no choice but to temporarily suspend his original undercover mission and quickly inform Headmaster Allen Harris of Hogwarts, successfully rescuing those hostages... However, his own identity was exposed as a result... Lucius Malfoy paid a tremendous price for the peace of our United Kingdom's Magical World, enduring humiliation and shouldering a heavy burden, all to eliminate You-Know-Who and the Death Eaters... At present, the Ministry of Magic is applying for a First Class Order of Merlin for Mr. Lucius Malfoy, in recognition of his righteous deed in saving so many lives."
"You all know by now, right?" Draco Malfoy sat down in his seat and, before even going to get breakfast, reached into the pocket of his robes, pulled out a folded newspaper, and showed it off smugly. "The Daily Prophet reported my dad's deeds. The front page is his photo and profile, and besides that, the whole article... continued on pages three, six, and seven, is all about my dad."
Quite a few young wizards, whether they believed it or not, expressed admiration for Lucius Malfoy at that moment. Some even left their own seats and came over