After the second event, four months flew by. At last, the final round of the Triwizard Tournament had arrived.
From early in the morning, spectators had begun arriving at the stands around the final event's arena.
Though the situation in the wizarding world was far from stable, plenty of people were still willing to come and support the competition.
When Harry, Hermione, and Ron came downstairs to have breakfast in the Great Hall, the people standing in the Entrance Hall immediately made all three of them stare in surprise.
Sirius and Remus—their appearance was something Harry had expected, since he had written to Sirius and told his godfather that he would be competing in the third event.
But when he truly saw his father's two friends, Harry was still overwhelmed by a surging tide of joy.
The appearance of Mr. and Mrs. Weasley, as well as Bill, was completely beyond their expectations.
"Didn't expect it, did you!"
Mrs. Weasley was the first to spot them coming downstairs. She shoved Sirius, who was standing in front of her, aside and hurried over. Before Harry and the others could say anything, she gave each of them a hug.
"Oi, Mum, you're squeezing the breath out of me!"
Ron, who was hugged last, coughed twice and spoke awkwardly. Looking over his mother's shoulder at his father, who was smiling at him, he asked,
"You've all come to watch the match, Dad?"
"Amosta wrote to us, inviting us to watch and telling us that you would be competing. As soon as we learned that, we decided to come to Hogwarts to see the match."
Mr. Weasley smiled at Ron.
"We also wrote to Charlie and told him about it, but those Dragons couldn't do without him. He asked me to apologize to you. As