As the days passed, the end-of-term grades were finally released.
Charlie's results were no surprise.
He had perfect scores in every subject except History of Magic.
As for History of Magic... Let's not talk about History of Magic.
Dumbledore had been gone for several days.
Charlie had spent those days trying to find Dumbledore and ask him why Voldemort couldn't be killed.
But every time he went to the Headmaster's Office, the door was firmly locked.
That was, until the day of the End-of-Year Feast.
The day after the feast, they would leave school for the summer holidays.
Charlie had been packing in his dormitory and was a little late getting to the Great Hall.
By the time he arrived, the Great Hall was already full.
The moment he pushed open the door, the noisy hall fell silent.
Hundreds of pairs of eyes turned toward him in unison.
Over the past few days, word of Charlie's defeat of a dark wizard had spread throughout Hogwarts.
The Weasley Twins were the first to react. They burst into applause.
They had taken a full 20 Galleons from Charlie, and now they wanted to bow down before him.
The Weasley family had only one Galleon in their vault.
Applause instantly thundered through the Great Hall.
The Gryffindor and Hufflepuff students were the most excited. Many of them had witnessed Charlie's feat with their own eyes.
The Ravenclaw students joined in too. They hadn't been there themselves, but they'd heard how dangerous it had been.
Only the students at the Slytherin table looked displeased.
The House Cup had been theirs this year, but Charlie had stolen the spotlight.
Anyone would have been annoyed.
Charlie walked over to the Hufflepuff table and sat down. Only then did the applause die away.
Dumbledore sat on the