Champions Don't Need Exams

Harry's mind was not on the tournament.

After learning about the event, exchanging pleasantries with Mr. Weasley, and inspecting the entire arena,

he headed back toward the castle with Draco, Ron, and Ginny.

Ron, who had been captivated by Fleur's beauty, did not object either.

Because Fleur had left earlier.

After listening to Mr. Weasley, she had returned to the carriage by the edge of the Forbidden Forest not far away.

After parting with Draco in the Great Hall, Harry, Ron, and Ginny returned to the common room before the ten o'clock curfew.

In their understanding, Champions still had to take the end-of-year exams.

Krum and Ilvas, who had remained in the arena, exchanged glances.

"Is Harry really that confident in his memory?"

"Perhaps he wants to study with his fiancée and friends. After all, the other students still have exams to take."

As June began, the atmosphere in the castle grew tense and excited once more.

Everyone was looking forward to the third event, which would be held a week before the holidays.

The tension came from the exams they faced.

They would decide whether the coming summer holiday was heaven or hell.

Harry was the same.

But when he appeared in the Transfiguration classroom—today's Transfiguration exam hall—ready to complete his written paper, Professor McGonagall came up to him.

"Mr. Potter, I distinctly remember that Champions do not need to take end-of-year exams."

Just like that, he was ushered out of the classroom under everyone's watchful eyes, completely bewildered.

All he could do was bask in the sun outside the corridor and listen to the popping sounds inside as the students turned teapots into tortoises after finishing the written exam.

Bored out of his mind, he wandered through the silent castle.

When he reached the lawn outside the castle,