Hogwarts' end-of-term exams were canceled once again.
Fortunately, the Wizard Level Examinations had already ended, so whether the end-of-term exams went ahead was not particularly important.
Hogwarts had once been considered the safest place in the United Kingdom, because no one had dared attack it even during Voldemort's reign of darkness.
People said that was because Voldemort feared Dumbledore and did not dare challenge him.
Yet this year alone, Voldemort and the Death Eaters under his command had already attacked Hogwarts twice.
The first time, only the Death Eaters had come, which was one thing, but the second time, Voldemort had come in person-although by then, Voldemort had only himself left. Oh, and Wormtail, who was already dead.
But it had never been those Death Eaters whom people feared. It was the powerful Voldemort behind them.
Thus, although Voldemort was now alone, people's fear of him had not diminished in the slightest.
After Hogwarts activated its emergency plan and sent every student out of the school, the parents who learned what had happened were unwilling to let their children return.
Although the details of the battle had not spread, people still knew the final outcome: Voldemort had wreaked havoc at Hogwarts and then left.
With the students afraid to return to school, the end-of-term exams that had yet to take place were naturally canceled.
Naturally, some were happy about this, while others were sad.
The sad ones were undoubtedly the top students, and the happy ones were everyone else.
Harry ought to have been happy about this, but he had no time for happiness now. He was worrying about Voldemort's Horcrux.
For once, Dumbledore had not told Harry and the others that this was a matter for the adults.
Perhaps it was because Harry and the others were all about