Early next morning.

"In other words, Dumbledore firmly believes that Crouch has nothing to do with this matter?"

Michelle asked softly.

John has told Michelle the contents of his conversation with Dumbledore yesterday.

Of course, I only told Michelle.

After all, both John and Michelle knew very well that Dumbledore and Snape would not want this matter to spread.

Besides that, what John cared more about was what Dumbledore said to him at the end.

John believed that Dumbledore was not simply giving him his blessing.

Instead, he was reminded from the side that the third project was about to start, and he should focus more on the project instead of investigating.

This did make John feel a little more at ease.

If we think about it from another angle, who is the murderer of Rita Skeeter, who is 'them' who attacked Karkaroff, and who is the one who signed up John, Michelle and Harry...

The answers to these questions are actually not important at all.

John and Michelle have made it through two projects so far.

As long as they successfully survive the third event, they will be the winners.

Therefore, instead of dwelling on the truth, it is better to think more about how to protect yourself.

Dumbledore has always acted according to this idea.

Even if the Ministry of Magic continued to push back on the investigation, he did not criticize it at all.

He just kept urging the Ministry of Magic to strengthen the security of Hogwarts, and finally even forced Fudge to step down personally to preside over the last project.

John admired Dumbledore for understanding this.

He is really a wise old man.

Always able to see through the truth of things and do things in the simplest and most effective way.

Shaking his head with some emotion, John hugged Michelle tightly and said:

"Stop thinking about these things. We just need to do our own thing."

"It's great that you think so! You've been worrying about these things recently, and it makes me feel sad to see you."

As Michelle spoke, she excitedly took out a bag of cupcakes and handed them to John like a treasure.

"Pumpkin cake!~My seniors taught me how to make it myself!"

"Are there any pumpkins this season?" John said in surprise, while Michelle fed him a mouthful of cake, "It tastes really good!"

Michelle laughed twice when she heard this, then carefully leaned into John's ear and whispered:

"I'm telling you, I secretly picked the pumpkins from Professor Sprout's greenhouse. You must never tell anyone, otherwise Professor Sprout will definitely punish me to hoe the fields again."

When Michelle spoke, the hot breath hit John's ears, making them wet and itchy.

This wet itch seemed to have its own consciousness, and it was transmitted from John's ears to John's heart, making John feel a little excited.

But at the next moment, he saw Draco squeeze into his field of vision.

And he also has a bitter face.

This is really disappointing.

The smile on John's face disappeared and he said speechlessly:

"That's not it, Draco? It's just the final exam, there's no need to feel so uncomfortable."

Hearing this, the bitterness on Draco's face became even more intense.

He grabbed his hair and said:

"Ah! John, I really envy you that you don't have to take the exam! You don't know, my father has already said that if Hermione Gryffindor, that Muggle-born witch, fails the exam again this time, he will take the exam when he goes home.

Break my legs!"

John couldn't help but joked:

"If I had known earlier, I should have given you a bottle of bone spirit for Christmas."

Michelle couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

But Draco didn't respond.

He lowered his head, as if gathering courage.

After a while, he gritted his teeth and said:

"John, actually I have something to tell you. To be clear in advance, Professor Snape should have come to tell you this in person, but he forcibly assigned this job to me."

John frowned slightly and waved his hand to signal Draco to speak quickly.

Draco then said:

"The warriors' relatives will be invited to watch the finals today, so all warriors, including you and Michelle, must go to the conference room next to the auditorium to meet their relatives after breakfast."

John's expression turned a little gloomy.

Michelle's smile also disappeared.

As we all know, both of them are orphans and have no relatives at all.

It doesn't matter if the Triwizard Tournament organizes such an event, but forcing them to participate is just disgusting.

The sweat dropped from Draco's face when he saw this.

He knew this would be the result.

He even felt that Snape specifically asked him to inform him because he was afraid of such a situation.

But John was not someone who would anger his friends.

After calming down a bit, John comforted Draco and asked him to work hard in the exam.

Then John and Michelle continued to enjoy breakfast.

But compared to before, the atmosphere between the two was not so warm.

Until the entire auditorium became deserted, neither John nor Michelle had any intention of going to the conference room.

At this moment, the door of the conference room suddenly opened, and Cedric stuck his head out and said:

"Hey! John, Michelle, come on, they are waiting for you!"

John and Michelle looked at each other, got up and walked to the conference room with some confusion.

John was even ready.

If this was a prank meant to embarrass them, don't blame him for falling out.

Enter the meeting room.

Only then did I realize that it was very lively here.

Cedric stood by the door with his parents.

Viktor Krum spoke rapid Bulgarian to his dark-haired parents in a corner of the room. He inherited his father's hooked nose.

On the other side, Fleur was chattering to her mother in French. Fleur's little sister Gabrielle held her mother's hand. While talking, Fleur and Gabrielle also looked at John and Michelle.

Waved.

And Harry...

"John! Michelle!"

John was looking for Harry when a familiar voice came from beside him.

He turned around quickly, only to be hugged by Mrs. Westley.

"Mrs. Weiss! I didn't expect you to come!"

Michelle shouted excitedly and opened her arms.

Mrs. Weasley was also very cooperative, smiling and stepping forward to hug him.

"I heard about the attack on you!" Mrs. Weasley choked and said, "It's so great to see you safe!"

Mr. Weasley also came over and shook hands with John and said:

"John, thank you for the Christmas gift, we all loved it!"

John smiled and nodded:

"You're welcome, this is our sincere wish."

Mr. Wesley suddenly smiled mysteriously and said:

"In fact, we also brought you a gift this time..."

Mr. Weislai paused for a moment when he said this, obviously preparing to give up.
To be continued...