Raven's Claw at Hogwarts

Chapter 164

A few days later, the draw for the quarter-finals of Hogwarts' first dueling competition began in the auditorium.

Mike, Cedric and others were waiting in a small room at the backstage of the auditorium for the lottery ceremony. For the past few days, Mike has been following Professor Flitwick's instructions before leaving, keeping a low profile, except continuing to continue through the Marauder's Map every day. Outside of monitoring Percy, he has not continued to be involved in the investigation of Percy.

And Mike originally expected that Percy would be caught by Dumbledore soon and wiped out. The news of the Horcrux notebook did not appear. It's the same as not telling Flitwick and others about the Horcrux.

On the contrary, what happened in front of the Eagle Head door knocker that day gradually spread throughout Hogwarts.

Most people were on Mike's side. After all, this incident was almost entirely instigated by Percy, and he deserved such a severe punishment.There are even a lot of Slytherins who have been using this incident to attack and laugh at the Gryffindor students.

However, there are still a small number of Gryffindor stunned youths who firmly stand on Percy's side. Even though they blocked the door to the Ravenclaw lounge, the punishment Percy received was too heavy, and the first shot Hurt Mike is a shit, they think it's very unfair.

But Mike didn't care about it at all. Even if these guys who help relatives and don't help each other belong to a very small number in Gryffindor, they still can't cause any trouble.On the contrary, Professor Flitwick has been away for so many days and there is no news, which makes Mike very worried. These days, even the Charms class is taught by Professor McGonagall.

"What's wrong with you, didn't you sleep well last night?"

Cedric on the side seemed to see that something was wrong with Mike, and asked aloud.

"Thank you, I'm fine."

Hearing that Mike also slapped his face twice, forcing himself to cheer up.

"Don't pay attention to him, he just quarreled with his girlfriend." At this moment, Carol suddenly appeared and said to Cedric.

"I didn't quarrel with Penello, don't stain people's innocence."

Facing Mike's denial, Carol raised her head with her arms folded and said, "You still said no, Penelope told me that you didn't comfort her after the incident with Percy, Even if she deliberately snubbed you, she didn't act, I've seen a lot of men like you, cold and violent!"

Seeing that Carol almost pointed at her nose and called him a scumbag, Mike was speechless.

He admitted that recently all his thoughts have been on improving his strength and Percy, and he has left Penello a little cold, but things are not as bad as Carroll said.

Just when Mike was extremely embarrassed and didn't know how to explain, Lockhart, wearing a feather crown and dressed in a very flamboyant manner, suddenly pushed open the door of the room.

"Gentlemen and ladies, it's your turn!"

At this moment, Mike only felt that Lockhart's greasy voice sounded so pleasant at the moment, so he stood up and came to Lockhart's side with a quick brush, while Carol continued to look at Mike with the eyes of a scumbag.

Faced with such a big reaction from Mike, Lockhart was obviously a little surprised, but he thought that Mike just couldn't wait to appear on stage, so he patted Mike on the shoulder with a smile.

The other two Slytherin players were very dissatisfied with Mike's preemptive behavior, and finally Cedric followed with a wry smile.

"Everyone! Let us warmly welcome the eight strongest players in this duel contest! The first one to come to us! It is... Mike!"

After hearing Lockhart calling his name, Mike stepped onto the stage. As soon as he appeared in the auditorium, everyone in the auditorium cheered, but the cheers were mixed with a small amount of boos , although it was still small, but Mike still heard it.

Mike didn't care about this, and after shaking his hand to everyone, he stood at the corner of the stage, watching his heart and nose.

He didn't need to guess that those very few black fans should all belong to Gryffindor. After all, he got rid of Percy, the favorite to win the championship, and reduced the probability of Gryffindor winning the championship.

Today's auditorium does not have that kind of 'amazing' arrangement. Lockhart's weird aesthetic finally aroused the dissatisfaction of other professors in Hogwarts, warning them not to do that kind of thing to Hogwarts castle again. A jaw-dropping makeover.

Like Mike, Lockhart ignored the boos from the audience and continued to report the names of the remaining eight.

Following Lockhart's roll call, contestants stepped onto the stage one after another, and the audience applauded generously.

Among them, Carol and Cedric received far more enthusiastic applause and cheers than Mike, and Cedric will not talk about it. He is handsome and strong, and he is especially good at being a man.And Carol is because she gained a lot of fans in that 12-to-8 game, and everyone was conquered by her heroic posture rushing towards the huge fireball.

The other players received much less applause, especially the last Slytherin player.

This player had already been eliminated, but because Percy was forced to retire, he became the new top eight through the additional loser's bracket match, and everyone did not recognize his strength.

And because of his joining, the personnel ratio of the quarterfinals has become: 2 Gryffindors, 3 Slytherins, 2 Ravenclaws, and 1 Hufflepuff.Slytherin surpassed Gryffindor in number due to Percy's retirement, which is one of the reasons why Gryffindor students dislike Mike.

"Okay! All the top eight players have arrived, and finally the lottery begins!" Lockhart waved his wand, and a huge gold-plated lottery box appeared in front of everyone, "The way the lottery is drawn is very Simple, there are 8 pieces of paper in this lottery box, with 4 numbers from one to four written on them, and the person who draws the same number will become the opponent! Alright! Let's get started! Mike, you are the first."

Mike put his hand into the lottery box with a blank expression. As soon as he put his hand in, Mike felt an irregular strong wind blowing inside the box, and the notes were also wrapped in the lottery box by the hurricane. flying.

Randomly grabbed a piece of paper and opened it, only to see a big 1 written on the note.

"Contestant Mike drew No. 1!" Lockhart held up the note facing the audience, "Next! Carol!"

Carol also heard the sound and stepped forward, and the number she drew was the same as Mike's number 1!
After Lockhart announced the number, there was a lot of discussion in the audience.

"It's over! Ravenclaw is in a civil war, and I was thinking that Senior Carol and Mike would meet in the final together."

"Great! Now, no matter who wins Ravenclaw, there is only one player left!"

Ignoring the comments in the audience and the weird eyes of other contestants, Mike and Carroll's eyes collided. At this moment, there seemed to be sparks in the air.

(End of this chapter)