Harry Potter’s Raven’s Claw

A few days later, the draw for the quarterfinals of the inaugural Hogwarts Duel Tournament began in the Great Hall.

Mike, Cedric and the others were waiting in a small room at the back of the auditorium to come on stage for the lottery ceremony. For the past few days, Mike has been following Professor Flitwick's instructions before he left, keeping a low profile, except for continuing to use the Marauder map every day. There was no further involvement in the investigation of Percy beyond monitoring Percy.

And Mike originally expected that Percy would be caught by Dumbledore soon and the news of the horcrux notebook did not appear. Hogwarts has been calm these days, just like the other day Mike did not at all. It's the same as not telling Flitwick and others about the Horcrux.

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

Most of the people were on Mike's side. After all, this matter was almost completely provoked by Percy, and the punishment was so severe he deserved it. There are even a lot of Slytherin people who have been using this to criticize and ridicule Gryffindor students.

However, there was still a small group of Gryffindors who stood firmly on Percy's side. Even though they blocked the door to the Ravenclaw lounge, Percy's punishment was too heavy, and he shot first. The hurting Mike is nothing, they think it's very unfair.

However, Mike didn't care about it at all. These guys who help relatives and don't help are very few even in Gryffindor, and they can't make any waves. On the contrary, Professor Flitwick has been gone for so many days and there is no news, which makes Mike very worried. These days, even the magic class is taught by Professor McGonagall.

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

Cedric on the side seemed to see something wrong with Mike's state 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 time, Carol suddenly appeared and said to Cedric.

"How can I quarrel with Penello, don't smear people's innocence."

Facing Mike's denial, Carroll raised her head with her arms folded: "You still said no, Penello told me that you didn't comfort her after the Percy incident. Even if she deliberately snubs you, she doesn't act, I've seen a man like you a lot, cold and violent!"

Seeing that Carroll almost pointed her nose and called herself a scumbag, Mike was speechless.

He admitted that recently his mind was all about improving his strength and Percy, and he had snubbed Penello a little, but things weren't as bad as Carroll said.

Just when Mike was embarrassed and didn't know how to justify it, Lockhart, who was wearing a feather crown and dressed very flamboyantly, suddenly pushed open the door of the room.

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

Mike only felt that Lockhart's greasy voice sounded so pleasant at the moment, and he got up and came to Lockhart's side in a flash, while Carroll 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 was just impatient 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 it was Cedric, who followed with a wry smile.

"Everyone! Let's warmly welcome the eight strongest players in this duel competition! The first one came to us! It's... Mike!"

Mike stepped onto the stage after hearing Lockhart calling his name. As soon as he appeared in the auditorium, he aroused cheers from everyone in the auditorium, 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 in the corner of the stage, watching his heart and his nose.

He didn't have to guess that those very few black fans should be Gryffindor,

After all, he got rid of Percy, the favorite to win the championship, and reduced the probability of Gryffindor winning the championship.

There is no such 'surprising' arrangement in today's auditorium. Lockhart's bizarre aesthetic finally aroused the dissatisfaction of other professors in Hogwarts, warning him not to do that kind of things to Hogwarts Castle again. A jaw-dropping makeover.

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

With Lockhart's roll call, one contestant after another stepped onto the stage, and the audience did not hesitate to applaud.

Among them, Carroll and Cedric received far more applause and cheers than Mike. Cedric won't talk about it. And Carroll is because she gained a lot of fans in that 12-to-8 game, and everyone was conquered by her heroic dash towards the huge fireball.

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

This player had already been eliminated, but because Percy was forced to retire, he became the new quarter-finals through an additional lower bracket game, and everyone did not recognize his strength.

And because of his addition, the staffing ratio of the quarter-finals has become: 2 Gryffindors, 3 Slytherins, 2 Ravenclaws, and 1 Hufflepuff. Slytherin outnumbered Gryffindor due to Percy's withdrawal, which was one of the reasons why Gryffindor students resented Mike.

"Okay! All the quarter-finalists have arrived, and the lottery has finally begun!" With a wave of Lockhart's wand, a huge gilded lottery box with golden light appeared in front of everyone. It's simple, there are 8 pieces of paper in this lottery box, each with 4 numbers from one to four, and those who draw the same number will become opponents! Ok! Let's start quickly! Mike, you are the first."

Mike put his hand into the lottery box expressionlessly. Just as soon as his hand entered, Mike felt that there was an irregular wind blowing inside the box, and a piece of paper was also wrapped in the hurricane in the lottery box. flying.

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

"Player Mike drew No. 1!" Lockhart held up the note facing everyone in 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! The Ravenclaw civil war is over, and I still think that Carol-senpai can join Mike in the finals."

"Great! No matter who wins Ravenclaw, there's only one player left!"

Ignoring the discussion under the stage and the strange eyes of other players, Mike and Carroll's eyes collided. At this moment, there seemed to be sparks in the air.