Chapter 164 Drawing Lots for the Quarterfinals (Part 1)

A few days later, the draw for the quarterfinals of the first Hogwarts Duel Competition began in the auditorium.

Mike, Cedric and others were waiting in a small room at the backstage of the auditorium to go on stage for the lottery ceremony. In the past few days, Mike had been following Professor Flitwick's instructions before leaving and kept a low profile. In addition to continuing to use the Marauder's Map every day There was no further involvement in the investigation of Percy beyond spying on him.

And the news that Mike originally expected that Percy would be caught by Dumbledore soon and destroy the Horcrux notebook did not appear. The past few days have been calm in Hogwarts, just like Mike didn't at all It was the same as not telling Flitwick and others about the Horcrux.

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

Most people were on Mike's side about this. After all, this incident was almost entirely initiated by Percy, and he deserved such a severe punishment. There are even many Slytherins who have been using this matter to criticize and laugh at 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, the punishment Percy received was too severe, so he took the first shot. Mike, who was hurting others, had nothing to do with it, and they thought it was very unfair.

But Mike didn't care at all about this. These guys who helped relatives but didn't help were a very small minority even within Gryffindor, and they couldn't make any waves. On the contrary, the fact that Professor Flitwick had been gone for so many days and there was no news made Mike very worried. Even the Charms class was taught by Professor McGonagall these days.

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

Cedric on the side seemed to notice something was wrong with Mike's state, and asked aloud.

"Thank you, I'm fine."

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

"Ignore him, he just had a fight with his girlfriend." At this time, Carol suddenly appeared and said to Cedric.

"I never quarreled with Penello. Don't taint someone's innocence."

Facing Mike's denial, Carol crossed her arms and raised her head and said, "You still said no, Penelo told me that you never comforted her after what happened with Percy. Even if she deliberately ignored you, she still didn't act. I have seen many men like you, cold and violent!"

Seeing Carol almost pointing her nose at him and calling him a scumbag, Mike was immediately speechless.

He admitted that lately, all his thoughts have been on improving his own strength and Percy, and he has somewhat neglected Penelo, but things are not as bad as Carol said.

Just when Mike was extremely embarrassed and didn't know how to defend himself, Lockhart, who was wearing a feather crown and dressed very flamboyantly, suddenly opened the door to the room.

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

At this moment, Mike only felt that Lockhart's greasy voice sounded so beautiful at this moment, so he stood up and came to Lockhart's side, 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 go on stage, so he laughed and patted Mike on the shoulder.

The other two Slytherin players were very dissatisfied with Mike's behavior of taking the lead, and finally Cedric followed suit with a wry smile.

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

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

Mike didn't care about this. After waving his hands to everyone, he stood in the corner of the stage, watching with his eyes, his heart, and his nose.

He didn't need to guess to know that those few anti-fans were all from Gryffindor. After all, he had eliminated Percy, the favorite to win, and lowered Gryffindor's probability of winning.

Today's auditorium did not have that kind of 'surprising' decoration. 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 transformation.

Lockhart, like Mike, ignored the boos from the audience and continued to call out the names of the remaining top eight.

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

Among them, Carol and Cedric received far more enthusiastic applause and cheers than Mike. Let alone Cedric, he is handsome and strong, and he is also a good person. And Carol gained a lot of fans because of her 12-to-8 game. Everyone was conquered by her heroic appearance of rushing towards the huge fireball.

Several other players received much less applause, especially the Slytherin player who came on last.

This player had originally been eliminated, but because Percy was forced to withdraw from the competition, he became the new top eight through the additional loser group competition. Everyone did not recognize his strength.

And because of his joining, the staff ratio of the quarterfinals became: 2 people from Gryffindor, 3 people from Slytherin, 2 people from Ravenclaw, and 1 person from Hufflepuff. Slytherin overtook Gryffindor in numbers due to Percy's withdrawal, which was one of the reasons why Gryffindor students resented Mike.

"Okay! All the top eight members have arrived, and the lottery has finally begun!" Lockhart waved his wand, and a huge gilt lottery box with golden light appeared in front of everyone. "The method of drawing lots is very special. It’s simple. There are 8 slips of paper in this lottery box, with numbers from one to four written on them respectively. Those who draw the same numbers will become opponents! Okay! Let’s get started! Mike, you are the first.”

Mike expressionlessly put his hand into the lottery box. As soon as he put his hand in, Mike felt that an irregular strong wind was blowing inside the box, and each piece of paper was also wrapped in the lottery box by the hurricane. Flying.

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

"Contestant Mike drew number 1!" Lockhart raised the note to everyone in the audience, "Next one! Carol!"

Carol also heard the sound and stepped forward, and the number she drew turned out to be the same as Mike's number 1!

After Lockhart announced the number, there was a lot of discussion in the audience.

"It's over! There's a civil war in Ravenclaw. I was still thinking that Senior Carol and Mike could meet in the finals together."

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

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