As if he noticed something, Mike suddenly turned his head and looked at a corner of the auditorium. However, there was nothing there except an empty seat.

"What's wrong with you?" Penello asked in surprise.

"nothing."

Although he said nothing, Mike's eyes were always fixed on the empty seat.

He just clearly felt that there was someone staring at him fiercely. Could that person be...

"Mike! What are you waiting for? Go back to the Ravenclaw lounge!" Roger Davis, the captain of the Ravenclaw team, put his arm around Mike's shoulders and said excitedly, "We are now number one in the standings.

, Senior Sister Carol has prepared a celebration banquet for us!"

The sudden appearance of Roger startled Mike, who was deep in thought. After hearing what he said clearly, Mike instinctively wanted to refuse.

Mike still has to go to the Room of Requirement to train. Quidditch training and competitions take up a lot of Mike's time. This makes Mike have to squeeze out all his free time to train on magic. You know, not long after, he will be the top 8 in the duel competition.

The game is about to begin.

However, before Mike could speak, the other Ravenclaw players fell onto the stands, lifted Mike up and rushed towards Hogwarts Castle.

Mike disappears immediately after every game and never participates in their celebrations. He must not be allowed to escape this time.

Mike struggled hard but to no avail. With his current physical strength, he could not resist the five big men. Penello on the side was a little surprised at first, but after Qiu Zhang bit her ears for a while, she let Roger go.

The others carried Mike away.

However, it turns out that Mike is still unable to attend their celebration party today.

As soon as everyone carried Mike into Hogwarts Castle, Lockhart appeared on their only path.

"Oh! Boys, I wonder if I can borrow your big star for a while?" Lockhart made a gentlemanly salute and said with a smile.

Although Roger and others were somewhat reluctant, they still did not dare to disobey the professor's order. They agreed and put Mike down.

"looking for me?"

After being put down, Mike tidied up his messy Quidditch uniform, approached Lockhart and asked.

"This is not the right place to talk, go to my office."

Seeing Lockhart's serious expression, Mike agreed, and after bidding farewell to Roger and others, he followed Lockhart to the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor's office.

Lockhart's office is very Lockhart-like. The walls of the office are covered with Lockhart's magical portraits, and there is a pleasant fragrance in the air.

"The outline of my novel has been written, so I ask you to review it." Lockhart took out a set of exquisite porcelain teapots from the drawer and made a cup of black tea for Mike.

"Outline? In other words, you haven't started writing the text yet?" Mike noticed that Lockhart specially emphasized the word 'review' when he said this sentence, using his right hand that was still wearing the Quidditch metal gauntlet.

He slammed the desk and said, "What have you been doing all this time? Hiding in this office and looking at the X-ray photos that those stupid women sent you?

Do you think that after signing the contract, I can’t do this to you? Now you dare to talk to me in this tone! Huh?”

"Don't get excited! Writing a novel is not as easy as you think, really! Plus there are a lot of things going on in the duel competition recently, so it's been delayed." Seeing that Mike was angry, Lockhart hurriedly defended, "By the way, I

Here is another piece of information that you will definitely like."

After speaking, Lockhart hurriedly took out a roll of parchment from the drawer and placed it respectfully in front of Mike.

After continuing to stare at Lockhart for a long time, seeing that he still looked timid, Mike withdrew his gaze with satisfaction and picked up the parchment.

I saw four names written at the beginning of the parchment in the four colors of red, green, blue and yellow that represent the four major colleges:

Bruno Oppa (Gryffindor)

Willy Parker (Slytherin)

Mike Townley (Ravenclaw)

Cedric Diggory (Hufflepuff)

"This is the list of the top 12 in the duel competition. The top four people are seeded players from the four major colleges." Seeing Mike showing interest, Lockhart hurriedly came over to explain.

Mike nodded slightly, he knew everyone here.

Gryffindor's Bruno was the male student president who was beaten by the female student council president Carol and a group of Ravenclaw girls when he first started school. Willy is the recognized leader of Slytherin and is in grade 7 this year.

In addition to these four names written with special ink, there are eight other names written on the parchment with ordinary black ink.

As soon as Mike took a first look, his attention was attracted by the first name in the row, and he saw it clearly read: Percy Weasley.

Mike still has a deep impression of Percy, not only because he is George and Fred's brother, but also because he also has some unrealistic fantasies about his girlfriend Penelo.

Mike was not surprised that Percy was able to advance to the top 12 in the duel competition. After all, although Percy had some flaws in his character and was more vain and advocating for power, he still had talent and strength.

Otherwise, he would not have become the president of the Boys' Student Union in the original work, nor would he have become a subordinate of Barty Crouch Sr., who was the director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation at the time after graduation.

To be honest, if things go well, with Percy's bloodline and talent, he might actually be able to become a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic.

Out of instinctive disgust for his love rival, Mike still asked for information about Percy.

"How is this Percy doing?"

"Excellent! He is the strongest among the 8 people, and the only player to complete all the games without any injuries." Lockhart saw Mike asking about himself, and came over very clumsily, "If you need me, I'm here

Detailed information on everyone above, including combat strength analysis, can be provided to you."

Mike raised his head and took a deep look at Lockhart. Seeing that his attitude was very upright and not at all secretly unconvinced as at the beginning, the corner of his mouth curled up.

"Give it all to me, along with your outline."

"Yes! It's all for you. Are you leaving now? Why don't you sit down for a while? This is high-end Kenyan black tea." Halfway through, Lockhart seemed to have thought of something. He patted his head and said, "Look at me.

Brain, you must be anxious to attend the celebration banquet, right? To be honest, you really play ball..."

Seeing his crazy flattering look, Mike felt his head growl. He took a dozen files from Lockhart's hand and left the office.
Chapter completed!