Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 150 Lockhart's Novel
As if he had noticed something, Mike suddenly turned his head and looked towards a corner of the auditorium. However, there was nothing there except an empty seat.

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

"nothing."

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

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

"Mike! What are you waiting for? Go back to the Ravenclaw lounge!" Roger Davis, the captain of the Ravenclaw team, said excitedly, holding Mike's shoulders. "We are now number one in the standings. Senior Carol has prepared a celebration party for us!"

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

Mike also has to go to the Room of Requirement for training. Quidditch training and competitions take up a lot of Mike's time. This forces Mike to squeeze out all his free time for spell training, because the quarterfinals of the duel competition will begin soon.

However, before Mike could open his mouth, the other players of the Ravenclaw team landed on the stands, picked up Mike and rushed into Hogwarts Castle.

Mike always disappears immediately after the game and never joins in their celebrations. They must not let him escape again this time.

Mike struggled hard but it was useless. With his current physical strength, he could not resist five big men. Penelope was a little surprised at first, but after Qiu Zhang bit her ear for a while, she let Roger and others carry Mike away.

However, it turned out that Mike still couldn't attend their celebration party today.

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

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

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

"looking for me?"

Mike, who was put down, tidied his Quidditch uniform which was a little messy, and approached Lockhart and asked.

"This is not the right place to talk. Let's go to my office."

Seeing Lockhart's serious expression, Mike agreed. After saying goodbye to Roger and others, he followed Lockhart to the office of the professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts.

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

"I've finished the outline of my novel, so please come and review it." Lockhart took out a set of exquisite porcelain teapots from the drawer, made a cup of black tea for Mike and said.

"Outline? In other words, you haven't started writing the main text yet?" Mike noticed that Lockhart emphasized the word "review" when he said this, and slammed the desk with his right hand, which was still wearing the Quidditch metal gauntlet. "What have you been doing all this time? Hiding in this office and swearing at the porn photos those stupid women sent you?

"Do you think I can't do this to you just because you signed the contract? 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 with the duel competition recently, so it's been delayed." Seeing that Mike was angry, Lockhart hurriedly explained, "By the way, I have another piece of information here, you will definitely like it." After that, Lockhart hurriedly took out a roll of parchment from the drawer and placed it respectfully in front of Mike.

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

At the beginning of the parchment, there were four names written in red, green, blue and yellow, representing the four major colleges:

Bruno Opa (Gryffindor)
Willy Parker (Slytherin)
Mike Townley (Ravenclaw)
Cedric Diggory (Hufflepuff)

"This is the list of the top 12 contestants of the duel tournament. The top four are the seeded players from the four major colleges." Seeing Mike's interested look, Lockhart hurried over to explain.

Mike nodded slightly. He knew everyone here.

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

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

As soon as Mike took the first glance, he was attracted by the first name at the front of the row. It was clearly written: Percy Weasley.

Mike had a deep impression of Percy, not only because he was George and Fred's brother, but also because he had some unrealistic fantasies about his girlfriend Penelope.

Mike was not surprised that Percy was able to advance to the top 12 of the duel tournament. After all, although Percy had some character flaws and was rather vain and power-loving, he still had talent and strength.

Otherwise, he would not have become the president of the male student union in the original book, and he would not have become a subordinate of old Barty Crouch, who was the director of the Department of International Magical Exchange and Cooperation at the time, after graduation.

To be honest, if all goes well, with Percy's bloodline and talent, he might really become a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Magic.

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

"How's this Percy doing."

"Excellent! He is the strongest among the eight, and the only one who completed all the competitions without any injuries." Seeing Mike asking him, Lockhart approached him in a very servile manner, "If you need, I have detailed information about all the people mentioned above, including combat analysis, which can be provided to you."

Mike raised his head and looked deeply at Lockhart. Seeing that his attitude was very upright and he did not have the secretly unconvinced look at all, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

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

"Yes! All for you. Are you leaving now? Why don't you sit for a while? This is premium Kenyan black tea." Halfway through his speech, Lockhart slapped his head as if he had thought of something, and said, "Look at my brain, you must be anxious to attend the celebration party, right? To be honest, your playing is really..."

Mike was overwhelmed by his crazy flattery. He took a dozen documents from Lockhart's hand and left the office.

However, unlike what Lockhart had guessed, after leaving, Mike did not go to the lounge to join Roger and the others' celebration party, but went straight to the Room of Requirement.

(End of this chapter)