Hogwarts Raven's Claw

Chapter 158 Reversal
After a while, the duel field became noisy again, and people in the stands were talking about it.

Lockhart was sweating profusely in the suspended attic, and frantically directed the staff on site into the magic microphone to search for Carol.

Seferivi was not present in the 12-to-8 duel because he had to attend classes. Although other professors claimed that they could help protect the students during the game, he refused all of them for the sake of face.

In Lockhart's imagination, these were just a group of young wizards who had not yet graduated. Even if they really got angry, how much damage could they cause?
However, the accident has really happened now. If Carol dies, Lockhart will be finished too. Not only will his reputation be ruined, but the Mossen family will continue to cause trouble for him.

Everyone in the audience was worried about Carol's safety. Even the Slytherin students who were usually at odds with Ravenclaw did not make any sarcastic remarks. The shrewd Slytherins were not fools. If they continued to make sarcastic remarks in this situation, they would create mortal enemies.

Different from everyone else's reaction, a faint smile appeared on Mike's face. With his magical perception, he had seen everything that happened on the field. In this game, Carol won.

On the field, the Gryffindor player stared blankly at the huge pit in front of him, then fell to his knees with a thud.

"I... I killed someone?" He murmured incoherently, "I didn't do it on purpose, she bumped into me! My fireball flew so slowly, she would have been able to dodge it if she wanted to!"

Just as the Gryffindor player lost consciousness, the ground behind him began to tremble slightly.

The ground was shaking more and more frequently, and gradually, the Gryffindor player also felt something was wrong. However, he was so shocked that he didn't think about the cause of the abnormality at all, but just looked back instinctively.

I saw a small hand with sharp claws breaking out of the ground and digging the soil quickly. After a while, a chubby groundhog appeared in front of the Gryffindor contestant.

This groundhog is much larger than usual, nearly 60 centimeters tall when standing. The color of its fur is very strange. It is not like the usual khaki or brown, but more like the black of the Hogwarts school uniform robe. The fur around its neck is strangely a light blue.

The Gryffindor player stared blankly at the groundhog that suddenly appeared in front of him, his mind going blank.

Have groundhogs become a problem in the UK?

This was his first reaction, but he quickly rejected the idea.

It's winter now! Groundhogs hibernate! Wait, this isn't...

Just as his brain was working rapidly, the groundhog blinked its right eye at him in a very human way. The next moment, the groundhog's body twisted and expanded rapidly, and in just one second, the groundhog turned into Carol.

"I'm sorry, I want to win!"

Carol, who had regained her human form, was covered in mud. She waved her wand vigorously at the Gryffindor player kneeling on the ground. A red light flashed, and the Gryffindor player was knocked away, and his wand also slipped out of his hand in mid-air.

The Gryffindor player instinctively wanted to get up, but as soon as he raised his head, a wand flashing with magical light was pressed against his forehead. The entire duel field fell into an eerie silence again, and everyone on the scene was shocked by this sudden scene.

It was unknown how long it took before Lockhart in the suspended attic reacted and shouted hysterically into the microphone: "The winner! Carol Mossen! What a superb human transformation. At the critical moment, contestant Mossen turned into a groundhog and burrowed underground to avoid the explosion! Thank God! I mean, it's not that I didn't have time to rescue her just now, but I had seen through it all a long time ago!"

Lockhart's excited shout seemed to be a switch, and everyone in the audience cheered. Some even controlled their wands to spray colorful petals towards Carol below. Suddenly, countless flowers fluttered down, turning the entire duel arena into a sea of ​​flowers.

The Gryffindor player who had been held on the head by Carol's wand also reacted. He hugged Carol's hand that was holding the wand.

"Merlin's beard, you're not dead! You're not dead!" He said in a voice choked with emotion, "You really scared me to death! I thought I had killed you! It's great that you're not dead!"

Carol was a little overwhelmed as she looked at the Gryffindor player who was holding her hands and crying with joy.

She had imagined what her opponent would feel like after being defeated by her sudden attack. He might get angry and leave the stage in disgrace, but she had never imagined that her opponent would hold her hands and cry bitterly.

"Uh, it's okay. I'm fine, aren't I?" Carol gave a dry laugh and comforted the big boy in front of her. At the same time, she stretched out her left hand to pull his head away. The other party wiped all his snot and tears on her sleeves, which made her feel a little disgusted.

But at this moment, the Gryffindor player was unwilling to let go after experiencing the intense excitement of great sorrow and joy. No matter how Carol pulled, he just wouldn't let go. In the end, it was the staff on the field who came up and dragged him away.

Carol shook her hands and looked at the Gryffindor player who was still crying in the distance, a smile appeared on her face.

At this time, Lockhart also came down from the suspended attic to the field. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with a purple handkerchief, raised Carol's hand, and shouted loudly: "Once again, let us cheer for the winner of this game, Carol Mossen! Thank them for presenting us with this wonderful game!"

The people on the stage cheered again. At first it was a chaotic cheer, but after someone took the lead, everyone started shouting Carol's name.

Carol, with her hand held by Lockhart, listened to the uniform cheers and looked at the petals flying in the sky, feeling as if she was in a dream.

Instinctively, I looked towards the Ravenclaw stands, and saw that Mike in the stands had stood up at some point, and was now cheering along with the students around him.

Looking at Mike's face, which was red with exhaustion, Carol suddenly burst out laughing.

At this moment, she felt that her previous strange ideas were so childish. Thinking of this, Carol raised her other hand and shook it desperately towards the Ravenclaw stands.

(End of this chapter)