Chapter 165: The draw for the quarterfinals (Part 2)

"I didn't expect to meet you so soon, Senior Carol!"

"Yes, Mike. Let me see how much you have learned from Professor Flitwick."

Since both of them lowered their voices deliberately, this explosive conversation was only heard by a few people on the stage. After hearing the conversation between the two, Lockhart unconsciously smiled, but then quickly suppressed it. After

Mike and Carol finished drawing lots, the other contestants also quickly drew lots. Every time Lockhart held up the paper and announced the number, there would be a cheer from the audience.

Although he knew that it was not a good idea to think like that, Mike still thought that this scene was very funny. These audiences were like robots, controlled by Lockhart, the "mechanic".

With the completion of the draw, the schedule for the top eight of the first Hogwarts dueling competition was officially released.

The first match, Mike vs. Carol. The second

match, Cedric vs. Slytherin's Silpa (passerby).

The third match, Gryffindor's male student union president Bruno vs. Gryffindor's Maupas (passerby).

The fourth match, Slytherin's Willy vs. Slytherin's Cade (passerby).

The people of Hogwarts were actually dissatisfied with this list, because this list was too suspicious.

Except for Cedric, the other three matches were all civil wars in the same college, and all these four matches were directly played by the seeded players of the four major colleges against the self-reliant players who advanced from the auditions.

This makes people wonder whether the lottery box was tampered with, so as to deliberately achieve such a controversial and topical result.

But even so, the audience gave them the biggest applause when the list was released. After all, even if they didn't say it, everyone actually had some jealousy for the seeded players of their own college.

Why can you skip the previous games and advance directly to the quarterfinals? Why are you chosen instead of me?

Out of jealousy, everyone hoped that those players who had made it to the stage step by step could beat those seeded players who had taken the backdoor. After all, they could then say something like "I'm going to lose anyway, so I can do it too."

But would the reality really develop as they hoped?

At least Mike could be sure that he and Cedric would never lose to their respective opponents.

After the draw, Mike ran into Franklin who was waiting outside the door as soon as he left the auditorium from the backstage.

"Mike, you finally came out!" Franklin said in a depressed mood, "It's so bad that I'm facing Senior Carol in the quarterfinals. The damn Lockhart must have tampered with the draw box!"

Franklin in front of him looked like an eggplant that had been frosted. Mike looked at him and smiled confidently, "It doesn't matter. I will get the glory of winning the championship, whether it's Ravenclaw's or mine!"

"But, but, Carol is very strong. She's a senior in the seventh grade." Franklin seemed to be shocked by Mike's confident speech. He stuttered, "Besides, Senior Carol can turn into a groundhog. I've asked around. It's a very powerful human transformation."

"Congmang! That's animagus, brother!"

Seeing Franklin still at a loss, Mike explained helplessly: "Don't you take Transfiguration class seriously? Animagus Transfiguration is a very advanced Transfiguration. People who have learned this Transfiguration can turn themselves into an animal, and people who have learned this Transfiguration are called Animagus. Although Animagus Transfiguration

looks very powerful, it has many limitations.

First of all, it is extremely difficult. Since the ability of Animagus to transform into animals is often used by people in crimes, the Ministry of Magic requires all Animagus to register with the Ministry of Magic. This is both a praise and publicity for these Animagus and also a supervision of them. There are only seven Animagus registered in this century, and Professor McGonagall is one of them.

The reason why there are so few is because it is too difficult. In the process of practicing Animagus, there is a great probability that learners will fail, and the price of failure is to become a half-human, half-beast monster, or lose self-awareness and completely become a beast. Secondly,

Animagus cannot change into any animal at will. Each person can only change into a fixed creature. What animal can be changed depends on the personality and weight of the caster, and it cannot be changed into a magical creature. Another interesting point is that the attire of the Animagus before the transformation will be reflected in the appearance of the transformed animal.

Take Carol for example, the fur color of the groundhog she turned into in the last competition was exactly the same as the Hogwarts robes, and there was sky blue fur around the collar representing the Ravenclaw tie.

Carol's Animagus transformation also exposed her personality traits from the side. She is good at socializing and will try her best to avoid head-on confrontation with others, but can show infinite courage in critical moments, etc.

Finally, due to the inability to transform into a magical creature, the Animagus is really not strong, especially Carol's transformation. It is still a groundhog. It may work if you launch an unexpected attack without others knowing, but it is really useless after being exposed. "

After listening to Mike's story patiently, Franklin's confused face was full of confusion and awe. After a while, he came back to his senses and said, "Where did you know so much strange knowledge? I remember that your Transfiguration grades were not very good?"

Seeing Franklin's reaction, Mike knew that all his words just now were in vain. He shook his head helplessly and said no more. He turned and walked towards Professor Flitwick's office, and Franklin followed Mike step by step.

In the past few days, due to the need to conduct a comprehensive search of the place where the crown was found, Mike has been banned from entering the Room of Requirement to practice spells. Fortunately, Professor Flitwick had anticipated this before leaving and gave Mike the key to his office, allowing Mike to practice in the hidden spell training ground in his office.

Although the training room that Professor Flitwick had spent a huge amount of money to build in his office was still a little inferior to the Room of Requirement, Mike was already very satisfied at the moment.

The semi-finals competition would begin tomorrow, and Mike had to hurry up and study Carol's combat methods.