Harry Potter: I started signing in from Diagon Alley

As he got to know Eric better, Cedric even wondered if he had really been in trouble.

How could I suddenly think of challenging this kind of monster?

After repeated defeats and repeated defeats, Cedric's mentality is now completely at ease.

Anyway, you can't beat it anyway, so why work hard?

He has made rapid progress during this time, and he is completely different from the person who challenged Eric rashly.

But the gap shows no sign of closing, instead it is getting bigger and bigger.

When he learned about the competition system of the Dueling Club from Professor Sprout, he was almost stunned by happiness.

Because it is divided according to grade, Eric was assigned to the lower grade group, and he was not on the same track as him.

The top three will be produced in each of the high and low categories, adding up to a total of six people.

All six will receive scholarship awards.

I heard that it is very rich.

Even if Eric did win the championship in the end, it would have nothing to do with Cedric's personal performance.

It is impossible for Eric to suddenly jump several levels and join the competition in the senior group.

So anything is possible.

Cedric thought about the scholarships for the top three and his eyes were filled with excitement.

Wood thought the same.

The originally melancholy mood was swept away immediately after hearing the regulations of the competition system, and he became full of ambition.

Seeing the excited smiling faces of the two, Eric didn't know what they were thinking, and said speechlessly, "I'm very happy, aren't you?"

Cedric and Wood looked at each other and smiled very reservedly and tactfully.

Eric was thoughtful: "Be careful of that Clement in our college."

Cedric asked: "The one who followed you in just now? I heard that he has good strength, but there is no need to pay too much attention to it, right?"

Eric said, "I don't know, but he might be hiding something."

Dumbledore clapped his hands, motioned everyone in the room to approach him, and said, "Eric, the four of you have recommended places to be sent directly by your respective deans. You can stay here and rest until it's your turn. You can also go to watch other people's games, reach out, this is for you."

With a wave of his wand, Dumbledore conjured a shield-shaped brooch with the Hogwarts school emblem in the palms of the four Erics.

"I cast a spell on this brooch. When it's your turn to play, you will see your field number and your opponent's information on the back of this brooch."

Before Dumbledore finished speaking, a woman in exaggerated clothes suddenly popped up from the side, and interjected, "Principal, when can I interview these geniuses?"

Cedric was taken aback. This woman was wearing a green short suit with high shoulder pads and a pair of huge glasses. She looked like a mung bean fly.

The woman was also holding an old-fashioned enchanted camera, obviously a reporter.

Dumbledore introduced: "This is Ms. Rita Skeeter, a special correspondent from the Daily Prophet. I will stop talking nonsense and leave the rest of the time to you. After completing the interview, you can move freely until The top sixteen will be decided.”

Daily Prophet!

Except for Eric, the other three people gasped, and even Cedric looked a little surprised.

How could they have thought that a simple intramural club competition could attract reporters from the Daily Prophet to interview them.

Slytherin's Quidditch captain, Flint, is so hot-sighted that he's already fantasizing about a future where he's in the newspapers like Eric.

Eric is the calmest, isn't he the Daily Prophet, he's tired of it.

Dumbledore turned around and led the professors out, smiling and winking at Eric before leaving.

Eric looked as usual, and Rita Skeeter was also well-known to him.

In addition to being a well-known reporter, this woman is an illegal Animagus, like Sirius.

If this woman is ignored, she can have a considerable impact.

click.

Rita Skeeter holds up her camera and takes a close-up of four people.

Eric reminded: "Don't shoot me."

Rita Skeeter turned a deaf ear, raised her camera to take a picture, and said with a smile, "Let's have a laugh."

Eric smiled and waved his wand, and her camera began to smoke and rattle inside.

Rita Skeeter quickly covered the camera and said anxiously: "I won't take pictures anymore, I won't take pictures anymore."

Eric just stopped.

Rita Skeeter didn't dare to mess with Eric anymore, took out her notebook and quill, and said, "Let's make a statement about winning the championship, and I'll post an article later."

Wood was the shyest, with a simple and honest smile: "Try not to disappoint the Gryffindor hometown folks, and enter the top three in the senior group."

Flint blushed with excitement: "I will try my best to become a duel champion. You know, the Hogwarts duel club has a long history and tradition. I will inherit the glory of Slytherin House and bring All the knowledge I have learned in the past will be used in this competition to let the other three houses know how powerful Slytherin is. I would also like to thank my dean, Professor Snape, who..."

Rita Skeeter quickly interrupted: "Okay, okay, just one sentence per person, next one."

When it was Cedric's turn, he also smiled honestly: "I will try my best to win the senior championship."

Rita Skeeter wondered: "Don't you want to be the overall champion of the competition? Why limit your goal to the senior group only?"

Cedric pretended not to hear and turned around with Wood, not wanting to answer the question at all.

There is Eric standing next to him. How should he answer?

Rita Skeeter was confused and finally turned to Eric.

Eric's official statement was perfunctory: "Play style, play level, friendship first, competition second."

Rita Skeeter was completely speechless, not a word could be used.

Chapter 96 Malfoy vs Harry

In the center of the auditorium, Dumbledore slowly walked into the crowd.

The place where the principal used to speak is now an upright half-high platform.

Dumbledore walked up and spoke loudly to himself, ensuring that his voice could be heard in the entire auditorium: "This duel club will be held with the support of me and Professor Flitwick. We are honored to inform you that Everyone, we have received a total of 310 registration forms, which is the largest number of participants since the duel club was launched. Now, let me announce the competition format and requirements of this duel club. Every participant will draw lots. To decide your opponent, lots will be drawn completely randomly throughout the competition. Under my supervision, there is no possibility of artificial arrangements."

Dumbledore said: "Each participant's opponent selection range will be limited, and the grade gap will not be too large. After the finals of the top sixteen are determined, this protection rule will become invalid. But I need to remind you. , before that, the heads of the four houses of Gryffindor, Slytherin, Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff each had a place to be recommended to the top sixteen, and they had already made their choice. "

Dumbledore said: "These four players recommended to the top sixteen are: Oliver Wood from Gryffindor! Marcus Flint from Slytherin! Cedric Dee from Hufflepuff Gorey! And finally Eric Clapton of Ravenclaw!"

Every time Dumbledore pronounced a name, the rest of the students belonging to the house at the place cheered spontaneously, which would naturally lead to booing from other houses, such as Flint of Slytherin, he was the last to be booed by the other three houses. serious.

Among the four people, Flint was the least popular. Even in Slytherin, there were a lot of people who hated him.

They just don't want to help other colleges boo their own people.

Otherwise, the boos would certainly drown out the cheers.

Of course, they would not support Flint, and finally chose to sit on the sidelines.

When Eric's name appeared at the end, the cheers almost overturned the auditorium, and he received the warmest welcome.

Eric's popularity and strength are enough to win a large number of supporters.

In addition, Eric is handsome and has an outstanding face. Many girls in the lower grades are thinking about how to send love letters to Eric every day.

But they were all rejected by Eric.

In the small room upstairs, Flint watched the scene with a pale face, staring at Eric next to him from the corner of his eye, and pretending to be calm.

Wood and Flint were deadly rivals. They were the Quidditch captains of their respective colleges, and they fought a lot, so they took the opportunity to step forward and ask, "Why are your legs shaking?"

Flint was startled, and quickly covered up: "No, you read it wrong."

Cedric patted him on the shoulder sympathetically: "It's okay, we all understand."

Flint became angry, slapped Cedric's hand away, and stepped aside to please Rita Skeeter, trying to get her to describe him as more handsome in the report.

Downstairs, Dumbledore continued to say to everyone: "That is to say, apart from these four contestants, there are only twelve places left in the top sixteen for others to compete for."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere that had been cheering for these four people instantly cooled down.

That's right, many people suddenly realized that the four of them were recommended to the top [-], so wouldn't there be fewer spots left?

Then why are you cheering?

Although these four people are strong enough and famous enough to get this recommended spot, and they all agree with them in their respective colleges, there is no objection to this result.

But in the end, they occupied four spots.

Among the remaining contestants, the difficulty of competition suddenly increased a lot.

Dumbledore finally said: "In view of the large number of participants this time, we will also arrange a branch venue. The students in the senior group will follow Professor Flitwick to the Quidditch pitch. Play to your heart's content. As for the junior group, your competition venue will be set up in the auditorium. Now, everyone take out your registration form."

Everyone who stood in the auditorium and listened carefully to Dumbledore's speech took out their registration forms one after another, not knowing why.

Dumbledore took out his wand and gracefully drew an arc in front of him, covering the entire auditorium with magic. A ring of light shot out from his wand and spread around.

The next moment, all the students who signed up were touched by Dumbledore's magic, and they were surprised to find that the registration form in their hands had turned into a small shield-shaped brooch, which was slowly heating up.

It is exactly the same as the brooches received by the four Erics.

"This is the most important certificate for you to participate in the dueling club. When it is your turn, your opponent and the venue will be displayed on it." Dumbledore said, "Finally, we need to change this place."

Dumbledore pointed his wand at the sky, and the colorful ribbons hanging above the auditorium suddenly floated down and flew towards the center of the crowd, together with several stone pillars that appeared out of thin air.

Colorful ribbons and stone pillars were intertwined together to form long strips of quadrilaterals, dividing the crowd.

It wasn't until the ribbons were all arranged that everyone discovered that the ribbons divided the entire auditorium into more than [-] duel areas of equal size, including passageways.

The divided duel venue is very similar to a fencing competition venue in terms of shape and length.

Eric thought it was like many fencing matches going on at the same time, quite spectacular.

Only then did Dumbledore announce loudly: "The Duel Club has officially begun!"

There were sparse cheers, and when Dumbledore announced the start of the Duel Club, many people's brooches began to heat up, so they ignored the cheers and quickly began to pay attention to their opponents in the first round.

The senior students were led by Professor Flitwick through the Great Hall to the Quidditch pitch.

The students in the lower grades stayed in the auditorium.

Harry stayed with Ron and Hermione, and his brooch was also heating up, while Ron's and Hermione's brooches were temporarily unresponsive.