【HP】I don’t want to fall in love, I just want to mess around

When the train arrived at the station, Esther, like other students, got off the train with excitement.

Then she discovered that her mother did not come to pick her up this time, but her father was the only one who came to pick her up.

"Why are you looking here and there? Your mother isn't here, so there's no need to look."

Dad David said to her unceremoniously.

Esther immediately threw all her luggage to him and asked unhappily: "Where's mom? Why didn't you come to pick me up?"

David frowned and glanced at her heavy luggage: "It's just a few days of vacation. Why are you bringing so much luggage? And books? Are you able to study with it? It's just a decoration."

Esther ignored his complaints and continued to ask: "Where's mom? You haven't told me yet, why didn't mom come to pick me up?"

"Your mother is waiting for you to come back at home. It's freezing out here and she doesn't like to come out."

David walked ahead with his luggage, answering her questions as he walked.

Esther hurriedly took a few steps to catch up: "No, with how much my mother loves me, she will come to pick me up even if it rains hail. It must be you who didn't let your mother come to pick me up."

David snorted coldly: "If there is hail in the sky, don't tell me I won't ask your mother to pick you up, and I won't come out this time. Come on, let's go back to eat."

He slowed down a little, and after Esther caught up with him, the father and daughter walked side by side.

Soon, the journey home was smooth.

Esther's wonderful Christmas holiday has begun!

This year, the family did not plan to go back to their grandfather's place for the holidays, so the family of three spent Christmas at their small home in the village of Ottery-St. Catchpole.

On Christmas Day, Esther was cooking with her parents. Halfway through, her father David dismissed her clumsiness and kicked her out of the kitchen.

Esther was very unconvinced because she felt that her father's cooking skills were about the same as hers, so it would never be his turn to dislike her.

At least she couldn't do such a thing as heating eggs in a microwave, and his father not only did it, but he did it not just once.

Once a raw egg in the shell and once a soft-boiled egg with the shell removed.

She returned to the living room angrily and started opening this year's Christmas gifts.

Thanks to her fairly good popularity, she received more gifts this year than the previous year.

Hermione gave her a very exquisite set of stationery; Harry gave her a scarf; Ron gave her a bunch of candies from the Bee Duke Candy Shop.

The gifts given by others were all similar, and they were all exquisite and practical items.

Only Draco's and Astoria's were more valuable.

The former gave her an exquisite hollow ivory bookmark, and the latter gave her a round and crystal pearl bracelet.

Maybe they Slytherins are richer, so the gifts they give are more expensive.

Even Ginny, whom she had not had much contact with, gave her a gift, which was a few pairs of socks from Fuga Wizard Clothing Store.

The graphics of these socks are relatively beautiful, and it can be seen that they have been carefully selected. Moreover, although the Fengya wizard clothing store is not as expensive as the clothes in the Tuofan clothing store, for the Weasley family, who are living in poverty, it is obvious that the Weasley family can spend such a sum of money for Ginny to buy gifts for her classmates. The family is quite doting on their youngest daughter.

As for the gifts Esther gave to other people, most of them were chosen from the small gifts she bought randomly before school started in order to cheat her father.

Popular things among wizards don't change as quickly as those among Muggles, and many of these little things are quite interesting and fun, perfect for giving away.

When it was time to eat, Esther discovered that there was also a very exquisite Christmas-style cake on the table.

This surprised her slightly.

To be honest, none of the three members of their family are very good at cooking. When she was in London, there were maids to help take care of the house. After moving here, her mother started to learn how to cook.

It can only be said that compared to David and his daughter, who have no talent, mother Letitia's craftsmanship is pretty good, but she is more difficult with desserts and the like.

That's why she went to Mrs. Weasley to learn how to make desserts.

That's why my mother rarely makes desserts at home.

"This is sent from Mrs. Weasley to thank you for fighting off the dementors in the school and saving her daughter once."

Her mother saw her staring at the cake and immediately understood what she was thinking, so she explained to her.

Esther coughed lightly, looked up at her parents, and whispered, "Mrs. Weasley is too polite."

Dad stared at her with interest and said, "I didn't know you had this ability. You even learned the Patronus Charm secretly."

Esther said very modestly: "No, no, I haven't fully learned it yet. My patron saint has never been formed."

"It's impossible for you, a second-grade student, to learn the Patronus Charm all at once without anyone's guidance." Dad rarely said something nice: "It's pretty good to be able to reach this level. ”

Mother Letitia pursed her lips and smiled: "Actually, I was much better at the Patronus Charm than your father back then. It took me less than a month to learn it, but your father had to learn it for more than two months."

Esther couldn't help but feel a little frustrated after hearing this: "And I haven't fully learned the Patronus Charm since the summer vacation until now."

"Don't be anxious, my dear." Her mother comforted her gently: "Take your time. When I was your age, I didn't even know what the Patronus Charm was. You are already much stronger than us."

Dad David remained silent, glanced at her meaningfully, and then looked away silently.

Esther didn't notice anything unusual about her father.

I have to say that after returning home, she felt much more at ease. She no longer had to worry about various plot trends, and it was really comfortable to just lie down.

So much so that her intuition wasn't as sharp as it was in school.

The Christmas vacation ended soon, and the textbooks Esther brought were just like what her father David said. She didn't even take a look at how they brought them and how they brought them back.

On the first day of school, Esther was about to go back after dinner when Hermione suddenly came to find her.

She didn't seem to be in a good mood, and more importantly, he was the only one who came to her, Ron and Harry were not with her.

"Ais, I have something I want to talk to you about, is that okay?"

Esther nodded, waved her roommates to go back first, and talked to Hermione alone.

They walked all the way outside the castle, and the biting cold wind blew against their faces, causing Esther to wrap herself in a robe.

She forgot to wear a scarf.

Hermione very considerately cast a warming spell for her, and her body felt much warmer in an instant.

"Oh, thank you Hermione. What do you want from me?" She sat on a bench next to the grass, raised her head and asked Hermione: "By the way, why aren't Harry and Ron with you?"

"I had a fight with them."

Hermione said in a muffled voice.

"I really don't know who to say these things to except you, because neither Ron nor Harry understand me when I say it."