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

The two fell silent.

Draco stared at the water, not knowing what he was thinking.

Esther didn't say anything, she was enjoying this rare moment of leisure.

After about a few minutes, Draco said: "Okay, what do you mean? I don't know what inexplicable choice you are going to make, but think about your parents more before you act impulsively next time. Mayne that day When sir came to me to understand the situation, he seemed worried about you."

Esther said "Yeah" softly. She thought about many things, but she just couldn't figure out why her father didn't come to ask her how she knew about Peter Pettigrew.

He even helped her hide it like Draco did.

At school, she talked about these things to the outside world. She only said that she saw Hermione's cat chasing Ron's mouse Scabbers, and she chased him out of curiosity. Who knew that Ron's mouse Scabbers turned out to be Peter Pettigrew who had faked his death and escaped? .

But this argument certainly cannot explain Esther's request for Draco to help deliver the distress message. After all, she clearly told Draco at the time that she had discovered the whereabouts of Peter Pettigrew.

So she kept waiting for Dumbledore or someone to question her. She had already thought about how to cover up this lie, but no one seemed to care about it.

No one except Draco asked.

So there is only one possibility for the current situation, and that is that Harry and the others leaked something when they told Dumbledore their "own guess". Dumbledore already knew that he was also involved, but realized that he did not want to He had no intention of showing up, so he didn't come to see her.

But this is also very strange.

How could Dumbledore ignore the suspicion and not investigate?

And what happened to her father?

It's not like Draco to ask about Peter Pettigrew even though he knew it from his mouth.

Esther was full of questions.

The afternoon sun was quite bright, and Esther and Draco didn't stay long before preparing to return to the castle.

They hadn't spoken much since then, Esther was full of thoughts, and Draco was also thinking about what Esther had just said.

His intuition told him that what Esther just said had a deeper meaning.

And the sad emotion she revealed today, combined with her tone at that time, even gave him a tragic feeling.

Esther has never shown such an expression. She has always been confident and cheerful, even if she pretends to cry most of the time.

He didn't dare to think about where her tragic feeling came from. I don’t dare to think about what choice she made?

I can only deceive myself into thinking that she is talking nonsense and deliberately scaring myself.

Most of the things that the arrogant young man usually worries about are things like "losing to Porter again in the game", "the food at school is too bad", "too much homework and it's too difficult to write", and during this time he was worried about Stuff has always been about Esther.

What Esther didn't know was that he had also followed Professor Snape that day.

At that time, he was a few steps behind Professor Snape, and Esther's wand, which was knocked away, landed right at his feet.

The sound of heavy objects falling upstairs was mixed with a faint exclamation from a girl. He could hardly imagine what was happening above. He just picked up the wand tremblingly with great fear.

He should have left here, or just stood there in relative safety, as his parents had always taught him.

But his legs felt like lead. He tried desperately to persuade himself that he should leave, but he just couldn't move his legs.

A fierce quarrel broke out upstairs, but Esther's voice was missing among the chaos.

Draco has been spoiled since he was a child. Although he is usually arrogant and arrogant, and he will give a curse to anyone who messes with him, but only he knows that sometimes he is quite timid.

Just like now, he was almost paralyzed by the possibility that Esther had been killed.

He had never experienced life and death and didn't know how to accept such a thing.

Esther Mayne, a somewhat annoying girl, always used her cleverness to play tricks on him again and again.

But at this time, he could no longer remember the unpleasantness he had with her. All he could think of was her lively smile when she was always so proud, as bright as a little sun.

Died like this?

He was shaking all over.

Later, he didn't know what kind of mood he had when he walked up the stairs, maybe he just wanted to confirm.

Compared with the death of someone he knew, just taking the risk of stepping forward to confirm the situation seemed insignificant.

Death is too terrifying and unacceptable for a boy under 14 years old.

He stiffly climbed up the stairs slowly. The confrontation between Professor Snape and the two strange men in the room continued. Professor Snape, who had the wand, clearly had the upper hand.

They didn't pay attention to his appearance, and he just discovered Esther lying on the side with her eyes closed.

The guess seemed to become reality all of a sudden. At that moment, he almost forgot to breathe. He stayed like this for a moment before he realized what he was doing and squatted down next to Esther, stretching out his trembling hands to detect her breathing.

Merlin bless you! She's still breathing! She is not dead!

At that moment, he collapsed to the ground without any strength, and big drops of sweat slipped from his head and fell on the dusty floor.

The feeling of suffocation faded away, and he squatted beside the unconscious Esther and felt happy for a while.

Later, the arrival of Professor Lupine pushed the quarrel to a peak. He listened to their argument and silently moved himself and Esther next to him to the corner, trying to prevent them from noticing them.

It wasn't until everything settled that the short bald man was knocked unconscious by Professor Snape's spell. When they came back to their senses, they noticed him and Esther in the corner.

"Professor, Esther has been unconscious. We need to send her to the infirmary quickly!"

He didn't know where he had the courage to speak in such an atmosphere.

But surprisingly, Professor Snape didn't say anything to him.

Later, Professor Lupine brought Esther back to the castle, and he followed her back.

He couldn't describe his feelings at that moment when Madam Pomfrey told him that Esther was fine and just passed out.

In this accident, he didn't care who was the murderer of Potter's parents, nor the grudges between Professor Snape and them, nor what would happen to his blood-related uncle Black.

He only had one thought at the time, and that was to be grateful.

Glad Esther didn't die.

Compared with death, everything else is too unworthy of mention.

This is the first principle a young man learns as he grows up.