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

Hogsmeade during the day was not as lively as before.

In order to hide her face from others, Esther wore a plain black wizard's robe and a big hat to cover her appearance.

This outfit is not too eye-catching. There are many weirder outfits here among wizards.

What's more, because Death Eaters have been carrying out various attacks all day long recently, everyone is panicked, and many people choose to pack themselves tightly when going out. Therefore, Esther walked in Hogsmeade without attracting the slightest attention.

She walked towards the Pig's Head Bar with a clear purpose.

The appearance of the Hog's Head Bar has not changed much; it still has the same tattered and rusty sign. She walked in. It was much cleaner than the last time she came here.

There were not many people in the bar at this time. There were only two middle-aged wizards drinking in the corner. When they saw someone coming in, they took a cautious look. Although they couldn't see the appearance clearly, it was not difficult to infer from the appearance that it was a person. A slender woman, so they looked away and continued chatting quietly.

Albusford was behind the bar and casually greeted Esther: "Want something to drink?"

Esther approached the bar and glanced at the portrait hanging on the wall next to her. It was of a little girl with blond hair. She noticed this portrait the last time she came to the Pig Head Bar, but there were too many people to look at it carefully at that time. Looking at it now, the portrait should be Ariana.

"What do you want?"

Seeing her eyes falling on Ariana's portrait, Aberforth threw away the rag in his hand impatiently and looked at her warily.

Esther withdrew her gaze, leaned closer to him and whispered, "Sorry to bother you, I hope to meet your brother."

Aberforth's expression suddenly became strange. He already knew who the voice was. Although he didn't know Esther's name, he knew that she was a student at Hogwarts. After all, the speed with which she and that little boy changed their minds when they were in front of each other was so fast that she couldn't help but leave a deep impression on him.

"My brother is dead."

Although he knew he was a student at Hogwarts, before he knew the details, Aberforth still answered very cautiously.

"Really?" Esther continued: "But before that day, he told me that he would come to find you."

Aberforth's scrutinizing eyes fell on her, and he glanced at the two wizards in the corner with the corner of his eye. Seeing that they didn't notice the situation here, he replied angrily: "You go upstairs. The innermost room."

Esther thanked him, turned and walked upstairs.

When passing Ariana's portrait, he also said hello to her.

Ariana was visibly shy in the portrait. When she saw Esther greeting her, she couldn't help showing a surprised look on her face, but she still nodded shyly to Esther.

Walking up the stairs until she reached the innermost room, she knocked lightly on the door, and soon the door opened automatically.

She didn't dare to go in, but stood at the door and silently looked at the situation inside.

This room is not big, and the wooden floor looks a bit old, but it is very clean. Connected to the door is a small living room with two dark red sofas and golden carpets, and a bookshelf next to it.

Dumbledore was wearing a simple white robe and was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, with the latest "Daily Prophet" beside him.

"Long time no see, would you like a cup of tea?"

Seeing Esther, Dumbledore was not surprised at all, but waved to her with a smile: "Don't be so formal, come in."

Only then did Esther come over. She sat down opposite Dumbledore, took off her hood, and greeted Dumbledore with a smile: "Long time no see, Principal Dumbledore. How are you doing recently?"

"Still the same." Dumbledore poured her a cup of tea. His right hand was still as black as before.

"Severus told me some time ago that you were captured at Malfoy Manor and disappeared inexplicably later. I was still worried about you, but I didn't expect that you had escaped on your own."

Esther took the teacup, thanked her, and while stroking the teacup, she smiled and said, "Yes, if I don't escape on my own, I'm afraid the mysterious man will recruit me as a Death Eater, a double agent or something like that." Just one is enough, but more may cause accidents.”

"That's because you are excellent, otherwise Tom wouldn't pay attention to the life and death of an ordinary student." Dumbledore said: "You are not here just to chat with me, an old man, and reminisce about old times. Is there anything you need my help with?" "

Only then did Esther talk about meeting Harry later.

"According to the time, the final battle is not far away, but I can't be sure about the specific day, so I simply came here and waited for Harry and the others to come. Anyway, they finally entered Hogwarts. Sometimes we have to pass through the secret passage here."

"Are we not far from the final battle?" Dumbledore repeated silently, with a few thoughts flashing in his eyes.

"That's right." Esther nodded: "I don't know how the classmates in school will fare after I leave? It will probably not be easy, but with Ginny and Neville here, they will definitely resist."

"There is a secret passage leading to the Room of Requirement, but the secret passage can only be opened from that end. I have asked Ariana to contact Neville, and Aberforth has sent some things to the students. The school The situation is indeed not optimistic, but fortunately everyone is helping each other and is very united."

Dumbledore sighed, also very worried about the situation of the students in the school.

Esther didn't know what to say. She couldn't show up at school now. Even if she went now, she could only hide in the Room of Requirement and couldn't help everyone.

"It's almost over."

After a long silence, Esther only said this.

She had already planned to stay at the Pig's Head Bar. After chatting with Dumbledore for a few more words, she left here, returned to the bar on the first floor, and asked Aberforth for accommodation.

"My accommodation here is not cheap." Aberforth said impatiently.

He was not targeting Esther, but he had this temper with everyone. He especially had an awkward relationship with his brother, and was even more unfriendly to his brother's students.

Of course, his tone was just a little bad, but he didn't say anything unpleasant. He also did some of the things Dumbledore asked her to do.

Esther took out a few gold galleons from her pocket and slapped them on the bar: "Money is not an issue, help me find a cleaner room."

Aberforth raised his eyelids to make sure he didn't have trouble with money. He silently put away the money, took out a key and handed it to Esther: "The fourth room on the left on the second floor, one gold galleons a day."

Esther had no objection: "No problem, I'll give you the money first. If it's not enough, ask me for it."

After saying that, he picked up the key and walked to the second floor.