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

Many days passed after that day's accident.

Draco gave up on the idea of ​​reporting Hermione because, although he didn't want to admit it, he was actually a little scared of Professor McGonagall.

If it were another good-tempered professor, even if he knew that Hermione would not be expelled, he would still deliberately disgust others.

However, Hermione later visited Esther secretly. She was just worried that Esther would be threatened by Draco.

Esther didn't know how to explain to them. She could only say that she was fine, and the agreement with Malfoy was not forced. There were just some things she couldn't say yet, and she hoped they could understand.

Hermione saw that she was unwilling to say anything and said nothing more. She just told her that if she was really threatened, she must tell them and they would help her.

Time passes day by day, and soon it will be Easter holiday.

This holiday was not easy at all for third-year Ernie. There was so much homework, even more homework than usual when there was no holiday. Other Hufflepuff students, including Hannah, wrote that they were devastated.

In comparison, although the second grade has a lot of homework, it is still much better than the third grade.

Esther finished her homework earlier than usual, as she still had things to do later.

After so many days of persistence, she finally saw Peter Pettigrew's name on the Marauder's Map late at night a few days ago, wandering around the castle.

After discovering Pettigrew's name, she did not announce it immediately. Instead, she observed it for two more days, confirmed the scope of his activities, and prepared to explore it during the day.

Peter Pettigrew was now afraid of being exposed, so during the day Esther was safe.

Hogwarts Castle is so big, a mouse is too small in it, and its range of activities is very large. In order to reduce his range of activities, while determining the trajectory of his movements, Esther also specially found a fee. Erqi, told him that there have been a lot of mice in the castle recently.

Regardless of whether the castle's rat population was true or not, Filch began his plan to eradicate the rats.

More small gaps and mouse holes were blocked. If he hadn't been afraid that students would accidentally eat them, he would have put some poison in various places to kill the mice.

Of course, he actually doesn't care if students eat by mistake, but other teachers in the school won't let him do this.

Under Esther's deliberate guidance, the scope of Peter Pettigrew's activities was significantly reduced. In the end, he only had activities in the Forbidden Forest outside the castle and Hagrid's Hut, and no longer often appeared inside the castle.

Before going out, she specifically took a look at the Marauder's Map, and after confirming that Peter Pettigrew was currently near Hagrid's hut, she walked out of the castle and walked around the Forbidden Forest first.

The purpose was not to find an opportunity to enter the Forbidden Forest. The Forbidden Forest was too dangerous and she would not dare to enter it casually even during the day, but to attract Hagrid's attention.

Not long after, Hagrid found her alone and walked over.

"Mine-san? What are you doing here?"

Hagrid's slightly slovenly huge body appeared in front of her.

His hair and beard were messy, he was in a daze, his face was sad, and he didn't look in good condition.

Esther smiled politely at him: "I just saw a rabbit on the lawn. I chased it here, but the rabbit ran into the forbidden forest."

"Oh, that's it." He said with a pity on his face: "Maybe someone kept it as a pet, but the Forbidden Forest is too dangerous. This rabbit is likely to be eaten by some wild beast."

It was a pity that he was done, and he also told Esther not to break into the Forbidden Forest alone.

Esther agreed obediently: "Don't worry, I won't go. By the way, I heard about Buckbeak, and I'm sorry about that. Hermione wanted to ask me for help, but I haven't been able to do anything. "

When he mentioned Buckbeak who was about to be executed, Hagrid almost cried again. He held back tears and said in a choked voice: "It doesn't matter, I have looked away."

"Can I go see Buckbeak?" Esther said to Hagrid sincerely, "Just think of it as a gift from me."

Faced with such a kind request, Hagrid would not refuse: "Oh, of course if you want."

He still couldn't help but wiped the tears from his eyes: "Then come with me."

Esther followed him all the way into his cabin.

His residence is a log cabin on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, and Buckbeak is temporarily imprisoned outside the log cabin.

There were many large pumpkins growing outside the wooden house, which made Esther suspect that the pumpkin juice and the raw materials for the pumpkin pie that appeared on the auditorium table every day came from here.

This is the first time Esther has observed a Hippogriff up close. I have to say that this creature is indeed quite handsome. However, it is tied up with chains and looks a little depressed. She was anxious when she saw Hagrid coming over. Chirped twice.

Hagrid stroked its head comfortingly and said, "Poor guy, it's all my fault. I messed up everything and caused your death."

Esther looked at them from a distance. Hagrid saw that she did not dare to approach Buckbeak, thinking that she was afraid that Buckbeak would hurt her, so he lowered his voice and said to her: "If you are afraid, talk to her from a distance." Just say goodbye to him. Although Buckbeak has a very docile personality and will not hurt anyone casually, I think you all should be more afraid of him now."

Esther didn't think a Hippogriff would be docile, but she still explained: "I'm not afraid of him hurting people, it's just that I'm a little afraid of all animals, whether it's slugs or Buckbeak. I don’t dare to get too close, sorry.”

"It doesn't matter." Hagrid accepted her explanation very kindly: "Do you want to go in and sit for a while? Do you want to try the rock cake I just baked?"

It was a dream come true, after all, her purpose was to get in.

So she nodded: "Okay, what is rock cake? I have never heard of it."

"This is one of my favorite snacks, and Harry and the others also like it very much."

Hagrid happily invited her in.

Esther smiled politely at him.

As far as she knew, Harry and the others didn't like this kind of hard "snack" that could chip teeth at all.

She licked her teeth subconsciously.

Hagrid's room was very simple, just a bed and some sundries. It was a bit small for his huge body, but the space was quite large for Esther.

She took out the notebook she carried with her, which contained the Marauder's Map.

She quickly opened the notebook and glanced at it, and found that on the map, the names of Esther Mayne, Rubeus Hagrid and Peter Pettigrew were almost overlapped, but there was still a slight deviation.

She closed the note again, took a quick look around, and determined where Peter Pettigrew was most likely to be.

Hagrid had already arrived with rock biscuits.

"It's freshly baked, try it."

He greeted Esther warmly.

Esther put down her notes, picked up a rock cake and took a bite.

Very good, no bite.