Everything was changing in the new semester, but Draco's habit of provoking the Harry trio remained the same.

It was just when students were coming to the auditorium to eat one after another that Esther passed by him. She couldn't help but rolled her eyes and reached out to grab the newspaper in his hand.

"What are you doing?" Draco looked at her dissatisfied.

Esther said unceremoniously: "Borrow it for a look."

She opened the newspaper and saw a report written by Rita Skeeter, which amplified some of Mr. Weasley's words and deeds a few days ago to attack Mr. Weasley and the Ministry of Magic.

Esther frowned in disgust: "How many of the things she wrote are true? She always stirs up trouble and fabricates facts." She said as she returned the newspaper to Draco: "Have you forgotten what she wrote some time ago? Really? She actually wrote that I was killed by the mysterious people who attacked the crowd!"

Esther was very angry when she mentioned this.

This was what happened on the second day she was hospitalized at St. Mungo's. Rita Skeeter didn't know where she got the news from, and exaggerated that "an innocent little witch was killed by an attacker on her way to escape. She The bloody body was taken out of the woods."

The first time he saw this report, his father, David, insisted on finding trouble with Rita Skeeter and launched an investigation into the Daily Prophet.

It can only be said that the wizarding world does not attach much importance to the right of reputation. If it were placed in the Muggle world, David would have to sue her and go to jail.

In short, the Daily Prophet later published a special report to clarify the truth and admit their mistakes, but Rita Skeeter was not held to much responsibility.

David was very dissatisfied with this.

If he hadn't been busy with work recently, he would never have easily let go of this reporter who would do anything to gain attention.

Draco took the newspaper: "I know she is unreliable, but why not read it when Weasley is so lively?"

Esther rolled her eyes at him: "You are so childish."

Draco immediately raised his eyebrows to refute, but at this moment students came in one after another. Esther and Ernie waved and ignored him, walking happily to the Hufflepuff table for breakfast.

Draco snorted, but decided to go find Weasley's joke.

"Ais, do you want some milk?"

Ernie was already having breakfast and brought a glass of hot milk to Esther's seat.

"Oh, thank you Ernie." As soon as Esther sat down, she saw that the "battle" in front turned into a fight between Harry and Draco.

Esther just took a sip of milk and suddenly thought of something. She stood up in a hurry: "Oh my God! I actually forgot about this!"

She said and immediately ran towards Harry and Draco's place.

"What?" Ernie looked at her running away in confusion.

Esther quickly ran up to Draco and Harry, opened her mouth and said, "Don't make any noise -"

Before she could finish her words, she saw Draco raising his wand, and at the same time, a spell hit Draco, a loud noise came, and Esther immediately took out her wand.

"Oh, boy! I won't let you say that!"

Moody, with a terrifying face, appeared here limping, holding a wand in his hand, pointing directly at a snow-white stoat, which was shivering on the stone paved ground.

There was silence all around, no one dared to speak, even Harry looked stunned.

Esther bit her lip, secretly regretting that she was a step too late.

In the past, she would have never meddle in such nosy matters, but some time ago, in an emergency situation like that in the woods, Draco did not abandon her and run away. At this time, she could not ignore what he was going through. regardless of.

Even if it was his fault in the first place.

He had just made up his mind to stay away from "Moody" and not attract his attention, but now he was going to break his promise.

Esther didn't think too much. Before anyone else could react, she immediately bent down to pick up the ferret and blocked it with her wide school uniform sleeves.

"Oh my god! Professor, what are you doing!" Esther felt her voice trembling.

What was more trembling and frightening than her was the ferret in her arms.

"Put it down!" Moody stared at Esther with his terrifying blue eyes: "I despise people who attack others behind their backs. This is the most dirty, despicable and cowardly behavior..."

He said and waved his magic wand, and the ferret in Esther's arms flew away involuntarily. The ferret jumped into the air, its four legs and tail waving desperately.

Esther looked at him coldly, knowing in her heart that the reason why he did this was not to protect Harry's character, but because he thought Draco's father Lucius had betrayed Voldemort, so he deliberately humiliated him. Draco.

Without even thinking about it, Esther raised her wand and pointed it at him to perform the "Expelliarmus" move.

With her current ability, she was no match for Crouch Jr. in Moody's appearance, but she didn't seem to expect that anyone would take action against him. Although she failed to capture "Moody's" wand, she interrupted his spellcasting.

The ferret fell from the air and let out a scream of pain.

He held the ferret in his arms again, pointed the wand directly at "Moody", and said in a deep voice: "Professor, this is Hogwarts, and the people here are all students. They are not the ones you want to hunt! You can't treat students at will. Using magic is not allowed."

Maybe he didn't expect that Esther would dare to go against him at this point. "Moody" grinned with a terrifying expression: "A Hufflepuff actually favors a Slytherin? It's really strange, you Very courageous."

Esther tried her best to control her trembling voice and said word for word: "Even if the person you punish today is Harry or someone else, I will still stand up like this."

"Then do you know that this kid just wanted to attack Harry? I was protecting him."

"But he hasn't started yet, has he? Professor, you keep saying that you hate people who do little things behind their backs the most, so what is your move? Isn't it just doing little things behind others' backs?"

"Moody" was silent for a moment and looked at her with a strange expression: "Okay, very good! Are you really not afraid of me at all? How dare you go against me like this?"

Of course she was scared, she was almost scared to death.

Esther couldn't help but panic. She was not afraid of Moody, but afraid of this little Crouch pretending to be Moody.

How could a complete Death Eater not be scary?

"I'm scared," Esther said bluntly, "but I can't just sit back and do nothing."

While speaking, a surprised voice came: "Professor Moody?"

Esther turned around and found Professor McGonagall walking over.

"Why are you pointing your wand at the students? What's going on here?"

There was a trace of confusion on her serious face.

Esther, as if she had finally waited for a savior, ran to Professor McGonagall with Draco in her arms, raised her face, and cried out: "Professor..."

As he spoke, he grabbed her robe, looking frightened and lost his mind: "Professor Moody turned Malfoy into a ferret, and pointed the wand at me. Professor, I'm so scared..."

Isn't it just acting? It's the same as anyone who doesn't know how to act.

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