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

Harry is still the same Harry who likes to think about his friends.

After hearing what Hermione said, Esther first sighed in her heart, and then talked about another thing: "The time for the first competition event is coming soon, has Harry made any preparations?"

"He knew through Hagrid that the first game was a dragon. Now he was thinking about how to pass the game. Professor Moody talked to him once and gave him some inspiration. He wanted to win the first game with a broomstick. Contest."

Hermione didn't quite understand why Esther suddenly asked this question. After all, the question she mentioned before was obviously more important in comparison.

But she didn't mention any dissatisfaction. After getting along with each other for these years, Esther's intelligence and carefulness were obvious to all. Sometimes she even really suspected that Esther would predict things because some of her guesses were extremely accurate.

It’s really hard for Crouch Jr. to act so seriously.

Esther complained in her mind.

If he is so good at acting, he should be packed up and thrown into Hollywood to make his debut.

"Hermione, haven't you noticed a pattern over the years?"

After finishing her rant, Esther continued to speak.

"What's the pattern?" Hermione didn't know why.

"When Harry suspects who is behind something, that person is often not the one behind it."

Hermione was speechless for a moment. She thought about it carefully and found that this was really the case.

In the first grade, they suspected that Professor Snape had stolen the Philosopher's Stone; in the second grade, they suspected that the heir of Slytherin was Malfoy; in the third grade, they thought Sirius Black was here to kill Harry.

Then it turned out that these guesses were all wrong.

"Well...it seems that is indeed the case."

Hermione started to feel a little guilty.

Esther continued: "The incident of Professor Snape losing the potion materials had already happened before the students from the other two schools arrived. If this incident has something to do with the person behind it, then the person behind it must not be someone else." Teachers and students of the academy. And Karkaroff himself is a person who has connections with the Dark Lord. If you were a Death Eater who worked for the Dark Lord, would you steal his identity, which is guarded by others?"

Hermione looked thoughtful: "You are right -"

She paced back and forth anxiously and kept mumbling: "If it's not Karkaroff, who is it?"

Esther pulled her back: "Don't worry, Harry is still safe now."

Hermione managed to calm down and said with a sad face: "But the first project is coming soon. Harry is going to fight a dragon! This is simply going to die!"

"You have to believe Harry." Esther comforted her: "Since Harry can kill the basilisk, it should be no problem to deal with a dragon. He has not seen any big storms in these years, and his actual combat ability is definitely better than that of ordinary students. All strong."

"I don't think so." Hermione was still a little worried: "At least when he dueled with Malfoy, he didn't have any upper hand."

Esther couldn't help but smile.

"That must be because Harry didn't have a physical duel with him." Esther said and made a fist pumping motion.

Hermione immediately understood that she was imitating what happened last year when she punched Malfoy in anger.

"Little narrow-minded ghost." Hermione tapped Esther's forehead with her finger and said with a smile.

Esther coughed and said, "Okay, let's get back to the subject. In fact, I have always had a guess. Let's first assume that the raw materials for the polyjuice potion thrown by Professor Snape are related to this Goblet of Fire incident. Then I think this sneaking into the castle There is a high chance that the people inside are not pretending to be students, because students need to live together in class every day, and the possibility of being discovered is too great, so the problem may arise among the school's staff."

Hermione also looked thoughtful: "Your guess is very reasonable, and if you are a student, it is actually not convenient to put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire. If you are a faculty member, it is very possible."

But from the bottom of her heart, Hermione didn't want things to be as they guessed. If she wanted to pretend to be someone else, the most basic problem was that there couldn't be two identical people.

So if there is a Death Eater disguised as a staff member of their school, it means that the real teacher may have encountered something unexpected.

Hermione's heart, which had just relaxed, was rising again.

She even preferred to believe that Professor Snape had finally had enough of Harry's existence and deliberately threw his name into the Goblet of Fire, hoping that he would die in the game.

Of course, Hermione also knew that this was impossible. Even if Slytherin himself was alive, it would not be possible for him to target a Gryffindor student like this.

It’s rare that someone wants someone to die just because they hate them.

The only ones who really want Harry's life are the Dark Lord and his followers.

"By the way, Harry plans to use the Flying Curse to summon his Firebolt during the competition. When it comes to the ability to learn spells, I don't think there will be a student in the entire Hogwarts who is more talented than you. Now, do you know how to fly?"

Hermione suppressed her inner anxiety and changed the topic to Esther.

Esther waved her magic wand: "The portrait flew -"

The portrait hanging on the wall obediently flew to the table beside Esther.

"The Flying Curse is a pretty simple spell. It's really not easy for Harry to think of this."

Esther said.

Hermione sighed: "Maybe it's just easier for you. I practiced with Harry for a while, but he couldn't successfully cast this spell."

Esther immediately became alert: "I'm not going to teach him how to practice this spell. Professor Snape caught me making a mistake in the Potions class some time ago. During this time, he kept asking me questions in class. I used it in my free time. It’s too late to review my homework.”

"Okay." Hermione didn't force it, and expressed her understanding: "Professor Snape does like to target you."

The conversation ends here.

Esther and Hermione left the Room of Requirement and walked quickly towards the Great Hall.

If I'm a little later, I won't be able to make it in time for dinner.

By the time Esther arrived at the auditorium, luckily the dinner was not over yet.

She sat down and ate her meal, and suddenly noticed that Ernie was wearing the badges made by Draco on his chest.

She was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why are you wearing this badge all of a sudden?"

Ernie said with a slight guilt: "The people from Slytherin just gave it to us on their own initiative, although - but as long as we don't press it, it will just be an ordinary badge to support Cedric."

After hearing what Ernie said, Esther realized that most of the Hufflepuff students today were wearing such badges.

She looked up towards the Slytherin table and met Draco's eyes.

He smirked at her.

I don't know what I'm proud of.

So childish.