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

Unfortunately, Esther didn't notice the badge on Ernie's chest until the train arrived at the station.

This made him somewhat discouraged.

But when they got out of the car, Esther finally spotted the badge on Ernie's chest and said slightly surprised: "Ah! Ernie, you are the new prefect of boys in Hufflepuff this year!"

Of course she knew that Ernie would be a Hufflepuff prefect, but she had been busy with other things recently and had forgotten about it.

When Ernie saw that she finally noticed, he immediately straightened his back and said, "That's right! To be honest, I can't believe it myself. I don't think I am that good. The female prefect is Hannah, she is better than me I can’t even believe that I can become a prefect.”

Esther smiled, reached out and patted his shoulder: "Don't be confused, you are already very good. After all, you have such an excellent sister like me, how can your brother be so bad?"

They got out of the car chatting and laughing, and from a distance they saw Pansy arrogantly pointing fingers at a junior girl.

"Look, it's only been a few minutes since he started abusing his authority." Ernie also saw this scene. He muttered with some dissatisfaction, and then explained to Esther: "This year's Slytherin prefect is Mal. Foo and Parkinson, Weasley and Granger for Gryffindor, Goldstein and Patil for Ravenclaw.”

Esther nodded, knowing all the names he mentioned.

They got into a carriage at random.

In the original book, Harry witnessed Cedric's death, so he could see Rama's Thestral this semester. This year she changed the ending, and Harry should not be able to see it.

But for Harry, it was actually lucky that he couldn't see the Thestral.

Just as the carriage was about to move, someone lifted the curtain of the carriage again.

Draco looked at them indifferently and said, "The other carriages are full, can I sit with you?"

Although it was a question, he had already come up before they could answer.

Esther would not believe his lies. There were only so many students in Hogwarts, and each carriage was very spacious. It would not be a problem to easily seat five or six students. How could they all be full?

But of course she wouldn't chase him down, so she didn't say anything.

Ernie looked like he wanted to say something, but Draco didn't give him the chance. Just like that, he came up and sat next to Esther.

They weren't very close or familiar, so Ernie didn't notice anything unusual. He just looked at Draco with some dissatisfaction: "You came up here before we even said whether we agreed or not. How about we go down and give this carriage to you directly?"

Perhaps because he was also a prefect, Ernie also became tougher in his speech.

Draco said without changing his expression: "No need to be so polite, you can just sit here."

Ernie became even more angry: "I'm being sarcastic! It's sarcastic! Can't you hear it?"

Draco said "Oh" lightly, making Ernie very angry again.

No, why did Malfoy change his attitude today?

Although still annoying.

Ernie turned his head away angrily, not wanting to see him.

It's up to Draco.

He secretly held Esther's hand under the cover of his large school uniform.

Esther turned to look at him, and Draco gave her a smile.

She smiled involuntarily, then turned her head, pretending as if nothing happened.

The carriage stopped quickly, and they stepped out of the carriage as if nothing had happened and entered Hogwarts.

"It's strange. Why did Malfoy suddenly ride in a carriage with us instead of showing off with the Slytherins?" Ernie was very puzzled by Draco's behavior: "Is it possible that he is too proud to be a superior?" Ser, even the people in Slytherin look down on him and ignore him?"

Esther was amused by Ernie's imagination: "If that's true, he deserves it."

Esther thought for a moment about how everyone ignored him and made him jump to his feet in anger, which made him want to laugh even more.

They were talking and laughing as they walked to the long Hufflepuff table. Hannah had already sat down. When she saw Ernie and the others approaching, she immediately waved to them happily.

"Good evening, Hannah, the new badge really suits you." Esther sat next to her and praised her.

"Thank you." Hannah smiled so hard that she couldn't even close her mouth: "I believe Ess will definitely become a prefect next year."

Ernie looked at Esther with some dissatisfaction: "It's really unfair. You didn't even praise my badge just now."

Esther immediately said: "That's because Ernie is the most handsome brother in the world in my eyes. He looks handsome regardless of whether he wears a badge or not!"

Ernie was satisfied, and he went to Justin with a grin to show off his new identity.

After the freshmen arrived, the sorting ceremony began.

Usually during this time, the Sorting Hat will sing a Sorting Hat Song to describe the different characteristics of the four houses and its responsibilities as the Sorting Hat. But this time it was different. He sang about the establishment of Hogwarts and the separation of the four founders due to different ideas, and finally called on everyone to unite.

Most of the students didn't understand. They whispered, thinking that the Sorting Hat's song was a little off-topic this year, and they didn't realize that it was a piece of advice.

Esther subconsciously looked towards the Slytherin table, where Draco was chatting with Zabini with his head down, not paying any attention to what the Sorting Hat was singing.

The word unity is not difficult to achieve for Hufflepuff. In fact, Hufflepuff is very united, but it is indeed a bit difficult to unite students from the four houses.

Especially Slytherin, they are not very united internally, let alone united with students from other houses.

However, the only way to quickly unite different groups is to create a common enemy.

Esther cast her eyes on the dazzling pink figure on the faculty bench, thinking, wouldn't this enemy just appear?

After the sorting is over, Principal Dumbledore usually does not talk useless nonsense, but is very considerate and allows the students to eat first.

Everyone is really hungry after a long day, especially Hufflepuff, who is most attentive when eating.

Esther is no exception.

After the students had finished their dinner, it was time for Dumbledore to really speak. This time the focus was on introducing the two new teachers.

Professor Grubbly-Plan will replace Hagrid as the new Care of Magical Creatures teacher, while Umbridge will be the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

Then something happened that surprised everyone. When Dumbledore was speaking, Umbridge suddenly stood up and coughed twice, interrupting Dumbledore's speech.

Although she was short, she was not much taller when she stood than when she sat.

Her voice was high-pitched and thin, and she was obviously very old, pretending to be like a little girl, which was unreasonably disgusting.

She said a few polite words at first, and then revealed her true purpose.

She was sent here by the Ministry of Magic. The series of dry words that followed made most of the students drowsy. It was more hypnotic than a history of magic class.

Ernie listened to her with his eyes wide open, but he was actually in space.

"I swear, there will be many people who dislike Umbridge, including me."

Hannah complained to Esther in a low voice.