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

David was right. The day after the holiday, the Daily Prophet reported on the return of the mysterious man.

Fudge personally admitted it, occupying a large space in the newspaper. Many reporters and commentators had different reactions to the matter. Some believed it, some did not believe it, and some were involved in conspiracy. However, these had nothing to do with Esther for the time being.

Lucius still escaped. He was not caught on the spot, nor was he seen by anyone from the Ministry of Magic, but he was still charged and his movements were restricted.

That's what Draco told her.

She and Draco had less contact, mainly because Draco disappeared frequently and she couldn't contact him.

The gears of fate were still turning forward. She knew what kind of suffering Draco was going through, but she was powerless. They could not see each other for the time being, so they could only wait.

At the family meeting that day, under Esther's strong opposition, the adults gave up their plan to send her away. In other words, they knew that Esther was unwilling to leave and would not sit idly by, otherwise Mr. Mayne would not let her go. Would go to such great lengths to help Esther lay out.

Judging from the reactions of the family, Esther is basically certain that her grandfather, Mr. Mayne, should also know about her prophecy, but Grandma Hawke does not.

They respect her choice but are also worried about her safety.

After much thought, David decided to give her special training, hoping to improve her abilities in all aspects during this summer vacation.

Esther wanted to object, but her reason told her that the final battle was getting closer and closer, the next two years would be more difficult, and it was always right to learn more spells and techniques.

So she had no choice but to bite the bullet and learn from her father.

As a top student who graduated from Ravenclaw, David has outstanding abilities in all aspects. He is more than enough to teach a child who is about to enter fifth grade. The only problem is that he may lack some patience.

Esther is very smart, but she is not a genius. It is impossible for her to understand everything after being taught it once or twice. Sometimes she may not understand everything even after being taught it three or four times. At this time, David will be irritable.

At first, you may be able to suppress your anger and teach seriously, but later on, your anger will be a bit uncontrollable.

If Esther were five years old, she might be afraid of David's outburst and keep silent. But this year she is 15 years old. Not only is she not afraid, but she will refute loudly, thinking that he is too impatient, and then turn to complain to her mother, grandfather, and grandmother.

David was angry with her at first, but then he was scolded by his wife and father, making him even more angry and depressed.

He even had the idea that "if I had known better, I would not have resigned. It would be better to deal with that group of people at the Ministry of Magic than to teach children at home."

Faced with this situation, Letitia was okay. She occasionally took over David's work when he was angry and taught Esther for a period of time. However, her studies in school were average and her knowledge was indeed not as good as Dai's. Victor, but she was patient, and Esther would not deliberately anger her mother, so the teaching between mother and daughter seemed much warmer.

Old Mr. Mayne added fuel to the fire and said to David: "You think Ess is rebellious and difficult to control? You know, back then you had a much worse temper than Ess. Compared to you, Ess was extremely well-behaved, so you I have no right to dislike her."

David:…

However, the only one in the family who can speak up for David is Grandma Hawke, who has a lukewarm relationship with him.

Grandma Hawke was very serious about learning, and no matter what she studied, she required hard work and dedication. Although she loves Esther very much, she also thinks that Esther is not serious enough in her studies and should study harder.

"Didn't I work hard enough? I ranked first in my grade in this exam! Over the years, I have always been ranked first or second in every exam. I have never fallen below No. 3!"

Esther didn't understand it very much. She was forced to curl up like this, why couldn't she study hard?

"It's true that your grades are good, but you haven't really loved learning. If you really love learning..."

David was interrupted mid-sentence by Esther: "If I really like studying, I should be sorted into Ravenclaw."

"Yes." David was a little helpless: "I think the Sorting Hat must have made the worst choice by not assigning you to Ravenclaw. Otherwise, according to your character, you would be so strong in Ravenclaw. In a learning atmosphere, even if you don’t like studying, you will study harder than you do now.”

Esther got a headache when she thought of that scene and immediately declined: "I think the Sorting Hat is quite humane."

She wanted to go to Hufflepuff and tell the Sorting Hat. In the end, the Sorting Hat did sort her into Hufflepuff. She was really easy to talk to.

David ignored her. He didn't want to argue too much on this topic. Anyway, no matter how much he argued, his daughter just couldn't really like to study, so he could only force her to study and improve.

"You will be in fifth grade this year. Ernie also got three O's and two E's in the O.W.LS exam. I hope you will do better than him in the exam next year, at least. Gotta get eight o’s.”

After hearing this, Esther's eyes widened in disbelief: "Please, including electives, I only have to take nine courses in total. You want me to get eight O's?"

"Is it difficult?" David asked back: "You didn't choose a few elective courses at all. Since you studied less, you naturally have to study well. I took a total of 11 exams that year, all of which were O. I think I I’ve already lowered my demands on you, you can’t even do this, right?”

Esther replied without changing her face: "It can't be done."

David:…

"Won't you try harder?"

He had a headache: "Don't get discouraged every now and then, be a little energetic!"

Esther pouted: "Can't you relax your mind and accept that your child is just an ordinary person with a passing IQ?"

David answered very decisively: "No."

Esther:…

So they are indeed father and daughter. Look how similar their personalities are.

They tortured each other like this for a whole summer vacation.

The family never returned to the house in the village of Ottery-St. Catchpole. They stayed with her grandfather throughout the summer vacation. Compared with that small home, her grandfather's place was safer.

Although David has been staying at home, news about the magical world is still coming. The Muggle world has not been very peaceful recently, and there have been many terrorist attacks. Ordinary people don't know how these incidents happened, but David and the others know that most of them are done by Death Eaters.

"Fudge has already contacted the Muggle Prime Minister, but what's the use?" Old Mr. Main talked with David in his spare time. They didn't avoid Esther, maybe they thought she had grown up and could listen to these things. .

"There have been more incidents of Death Eaters attacking Muggles recently. He has to give an explanation, and he is already stepping down."

David was not surprised by what old Mr. Mayne said.

Only Esther looked puzzled. She really wanted to know, how did her grandfather know these things?

Are your connections so wide?