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

After the inspection, they walked into a compartment to rest together. Justin and Susan waited for them for a long time.

"How was it? How does it feel to be a prefect?" Justin asked, patting Thomas on the shoulder.

"To be honest, I'm a little nervous." Thomas answered honestly: "Although I have spent a summer vacation digesting this matter, I still don't know what to do."

"A very humble answer." Justin comforted him: "I believe you can do a good job."

After speaking, he asked Esther: "What about you, Esther? What do you think?"

"It's okay, I don't feel much." Esther answered honestly: "It just might take up some of my study time."

Since she can be forced to study, of course she can also be forced not to study. In this regard, being a prefect is not a bad thing.

What's more, she can roam the castle more freely in the future.

"You are also going to take the O.W.LS exam this year. I wish you good luck!" Although the exam has been completed, Hannah was still frightened when she mentioned it, and she gave her heartfelt blessings to Esther and the others.

Thomas lowered his head and said, "I'm not very good at it, but there must be nothing wrong with Ess, her grades are so good."

Esther puffed up her cheeks and said equally frustrated: "I don't think I'm good at it. My dad actually asked me to take at least eight O's!"

other people:! ! ! !

"It's a bit difficult." Hannah opened her mouth in surprise and said, "Does your father have such high demands on you?"

"It's indeed quite high, but it's one thing for him to have high demands on me. It's another thing for me to be able to do it or not."

Esther said nonchalantly.

Who wants to listen to him?

Thomas didn't have much contact with them. After sitting here for a while, an acquaintance came to him, and he left with him.

As soon as Thomas left, an unfamiliar girl handed Esther an invitation.

"What?" Ernie came over curiously.

Esther showed the invitation to them: "Professor Slughorn invited me to have lunch in Car No. C."

"Who is Professor Slughorn?"

Ernie took the invitation and read it carefully, with confusion on his face.

Esther shook her head: "Maybe it's a new teacher, I don't know very well."

Hannah also came over: "Why did he invite you? No teacher has ever invited a student before. Are you going, Ess?"

Esther said: "I guess I have to go there. After all, the teacher personally invited me."

"Okay." Ernie said: "Be safe."

Esther nodded, got up and went to the place mentioned in the invitation.

Sirius only made up for Umbridge's class last semester and did not continue to be a teacher at Hogwarts this year. Dumbledore still chose to follow the original route and invited Slughorn to take over as the new Potions teacher. , while Professor Snape taught him the long-awaited Defense Against the Dark Arts class.

Esther could understand why Dumbledore insisted on Slughorn coming to Hogwarts. After all, he knew about Voldemort's Horcruxes, and Dumbledore must find a way to pry his mouth open.

She walked through the crowded carriage and walked to carriage C. There were already many people sitting in it.

Professor Slughorn is very old. He is bloated and his velvet clothes are bulging with his big belly, but his eyes are clear and he is a shrewd person at first glance.

"Hello, my child." Professor Slughorn greeted her warmly and introduced her to several other students present.

In addition to her, there were four students present, two of whom were seventh-year Gryffindor students, whom she was not familiar with. The other two were Zabini, who looked indifferent, and Zabini, who looked dazed. Ginny didn't know why she was invited.

Esther looked around, and Zabini cast his eyes on her after she came in. He briefly showed a thoughtful look, and then returned to his indifferent look.

Ginny's eyes lit up a bit after seeing her. It was obvious that she was quite cramped in this carriage alone just now.

Esther sat next to Ginny. She looked at the new Potions teacher slightly, and was somewhat interested in the teacher who inspired Voldemort.

As soon as she sat down, someone else entered the carriage.

It's Harry and Neville.

Showing even greater enthusiasm than he had just seen Esther, Professor Slughorn shook Harry's hand and seated them.

Everyone was here and it was almost time, so they started having lunch.

Professor Slughorn naturally didn't come to them to have lunch casually, but took the opportunity to chat with them and judge their "value".

Yes, Esther couldn't think of a more appropriate word, so she had to use "value" to describe it.

For example, he invited the two seventh-grade students because they had relatives who were outstanding wizards, but one of them obviously had little contact with his famous relative, so Professor Slughorn had a slightly cold attitude towards him. Stopped and then brought the topic to another student.

Soon the topic came to Esther.

"This cherry cheese cake tastes quite good. I think you will like it, Mayne-san."

Professor Slughorn smiled and handed Esther a piece of cake, and then said: "You look a lot like your father David. He was a charming and popular boy when he was in school. I also taught him at that time. , I have to say that your father is really smart, and I can see that you have inherited his excellent character."

Esther almost couldn't help laughing. Excellent moral character?

What good qualities does her father have? Is your mind and mouth inconsistent and your temper unstable?

"Thank you for the compliment." Esther suppressed a smile and said, "But since I was a child, everyone said that I look more like my mother."

"Oh, I also know your mother. She is also my student. I remember she is from the MacMillan family, right? You did inherit your hair color from your mother, but your facial features and temperament are also very similar to David's. By the way, I heard David recently resigned from the Ministry of Magic, which is really incredible news, I mean a lot of wizards respect him very much, and if he continues to work at the Ministry for a few years, maybe he will go even further."

Esther accompanied Professor Slughorn's nonsense seriously: "It's a pity indeed. My father has a bad temper. Because of some... reasons you know, he has fallen out with Fudge, although Fudge has now Resigning, but my dad doesn’t want to return to the Ministry of Magic just yet. He is currently working on a new paper on magical beasts, which may be published soon.”

"Your father is outstanding both in the Ministry of Magic and in the study of magical creatures."

Professor Slughorn exclaimed.

After that, the chat with Esther came to an end, and then he turned his attention to other people.

Esther listened to him chatting with others and had to sigh, this is a Slytherin who conforms to the Slytherin house's motto.

Except that discussing these things about fame and fortune at the dinner table is a bit off-putting.