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

Next, as in the original work, Professor Slughorn succeeded Professor Snape as the Potions teacher, and Professor Snape became the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.

After eating, Esther and Thomas led the freshmen back to the Hufflepuff lounge, ending a tiring day.

She stayed in the lounge for a while, catching up with a classmate she hadn't seen during the summer vacation, and was about to go back to the dormitory to rest. A portrait on the Hufflepuff wall informed her that Dumbledore was looking for her.

Esther nodded and walked out of the lounge without alerting anyone.

It was close to the curfew time, and no one was walking around in the deep and quiet areas of the castle. Occasionally, I came across a junior Gryffindor student wandering around. When I saw the prefect badge on her chest, I immediately turned around and left, running faster than a rabbit. quick.

Esther shook her head and recognized that this was the new student this year. Gryffindor night outings had almost become a tradition, but she was busy now and had no time to catch up with this new student to deduct points, so she let him run away.

When she walked to the door of the principal's office, she suddenly remembered that Dumbledore had not told her the password to the principal's office.

Perhaps she believed too much that she could guess it.

Esther had no choice but to recall possible passwords and try them one by one.

Luckily she got it right on the third password.

In the principal's room, Dumbledore was sitting at his desk, and opposite him stood a tall figure, talking to her in a low voice.

Hearing the movement, the man turned around and revealed a young and handsome face.

Esther's eyes widened in disbelief. She looked at the man and shouted in surprise: "Senior Seid? Why are you here?"

Cedric gave her a bright smile: "Long time no see, junior Essie."

Esther happily took a few steps forward: "Senior Seid, have you fully recovered?"

Cedric nodded: "I'm fine now. Speaking of which, I have to thank you for saving my life with the pendant you gave me."

I haven't seen him for more than a year. He looks the same as the gentle boy in Esther's memory, except that his skin is slightly tanned and his temperament is calmer.

Esther glanced at Dumbledore who was standing aside. She originally thought that Dumbledore wanted to ask her about the future, but now that Cedric suddenly appeared here, she couldn't be sure.

Seeming to see her doubts, Dumbledore explained: "About a month ago, I received a letter from Cedric. He told me that he might have discovered some secrets of Voldemort, so he went through Hogwarts today. I’ll follow you into the school quickly and talk to me.”

Esther looked at Dumbledore and then at Cedric. She had so many questions that she didn't know which one to ask first.

"How did you get here via the Hogwarts Express? Did you use some disguise?"

After a pause for a few seconds, she looked at Cedric and spoke.

Cedric smiled and said: "Obviously I discovered some secret of the Dark Lord that seems more surprising, but you asked me how I got here in the first place."

"Can't you ask this first?"

"Of course." Cedric smiled even more happily: "I did make some disguises. I was in the car all the time and even saw Malfoy take action against Harry. I'm sorry that I couldn't show up directly to save him."

At the end of the sentence, Cedric showed a bit of guilt.

Esther said "Uh", not knowing how to evaluate this matter. After all, the culprit was her boyfriend, so she simply changed the topic: "Then, what is the secret you discovered?"

Cedric did not answer, but looked at Dumbledore, as if asking Dumbledore if he could tell Esther the news.

He actually didn't quite understand why Dumbledore called Esther here. He didn't think it was a good thing to let an ordinary student know so many things.

But equally, he believed that Dumbledore had his reasons for doing so.

"You can tell Ais," Dumbledore said, "There are some things that Harry can't know, so someone else has to help him complete some things."

Dumbledore spoke vaguely, and Esther understood immediately that he had not told Cedric that she could "predict" the future.

This is what he promised David at the beginning, and he would never tell anyone about Esther easily. Over the years, he has kept his promise to protect this secret. Except for telling Snape, other members of the Order of the Phoenix have have no idea.

Snape is an excellent master of Occlumency, and he can even deceive Voldemort in turn, so he is not worried that Snape will reveal this secret.

Cedric nodded: "Although I still feel that knowing too much about these things is not a good thing for an underage wizard, but I believe Professor Dumbledore and I also believe Ais."

As he spoke, he recounted his experiences during this period.

In fact, it's very simple. He and his parents traveled around various countries, and while recovering their health, they also paid close attention to the situation in the UK.

The news of Voldemort's resurrection not only panicked wizards in the UK, but also attracted the attention of many wizards in other countries. Later, in a wizard bar in Albania, I heard an old wizard talking about Voldemort and talking about what he had seen many years ago. A younger version of Voldemort.

Cedric noticed this. Although he didn't know whether what the old wizard said was true or not, he still pursued the question out of curiosity. After that, he learned from the old wizard that Voldemort came here. Seems to be looking for something.

This aroused his curiosity. He was already in good health at that time, so he began to investigate secretly without telling his parents.

"I later spent some effort and was able to roughly determine that the Dark Lord was looking for Ravenclaw's crown, and it was very likely that he had found it. Later, I went to some other countries and learned that many years after that, the Dark Lord I have made friends with many dark wizards and they have studied some black magic. Among them, the dark magic that the Dark Lord is most interested in and has mentioned is a kind of cruel black magic. He is most likely making Horcruxes."

After finishing speaking, Cedric looked at Esther. He didn't see much surprise in Esther's eyes, and even saw a hint of understanding.

"It turned out to be so."

Esther was actually a little surprised. She was not surprised that Voldemort had Horcruxes. She already knew about them.

Instead, he was surprised by Cedric's carefulness and wisdom. It was indeed amazing to be able to discover the big secret of Voldemort from such a subtle angle.

"I am just guessing, there is no evidence."

Finally, Cedric added.

What he said was very simple, but in fact the journey of tracing this journey was very dangerous, but it was all worth it.

"Maybe it's not a guess."

Dumbledore, who had been silent until now, spoke now and stretched out his withered and black hands.

Esther's eyes narrowed.