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

The courses in fifth grade are indeed much busier than those in fourth grade. The teachers have stricter requirements on them and they also have more homework.

Although Professor Slughorn is also a Slytherin, his Potions class is much better than Professor Snape's.

Esther could feel that Professor Slughorn liked her more and repeatedly invited her to join his slug club.

Esther didn't dislike him much, but she really didn't want to join his club. After all, as a person who was extremely afraid of slugs, it was hard to have a good impression of this club when she heard the name.

Compared with these, the biggest problem that has been troubling her recently is Draco.

They would still chat through the two-way mirror, but in reality Draco had been avoiding her, and they had not spoken a few words alone for a whole week since school started.

Esther didn't want to go on like this. The most taboo thing about a relationship was lack of communication, so she decided to take the initiative.

One night on patrol, she successfully cornered Draco and asked, "Why have you been avoiding me?"

Draco almost didn't dare to look into her eyes, and forced himself to put on the same arrogant expression as usual: "No, it's just that I'm busy at the beginning of school."

Esther didn't talk nonsense to him and directly stretched out her hand to push up his sleeves.

Draco was startled: "What are you doing?"

In the dim light, she could clearly see that there were no strange patterns on his arms.

Then she breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she had learned from Professor Snape that he had not been awarded the Dark Mark by the Dark Lord, she still wanted to confirm it with her own eyes.

"Whatever happened, you can tell me and I can help you." Esther said to him softly

Draco raised his head in a panic, crossed his arms and said, "Nothing happened, but why are you acting so weird today?"

"Draco, I think we need to have a good talk. I don't know what you think, but since you refused to break up with me last school year, you are not allowed to go back on your word!"

She said firmly: "No matter what happens, I can help you, you have to believe in me."

Draco's expression was unpredictable, and he finally couldn't maintain the calm appearance, and said angrily: "You don't know anything at all, this is none of your business, and you don't need to get involved! Everything is already very bad, I can't trouble you anymore."

Compared to his emotional ups and downs, Esther was much calmer: "So do you regret it?"

Draco fell silent.

It was also during this summer vacation that he suddenly realized how naive he was before.

Things were much, much worse than he imagined.

His father was despised by Voldemort because of the failure of his mission. Although he was lucky enough not to be captured in Azkaban like Nott's father, everything had changed and his family began to lose power.

He could feel that the Slytherin students were much colder towards him this year. Professor Slughorn even invited and valued Zabini but did not invite him.

This was not the most painful thing for him.

No one knew how difficult and impossible the Dark Lord had given him - to kill Dumbledore.

How ridiculous, even the Dark Lord himself may not be able to kill Dumbledore, but let a student of his still in school attack his professor.

Dad said that this was the last chance the Dark Lord gave their family. If he could complete this task, their family would be forgiven by the Dark Lord and everything would return to the way it was before.

But my mother thought this was the Dark Lord's punishment for their family. Because Dad failed to complete the mission of the prophecy ball, the Dark Lord was angry with him and deliberately let him die. For this reason, Mom and Dad started to quarrel.

Draco himself was confused.

His upbringing made him think that it was a great honor for him to be valued by the Dark Lord, but facing his crying mother, he couldn't help but feel a trace of hatred for the Dark Lord.

Why resurrection? Why disrupt everyone's peaceful life?

He led the group of Death Eaters hovering around his home. They were obviously the owners of the home, but they were pushed to the margins. He watched them show off their power in the place where he grew up, destroying everything that held the world. Something he recalled!

He felt angry and dissatisfied, but it all turned into fear.

Especially after he witnessed the Dark Lord punishing his men at will, his fear reached its peak.

For the first time, he realized that the Dark Lord was so cold and cruel. He could not imagine what he would do if the subordinate who was punished and killed by the Dark Lord was his father. Just thinking about it made him feel cold all over. , trembling.

So he could only accept the instructions given by the Dark Lord and pretend to be very honorable.

He has now fallen into the quagmire, and it seems that there is no other way except to follow the Dark Lord and become a hateful Death Eater.

So he didn't want to implicate Esther.

She should be a butterfly flying in the bright sunshine, instead of dying with him in the dark night.

He should break up with her coldly and ruthlessly and say to her: "Yes, I just regret it, so let's break up."

But he couldn't open his mouth anyway.

He is so cowardly and mean.

He didn't even dare to look into her bright eyes.

Esther originally wanted him to express his panic and anxiety in person, but she finally couldn't bear it when she saw his whole person darken.

She stretched out her arms and hugged him tightly, and said: "If you don't speak, I will acquiesce that you don't want to break up with me. No matter what kind of mission the Dark Lord gives you, I will always accompany you."

Draco's eyes widened. He suddenly wondered why Esther was looking at his arm just now. She was afraid that she would be marked with the Dark Mark by the Dark Lord.

"You..." He should have been relieved that she chose to stand by his side without hesitation and tolerated all his unhappiness unconditionally.

But besides this, he felt a little strange. This strange feeling was not new to today, but something he had noticed a long time ago.

Essie seemed to know a lot of things.

"Ais, do you know? Do you know what mission the Dark Lord has given me?"

He lowered his head, looked at Esther, and asked softly.

Esther smiled faintly and admitted generously: "I know because I visited Professor Snape during the summer vacation."

Draco's eyes widened again: "What are you looking for him for? Do you know that Professor Snape is also a Death Eater! And it is the Dark Lord's eyes that penetrate Dumbledore's eyes!"

Of course she knew, and she also knew that Snape was not only the Dark Lord's hidden thread on Dumbledore, but also Dumbledore's hidden thread on the Dark Lord.

"Draco, you are very good at Occlumency, right?" Esther suddenly asked.

Draco frowned: "It's indeed very good. I used to practice with you, and this summer vacation... you also helped me with special training."

"So I believe you can keep this secret." She said: "Professor Snape has a special status. In fact, everything is still in the hands of Professor Dumbledore, including the fact that Voldemort asked you to kill him. I also know."

So from a certain perspective, you have passively sided with Dumbledore.