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

On Christmas Day, Esther's family celebrated a holiday.

Everyone spent this festival happily without mentioning work, life, or the difficult situations they may encounter in the future.

The only incident was that David drank an extra glass of wine and started talking nonsense.

Normally he looks taciturn when he is putting on airs, but when he is drunk he can't stop talking.

This was the first time Esther saw her father drunk. She happily took the camera to record everything, preparing to laugh at her father when he sobered up.

At the same time, she also understood who was behind the amount of wine she poured into these two glasses.

Compared to mom and dad, my grandparents, who were socializing out all the time, were much better drinkers. Especially my grandfather, looking at his drunken son, the disgust in his eyes almost overflowed.

"I used to think that he was deliberately acting out by getting drunk after just two drinks, hoping to avoid attending social events. Now it seems that I have wronged him."

Grandfather sighed.

Grandma Hawke's mouth twitched when she heard this, but she didn't say a word.

Christmas is a warm day, but after this day, life has to go back to its original ways.

My grandparents were still very busy, and Esther doubted she would have come back to spend Christmas with them if it hadn't been for this year. They were probably busy working on Christmas Day too.

In comparison, parents who have nothing to do at home all day seem too relaxed. No wonder my grandfather can't stand his father. It's okay to stay at home for a few days. After a long time, everyone will become mentally unbalanced.

On the second day of Christmas, Esther couldn't wait to go to Weasley's Wise Workshop in Diagon Alley.

Even though the political situation is currently unstable and Death Eaters are attacking Muggles and wizards everywhere, Diagon Alley still has a lively atmosphere.

Christmas decorations can be seen everywhere, and pedestrians walking in groups of twos and threes on the snow-covered cobblestone paths make a "squeaking" sound.

The only bad thing is that many shops in Diagon Alley have closed, such as Ollivander's Wand Shop.

Esther paused for a moment in front of Ollivander's Wand Shop. Almost all British wizards purchased their wands from this store. Everyone was also talking about Mr. Ollivander's disappearance, but it was certain that everyone thought that He was captured by the Dead Apostles and may have died.

"Oh, Mr. Ollivander hasn't come back yet? My sister is going to Hogwarts in the second half of this year. How should she buy a wand then?"

There was a young girl holding the hand of her companion, who also stopped at the door of the store, and then sighed.

"The situation is very bad now. Hogwart seems to be relatively safe at the moment, but I don't know what will happen in the future. Our family is planning to leave the UK in March this year and go to stay with my aunt in France for a while."

her companion whispered to her.

The two girls said a few words and left here.

A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes came, and the cold snowflakes fell on Esther's face and melted quickly, leaving small traces of water.

She tucked her face into her large scarf and walked towards Weasley's Wheeze Shop.

It can be said that this is the busiest place in the entire Diagon Alley.

Just after Christmas, the store was crowded with people.

George and Weasley didn't show up, and there were only two clerks working in the store.

She walked over to one of the clerks who was restocking the shelves.

"Hello miss, do you want to take a look at the newly arrived love potion?"

The clerk greeted her warmly.

"Excuse me, I can ask your bosses Fred and George, or one of them."

Esther said as she glanced at the pink mischief products, and she thought of the bottle of perfume laced with love potion that the Weasley brothers gave her when she was in third grade.

At the time, she was still wondering why Draco was so excited after she told her what she smelled, but later she understood the truth after thinking about it.

It turns out that Draco seemed to be the one taking the initiative, but in fact it was her who confessed first.

"Miss, who are you?"

The clerk looked at her doubtfully. He knew that his two bosses had many brothers and sisters. In terms of age, the young lady in front of him was similar in age to the bosses' sisters, but this young lady had brilliant blond hair and beautiful blue eyes. , completely different from the boss’s ancestral red hair.

"I'm their friend. My name is Esther Mayne. I made an appointment with them to meet today."

Esther came back to her senses, smiled and said to the clerk.

The clerk showed a look of realization: "It turns out to be Miss Mayne. Please go inside and sit down. The two bosses haven't come yet."

Esther shook her head and refused his guidance: "It's okay. I'll just walk around the store while you guys are busy."

The clerk nodded and continued busy with the work at hand, while Esther looked around the store casually.

Compared with when it first opened during the summer vacation, the store now has a much richer variety. Some prank products she has never seen before are neatly placed on the counter. It can be seen that George and Fred have not been idle during this time. .

Not long after, Fred and George came over.

They were all wearing suits. Although they had just graduated, they looked much more mature than before.

"Damn weather." One of them muttered, and Esther guessed it was Fred.

"Hey! Ess, you came early enough. Merry Christmas. Do you like the Christmas gift we gave you?"

They soon spotted Esther in the crowd and greeted her as they walked towards her.

"Merry Christmas." Esther said with the same smile: "To be honest, you really look like adults now."

"Thank you for the compliment." Fred saluted Esther exaggeratedly, and turned around to show off his clothes today: "I think so too."

George also said: "There is no way. You have to be more sophisticated when dealing with adults. They will not show mercy to you just because you have just graduated."

"Come in and sit down. Do you want black tea or milk? Or try some wine that only adults can drink?" Fred asked.

Esther followed them inside: "Just black tea, please add two pieces of sugar for me, thank you."

Their office is not very large, with a desk and a lot of messy stuff.

"Sit anywhere."

While George was talking, he helped Esther pour tea, while Fred opened the cabinet next to him and took out a bulging money bag.

"This is your share during this period, a total of 57 gold Galleons and [-] Silver Sickles."

Fred handed Esther the money belt, indicating that she could count it.

Esther took the money bag without counting: "Is that much? It seems that you have made a lot of money during this period."

"Concession." George handed her the teacup: "The main thing is that you and Harry invest more and get more shares, so we can make hard money."

Esther took a sip of tea, and then asked: "Do you have any clues about what I want you to study?"

"Some progress." George sat opposite her.

"But not much." Fred added.

"Before this, can you tell us whether you want us to study this thing and mass-produce it, or just make a few?"

They grasped the key keenly.