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

Esther lowered her head to observe the tea cup in her hand. The clear tea water showed a beautiful amber color, and the fragrance and heat of the tea rose up.

She gently put down the tea cup, looked at the curious Weasley brothers and said, "If you want to mass produce, then mass produce. If you don't want to mass produce, just make what I need."

The Weasley twins looked at each other, and then George asked: "So whose wand do you want us to 'copy' first?"

Esther replied: "Try making a wand of Professor Snape's first."

"Wow!" Fred said in surprise: "You are very brave, Professor Snape is not easy to mess with."

"But we appreciate your courage!" George also said.

"Then please hurry up." Esther took another sip of tea, and then talked about other things: "I think the store is still a little small now, maybe it can be expanded next year."

"I think it's good as it is now." George helped Esther fill up the tea: "Maybe we can open a branch in Hogsmeade in two years."

"Okay, I like you guys."

Esther continued to drink tea comfortably.

After sitting with the Weasley twins for a while, she took the heavy purse and headed to Gringotts to deposit the money.

She opened an account at Gringotts alone before going to school. She usually saved some of the pocket money her family gave her if she couldn't spend it all. The sum of the bits and pieces didn't add up to a lot.

It's just that all the money was spent on customizing the broomstick for Draco last year.

After saving the money, her purpose of coming to Diagon Alley had been successfully completed.

Now that the situation is turbulent, it would be better to go home early.

Thinking of this, she stopped wandering around and was about to return through the Puff Bar when she suddenly noticed a particularly familiar figure in front of her.

She looked closely and recognized Theodore Nott.

She hadn't seen him much this semester. His father was among the group of Death Eaters who fought with them in the Department of Mysteries last time. Lucius Malfoy managed to escape due to her deliberate efforts. Although his guilt is still unclear, , but the Ministry of Magic is probably almost controlled by Voldemort, and is also afraid of being caught in Azkaban.

But his father was not so lucky and was caught on the spot.

Perhaps because of this, Theodore, who was always a loner, has become even more withdrawn this semester.

Seemingly feeling something, Theodore suddenly turned around and found Esther staring at him.

The broken hair on his forehead was blown by the wind, his expression was as cold as ever, and his posture was tall and straight, like a dead tree covered with snow, cold and desolate.

Now that he was discovered, he couldn't just run away without saying a word, so Esther nodded at him from a distance, just to say hello. Who knew he would suddenly come towards her direction.

Esther was a little surprised. She subconsciously turned her head and looked around, as if there was no one else but her.

No way? For her?

Her expression was one of surprise and uncertainty, and Theodore was already in front of her.

"The time-space converter is completely broken."

He spoke lightly.

Esther blinked: "Isn't it? What did you do with it?"

Do you want the bottle of unicorn blood back because the time and space converter is broken?

Can't you?

"I want to exchange one with you."

He did not answer Esther's question, but directly stated his request.

Esther's eyes lit up: "Are you going to give me that unicorn blood in exchange?"

Theodore hesitated for a rare moment: "No, let's make another exchange."

"No." Esther quickly replied: "Time and space converters are prohibited items, and they are difficult to find. I'm not Merlin. Where can I get so many of them?"

After being rejected, Theodore's expression did not change and he just said lightly: "Forget it."

Then he turned around and left without any regret.

Esther stared at his leaving figure, extremely curious, what on earth did he want to use the time turner for?

To save his mother who died early?

She doesn't know.

Theodore did not look back and gradually disappeared down the road.

It was easy to tell from the direction he was walking that he was going to Knockturn Alley.

It is different from the lively Diagon Alley. Knockturn Alley is dirty and dangerous. There are many dark wizards there who sell all kinds of shady things.

Esther had never been there, and she didn't want to risk her life just because she was curious.

Ugh.

She sighed inexplicably and left.

Compared to Theodore, who has always been out of the plot, Draco's current situation is more dangerous.

This Christmas holiday, he had no choice but to go home.

Today, the real owner of Malfoy Manor has changed from the Malfoy family to Voldemort. He has a task assigned to him by Voldemort, and he must take this opportunity to report on it no matter what.

As soon as he returned to Malfoy Manor, he entered a state of disconnection. Esther was unable to contact him through the double mirror just like during the summer vacation.

He barely responded to her calls.

She couldn't write to her to ask about the situation, so her heart hung high as he lost contact.

So she was extremely eager for time to go faster and faster.

Just pull the time bar like watching a movie, skip these messy heart-wrenching plots, and fast forward directly to the triumphant ending of the protagonist.

It's a pity that this is real life, not a movie.

She is already a part of this world and cannot stay out of it from God's perspective. She can only wait quietly for everything that should happen to happen.

Tsk, I suddenly feel bad when I think about it.

She returned home and sighed in annoyance.

I am looking forward to the holiday ending soon.

She had originally prepared a Christmas gift for Draco, but for safety reasons she did not dare to send it to Malfoy Manor, thinking of handing it to him after school started.

Although Christmas had already passed by that time, at least it was guaranteed that this thing would be in his hands safely.

In this expectation, the vacation soon ended and she once again set foot on the train back to Hogwarts.

After returning to school, before she could ask Draco to give her a gift, she was greeted by Ernie who looked at a loss.

"Ais! I have something to discuss with you."

He had a serious look on his face, and his hands were shaking slightly from nervousness.

Esther rarely saw this expression on his face, and she couldn't help but become nervous.

"what's the matter?"

"I..." He seemed to have been mentally prepared for a long time before coming to Esther, but he backed down the moment he was about to speak.

"What I want to say...I think you have experience...is that Susan told me...she likes me."

Finally, he spoke hesitantly, his cheeks already turning red.

Esther's eyes widened unexpectedly and she said in shock: "Huh?"