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

The atmosphere is deadlocked here.

Draco let out a long breath, and finally couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief: "In any case, betting on both ends is more guaranteed. No matter who loses or wins in the end, we will never lose too badly."

"But the risk is greater if we waver. If the Dark Lord discovers our infidelity, what will be waiting for us? Have you ever thought about it?"

Lucius looked at him with a complicated expression.

Draco retorted: "But who knew we were hedging our bets?"

Lucius fell silent. The truth was this, but it was still too dangerous.

But Draco Potter had already let go, and it didn't make much sense to talk about it now. Lucius finally knew and kept telling his son: "Don't tell anyone these thoughts of yours, even from the beginning you didn't We should be told.”

Draco smiled. He knew that his father's words meant that he had temporarily won the game.

"I got it."

He subconsciously touched the bracelet on his hand and said calmly.

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"So, this is given to me for free?"

Esther held a bag of candies and looked at the smiling boy in front of her. Her brown eyes were slightly bent, as warm as the sun.

"Yes, business has been bad recently, so you can take it and eat it. I remember you used to like candy the most. At that time, you couldn't go to Hogsmeade. Every time we came out, there were always some people bringing you various kinds of sweets. Grow candy.”

The boy, or rather Cedric said softly to Esther.

Hearing him mention the past, Esther couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. Now she began to miss the past.

She was standing in the Honeydukes candy store. The candy store had closed a few days ago, leaving Cedric alone to look after the store to prevent it from being robbed or smashed.

Esther has been wandering around Hogsmeade these days, and today she met Cedric in disguise, so she was invited to the shop to chat.

"I was extremely worried when I heard the news about your disappearance some time ago. Fortunately, you came back safe and sound, so are the Death Eaters also targeting you now?"

Cedric asked, looking at the girl whose appearance was covered by the loose robe.

Esther nodded and shook her head: "I'm not sure what my situation is now. Anyway, I wandered around in front of the mysterious man and came back. He must have been eyeing me, but he didn't pay special attention to it anyway. No matter what, I'm definitely not as important as Harry and the others."

When it came to Harry, Cedric looked a little worried: "I heard that he has been on the run recently, and a mysterious man has issued a wanted order. I have heard some of his whereabouts, but they are all hearsay, and they may not be accurate. , I really don’t know where they are now.”

Esther picked up a candy and put it in her mouth. She bit the candy into pieces and chewed it, and answered him: "Don't say you don't know where he is now. I don't know where he is either." , even members of the Order of the Phoenix may not know where he is, and for the sake of his safety, his whereabouts are absolutely confidential."

Cedric sighed: "It would be nice if Dumbledore was still here."

He didn't know about Dumbledore's fake death, so he was very sad about the news of Dumbledore's death. He was also in the crowd at the funeral.

Esther fell silent. She didn't plan to tell anyone that Dumbledore was still alive at this time.

It would be fun to wait until Dumbledore shows up at the end to surprise everyone.

So she changed the subject: "Don't you ask me why I stay in Hogsmeade?"

Cedric heard this and said: "Perhaps you have the same idea as me and want to be closer to Hogwarts?"

"Yes, we can't go in now, but one day we will need to go back." Esther sighed pointedly. Before he could think about the meaning of this sentence, she then asked him how his relationship with Qiu was. .

"She came here once a few days ago, but I just sent her back for her safety."

When he mentioned Qiu, Cedric looked gentle, and it was clear that their relationship was very stable.

Esther didn't stay here long. After chatting for a while, she returned to the Pig's Head Bar.

There weren't many customers in the Hog's Head Bar right now. When she passed the bar, she handed Aberforth the candy Cedric gave her.

Aberforth glanced at her with disgust and said, "I don't like candy, give it to someone else."

They both knew who this other person was.

Besides Dumbledore, who at this age likes to eat so much candy?

"You can share it with others." Esther said matter-of-factly: "It's almost noon, what should we eat today?"

During the few days she stayed at the Pig's Head Bar, she also entrusted Aberforth with her meals, because Esther couldn't cook any food.

Although Aberforth complained about this, under Esther's money offensive, he still cursed and prepared Esther's daily meals.

"I really owe you. Both of you are waiting for me to cook. Am I your nanny?"

Just like this time, Aberforth mumbled his dissatisfaction and replied to Esther: "It's still the same as yesterday. Eat what you like."

Esther was not very picky. She nodded and made a small suggestion: "Can you replace the cheese with ordinary cheese? I really can't eat goat cheese."

"No other cheese." Aberforth said impatiently.

"Okay, then add a glass of butterbeer for me, and remember to get a new cup, thank you."

After Esther made her request, she stopped listening to Aberforth's nagging and went upstairs to rest.

After dinner in the evening, when she was about to go downstairs for a walk, she heard a mess downstairs.

Glancing up cautiously, Esther immediately recognized them as a group of Death Eaters. She had seen most of them at Malfoy Manor.

They were here shouting for drinks, and although Aberforth was very reluctant, he calmed down and served them drinks.

Fortunately, he has a big beard, which can cover some of the expressions on his face.

In the past few days, Esther discovered one of Aberforth's characteristics, that is, he was a bit obsessed with money, and these Death Eaters would most likely not pay him for drinking here, so it was strange that he was happy.

As soon as she saw them, Esther originally wanted to go back to her room directly to avoid unnecessary complications.

I just accidentally heard the words "Potter", "Dark Lord is angry" and "kill", so I changed my plan and secretly stayed in the corridor to listen to their conversation.