[HP] Can you be gentle with me

The two jumped up quickly, glaring angrily at the person who made the sound.

"Haha, that's funny." James said sarcastically. "You can still be proud at this time, right? How could Sirius lose to you?"

Snape just looked at them coldly. "Of course not—" he said, pausing and smirking. "──When you shamelessly control the few with the more."

"Even if I'm the only one, I can't lose you, snotty!" Sirius yelled.

Snape frowned slightly when he heard the word, but he had no serious intentions with them, sneered. "Let's save the big talk until then, Black." Turning around, he said again leisurely. "There should be a limit to arrogance──"

"Damn it, snotlite!" Sirius roared, drawing his wand with a snap.

"Merlin, Sirius!"

As soon as he and Peter walked out of the classroom, what they saw was such a sight full of gunpowder, Remus shouted hastily. "What are you doing?"

"Maybe I should have had a fight with you before the duel started, wouldn't you say, snotlite?" Sirius said through gritted teeth without putting down his wand.

"Sure enough patience—" Snape sneered. "But it's a pity that I don't have the time to spend here with you."

"I think you are afraid?" Sirius said with his chest puffed out.

I don't know why, when Snape heard this sentence, his chest got angry, and he was about to turn around and directly advance the duel, but he was also stopped.

"Lily," he said, putting down his wand with a grimace.

Lily glared at Snape sullenly. "I can't figure out how you can become so childish in front of them." Then he gave the two people in front of him a hard look, but smiled apologetically at Remus.

Remus also smiled helplessly, and spoke to the two people beside him who were already too angry. "Okay, isn't there still a duel? Let's talk about it until then──" he said seriously. "Believe it or not I'll get McGonagall later?"

At the mention of McGonagall, both James stiffened.

He smiled flatteringly at Remus. "We know your best, don't we? So you're definitely not going to McGonagall, are you?"

"It's hard to say..." Remus deliberately thought for a while. "I seem to have to find her later... Do you think I should mention this corridor duel that almost happened to her?"

James shook his head vigorously, and Remus couldn't help worrying about twisting his neck, and laughed out loud. "Okay, I won't talk about it──but let's go quickly, even if tomorrow is a holiday, the afternoon class still has to be..." There was a pause. "I don't want to go to class hungry."

They nodded and followed Remus obediently.

It seems that the simmering dispute was resolved in this way──

The attention of both parties was on each other, obviously no one paid attention to the dark corner not far away, and Tahlia stood there, wand tightly in hand, afraid that something would happen to them...

After seeing that both parties were taken away, she was relieved.

Luckily Lily was there.

The situation is really not good.

How long has it been since that list announcement?

Sirius had already clashed with Snape twice, and she suddenly felt worried about the days before the duel meeting, she couldn't be asked to secretly follow them all the time so as to stop them at any time, right?

Could she really not get a Time-Turner?

"I don't understand, why did you put brother and Severus together." Regulus' voice suddenly came from behind.

Tahlia turned around, grinning wryly. "It was an accident, trust me—"

"If it weren't for your helpless expression now... I would have thought you did it on purpose." I would have thought that Tahlia had arranged it deliberately for the sake of watching a good show, Regulus smiled, but he restrained his smile after a while. "Never mind that, I have something to ask you—"

"Is it about the fact that your parents are rarely telling you to stay at school this Christmas break?"

Regulus froze for a moment, but nodded immediately.

"I don't know either." Tahlia lied outright.She felt that her ability to open her eyes and tell lies was more and more mature now... "I also find it strange that there are so many detention lists this time──"

Regulus believed it, and he shrugged. "Well, just asking..." He smiled. "Maybe they have their own considerations..."

"Yeah." Tahlia nodded in agreement. "Probably because we are still young, they don't tell us everything—"

Probably no one thinks Tahlia is young now, right? Regulus thought silently, his parents alone would tell him to pay attention to her in the books at home all day long...

Before they knew it, Tahlia was indeed far ahead of them──

He felt that not only himself, but even his brothers would never be able to catch up with Tahlia.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

If one day Tahlia doesn't care about anything...will she become as extreme as that person?

Soon, the time for the duel meeting arrived.

Before it was time to start, a large group of students had poured into the hall, but the contestants were not among them. They would report to the small room on the side first and wait there for the competition to start.

Those small rooms have actually been divided into many small spaces by Dumbledore, probably to prevent the contestants from having conflicts before the start of the game—it seems that he also learned about the small conflicts between Sirius and Snape, although he did not Not a hint of blaming Tahlia.

"Who do you think will win in the end?"

"It must be from their own academy...it's basically for them to determine their internal status..."

"Where's Potter?"

"Hey, he's only in fifth year - and he's the only Gryffindor, how did he beat so many Slytherins?"

"If we had known earlier, we would have signed up—"

"That's the only time you dare to say that. Who was hiding from Slytherin when they saw it?"

"I was hiding from her! Don't tell me you won't hide when you see it! I thought she would also participate in the competition..."

"It's true... I thought she would definitely participate, so I didn't sign up──"

"So as long as she doesn't participate, we still have a chance..."

"I think even if she didn't participate, you have no chance at all!"

Discussion, laughter, noise...

The duel hadn't even started yet, as Tahlia expected, a large crowd of students had already gathered in the hall. Dumbledore removed the four long tables that were originally placed and replaced them with several small duel stands. The students They all gathered around the dueling platform, discussing excitedly.

Tahlia stood where the teacher's seat used to be, and looked at the audience indifferently.

A large tapestry has been hung behind him. On it is the list of group battles. It has been enchanted and will automatically display the promotion personnel.

She turned her head and had to resist the urge to twitch the corners of her mouth when she saw the group of names that felt particularly glaring—she was secretly glad that their battle was not the first, otherwise the whole event would probably not go on...

Although Tahlia did not write down the age limit for participating in the rules, it seems that the students are very conscious. All the students who sign up are above the fifth grade, at least there will be no situation where they will be beaten by senior students. That said, you can still feel a little more at ease.

After a while, Dumbledore appeared.

"Is everything going well?" he asked.

Tahlia spoke lightly. "Judging from the fact that no conflicts have occurred so far, it should be smooth."

She looked at the students below who nodded to her, and it seemed that they were all ready, so she drew out her wand. With a sound that shook the entire hall, the wand exploded with red sparks, instantly attracting the attention of all the students. Note that the discussion in the audience was also silenced.

Tahlia stepped aside to let Dumbledore announce the start of the meeting, after all she was only barely a sponsor of the event and didn't want to get more attention for herself.

"Then—" Dumbledore cleared his throat, and in the breath-holding silence of everyone, it didn't take any special effort to make the sound spread throughout the space. "I think you've been expecting it for a long time... I won't say anything more, and now I announce—" He waved his wand slowly, and the hall went dark, leaving only a few dueling rings with light. "This duel meeting begins."

The names of several people on the large tapestry on the wall glowed, and then two names appeared on each duel platform, which were the contestants of the first battle.

A small door on the side opened, and several people walked in. One after another, they walked up to the dueling platform with their own names flashing on them, and raised their wands to locate them. One of them was James.

Seeing him smiling brightly at his opponent, Tahlia couldn't help feeling sorry for the student—James' bright smile definitely didn't represent a friendly kind.

Tahlia nodded towards little Crouch. He didn't participate in the duel meeting this time, maybe because he knew that he couldn't compare with the seniors, so he replaced Tahlia and started this odd job──

He walked up to a small round platform in the middle of the hall, pulled out a piece of parchment, and began to read the duel rules aloud.

Compared with a formal duel, there are only a few differences. You must not kill your opponent, and you cannot use magic beyond the school's range. If your opponent is knocked down, you will be considered a winner, and if you use magic beyond the range, you will be considered a loser. This rule can It is very safe to say that the premise is that both parties really abide by it.

After a while, the hall was filled with colorful spells. James almost knocked down his opponent at the beginning of the duel. At this time, he was already smiling triumphantly at Remus and Peter in the audience, and then looked around at the audience. Everyone in the audience knew that he was looking for Lily.

But he was disappointed. Lily had just told Tahlia this morning that she didn't even intend to come to this kind of duel meeting to rationalize fighting.

He silently apologized to James in his heart, and turned his gaze to the rest of the people—it seems that Mulciber also has two brushes, maybe this is the reason why Snape and him can't be said to have a bad relationship... There is no way he will lose this match ...

The duel among the students couldn't last long. After a while, each duel stage was decided, and the winner's name on the big tapestry automatically extended a line, waiting for the next winner to be his opponent .

The students who lost were still awake and walked directly off the duel stage, ready to watch the next match, and those who passed out were placed directly on the bed in the temporary medical station. Anyway, the stun spells cast by the students were not very powerful. It won't be long before they wake up...

Tahlia concentrates, because the next one is--

Severus Snape walked onto the dueling ring with a sullen face, glaring at the calm Sirius.

The most students gathered around their duel stage, obviously the whole school knew the confrontation between the two of them, and they were all looking forward to the duel between the two of them.

They even set the table -- Tahlia decided not to comment.

Because she is also really conflicted, she knows that if Snape loses, she will be very upset, and Sirius will become even more elated, and maybe Snape will be even more gloomy in the future──

But it was impossible for her to pray for Sirius to lose the duel.

In short, it was her fault of being lazy back then, what else could she say?

"Snotlite, are you ready to die?" Sirius sneered.

Snape held his wand indifferently. "The rules say you can't put someone to death—even though I'd love to..."

"I think you should be grateful they added that rule, Snivel," Sirius said maliciously. "Otherwise I would absolutely do—"

Snape snorted instead. "I don't think you're brave enough, Black, after all—" He squinted at Sirius. "You only dare to ask your werewolf friend to do it for you..."

Sirius' face darkened in an instant, and his voice squeezed out from between his teeth. "I warn you, snot-nosed—this has nothing to do with Remus..."

"It's up to you whether or not you decide..." Snape smirked. "A werewolf hid in the school and almost killed another student...but obviously it wasn't his fault, and had nothing to do with him—" He paused, drawing out his tone. "Indeed—persuasive."

Sirius gripped his wand tightly, feeling the veins pop on his forehead.

He wanted to throw away his wand right now and teach Snape a lesson in the most savage way possible, but before he could actually put it into practice, little Crouch announced the salute.

Squeezing out a perfect smile, he bowed slightly. "You asked for it, snotty—"

Snape didn't reply, and bowed very slightly, the two turned their backs to each other, took three steps back, turned again, the two faced each other, each wishing to kill each other with their eyes──

"start!"