[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Recently, Tahlia and Snape's interaction can be said to be very close.

Even closer than when they were still in school.

From time to time, the two of them can be seen going in and out of the hall together, although one always looks cautious and the other looks expressionless, but this does not prevent the rest of them from seeing that the two of them get along well.

The result is that as long as these two people appear together, all the students will definitely avoid it. After all, no one would want to face the two most feared professors in the whole school. Fortunately, the two of them always appear together, at least It is enough to face the cold air once, and you will not encounter two or three times a day without warning.

"Severus, the potion you mentioned last time, did it really exist? Where did you see it?"

Snape's office in the basement seemed to be getting crowded. Considering that almost all of their appointments for discussions were here, they were only supposed to discuss the syllabus, but after the syllabus discussion came to an end, Snape seemed to be completely aroused When they became interested, they would often ask Tahlia to come over, and almost any subject was used as a topic of discussion—except for flying, which the two of them were also not good at.

Sometimes their discussions would lead to small talk, sometimes not, but Tahlia was content.

She never thought that one day Snape would chat with her so easily, and Snape almost answered every question, except for some taboo topics that neither of them would mention, such as Lily's death, Or the matter of Sirius, James and others, such as today──

"I'm surprised you haven't heard of it," Snape said casually, standing up and walking to his bookcase, pulling out a book and placing it in front of Tahlia.

Tahlia glanced over, unable to help being surprised. "This is a children's book..." And it's a Muggle children's book.She suddenly remembered seeing Snape huddled in the library reading a book when she was in primary school.

"But the potion written in it is real," Snape said slowly. "I once made—"

"You said that this legendary potion that can cure any symptoms has been made by you?" Tahlia exclaimed. How powerful was Snape's potion, to make such a potion that only appeared in children's books without even recording the recipe.

"Only once," Snape said darkly. "Unfortunately, that bottle of potion didn't stay—" And he also made that bottle of potion that he thought was just a myth at first.

"Not being able to stay means—"

Snape turned his head sharply, staring at Tahlia. "With your IQ, you shouldn't even be able to figure out the answer to this question."

"Oh." Tahlia responded blankly.

It must have been taken by Voldemort, such an obvious answer can be obtained without thinking too much, Tahlia felt that she was probably still in shock at Snape's potion talent just now, so she blurted out this without thinking at all This kind of question will definitely be answered with impatience.

"Then... have you tried to make it again?" She asked again timidly.

"Yes, but all failed." Snape replied flatly. "However, Wolfsbane Potion has been successfully improved──"

"Ah, so you mean that you accidentally succeeded in the legendary potion in the process of improving Wolfsbane potion?" This was another accident. I didn't expect that Snape didn't give up on improving Wolfsbane potion. Thinking that since their fifth grade he knew of Remus' identity as a werewolf, he would never have any contact with anything related to werewolves.

Snape nodded slowly. "The Potions Association has recognized the effectiveness of this potion, but because the production method is too complicated, and the failed product is very toxic, it is not allowed to be marketed."

"It's a pity..." Tahlia said regretfully, although even if it is really on the market, the price of the potion must be very expensive, and it may not really benefit other people.

"You're thinking right now, if it's really on the market, Lupine can be used, am I right?" Snape said abruptly.

Tahlia froze for a moment, and that was enough for Snape to get an answer.

"You know it wasn't his fault."

Snape snorted. "Of course it's not his fault, ah, look at how kind Lupine is, he didn't even dare to kill an ant, how could he almost kill his classmate──"

"You also said it was almost killed, not killed—" Tahlia said casually. "You're still standing here." Live well. "Although when he transforms into a werewolf, he'll tear you in half within an inch—" Tahlia snapped her mouth shut, but it was too late.

"Tell me, it's less than an inch." Sure enough, Snape narrowed his eyes and spoke slowly, with an unusually soft tone, revealing a dangerous gentleness. "I'm curious how you knew how close he was to me? Since I'm sure you weren't there—"

"Uh..." Tahlia swallowed uncomfortable being stared at. "James told me—"

"Really..." Snape scowled. "He's quite proud. How did he tell you? How he heroically rescued me from his good friend?"

"Actually, he never showed that off." Tahlia frowned. "But forget it... let's not continue this topic, shall we?"

That's right, like now.

As long as a little bit about Sirius and James was mentioned, Snape's temper would become extremely bad, and his words against them were also extremely sharp. Anyway, Tahlia already knew that it was impossible for them to coexist peacefully.

At least he and himself are getting along pretty well now?

He sighed heavily. "I said...do you want to study the potion again?" She looked up, staring straight at Snape, who seemed to have no intention of continuing the topic just now. "Maybe I can help too?"

"I seriously doubt that," Snape said flatly.

"Okay…" Tahlia shrugged.Anyway, she just said that she still has this self-knowledge. If Snape said that her potion was ranked second, then no one has the right to say that she is the first. She never thought that Snape would be in the potion need her help-

Standing up, Tahlia packed her things and answered Snape's puzzled look. "I have to go back and see Harry..." Before she could finish, she closed her mouth again.

This is also an embarrassing topic to bring up.

"Uh...I mean—" Tahlia began dryly. "I have some papers to revise—"

Snape didn't say anything, just nodded hastily, pointed to the door to let her leave on her own, then lowered her head and buried her head in the pile of papers that had been stacked high on his desk just now, apparently also a thick copy of a student's thesis of parchment.

Tahlia returned to her office, walked into her room further inside, and saw Harry sitting on the ground quietly and obediently, with a few dolls beside him, as soon as he heard the sound of the door being opened, he immediately turned his head and saw that it was Tahlia Then he stood up immediately and walked to her as fast as he could.

"Tahli!" He shouted happily, tilted his head to think for a moment, turned around again, squatted down carefully, grabbed one of the dolls, and brought it to Tahlia. "Play."

Tahlia smiled, took out her wand and let the doll float in the air, circling around Harry's body, making him giggle, trying to keep up with the speed of the doll's movement but couldn't, the slow-moving movement seemed very slow is cute.

"Tahli──" Harry finally protested after being unable to grab the doll several times, and Tahlia made the doll stop in front of him for him to hug.

"Why are you nervous? I won't snatch it away..." She chuckled. "That's what baby Draco gave you?"

Harry didn't fully understand Tahlia's words, he just opened his eyes wide and held the doll tightly in his arms, his eyes seemed a little wronged, which made Tahlia dumbfounded.

"Okay, you can continue playing──" Patting Harry's head, Tahlia walked out of the inner room, but did not close the door, sat back at her desk, took a deep breath, pulled out a paper, and began to grade stand up.

The one Anderson turned in was still blank.

To be honest, Tahlia had no idea how to deal with him, it was her own fault, the fact that she killed his father.So she has no right to condemn Anderson's behavior at all──

But what method should she use to tell him that not only did his current childish revenge not threaten her, but he himself gave up the opportunity to study...

Even as a professor, she is not qualified.

It seems that she can't do anything ideally... No, maybe she is only good at being Voldemort's subordinate, otherwise she wouldn't make Anderson hate her like that, let alone make Snape shed tears of anger at her. She swore never to forgive her—

He said he would never forgive her.

Originally, she believed it deeply, but his recent behavior made her doubt it.He doubted how serious he was when he said those words. After all, if Snape really didn't intend to forgive himself, wouldn't it be possible for him to interact with him these days?

She was sure of that, Snape never wasted time on people he hated, just look at his attitude towards Sirius and the others earlier, he hated them, so he ignored them - unless they provoked them.

Thinking of this, the stone that had been hanging in my heart was slowly put down.

So she shouldn't worry so much.

smile.

The next day, Tahlia left Anderson behind.

He seemed sick of being alone with Tahlia, glaring at her angrily.

"Confinement, Mr. Anderson," Tahlia said after a long silence.

And apparently that's what Anderson's been waiting for—asking Tahlia to put him in detention, and he almost jumps up. "Ha! Are you guilty of punishing me?"

Tahlia flatly spread out the blank parchments accumulated over the past few weeks on the table. "Because you never turned in your homework properly."

Anderson's eyes widened. "Just because of this?" He looked in disbelief. "This is revenge! You deliberately made things difficult for me──"

"Before you say that I deliberately made things difficult for you, first of all you have to abide by the rules, and don't always create countless reasons for me to punish you." Tahlia said coldly. "Malicious absenteeism, or non-cooperation in class, insulting the professor, plus—" pointing to the parchment on the table. "Turning in a blank paper for no reason—that's enough to keep you locked up until the end of the semester, Mr. Anderson."

Anderson was silent.

"Think about it for yourself... your behavior doesn't affect me at all—" Tahlia continued, ignoring Anderson's glare at her at the words. "But it will have a great impact on you... Not only will you waste time in confinement, but you will also lose the opportunity to study—you will have to admit sooner or later that you can't resist me now." She said flatly. "If you really want to avenge your father so much, let yourself grow up, instead of wasting energy here to make some protests that don't hurt at all to me."

"Are you admitting it?"