[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Nigel could very well be... his child?

And what kind of failed potion did he drink before, so that he kept ignoring this seemingly obvious conclusion now?

Of course Snape couldn't ask Tahlia directly, and even if he did, he wouldn't get any answers - at least he knew that.

He had to find out for himself.

…Perhaps he had to find an opportunity to question Black alone?

Yes, he should, but not now.

The most important thing for him to do now is to get a good night's sleep—it's impossible for him to tire himself out and make Tahlia worry...

Snape froze suddenly.

Is Tahlia worried?

And now he just feels that he is not qualified to have her care──

Snape walked into the bedroom with some dismay, pushed open the bathroom door, and slowly stood in front of the mirror, propping up the washstand with both hands.

He suddenly wondered if he should continue pestering Tahlia──

The face in the mirror looked back at him.

That face looked haggard, perhaps because he hadn't slept well for several days, his eyes were bloodshot and lifeless──

He never thought that anyone would have the slightest affection for him. Along the way, he never cared about others' perceptions, nor did he care whether his behavior would offend anyone. He can even say with certainty that no one has ever like myself.

But Tahlia...

Snape looked straight at himself in the mirror.

He never thought about it, huh? Tahlia is very capable and excellent, even, she knows much more than herself in many aspects──

How could she fall in love with him?What's more, he didn't show any kindness to her from the beginning──

And why... I unconsciously wanted to be by Tahlia's side forever?

Snape stared hard at the mirror, even the man in the mirror stared at him too.

"What exactly do you want to do?" he asked.

In the past few days, Tahlia felt a little weird, but she couldn't tell what was weird...

No, it wouldn't be because Quirrell had been unconscious in the hospital wing for almost a week while she was teaching the kids.

Of course it wouldn't be because Draco dragged Harry into his office this weekend, nagging and telling her everything that happened to them this week, even Harry's words were opened, you know, Harry seldom talked to her all this time──

The only deep talk he'd ever sat in front of her was the one she'd told him about Voldemort and the prophecy.

Tahlia knew that Harry must have sensed that he was different from Nigel, and that he was always afraid that he would leave him and take Nigel alone—

And he was right to be worried, if she left after the matter was over, she would definitely only take Nigel with her.

She thought she had fulfilled the obligation she had promised Lily.

She protected Harry from growing up, and told him everything, now that he has entered school, he will have his friends, friends who can make him care, and Sirius will treat him well, and they will live well──

──After she killed Voldemort, they would live happily ever after.

And after that, it didn't matter at all whether she stayed by his side or continued to stay in the magic world.

So, in fact, Tahlia felt very relieved, seeing that the relationship between Harry and Draco hadn't changed at all because of the difference in the college, and even the two Gryffindor children who came with Harry on the weekend were very innocent and cute.

She knew Ron a long time ago, she knew he was a simple child, a child with a pure heart, and seeing him hold back his displeasure even though he didn't like Draco very much, sitting by pouting and listening to them, she knew he was more or less listening. What I said to him before, at least he will not give up the opportunity to understand him because of his prejudice at the beginning.

And the other person is a girl.

Tahlia knew that the little brown-haired witch had been peeking at her curiously during the school opening feast.

She sort of understood now why Nigel was so impressed with this girl, she knew it the moment she saw Hermione.

For some reason, Tahlia always felt that the look in Hermione's eyes that was eager to explore this magical world was very similar to her original self.

Curious about everything in the wizarding world, eager to learn more and get in touch, like a water bottle that can never be filled.

But she was wrong.

Sighing softly, Tahlia crossed out a line of wrong sentences in the paper the students had handed in, and wrote the correct answer aside.

If she had lived her life peacefully back then, without meddling in other people's affairs, and without always thinking about gaining others' approval, perhaps her life now would be much simpler and purer.

When no one else exists, if you don't put your feelings on anyone, of course no one will be able to hurt her... right?

Then, she shouldn't find it weird because of Snape's weird behavior, right? No, it's not weird... It's just that he often falls silent after seeing himself appearing recently.

This is very wrong, in her impression, Snape will definitely react in some way after meeting her, whether it's disgust or something, or say something, whether it's sarcasm or pleasant... In short, it's not like now Just looking at her quietly like this, without saying a word.

Tahlia soon discovered that she was gradually unable to tell herself that Snape was still thinking of revenge on her, because no matter how much she observed, she couldn't find any trace of Snape trying to hurt her.This is bad, very bad...

She felt that she had really been in comfort too long.

Perhaps it was also because of this that she felt that Voldemort's thoughts had become difficult to guess. It wasn't that his thoughts had become complicated, but that she herself had become dull.

This is really bad.

Therefore, Tahlia has been absent-minded for the past few days, until the moment before she and Snape went to Black's old house together, she was still frowning, as if worrying about something.

"what happened?"

Tahlia glanced at Snape nonchalantly, but didn't answer.

What else can happen?

Tahlia was suddenly annoyed, turned around and grabbed a handful of floo powder and threw it into the fireplace forcefully. This rude action caused a large pile of powder to be filled in the air, causing her to cough uncontrollably A few times.Even so, she managed to call out her destination ─ though her voice was a little hoarse. "Black's old house." Then he deliberately stepped into the flames that burst out in an instant, leaving Snape standing there with a dazed expression.

This caused her to feel unsteady the moment she stepped out of Black's fireplace.

"Hey, be careful—"

A pair of hands supported her body steadily, and a familiar voice came into her ears.

"Good morning," Tahlia said with a smile.

Sirius shot Tahlia an annoyed look. "It's almost noon now, Tahlia... What's more, is there anything that you must talk to me face to face?" Although he would never refuse Tahlia's request, when he saw Tahlia's letter, he still There is a very uneasy feeling.

It was as if Tahlia was about to do something dangerous again.

"Also, have you recovered from your injury?" He continued to ask, while trying to pull up Tahlia's sleeve, he remembered that when Tahlia came over not long ago, he injured his arm──

"If her injury is still not healed, and you carelessly touch her like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to heal the wound no matter how much time I give her, Black."

Sirius withdrew his hand as if being scalded, but immediately came back to his senses, glaring angrily at the man in black robe who had already stepped out of the fireplace in his house, and squeezed out a word through his tightly clenched teeth. out. "You didn't say this guy was coming too, Tahlia."

"I didn't say it first because I knew you would react like this." Tahlia didn't seem to take the atmosphere that the two of them seemed to be fighting at any moment into mind at all, and just shrugged indifferently. "I didn't have nothing to do to let him come here, Sirius."

Sirius still maintained his previous posture, standing straight, as if he was going to rush forward and throw Snape on the ground and beat him up, but Tahlia wasn't really worried about this happening...

Sirius has never been the kind of brainless idiot, although most of the time he is a straightforward person, but when encountering certain things he values, he is also very able to suppress his emotions──

So she was already sitting comfortably on the side, watching the two people's swords being drawn with interest, but the corners of her mouth unconsciously curled up as if she was watching a good show.

Sure enough, after a few minutes, Sirius relaxed his tense body from just now, walked slowly to his seat and sat down, and waved at Snape with an impatient face, asking him to find Sitting in a seat, then turned to look at Tahlia, and spoke. "Sometimes I just want to just knock him out—you know he's been a jerk, don't you?" He didn't lower his voice at all, and didn't even bother to see if the words reached Snape.

So what if Snape heard it anyway?He just wanted the guy to hear it.This is his family, forgive him for not daring to do anything, at most a few words of sarcasm, such as greeting his IQ, or belittling his behavior in disdain—he can easily recite some words.

"Maybe..." Tahlia murmured, but Sirius didn't really pay attention to what she said, and now he was only concentrating on what might happen next.

But nothing happened.

Sirius turned his head in disbelief, and was taken aback by the emotion in Snape's eyes that he had never seen before.

Is that regret?sad?still……

Merlin.

It's not that Sirius doesn't know how to read people's faces, it's just that he never bothers to do that, and he doesn't want to guess what the Slytherins are thinking, but that doesn't mean that he really can't tell the situation at all, and he can't read words and expressions. In his cognition, right is right and wrong is wrong. There is no need for him to cater to the expectations imposed on him by his parents, nor is there any need to pretend to be a good son loved by his parents.

...In fact, he always understood, he always knew what kind of conflicted feelings his parents had for him, and what he had been working hard all his life was to prove to them that he did not follow what they had arranged for him. Ideal roads can live just as well, if not better.

He couldn't mistake Snape's expression.

Snape seemed to agree with what he had just said.

Sirius frowned.

It was weird, Snape wouldn't agree so easily with what he said, especially if it was just a joke - something Snape should have refuted.

But he didn't.

Sirius looked at Tahlia silently.

Did she see it?

Did she see the emotion in Snape's eyes?Even now that Snape had returned to his usual stern face, even Sirius had a slight suspicion that he had just read it wrong.

But did she see it?About Snape showing such emotion to her-