[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Soon enough, it had been a long time since Nigel walked into their club borrowed classroom and sat down under the watchful eyes of a small group of stunned seniors, the snow had all melted and the weather had turned warm , June has always been Nigel's favorite month, because Tahlia's birthday is in June!

The members of the club accepted him sooner than he thought, and his opinions were included in the research, sometimes the experiment would be successful...but most of the time it was a failure──

Nigel was able to see what the real potion research was, which was completely different from following the recipes left by his predecessors.

Even if you have clearly studied the characteristics of each potion material and the effect or reaction they will have after mixing, when you actually improve or invent new potions, you will often get results that exceed their calculations and are more accurate To be honest, most of the results are not satisfactory.

Then they can only improve and improve again-until the cauldron finally doesn't explode, or the liquid inside doesn't look like a moving disgusting creature, they will cheer a little, although that doesn't mean they succeeded , You have to really test the effect of the finished product.

Look, even though they have a party almost every night, it has been almost half a year now, and they have successfully researched only one potion, and they have to be busy writing a very rigorous article for the only successful potion. In the thesis, each step must be carefully proofread repeatedly, and the characteristic analysis of each medicinal material and the effect of the mixture must be written in full, and even the reasons for each action they decide to take must be written and put forward ideas and arguments. After they are all completed, they can be sent to the Potions Association for review.

This kept Nigel very busy.

Now he doesn't even have time to help Cedric find data. He spends almost the whole night in the research classroom, and during the day he has to attend classes and do homework... But Cedric performed very well in the second level, He rescued that Ravenclaw senior from the bottom of the lake only an hour later than the stipulated time.

Nigel didn't tell Tahlia that he was personally recommended by Snape to join the club. He struggled for a while, but in the end he didn't write about it. He only told her what was going on in the club, and what The senior sisters respect everyone's trivial matters... In the reply letter he received the next day, he also got Tahlia's affirmative encouragement as he expected.

Soon the three contestants will proceed to the final level.

This means he can go back soon!It's been a long, long time since he's seen Tahlia...he misses her, and of course Derek.

So this caused him to look forward to the holiday all the time during these days, and he didn't even object to Hermione starting to sternly urge her good classmates to study for the final exam, which made Draco take the opportunity to tease him, saying that he He had already been led by the nose by Hermione...

But he doesn't have it?

He simply likes this senior with a strong desire for knowledge. When she talks about certain academic topics, he will think of Tahlia in the past when she was still able to see her, holding a book and facing her. He told stories with Harry.

He just felt that Hermione was kind to him, that's all...

Thinking about it, he just smiled and perfunctory, and continued to immerse himself in his potion research and final review.But he didn't know—it should be said that no one else knew that there was another person in this school who was also looking forward to the holiday, and that person's name was Severus Snape.

He sat stiffly on the teacher's long table, and glanced sharply at the students in the audience. Today is the day for the third task. If he finds that these people are distracted in anticipation of the evening game If anything happens, he will let them be confinement from the beginning of the next school year until the end of the school year.

I don't know when it started, but the child who fell on Nigel looked a lot more, and he immediately realized the reason. Recently, there has been a news circulating in the school that Nigel is actually the son of Tahlia Watson who mysteriously disappeared a year ago. Snape knew This was absolutely true, but the students didn't know it, and only occasionally gathered in twos and threes in the corridor, watching Nigel openly as he passed by.

Although it didn't seem to bother the person concerned, Snape still didn't like the way the students were staring at Nigel like they were looking at some kind of rare creature.

Merlin knew how much he wanted to go straight up, grab those students by their collars and growl, that's right! Nigel is Tahlia's son, and his own!Put away these impolite gazes!

As long as they knew Nigel's outstanding performance in the Potion Research Society, no one would doubt it. It was his child—his and Tahlia's child.

He has already planned to follow the students to leave the school by train this year, and if it goes well, he will be able to follow Nigel's footsteps and find Tahlia.

He wouldn't ask Nigel to tell him that no matter what his role was, he shouldn't force Nigel to do anything he didn't want to do, but it was still an indisputable fact that he could only contact Tahlia through Nigel.

The third task was not important to him at all. In the evening, a large group of students sat excitedly in the stands, but after the three contestants entered the maze, they could only stare blankly at the central field, No one could see what was going on inside, and it didn't take long for them to chat in small groups, waiting for the champion to walk out with the trophy in every possible way.

Snape's eyes remained on Nigel in the stands to the right.

Two lines representing the colors of their academy were painted on his small cheeks, and his short, smooth black hair was blown up from time to time in the cooler night wind.

Snape stared straight at him.Watching him laugh at the twins' joke, watching him whisper something in Draco's ear, watching him sneeze suddenly...

Subconsciously, he wanted to take out a bottle of potion from his bosom, and stood up slightly──

But also stopped immediately.

No, he was making too much of a fuss...

Nigel just rubbed his nose, then smiled and rejoined the chatting friends with his red nose.

Snape withdrew his hand and sat back on the chair without a trace...

That's what a normal kid should do, isn't it?He doesn't need to think as much as he used to in school, nor does he need to bear the huge pressure like Tahlia.

And these lives were brought to them by her.

He will find her.

Let her see with her own eyes how beautiful Hogwarts is now, and let her know what she got in exchange for her hard work...

A few hours later, after Viktor Krum walked out of the maze with the trophy in one hand and Cedric Diggory in the other, the third mission was finally officially over. The undisputed champion was Krum, although this seemed to disappoint Nigel and the others, but Snape had to Not acknowledging Krum's excellent ability is definitely an advantage in this maze, especially the young man's scores were the highest in the previous tasks.

A few days later, the students of the two schools left, and Snape had already packed his things, shrunk them down to the size of a suitcase, and followed a group of students on the train back home.

He randomly picked a car and walked in, and then he suddenly realized that he hadn't taken the school express for many years... This made him stand in front of the sliding door for a moment, and suddenly the car of the student days appeared in his mind A scene full of students.

At that time, he was sitting by the window, and the person sitting next to him was Tahlia.

She was sitting next to her, chatting happily with Black and his group, Lily was sitting opposite, smiling at them both gently, and she even gave herself the biscuits she made herself...

Snape slowly closed his eyes, at this moment, he just wanted to remember well, and nothing could disturb him──

boom!

Snape opened his eyes angrily, and the warm image just now disappeared without a trace the moment the explosive sound reached his ears. He turned around angrily, stepped into the corridor in a gust of wind, and quickly found the source of the explosion. The originator of the sound.

"Mr. Weasley." He gritted his teeth and forced his voice out between his teeth. "I'm looking forward to your explanation, making a... explosion on the train? You should be glad the semester is over now—"

"Snape...Professor?" The twins stared at Snape with their mouths open, astonished, as if they hadn't expected him to appear on the train.

"We... that wasn't an explosion, sir," one of them said in a daze, and Snape never quite figured out how they looked different.

"So can you tell me, how did the noise that could be heard by the whole train just now come from?" Snape asked viciously.

"That's nothing but an exploding card! Sir! It's impossible for the whole train to hear—"

Snape narrowed his eyes, staring at the twins. "Explosive card?" After a long time, he said softly. "The train hasn't even moved, and most of the students haven't settled down yet, and you two are interested in playing Explosion?" He took a step forward, and the twins stepped back, Snape's lips curled up coldly. "What are you hiding?"

"No." The twins said in unison, answering very quickly.

So obviously something is wrong, isn't it?

Snape shoved the twins unceremoniously, walked straight ahead, and...

"Nigel?" He couldn't hold back his surprise for a moment, and blurted out.What did the kid just do?I saw Nigel standing alone in the box with a calm expression. If he was not holding a large black unknown object in his hand, he would almost think that what the twins said was true...

"Oh." Nigel said lightly. "I didn't know you could take a train, sir."

Snape didn't answer, just asked again slowly. "what have you done?"

"It's already a holiday, sir." Nigel said blankly, tossing the ball aside, but still answered Snape's question. "We're working on it."

Snape frowned, and his eyes fell on the unknown object unconsciously. "What are you studying?"

"Fireworks."

Merlin!

The twins who were still standing in the hallway gasped in shock at Nigel's unabashed answer, that was Snape!And Nigel dared to say it so directly...

Oh, someone will kill them - no, Snape will kill them without anyone needing to kill them...

It's not that Snape didn't hear the exclamation of the twins behind him, but he doesn't have the time to pay attention to them both right now. "Then?"

"And it failed." Nigel said flatly, shrugging indifferently.He raised his head slowly and stared at Snape, that gaze made Snape feel an inexplicable guilty feeling for a moment.

Snape put aside the emotion in his heart and raised one eyebrow slightly.

"Why did you get on the train?" Nigel whispered, slower than anything he'd said before. "professor."

Snape's eyes widened involuntarily.

The child in front of him deliberately slowed down his tone, as well as the confidence that he seemed to have the answer in his heart, everything was very much like his usual self... This feeling is really weird, and now he seems to be questioned by himself...

"Professors don't usually leave by train, sir..." Nigel smiled suddenly. "I know they can just leave by the fireplace." He paused for a moment, then continued after Snape pursed his lips and didn't intend to answer anything. "Are you... planning something?"

Thinking about something...?

There was indeed a special reason for Snape to squeeze himself onto this train full of students.

Maybe he shouldn't be surprised that Nigel figured it out on his own, the kid had always been smart, he'd inherited his mother's mind perfectly, the only difference was that the kid wasn't as focused on his studies as Tahlia was.Even so, this did not prevent him from getting the first place in the grade at the end of the semester.

"If my answer is yes, what would you do?" Snape asked quietly after a long time.

"It can't be done." Nigel was still smiling, he knew what was going to happen, but he didn't want to reveal it to Snape. "I thought you said you wouldn't use me to find Tahlia."

Snape frowned. "Listen, Nigel—you can't always make me your enemy."

"I don't, sir." Nigel's smile was perfect, but not at all. "Trust me...I didn't."

Snape frowned even more, but was momentarily unsure of what to say.

Then came the frolicking from far to near behind, although the small group of people stopped suddenly after seeing themselves in the box.

"Snape...Professor?" It was Potter's voice.

"Professor... the train is about to leave, you don't want to sit with us?" Nigel said aloud.

Snape scowled, and finally gave Nigel an incomprehensible look, then quickly turned around, pushed aside a group of Gryffindors blocking the door—plus a Slytherin, and returned to his box.