[HP] Can you be gentle with me

The next morning, Tahlia opened her eyes naturally.

It took her a while to realize that the place she was lying in was not the quiet little room, but the Hogwarts dungeon.

Yeah, she's back here again.

The wand was placed by the bedside, and Tahlia touched it as soon as she reached out, and she grasped it tightly.

It's as if holding it like this gave her an indescribable power. Sure enough, this is what she should have done in the first place. If she hadn't at that time—

No, it's time to stop thinking about it.

Tahlia sat up straight, washed quickly, put on her robe and walked out of the bedroom, then opened the office door.

"I thought you'd go to bed later."

Tahlia's body still gripping the doorknob froze for a moment, then she told herself to relax. "I thought you wouldn't wait here."

"I promised." The owner of the voice moved over and stood by his side. "Until you can walk the castle alone, I will help you."

"...Are you so leisurely?" Tahlia said casually, but she still walked slowly following the sound of the other person's footsteps.

"Don't forget that you are my teaching assistant, Tahlia." A familiar, but more soft voice than in memory came to my ears leisurely. "I need you in my class."

Tahlia froze for a few seconds, and then stammered. "I... I thought I didn't have to—" He said, but immediately shut his mouth.

What she said didn't make sense at all...she was a teaching assistant—she was obliged to help Snape, and she would feel that there was nothing wrong with her before, just because he took back his homework and corrected it himself.

"It's okay... just pretend I didn't say—" she changed her words. "What do you need me to do?"

"Keep an eye on the students' cauldrons for me." The corners of Snape's mouth curled up slightly, but he held back just in time to keep from revealing a satisfied tone.

Tahlia blinked. "Looking at their cauldron?" She paused, not expecting to wait until Snape realized his mistake and changed his words, before speaking dryly again. "You... you know that I can't see-- don't you?"

"But you can hear me." Snape said with a deep smile. "You are now almost relying on the sound to identify the direction. Even if I have good eyesight, it is difficult to take care of everything in the smoky situation. I should never underestimate the brain structure of those students, but now you are not affected by those vapors. impact." He paused, pulling the dazed Tahlia past her to prevent her from bumping into a group of Gryffindor students popping up ahead, scowling. "Five points deducted from Gryffindor, five points each." He said coldly, completely different from the tone he had just given to Tahlia.But it didn't make any difference to the frightened group of students who didn't dare to move, after all, they had never heard Snape speak anything other than sarcasm.

"Teach...professor!" One of the students couldn't help protesting, they were just passing by and didn't do anything at all! "We—"

"Intent to offend the professor," Snape said coldly. "If you don't go, I'll have to give Gryffindor an extra point for blocking the corridor—"

The Gryffindors ran away in an instant.

Hey──Wait...

Professor Snape was leading a woman just now, right?

The kind where one hand holds the other, holding a woman!

No... It must be their eyesight, or the way they got up today is not right──

"You're still tough on them..." Tahlia said quietly, tugging slightly, but then embarrassed to find that Snape's grip was so tight that she couldn't break free easily. "Severus...let go."

The hand was released immediately.

"Back to the topic just now." Snape said quietly, without any fluctuation in tone, giving the illusion that he had done nothing at all just now.He kept walking, and didn't speak again until Tahlia followed. "Only you can stop them the moment you hear any unexpected sound."

Tahlia opened her mouth, then closed it again.

"I think you can do it."

"...you overestimate me." Tahlia said dryly. "It's hard for me to go at all right now—"

"I do think you underestimate yourself," Snape said slowly. "Even with your eyesight, you're still a mighty witch, Tahlia."

Tahlia opened her mouth, but no sound came out, and the two fell silent at the same time.

Fortunately, this awkward atmosphere didn't last long, and Tahlia suppressed the sudden beating of her heart without much thought, and after a while, they stepped into the hall.

At this time, many students were already enjoying their breakfast, and not many people noticed the two people who walked into the hall at this time. To be more precise, even if someone noticed, they would have noticed that one of the people who came was Snape. Quickly look away, for fear of meeting the eyes of that stern man, this day is not going to be a good one.

Because of this, the students didn't notice until the meal time was about to end that someone finally sat in the seat of the Potions Assistant who had disappeared for a long time next to the Potions Professor, and it was after the headmaster abnormally got up to speak during the breakfast time.

"As you can see," Dumbledore announced. "This is Professor Watson."

The noisy students suddenly quieted down and stared blankly ahead.

Tahlia didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, and then gestured to the man in black robe beside her. After a while, the two walked out of the hall one after the other under the gaze of almost all the students in the school.

Then everyone's eyes fell on Nigel, who was said to be the son of Professor Watson.

Nigel felt very uncomfortable, his whole face collapsed, he didn't intend to respond to those gazes at all, he hurriedly finished the last few mouthfuls of food, then threw his backpack on his shoulder, and ran out of the hall in a hurry.He doesn't intend to stay there any longer and be watched by everyone...

And he is in a bad mood now, not only because he heard the news of Derek's death, but he can't say what the reason is, he only knows that after seeing Tahlia appearing behind the darkness and sitting together, he thought it was a delicious breakfast In an instant, there was no taste at all, and the already bad mood became even worse.

That's right...he's very unhappy right now──

To make matters worse, he found out right away that their second year's Potions class was on the first day of school, and it was the first...

Nigel's face became even more stinky, and he walked forward angrily, venting all his anger on the castle floor, the sound of footsteps echoing in the corridor.

"Is it Nigel?"

Nigel stopped abruptly and turned around in a daze. "Mom?" He just opened his mouth, and then his face sank again because of the man behind Tahlia, but fortunately she couldn't see it now. "I mean...professor."

Tahlia was also obviously taken aback for a moment, and seemed to realize that under the current situation, Nigel should indeed call her a professor. "Uh... what are you doing here alone?"

"Wait, it's our Potions class," Nigel replied, trying to ignore the man as much as possible. "Tahlia...will you go too?" It's best not to let Tahlia help him with anything in the dark, she can't see now, what if she gets hurt by the potion blown up by her classmates ──

"Of course I'll go." Nigel's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide because he was so shocked by Tahlia's words. "I'm a teaching assistant."

He glared at Snape with unabashed viciousness.

As if sensing Nigel's reaction now, Tahlia blinked, then smiled. "Don't worry, I don't think I'll be affected by second-year potions. Severus didn't ask me to do anything beyond my ability."

Nigel looked at Tahlia for a moment, and then his face turned terrified.

When did Tahlia start calling black names?when!And he had no idea that Snape had become able to hang around Tahlia!Obviously during the summer vacation, she was always thinking of ways to get Hei Qiqi out of their shop!

"Tahlia..."

"We're going there too, do you want to come with us?"

Nigel closed his mouth, but Tahlia blocked what he was about to say. He gave a small answer, then reached out to grab her and walked towards the cellar, without any intention of waiting for the man behind him.

"Nigel, you..." Tahlia was dragged forward in an instant. "I told you to slow down too—"

Nigel didn't speak, and his speed didn't slow down at all, trying to get rid of the annoying man who followed behind him slowly, but he just continued to follow them shamelessly!Did he think he would get lost here?

He glanced back at Snape angrily.

And then suddenly he misses Derek...

Tears suddenly welled up in his eyes, and he turned his head to face the front, desperately trying not to let the liquid flow out of his eyes, and raised his left hand to wipe them away in a cover-up manner.

He didn't sleep almost all night. He couldn't believe it at all, but he just smiled and said goodbye in the morning... He really couldn't believe that Derek was killed in such a short time...

How is it possible──

It doesn't make sense anyway──

He sniffed and wiped away the tears that were about to fall again.

"Nigel?"

Nigel sneezed on purpose, then justifiably sniffed again. "Looks like I didn't cover myself up last night—"

In any case, he must not be sad in front of Tahlia, otherwise she will feel even more uncomfortable. Even though Tahlia was smiling last night, the sadness that was revealed all over her body almost made him breathless. He knew that at that time Everyone present felt it──no, who cares if Snape felt it or not, after all, he had to take care of her, and if Derek wasn't around, he was the only one who could take care of her──

"Nigel—"

"I'll cover the quilt in the future." Nigel squeezed Tahlia's hand hard, as if doing so would transfer the warmth from his palm to her and make her palm warmer.

"Don't catch a cold..."

"I'll pay attention—Tahlia." Nigel said firmly, and after a slight pause, he said again. "I'll go find you in the morning, no matter where you are going, I will take you there!"

Tahlia froze for a few seconds. "You have to go to class!" she said angrily. "Besides, I don't necessarily need someone to take—"

"You let him take it!"

Tahlia shuts her mouth.

A burst of embarrassment quickly spread to her and the man who had been following behind. After a while, she coughed dryly and said. "Nigel, he's the professor—"

"I forgot."

Tahlia blinked, then suddenly realized that Nigel had just literally insulted Snape!Damn...

Carefully turning her head and trying to face the silent man behind her, trying to stop, but helplessly pulling her child is now higher than her, she can't help but smile bitterly, it seems that she has become more and more unable to stop this situation recently ──

But Snape still didn't say anything.

Are you mad?She doesn't know what the man's expression is now, but he doesn't respond at all, making it impossible for her to judge his current emotions from his tone.

But really mad, right?

Look at the previous group of students who didn't do anything and were inexplicably deducted points by him. Nigel's attitude just now is more than ten times worse than theirs──

If he kept talking to Snape like this... Merlin, Snape would never let him go--

Wait, which house did Nigel say they won the House Cup last year?

"Mr. Snape."

As expected...

Then Tahlia found it took her a while to realize that when Snape said Mr. Snape he meant Nigel.

Then, she suddenly remembered a fact that made her feel extremely frightened──

Damn it...Mr Snape—

Mr. Snape-

How did she call him before...?