[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Tahlia stared blankly at the ceiling.

At this moment, she was lying on her own bed. Usually, the big soft bed in the school would make her fall asleep quickly, but tonight it was useless.

A burst of moisture lubricated her cheeks and sank into her hair, which reminded her that she had to take a bath first.

Yes, what she needs most right now is a good shower and sleep.

And when she woke up tomorrow, nothing had happened, she hadn't seen Voldemort, and she hadn't seen Mr. Malfoy's diary.

That's it.

Staggering into the bathroom, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of himself in the mirror.

She thought she would see herself with red and swollen eyes.

But at this time, the reflection in the mirror is as calm as usual, it seems that only the tears flowed just now, if the tear stains on her face were not still there, she would have thought that the drops of water on her face she felt at that time were an illusion .

This is unexpected...

Turning on the faucet, there was more splashing sound of water in the originally quiet space, so I felt a little more energetic, I splashed some water on my face, and when I looked up again, even the tear stains disappeared.

Tahlia blinked.

The face in the mirror is still the same, but only she knows that it is absolutely impossible for her now to be the same as before.

Depression is enough.

Besides the question is always there, maybe she'll have to Gryffindor once—

It's not that hard, right?Think of Severus... think of Sirius... think of all the smiling faces.

Think about your own purpose - those smiles.

And Mr. Malfoy's last wish.

So it's time to stop this weak emotion──

The portrait in the mirror is also looking back at him firmly.

So no one noticed anything wrong with Tahlia the next day, and Remus asked about Tony's condition with a little concern.

"He's fine." Tahlia smiled. "It's just Muggle flu, I've taken the medicine—"

"But it's serious enough to ask you to go home, are you really okay?" James also asked.

"Of course, if it's really that serious, how can I come back?"

This is true.

They both knew that Tahlia cared a lot for her brothers, and now that she was back at school it meant Tony was getting better.

"Speaking of which, did you copy my notes for me yesterday?" Tahlia asked suddenly.

The four froze and looked at each other guiltily.

"Don't tell me you guys slept through the whole day's class..." Turning to look at Remus, who was most likely to take the class seriously. "Remus?"

Remus turned his head even more guilty, not daring to answer Tahlia's question at all.

Finally, James spoke slowly. "Sorry, Tahlia," he said guiltily. "We accidentally forgot the time in research the night before, and Remus was with us, we—"

Tahlia understood immediately, and went on talking helplessly. "So you guys almost lost your energy during the whole day of class the next day, didn't you?" After thinking for a while, he finally sighed. "Forget it, anyway, I don't necessarily need those notes..."

Several people opened their mouths.

Tahlia actually said she didn't need those notes?

Even if they knew that Tahlia knew more than what the school taught, Tahlia has always been very serious in class and organized notes very carefully. How could she say such things that don't need notes?

Tahlia was looked even more helpless. "Originally, I copied those notes for you to read, especially Remus. If you don't make up for the missing lessons from the notes, and now the classwork is getting heavier, what will you do—"

"Ah." Sirius suddenly realized.

They didn't know the real purpose of Tahlia's unremitting and serious class until now, and they all lowered their heads in shame.

"It's okay, I'll sort out some key points and write them for you. I think not only did you not copy the notes in yesterday's class, but you probably didn't listen to the content of the class too much, did you?"

Nodding awkwardly.

"Sorry, Tahlia—"

Tahlia waved her hand casually. "It's okay, it doesn't take me much time—"

"But you always spend a lot of time writing to that gentleman, and we still take up your time like this..."

Tahlia froze for a moment, but then spoke calmly. "There's no need to worry about that—my correspondence with Sir has been suspended."

"Why?" Sirius asked in surprise.

Tahlia has always been very serious about communicating with that mysterious person, why did it suddenly stop without warning?

"No particular reason," Tahlia smiled. "It's just that I have to start seriously preparing for next year's exam, so I can't spend too much time on correspondence. Instead of being so half-hearted, I discussed it with my husband. Why don't we stop now and continue later—"

The four of them nodded in understanding, seeming to accept her statement easily.

She is relieved.

After a short pause, she put on a more serious look. "So don't relax, I will help you make a reading plan. Time is already tight—"

Immediately, several people were crying, especially Peter.

After lunch, Tahlia was stopped by Snape.

She didn't expect that Snape would call her back, after all, because the conversation not long ago had broken up badly, he hadn't made a fool of himself recently, letting Sirius and the others go to the classroom first, she turned her head in doubt, and waited for Snape to come forward.

"I've thought about it." Snape started with those words. "I shouldn't blame you for lying to me last time. If I promised you the same thing but didn't do it, I would subconsciously say that."

Not expecting Snape to apologize to herself, Tahlia opened her mouth wide and completely forgot how to speak.

Snape didn't seem to care about Tahlia's blank expression at all, and continued to recite what Lily told him to say. "So as long as you promise that you will continue to try, I won't hold you accountable for lying to me—agree?"

"W-what?" Tahlia reacted. "Of course not! I mean—" Glancing at Snape's darkened face, he quickly changed his words. "──Sorry, Severus, I may not be able to grant your wish."

"Why?" Snape asked, as if suddenly in a bad mood.

Tahlia swallowed. "Well, the communication between my husband and I has been suspended, so I really can't help you talk about it in the short term—" she said. "But as long as I have the chance, I will still mention it! It's just that I can't do it so fast..."

"...I see." Snape's face softened a little. "It's okay, I can wait, anyway, that's after I graduate──"

After graduation.

Tahlia's emotions drifted unconsciously to what Voldemort said, after graduating, it meant that she was truly imprisoned, which meant—

He quickly shook his head to drive away the emotion.

She nodded. "I'll remember to mention it for you," she said, but she was determined to die and would not do so. "But I have to apologize to you, too, Severus." There was a pause. "I shouldn't lie to you about this, after all, I promised you—"

"There's no need to apologize." Snape interrupted Tahlia with a raised hand. "As long as you remember what you promised me, that's enough."

"I swear I'll never forget." Tahlia raised her hand in a gesture.

Yes, she would never forget—she would never forget to keep the person in front of her away from Voldemort forever.

Snape nodded, feeling strangely smug.

Sure enough, as Lily told himself, Tahlia would not reject him no matter what. He didn't believe it at first, and he was mostly skeptical of Lily's words, but now it seems that Lily is right, and she will always be right.

Tahlia was relieved.

This time Snape didn't press himself any more, otherwise she wouldn't be sure if she could fool them at all, which was really annoying. Could it be that she would have to deceive them like this before graduation, no—afterwards?

Considering Voldemort's order, I'm afraid it is no longer comparable to the previous play-by-play order, maybe──

What should she do then?

But she was not allowed to think about it anymore. The next day, she received a letter and the Daily Prophet.

The content of the letter is very brief, but the identity of the writer can be known without guessing.

'Seventh edition, lower right. '

Tahlia turned to page seven, and there was a small report in the lower right corner.

Should he be commended for his prudence... what should she say?What if I couldn't see his order?Had he made up his mind that she would understand?

"Tahlia, what do you mean?" Sirius suddenly moved closer, frowning at the letter in Tahlia's hand. "Seventh edition...what's wrong with this report?"

"It's nothing." Tahlia said flatly, while slowly folding up the newspaper. "Not very important..."

Sirius didn't say anything more, Tahlia said it's okay, then it's okay, since he knew her, she has always been able to accomplish anything, and he even felt that there was nothing in this world that could defeat her.

She even helped them research the Animagus!

Having such a friend really made him proud, really proud.

"By the way, later Remus said he wanted to talk to me—I don't know what mystery he's up to, he insisted on going alone—" Sirius thought suddenly, and said. "So I won't go back to the cellar in the afternoon, let's meet for dinner?"

It happened that Tahlia also wanted to pay everyone to complete Voldemort's order, so she readily agreed.

So the two left directly after breakfast. In fact, Tahlia didn't take all the classes with them before, because they took different classes in the second grade.

Tahlia chose arithmetic divination and ancient rune, which happened to completely stagger with him, James and others.The four of them chose divination and protection of magical animals. Over the years, they had a good relationship with Hagrid, the tall gamekeeper at the school. They even thought that magical animals were very interesting, not to mention that they had to study Animagus As for shapeshifting, it would definitely be useful to learn some knowledge about magical animals.

And they chose divination because that class should be much simpler than the other two. They really have too many other things to do. Their school map is still working hard, and they still have to study Ah. Nimagus, I still have to practice Quidditch, I really don't want to spend too much time on elective courses──

I tried to persuade Tahlia to take these two courses with them, but her schedule would be too full, and she had no intention of giving up the other two courses, so she had to do so. Fortunately, these two courses It was indeed relatively easy, without Tahlia they were handy. After all, he and James could learn well in subjects other than potions without Tahlia's help - except that the homework was too troublesome.

So, after lunch, Sirius wandered slowly to the Room of Requirement, thinking of the room they usually researched secretly, and entered after a door appeared.

But he was stunned.