[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Then they moved on, as if nothing had happened just now, Tahlia's thoughts drifted away again, and she didn't want to interact with the few people around her at all.

But obviously today they don't intend to let themselves be absent-minded for too long.

"Potter, what on earth are you trying to sneak up on?"

Tahlia regained her senses, glanced over Avery's body in front of her, and saw James with her chest out in front of her.

"Who's sneaking around?" he said aloud. "Your dirty tricks are sneaky—"

Avery exploded with rage. "I warn you, Potter, you have no proof—and if I were you," he paused for a moment, and glanced carefully at Tahlia behind him, before turning back to continue after seeing that her mood hadn't changed. "I'll be careful."

But everyone knew the threat was false.

Because there is a clear order.

No matter who it is, these people are not allowed to touch these people. He doesn't know where this order came from, but Tahlia obeys it perfectly, so none of them dare to violate it.

It's really a headache, especially when this group of people is the most hardworking group that goes against them.

James snorted and stole a glance at Tahlia.

Seeing that she was expressionless, just staring at him, not knowing where the courage came from, he yelled out. "Tahlia, come here, I want to talk to you."

After finishing speaking, he immediately wanted to kill himself with a spell, or if it didn't work, he would stab himself to death with a magic wand.

Everyone was stunned.

He hadn't expected James to have the audacity to talk to Tahlia like this.

In this short period of time, Tahlia was already feared by them, at least before meeting Voldemort, she was equal to him, and she must not be violated.

And now this man was yelling at Tahlia to go with him.

Is it really worthy of being a Gryffindor?

They all carefully peeked at Tahlia, but were surprised to find that although she squinted her eyes, she didn't look sullen at all.

"Leave first," she said. "It just so happens that I have something to look for..." He looked at James indifferently. "Mr. Potter."

Soon, there were only the two of them left in this corridor.

But James felt the cold sweat on his back, and couldn't help admiring Remus who had pulled Tahlia over like this a few days ago. How did he do it then?

But even if they asked Remus, he'd just say that he'd forgotten what he'd been doing because he was so shocked.

Tahlia didn't say anything, just waited for James to speak.

"Er...Tahlia?" he did, and he was a Gryffindor after all, and bravery was never just a lip service. "Can you...can you come with me?"

"What happened to Peter?" she asked flatly.

"Uh, no—"

"Then I think it's better for us to have less contact, James," Tahlia said.

James was keenly aware of the change, and whenever the Slytherin students were present, she called them by their last names in an unfamiliar way, but once she was alone again, she always called them by their first names.

So that hasn't changed.

For a moment, there was an illusion that she might be acting for the students.

Shake your head quickly.

No, don't get delusional, Tahlia is really that person's subordinate.

"But it's important, Tahlia." James said firmly, looking up.

What Remus said was right, one size counts for one size, the thank you should be thanked, and he will not worry about this favor later.

A little silence.

"Then, lead the way." After a while, Tahlia nodded.

The two walked in silence, and James expertly led Tahlia into the secret passage.

Tahlia was not surprised at all. James and the others always knew about these secret passages. After all this time, they were already very familiar with the castle. I don’t know how their map was drawn──

Then, they stopped at the door of an empty classroom.

James pushed the door open, and there were three people with nervous expressions inside. They were all pacing back and forth anxiously, but they all froze in place when they saw the door open.

Who would have thought that James would actually succeed in bringing him back without any injuries, it was simply a miracle of Merlin!

Tahlia walked in silently, but she didn't go too far, and stood not far from the door.

"So, James said you guys have something very important to tell me," Tahlia said.

All three stared at James fiercely.

What if Tahlia found out that they hadn't been looking for her for anything important?

Seeing that a few people didn't want to talk back, so they still didn't want to talk to her very much... Tahlia felt her heart twitch, but her expression still didn't change, and she looked at Sirius. "Sirius?"

Sensing Tahlia's gaze, Sirius tensed up and swallowed.

"Tahlia, we..." he opened his mouth, and his eyes kept moving back and forth between several friends. "We..." He swallowed again, closed his eyes, and shouted suddenly. "Thank you for saving Peter!"

Tahlia still had no expression on her face.

The atmosphere suddenly became awkward - although it was not very relaxed at first.

After a long time, Tahlia spoke slowly, still facing Sirius. "Do you still remember what you said when you asked me?"

"What—" Sirius murmured blankly, and then, he thought.

When he said he wanted Tahlia to help them study the Animagus, the reason he used was that Peter needed help... He stared at Tahlia blankly. "oh……"

"I will not break my promise, Sirius." Tahlia said flatly. "You asked me to help Peter, and I did." Then, he turned around, went to the door and opened it, and said back. "So don't thank me for this." Then, he left without hesitation.

The door closed under everyone's watchful eyes.

"She..." James asked uncertainly, and glanced at the timid Peter. "She should have meant—accepted?"

"I guess so..." Remus was also a little uncertain.

Sirius sat down on the chair, shaking his head. "I think she said no."

He knew what Tahlia meant, what he had just said—she would save Peter only because she had promised him.

Just kept the promise.

So she doesn't need or want their apology at all.

Merlin...

Sirius lowered his head, pressing tightly with both hands.

damn it!

Can you make him stop thinking about her all the time?She was no longer the girl he liked!

Even if he can ignore Tahlia's work for that person, he can't ignore it and stand in two completely opposite positions with her in the future. He can never be an enemy of her, he can't—

So he shouldn't continue to have such emotions!

He shouldn't!

Yes, he shouldn't.

The front page of the Daily Prophet the next day confirmed their decision.

After seeing this report, James stood up abruptly, with an unusually solemn expression, and rushed out of the hall directly, but he didn't show up for the whole day's class.

Sirius knew why.

The Daily Prophet devoted two full pages to the murder.

Gavin Potter's body had finally been found after nearly a year of disappearance, apparently from Avada Kedavra, as there were no wounds on his body.

He is very familiar with this cousin of James who always smiles and gives James a lot of things. He can be said to be the most righteous person he has ever met, and he can't tolerate any injustice. Because of this, he I am very dissatisfied with the way my parents treat Sirius. When he was young, Gavin always helped him escape from the house secretly—take him to a small house in Potter's house, and then he will bring James , until the family was full of chaos and they had had enough of playing, he slowly appeared with himself, and said calmly, 'Isn't it okay for people! 'Completely ignore the throbbing veins on the forehead of my parents.

When they heard of his disappearance earlier, no one was actually alert.

Because Gavin used to go out and disappear for a year or so without saying anything, and every time he came back, he would always bring a rare souvenir and distribute it to everyone he knew—of course, many of them were resold became a lot of collectors, because he can always find many memorabilia items used by famous people in the past.

With this disappearance, everyone thought he was traveling again.

──It is conceivable how shocking it will be when his body is discovered.

Sirius didn't look very good either. He, Remus and Peter just finished Transfiguration class, Tahlia disappeared after class, and Snotlion didn't know where to go with Lily.

Professor McGonagall was unusually non-blaming for James' absence, apparently seeing today's paper as well.

"James really going to disappear like this for a whole day?" Remus asked him worriedly. "He hasn't been seen since breakfast, and now..." He looked at his watch. "It's almost dinner time—"

"He must be nestled in the Response Room," Sirius said angrily. "We don't know how to get in, how do you call him out?" He paused. "Plus he has a great relationship with Gavin—"

"So, so the Gavin Potter found in the newspaper is really related to James—" Peter lowered his head. "No wonder James is so sad..."

Sirius tapped the top of Peter's head lightly. Since Tahlia would teach him a lesson if he hit too hard before, he used to control his strength, even though now—

In short, he can't change this habit for a while.

"Peter, that's why you are often called stupid..." Sirius rolled his eyes. "In the wizarding world, James' family name is Potter. What do you think they are related?"

Peter suddenly realized. "Ah, you're right, Sirius..."

Sirius rolled his eyes, he really didn't want to explain any more, one day he would be pissed off by Peter's stupefaction.

"You know that! Right!"

A roar came suddenly, the sound was so loud that even the few students around were stunned, and looked towards the sound in astonishment.

The three of them looked at each other, and walked there together in a tacit understanding.

No reason, because that voice was too much like James.

Sure enough, that roar came from James.

And the object of his yelling was Tahlia.

It should be said that Tahlia was surrounded by a group of Slytherins who were arrogant at first sight.

They were still not used to Tahlia walking with such a group of people.

"Answer me!" James yelled again, his fist holding his wand was clenched tightly, as if he was about to bleed out, and his whole body was trembling constantly, not the trembling of fear, but anger.

"Did you know about this long ago!"