[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Lucius' hair was very messy, and Tahlia suddenly felt full of unease.

"What's going on?" she asked slowly, lowering the hand that had quickly withdrawn her wand.There was still a faint tingling sensation in the left arm that lost the pressure, and from the expression on Lucius' face, it was obvious that he was the same as himself.

"I don't know." Lucius shook his head. "Cici wasn't feeling well this morning. I took her to St. Mungo's—on the way back, and Mark was—" There was a pause, looking at Tahlia seriously. "I think we have to hurry over..."

"How?" Tahlia asked back. "All I have is your Portkey—"

Lucius responded by grabbing Tahlia's arm, and the two disappeared into the manor.

In an instant, the two landed on the grass somewhere.

Tahlia gasped slightly, glaring at Lucius. "What I hate the most in my life is being apparated without warning, Lucius──"

"Sorry." Lucius said casually, looking around cautiously.

Except for a house in the far lowlands, there seemed to be no one here—

"You guys are so late..." A voice suddenly came from behind them, and the two turned their heads quickly, pointing their wands neatly there. "Hey, don't be so nervous—"

The person speaking was a man wrapped in a cloak. He was not tall. Tahlia was sure that he was only a little taller than herself, but that tone...she had heard that tone for more than a year, and she would never admit it wrong.

Slowly lowered the wand. "Parkinson, what are you doing here?"

"Lord told me to wait here for everyone who shows up here." Although the cloak was tightly covered, even the face could not be seen, but it was already confirmed that it was Parkinson who had just graduated. "The Lord is in the house over there, you guys go quickly—"

He looked at Tahlia enviously, as if he wished he could be in that room too.

Tahlia didn't ask any questions. No matter why the man summoned all of them, it was obviously very important. He nodded to the senior who used to be by his side, exchanged glances with Lucius, and quickly Go to the house below.

After entering, Voldemort's voice came, and it was rare to hear the unconcealable excitement and pride.

"Ah, Lucius, you brought Tahlia with you—" He leaned slightly from his chair, ecstasy written all over his face. "I'm still worried about how my best assistant will come here..."

The two of them stepped forward without daring to neglect, and after bowing, they wanted to retreat to the vacant seats around them, but they were stopped.

"Come forward." Voldemort said, waving his hand to signal them to stand closer to him. There was already someone there—Bella. "I have something very important to tell you—"

Despite their doubts, the two stood obediently forward.

Before long, all the empty seats were filled.

This is the first time Tahlia has seen the faces of all the Death Eaters with her own eyes, but she can only name a few of them, so she can only guess based on her impression of her classmates, guess whose father or father they might be. It's the mother, it's very difficult, after all, she basically doesn't remember the faces of her classmates──

"My faithful servants," Voldemort said. "You know why I called you all here?"

Everyone held their breath, waiting for their king to speak again.

"I'm one step closer to immortality──" he said softly, but every word was heard clearly in their ears.

Tahlia understood instantly.

Voldemort successfully created another Horcrux, how many are there now?As long as the Horcruxes are not all wiped out, then he will not die, this is really a big trouble...

But obviously she was the only one who understood this, and the rest of them congratulated the man like dogs, even though they all had puzzled expressions on their faces.

Voldemort raised his hand, and those voices stopped, and he looked around the crowd, but Tahlia could feel that his eyes stayed on them standing in front of them for the longest time.

"Today is a day worth celebrating, and the Dark Lord is very happy—" he said lazily. "So that means—reward."

There were whispers all around again.

"Quiet," he said.

The space grew stiller, Tahlia could hear their breathing.

"Bella," he called.

Bella immediately stepped forward joyfully, and knelt down in front of Voldemort, piously.

"I give you my things, and I hope you will keep them safe." Voldemort said, with obvious complacency in his tone, he waved his wand, and a small gold cup flew in front of Bella, who took it carefully and held it.

"I will never disappoint your expectations, Lord." Bella said excitedly.

Voldemort nodded in satisfaction, then called Lucius forward and gave him a notebook with a black cover.

Now Bella was even more proud. What the Lord rewarded her was an exquisite golden cup, but what was it for Lucius?An old book!

It's obvious who has a higher status.

Lucius looked indifferent, and he didn't pay attention to the complacency of the woman next to him. Anyway, he never intended to fight for power with this woman, but she was trying to get close to Lord. The rewards are also more expensive.

It's obvious who has a high style.

"Tahlia." He then spoke to Tahlia as well.

Tahlia felt her heart beating violently, and she could tell that what the man gave Bella and Lucius was one of his Horcruxes!

Will he get one for himself too?

Then it means that she has mastered at least one Horcrux, and she is a big step closer to killing this man.

She stepped forward cautiously, hiding her inner excitement, and knelt down in front of Voldemort. "Lord."

The curve of the corners of Voldemort's mouth was perfect, but Tahlia still noticed that his face had changed slightly. His previous good face was much duller, his cheeks were thinner and sunken, and his complexion became paler. It seems to have collapsed a lot, not as straight as before.

In general, the current Voldemort is no longer able to confuse people with his appearance.

Has no one noticed?

In fact, most people have already noticed it, but they never dared to look up and directly observe the face of their Lord. Even if they noticed that something had changed, they only thought it was probably their own illusion, so of course, no one dared to mention this. thing.

Even Tahlia didn't notice a noticeable difference until today.

"The thing I want to reward you is already in the school, Tahlia." The man said slowly. "That's a crown, and your job is to make sure that no one can get close to it...and neither do you." He said to a man and a woman beside him, and then turned to Tahlia. "If I find out that the things I handed over to you today are a little... damaged, I think you should know the consequences?"

The three nodded cautiously.

Another trial.

Tahlia smiled wryly.

Voldemort didn't even tell himself where the diadem was, how was she going to make sure no one came near it?

What's more, even if he really found the crown that was probably already a Horcrux?She also has no way to destroy it, at least not until the whereabouts of Voldemort's other Horcruxes are confirmed, otherwise if he asks about this crown one day, she will obviously not be able to continue as a spy... At that time, she will not kill Missed this man's chance.

Bella's entire face turned black.

That Mudblood!

It turned out to be a crown!

What is she relying on?She didn't even get rid of Lord alone.

Doesn't this mean that among the three of them, the Lord appreciates that dirty Mudblood the most?

Clenching her fist unconsciously... One day, one day, she will kill this girl!

Obviously the point of this summoning was to hand over these things to them. Afterwards, Voldemort just assigned some tasks hastily, and then let them leave──

Uncommonly quick, given that Tahlia had to stay behind, obsequiously offering up plots to kill someone.

Voldemort never directly stated who he wanted to die, all of them had to guess for themselves, and then came up with a plan to present. Obviously Tahlia guessed well recently, and the candidates she mentioned happened to be the spikes in Voldemort's heart , so that he was very satisfied.

Don't do that anymore today.

Standing in Malfoy Manor, Tahlia sat relaxed on Lucius' high-end armchair, looking at the speechless Lucius with raised eyebrows. "Do you have any comments?" While comfortably taking a sip of the high-grade black tea handed over by Lala.

Lucius smirked. "I dare not have any opinion, Master Watson—"

"Stop your phony tone." Tahlia rolled her eyes. "I've heard enough." Considering the flattering faces of the students in the school, he put on a serious expression. "Have you kept the book that the Lord gave you?"

"Of course it was already packed." Lucius replied immediately.

Tahlia nodded. "That's good, remember, never let anyone touch that thing."

"I don't need to tell you, Tahlia──" Lucius rolled his eyes angrily.

"No, you didn't get my point." Tahlia frowned. "I mean anyone, including yourself, Lucius."

Lucius also frowned at Tahlia's serious tone. "Do you know anything that I don't?"

"No." Tahlia shook her head.

It's not time to tell Lucius about Mr. Malfoy. Although Lucius is close to her now, she knows that he still yearns for the new world promised by Voldemort. If she tells him the whole thing, although she is sure that Lucius will definitely Switch sides for this, but now is not the time...

It's not yet time to catch everything.

"I know as little as you do, Lucius," she said. "But my intuition tells me, don't underestimate this humble book. Although it is not as valuable as a gold cup or a crown, since this thing has been kept by the Lord until now, it has a certain value──perhaps the curse on it It's very strong, maybe it's some powerful black magic item... In short, it must not be used casually." She said seriously. "Promise me you won't risk touching this thing."

"I promise you." Lucius nodded solemnly, and he also agreed with Tahlia's words. "Malfoy has never been foolishly curious, Tahlia."

Tahlia smiled, and said goodbye to Lucius—

At least she won't break the contract today, after all, she promised them to go back early.