[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Snape still didn't speak.

"You should have recognized the situation, Severus." Tahlia said flatly. "Now I hold your future in my hands."

Snape looked up sharply, looking at Tahlia angrily.

"Are you still planning to obstruct me?" He held the armrest tightly, obviously trying to restrain himself. "How many times are you going to hinder me?"

"No, I won't hinder you." Tahlia closed her eyes and said slowly. "On the contrary, I will recommend you to the Lord tomorrow—"

Snape froze for a moment.

Did she give up stopping herself?It's that simple?

So what are the nagging of previous years?

"What I want to say is that since you are going to face the Lord in the future, you have to restrain your expression that everyone has offended you." Tahlia's tone didn't even fluctuate, as if the whole sentence just came from It seems to be a memory from a certain book.

"I don't need you to remind me of that," Snape said dryly.

Tahlia opened her eyes suddenly, and a flash of emotion flashed through her, but Snape couldn't quite figure out what it was. "I forgot again, you never need my reminder." She showed a standard smile.

"Glad you have this realization." Snape said flatly.

Tahlia didn't continue the subject, just stood up. "I'll show you to Lucius."

"Why?" Snape didn't stand up.

"Severus." Tahlia stared at him suddenly, making him stand up automatically after him. "I think I'd better talk more before reminding you, in front of the Lord, ask less questions and do more—" After finishing speaking, he opened the door first, and stood outside the door waiting for Snape to follow.

For Snape's sudden appearance, Lucius and Narcissa didn't say anything, they just welcomed him for dinner.

The dinner topic didn't touch on Voldemort at all, Snape casually said something about his work in the potion shop, and Lucius and the others listened politely, occasionally Tahlia would interject, and it was only then that Snape found out that Tahlia was now He was Gringotts' Cursebreaker, which he remembered as having another high-standard occupation second only to Auror.

His face sank again.

I don't even have an advantage in work. Compared to what I can do for the Lord, Tahlia can get information about goblins. Looking at myself, what useful information can he, a potion shop employee, get?

Seeing that Snape was silent again, Tahlia didn't intend to start a topic, anyway, she probably said something that made him angry again, as always.

He always misinterpreted what he meant, and she was used to it.

After dinner, Snape left, leaving Tahlia and the Malfoy couple sitting face to face, neither of them speaking, and the atmosphere was awkward.

"You mean...to introduce him, right?" Lucius spoke first, his tone full of uncertainty.

Tahlia nodded slowly.

Lucius felt puzzled, obviously Tahlia had previously shown that he didn't want his junior to get in touch with the Lord, why did his attitude change drastically today, before he had time to ask anything, Tahlia continued to speak, which just answered his question.

"Remember those young men that the Lord asked me to bring?" she said softly.

Lucius understood instantly.

But he still didn't understand, why did Tahlia do so much for Snape?She didn't owe him anything, did she?

From the time they entered school, he had seen Tahlia condescending to Snape in every possible way. He thought she should have given up on approaching the boy long ago, but he didn't expect that until now.

"Why are you doing so much for him?" Lucius asked. "If it were me, I would never accommodate him like this..."

Tahlia didn't answer right away, she just drank the last sip of tea in her hand, then stood up, and was about to go back to her room. When the door of this room was closed, she opened her mouth. That sentence was not an answer, but a question , but it caused the two people who stayed in the room to open their mouths, unable to speak for a long time.

"And why did you pay so much for Narcissa, Lucius?"

The answer is actually quite simple.

Tahlia has thought about it, since Snape is destined to become a Death Eater, then her blocking is meaningless at all, it is very dangerous under Voldemort's hands, if one accidentally offends him, endless torture will follow , That is still the lightest punishment. If it is serious, he will go to see Merlin before he can even say anything.

And she would never allow that to happen to Snape.

It meant that she had to find a way to make him appear in front of Voldemort as little as possible. It should be said that Voldemort's attention should be completely focused on Snape's talent for potions. In this way, it was a difficult and easy to fail combat mission. Maybe Snape wouldn't have to attend.

And she had to do it without a trace.

She had to fool everyone, including Snape.

Starting today, he had to make them think that Tahlia Watson hated Severus Snape.

He hated that he had to take away all the status he craved, hated that he couldn't even bear to be in the same space with him, and Voldemort would be satisfied with the way she showed that she wanted to compete with others for power.

It didn't take long for Snape to have the exact same marks on his arm as Tahlia and the others, but all he could feel was joy, this was a big step for him.

However, there is also a fly in the ointment.

That person was always standing in front of him, always standing closest to the Lord, and what made him even more angry was that he heard her speak up and snatch the tasks that should have been assigned to him more than once.

Although he couldn't see her expression because of the mask, he could feel that she must be looking at him contemptuously under the mask, laughing at his inability to meet the Lord's request.

Damn.

He clenched his fists.

How could he foolishly think that she had given up on her previous behavior, but he didn't expect that she was just obstructing him in another way.

He has to be more active - if she wants to stop him, it doesn't matter, he will make her stop even if she wants to.

"Tahlia."

After being called by name, Tahlia stepped forward slowly and stood in front of Voldemort, waiting for another order from him.

The corners of Voldemort's mouth curled up. "This time, Severus will assist you—" He sat back, but then frowned.

The girl in front of her didn't respond.

She should have some reaction, shouldn't she?

After all, based on what she knew about her, Snape was definitely one of the people she cared about very much, but now it seemed that she treated him coldly.

"It's not so much that he helps me, but that I have to take care of him, Lord." Tahlia said mercilessly, with the disgust in her tone fully expressed.

Voldemort smiled in satisfaction.

So Snape also had a share of the betrayal she had said earlier about being betrayed by a friend.

This is definitely Abraxas... no, his plan worked.

Cut off all ties between the girl and Dumbledore, and she will automatically join him.

Snape felt angry.

Tahlia's tone was full of contempt, as if he was so incompetent that he didn't need her assistance at all!Thinking about it, he moved his feet uncontrollably and walked forward.

"Lord." He knelt down. "I can do it alone, and I will never let you down──"

Tahlia spoke coldly from the side. "You should learn not to promise what you can't keep." Turning to Voldemort. "Lord, you know I can do this task myself."

"My decision will not change, Tahlia." Voldemort said slowly, although he was very satisfied with Tahlia's attitude, which was exactly what he wanted.

Whether it was the girl or Snape, it was clearly in his interest to be so active.

"Severus will assist you, non-negotiable," he said.

Tahlia didn't speak any more, didn't even look at Snape, agreed to Voldemort's arrangement, and then stepped aside respectfully.

After the party, Tahlia stopped Snape as he was about to leave.

"What?" he asked bluntly.

Tahlia took off the mask, frowning. "What do you want me to do? Although I don't want you to get involved in my mission, it's an order from the Lord, and I must obey..." she said coldly. "Are you free now, I have to discuss the mission content with you."

Snape also frowned, not used to the sudden change in Tahlia's attitude, after all, in his memory, she had never talked to him so impatiently... if not counting the time when she didn't know her identity before.

"Do you think I have nothing to do all day, and you can get it if you call?" he said.

Tahlia smiled. "It seems that you don't pay much attention to this task." But the smile was unusually ironic. "Or are you saying you can't even spare some time for this task?"

Snape didn't answer, just stared at Tahlia.

"Come and meet me at Malfoy Manor tomorrow afternoon." Leaving those words behind, Tahlia turned and left without giving Snape any chance to refuse.

See what she looks like now?

Snape looked angrily in the direction Tahlia was leaving.

Did she really think of herself as the bunch of answerers in school?The tone of this order...

For the next day, Snape had a stinky face, and even returning to his workplace, which was filled with all kinds of potion ingredients, didn't make him feel any better.

The rat's internal organs were mechanically divided into packages in his hand, but he didn't pay attention to it at all.

So he had to obediently go to Malfoy Manor tomorrow, he was a Death Eater, not Tahlia's subordinate... kept telling himself, this was an order from the Lord.

The bell on the door rang a few times, and someone walked into the shop.

Snape raised his head impatiently, and stared fiercely at the door, wanting to see who walked in without understanding at this moment...

Red hair, green eyes.

Lily Evans.

Both of them were taken aback for a moment, but Lily who pushed the door and walked in was still holding on to the doorknob stiffly, and seemed to be seriously thinking about whether she should turn around and leave or walk in pretending nothing happened.

Who could tell her how Snape just so happened to work in this shop?She just wanted to buy some painkillers for James... He got hurt a little yesterday, it wasn't really serious, but it was enough for him to cry at home all day.

"You... what are you going to buy?" Snape was the first to speak.

The two of them have maintained such an awkward relationship for a long time. Basically, as long as they don't mention their respective choices for the future, they should be able to get along very happily, but... this is impossible to happen, as long as the two of them talk a few words In a word, the topic will always gradually focus on the cognitive differences between the two of them.

Lily hesitated again, and finally, apparently facing Snape's embarrassment more tolerable than listening to James wailing all day, walked into the shop and closed the door. "Painkiller... er, the powerful one." She wisely didn't mention the identity of the person who needed the potion, otherwise she wouldn't be able to guarantee that there would be something horrible mixed into the potion.

"I see." Snape nodded, bent down and took out a few small bottles, which he placed on the counter. "Five Galleons."

Lily walked forward slowly, took out five gold coins and handed them to Snape, then put the small bottles into her bag and put them away. "Thank you, then I'm leaving..." As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something and blurted out. "How have you been...well, I mean... how are you?"

"Fine." Snape replied dryly.

Lily frowned. "But you look haggard."

Of course emaciated, Snape thought.

He hardly slept much, just thinking about how to pursue his goal was enough for him, not to mention the obstruction of that woman.

Thinking about it, in front of Lily, he couldn't help opening his mouth, couldn't help expressing all the anger he had suffered these days.

"Tahlia Watson," he said, seeing Lily's puzzled look. "I think she hates me."