[HP] Can you be gentle with me

This sound was a reprimand, but those people seemed to have heard the voice of salvation, they stepped aside one after another to let the owner of the voice pass.

At times like this, Auror was definitely the most beneficial tool against a Death Eater.

"Gathering a crowd to make trouble in this place, you are quite courageous──" The man said sarcastically as he passed through the crowd, but he was astonished when he saw clearly who the crowd was surrounded by. "you?"

"Mr. Moody." Tahlia nodded lightly.

The man known as Moody frowned, his eyes swept across the crowd, and Tahlia noticed that Moody's face had been covered by an eyepatch the last time he met, and now there was a protruding eyeball. The bones turned around, and those who were seen by those eyes shrank back subconsciously.

"What are you still looking at? Go away!" Moody growled. Obviously his appearance and the image he has accumulated in the public over the years are very useful. When he said this, everyone left──

Moody had a reputation for loathing Death Eaters anyway, and Tahlia Watson couldn't get any cheaper.

It wasn't until the crowd dispersed that Moody spoke harshly. "you alone?"

No, she actually came with someone, but since Snape didn't know where to go, she nodded.

"If I were you, I wouldn't choose to be in Diagon Alley right now, Miss Watson," Moody said, looking around nervously. "People don't like you very much—"

"I know." Tahlia said softly. "It's because I underestimated their emotions too much──" She decided too hastily, and in her current embarrassing position, if she just took out her wand on the street, it would obviously further confirm the rumors that she was a Death Eater. "Please help me—"

"It's okay." Moody waved his hand casually. "Even though a lot of people say I'm old enough to retire... that doesn't mean I'm wrong about someone, girl—" He smiled, and Tahlia could feel it on Moody's scarred face now It was not hideous at all, and even gave her a warm feeling. "Never care what other people think of you, it doesn't matter what those people think," he said. "It's how you see yourself that matters."

"Thank you, sir," Tahlia said, bowing slightly. "I'll remember—"

This sentence is particularly convincing when Moody utters it, because he never cares about what others think of him, he has also carried out his beliefs and has lived to this day, and he has also been admired by many people──

"Okay...do what you're supposed to do—" Moody said. "I have to go shopping too—"

"Hmm..." Tahlia responded, and didn't stop at the spot after Moody left. She turned around and started walking. Maybe Snape was in the nearby store, and it just so happened that there was the Moody Monopoly not far away. The medicine shop, he probably got impatient waiting for the place, so he went there first...

Unexpectedly, Tahlia saw another person from a distance before even stepping in the door of the potion shop. She couldn't help being surprised, how could she meet more than one acquaintance during a trip to Diagon Alley.

It wasn't until she saw Sirius in front of the potions shop who was nervously looking around, that Tahlia remembered that she hadn't seen him since the night James died.

Partly because she was busy taking care of Harry at the time, and obviously Sirius, who was Auror, was also busy hunting Death Eaters, and after that, she was at the school.

"Hey..." Tahlia waved to Sirius as she approached.

Sirius was startled at first, and he was relieved after seeing the person calling him, and quickly walked in front of Tahlia. "Oh it's you……"

"What are you talking about?" Tahlia was confused by Sirius' nonsense.

"Someone reported a Death Eater walking around here..." Sirius said dryly. "I wondered how it would be possible for some Death Eaters to openly appear in Diagon Alley under the current situation... It seems that they saw you──" He cursed angrily. "Report at will without any evidence... Obviously the file in the Ministry says that you are not—"

"Okay…" Tahlia smiled. "It seems that the Aurors are really working hard—this is the weekend." Unlike the school professors, Aurors don't have a so-called weekend at all.

Sirius laughed too. "Sounds like you weren't as busy when you were a Cursebreaker—" he said. "Do you want to have a meal? We haven't talked for a long time..."

Before Tahlia could answer, a voice behind her preempted her. "He's not as laid-back as you, Black."

Tahlia turned her head and saw that Snape came out of the potion material shop, looking at them with a dark face. "Uh... Severus."

"You came with this guy?" Sirius said in a strange voice, Tahlia turned her head in embarrassment, and nodded slightly. "Looks like they didn't report you, but him—" He glared at Snape viciously.

"Are you sure it's not your fault that you misheard the person to report?" Snape returned sarcastically. "It's quite possible—"

Looking at the two facing each other again with a headache, Tahlia felt as if she was caught between the two of them back in her school days. This was really the most embarrassing moment.

"Or, let's find another place... Sirius──people are starting to watch." She said. "It's not here if you want to quarrel..." After finishing speaking, she walked forward first, she didn't want to be surrounded by the crowd again.

Snape was about to follow, but was suddenly pulled back by Sirius, who stopped in his tracks and glanced back disdainfully.

"I warn you, Snape." Sirius said in what he thought was the most vicious tone of his life. "Stay away from Tahlia."

Snape raised an eyebrow. "reason?"

Seeing Sirius' eyes widen, only to find that he couldn't give any reason enough to last the scene, Snape sneered and continued talking. "I think she'd like me to be with her, don't you?"

"You..." Sirius stuttered suddenly.Stared blankly at Snape. "How do you—"

"It's a shame she doesn't like you," Snape continued deliberately. "I almost feel sorry for you, Black." After speaking, he ignored the astonished Sirius, and started to walk forward.

"Snape."

Snape stopped again, but didn't look back.

Sirius said in a low voice with an unusually ugly face. "I'll kill you, Snape - if you do anything to hurt her..."

"It's really familiar, Black." Snape said coldly. "Aren't there any new threats?" Pausing for a moment, he smirked at Sirius. "You said what would she do if I asked her to die?"

"you……!"

Sirius felt something go straight to his head, and at that moment, he suddenly couldn't think of anything, and when he came to his senses, he was staring blankly at Snape who was sitting on the ground, his right fist was hot, and the corner of Snape's mouth was dripping Bloodshot, and then he realized—

He punched Snape.

And it was the kind that hit the face hard.

"Merlin, Sirius!"

As soon as Tahlia sensed the commotion behind her, she looked back and saw that Sirius had rushed forward and grabbed Snape's collar, then punched Snape hard on the left cheek.

The series of actions took less than a second, and everyone—including Snape—had no time to react, and they fell to the ground abruptly under the impact of the fist.

Sirius was still in a daze, watching Tahlia walk quickly to Snape's side, the worry in his eyes was not fake at all, but Snape stopped Tahlia who wanted to help him, stood up slowly, wiped the pimple from the corner of his mouth with the corner of his sleeve Blood, sneer. "An Auror, attacking people for no reason on the street, it turns out that the Ministry of Magic has fallen so far—"

"There are many reasons to attack you." Sirius blurted out.

"Sirius──"

"Tahlia, you don't know, this guy—" Sirius said anxiously, but then found that he had no grounds to accuse Snape, no matter what Snape said, he didn't practice it at all.

"How am I?" Snape asked coldly.

"He..." Sirius looked at Tahlia dejectedly after trying several times but couldn't explain the reason. "I'm sorry, Tahlia—" he said. "But please, don't have any more contact with him!" Pointing at Snape unceremoniously.

"It's impossible for us not to touch," Tahlia said softly. "We all teach in schools—"

"Then you don't want to be a professor, okay?" Sirius said. "It's such a waste of you being a professor!"

Tahlia shook her head slowly.

"I have to take care of Harry." She smiled. "Speaking of which...you are his godfather, I will take him to see you some other day──"

"Tahlia..." Sirius' right knuckles were still throbbing, but it was far less than the heartache he could do nothing about, and finally, he lowered his head and said in a low voice. "You'll be careful, won't you?"

Tahlia nods. "Of course, what's going to hurt me now?" Unless Voldemort came back tomorrow, that would mean her nightmare recurred.

Snape stood aside the entire conversation, and then he saw Sirius turn his head and stare at him viciously.

"I think you owe me an apology, Black," he said slowly. "I don't have to argue with you—as long as you apologize to me sincerely."

"I'm so sorry." Sirius said coldly. "But you'd better take my word for it. I mean it."

Snape snorted and turned to leave. "Even if you said you were serious, it has nothing to do with me──"

Seeing that Snape really walked away, Tahlia had to say goodbye to Sirius hastily, and turned around to catch up.

"Sirius said he was serious, what did he tell you?" she asked after catching up with Snape.

Snape's footsteps stopped for a moment, but it was barely noticeable. "It's nothing... would you believe Black when he said he was serious?"

Of course she believed it, after all, Sirius' perseverance when he was serious was admirable, but she was wise not to say this, if she did, Snape would probably be even angrier...

"Are you hungry? Why don't you go eat something?" After a moment of silence, she spoke again.

Snape nodded, and turned into a restaurant first, Tahlia would follow anyway.

So they finished their lunch quietly, Tahlia suggested in a low voice that they had to go to Knockturn Alley, and Snape happened to have some potion ingredients that were only available there, so he didn't object to her suggestion.

Deliberately avoiding the crowd, the two stepped on the ground of Knockturn Alley.

Unlike the crowded Diagon Alley, the alleys here are unusually dark, and the stone tiles on the floor are also stained with dark red stains, and Tahlia doesn't want to know what kind of liquid it is.

Most of the scattered wizards wrapped in cloaks were quietly shivering in the shadows, but no one came to harass the two of them—probably they didn't seem too easy to bully.

However, there are those who are not afraid of death──

"Miss, try—"

"Go away." Tahlia directly pulled out her wand and pointed at a dirty wizard who walked into them without knowing it.

"Don't be so fierce...Miss." The wizard didn't seem to be afraid, with a smile on his face.

The wand flashed red light, and in the next second, the wizard flew back several yards, hit the wall heavily and lost consciousness, several other people rushed up after seeing this, and after a while, all the valuable things on the wizard were ripped off Empty.

Of course, with such a miserable experience, no one would dare to talk to the two of them.

Not a word of nonsense, just throwing such a powerful silent spell directly is enough to reveal that the strength of these two people is not weak at all.