[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Sirius didn't stay long, leaving Tahlia's small apartment before dinner.

And after dinner, Tahlia asked the two children to pack their luggage to the Weasley's house, even though most of Nigel's things were packed by Harry, who followed and supervised.

It seemed that Harry had been trained to keep an eye on Nigel in case he stuffed something inexplicable into his luggage and ended up being unable to carry it himself.

The next morning, Tahlia and the two children moved to the Weasley's house by the fireplace.

It was Christmas break, and all the Weasley children were there, including the three who were already in school, and they didn't forget to go home.

The three older children of the Weasley family were surprised that the new Potions teaching assistant this semester was invited by their parents to spend Christmas together, and their movements were stiff and reserved when they sat at the dining table. The image of Tahlia at school is not a particularly gentle professor with a smile on her face—especially Bill, who was once taught Defense Against the Dark Arts by her, he knows better what the witches in front of him are capable of. It was different from the brothers Harry and Nigel had talked about.

but……

How should I put it──

It feels like Tahlia, who is sitting at the dining table and interacting with their parents with a smile, is much easier to get along with than the Tahlia who often had a dark face in school not long ago...

When she was in school, she always changed her face the moment she walked into the classroom, without any reason.

If it weren't for the fact that Tahlia was smiling in front of him right now, he would have thought she couldn't smile at all—

"Charlie, you said..." Bill leaned slightly closer to his younger brother who was sitting on his right. "How did Professor Watson show up at our house—"

"How could I know!" Charlie growled back. "I'm definitely as puzzled as you are."

Although the volume of their conversation was very low, the twins sitting opposite them could still hear them. They glanced at each other, and then showed mischievous smiles.

"Nigel! Let me tell you a secret──" One of the twins smirked and approached Nigel, who was chatting excitedly with the red-haired girl opposite, she seemed very interested in the topic of getting along with Harry that Nigel said.

"──Then Harry said that I couldn't hang the star, but guess what? Hmmm? Fred──What's the secret?" Nigel turned around in confusion and asked.

"Bill and Charlie are definitely afraid of Tahlia—" Fred replied with a broad smile. "Why do you think?"

"Afraid of Tahlia?" Nigel tilted his head, completely unable to understand. "Tahlia is so nice, why are they afraid of her?"

For some reason, when Nigel said these words, everyone happened to be quiet, but his voice was accentuated at that moment.

For a moment, everyone was embarrassed—except the twins who had started snickering.

What could be more fulfilling than having brothers who are many years older than you?

"I...we're not afraid of Professor Watson!" Charlie coughed and said. "We were just discussing how she met her parents—"

"Someone admitted it himself..." Fred's twin brother George proudly whispered something in Fred's ear, immediately causing Charlie to blush, shut his mouth, and stopped talking, so as not to embarrass everyone.

"Enough is enough for you two!" Mrs. Weasley snapped, giving Tahlia an apologetic smile, even though she didn't seem to take what the kids said to heart at all.

"It's okay," Tahlia said. "Maybe I look more serious..." She didn't say this out of politeness, because she was sure that the expression she put on in front of other people was definitely not that easy-going, and sometimes even gave people a sense of oppression── Anyway, according to Sirius, she had no intention of becoming the students' favorite professor. "By the way...Bill, Charlie, you all have to seriously prepare for the exam this year, right?" She actively diverted the topic away. "I will stay here for a few more days, if you have any questions, you can ask me—"

"That's great!" Bill answered immediately.He'd thought about asking Tahlia some questions, but at school, although he wasn't as afraid of her as the other students, he didn't get to know her well enough to be able to freely walk in and out of her office, especially since it was still in the cellar. Here, Slytherin territory, which Gryffindor student would step into it alone? "Thank you, Professor Watson—"

"Tahlia," Tahlia corrected. "It's not at school now, Bill... I'm not much older than you, so don't worry about it!" She turned to Charlie. "Charlie, I heard that you plan to continue studying magical beasts after graduation?"

Charlie looked very surprised. He obviously only mentioned this matter to a few people, and even his parents didn't know about it, because a few days ago he heard his mother whispering in his ear that if he really planned to fight for the rest of his life Quidditch, you also have to think about the life of the athlete after retirement... "How do you──?"

"I heard from Hagrid." Tahlia smiled. "He likes you very much and says you're a good boy──" After finishing speaking, he turned back to face the Weasleys. "You really have a wonderful bunch of kids, Arthur."

This compliment came from the heart, which made both of them a little embarrassed, and after a few more pleasantries, they sent the children who had finished their meal away from the table.

"Tahlia, you and the two kids will sleep in Percy's room tonight..." Molly started.

"Then I—" Percy just passed by and wanted to get something to drink when she heard this sentence, she reflexively opened her mouth to protest, but her mother stopped her with a look.

"Percy's going to sleep with Ron..." she continued. "Right, Percy, honey?"

Percy swallowed, obviously his mother's words were like an imperial edict to him, after a while, he nodded slowly, finished drinking the water silently and went upstairs, after a while, he moved his pillow into the nearest At the top of his youngest brother's room.

Under the leadership of Molly, Tahlia took the two children and moved to the room where Percy slept. It was very small, and the only space was filled with several bookcases. Obviously, Percy is also a child who loves to read. A few heavy books were placed in a mess on the desk──

"Sorry, it's a mess here..." Molly said shyly, picking up a few books scattered on the table and on the floor and putting them back on the shelf. "These kids never seem to learn how to tidy up—"

"No, it's great here." Tahlia said sincerely, placing the small bag in her hand on the chair. "very warm."

A blush crept across Molly's face, and she waved. "Anyway, stay here and relax for a few days──Harry and Nigel can also play happily for a few days..." As he spoke, he continued to put the book on his hand, but because he was talking, he couldn't help but He accidentally bumped into a cage on a small table beside him.

If the cage is empty, there is no problem...

The problem was, one of Percy's new rats inside, apparently woken up by Molly's bump, let out a high-pitched squeak, instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the room.

"Look at how careless I am..." Molly was a little embarrassed, covered it up with a smile, and said something. "And Percy forgot to bring the Scabbers..." As he spoke, he wanted to pick up the cage and take it out of the room.

"and many more!"

Molly stopped in her tracks, looking at Tahlia in bewilderment, then taken aback by the sudden... horror look on her face. "What...is it?"

"It's okay." Tahlia forced a smile, which made Molly suspect that the horror she had just seen was an illusion. "Just put the cage here—it doesn't matter."

"Really?" Molly shrugged. "Well, since you said so—" After finishing speaking, he turned and left the room, leaving Tahlia and the others alone.

"Tahlia...?" Harry called cautiously, because since Mrs. Weasley left the room, Tahlia had been standing without any movement, just staring at the cage.

"It's okay." Tahlia turned her head and smiled. "Go and take a shower...it's time to go to bed later."

After Tahlia said that, it meant that there was probably nothing wrong, Harry nodded, obediently urging Nigel to get ready to take a shower.

And Tahlia...

"...I really didn't expect that you would hide here—" she said, her voice was very faint, but it was definitely audible to the mouse in the cage.

The mouse trembled for a while, and began to shake its head, as if trying to find a way to escape from the cage...

"Oh, sorry—" Tahlia leaned closer to the cage, her nose nearly pressed against it. "You have to stay here obediently for a while..." As he said, he took out his wand and waved it lightly, the whole cage glowed with red light, but it disappeared immediately, and the person who had already stepped into the bathroom and started playing with water The two little kids didn't notice at all.

Tahlia looked straight at the mouse, although the small animals in the cage kept avoiding her eyes, which did not hinder her from doing so.

"I'll deal with your business later..." After a long time, Tahlia finally spoke again after feeling that the little animal in front of him was about to tremble and twitch, but this obviously didn't make him relax, but made him more nervous.

Seeing this, Tahlia sighed. "I'm not going to kill you, Peter." After finishing speaking, he stopped staring at the mouse, turned around, and began to organize his things and make a sleeping space for the two little guys in the bathroom.

Didn't want to... kill him?

Scabbers... no, the confusion in Peter's head now trumps the fear.

Merlin knew how horrifying it was for him to see Tahlia appearing beside him the moment he opened his eyes. He thought he was safe staying here, and the only drawback was that he had to maintain his Animagus form.

Who would have thought that Tahlia would appear here, as far as I can remember, she was the one who didn't know anyone in their family...

He felt dizzy, and Tahlia would have drawn his wand and killed him in no time—he was going to die.

Think about it too.He let James and Lily be killed, how could Tahlia let him go?

But now she said, didn't she want to kill him?

For the next few days, Peter stared nervously at Tahlia's every move, but it was only a consolation, he knew that if Tahlia really wanted to cast a spell on him, he couldn't dodge it. It looked like she knew in advance that she was going to kill herself, that's all.

He couldn't change back into human form, at least not yet, he'd tried countless times, he'd tried it when the Weasleys and Tahlia were leaving for Diagon Alley when they left him at home with a mouse.

Tahlia didn't know what had been done to the cage, and as long as he was in it, there was no way to restore it to its original state.

He would have panicked about it, but it didn't, which surprised him.

In his subconscious mind, he seemed to really believe what Tahlia said to him a few nights ago──

She will not kill him.