[HP] Can you be gentle with me

"I'm the Potions Professor, Nigel," Snape said. "What do you think this means?"

Nigel paused for a moment with the hand that was about to pull out a book, but then moved on, ignoring Snape.

"I'm good at potions." Snape answered his question himself. "Maybe you've run into some problems... about the subject?"

This was the first time he offered to teach an additional child. Who would have thought that this rare gesture of favor did not get any response.

The child in front of him didn't even look back.

Nigel is definitely No.1 who dares to do this kind of thing to him, even Tahlia has never been so thorough in ignoring it...

But he shouldn't behave like this, should he?

Don't children always show obvious curiosity about things they are interested in?

Especially since this child is only... five years old?six years old?

"I don't mind setting aside some time for you when you have a problem." He spoke again, determined to continue drawing the kid's attention to topics that interested him. "It's hard to make progress if you're always thinking about it alone in the process of studying──"

"Tahlia will teach—" Nigel blurted out, shut his mouth again, and finally turned his head and glared at Snape, as if blaming him for making his own voice.

And he really thought so in his heart.

Tahlia would teach him.

Although she has never directly answered his questions, she will always find books that can answer them for him, so he doesn't need to teach in the dark!

He absolutely hates the dark!

And he made himself accidentally speak, telling himself silently in his heart never to answer any of Snape's questions again.

"I'm well aware of Tahlia's level of potions, Nigel." Snape said, frowning. "Perhaps she can answer your questions now, but in the future you will definitely need another person who is more... specialized in this subject."

Nigel didn't speak any more, just gave Snape another hard look, put aside the small stack of books he was holding, and put on the invisibility cloak again, while Snape just watched helplessly as the child in front of him followed The silver cloak was hung up and then disappeared, and then the stack of books that had been temporarily placed on the bookshelf also disappeared. It seemed that he didn't deliberately hide his whereabouts from Snape anymore, because he obviously felt that his left thigh was bruised Hit hard.

Snape didn't catch up any more, he just felt helpless and smiled wryly.

The kid was clearly very dependent on Tahlia, and would never do anything against her will.

Now that he will have such a reaction, there is only one possibility-Tahlia doesn't even want to touch her with children around her...

Could it be that in her perception, he is really that unkind?

Furthermore, he actually felt that Nigel's impolite attitude was completely within the scope of his tolerance?

When did he have such a good temper, when facing children?

In the end, Snape didn't stay in the library any longer, and left after hastily picking out the books he needed. Maybe when he had a chance to meet Nigel later, he should try to ask him some more questions about Tahlia's current situation. What do you think of him...

What he didn't expect was that he never met the child again.

Every night when he delivered the potion to Tahlia's office, Nigel would never show up, and he hadn't met him in the library, but he knew that Nigel had been borrowing and returning books regularly, and he had already borrowed books from Mrs. Pince. I got this information out of my mouth - there are always a few books missing in the library for no reason, but they will automatically reappear after a few days, which proves that Nigel still often goes to the library to look for books.

But he just never met Nigel again.

Nigel was definitely the most special kid he had ever met, and it was obvious that he was only amused by Nigel's unkindness to him, not angry.

It seemed like he just had an unexplainable fascination with not being able to compare Nigel to the group of students at school who probably had their brains eaten by dogs.

One day, he finally couldn't help asking, when he took a small bottle of potion and handed it to Tahlia as usual. "Nigel... is interested in potions?"

Tahlia was about to pour the potion, but because of his words, she froze instantly, as if frozen.

The atmosphere also suddenly became extremely strange.

"Where did you hear that?" Tahlia asked abruptly, even forgetting to put down the hand holding the potion bottle first.

"I ran into him in the library," Snape replied. "At that time, all he was holding were potion books."

A brief silence.

After a while, Tahlia asked again. "Then why are you bringing this up again?"

Snape was thoroughly confused.

He didn't understand why after the conversation turned to Nigel's preferences, Tahlia stared at him with guarded eyes for a moment, and he didn't do anything to make things difficult for Nigel.

And he immediately clarified that.

"I didn't intend to spy on him for anything—"

"If you do anything to hurt him, I warn you, Snape, I won't let you go." Tahlia spoke slowly, word by word, her tone sounded too serious, even Snape He could clearly feel that if he really... how to say... bullied Nigel, Tahlia would definitely not let it go.

He swallowed unconsciously. "I totally understand."

Originally, he wouldn't do this, even if Tahlia didn't say so, it should be said that he somehow felt that he should be closer to Nigel, I don't know if it was because of the freckles on his nose that were very similar to Tahlia's...

and many more.

He clearly remembered the first time he met Tahlia.

At that time, Tahlia's hair was very short, and the first impression she had of her was that she was a boy. At that time, she didn't say a few words to herself, because he turned around and left... Even when he went to comfort him, he gave him a word. She didn't even cry.

And Nigel also has almost exactly the same freckles...

To Snape's horror, Nigel's face overlapped with the Tahlia he remembered as a child in his mind—

This means that Nigel is Tahlia's son at all!

Tahlia has a son.

This fact hit Snape's head hard.

And Tahlia looked flat at the moment.

"Why are you so dazed?" She frowned, and after thinking for a while, she continued to drink the potion in her hand, and handed it back to Snape.

"You..." Snape suddenly felt as if something was choking in his throat, making it difficult for him to even make a sound. "What's the relationship between Nigel and you...?"

Tahlia's brow furrowed even tighter. "I remember telling you that you got too much—"

"Tell me." Snape continued to ask, as if he didn't notice Tahlia's words.

"I also said that Nigel's parents are dead—" Tahlia replied coldly. "And I don't really want to talk about them, especially with you."

A moment of silence.

That's right...

Tahlia did say that Nigel's parents were dead, but that child was too similar to the Tahlia in his memory. Is there such a coincidence in the world?

Is it really possible that they are not related at all?

Could it be that he misunderstood?He'd think they looked alike just because they both had freckles, or maybe he just missed the childhood Tahlia who had always been kind to him.

"I think too much..."

Snape took the vial and put it away.

Perhaps this topic should not be continued.

Because Tahlia has clearly expressed displeasure, and this is something he doesn't want to happen at all...

Thinking about it, I decided not to think about it anymore. Although Nigel's life experience is a mystery, nothing is more important than a peaceful dialogue with Tahlia.

"How are you feeling lately?" he asked finally.

"Can't tell." Tahlia replied flatly. "It's pretty much the same as before."

It should be said that before she started drinking the potion, she hadn't passed out suddenly, or felt exhausted for no reason. At that time, she thought the situation was getting better, but she didn't expect it to be.

After starting to drink the potion, nothing special happened, so she didn't know whether her body could be called healthy now...

Snape frowned. "Really...then you—" He closed his mouth.

He didn't know what was going on with Tahlia before, but he had a hunch for no reason that Tahlia wouldn't be happy if he really asked that question.

After thinking for a while and reconsidering the words, he spoke again. "So, when was the last time you passed out without warning?"

At least, judging from the fact that Tahlia didn't show any impatience or displeasure after hearing his question, he asked the right question.

Tahlia only frowned slightly, but it wasn't because she was angry, she seemed to be thinking hard about something... maybe thinking about how to answer Snape's question.

"half year ago."

It took a long time before Tahlia spoke.

She looked up, staring straight at Snape. "The last time was half a year ago, I'm pretty sure of that."

It was because of her good condition in the past six months that she thought she was much better. Thinking about it now, maybe she should really be thankful that Snape almost killed her by mistake, otherwise if she really died suddenly one day, Nigel what to do?

What's more, she was completely uncertain how long it would take to kill Voldemort completely, and she would never allow herself to leave her friends to die before then...

That's right.

She would be so easily persuaded by Snape to stay at school again, and that was the only reason, absolutely.

Snape thought for a moment before speaking. "I think you should ask me to confirm your situation again, Tahlia." As he spoke, he reached into the robe and wanted to draw out his wand, but was immediately stopped by Tahlia's sharp eyes, which made him maintain a stiff posture in embarrassment Stand still.

"I have no intention of asking you to draw your wand in front of my office again," Tahlia said coldly. "I'll remember to find Poppy tomorrow, so I won't bother you..."

The next second, the door was slammed shut again in front of Snape's eyes, this time almost hitting the bridge of his nose, since he was actually standing farther forward.

But at this moment, he just felt astonished, and stood there in a daze. After a while, he slowly lowered his hand, and of course he was not holding the wand.

What the hell did he say wrong again?