[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Eventually Tahlia followed to Malfoy Manor.

The last time I came was last Christmas, no wonder Draco said they hadn't been here for a long time.She felt that she had always been unable to refuse the expectant eyes of a child, especially she was always a little guilty towards Draco, she felt that she hadn't taken good care of him-as his godmother, she hadn't done enough.

"Draco, you're also enrolled this year, right?" At the dinner table, Tahlia asked pretendingly casually, even though she already knew the answer in her heart, he was the same year as Harry, so of course he would be enrolled this year.

Draco nodded, his eyes sparkling, and he could barely sit still, as if mentioning it would excite him extraordinarily.

Of course, so did Harry.

Only Nigel looked disappointed. Originally, he and Harry did almost everything together, and now he was going to school. Although he would still live in the school with Tahlia, Harry would not live with them, he would To live in the dormitory of their college...

"Nigel, don't be so sad—" Tahlia whispered into Nigel's ear. "Think of Harry's Invisibility Cloak, I'm sure he'll sneak up on you—"

Unexpectedly, this made Nigel cry even more, and he was completely entangled.

The point is, Harry's invisibility cloak is almost always for him, allowing him to sneak into the library to find books when he was at school, and if Harry takes it back, he can't sneak around where no one notices. slipped into the library...

He wanted Harry to find him...but he also wanted to sneak into the library...

"What's wrong?" Tahlia was puzzled. Nigel was rarely depressed for so long because of something. Could it be that Harry's not being able to play with him really hit him that hard?

Nigel shook his head vigorously. "No."

"Just say what you're unhappy about, don't keep it in your heart..." Tahlia persuaded. "Who did you learn from—"

Obviously Tahlia often doesn't say anything!

Nigel secretly cried out in his heart before speaking. "If the Invisibility Cloak is returned to Harry, I won't be able to go to the library—"

It turned out to be the case.

Tahlia understood right away.

She knew that Nigel would always sneak into the school library to look for potion books. The reason why she didn't object was that she really didn't have that kind of proficiency in potions, and there was no way she could always give him books that could answer his questions. Besides, he is not afraid of being discovered by others when he hides in the invisibility cloak. At least he runs to the library, which is more reassuring for her than hanging out with the Weasley twins all day and trying to think of pranks...

"I can take you there," she said.

Nigel looked up at Tahlia, then looked down again, muttering something under his breath. "I don't want to force you to watch potions..."

He knew that Tahlia didn't want to get in touch with it very much, and he originally thought not to study it anymore...

But he really likes it.

And Tahlia also told him that he can do what he likes by himself, don't worry about her...

But just like this, unless he really encounters a problem that he can't solve even if he wants to break his head, he will never ask Tahlia anything about potions. Every time he sees her correcting the thick stacks of potions Looks so tired after the paper──

What Nigel didn't know was that Tahlia was so tired after correcting students' homework not because of her personal likes and dislikes of potions, but because some of the students handed in really... unintelligible...

Even Peter, who thought he was not good at studying at the beginning, wrote a lot of more reasonable potions papers than some of the papers she revised now.At least Peter just sometimes misunderstood the characteristics of some medicinal materials, not like the few articles she saw, which were written from the first word at the beginning, which was completely out of this world...

Maybe it's not for nothing that Snape thought of throwing the job of grading papers to her—

"You're tired of changing your homework, Tahlia." Nigel said seriously, then smiled a little. "I'll sneak to Harry with the invisibility cloak myself! I think Harry will secretly tell me the secret language of their house, right?" Turning his head to face Harry, he was satisfied to see that not only Harry, but also Draco immediately raised their hands and swore Be sure to tell him exactly how they got into the Slytherin Common Room.

That would be great.

If Harry and Draco were in the same house, he could find them both together, if they were in different houses, then he could go to play in different houses!

Thinking about it, the feeling of disappointment disappeared, and she started talking and laughing with the two children at the side, and Tahlia also felt relieved, and turned back to continue responding to the small talk between Lucius and Narcissa.

Snape sat aside, annoyed that he looked out of place here.

Can't fit in at all...

He has been paying attention to Tahlia's every move, even when she lowered her head to speak to Nigel just now, he listened attentively, even though her hands were pretending to repeat the movement of eating naturally.

Nigel gave absolutely useful information.

He said Tahlia was always exhausting her from grading student papers.

How the hell did he forget that...

Snape silently praised Nigel in his heart, at least he knew what he should do now, the most important thing he should do now was to tell Tahlia that she didn't have to continue to correct his homework for him after school started...

What she needs now is rest.

Considering that they may encounter something that requires a lot of attention at any time, at least he must make sure that Tahlia can live a quiet life when she is in school.

After hearing Nigel's whispered but still clear words about Tahlia's fatigue from his negligence, he was heartbroken.

Unforgettable heartache.

Maybe Dumbledore was right, he was really into it...

He raised his eyes and glanced in Tahlia's direction, but with this look, Tahlia almost dropped the tableware in his hand because Tahlia also turned his gaze.

Damn.

How stupid he is, he shouldn't do this kind of behavior in front of Tahlia that will definitely make her disdain...

Fortunately, Tahlia's eyes didn't linger much, and she retracted without reacting to his reaction, and continued to speak to Lucius.

"No, I'm not expecting Harry or Nigel to be sorted into any house," she said slowly. "In my opinion, every academy is good."

"Of course, I understand." Lucius nodded knowingly. "I know that's what you've always thought, but I have mine too, Tahlia." He glanced at his son confidently, and then decided to ignore what Draco was gesticulating to the other two children in a state of complete disorientation. . "Slytherin...has always only accepted the best students, for example—" He snapped his mouth shut.

Because a look from Tahlia made him realize that she didn't seem to want him to mention her house, and he almost blurted out her as an example just now...

"──your godfather, Harry." Tahlia said flatly.

The children were silent for a moment, their eyes widened in shock, and all their movements froze in mid-air at that second.

Seeing this, Lucius forgot to pay attention to the image for a moment and burst out laughing, this action made the other three children, no, it should be said that Draco opened his mouth wide.

He had never seen his father like this before.

and……

"Is it wrong?" Harry's speechless question perfectly expressed Draco's inner complaints.

Sirius Black, who is always against his father in public, even in Auror, is famously hot-blooded, who would have thought that such a person would come from Slytherin...

Absolutely wrong.

While the parents have kept secrets about exactly how they were sorted, the ritual has definitely gone wrong.

Draco suddenly felt terrified.

What if he also made a mistake when it was his turn to be sorted?

He couldn't even imagine a day when he wasn't sorted into Slytherin... Leaving aside how his father would react, and his friends—

The four adults present, including Snape, exchanged glances silently, and finally Narcissa spoke, her tone sounding forced. "We thought so too."

"Forget about whether your godfather was sorted into the wrong house, Harry..." Tahlia said after chuckling a few times. "I thought the discussion about the branch was over. Didn't I tell you guys before?"

Uncle Lucius obviously mentioned it first...

Several children looked at each other aggrievedly, but they didn't speak.

How could Draco expose his father's lies... and the other two had no intention of continuing this topic, so they just resigned to their fate and kept their mouths shut, fighting with the food on the dinner plate instead.

After they ate an unknown plate of biscuits, Tahlia finally stood up and said to Lucius. "I think we've bothered too long."

"What are you talking about…" Lucius gave Tahlia a blank look. "When did I complain to you that you were bothering us at our house?"

"Looks like not." Tahlia smiled, then turned to speak to Draco. "Draco, I will remember to bring you a gift next time, today is too hasty..."

Draco shook his head hastily.His father was staring at him at the moment, saying that he would not dare to ask Tahlia for a gift even though he really liked everything Tahlia gave him.

"It doesn't matter if you don't need a gift," he said.Then he turned his head and looked at Lucius expectantly, that expression obviously revealed that he wanted his father's praise.

gift.

Snape froze at the word.

It suddenly occurred to him that he had never given Tahlia any presents, never…

The problem is, even now that they've known each other and been together for so many years, he still hasn't even figured out when Tahlia's birthday is.

"Then how?" Tahlia chuckled, then reached up and stroked Draco's neatly combed hair. "I'm your godmother! I'm supposed to be with you all the time, at least let me try to make up for something..."

After Tahlia withdrew his hand, Draco didn't feel uncomfortable because his hair was messed up, but looked more excited.

"Okay, Tahlia...you go on, I think Draco will be too excited to sleep tonight..." Lucius couldn't help but speak.

Can't help but feel helpless, since Draco is not so afraid of Tahlia, his relationship with her is getting better and better, and sometimes he even feels that if he makes Tahlia unhappy, he will suffer Draco's blaming eyes...

Inadvertently glanced at the two black-haired little boys who were about to leave with Tahlia, and suddenly realized that time really passed quickly. Before they knew it, they were not young anymore, and the children were all here to go to school They are old, and soon, they will graduate from school just like they did back then, and shoulder the responsibilities they should have...

After a while, Tahlia really didn't linger much longer, and left by the fireplace in their manor, leaving Draco and the three adults looking a little depressed.

... three adults.

"Draco, you go back to your room first." Lucius told Draco to obediently leave the restaurant, and then...

"May I ask, what are you thinking right now, Severus?"