[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Seeing the blank expression on Dumbledore's face, Tahlia couldn't help but feel that even if she didn't really get any useful information from this trip, it was worth it.

Dumbledore was actually right.

In fact, she already knew in her heart that instead of thinking too much here, it is better to face Voldemort directly. Anyway, the current Voldemort still thinks that she is useful, and he will not easily kill her...

She came here just out of habit.

Although she always felt that she couldn't figure out the wise old man in front of her, the conversation with him would always make her feel at ease, that's enough, isn't it?

Tahlia stood up slowly, and smiled again. "Okay, Albus, you should know that was just a joke..."

"I'm not young anymore, Tahlia…" Dumbledore replied dryly. "Don't provoke me like this in the future—"

"I understand." Tahlia nodded. "I know what you mean, I will find a chance to go there in the next few days... By the way." She suddenly thought of something, and sat back on the chair. "I want to arrange a meeting between you and Lucius, what do you think?"

Dumbledore froze for a few seconds before speaking. "...so you mean, Mr. Malfoy really—"

Tahlia smiled. "I've told him the truth about his father's death before, and I think the Lucius I knew admired his father very much...even though he's the same as before in the eyes of ordinary people, I know he definitely doesn't want Voldemort to I will continue to live, I can assure you."

"Since you say so, then..." Dumbledore said after thinking for a while. "I'm looking forward to my meeting with Mr. Malfoy."

"I'll arrange it." Tahlia nodded again, this time she got up without stopping, and after saying something to Dumbledore, she left the headmaster's office.

Tahlia didn't go back to her office, instead, she walked towards the school gate at a leisurely pace, as if taking a walk.

Anyway, she doesn't have any job at school, does she?

Not long after, a man and a woman in Malfoy Manor opened their mouths wide open involuntarily when the black-haired woman suddenly appeared, not knowing what to say for a while.

"You two look like you're saying, I can't be here at this hour..." Tahlia said grimly.She just stood still, and she didn't expect to see the expressions of Lucius and Narcissa who were not elegant at all.

The two quickly shut their mouths.

"It's only the first day of school today." Lucius said dryly, before he realized it and raised his eyebrows. "Are all Hogwarts teaching assistants as idle as you—?"

"Oh, Lucius..." Tahlia gave Lucius a blank look. "Of course I have something very important to come here, otherwise you think I'm so boring that I want to come to your place to kill time?" After a pause, she frowned without concealing it. "I said, do we have to do this every time we meet? I'm tired if you don't bother me..."

Narcissa couldn't hold back her laughter for a moment, and reached out to pat Lucius' arm. "Okay, Luc, Tahlia also said something important, so stop being so dishonest—"

Lucius gave a cover-up cough before waving his hand, asking the house-elf to bring some refreshments right away, while motioning for Tahlia to sit down, and Narcissa also consciously said that she wanted to go for a walk outside, and then left the room, allowing the two of them to Discuss important matters without interruption.

"Then, what do you want from me?" Lucius asked after gathering his thoughts again.

"It's really nothing, it's just..." Tahlia smiled slightly. "Just wanted you to meet Dumbledore—"

Unsurprisingly, Lucius frowned immediately upon hearing these words. "Why do I need to meet him?" As he spoke, he raised one eyebrow hypocritically. "Tahlia, I hate the Dark Lord, but don't think I'll be happy to be friends with that old Dumbledore—"

"Of course I do." Tahlia interrupted Lucius angrily. "Have you forgotten how long I've known you?"

"It's been a while." Lucius curled his lips. "Since you know, why are you still telling me these things?"

"Oh, Merlin...can you put your prejudice aside for a moment?" Tahlia sighed. "I know that we have never agreed with Dumbledore's ideas so much, but now we have a common goal, and the headmaster...he is the only person in this world that Voldemort fears after all, we must cooperate with him." He said, Lifting his head slowly, he stared straight at Lucius. "That's why I asked him for help in the first place."

Lucius kept his mouth shut and didn't speak for a while.

"What I need you to do is to negotiate a good deal with him. I think you should be very good at finding favorable conditions from the other party to take advantage of yourself?" Tahlia chuckled. "This has always been what Malfoy is best at." Otherwise, it would not have been established in the wizarding world for such a long time, and unlike some pure-blood families that have completely declined now, the Malfoy family's family property has not decreased, but over time. , accumulating more and more rapidly.

"You'd better just say it directly." After an unknown amount of time, Tahlia heard Lucius' voice, and the blond man in front of him seemed to be rubbing his forehead with a headache. "What do you want me to promise him?"

Tahlia didn't answer in a hurry, but first reached out and took the exquisite refreshment that had been served by the house elf on the low table in front of her, and put it into her mouth in one gulp.

"Tahlia!"

"You guessed it already, didn't you?" Tahlia swallowed the dessert calmly. "I think you should start trying to instigate some Death Eaters."

"Oh?"

"It's not a difficult job, is it? Considering that most Death Eaters are only interested in their own interests, once they find out that Voldemort can't keep his promise, of course they won't continue to serve him—"

"You forgot to think about it." Lucius cleared his throat and reminded him kindly. "Those Death Eaters you say are greedy for their own interests are very afraid of death. You should know how much the emotion of fear affects a person──"

Tahlia paused. "That's why I need you to negotiate."

He didn't expect those Death Eaters to stand up against Voldemort, at least, at least let Lucius do it, convince them not to answer his call, so that even if Voldemort regained his strength, their side would still be able to gain an absolute superiority in numbers.

"Just leave them to their masters to fend for themselves," Tahlia said word for word. "Convince them that their master is doomed—"

"Where's the chip?" Lucius raised his hand and interrupted Tahlia abruptly. "What do you want me to do to convince them of that?"

Tahlia was silent.

Bargaining chips.

Of course she has leverage.

Snape's potion would definitely work, and it would never go wrong.

But if the news leaked out earlier, I'm afraid those idiots will immediately report the matter to Voldemort for a reward. That's not what she likes...

"Tahlia?"

"No." Tahlia said quickly, looking up. "It should be said, I have, but I can't tell them..." Seeing that Lucius wanted to refute something, she continued hastily. "I know it's hard to do, Lucius... but you grew up among these pure-blood families, and the only person I can think of who can do this is you, and you've got a way of convincing most of them... if Without Voldemort's men, we will definitely win—"

"Can I understand that you have found a way to ensure the death of the Dark Lord?" Lucius asked, raising his eyebrows, not rushing to agree to the matter.

Tahlia paused for a moment before nodding, sure enough Lucius was always able to piece together the truth from her words. "Well, Snape and I are planning to poison - in the potion that Voldemort was supposed to use to revive him."

Lucius closed his eyes and thought for a while before speaking. "Hmm... This really can't be used as a bargaining chip that can be publicized──" Then he stopped talking, as if he started to think about something again.

"So..." After a while, Tahlia and others intersected and said cautiously. "You will agree to...?"

Lucius opened his eyes abruptly, and spit out a sentence angrily. "Did you give me a chance to say no?"

"Uh...no." Tahlia chuckled. "But thank you."

"I should thank you, Tahlia…" Lucius sighed suddenly. "If you hadn't told me, I'm still kept in the dark, maybe I would never know that Lord killed my father for the rest of my life."

"We all know too late." Tahlia lowered her eyes. "Voldemort is too good at disguising, we have all been fooled by him..." After a pause, she clenched her fists and raised her head firmly. "That's why we're here now."

Lucius nodded approvingly.

Tahlia smiled.

Only at this time did she feel again what a great friend Lucius is. Thinking about it from before to now, no matter how weird she asked him, he never refused.

"You..." A thought popped into her head, fleeting, but Tahlia caught on to it. "About Nigel...how much do you know?"

Lucius froze for a few seconds. "You mean... Nigel?"

"Well, you know his name." Tahlia nodded slowly.

Lucius thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Not much, Tahlia, I was curious about you showing up with him, but you didn't want to tell me, and I didn't plan to try—"

"But you vaguely guessed something, didn't you?" Tahlia pressed. "Your intuition was always right when you saw him, Lucius."

"..." Lucius remained silent, staring at Tahlia for a long time before speaking softly. "He's your son." He knew the way the parents looked at the child, and he didn't miss the resemblance between Nigel's eyebrows and Tahlia's. He wouldn't be fooled by Tahlia's nonsense about the child's parents being dead, Especially—"You and...Severus' son."

That was the only thing he didn't understand.

They had a son, but Tahlia left...

"And you didn't tell him."

Tahlia forced a smile. "Why did you tell him?"

"Why did you tell him?" Lucius repeated, muttering. "He and you──" He opened his mouth, but couldn't come up with the next sentence.

"It was just a potions accident."

"But—"

"Okay, Lucius." Tahlia interrupted wearily. "I'm not telling you this to make you keep asking about our relationship..."

Lucius didn't say anything more, he was suddenly confused about Tahlia's intentions for him to start the conversation.

"Then what do you mean?"

Tahlia took a deep breath. "I want you to keep it a secret for me and never tell it to anyone, especially──Snape."

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