[HP] Can you be gentle with me

……Why……

"No no no no no no—I'm...I'm sorry—"

──What?

"Oh no no no no no—" Tahlia felt herself being lifted up with a visibly flustered voice, and the voice was—

"No…" It was Derek, and his hand covered his own, but it still couldn't stop the blood from pouring out. "Tahlia... I really... what did I do—" His voice sounded so mournful and stunned.

Suddenly, Tahlia seemed to understand that the heart that was about to be broken again was put back together.

Fortunately not... Fortunately, it was not what she thought──

If even Derek... no, she couldn't take it at all...

"Tahlia…" Derek had no idea what was going on with him.

He couldn't remember what he did just now, but he wasn't so dull that he couldn't figure it out. The moment he came to his senses, Tahlia had already fallen to his knees, and the carving knife in his hand was stained with Full of blood, her eyes are so desperate, so unbelievable──

But how could I... how could I suddenly──

"Tahlia... I didn't mean to—"

"I know." Tahlia cut him off suddenly.And to his horror, her voice sounded very weak.

"I... wait... I have to take you to—"

Clap.

A sudden sound from the door of the store caught Derek's attention, and Tahlia obviously heard it too, and her body froze suddenly.

Derek clenched his fists subconsciously. When a man slowly opened the door and walked in, he knew that this man was definitely not an ordinary guest...

He wasn't even surprised to see Tahlia lying on the ground!

"I didn't expect it to be so easy." The man said softly. "Honestly, I didn't expect it to be that easy, and I have to say I'm pretty disappointed..."

Tahlia paused for a few seconds before uttering a name. "Anderson..."

Derek looked at Tahlia blankly.

She knew him...?

So, he's also... a wizard?

"It's you..." He said hoarsely. "Yes or no?"

The man Tahlia called Anderson sneered.

"It's really you!" Derek felt something exploded in his head, he didn't want to worry about anything now, he just wanted to rush forward and give this man a lesson - thinking, he jumped up without hesitation , and rushed towards that person.

But Anderson just flicked his wand lazily, and in the next second, Derek felt himself being thrown into the air, and then slammed backwards against the cabinet, and a large pile of wooden carvings were knocked down and smashed. On himself, he didn't know when the rope that appeared suddenly bound him tightly, and he found that he was completely unable to move.

Do not!

Derek squirmed anxiously, completely ignoring the pain in his own body. Tahlia still needs him...and he has to take her to the hospital-

"Look at you." Anderson said coldly, looking at Tahlia, seeming to ignore himself at all. "To be with such a piece of shit... a Muggle..."

Tahlia didn't say anything, and Derek now wished so much that he hadn't been so impulsive, otherwise he wouldn't be tied up here, and could only watch Tahlia's face grow paler and paler.

And he can't fucking do anything!

"He...isn't trash." After a while, Tahlia said slowly.

Anderson raised one eyebrow, raised his wand again, and pointed it straight at Derek. "Really?" he said. "You care about him?"

For some reason, Derek had a bad premonition. Obviously, Tahlia also heard something from Anderson's tone. She was suddenly frightened and struggled to get up, regardless of the fact that this action made her cough up a little. Mouth blood.

"No, you can't—"

Derek wanted to tell Tahlia to stop, but before he could, Anderson said something he hadn't heard before, and as the red light from his wand hit him, he opened his mouth. A sharp scream came out of his mouth.

Derek felt like his whole body was burning.

He had never experienced this kind of pain, it was as if his whole body was thrown directly into the blazing flames, the skin of his whole body was burned, and the cells of his whole body were being separated from his body, it seemed that his whole body was being decomposed alive, But his mind is extremely clear, he clearly knows who he is and where he is now, but at this moment he very much hopes that he can pass out directly, at least he doesn't have to be constantly forced to accept this kind of uninterrupted pain.

I don't know how long it took, the feeling finally disappeared, but the unprecedented pain just now made his brain unable to function normally, and Tahlia's voice seemed so far away from him...

"Tah... lia...?"

He spit out a sentence hoarsely.

"Derek..." Derek barely opened his eyes, and found that Tahlia had dragged his injured body to move beside him at some point, with tears all over his face, and transparent liquid continued to flow from his eyes, and he panicked.The blood-stained hands were trembling, trying to untie the rope on her body, but the wound on her abdomen was bleeding more intensely because she lost the force of pressing.

"Oh, look at you... Maybe I shouldn't bother you so much."

The next second, Derek found that the rope on his body had disappeared, and he sat up quickly, helping Tahlia to hold her stomach. "Tahlia, I'm sorry..." He wished so badly now that he could have magic, at least he wouldn't just sit here and find out he couldn't do anything to protect Tahlia at all. "I'm sorry..." Damn why the blood never stops! "I'm sorry—"

"Imperio."

"Anderson!"

It's a particularly wonderful feeling.

Derek feels light all over, like he doesn't have to think about it, like he's had a similar feeling not too long ago, but did something happen just now?He used to be in pain... no, how could he feel pain?

'Pick up that knife...'

Knife?

Derek followed the thin voice in his head and looked forward in a daze, and immediately found that there was indeed a carving knife lying on the ground. He walked forward with a smile, and slowly picked up the knife.

"No… Anderson—Derek, you—"

whose voice is it?

Derek turned around in bewilderment and saw a woman slumped on the ground clutching her stomach. He knew who it was, it was Tahlia...but what was she trying to do?He couldn't be more relaxed now, anyway, there's always been a strong feeling in his heart, just let him do nothing and just obey the voice that pops up occasionally, everything will be fine.

"Anderson!"

Tahlia is so flustered and angry at the same time, she keeps trying to stand up, and she does succeed, although it took her a lot of time and energy, in fact, if she falls to the ground again, she is not sure at all To be able to stand up again.

She staggered forward, instinctively walking in the direction of the man who had clearly gone mad, and in this situation, in this situation where she couldn't see anything, she didn't know what was going on with Derek, In any case, directly stopping the person who is casting the spell would obviously be the most effective method. "The person you want to take revenge on is me! Not him!" She roared, but immediately coughed uncontrollably, so she had no choice but to stop for a while, struggling to support the cabinet beside her. "What on earth do you want to-"

As she spoke, she stepped forward again, but this time, she was held back by someone.

It should be said that he was held tightly by Derek.

"Derek…" Tahlia was bewildered, how is he doing now?he-

"I love you so much, Tahlia."

She heard Derek's voice, but for some reason, she had a bad feeling...

Very, very bad...premonition.

Derek knew exactly what he had to do now.

He's never been so sure about anything.

Still fluttering all over...

'Said you loved her—'Yes, he did, he would have said that.

'Tell her you won't allow yourself to be a burden to her—'

"I...I will not allow myself to be your burden."

"No, no no no... Derek... what are you talking about—Anderson! What do you want him to do—"

What does that mean?The man didn't ask him to do anything...he couldn't be more relaxed now, nothing could hit him—

'Tell her you're ready...'

"I'm already, ready—" That's right, he was ready, even though he couldn't understand what he was ready for at all, and his head felt dizzy, but it felt very comfortable, as if It gave him great courage, no matter what he was ready for, he could accomplish it...he had confidence. "I'm ready, Tahlia."

"Prepare...prepare what──Please──"

'...now, hold your knife—'

Derek smiled, gripping the knife tightly in his hand without hesitation.

"Derek..." Tahlia was still extremely flustered, the darkness in front of her made her unable to know Derek's actions, she could only keep calling his name...

"Derek...whatever you want to do, stop - please -" She thought she should have run out of energy, but now she didn't know what was holding her up, she was still standing, she even had a belly The illusion that the injury is not so painful anymore.

"I'm ready……"

Derek still said that.

"No, you shouldn't be ready!" Tahlia wailed unconsciously, reaching out and grabbing Derek's arm subconsciously. "Whatever he wants you to do! Stop it!"

"I can't…" Derek's tone sounded so peaceful, if Tahlia hadn't heard Anderson's spell clearly just now, she would have almost thought that the man had left, and Derek was the usual Derek. "I'm not going to stop, I know I'm supposed to...I'm sure—I'm not a burden..."

"Of course you're not a liability!" Tahlia yelled, tightening her grip on Derek's arm. "I never thought you were!"

Then the arm that was tightly grasped by him was slowly lifted up.

"Derek…" Tahlia groaned. "Stop...whatever you want to do──" She clutched the man tightly, hoping in her heart that her plea would be answered.

But no, the man spoke gently, but it wasn't the answer she wanted to hear. "That's all I can do...you know I love you."

"I love you too—but stop...please, Derek—"

"Do it."

Time seemed to freeze.

Tahlia was completely confused.

She couldn't move at all, she couldn't move an inch after feeling the warm liquid splattered on her face, and even though she couldn't see what Derek was doing, she couldn't pretend she didn't know what was going on...

There seemed to be wanton laughter coming from her ears, but she didn't care about it──

"No..." she said in a daze.

The hand that was holding her was gradually loosened, and she frantically tried to grab the man again, but in vain, she was also pulled because of the force of the man falling backwards, Tahlia only heard the sound of Derek hitting the floor hard , and then felt the pain of hitting my elbow on the ground...

"Derek..."

"Hahahahahahaha—"

"...Stupefy!"

The laugh stopped like that, but the insane sharpness seemed to reverberate in the air, and it wasn't until the heavy thud hit her ears that Tahlia reacted a little.

But she didn't have time to do anything, it seemed that she had exhausted all her energy, and her trembling hands from blood loss couldn't even grasp Derek's body, which was lying on the ground. It seemed that someone was coming, not Anderson— ─He was just knocked down by the man who appeared suddenly.

An inexplicable sense of familiarity, an unusually familiar smell, and an indescribable aura around him when that person approached──

"Se...verus..."