[HP] Can you be gentle with me

The Easter holidays are here.

In the past few years, Tahlia chose to spend the Easter holidays at school. After all, the Christmas holidays have just ended, and the Easter holiday is quite short. Based on the reason that she can study more at school, no matter how much her brothers persuade her, She was all indifferent.

But this year she is going home.

Because she had received a letter from Lucius, and this was the first time he had written to him, asking her to come to Malfoy Manor during the Easter holidays, not because of her husband's intentions, but because he simply wanted to get together with him.

The happiest ones are the brothers. It is rare that Tahlia chooses to go home for Easter. Although one day will be spent at the senior's house, this does not prevent them from getting along with her.

Although the 14-year-old Tahlia is not much taller, her face has become sharper, and she is no longer the little girl she used to be. Seeing her little sister grow up day by day, the four big men in the Watson family are very pleased , maybe one day she will bring a handsome boy home—no, it can't be that gloomy guy!

Yes, Sirius is good!

The Sirius I met during the summer vacation was already a handsome guy, and standing with Tahlia is really suitable, besides, anyone can tell that the kid likes her, Tony always complains, why doesn't Tahlia be more sensible, and directly with him Just be together.

If only it were that easy.

They're all men, and Tahlia is the only girl, so it's impossible for them to talk about it, or—

"Maybe a book for her birthday this year?" Josh suggested.

"No! Absolutely no books──" Billy subconsciously refused as soon as he heard the book, and then spoke again in embarrassment. "Sorry—er, what book?"

"A book about relationships, of course!" Hamish tapped Billy on the head. "Let's talk to her about these weird—"

Tony said angrily. "So it's okay for us to give her a book like that?" He could already imagine Tahlia's stunned expression when she received the gift.

All four men fell silent.

"Then what do you say?" Josh asked with a headache.

"We—"

Halfway through the conversation, he heard the sound of the door.

The four looked at each other.

"Thief?" Billy said in astonishment.

Would a thief be so foolish as to choose to enter a house in broad daylight?

But after hearing the voice, several people were stunned.

"elder brother?"

They didn't expect to hear Tahlia's voice, and several people rushed to the door, and they saw Tahlia standing in the corridor in front of the door with a suitcase, and they were very frightened by their sudden rush out.

"you……"

"Tahlia!" Josh was the first to react, and stepped forward to take Tahlia's suitcase. "Why didn't you ask us to pick you up! When did you get here? How did you get back here?"

For this barrage of questions, Tahlia was dizzy and took a while to speak. "I came back with the Portkey." Although he briefly appeared in Malfoy Manor for a while, but whoever, no one noticed.

This can be said to be the most convenient way for Tahlia to move around so far. Besides, this is not counted as using magic outside the school, because the magic power required to activate the door key is too small to be detected at all. The only disadvantage is that In any case, he had to step into Malfoy Manor before moving on to other places.

"You guys weren't asked to pick me up because—" Glancing at Josh. "Every time I see Josh driving, I'm tired. Since I can come back by myself, I don't need to bother you."

"Oh, Tahlia." Josh hugged her excitedly. "You know, the fact that you care about us has already touched us."

Tahlia pushed him away after waiting for a while, smiling. "Well, am I going home now?" she said. "But I still have to go to Lucius' house tomorrow."

"Then the senior won't do anything to you?" Billy asked defensively.He felt that Tahlia seemed to run to the senior's house too often──

Seeing Billy looking so eager to beat Lucius up, Tahlia said helplessly. "Billy, Lucius has a fiancée, and he's already engaged to my senior sister."

Billy opened his mouth wide. "He... isn't he just..." He looked at the few people beside him suspiciously. "It's only been a year since you graduated?"

But Tahlia dropped another shock bomb. "Lucius got engaged to Narcissa when he graduated, and now that Narcissa has also graduated, it won't be long before they get married."

Seeing the four people petrified in an instant, Tahlia resolutely didn't stay any longer, took the suitcase from the hard Josh's hand, and dragged it upstairs.

After a long time, several people regained their sanity and stared at each other stiffly.

"Could it be that their magical tradition is to marry early...?" Hamish stammered.

That Lucius should be only 19 years old!

19 years old!

If Tahlia is like this, then... everyone has a sense of crisis in an instant. She is fourteen this year, so isn't there only five years left?

He cursed secretly in his heart.

No matter who it is, they will never allow him to abduct their little sister so early!Not even that little fellow Sirius!

Several people were cursing the poor man who would abduct Tahlia in the future, so it was taken for granted that they also forgot how to make Tahlia enlightened, which they were planning not long ago.

The next day, Tahlia showed up at Malfoy Manor after talking to her brothers.

It didn't take long before he saw Lucius appear in a hurry.

"Hey, Lucius!" Tahlia greeted. "Isn't sir here?"

It was probably her illusion, Lucius seemed to froze for a moment when she heard her say Mr., but it was also possible that he was thinking of other things at that time, and she always remembered his words, and she shouldn't speculate on other people's thoughts.

"He's busy, Tahlia, it's not like you don't know that." He said flatly.

"Of course I do." Tahlia smiled. "Just asking...so," she looked around. "Are you alone here now? Where's Narcissa?"

Lucius' mouth twitched. "We're not married yet." Did she think Narcissa was at Malfoy Manor all day? "Of course she's staying at the Black House."

"I thought you two lived together." Tahlia shrugged, automatically ignoring Lucius' expression.

Lucius didn't want to explain at all.

Directly order the house-elf to bring some snacks and tea, and signal Tahlia to sit down.

"Then, you specially called me here today, what do you want to tell me?" Tahlia asked straight to the point. "Is it related to the incident where you didn't look well last time?"

Lucius shook his head. "I just thought I haven't seen you for a while."

Tahlia raised an eyebrow, but to her surprise, this time she didn't see the joke in Lucius' eyes, he meant it.

"You..." After she said a word, she didn't know how to continue. "What the hell happened?"

Lucius smiled wryly. "I'm serious—"

"I know what you said is true." Tahlia said directly, seeing Lucius' surprised look. "But you never did that before." There was a pause. "In the end what happened?"

Lucius didn't say anything, he took a sip from his teacup.

It was a long time before he spoke. "You haven't been to the study for a long time, do you want to go?"

Unexpectedly, the sudden topic change made Tahlia stunned for a moment. "...I want to go, but—"

"Then let's go." Lucius stood up decisively, motioned for Tahlia to follow him, and didn't give her a chance to continue asking.

How could he tell her.

Besides, he can't and has no right to regret it.

He was a Malfoy - always a Malfoy.

When she got to the study, Tahlia realized that she hadn't been to the study in Malfoy Manor for a long time. Some of the bookcases inside had even been relocated, but the comfortable little sofa by the window remained the same. In the morning light.

"I haven't been in for a long time either." Lucius said flatly.

Tahlia turned her head, her eyes full of doubts. "Why?"

"─Father was found here."

Tahlia looked at Lucius, and only then did she see the deep sadness in his eyes, which seemed indelible, yes, she knew that with his respect and love for his father, it was impossible to be indifferent to his death, but he It cannot be shown in front of the public.

very cruel.

No matter how mature Lucius usually is, he is only 19 years old.

Nineteen was still a child in the Muggle world, still able to hang out with friends and be allowed to be childish, and shouldn't be as repressed as Lucius was.

Tahlia opened her mouth to say something, anything—something to comfort him, something to make him happier, but she found she didn't know how to say it.

She knew that the last thing he needed was sympathy.

"Then, you stay here for a while, any book can be taken." Finally, Lucius spoke first. "I still have something to do—"

Thinking maybe Lucius didn't want to stay here too long, Tahlia nodded quickly. "Well, it's fine for me to be here alone, at worst, call a house elf."

The elves in Malfoy Manor all recognized him, and unless they would disobey their master's orders, they would respond to their own calls, as if Mr. Malfoy had instructed them.

Lucius nodded, turned quickly and left the room.

Tahlia walked slowly to the sofa and sat down, resting her head on the back of the chair and closing her eyes.

Suddenly thought of Mr.

Sir hadn't mentioned Mr. Malfoy's death to himself.Why?

Are they friends?

The husband has always acted indifferently, as if he is not interested in anything.She didn't even know what her husband liked, but how could the death of her best friend have no effect on him at all?

Opening her eyes, Tahlia felt that no matter how much she thought about it, she couldn't think of any answers, not to mention that Lucius told her not to speculate on other people's thoughts, she would always accidentally forget this.

──It would be more practical to find a book to read.

Thinking, she stood up, although the arrangement had changed, but it was definitely not done by Lucius himself, after all he said he hadn't been here for a long time.

Then there was a good chance that Mr. Malfoy had moved.

But this bookcase looks very awkward here...

This bookcase can store books in both directions, so it was originally placed near the center on the right side of the study, but now it is placed almost close to the wall?It would be extremely inconvenient to get the books on the side next to the wall, but she remembered that there were books about transfiguration...

I feel a little pity...

"Lala?" called tentatively.

The elf named Lala who mainly received Tahlia before appeared immediately, bowed respectfully, and said in a shrill voice. "Lala has met Miss, is there anything Miss needs right now?"

"I'm asking you, Lala," Tahlia said. "Why are the bookcases arranged like that?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the question was finished, Lala jumped up hysterically and began to bang her head against the wall desperately. "Oh! Lala is a bad elf! Lala can't answer! Can't answer this question! Lala is so bad!"

Tahlia was stunned for a moment, and for a moment she forgot to stop Lala's self-punishment. It took her a while to realize that she ordered Lala to stay away from the wall.

It seemed that she had asked a key question subconsciously, and one could guess from Lala's reaction.

So it is definitely not a coincidence that this bookcase will be moved here, maybe──

"Lala, can you help me move this bookcase back into place?" Tahlia asked.

Lala blinked her big eyes, filled with tears because of the forceful impact just now, her expression seemed to be very frightened at the moment. "Master, master didn't say that you can—"

"Lucius?"

Lala shook her head violently. "That's the little master──oh, Lala is not a good elf, the little master is already the master, Lala should punish herself──"

"Stop, Lala." Tahlia quickly grabbed the elf who was about to hit the wall again. "So Mr. Malfoy ordered you to move the bookcase, right?"

Lala shook her head desperately, her mouth was tightly shut.

It seems that this is the case, although the house elves are loyal enough to their masters, but they are not very good at keeping secrets... Tahlia thought regretfully, it is easy to guess the truth.

"Lala, help me move the bookcase back to its original position, stop, and listen to me—" Tahlia said patiently. "The master didn't say you could move the bookcase, but he didn't forbid you to remove it either, did he? So even if you helped me move the bookcase, you're a good elf, and you didn't disobey Mr. Malfoy's orders- -"

Lala still hesitated, but finally she didn't rush into the wall.

Finally, she nodded slowly. "Lala will definitely fulfill Miss' wish──" He snapped his fingers, and the heavy bookcase floated up steadily, and then slowly floated back to the location in Tahlia's memory.

"Thank you, Lala." Tahlia said sincerely. "Go and rest first, I can be alone here."

Lala bowed deeply again, and then disappeared with a snap.

"So, Mr. Malfoy, what is your purpose in doing this?" Tahlia murmured after Lala had left, walking towards the wall that was still covered by the bookcase.

It doesn't look like anything special, just a little dirt on the wall—wait, dirt?

Tahlia's eyes widened.

How could Malfoy Manor, which had always had a large number of house-elves tidying up, allow dirt on their walls?Especially this black spot that looks very conspicuous...

As he thought about it, he touched the black spot unconsciously with his hand. Unexpectedly, a dark compartment suddenly appeared on the originally smooth wall, and there was a thick and somewhat worn-out book inside.

Tahlia frowned, completely confused.

Mr. Malfoy couldn't have moved the bookcase for no reason just to hide this book, so there must be something special about this book.

──Although from the outside, this book is really not very eye-catching.

Judging by how dilapidated it is, it seems that the owner of the book often flips through it, and there are some notes mixed in some places, it looks more like a notebook than a book.

Tahlia picked up the book and felt a tingling sensation in her fingers for a moment, but it only happened for a short while, and then she felt nothing, so she didn't take it too seriously...

She sat down on the sofa and started to read.

But the more she looked at the back, the more Tahlia felt that the whole world was in chaos, and she suddenly felt unable to breathe──