[HP] Can you be gentle with me

"I look forward to your explanation, Tahlia."

Tahlia couldn't lift her head up. In fact, she felt that she couldn't control any part of her body at all. She could only maintain a kneeling position stiffly, and she couldn't speak at all.

The man in front of him is a murderer.

And she had naively thought that this man was worthy of respect.

"Lucius," the man called someone else's name this time. "You go out, I'll talk to Tahlia for a while—"

She clearly felt that the young man who had held her so tightly had left without stopping, leaving her alone, and she felt abandoned.

At that moment, she finally understood.

It's always been myself as Lucius' friend, always.

Not all hard work pays off.

"Tahlia, look up." She heard Voldemort's voice, but what did he ask himself to do?What exactly does he want to do with himself?

She was still unable to move.

"You don't want me to say it a third time—look up." The voice sounded again, this time more stern.

Alarm bells rang in Tahlia's heart, breaking through the rigid shackles of her body in an instant, allowing her to raise her head sharply.

Voldemort looked at her coldly.

"I thought you weren't the type to stop studying, Tahlia."

"...I didn't stop studying, but school has too many things to do these days, I'm sorry for not continuing to ask you questions──" she whispered. "Forgive me, sir, sir."

damn it!She is so useless!

She wanted to punish herself severely, she found that in front of this man, no matter what kind of determination she had made before, it was useless now, she should have resisted him, instead of saying such cowardly words asking him to forgive, If James and the others, they must be much braver than themselves──

But she was no Gryffindor, never had been.

Voldemort had imagined several Tahlia's reactions─Ju Fan jumped up and pointed at his nose and yelled to show that he was going against him, or cowered and couldn't say anything──

No matter what it was, he didn't intend to let her live. Needless to say, the former should be eliminated since it was an enemy, and the latter, such a cowardly creature, would not be useful in the future.

So watching Tahlia say the words of apology in a calm tone, Voldemort was stunned for the first time in his life, and he was sure it would be the only time.

There may be no ill effects for the girl to be alive.

Still, he had to figure out what had changed her attitude.

"I don't think that's an excuse, Tahlia," he said flatly. "School work should not be a problem for you at all. Do you think you use such an excuse to prevaricate me, and I will believe it?"

Tahlia looked down.

"I'm sorry, sir—"

Voldemort said coldly. "I didn't call you here to hear your apology."

There was a brief silence for a while, as if there was no living person in the room.

"Sir, can I make a request?" Tahlia spoke after a long while.

Voldemort narrowed his eyes dangerously. "No one has ever dared to ask me."

Tahlia said it anyway. "Sir, can I stop writing to you──" Seeing Voldemort's furrowed eyebrows instantly, she compromised unconsciously. "I mean, at least temporarily."

despise yourself!Why does her backbone seem to be eaten away by a dog?

"Why?" Voldemort took a few deep breaths. The girl had already proved the worth of living, and it was not worth it to let her lose control of her emotions and ruin this tool.

Tahlia thought for a moment before opening her mouth cautiously. "Because the school will have OWLs exams next year, I think I have to get a perfect result, I—"

Voldemort stood up abruptly, ignoring Tahlia's sudden jerk before stopping in mid-sentence, and slowly walked in front of her. "You are afraid of me, why?"

"I...I didn't, sir."

Voldemort chuckled, but now for the first time Tahlia felt that this laughter sounded creepy, as scary as it could be, and realized once again how stupid she was before.

"But you should be afraid, shouldn't you?" he said.

It seems that the girl has found out.

Finally found out that he is not the man she imagined, so how can I make this girl continue to obey her now?

Thinking about it, but annoyed to find that no matter how I think about it, the words uttered by that smooth voice keep reverberating in my mind, unable to dissipate──

"I think you have a lot of friends at school." Before he realized it, he had said what Abraxas had told himself—

However, after seeing Tahlia's instantly stiff expression, he had to admire him. Perhaps this was the most effective way to deal with this girl.

"Sir?" Tahlia was anxious, she had no idea why Voldemort suddenly mentioned her friend. "...there are some."

Voldemort nodded, but instead of continuing the topic of friends, he abruptly jumped to another sentence. "Remember what I told you about my ambitions, I think I need you to reassure me—" he said, the corners of his mouth curled up. "Promise what you said to me, Tahlia." There was a short pause, and then he began with a wicked smile. "You said, you will stand by my side and help me."

Tahlia couldn't say a word.

Voldemort didn't force her to speak either, he just slowly moved back to the seat and sat down lazily. "Otherwise you may find that after a certain holiday, certain students will no longer appear in school──" Seeing Tahlia start to tremble uneasy, he said coldly. "As for whether there will be anyone you know in it, I don't know."

After a long time, Tahlia managed to stop the trembling all over her body, but when she spoke, her voice could not be stabilized. "What promise do you want me to make, sir?"

chuckle.His eyes were fixed on Tahlia.

"You... What promise do you want me to make?" Tahlia lowered her head, slightly changed her words and asked again.

Voldemort laughed grimly a few times. "I want your allegiance, Tahlia." There was a pause. "You should know what I mean."

Tahlia kept her head down.

She felt that she could no longer control anything, she was so small in front of this man at this moment, no matter what he said, she couldn't do anything other than agree.

And he threatened himself with her friend's safety—

"Morsmordre (Bone Reappearance)." Voldemort suddenly said a spell that Tahlia had never heard before.

An unforgettable symbol shot out of Voldemort's wand with a flash of green light, and was suspended above the hall. A snake was spitting out of a skeleton's mouth, giving people an inexplicable sense of fear.

Tahlia unconsciously raised her head and stared at the symbol, feeling a chill gushing out of her body, and couldn't help shivering for a while.

"This is my symbol, Tahlia." Voldemort raised his hand and said. "After you graduate, I'll give you this certificate of honor, so—" He raised his mouth. "Your friends—will be safe."

After a long while, Tahlia nodded very slightly, imperceptibly.

"However," Voldemort smirked. "Even before you graduate—you have to remember—you still obey me. As long as you don't cross my bottom line, I can guarantee you that you won't do anything to people you care about—" There was a pause. "Nice deal, isn't it?" he said. "Do me a little favor, in exchange for the safety of your friends, I think you will gladly accept it, what do you think?"

As if another century had passed, just when Voldemort had begun to lose patience and seriously considered getting rid of the girl in front of him, she spoke in time.

"...I see," she said.But she was tangled in her heart, she felt that she had stepped into the quagmire just now, and no one would give her a hand.

From now on, she will only gradually sink down...

The corners of Voldemort's mouth curled into a perfect arc, obviously very satisfied with her answer.

"Now, you need a perfect demonstration—" He raised his voice slightly. "Lucius!"

The door opened immediately, and Lucius stepped in quickly. After seeing the Dark Mark floating above the hall, he was taken aback for a moment, but his reaction was extremely fast──

Lord has made it clear to Tahlia.

This means-

Without waiting for Voldemort's order, he walked forward respectfully, knelt down at his feet, gracefully picked up the corner of his robe, and kissed him lightly as if it were a treasure, and then slowly stepped back and stood up. "Lord."

A series of smooth and natural movements, Tahlia was dumbfounded, but the man's purpose of calling Lucius in was already obvious, she turned around stiffly, seeing the satisfied expression of the man in front of her, she knelt down slowly—feeling the moment when her knees touched the cold floor. Frozen despair.

Time seemed to stand still, and Tahlia felt that she was no longer herself. From now on, she would always be subject to this man, always be like Lucius, bow to him, there was no way out for her, right?

In order to keep everyone she cares about alive in safety──

It's really a bargain, as the man said.

The Slytherin in his bones knew this very well, so the Sorting Hat's decision was not wrong, but terrifyingly right.

Slowly bent down, face down to the floor, and only in this way, she can not face the man's hideous face, she opened her mouth, nails digging deeply into the palm of her hand.

"...Lord."

The door closed behind him, Tahlia activated the door key, and the next second she was standing in the living room of Malfoy Manor, and Lucius followed immediately.

Tahlia slumped to the ground for a moment.

Looking at her actions, Lucius actually felt an unbearable emotion...

"Tahlia, are you okay?" After hesitating for a long time, he couldn't help asking.

The Lord had done nothing to her, and, obviously, she pleased him, which was a good thing, right?Although he knew that it was absolutely impossible for her to oppose the Potter children, her actions just now──

She was in the same camp as herself. Although she didn't know what method Lord used, Tahlia did agree.

In any case, colleagues should care about each other, shouldn't they...he told himself.

But he didn't get any response, the black-haired girl was still sitting on the ground in a daze, her eyes were full of emptiness, Lucius didn't even know if she was thinking at the moment.

Slowly squatting down, stretching out his hand, intending to pat the girl on the shoulder──

"Do not touch me."

Cold tone.

Lucius was frightened immediately, and his hands froze in mid-air.

The girl has never talked to herself in this tone──

"Tahlia?"

Tahlia stood up slowly. "Since when did you plan?" You planned to let yourself contact Voldemort, Lucius is the source, without him, Voldemort would never know his existence at all──and just now, he followed Voldemort's instructions to bring him here, for I don't care about what may happen to me──

She has always firmly believed that if she puts in the effort, there will be rewards one day──but this obviously doesn't work on Slytherin, Lucius is like this, leaving himself alone and leaving, even if she treats him as a dear friend...Snape, yes As indifferent as I say I am, even if I tolerate him over and over again, I always think about him in everything I do──

She finally realized the reality.

It's time to grow up──

A brief silence.

"It's not important, is it?" Lucius smirked. "We're in the same boat now—"

"Answer me." Tahlia's mood didn't change at all, but there was a sense of oppression in an instant, which made Lucius unable to react for a while. In his impression, Tahlia would never show such hostility towards someone she knew well──

He swallowed, not knowing why, he was afraid to say the answer.

But Tahlia smiled. "I see, I guessed right, you've planned to do this from the very beginning—" Her smile was very bright, but the smile didn't show at all. "You lied to me from beginning to end—"

"I…" Lucius suddenly felt guilty, but what could he say?

He did plan like this from the very beginning, even though he unexpectedly cared about this elementary school girl later, but he had always planned like this──

He had indeed been deceiving her from the beginning.

"You've achieved your goal now." Tahlia smiled. "I think it's time for me to leave. Leaving the school without authorization will cause a commotion. I don't think the Lord wants this to happen—"

Not right.

Something was very wrong with Tahlia.

Didn't she agree with the Lord?

If she didn't identify with the Lord, how could she still be standing here alive?

But what's with her painful expression now?

Lucius was confused, shouldn't she be happy that the Lord appreciates her so much?

Seeing Lucius' puzzled expression, Tahlia felt the urge to tell everything about Mr. Malfoy, and she wanted to see the regretful look of this young man who plotted against her.

Mr. Malfoy sacrificed himself, and Lucius is here now, doing exactly the opposite of Mr. Malfoy's wishes—

He loves his!

Tahlia screamed inwardly.

He loved him above all—

And what is he doing now...

Reason told herself that she couldn't blame Lucius because he was also kept in the dark, but emotionally it was unbearable.

"I made a mistake, do you know what it is?" she said softly, clenched the badge that Mr. Malfoy had given her with her right hand, although the palm felt a little tingling, but she was able to keep herself calm.

Still confused, Lucius shook his head.

"Since you said you wanted me to call your name, I've always regarded you as Lucius──" After a pause, he looked up and forced a smile. "But I forgot, you were always a Malfoy."

The portkey was activated, and the last thing she saw was Lucius' astonished face, but she didn't care.

This is a meticulous trap, and she has fallen into it, and there is no possibility of escape.