HP: Embrace the Darkness

"What do you think of this guy?"

Aces looked up at Carter thoughtfully.

Carter thought for a moment and said to Asseth: "He is a smart man who likes reading?"

As he spoke, he may also feel that what he said was outrageous, and his voice became smaller and smaller.

Elise mentally despises this completely unreliable person.

Carter was also helpless. They were not in the same grade. It would be great to know so much.

But he didn't expect Elise to suddenly take over his words.

"He usually keeps to himself. Slytherins in the same grade reject him, but he doesn't seem to care."

"It's strange to say that those people only excluded and isolated him without any other actual harm."

Speaking of this, Elise paused, and then said uncertainly:

"Some senior students mentioned that it seemed that the dean got angry because of him once before, and no one dared to go too far after that."

"Also, he usually appears in the library and stays there all day long. In terms of study, he is good at potions and herbalism."

Elise said everything she knew in one breath.

Carter looked at her dumbfounded and asked stammeringly:

"You...how do you know so much! Do you like him?"

Hearing this, Elise glanced at him, and then explained to Asseth.

"He is good-looking and has a cool feeling to him, so he is quite popular among girls."

"Of course, sir is more popular. As for you? I really haven't heard of it."

After speaking, she glanced at Carter up and down.

Elise's critical gaze immediately made Carter anxious.

He said angrily: "I've never heard your name among boys either."

"I don't care about this."

Elise looked unconcerned.

"you!"

"All right."

Aces interrupted the argument between the two.

"In this case, Carter, go get in touch with him and see if he is worthy of our trust."

Carter was still a little angry, and even disliked Dua.

But he couldn't refuse Assis's intention, so he could only hold his anger in his heart and responded with a depressed voice.

"Go back and rest, you are tired today too."

"There's no need to rush this matter, just implement it before Christmas."

There is now a week before Christmas, which is exactly the deadline that Ass was supposed to give.

"I think I'm fine, I'm not one of those people who does nothing."

As he spoke, Carter looked at Elise provocatively.

Elise didn't want to pay attention to him, and Artes didn't want to see this childish person. The two simply got up and went back to their rooms, leaving Carter grinning.

Time flies very fast when you are busy.

At least that's what Carter thinks.

He travels between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade every day.

Not only did he have to communicate with Vincent about the plan to implement the special funds, but he also had to sneak behind Dua like a pervert every day.

He has violated more school rules during this period than he did in the past three years combined.

Thanks to the alchemy map that Aces copied not long ago, he was not caught and deducted points.

Hogwarts Library

I don't know how many times Dua felt that someone was watching him.

He raised his head from the book and looked at the suspicious people around him, but just like the previous times, he found nothing.

Dua was not disappointed either. He lowered his head and continued reading the book in his hand.

He has almost gotten used to this line of sight these days.

Behind the bookshelf, Carter narrowly escaped.

Damn it, why is this man so vigilant? This is the first time he has almost been discovered!

Carter complained irritably.

If Asseth knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him. Does this count as high vigilance?

You know a certain Potions Master, even a brief glance can startle him.

Carter looked at the time and began to count down.

Three two one.

As soon as he finished speaking, Dua stood up, returned the book and left the library.

Does this person have obsessive-compulsive disorder?

Carter groaned secretly.

For a week in a row, he had left the library at this time.

Next, Carter couldn't follow.

He pulled out the alchemy map from behind the bookshelf and watched the name representing Duva move across it, finally stopping in the Slytherin common room.

Self-discipline monster!

Carter couldn't help complaining again, how could a girl like this guy who works on the line every day?

After receiving the result, Carter put down the book he was using for cover, turned and left the library.

Even if Carter doesn't want to, Christmas will come soon.

Aces still didn’t go home for Christmas this year.

Because the Duke and Anna went on a trip to celebrate their defeat of the organization.

Abandoned, Artes could only spend his second Christmas at Hogwarts.

Early in the morning, Asseth took out the gifts he had prepared in advance, kept one of them, and then gave the rest to Nina to help deliver it.

And Asseth took the only gift left and walked to the cellar.

The cold winter makes the dungeon colder than ever.

Walking in the bone-chilling dungeon, Artes couldn't help but worry about Snape in the cellar.

The cellar was colder than the dungeon.

The professor was unwilling to light the fireplace, as he had lit it before.

Perhaps because he was there at the time, the professor didn't say anything.

But now that he is alone, he must be like before.

Aces lowered his eyes, unable to suppress the worry in his heart, and unconsciously touched the alchemy ring on his index finger with his thumb.

How about giving the robe to the professor?

He later added temperature-regulating glyphs to the robes, just right for a professor.

Anyway, no one stipulates that you can only give one Christmas gift.

Aces quickly and happily decided on the robe.

On the wooden door of the cellar, the sleepy Miss Medusa lazily opened her eyelids.

"It's you, Mr. Cavendish. What are you doing here?"

Seeing that she was about to hibernate due to the cold wind, Ace raised his hand and cast a warming spell on her.

"I'm here to give the professor a Christmas gift. Is the professor here?"

After getting the heat preservation spell, Miss Medusa managed to cheer up.

"The dean is inside, you go in."

After saying that, she opened the door.

Aces walked in.

The first thing he did when he entered the cellar was that Ace waved his wand to separate the potions that needed to be protected from the heat, and then lit the fireplace.

The warmth of the fireplace quickly dissipated the coldness of the cellar.

Asseth looked around and found that there was no potions master in the cellar.

Then his eyes fell on the closed door of the potion room.

Seeing the light coming from the crack of the door, I felt a little helpless.

Professor, is this open all year round? Are you making medicine even for Christmas?

He put down the gift in his hand, hesitated for a moment, then gently knocked on the door of the potion room and called softly.

"professor?"

No one answered inside, but Asseth knew that the Potions Master must have heard it.

Afraid of disturbing the refining inside, he didn't say anything anymore, but waited quietly at the door.