HP: Embrace the Darkness

The word "mate" came out, and the air suddenly became awkward. The two of them were silent. For a while, the only sound in the cellar was the burning sound of the fireplace.

In such strange silence, Snape looked away uncomfortably. Artes was fine, but he could clearly hear his heartbeat speeding up.

Isn't it embarrassing to be unpromising? It’s not like he’s never done it before, that’s what Ass thought in his heart, but he couldn’t help but change the subject.

"Ahem, Professor, I'm sorry for one thing. When I joked with you before, Nina took it seriously, so she didn't want to reduce the portion as you wanted. She didn't mean it."

this matter?

Snape narrowed his eyes, "It seems you have memories of this time?"

"..."

His mouth is hopeless, and he doesn't know if it's too late to say no now?

"Yes or no?" Snape said coldly.

"……have"

Have?

Snape's ghostly eyes fell on Asseth. Very good. It seemed that he no longer had any burden to deal with this giant monster.

Aces' back suddenly began to feel cold.

No, we have to change the topic!

"Professor, that..."

Asses said and suddenly got stuck.

What's that?

Why is his mind so blank?

Merlin, his face has been completely humiliated by the professor these days.

Aces' face was still calm, but he was already losing his mind inside.

At this time, Snape suddenly said: "That thing on your neck, haven't you noticed anything wrong with yourself until now?"

Something's wrong?

Asseth waved his hand to conjure a mirror and carefully looked at himself inside.

"There seems to be something wrong?"

What's just wrong?

He frowned, looking over himself and not seeing it.

"If you just change your body and your mind is still stupid, I suggest you stay the same, because being an animal doesn't require you to think too much."

With that said, Snape couldn't bear it and threw a curse on him.

"If you want to be a human being, can you use your brain? You haven't noticed that your body has changed in age yet?"

Ass was scolded so badly that he didn't dare to speak, so he sneered and cast a checking spell on himself.

The result of the examination was: he is now eighteen years old.

eighteen?

Assas was surprised. He cast a checking spell on himself again and checked himself inside and out, but the result remained unchanged.

So, he's an adult now?

At that moment, Artes felt like he was in another world. He looked at Snape with a dazed look in his eyes.

"I...I haven't heard of it. Who can practice Animagus and...um...like this?"

"Why did you make a mistake?"

Snape interrupted him directly. As expected of a rigorous and keen Potions Master, Snape caught the key point in just one moment.

Aces tried to think back, "Cynthia told me that it was caused by the magic power in my body and the power of the moonlight?"

He was unsure as he spoke, and Cynthia didn't make it clear at the time.

Snape said succinctly: "To the Forbidden Forest."

"it is good."

Neither of them were indecisive people. They decided on the direction and headed straight for the Forbidden Forest.

In the deep forbidden forest, the lush leaves shed a little light, and two figures could be vaguely seen moving quickly inside.

It was Asseth and the potion master who came to find the answer. They were wearing black robes and moving very fast. From a distance, they could only see two black shadows passing by.

The two of them walked in tandem, with Artes leading the way, taking familiar paths around various paths. Snape behind him looked at his back and raised his eyebrows meaningfully, but said nothing.

Walking to an open place, Asses stopped and took out a small and exquisite whistle from his arms.

"Professor, I'm sorry, I need to tell them that that is their habitat."

He looked at Snape with apologetic and firm eyes.

No matter what, they believed in him, and he couldn't betray their trust.

Snape didn't care about this and nodded casually, and Artes blew the whistle.

A sharp but not harsh sound sounded, and soon, a family of three poked their heads out of the grass on the side.

Snape recognized Antonio among them as the unicorn that brought Artes over that day.

He took a few steps back and made way for one person and three beasts.

"professor?"

Artes looked back at Snape in confusion.

Snape didn't answer.

It's not that he doesn't trust them, it's just that he has been studying black magic for many years, and unicorns are pure creatures. He cannot destroy their relationship because of himself.

But he didn't know that as soon as the family of three appeared, they already felt the blessing on him and didn't care about him in any way.

Aces narrowed his eyes and looked between the unicorn and Snape. He noticed the doubt in the Potions Master's eyes and probably guessed what he meant.

The original joyful mood was inexplicably clouded, and even the shadows cast around the Forbidden Forest seemed to suppress it a lot.

He suppressed the annoyance in his heart, walked to Snape, and pulled his sleeve with a smile, but the smile was a little forced.

"Professor, they can feel blessings. Those who have blessings are their honored guests, their true honored guests."

"Professor, they like you."

Aces repeated the last sentence almost obsessively.

"We all like you."

He didn't know why he did it, but his heart told him that he should do it, so he did it.

Snape looked at Artes quietly, his eyes deep and complicated. It was an emotion that Artes couldn't understand, and it almost made him wake up.

He's overstepped his bounds.

Asseth lowered his eyes, but did not let go of his hand. His knuckles were green and white, and he held the sleeve persistently.

Cloris and several unicorns looked at Artes strangely. Is there something wrong with Artes today?

"Sorry, Professor."

The stalemate was finally broken by Asseth. He sighed and tried his best to suppress his uncontrollable emotions.

I don't know why, but he always loses control so easily when it comes to Snape. This is not good. Their relationship cannot reach that point at all.

"Sorry, Professor."

He repeated again, with a look of disappointment on his lowered eyebrows, and the hand on his side loosened his sleeve at some point.

"I've crossed a line."

"no need to say sorry."

The two sentences were spoken almost at the same time.

Aces raised his head and looked at Snape in surprise.

Snape pursed his lips and continued, "You did nothing wrong, so you don't need to apologize."

"Professor, don't you think I've crossed a line?"

Aces looked directly into Snape's eyes, as if he wanted to find an answer inside that he didn't even know what it was.