HP: Embrace the Darkness

"If your mind is not blocked by splendens, you should know that you have crossed the line with me a few times, haven't you?"

Snape's brows were furrowed, and his pale lips opened and closed, spitting out venom without mercy.

"If I think you've crossed a line, would I be so bored as to show up in the Forbidden Forest just to find a reason for a stupid mistake?"

It was still the usual sarcasm, but the content of the words was unexpectedly gentle.

At least that's what Asses thinks.

He raised the corners of his mouth and finally couldn't help but laugh out loud. The laughter was pleasant and clear, sweeping away the depression just now.

The laughter brought the master's good mood and easily dispelled the gloom of the Forbidden Forest.

Amid the laughter, the light in the young man's eyes was particularly eye-catching. Even in the gloomy Forbidden Forest, you could clearly see the shining light in the young man's eyes. It was beautiful and dazzling, making people dare not look directly at it.

Are you that happy?

Snape looked at him quietly and smiled from a few steps away, not knowing what he was thinking.

It wasn't until the unicorns came over curiously that they reminded him aloud.

"It's time to get down to business."

Asseth stopped laughing, leaving only the remaining smile in his eyes, expressing his master's good mood.

He looked at Antonio first.

"Antonio, can you please help me find Cynthia?"

Antonio nodded slightly and made a strange sound, which Ace understood this time.

It means calling for companions.

At this time, Asseth noticed that Estela had been looking at Snape for a long time.

He waved to it, and it walked towards the two of them hesitantly and curiously.

It is still young and does not understand the meaning of blessings, but it has heard from the tribe that the objects of blessings, just like its parents, are beasts that will always be together.

So, this is the person Artes wants to be with forever?

Estella stopped in front of Snape and looked at him curiously, her eyes sparkling. She wanted to get close to Snape, but she was afraid of the Potions Master's aura and did not dare to be presumptuous.

Aces understood its curiosity and eagerness to give it a try. He rubbed its mane in amusement and helped it speak.

"Professor, would you like to come and pet it? It has been losing hair these days."

Aces knew that if Snape was allowed to simply get close to Estella, he would never do it, so he changed his approach to arouse the Potions Master's interest.

Sure enough, looking at the fallen unicorn hair, Snape was a little moved.

Aces patted Estela.

Estella jumped into Snape's arms without any fear of danger. He now knew that with Asses around, it would be fine.

Snape subconsciously hugged the little cannonball that came towards him, and froze in place. The warm little unicorn in his arms was different from the little white tiger from the past few days.

The little white tiger is Ases, so it's normal not to reject him.

But it is the unicorn that symbolizes purity and is the most difficult unicorn to get close to.

It turns out that a creature like a unicorn would also approach him?

Snape lowered his eyes and looked at the unicorn in his arms, with a slightly complicated look in his eyes.

The innocent Estella was completely unaware of the complexity in his heart and was rubbing his hand coquettishly.

After rubbing it, it raised its head and looked at Asseth.

"Asais, Asais, I like your partner. He has the smell that I like. Can he be my partner so that the three of us can be together forever."

Aces was originally chatting with Claris and the others when he suddenly heard Estella's explosive words. He didn't react for a moment and choked while speaking.

"cough cough, cough cough"

He coughed so violently that in the end he could only bend down and support himself on a tree to relieve the pain in his throat.

Cloris's gentle eyes were full of worry, and he stayed by his side cautiously.

"Aces, are you okay?"

Aces waved his hand and stood up straight after a moment, "I'm fine."

The little unicorn Estela was standing next to Snape and asked with a puzzled look on his face, "What's wrong with you, Asseth?"

"is it not OK?"

"……Can't."

"why not?"

Estela asked curiously with an innocent look on her face.

Good, this question came to him.

How should he tell it tactfully that the three of them are different species and there is no possibility of being together?

Aces looked at Snape to see what he could do.

But he didn't expect that the potion master had a strong psychological quality and didn't care about the little unicorn's words. He was now holding his hands and looking at him as if he was watching a good show.

The corner of Asseth's mouth twitched slightly, feeling a little helpless and simply smashed the jar.

"Okay, then the three of us will be together forever."

"Okay."

Estella rushed into Asseth's arms excitedly, and Asses rubbed its mane vigorously.

"Professor, will you?"

He raised his eyebrows provocatively at Snape, with a smile in his eyes.

Stupid troll.

Snape looked away expressionlessly, not responding to Artes' childishness.

"Aces?"

Cynthia's voice came from the side, and the two of them looked along the sound.

In the grass, a silver head looked curiously at Artes and Snape, with strange eyes.

Seeing the two people looking over, it walked out and slowly approached.

"Is this your mate?"

"You don't know? Didn't Antonio explain it to you?"

"The professor is someone I trust."

Cynthia looked Snape up and down, her eyes not repulsive at all, but rather affectionate.

"What happened to him?"

The look in its eyes was so strange that Artes frowned and stood slightly in front of Snape.

"It's nothing, it's just that besides blessings, I can also feel a very comfortable feeling on him, although it's not as heavy as Ases's."

Cynthia's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I get it because he's a good guy."

There was a rare flash of astonishment in Snape's eyes.

Is he a good person?

How could he still be called a good guy by a unicorn?

Aces accepted it well, and his beautiful peach blossom eyes immediately curled up, "You are right, the professor is a good person."

There was no ridicule, no ridicule, a very normal tone, as if telling a fact.

Snape sneered inwardly, no, he was not a good person. A Death Eater could not be called a good person.

"However, I said that because I am familiar with the professor. Cynthia, how did you see it?"

"Because his soul makes me feel comfortable. If he wasn't a good person, he wouldn't be like this. By the way, you should be able to see it, Asseth?"

"Can I see it?"

"Yes, try focusing that power on your eyes."

Aces complied and concentrated the magic power from the moonlight on his eyes.

In an instant, the world changed in front of him. It was no longer colorful like before, but black and white, exuding a shimmer.

He looked over one by one and saw that the unicorns were all emitting soft white light and were very beautiful.

Looking at the potion master again, the scene he saw made Artes speechless.

How to describe what a soul that is!

In the pure black soul, the struggling white color exudes dazzling and warm light, like hope in desperate situations, and like the purest flower growing in the darkness, blooming touchingly and never withering.

"It's so beautiful..."

He sighed silently, his eyes reluctant to leave.

For a moment, he seemed to see the truest part of Snape through his soul, but then he fell into a deeper fog.

He didn't know what kind of experience had created such a mottled but brilliant soul?

"Haven't you seen enough?"

Snape looked a little worried.

What on earth did this giant monster see? Why did he look so obsessed with it?