HP: Embrace the Darkness

Aces smiled as he watched the Duke and Lucius chatting, but out of the corner of his eye he was observing Snape, who was drinking tea and reading a book.

Is the professor a little bored?

Noticing the speed with which Snape turned the pages, Artes was distracted while responding to Lucius's words.

If we can't chat openly, then it shouldn't matter secretly, right?

The sound transmission magic he created was given to the professor before, so it should be no problem to chat with him now.

Aces smiled, responded to Lucius's question again, and then quietly controlled the magic power.

\"professor?\"

There was a voice in his head, and Snape paused in turning the page.

\"explain.\"

\"Why should the professor be a witness?\"

\"I thought you knew my relationship with Lucius?\"

\"Are you a friend?\"

\"...If what you say next is all nonsense, then I think you can shut up.\"

\"These are not nonsense, I just care about the professor, professor, don't be so cruel.\"

This time, even the sound transmission could not isolate Snape's doubts, "Me? Fierce?"

Wasn't he nice enough to this stupid troll?

\"The professor was not that mean to Draco.\"

I don't know if it was because only two people could hear the sound transmission, but Asseth began to speak casually, even with some unknown accusations.

Oh, he knew that this giant monster was always going to take advantage of it.

Snape turned the pages of the book abruptly, and at the same time, the magic was wrapped in taunts and sent out.

\"If you don't need that thing around your neck, I can reluctantly take it off for you without you having to go to great lengths to challenge my bottom line.\"

The cold words appeared in Asseth's mind, making him shiver, and also froze him awake.

\"Professor I was wrong.\"

He decisively admitted his mistake, carefully avoiding other eyes and studying the Potion Master's face.

There was no clue on the Potion Master's face, so he could only continue to transmit magic.

\"Is the professor angry?\"

Snape ignored him.

\"professor?\"

\"professor?\"

\"professor?\"

The continuous calls circulated in Snape's mind, like a dozen old bees buzzing around him, which was very disturbing.

\"Shut up!\"

"boom"

The thick book was closed heavily by big hands, and veins appeared on the hand holding the book.

Asseth looked at the beating veins on it and knew that if there were only two of them here, the book might have appeared on his head.

The sudden sound interrupted several people who were talking back and forth. Their eyes fell on Snape, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet.

Snape's face was expressionless, as if there was no change and nothing could be seen.

But Lucius still knew this junior well, and knew that although he looked expressionless now, he was actually very impatient. He just didn't know why he was impatient.

His inquiring eyes passed over Asseth. Asses's expression was natural and he could not tell anything.

Due to the presence of so many people, Lucius secretly winked at Snape, fearing that the Potions Master would leave without honor.

Faster than him were Asseth and the Duke. The two fathers and sons looked at each other and understood what the other meant.

The Duke smiled and pulled Draco over, "Speaking of which, it seems I haven't gotten to know Draco yet?"

"Draco is two years younger than Aces, right?"

If Lucius believed a word of the Duke's words, he would be a fool.

He had no doubt that Draco's information had been on the table when they decided to become Draco's godparents.

But now he still followed the Duke's words.

"Yes, he is two years younger than Aces. Speaking of which, Draco has to look after Aces a lot in school."

"If anything, it's the elder brother's duty to take care of his younger brother."

"Yes, yes, I made a mistake. Come, let's sit down and talk."

A few people sat down politely and chatted about various topics.

Lucius was a tactful person, and from time to time he would bring Snape into the conversation. With his dealings, the atmosphere became heated again.

Aces sat next to Draco and watched them quietly as they came and went.

With the Duke and Anna around, he didn't need to participate in their chat. He could just check the progress of Draco's spell learning and test the Potions Master's bottom line by sending a message.

Aces: \"Professor, I'm not in school now, can I call you by your Christian name?\"

Snape said expressionlessly: "Shut up."

Aces: \"But Lucius and I call each other by our Christian names.\"

Snape frowned slightly: "Shut up."

Aces: \"If the professor tells me to call me by my Christian name, I will shut up.\"

\"...\"

Snape's hand near the wand was about to move. He regretted agreeing to be this witness.

\"professor?\"

\"...\"

\"professor?\"

The cup in Snape's hand quietly cracked, then quietly returned to its original state.

Only Asseth, who had been observing secretly, noticed the slight change.

His back began to feel cold, but he really couldn't bear this opportunity to call each other by their Christian names.

So he was cautious again and sent a tentative message: "Professor, is this okay?"

In the sound transmission, the cautious probing was particularly obvious, which made him feel annoyed. Snape gave Artes a quick, impatient look.

Just when Asseth was disappointed and thought this time was a failure, the Potion Master's message came out impatiently.

\"…Can…\"

\"So! Can you shut up now?\"

The words that came were threatening, but the content in them made Asseth happy.

"Of course, Severus! I promise I won't bother you."

An excited voice came from his mind, and Snape paused slightly while drinking tea.

Later, Aces stopped transmitting messages and concentrated on testing Draco's academic performance.