HP: Embrace the Darkness

Elise really didn't know about this. She had also been curious before about why she hadn't seen her husband's other relatives, but she didn't have the nerve to ask.

"Are you sad, sir?"

"Why are they sad? They just refuse to see us, but they send us gifts every year, and now we also write letters. This shows that they still have us in their hearts, but they still need time to accept this cruel reality."

"Elise, this is love. Love makes two families who can't deal with each other be willing to work hard to accept each other. Love makes two people who love each other stay together despite tremendous pressure."

"Love can change everything, Elise, I think you should observe how Carter treats you. If you look at it from the outside, Carter should have paid more between you, but only you know that you are in love with each other."

Is that so?

Elise is thoughtful, but now she is more worried about the Asses family than love.

She felt the warmth of family affection in them that she had not felt for a long time, especially in Anna.

Aces chuckled: "Don't worry, there may be only two of us at home during the holidays this year."

Elise seemed to understand something and looked at Asseth expectantly for an answer.

Aces nodded to confirm her suspicion.

"This year, my parents decided that even if they are shameless, they still want to see their grandparents."

While the two were chatting, little wizards came out of the dormitory one after another. It was only because of the confusion spell that they didn't notice the two people in the corner.

"All right."

While the effect of the Confusion Spell was still in effect, Asseth touched Elise with his wand and covered her whole body with the Disillusionment Spell.

"Go to my dormitory to extract memories. These memories are not suitable to be kept."

"Okay, sir."

The two quickly stood up, avoided the others, and returned to Ass's dormitory.

It was not difficult for Asseth to extract and modify the memory, but he had a small accident after extracting it.

Elise walked out in a daze and happened to meet Carter who had just gotten up.

So following the last lounge incident, Carter was hit hard again.

He stood not far from Asseth's dormitory, watching Elise come out of Asseth's room as if struck by lightning.

Looking at Elise's blurred eyes again, he became even more desperate.

"What are you doing?"

Elise's memory had just been taken away, and she was still a little confused. She looked over slowly when she heard the voice.

"What are we doing?"

She repeated Carter's words in confusion, trying to recall what had just happened, but found that she had no impression of what had just happened.

Elise was confused: "I don't seem to know either."

Of course she didn't know, because she guessed and confirmed the incident too early, so Asseth had to modify most of her related memories, and finally used psychological suggestion to ensure that she would no longer be suspicious of the incident.

"If you can't think of it, don't think about it."

Asseth walked out from behind the door and cast the Disillusionment Spell on Elise.

He just went to place the memory in the alchemy box, but unexpectedly, Elise, who woke up from the psychological suggestion, ran out.

"Carter, come here and take her away. Also, put away the messy thoughts in your mind. We are just dealing with memories that should not appear for the time being."

Aces didn't even need to look to know what Carter was thinking about.

"Oh"

Carter knew that he had made a mistake again, so he hugged Elise angrily and walked out.

When passing by the corridor window, he was surprised to find white traces outside the window.

"Look, honey, it's snowing."

Elise in his arms also recovered from her confusion and looked with him at the white dots in the black lake.

Feeling softly: "Yes, it's snowing, and another Christmas has arrived. This is already the fourth Christmas we have spent together."

Their faint voices reached Asseth's ears.

He was also in a daze, it had been four years, time really went very fast.

The snow outside the window is getting heavier and heavier. In a few days, the white snow will completely cover Hogwarts Castle, and the large black lake will also begin to form a thick layer of ice.

Christmas arrives on the day when the Black Lake freezes completely.

As in previous years, Asseth sent the prepared gifts and then walked to the cellar with the gifts that had been prepared for several days.

At the door of the cellar, Miss Medusa had fallen into a state of semi-hibernation, and the whole snake was hanging half-dead on the door.

When Asseth came, he was too lazy to move.

"I brought your gift."

Miss Medusa cheered up a little and propped her head up with her snake's tail.

"Why haven't you come these days? Is it because the gift is not ready yet and you are afraid to come?"

Since the last goodbye in the cellar, Miss Medusa has been more casual with Asseth.

Aces was happy to see this and replied with a smile: "Yes, I'm afraid. What if you are unhappy?"

Miss Medusa didn't expect that Asses would answer her question like this, and she curled her tail in embarrassment.

"Actually, I'm just saying, I won't be angry with you."

Asseth chuckled but did not answer.

Of course he knew that Miss Medusa was easy to coax, but didn't this give the potion master some time to adapt?

And there really wasn't enough time to prepare the gift. After all, it was his first time to use emotions to make alchemy tools.

Fortunately, it worked, otherwise he would have to rack his brains to prepare a new gift.

Aces opened the slightly smaller of the two boxes, and the green light inside couldn't wait to emerge from the gap.

This was made by him using the remaining emeralds and other lesser gems, a beautiful small snake pupil pendant, based on the pupils of Miss Medusa.

The moment the pendant appeared.

Miss Medusa's eyes widened.

"Are these my eyes?"

"Yes, do you want to put it on?"

Miss Medusa's sinister snake eyes widened, and the snake's head stretched out.

"Quick, I want to wear it!"

Aces smiled and put the pendant directly on the snake's head.

Once a set of pendants is put in, it will automatically shrink and be firmly fixed on Miss Medusa's neck.

"Does it look good?"

Miss Medusa stood up proudly, her three eyes flashing in the cellar, eerie and mysterious.

"It's nice, but I'm going in now."

"Just remember the dean!"

Miss Medusa swung her tail angrily and opened the door.

"Get in there, you bastard."

Asseth did not refute its words, only nodded in thanks.

He did miss its director, he didn't deny that.

The cellar was empty.

Aces walked towards the potion room clearly, and sure enough, there was a faint light coming from the crack in the door of the potion room.

He raised his hand and tapped.

"Tuk Tuk"

There was a sound of stirring inside: "Come in."

Aces then opened the door and walked in.

There was smoke inside, and Snape's face could not be seen clearly through the workbench, but he could only feel his displeasure.

Aces sighed: "It's Christmas today, why are you still refining the potion?"

Snape lowered his head to stir the potion in the pot and replied impatiently:

"Suppose you still remember that you are not qualified to control me?"