HP: Embrace the Darkness

In other words, Asseth's love for alchemy is the same as his love for potions, the same selflessness and the same devotion.

Over the years, potions have become an integral part of him. Snape would not be Snape without potions.

Snape's dark pupils reflected Artes' figure, and countless thoughts ran through his mind, all of which disappeared under Artes' persistent and sincere eyes.

Forget it, I agreed anyway.

But you can't simply let him go, so let's triple the confinement.

Although he was punished with more confinement than requested, Asses didn't care and instead breathed a sigh of relief.

Being willing to punish him means that the professor has calmed down.

As long as he doesn't get angry, that's fine, as long as he's willing to continue teaching him practical combat.

Leaving the cellar, Asseth walked down the deserted corridor. When he turned a corner, a man passed him by.

At the moment of brief contact, Ass's expression changed.

He felt that the alchemical products in his pocket were incredibly hot.

Aces stopped, frowned and turned back, his eyes searching.

Although the man just lowered his head, he still recognized it as Carter.

Ever since he rejected Carter's idea and mocked him that night, Carter had been avoiding him, staying as far away from him as possible even in the lounge.

In addition, he was not in the same grade as him, so the chance of meeting him was less, so Asseth didn't notice anything wrong before.

It was only now that he realized something was wrong.

The alchemy product he put in his pocket was used to detect black magic. The fact that it was ironed like this showed that Carter had used an absurd amount of black magic during this period.

But how can Carter have the ability to use dark magic without restrictions at Hogwarts? Where did he use black magic?

Forbidden forest? Or is it a secret passage that he doesn't know about?

Where's Dumbledore? Was it because he didn't stop it or didn't notice it? Or maybe you don’t want to alert someone?

Aces had a headache, what a mess this was.

He came here to learn and save Dumbledore's life. Although he didn't think Carter could hurt Dumbledore, he still wanted to be just in case.

Aces gritted his teeth. It seemed that his research time was going to be reduced recently.

It's not that he didn't think about asking Elise to help, but he didn't dare to ensure that Carter would kill Elise frantically.

You must know that even a simple black magic is not something Elise can resist now, so he can only go.

For the next time, Asseth watched Carter calmly.

The auditorium is where Asseth sees Carter most often.

There was no way, Carter avoided him very much, and now it was to the point where he would leave as soon as he showed up in the lounge.

At the long Slytherin table, Artes was cutting steak elegantly while chatting with Elise beside him. He was watching Carter's every move from the corner of his eye.

Like Carter, Elise also changed after that day. Before, she had just tolerated the subtle exclusion and bullying from the little snakes and relied on Artes' help.

But now Elise is like a sharp sword, severely scratching those who dare to hurt her.

Under her fearless counterattack, most of the little snakes chose not to provoke her anymore, except for a few people led by Carter who had not given up targeting Elise.

Therefore, whenever Elise is present, Carter and others can be seen glaring at Elise.

So there was such a strange scene, Carter looked at Elise, Elise looked at Asseth, and Asseth looked at Carter.

At this time, Carter stood up and gestured disdainfully at Elise, provoking her cowardice.

Elise didn't even look at Carter and remained silent.

The little snakes around him didn't know what was going on, and they were vaguely aware of the strangeness in the atmosphere. They looked at each other and didn't dare to say anything.

Aces lowered his eyes to cover the confusion in his eyes. Carter was no longer afraid of him. Why?

When he was here before, Carter would not dare to provoke Elise so openly.

He seemed to be afraid of him.

After provoking Carter, he led a group of little snakes and walked away arrogantly.

When Carter left, he pulled the cuff smoothly, exposing a small section of his wrist, and his arm was faintly visible.

This action happened to be noticed by Asseth who was paying attention to him. He noticed what seemed to be some marks on Carter's left arm.

It seems to be black? Is this trace related to his recent behavior? Asseth looked thoughtfully at the direction Carter left.

After several days of observation, Asseth finally found some clues.

Carter disappears at a fixed time every day, and no one knows where he went or what he did.

If you want to practice black magic, it is most likely during this time.

On this day, Asseth kept an eye on Carter calmly, cast a disembodiment spell when he left, and followed him quietly.

Carter was very cautious all the way, walking around, avoiding other students, and paying attention behind him.

Aces was afraid of attracting his attention, so he didn't get too close, but hung far behind him.

After passing an unknown number of spiral staircases, Carter stopped in front of a huge tapestry. It was a strange tapestry in which a troll was beating silly Barnabas with a stick.

But Carter's target was not the tapestry. He turned his back to the tapestry and walked back and forth in front of the wall three times.

Then Asseth was surprised to find that a very smooth door appeared on the wall opposite the tapestry, a secret room? Aces secretly attached.

After Carter opened the door, he looked around and entered the door eagerly.

After Carter went in, Asseth came out of the darkness without lifting the disillusionment spell because he was not sure whether Carter would come out at this time.

Aces followed Carter's example and walked three times in front of the wall. The strange thing was that the wall did not change at all.

Aces frowned in confusion. Was his action wrong? Or is there something missing?

Or is there someone inside who can't get in from the outside? One guess after another appeared in Asseth's mind, but Carter was still inside, and he had no way to verify these guesses now.

Aces waited in the dark for a while, confirming whether Carter would come out soon, and then left.

On the way back to the lounge, Asseth was thinking about how to figure out that strange room.

Behind him, two little lions poked their heads out, looking at Ass's back eagerly.