HP: Embrace the Darkness

In a dark room

Not long after Asseth fell asleep, the phone beside the bed rang, and its harsh ringtone cut through the silence of the night.

He opened his eyes alertly, and the confusion in his eyes quickly dissipated.

When I picked up the phone, the female voice on the other end said quickly and urgently, "Sir, something happened."

"Wait." Aces interrupted the female voice and continued.

"Don't say on the phone that you are flying to Germany tomorrow and I will have someone pick you up."

The female voice on the other end of the phone disappeared for a moment, as if she had realized her inappropriate behavior, and her tone was a little more ashamed.

"Okay, sir, I will fly to Germany on the earliest flight tomorrow."

The phone was hung up, and Artes' sleepiness disappeared.

Just thinking about the troubles I would face tomorrow, I had to lie back on the bed and close my eyes to rest.

It was just dawn, and the servants who got up early in the castle were preparing breakfast for the master of the castle, and the sound of subtle footsteps could be heard everywhere.

Aces stayed up almost all night.

Hearing the sound, he got up and changed his clothes.

The servants were not surprised to see him, after all, Asses always used to get up early.

"Master, do you need to arrange breakfast?" A maid came to Asseth and asked.

After receiving a positive reply from Artes, she brought a group of maids to serve him meals.

Aces made a quick fix for breakfast.

"Butler Albert, send someone to pick up Ms. Louise at the airport."

"Forget it, go there yourself."

Albert confirmed Louise's appearance to Arthur and left the castle in a black car.

The car goes there quickly and comes back quickly.

The car stopped outside the castle.

A pair of black high heels stuck out of the car door.

Ms. Louise has a resolute style.

Albert knew this when he was at the airport.

Not being polite now, he took Ms. Louise and walked into the castle.

Louise could not take her eyes off the whole process, turning a blind eye to the luxury of the castle.

"Good day, Headmaster Dumbledore, Professor Snape, Professor McGonagall, and Professor Flitwick."

Albert greeted the four professors who had just arrived in the restaurant.

Ms. Louise’s eyes fell on Albert with dissatisfaction.

"Butler Albert, I don't have time to waste."

"Excuse me, Ms. Louise, this is sir's distinguished guest."

Louise's delicate eyebrows wrinkled, and her scrutinizing eyes scanned Dumbledore and others from top to bottom.

"Gentlemen, I'm sorry."

Her behavior was all telling Dumbledore that she was a Muggle.

Although I don’t know why a Muggle came to see Asseth early in the morning, Dumbledore and the others are not the ones who want to get to the bottom of it.

"Louise? You're here."

Aces came from the corridor not far away.

Wearing a simple suit shirt, the sleeves were half rolled up, revealing smooth muscle lines.

Seeing Asseth, Louise's calm face disappeared.

"Mr. Cavendish, they—"

Louise's voice stopped suddenly, and she was surprised to find that Asseth stretched out his hand towards her, looking at the hair in the direction of his hand.

Others in the restaurant also looked at Aces strangely.

I don’t understand why he put his hand into Louise’s hair as soon as he came.

Arthur's face was as heavy as water, and Louise didn't dare to avoid it. Fortunately, Arthur withdrew his hand as soon as he touched Louise's hair.

Louise looked at his hand and found a small glowing red thing between his fingers.

Louise looked shocked.

Asseth exerted force with two fingers, and the red light flashed several times and then went out completely.

"Listener."

Asseth spat out the word with an ugly expression.

"Give me an explanation."

"Sir, it's not me. I don't know."

Louise explained anxiously.

Aces studied her face carefully, and the atmosphere in the restaurant became solemn due to his silence.

Dumbledore and others couldn't get involved in this matter, so they could only watch Arthur's reaction from the sidelines.

After a while, Asseth confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the expression on Louise's face, then turned and walked towards the dining table.

"Tell me what would make you call me in the middle of the night."

Louise followed him, looking hesitantly at Albert, Dumbledore and others.

Aces sat down at the dining table.

"It seems that you professors had a good night's rest."

Dumbledore was enjoying the pumpkin porridge that had just been served.

After hearing Asses' words, he raised his eyes and looked at him.

"It's really good, but I'm old and can't sleep on such a soft bed. I was a little uncomfortable when I woke up today."

"I will remember that next time the room where Principal Dumbledore is hosted will be replaced with a hard bed."

Aces smiled and looked at Louise again.

"Say it directly."

Seeing that Asseth really didn't mind, Louise neatly opened the folder she had been holding in her hand.

"Sir, the treaty has been signed. The Duke of York worked hard to promote the signing of the treaty after you left, sir. More than two-thirds of the members passed it. The treaty should have been signed now."

Asseth poured himself a cup of tea and chuckled at the nervousness in Louise's voice.

"Why are you panicking? How can he perform well if I don't leave? It's good to just sign this contract, it will save them from arguing every day."

"But sir, aren't you an opponent?"

"Whether this treaty is actually implemented or not will have little impact on me. The neutral faction has few people and can't argue with the other two factions. The Duke of York is a firm supporter."

"Then am I not a 'firm' opposition?"

Louise was speechless for a while, so her husband went to the opposition to hide for a while?

"But there is something we need to prepare for in advance."

Aces pondered for a moment and looked at Louise.

"Let people carry out the plan they prepared before, and at the same time find someone to find out where Miss Stewart went to the United States and what she did."

"Also, help me make an appointment with the Duke of York and tell him that I like his gift very much."

"What about this monitor?"

Louise seemed quite concerned about this defeat.

"No need to check."

Aces didn't mind this.

"Only those few people can do it. It will be good to return it to them together when the time comes."

Louise knew that Asses would not change his decision once he made it, and she did not try to persuade him.

Anyway, Asseth will not swallow this suffocation.

"Then sir, I'm going back to prepare."

"Go ahead, Albert will take you to the airport. I don't want to see a monitor coming in front of me next time, otherwise you will resign yourself."

"Okay, sir."

Louise moved swiftly and resolutely, coming and going in a hurry. Even Albert couldn't keep up with the speed of her high heels.

Her figure quickly disappeared outside the door.

Aces looked at Dumbledore and others apologetically.

"I'm interrupting your professors' breakfast time."

The other three did not speak. They did not know much about Muggle politics and were not good at politics. However, Dumbledore saw the problem at a glance.

"Don't bother me, but it's hard to tell the truth from the false. This lady still doesn't understand the problem clearly."