HP: Embrace the Darkness

The cold light flashed and stabbed hard at the left chest where the nightgown was spread out. A biting and icy cold wind blew up, and the faint scent of bitter medicine was caught in it and hit Asseth.

The distance between the dagger and the chest was getting closer and closer, and a fierce struggle flashed in Asseth's eyes.

No, he can't die yet.

If he died, then no one in this world would really try to take the Potions Master away from the realm of death.

His struggle finally worked, and the dagger stopped just an inch in front of his chest, just shy of piercing his heart.

Asseth regained his consciousness and threw away the dagger in his hand with a heavy breath.

The flickering light of the fire struck the dagger and reflected onto Snape's bed.

Asses was shocked, and without caring to calm down his breathing, he hurriedly picked up the dagger, and the dagger disappeared in his hand in an instant.

But it was too late. Snape was already a light sleeper, especially tonight, and that light was so deadly that it hit his eyelids.

The Potions Master immediately opened his eyes alertly, sat up, and saw Asseth also sitting on the bed.

He got up and walked over, using the weak firelight left behind by them before sleeping to see clearly Ass's messy hair and pale face, which were wet with cold sweat.

"Are you woken up by a nightmare again?"

A hint of hidden worry quietly appeared in Snape's eyes, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to reach Ass's face.

"I am fine."

Aces held his hand that was about to touch his face, tilted his head slightly and kissed him warmly.

"Don't touch it, I'm sweaty."

Then he cast a spell on himself, took care of his messy hair, and cleaned off the cold sweat on his body.

Then he took Snape's hand and put it on his face.

The moment his hand and face came into contact, Asseth's heart, which seemed to be hanging in the air and beating violently, fell to the ground.

When his mind came back to his senses, Artes suddenly realized that the time since he lost control was too short, and the strong emotions from before might still remain in his eyes.

So he naturally held Snape's hand and covered it with his eyes, hiding all the shocking emotions inside under their overlapping hands.

In the dim light of the flickering fire, the sense of touch seemed to become particularly clear.

Snape could even feel the man blinking his eyes, and the long and curling eyelashes scraped against his palms, causing a tingling and tingling sensation.

In response to Asseth's actions, Snape neither retracted his hand nor spoke.

The dim and ambiguous firelight connected the heartbeats of the two people little by little.

Snape waited in silence for a while before gently pulling away his hand. Artes let go of his hand and watched Snape sit down on the edge of the bed, his brows furrowed.

"I guess you don't look like you're okay right now."

The potion master had a stern face, but Artes was not frightened. Instead, he sat over to him, put one arm around his shoulder, and leaned against him relaxedly.

"I'll just give you a hug."

"I hope your brain can tell you that what I'm talking to you now is serious business."

Snape said dissatisfiedly, but did not mean to push Artes away. Instead, he leaned towards Artes to let him lean more comfortably.

"To me, that's business."

Arthur's voice came muffled from Snape's shoulder.

At the same time, he raised his other hand and wrapped it around the other side of Snape's abdomen. The strength in his hand suddenly increased, and he pulled Snape into his arms in an almost restraining posture, holding him tightly.

Aces's body temperature has always been high. After a struggle just now, adrenaline surged and his body temperature was even higher than usual.

At this time, the two of them were only touching each other with two layers of thin nightgowns, and the almost scalding temperature continued to spread from Ass's body.

But Snape's body temperature was on the low side, so he struggled uncomfortably and let him go without moving away.

Not long after, Artes' breathing gradually calmed down. He let go of Snape and said warmly:

"Go to sleep, I'm fine."

Hearing this, Snape frowned even more.

"You go over and sleep with me."

"No!" Asseth flatly refused.

"I don't want to talk nonsense with you anymore. Either you go there by yourself, or I stay, or we don't have to sleep tonight."

Now Snape couldn't care less whether it was a threat or not. Something was really wrong with this man. He always felt that something was going to happen and felt inexplicably terrified.

It was the same fear and anxiety as before when he saw Artes losing too much blood and falling into a coma.

"Sif..."

"I know you know me, and you should also know whether I can do it or not."

Snape didn't give Ass the chance to refuse, and said coldly: "Now, choose."

However, Artes, who had always followed Snape, did not let go immediately this time.

"No...Sev, I can't hurt you."

Rather than sleeping less, he was more afraid of hurting Snape when he was unaware.

When he was unconscious, it was neither light nor heavy. Even the dagger could stab him. He couldn't imagine if the person the dagger stabbed was Snape...

Snape's face looked ugly, especially gloomy in the dim light, which created a strong sense of tearing apart from what he said.

"You're afraid of hurting me, but I'm not afraid of you being hurt?"

This sentence was really not something Snape could say. Artes looked at Snape in surprise.

But Snape refused to evade, "Come and sleep with me now."

Aces hesitated.

"Sev, I..."

"You won't hurt me. Besides, I'm not someone you need to protect with all your efforts. If you like this kind of person, then I advise you to give up on me as soon as possible."

The Potions Master at night seems to be much gentler and more patient than the Potions Master during the day.

Seeing the worry in his eyes, Ass's heart softened.

"No, I like you no matter what you are."

"I will go with you, but I will seal all the magic power in my body. If I lose control, promise not to hold back, otherwise I will not go with you."

Different from containing all magic power, sealing all magic power means that Artes will completely lose his magic power during this period and become an ordinary person.

One is a restriction and the other is a seal.

To wizards, magic power is like air. Losing magic power is unacceptable to any wizard, especially the more powerful the wizard.

Some wizards couldn't even adapt to this feeling. After sealing their own magic power, they forcibly unsealed it, causing nearly half of the people to be seriously injured. Therefore, ordinary wizards would not seal their own magic power.

This is one of the reasons why Asseth didn't use this method before.

Snape also disapproved of this approach.

"Sev, this is the only way to ensure that it won't hurt you or me."

"And I've tried to use foreign objects to block my magic power before, and it's not too difficult to accept."

Aces saw his resistance and persuaded him with a smile.

"Besides, this is your cellar. No one can cross you and hurt me, right?"

Even the dim environment could not conceal the trust in those loving eyes.