HP: Embrace the Darkness

Asseth silently said "Sorry" in his heart to the little wizards who were waiting to face the snake king's wrath.

He had not been able to sleep well recently due to recurring nightmares, and even Snape, who was sleeping with him, could not sleep well, so he was particularly grumpy.

Snape's speed continued unabated after he left the cellar.

The black robe swept across the ground quickly, like a big bat wandering through the corridors of Hogwarts.

On the other side, Harry, who had just returned to the Gryffindor dormitory, took out the gift given to him by the Weasley twins, huddled in the bed, and studied the names walking on the map with interest with the help of dim light.

"Dumbledore is in the principal's office, and Professor Lupin is in the office. Hey... why is there only teaching assistant Susanna in the alchemy office?"

Harry was puzzled and searched for Artes' name on the map. He looked through all the names but could not find Artes's name.

Instead, a strange and familiar name caught his attention.

"Peter Pettigrew?"

Harry looked at the name in disbelief. Isn't this the name of his father's friend?

No, he wants to take a look.

……

In the corridor, Snape held up his wand and emitted a faint light. Looking at the last corridor, his depressed mood slowly relaxed and his steps became a little lighter.

Turning the corner, Snape, who originally thought he would end the night patrol smoothly, was caught off guard and met the bewildered Harry's eyes.

"Potter?"

Snape gritted his teeth and spat out the name, strode over and glared at Harry.

The wand in his hand was pointed maliciously at Harry's face, swaying slightly as if looking for a suitable angle to strike.

"Please Mr. Potter, please explain to me why he... appears at the wrong time... where he shouldn't be."

"S...Professor Snape, I'm sleepwalking."

Harry stumbled to explain, his eyes moving along the dark corridor, not knowing what he was looking for.

Hearing such a lame lie, some disgust appeared on Snape's face.

"Sure enough, just like your father, he is arrogant and keen on carrying out these stupid and ignorant... adventures in the castle."

"I didn't, and neither did my father."

When Harry mentioned his father, his tone became colder, and he looked at Snape with a little dissatisfaction in his eyes.

Snape scoffed, and was about to say something when he noticed the bulge in Harry's pocket.

He lowered his wand, pointed it at Harry's pocket, and said sternly: "Take out what's in there."

Harry didn't move.

Snape's voice became even colder, "I don't want to say it a second time, take it out."

Harry frowned and took out the map from his pocket that he had restored to parchment.

Snape waved his wand, snatched the parchment away, and examined it carefully by the light of his wand.

He was very cautious, and the parchment kept floating in the air, opened and closed under the control of magic.

Under the influence of Artes, Snape now also knew something about alchemy tools and their power, but after looking at the thing in front of him for a long time, he still couldn't tell what it was.

He frowned slightly, looking at the parchment suspiciously and then at Harry, who had a nervous expression on his face. He still didn't believe that the parchment wasn't some evil alchemy tool.

After thinking for a while, Snape pointed his wand at the parchment and said, "Secrets reveal themselves."

A few lines of words appeared on the parchment, and when Snape saw them clearly, his face darkened.

He put on a twisted smile, and was about to laugh at Harry when a voice suddenly came from behind him.

"professor?"

Snape turned around suddenly, pointed his wand at the visitor, and quickly said two words, "Lupin."

Then he deliberately looked Lupine up and down, "Let me guess, is our Professor Luping intoxicated by the moonlight and came here for a walk?"

Lupine ignored Snape's sarcasm and walked straight to Harry.

"Are you okay? Harry."

"It might be okay if he didn't show up here, but now... it's not necessarily true."

Snape raised his hand and took the parchment from the air and handed it to Lupin.

"This is something I confiscated. Take a look. You should be good at it. It must be full of black magic."

Lupine took the parchment and looked left and right, pretending not to recognize it.

"I don't think there's any problem."

Snape frowned, feeling a little regretful that Artes was not here and couldn't tell whether Lupine was lying.

"Is it so lively here?"

As if he knew what Snape was thinking, Artes walked from the end of the corridor wearing a dark nightgown.

Snape felt a subtle joy in his heart and took the parchment from Lupine's hand.

"Professor Cavendish, you are here just in time, come and see what this is?"

Aces raised his eyebrows, glanced at the familiar things in Snape's hands, and chose to confess without hesitation.

"It's a map of Hogwarts."

Lupine and Harry both paused at the same time.

map?

Snape's sharp eyes instantly looked at Harry.

Aces walked to Snape's side and clicked on the parchment. A map of Hogwarts appeared with names on it.

Snape now fully understood what this parchment was.

"Potter! How dare you spy on Hogwarts and spy on the professor."

He roared.

Harry stood silently.

Lupine on the side didn't bother to rescue Harry, and looked at Artes inquiringly.

"Can you just open it?"

"Are you referring to why you don't need to use that sentence to open the map?"

Aces smiled and pointed to a spot on the parchment.

"It's very simple. This is its weakest point. There isn't even a decent magic pattern. Just use magic power to extend it and activate the few magic patterns inside."

"As for why I do it, there's no need to explain, right?"

Of course not, after all, the identity of the alchemy professor lies here.

"Why isn't your name on it?" Snape asked

When Asseth was explaining just now, he had already finished scolding Harry, and then studied the map by himself, only to find that there was no Ass's name in their circle.

"When Fred and George showed me the map before, I conveniently removed mine."

Aces explained gently and at the same time reached out and clicked on the map.

In an instant, all the professors’ names disappeared.

"I guess it's not a good idea to spy on the professor."

Lupine frowned and didn't say anything about Artes' behavior, but looked at Harry.

"Harry, follow me."

Harry walked towards Lupin obediently.

map? map……

Snape traced his fingertips on the map, and the fact that Artes had never failed to avoid him before suddenly came to mind.

Suddenly he lost interest in what he was holding and had no interest in entangled with the two of them. He rolled up the map into a ball and threw it towards Luping, then turned and left.

Lupine took the map, looked at Asseth complicatedly, took Harry in his arms and prepared to leave.