HP: Embrace the Darkness

Compared with paying attention to Luna, Artes turned a blind eye to the little actions of Harry and others.

Apart from occasionally teaching them the Patronus Charm at night, he basically had no interaction with them.

Artes and Snape had discussed previously to transform the utility room in front of the cellar into a study.

Now I work in the cellar and in the alchemy classroom every day, either dealing with business or doing research.

Not to mention the friendship, it is difficult to even see him after class.

Time passes quickly like this.

In the afternoon of the night of the full moon, Asses was dealing with the affairs sent to him in the cellar study.

The spacious table was filled with various letters with different signatures. He patiently read them one by one before replying.

At this time, the map placed on the table suddenly lit up on its own.

A map of Hogwarts appeared on it, followed by names one after another.

Aces looked up and saw Harry's and others' names near the Whomping Willow. He was freed from the heavy affairs and suddenly remembered that there was a black dog and a mouse that he had not dealt with.

He rubbed his brows and looked at the moving names on the map with a somewhat impatient expression.

He didn't like the Shrieking Shack, he even hated it.

When he thought of the Shrieking Shack and what happened inside, Asseth's eyes filled with anger.

A cold and terrifying murderous aura filled the small study room.

"Da da--"

Aces closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair.

Curling his fingers, he tapped his fingertips on the wooden table, suppressing the thought of destroying this place.

Now was not the time, he reassured himself.

After calming down, Asseth continued to deal with the letters on the table.

Twenty minutes later, the three names of Harry and Sirius and Peter were merged on the map.

In the midst of his busy schedule, Artes raised his head, saw that Snape's name was not on it, and continued to go about his business with his head down.

He was too busy to care about anyone else.

Another ten minutes passed, and the map suddenly lit up with a fierce red light.

Aces quickly raised his head, and the name representing Snape suddenly appeared on the map, moving quickly towards the Whomping Willow.

Looking again at the location of the Shrieking Shack, Lupine's name also appeared on it.

Asseth dropped his quill, picked up the wand at hand, put on his robe and hurried outside.

When he walked out of the cellar door, Artes looked at the alchemy desk next to him and waved his wand to set a timer reminder at the door.

It was getting dark, and there were fewer and fewer people in Hogwarts.

Aces walked quickly through the castle and arrived near the Whomping Willow in a short while.

However, there was no sign of Snape here.

Aces frowned slightly, not daring to delay, speeding up and rushing towards the Whomping Willow.

Magic power surged out of his hand, he roughly restrained the Whomping Willow, and then walked directly into the secret passage.

Passing through the long dark secret passage, faint voices came from the light.

Aces stepped lightly and walked into this nightmare that had trapped him for countless nights.

The Shrieking Shack had no idea what it had gone through. It was older than the wand shop run by Ollivander, with crumbling walls and crumbling wood everywhere.

In the dark corners, various creatures crawled through.

Aces felt a sudden pain in his heart.

His sif died in such a place.

"I told Dumbledore, you will stand by your so-called best friends."

Snape's voice gradually became clearer and reached Asseth's ears. The pain in Asseth's eyes disappeared briefly and then became clear again.

Aces was standing in a blind spot outside the door. People inside couldn't see him, but he could roughly see the scene inside.

A strange voice came, with a hint of madness in the voice.

"You guessed wrong, Snape."

"Get out of my way now, we have our own business to take care of."

Artes quietly looked at the man in front of Snape, and he had remembered that face for a long time.

The corners of his mouth raised silently, and his eyes were filled with coldness.

The sounds of quarrels continued.

Seeing that Snape had no tendency to fall into the trap and still had a wand in his hand, Artes was not in a hurry and just watched Snape curse.

Only the slightly raised wand hanging down by his side showed that he was still alert at all times.

"Except your weapons!"

Harry's voice sounded when the others' voices disappeared, but the direction the spell flew was Snape who was near the door.

Ace's face turned cold and he waved his wand.

An armored spell glowing with light blue light instantly enveloped Snape, deflecting the disarming spell that was thrown at him.

After the disarming spell was bounced away, it hit the ground hard, making a hole in the ground.

Snape was stunned and turned to look at Harry.

Seeing the suffocating doubt in Harry's eyes, at this moment, he was completely disappointed in Harry.

This was the child he tried so hard to protect.

Between the fugitive and him, he actually chose to meet the fugitive who just met today. How ridiculous and stupid.

Arthas could clearly see the disappointment and sadness in Snape's eyes, and the anger in his heart suddenly rose.

He walked in from the door and stood next to Snape, his eyes cold.

His gaze swept across the entire place, and finally landed on Harry, who was at a loss.

"Mr. Potter, point your wand at the professor who teaches you. It seems that I will not dare to be your professor in the future, otherwise I will die by your hands without even knowing it."

Harry's face turned pale, and he didn't know what to do when he saw the sudden appearance of Artes.

No one knows Asseth's strength better than them, even the Patron Saint can easily defeat them.

Hermione tugged at the corner of Harry's clothes and looked at Arthas to explain.

But Asseth didn't look at them again, but waved his wand gently.

In an instant, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius and Lupine were tied up in the corner.

Sirius didn't recognize the unfamiliar face of Asseth, and struggled violently after being tied up.

"Who are you? Let me go!"

Lupine didn't do anything, he just stood quietly beside Sirius.

Harry's lips were pale, but he still ignored Hermione's obstruction and insisted: "Professor Cavendish, please let them go."

"Shut up."

There was impatience written on Asseth's brows.

Snape frowned and looked at him, feeling that something was wrong with Artes' irritability today.

"Miss Granger, explain it to him."

Seeing that Arthur's tone was getting colder and colder, Hermione and Ron quickly pulled Harry down and whispered to comfort him.

"Don't get excited, Harry, Professor Cavendish didn't harm them, it's just that they are all suspects, and tying them up is for our protection."

"What about Professor Lupine? Is he a suspect?"

Harry was extra stubborn today for some reason, with a hint of questioning in his voice.

Sirius became even more excited when he heard Harry's question. The wood around him was trampled by his struggle, and dust scattered everywhere.

At the same time, he kept shouting at Asseth to let him go.

The noisy sound and dust made the already irritable Ass even more irritable.

He waved his wand, and the red light was wrapped in the fierce wind and passed through Sirius's hair. After cutting off part of the hair, it hit the wall hard.

"Boom——"

The wall instantly fell apart and collapsed, the wood smashed to the ground, and the dust raised covered Sirius' face.