HP: Embrace the Darkness

Seeing the confusion in Snape's eyes, Assell suddenly understood what he was thinking.

Although I really want to kick the old man Dumbledore out of Snape's heart.

But he is not someone who ignores the facts.

After silently lamenting his conscience, Artes began to explain to Dumbledore.

"I guess he believes you."

"It's because he believes in you that he can't tell you. No one knows where Voldemort will hide the Horcruxes, so he doesn't dare to take a gamble. He doesn't know how to find the Horcruxes after losing you as an undercover agent."

After hearing Asseth's explanation, Snape's expression softened slightly.

In fact, it's not that he didn't expect this, it's just that he is more accustomed to pessimistic thinking.

Aces was very good at judging people and knew Dumbledore well. Since he said so, the truth should be similar.

"and many more--"

Snape suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Horcrux...one of them?"

The words he had just ignored suddenly popped into Snape's mind, and he almost lost his voice in shock and anger.

"You mean he split his soul to make more than one Horcrux?"

"Yes, more than one."

"Is he crazy?"

Snape was so astonished that he even felt that he had met Voldemort for the first time.

Aces felt the same way at the time, so he nodded without any burden now.

"Even if I wasn't crazy before, I feel like I'm almost crazy after cutting out the soul."

Worried that Snape was worried about Horcruxes every day, Artes thought for a while and added a few words.

"But don't worry too much now. Three of his Horcruxes that I captured... uh... one died, and the remaining two are under my control."

Snape was silent for a while, then suddenly looked up at Asseth. His deep eyes were filled with various emotions, and the black inside them became even darker.

He looked at it for a long time, and then looked at Asseth's questioning eyes and said dryly with difficulty: "I want to tell him."

"Then tell him."

Aces agreed, not caring whether the person Snape mentioned was Dumbledore.

Or maybe he knows, but doesn't mind.

Snape pursed his lips, feeling that Artes's indulgence was very helpful, but in comparison with the two, he inevitably felt that he was too despicable.

Asses had no reservations about him, he hid so many things from him, and even turned around and told another person what he told him.

"Just tell him about the Horcruxes."

After being quiet for a long time, the potions master racked his brains and squeezed out a sentence.

In fact, Artes really didn't mind Snape telling Dumbledore everything.

He kept it secret before because he was not capable enough or strong enough. Now he has found a way to save Dumbledore, and all that is left is to wait.

But since Snape is willing to help him hide it, then let's hide it.

"Okay, I believe you."

The fire in the fireplace seemed to be burning more intensely at this moment, reflecting the shadows of the two people scorchingly, and the shadows were closely touching each other as the firelight swayed.

……

Winter at Hogwarts comes and goes quickly. The white snow that was left all over the castle at Christmas is now only a few dark water stains and green moss in the corners to prove that they once existed.

Along with the melting of ice and snow comes the long-awaited vacation for the little wizards.

Slytherin's performance in this Academy Cup was as stable as usual, and he won the championship with 50 points higher than the second place Ravenclaw.

Similarly, Gryffindor performed very steadily, firmly occupying the last place with a score of over 300.

No matter how many little wizards wail at the Academy Cup, summer vacation is here.

"Hey Harry, you know what? Quidditch!"

"It's that Quidditch game!"

The Weasley twins were like two worn-out springs, shaking their legs and squatting until they could no longer squat, and then suddenly jumped up with their legs.

The two jumped one after the other, all the way to Harry, Hermione and Ron.

During this time, Harry had been depressed because of Sirius, and Hermione and Ron were worried about how to comfort him.

Now that Fred and George were talking about something Harry was interested in - Quidditch, Ron instantly became excited.

Of course he was interested too.

"Fred, George, what was that Quidditch game you were talking about just now?"

Fred and George looked at each other, then laughed loudly, "Of course it's the Quidditch World Cup, my silly brother Ronnie baby."

"Hey, don't call me Ronnie."

Ron subconsciously retorted, but Hermione pinched him before he remembered what he was going to do.

"Harry, did you hear that? It's the Quidditch World Cup! The Quidditch World Cup!"

Harry raised his eyelids in frustration as a reply to Ron.

Ever since he failed to save Sirius that day and even let Peter go who could prove Sirius' innocence, he has been immersed in self-blame.

Even if Ron mentioned his favorite Quidditch now, it still couldn't arouse his interest.

He just wanted to know where his godfather was now and whether he was alive and well.

Seeing that Quidditch was useless, Ron looked at Hermione helplessly, his expression a little numb.

He could understand Harry's thoughts, but this was what they did. They had already done it, so why bother thinking about it? Isn't this asking for trouble?

Hermione gave the useless Ron a hard look and decided not to rely on these unreliable boys.

"Harry, actually I think Assistant Professor Susanna is right. It's better to be outside than to be captured back to Azkaban. No news may be the best news."

What the little witch said was true.

She didn't agree with Harry and Ron's ideas from the beginning, but she couldn't defeat them on her own.

"Sirius is an adult wizard, and he can also use Animagus. He is much stronger than us. If he can be fooled, then we will definitely not be able to help. On the contrary, you are not helping now."

"If you are so depressed, when Sirius finally finds you, he will still think it is his fault, so what you have to do now is to live a good life and wait for him to find you."

Hermione said her thoughts in one breath.

Harry was startled, and his eyes gradually brightened.

"Hermione, you're right, it's totally useless for me to be like this."

"As long as you can figure it out, we did something wrong in the first place."

Hermione breathed a sigh of relief.

It was really uncomfortable for her to be caught between Harry and Artes these days. She had no choice but to stand on her friend's side, and she also didn't want to betray Artes's trust.

When Asseth casually found a friend for Luna, the little witch inadvertently made the little witch misunderstand that Asses valued and trusted her.

I have to say, this is a beautiful misunderstanding.

And Sirius, who was cared about by the savior, was working hard to repay his debts.

The only instruction Aces gave Joel at that time was, "Just stay alive."

Joel took note.

In addition, he has always been cautious in doing things.

So after receiving the order to take over Sirius, the first thing he did was to learn everything about Sirius Black.

From not liking his family when he was a child, to enrolling in Hogwarts and dominating the campus, to entering Azkaban many years ago because he betrayed his friends.

Joel didn't miss a thing.