HP: Embrace the Darkness

After the sorting ceremony, Dumbledore stood up and introduced the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor to the young wizards as usual.

He was already familiar with this introduction.

After the introduction, the door of the auditorium was pushed open. Everyone followed the sound and saw Moody limping in with prosthetic eyes.

His prosthetic eyes moved slowly, looking around the whole place with a scrutinizing look. He held a flat water bottle in his hand, which he would open and take a few sips from time to time.

When he raised his head, his expression was blocked by the water bottle, which made it easier for him to observe the auditorium.

When his eyes came to Asseth, little Barty, who was pretending to be Moody, suddenly felt a dull pain in his jaw. His originally smooth movements paused for a moment before moving away.

"Hello everyone, I am your new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Alastor Moody. I will be responsible for the next semester, maybe the whole semester..."

Separated from a man as big as Grindelwald, Artes used his high enough perception to keenly detect Snape's vigilance towards Moody, and he also looked at Moody.

With just one look he was sure this wasn't the real Moody because he saw the future.

The gleaming fragments in his eyes flashed past, and finally settled on little Barty's ferocious face, and the green death curse that hit Cedric.

Artes's breathing became slightly heavier. Grindelwald looked over curiously, saw the faint light in his eyes and understood, lowering his voice and asked: "What did you see?"

"A death."

Aces adjusted his breathing and answered calmly.

Grindelwald was silent for a moment, his expression as indifferent as stagnant water without any fluctuation, "Death is not uncommon."

Aces glanced at him.

The reason why this man is so calm now is because the death involves neither Dumbledore nor someone important to him, so naturally he won't take it to heart.

You only know the pain when the knife falls on you.

At this point, Moody's self-introduction has been completed.

The senior little wizards applauded in a familiar manner. The sparse applause was quickly overshadowed by the vigorous applause of the new little wizards.

Aces raised his eyes and took in the vivid joy on the faces of the little wizards.

Among them, Cedric on the Hufflepuff table still smiled enthusiastically.

The smile is gentle and contagious, without any trace of gloom.

He could not imagine how this outstanding Hufflepuff would soon die with fear on his face.

His family must be very sad

The long pause in his gaze caught Cedric's attention, and he waved and smiled at Asseth enthusiastically.

Asseth also smiled and nodded to him.

"Indeed, it's just a matter of dividing the people."

Grindelwald agrees with this.

As long as nothing happened to his Al, he could turn a blind eye to others.

After introducing the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, Dumbledore raised his hand and pressed it down to signal everyone to be quiet.

He had one more thing to announce.

"This year, Hogwarts is honored to be chosen to host a legendary event - the Triwizard Tournament."

At this point, Dumbledore paused and gave the students below some time to receive the information.

Then he went on to explain:

"The so-called Triwizard Tournament is a series of competitions in which each of our three schools, Hogwarts, Durmstrang, and Beauxbatons, sends a student as a representative.

"In ten days, delegations from the other two schools will come to Hogwarts. I hope that everyone will be ready to welcome them."

The applause this time was much more intense than the one that welcomed Moody just now. Asseth could even see the eagerness on the twins' faces. There were many people like their little wizard.

Finally got to the end of the sorting ceremony.

Grindelwald stood up immediately and walked towards Dumbledore.

There was no obstacle for Aces, and he quietly followed Snape out of the auditorium, ready to wait for an opportunity to coax people.

Several other professors also dispersed.

The beginning of a new semester is always extremely busy. Before Asses could coax others, he was confused by all kinds of things.

As if in retaliation for Artes's transgression, Snape also threw away the Potions class and immersed himself in his favorite potions.

Now Asseth, who was already busy, was even busier and had no time to coax anyone.

A few days later, in order to welcome the other two schools, the four deans gathered in the staff room and discussed picking a few students with better spells, who would work together to redecorate Hogwarts.

Snape was impatient to do this, so he simply pushed Artes out. Anyway, Artes was a Slytherin student before, so it was justifiable to be a representative.

Professor McGonagall felt uncomfortable and reminded her tactfully: "Professor Cavendish is very busy."

Several deans here knew that Snape left the trivial matters of Potions class to Artes, and they could often see Artes walking around Hogwarts, either busy with Alchemy class or Potions class, without even a moment. stop.

So they didn't quite agree with Snape's move to relinquish his responsibilities as dean to Artes.

Facing the disapproving looks of several other deans, Snape did not waver at all, with a sneer on his lips.

"Busy? I thought our Professor Cavendish was so young that he wouldn't be tired if he was busy."

He was so tired that he didn't have to do anything at night.

Professor McGonagall had a serious face, and Professor Sprout quickly tried to smooth things over.

"How about letting Professor Cavendish make his own choice?"

This is a good idea.

Professor McGonagall looked at Snape warningly.

"Severus, you cannot force Professor Cavendish if he doesn't want to."

Snape snorted from his nose and did not object, thus acquiescing to her words.

After receiving the news from the little wizard, Asseth quickly rushed to the staff room. As soon as he entered, he was stared at by three pairs of eyes and felt uncomfortable.

The only one not looking at him was the Potions Master.

This time he felt even more uncomfortable.

"What do these professors want from me?" Asses looked away and asked the three professors who were looking at him.

Professor McGonagall looked at Snape and saw that he was silent, so he explained to Artes himself.

"Aces, it's like this. Several of our deans are planning to organize students to redecorate Hogwarts Castle. Severus..."

Professor McGonagall thought about it. She knew that Snape was impatient to do these things.

But she couldn't say that in front of others, especially in front of former Slytherin students.

Arthas waited patiently for what Professor McGonagall would say next.

"Severus... he may want to train you, so he offered to let you represent Slytherin."

Telling lies with open eyes is still a bit difficult for a stern and upright witch like Professor McGonagall. After saying this, her face showed a bit of stiffness.

"Okay, no problem from my side."

Aces agreed without hesitation.

The other people didn't react, thinking it was a rejection, and were just trying to help.

The next second, they suddenly realized something was wrong, and they all looked at Asseth.

"What did you just say? Say it again."

Artes looked at Professor McGonagall who asked the question strangely and repeated what he had just said.

"I said yes, there is no problem on my side."