HP: Embrace the Darkness

On the way back, the two of them still walked in tandem.

Artes walked in front, while Elise followed behind to avoid any unexpected situation that Elise would not be able to react to.

When he turned a corner, Asseth was keenly aware of the fluctuations in magic power, and he turned his head to look in one direction.

"What's the matter, sir?"

When Elise saw Asseth stopped, she also stopped, approached and asked in a low voice.

Aces made a shushing gesture, signaling her to stay quiet.

Elise immediately covered her mouth.

The two of them stood quietly in the corridor and waited.

Not long after, two red-haired lion cubs appeared in front of them.

Elise frowned, looking at the two little lions warily, and she gently pulled out the wand in her hand.

Just when she was about to take action, Asseth looked at her and shook his head.

Elise understood and immediately put down the wand in her hand.

The reckless little lion was not as cautious as the little snakes and didn't notice anything was wrong.

With his eyes closed, he ran forward quickly, as if he was avoiding something in a hurry.

Artes and Elise just watched the two little lions blow through the corridors of Hogwarts like a gust of wind, kicking up billows of dust.

Seeing the little lion leaving, the two continued walking back to the common room.

Soon they arrived at the door of the common room, and only then did the two of them understand what the little lions were hiding.

At the door of the lounge, their Viper Dean was wandering around, checking the area, his eyes constantly scanning, as if he was looking for something.

Aces understood, it turned out that the two little lions were discovered while traveling at night.

Suddenly, he smiled a little evilly, and then used his wand to make some movement in the direction where the two brothers left.

The slight movement immediately attracted Snape's attention. He quickly identified the direction and quickly chased after it.

Aces and the two took advantage of Snape's departure and quickly slipped into the lounge.

As for the two little lions, Asseth could only hope that Merlin would protect them.

After all, either they were arrested or the two of them were arrested. Since someone would always be arrested, why couldn't it be them.

On the other side, the twins who were about to escape were sadly caught by Professor Snape who arrived.

The two of them lowered their heads with ashen faces, looking at each other in despair.

How did Snape know they were here? They had obviously made something to attract Snape's attention.

They both screamed silently in their hearts.

Snape, who had caught someone, was in a much better mood than the two of them.

He announced to the two sad and angry little lions in a sinister tone:

"You will be deducted thirty points from Gryffindor for your night parade and teasing the professor, and you will be given three weeks of confinement. Are you happy?"

The elongated tail tone was filled with gloating and ridicule, which made the two little lions even more heartbroken.

This wave is truly heart-wrenching.

The two little lions kept wailing in their hearts, praying that someone could come to save them, but unfortunately no one could save them.

Aces learned the news the next day.

Early in the morning, the little lions gathered around the gemstone hourglass and talked about it.

"Merlin, when I woke up, why did our gem bottom out?"

This is a shocked little lion.

"Merlin's lace hood, I bet this must be a deduction from the old bat."

This is the little lion who is seriously speculating on the murderer

"It's over, we're going to be at the bottom again."

This is a little lion who has no love in life.

"Just after school started, the gems were gone, and it was a new record."

This is the little lion who enjoys suffering.

"Forget it, we've never been at the bottom in the end, just get used to it."

This is the little lion who has given up and lies down.

However, except for the little lions in the lower grades who care about scores, the other little lions in the upper grades are used to it.

Seeing that the little lions in the lower grades were upset about the deduction of points, the little lions in the upper grades comforted the sad little lions in the lower grades.

"It's okay, we're all used to it."

Aces glanced at it as he passed by and secretly laughed.

At sixty points, Gryffindor's jewels were almost wiped out.

The professor is really cruel.

Aces sighed.

At breakfast time, all the little lions were dejected and in no mood to eat.

At the teacher's desk, Professor Snape looked at the unhappy little lion underneath, his happy brows relaxing a lot.

Asseth, who was sitting below, felt a little guilty when he saw the professor's happy expression.

He turned his head, neither looking at the little lion opposite, nor at the professor on the teacher's desk.

He ate breakfast on the table with his eyes and nose, and after finishing his meal, he elegantly raised his hands to wipe them.

At this time, there was a sound of flapping wings coming from the sky window above the auditorium, and a large wave of owls was about to arrive on the battlefield.

The skylights blew and the owls swept through the auditorium like a tornado.

It was still the snow-white owl, which stopped in front of Asseth quickly and accurately.

Shi Shiran elegantly placed the letter on his lap on the table, and then ate the food on the table.

Asseth raised his eyebrows, why would there be a letter today? It was obviously not the time they agreed.

He reached for the envelope, opened it and read.

The letter was written by Anna. From the beginning of the school year to now, the correspondence between their family of three has been maintained by Anna alone.

In the letter, Anna asked Asseth about his daily life and whether he had been bullied.

Asseth is a little helpless. Does his mother have some misunderstanding about him? Is he so easily bullied?

He smiled helplessly and then looked down.

Most of the letters were about family feuds, but Artes felt inexplicably that there was an unspeakable anxiety and uneasiness in Anna's words.

Asseth couldn't help but frown. He knew Anna's character best.

No matter what happens, she will not bring her emotions to her family, especially her children.

But now the restlessness and anxiety in the letter is very wrong, so she may have encountered something, and it is something big.

Aces' hand holding the letter gradually tightened, feeling vaguely uneasy inside.

At this time, a piece of paper fell out of the envelope and floated in the air.

Aces noticed this scene out of the corner of his eye and reflexively reached out to catch the note.

On the note was the Duke's handwriting, which was much more scrawled than before. Inside was a paragraph:

She won't let me tell you, but I don't think there's any need to hide it from you.

We were recently tracking an organization that enslaved alchemists, and we discovered that your mother's cousin was captured by them.

You have to be on guard, you are our child and they will target you.

And don't fight with them, they are cursed.

It seemed that he was in a bit of a hurry, and the Duke did not clearly explain what the curse was, which made Ass's heart hang.