HP: Embrace the Darkness

Aces apparated non-stop all the way, and even apparated directly to the center of the cellar.

Miss Medusa and Morbid looked at the sudden appearance of Asseth in the cellar, and opened their mouths in surprise.

"I...I, am I right? Asseth can apparate past us and enter the cellar?"

Mopidou shook his head and said proudly: "Sure enough, my young master is the most powerful."

The cellar can be seen to the end at a glance, and there is no one there.

Suppressing his panic and anger, Artes quickly walked into the bedroom, potion room, and study. However, he searched around and could not find the potion master in the cellar.

"Mopidus, where are the Siphites?"

This was the first time Asseth asked Morpidor about Snape's whereabouts.

Morpidor was born to control the entire cellar, including the control of the fireplace. It was made by Asseth. He is extremely loyal to Asseth and will not hide anything no matter what he asks.

Therefore, Artes has been deliberately avoiding questions involving Snape's privacy, and has not asked Snape's whereabouts. This is the first time.

Asses' tone was a little cold, and Miss Medusa felt bad, and quickly pressed Morbido with her tail, trying to stop him from speaking.

Unexpectedly, Morpidot flicked his tail and easily shook off Miss Medusa's imprisonment.

Ignoring Miss Medusa's surprised and restraining eyes, Morpidou raised his tail and pointed in one direction.

"That direction, Master."

Although Mopidou could feel the connection between the fireplace and another fireplace, he didn't know where the other side was and could only tell Asseth with his tail.

Asseth looked in the direction where Mopidou's tail was pointing, and his heart... suddenly sank.

That's the direction of Malfoy Manor.

Sev went to meet Voldemort.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Asseth felt that his blood had gone cold, his limbs were terribly cold, and the familiar scene of the Shrieking Shack appeared in his mind uncontrollably.

He suddenly clenched his fists, his knuckles turned visibly white due to exertion, veins stretched along his arms to the back of his hands, and his temples beat with his slightly rapid breathing.

The dazzling blood flowed out from nowhere and slowly spread outwards until it reached the soles of Artes' feet. He backed away as if frightened, avoiding the red patch.

A pool of red blood pursues him.

Aces took a few steps back and then forced himself not to retreat again. Fighting against the illusion, he tried to calm his chaotic breathing and controlled himself not to look at the blood on the ground.

He knew this was false, an illusion transformed from fear, but he was still afraid of it.

Miss Medusa and Morpidor looked at Asseth who was vaguely surrounded by magic power with fear, silently praying that he would not lose control, otherwise they didn't know what to do.

After an unknown amount of time, the hallucinations in front of Asseth disappeared and everything returned to normal. He raised his feet and walked straight out, surrounded by a terrifying coldness and hostility.

"Ah! Asseth, wait...wait!"

Seeing that Adai was about to step out of the cellar, Miss Medusa hurriedly called him.

Scarlet eyes cast an icy gaze on Miss Medusa. The devastation she saw made her tremble with fear, and her voice got stuck in her throat.

"Then...what...the dean said he left a note for you."

Note?

Aces turned around and found a piece of paper on his desk, with the Potions Master's familiar font on it.

"Stay in the cellar until I come back."

However, the palm-sized note, which could be blown away by the wind, easily suppressed Asseth's trembling hand, and his whole body was pinned in place, unable to move.

The Potions Master knew him too well, and he couldn't help but calm down when a basin of cold water was poured on him at just the right time.

But the result of being calm is to sit back and watch everything happen.

Aces clenched the note in his hand, unable to force a forced smile, and laughed at himself in a low voice: "If the price of being calm is you, then I would rather be impulsive."

"Don't move!"

Miss Medusa impatiently pressed Morpido with her tail, and the two snakes huddled together to observe Asseth, who had not moved since he read the note.

"Hey, Mopidou, come and analyze for me, what's wrong with your young master?"

Mopidou shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

"You don't know anything when I ask you! What's the use of you, waste!"

Miss Medusa was so angry that she hit Morpidou on the head. Her eyes were still watching Artes, fearing that he would suddenly disappear and she would not complete the task left by Snape.

Merlin, that is a task assigned by the dean!

She, the noble Medusa, the dean's only... second gatekeeper, must never, absolutely cannot live up to the dean's expectations.

Miss Medusa is in high spirits!

Suddenly, a shadow was cast in front of her eyes, and Miss Medusa's head, which was upright just now, dropped like a slow-motion silent movie.

Well... the prerequisite for living up to it is that she has to live.

The two snakes squeezed together, trembling and burying their heads in the shadows, suddenly not wanting to look up.

Asseth folded the note in his hand carefully, "Don't shake it, I won't go out, tell me everything he did before he left."

Miss Medusa raised her head and looked at Asseth suspiciously, "Really? You're not leaving, you're not lying to me?"

Mopidor would not doubt Asseth's words.

Without waiting for Artes to give Miss Medusa an accurate answer, he described everything Snape did and told him before he left.

Aces half-closed his eyes, and while listening, he disrupted the plan again, and turned the alchemy ring regularly on his fingertips.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

"Nina."

Nina appeared in response, her big dazzling eyes instantly locking on Asseth.

"Master Asseth! What do you need Nina to do?"

Seeing that Artes didn't look very good, Nina stepped forward and grabbed the hem of Artes' clothes, and said cautiously: "Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Nina, do me a favor."

Asseth returned to his desk, quickly wrote a letter, sealed it and gave it to Nina.

"Write a letter to Grandpa Joel for me, and then instruct him to open all the defensive magic patterns in the manor and let the ravens guard the manor and not go out."

Nina obediently took the envelope without asking any questions, snapped her fingers and disappeared into the cellar.

When he reappeared, it was at Cavendish Manor.

Since Joel arrived at Cavendish Manor, he has been haunting the study, bedroom, downstairs hall, dining room and training ground, spending most of his time in the study.

Nina easily found him in the study.