HP: Embrace the Darkness

Prince Estate.

Snape walked alone in the corridor.

When he walked into the portrait storage room for the second time, he was very calm. His eyes swept across the location of Irene's portrait, and he quickly moved away, without stopping, to the corner.

There was no portrait hanging in the corner. Snape calculated in order that this place should belong to the next generation of Eileen.

That was him standing in the corner at this time.

Looking at the hook specially left for hanging the portrait, he hesitantly turned the ring on his hand, lingering on the engraved pattern on his fingertips.

The clock hands kept turning.

After a while, Snape made up his mind, and the magic power from his fingertips flowed into the ring. After searching inside for a while, he took out a frame about the same size as Eileen's portrait.

It was clearly his own portrait.

After taking out the portrait, Snape hesitated again.

No one can know the future, not even him.

Therefore, he had no way of predicting what Asses would think when he accidentally discovered the portrait, no way of knowing his ending, and no way of predicting whether Asses would need his portrait to stabilize his mood after his death.

But he couldn't afford the gamble.

Even if there was even a slight possibility that he would die and Asseth would need his portrait, he would leave the portrait behind.

Snape no longer hesitated, and hung the portrait on the wall slowly but firmly, and then covered the portrait with red silk cloth so that no corner of it was exposed.

He did it very seriously, just as seriously and meticulously as every time he brewed potions in the past, and he did not allow the slightest mistake.

After placing the portrait, he came to Irene again, grabbed the red cloth with his hand, and opened it.

The red eyes are fleeting.

Erin is no different from before;

Snape nodded to her as a greeting, and then without waiting for Eileen to say goodbye, he calmly summarized his identity and experiences over the years into a few sentences and threw it at Eileen.

Irene was stunned by the news that the man in front of her was her son, and she couldn't recover for a long time.

When she came back to her senses, she stared at Snape blankly, her eyes wandering on Snape's face, as if looking for signs that could prove that Snape was her son.

If you don't know in advance, it may be difficult to find the answer, but the answer has been revealed first, and then the clues will be obvious when you work backwards.

"Are you really my son?"

Erin found some familiar feelings on Snape's face, but she still couldn't believe it.

After all, her memory and thinking are still that of Irene Prince in her youth.

After hearing Eileen's inquiry, Snape's expression was complicated for a moment, but he soon regained his composure.

"Since you have her mind, you should be able to see that there is no need for me to fake a picture that can't do anything."

"Do I really have a son?"

Eileen walked forward blankly and stretched out her hand towards Snape, as if she wanted to break away from the restrictions of the portrait and touch her son who suddenly appeared.

"You are...my child?"

A voice he hadn't heard in more than ten years once again called out a familiar name, and Snape's thoughts wandered for a moment.

In his eyes, the Erin in front of him gradually overlapped with the mother who sang softly in his memory.

He opened his lips as if he was bewitched.

"mother--"

At the last second when he was about to call out his mother, Snape suddenly took two steps back and put a short distance away from Eileen.

"You are her, but you are not her either."

As he spoke, he sneered, his laziness and tone particularly mocking.

"Even if it's her, I don't think my relationship with her is close enough to comfort each other."

Eileen stopped, poured cold water on Snape's actions and words, her eyes were blank and at a loss.

"I just wanted to see you."

look at me?

Snape seemed to have heard some joke, and a cold smile appeared on his lips and at the end of his eyes.

"I don't need you to look at me," he said.

Perhaps because of the heart-to-heart connection between mother and son, the sneer that Snape used to scare away countless young wizards failed to work on Irene. She just pursed her lips and accepted Snape's words.

"You still hate Erin...Prince?"

After much hesitation, she still used Prince's surname. Having used a surname for many years was not something that could be given up. What's more, according to Snape's revelation, that Snape was not kind to her and little Snape.

"hatred?"

Snape glanced at Erin lightly and shook his head slowly in her somewhat uneasy eyes.

"We don't owe each other anything."

In other words, they have no relationship.

Whether it's love or hate, it's gone.

Erin looked at Snape, and after a long time, she was disappointed to find that Snape didn't lie. He really didn't care about his mother.

A child can be completely disappointed with the mother who gave birth to him. It seems that "she" really hurt him too deeply.

Erin didn't dare to look at Snape anymore.

"I……"

Silence flowed between the strange mother and son.

Snape waited quietly for Eileen's next words.

He had just discovered that many of Eileen's habitual actions were very similar to his.

No, I should say he looks like Irene.

As for Erin's current expression and movements, he had only done it in front of Asseth.

At that time, he was apologizing for the misunderstanding.

Erin was in a good mood and said guiltily: "Severus...can I call you Severus?"

Snape nodded, his hands hidden in his sleeves clenched into fists, his nails leaving crescent red marks on his palms.

After getting Snape's agreement, Erin continued, "I know you can tell us apart, but I am also her past, or her creation."

"So I think... no matter what, I should take her place and say sorry to you."

"I apologize to you for what I did and hope to receive your forgiveness, Severus."

Erin bowed slightly and made a standard salute.

Snape looked at her, without moving, and accepted the portrait of Eileen...her mother.

He just looked at Irene with some confusion in his eyes.

Eileen's behavior and characteristics all indicate that she was well taught by her family.

He knows how to advance and retreat, and he is also very experienced in handling all kinds of things that can benefit him. He is able to bend and stretch, and he is a standard Slytherin.

After knowing his identity, he would rather bend down to apologize and recognize his son who did not know the truth or falsehood, but also leave the manor in Prince's hands.

Why on earth would a woman who puts interests first and won't let go easily as long as she can seize them would fall in love with Tobia.

The Potion Master, who had never experienced being carried away by love, really couldn't understand Irene's train of thought.

Snape was silent for so long, and Eileen, who was about seventeen years old, became a little out of breath.

She looked over quietly and felt relieved when she saw that Snape just lowered his head and remained silent and did not leave.

The fact that Snape can stay shows that there is still a place for his mother in his heart. As long as she is given a little more time, she can think of a way to keep the manor.

"Can you forgive me? Severus."

Eileen said apologetically, and lowered her head when Snape looked over. Her shoulders inadvertently twitched twice, making sure that Snape saw it before stopping. She raised her red eyes to reveal the apology in her eyes.