HP: Embrace the Darkness

Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes at the same time, Artes suddenly felt as if there were many spiders crawling on his back and neck, and it was densely itchy.

He took a step sideways, half blocking Snape, and his remaining eyes looked at Estella, who was not bothered by the excitement, and the gleaming unicorns behind her.

"Don't make trouble. Our species is different. It doesn't matter whether we have a partner or not."

Estella shook her head and turned a deaf ear to Asses's polite refusal.

"Aces, what did you say? I can't hear you clearly, why don't you come closer and speak."

The unicorns behind it nodded.

Artes held Snape's hand and stepped back, his smile full of rejection, "Keep a social distance. This is polite. I won't get close."

Estella blinked, "It doesn't matter, let's go over there, we are unicorns, we don't have to follow your human rules."

It leads a group of unicorns closer and closer.

At this moment, Cynthia, who had figured out the result, squeezed into the group of unicorns and looked around suspiciously.

Seeing the confrontation between Artes, Snape and the unicorn, he asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

Estella glanced at Asseth with ill intentions and whispered in Cynthia's ear.

Artes had a bad feeling, so he turned around and ran away with Snape in hand.

Unexpectedly, there is also a unicorn behind it.

Seeing that they were about to run away, the unicorns surrounded them even tighter.

Aces looked around and found that they were surrounded by water, and shrugged helplessly at Snape.

"Well, it looks like we're going to be in trouble today."

Snape was amused by his rare expression of embarrassment, and swatted his hand away, so that he could cross his arms and chest to show his attitude towards watching the show.

"It's not us, it's you."

Artes blinked, deliberately staring pitifully at Snape with his remaining eyes, and said aggrievedly: "Sev means... you don't want me anymore?"

I don’t know if he has a natural talent for acting, but the simple movements performed by Asseth really look unrealistic.

The grievance in the tone was just right, too much would be too much, and too little would not be effective.

Snape was stunned.

He raised his eyes to take a closer look at Ass's expression. When he saw the uncontrollable smile in his eyes, he felt relieved and warned: "Speak carefully."

Aces stood against the light with a flower on his head, and the fragments of sunlight cast a hazy halo over him.

The morning light falls into the eyes, reflecting the stars.

Unicorns with similar hair color to him also have a soft white light on their bodies.

This made the white light covering his body even more intense.

The whole person looks like the coldest and purest bit of snow on the top of the snow mountain.

However, this person who looked out of reach was stunned for a moment after hearing Snape's reprimand, with a gentle smile on his eyebrows.

"How do you talk well? Like this?"

Seizing the moment when no one or the beast reacted, Artes took Snape's hand, leaned over and kissed the fingertips lightly.

Snape: "!"

The unicorns who were watching the whole process said: "..."

Chattering, undisguised, and inconsiderate discussions broke out in an instant.

"This is not a companion. I won't eat fruit for a month, and then I will take care of the cub for another month."

"Not necessarily, they humans seem to only be partners if they kiss."

"But they have mutual blessings."

"Then we have no hope."

"If you work harder, it should still be possible."

At this time, a weak voice survived among the many discussions, squeezed out with difficulty, and fell clearly into the ears of other unicorns.

"Don't you think they are a good match?"

As soon as these words came out, there was silence.

Countless looking eyes seemed to drift towards Artes and Snape.

After a while, their eyes lit up.

Cynthia glanced at the unreliable clan members and thought that these beasts could still be saved.

At least I'm not blind.

Looking at the triumphant Artes and Snape who was struck by lightning, I still remember that Snape's thin-skinned unicorn leader stepped forward.

Cynthia: "Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Estella: "Tsk, tsk, tsk."

Cynthia: “I didn’t see it.”

Estela: "I didn't see it."

Cynthia looked at Estella suddenly: "Don't imitate me, little bastard."

Estela imitated Cynthia and turned her head: "Don't imitate me, little bastard."

Cynthia was angry, the kind that couldn't be coaxed.

It aimed its head at Estella, raised its hoof, rushed over, and struck Estella with a crackling blow.

Their movement attracted the attention of most of the unicorns, and they dispersed to cheer for the two beasts.

Snape, who was shocked from head to toe by Artes' bold teasing move, had turned into a stone statue at the door of the principal's office, noticed that their attention had shifted, and quickly pushed the peacock-like Artes away.

When the hand pushed to the face, he lost some strength and instead pinched to vent his anger.

"Can you speak properly?"

Asseth smiled and let him vent his anger, staring at him intently.

Perhaps the Potions Master himself didn't realize that although he was speaking reproachfully, the corners of his lips were raised.

It's very shallow, but it's a smile from the bottom of my heart.

"Isn't this nice to talk to? Does Sifu want to watch me being carved up by them?"

Aces raised his eyebrows and motioned Snape to look at the fighting unicorns.

"They look... ferocious."

Estela, who was beaten unilaterally, had a tough mouth and nodded in agreement after hearing Asses' words.

"Yes, I...I am very fierce. Oh, patriarch, please be gentle, or I will tell the great elder."

Aces laughed angrily at Estela's cowardly and playful behavior, and deliberately added.

"Well, except for Estella."

"Why...why should I get rid of-ah! Don't slap me in the face."

The little unicorn is not yet an adult, and its strength and size are much inferior to those of an adult unicorn. No matter how hard it tries, it can only be crushed and beaten by the adult unicorn.

That is to say, Cynthia was measured and controlled her strength, otherwise it would not even have the strength to speak.

After getting angry with "the big bully the small", Cynthia felt refreshed and finally remembered the business.

"Aces, Severus, Zafar told me before that you should come and see it. It has something to tell you."

Artes and Snape looked at each other and nodded at the same time.

Cynthia's eyes rolled, bad ideas came to her mind, and she suggested: "How about we go there now? You'll be fine anyway."

Asses has a keen intuition and is immediately wary of rejection.

Cynthia snorted in disgust and looked at Snape, "Severus, let's go there first."

Snape didn't think it was anything. It was Cynthia who took him there last time.

So he nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Snape agreed, Artes stepped in decisively, "Let's go together."