HP: Embrace the Darkness

The wooden house is located on a higher ground and you can easily see the entrance to the valley.

So a large group of unicorns, white tigers and humans came together. As soon as they arrived at the door of the wooden house, they found Zafar coming out to greet them as if he had expected it.

Unicorns do not recognize people by their appearance or smell, but by their inner soul. Zafar soon recognized the white tiger as Asseth, who had only met him once.

"Aces?" it asked.

The unicorns headed by Cynthia heard Zafar's words and hurriedly chirped "Yes".

Zafar had no choice but to push them away with his head, "I didn't ask you what to do. Go wherever you go. Don't hang around here. Cynthia, take them away."

Cynthia glared at the dragging unicorn.

It also wanted to hear what Zafar had to say with Ass and Severus.

With such a fuss, nothing can be heard.

But Zafar had already ordered that it had to take the unicorns and leave three times at a time.

A large piece of land suddenly became vacant in front of the wooden house.

White Tiger nodded slowly.

"Hululu."

It’s me, long time no see, Zafar.

The unicorn, who is in the same language system as the white tiger, tilted his head, and his eyes slowly formed two question marks.

Seeing this, Snape patted the white tiger on the back and said, "Put me down first."

The white tiger obediently lowered his body and waited for the human to come down, then lazily stood up straight.

The next second, Asseth appeared.

"Long time no see, Zafar."

He greeted Zafar with a smile and took the garland from Snape's hand.

"I'll hold it first, and you'll put it on for me later."

Snape raised his eyebrows in agreement with Asseth's words, and then he looked at Zafar.

"Do you want to record it?"

Zafar looked at him, his clear pupils containing two emotions that humans couldn't understand.

After a while, it laughed happily.

"Severus, you are a little different, but this is a good thing for you and Aces. I, the alien beast, will not say more."

"I really want to call you here this time to record the changes in the blessing mark. Do you mind?"

This was something that had been promised a long time ago, and Snape would naturally not go back on it. Artes looked at Snape, and Snape had no objection to it, and neither did he.

The marks of the two appeared in front of Zafar at the same time for the first time, and he observed it carefully.

The mark of Snape's blessing was clearer than the last time I saw it, and the energy contained in it was more pure and without any impurities.

Zafar was relieved and turned to look at the blessing mark on the back of Asseth's hand.

Asses didn't come last time and didn't quite understand Zafar's behavior. Snape noticed his confusion and leaned over to explain in a low voice.

After the two of them finished talking, they realized that Zafar was staring at them intently.

"Zafar? Is there any problem?" Asseth asked in surprise.

Zafar shook his head, "No problem, it's even better than I expected. You guys have a good relationship, just... don't quarrel next time."

Artes was stunned and looked at Snape without knowing why, "When did we have a fight?"

Snape was also confused as to when he had said they had a fight.

"Isn't it? Then last time..." Zafar muttered softly, "Forget it, that's not important. Asseth, do you want to talk to me alone?"

Asseth hesitated: "Sif?"

"You can go if you want. There's no need to ask me."

After Snape finished speaking, he took the initiative to move away to give them space to talk.

It was almost noon, and the sun was climbing higher and higher, shining brightly in the sky.

Snape didn't want to get involved in the conversation between Zafar and Asseth, so he went further.

Cynthia, who had been watching from a distance for a long time, came over with a group of unicorns.

"Severus, why are you alone?"

"They have something to do." Looking at the figure of a man and a beast, Snape replied.

Cynthia said "Oh" and followed his line of sight and saw Artes in the distance.

"Severus, can I ask you a question? Just one."

Snape glanced sideways, "What's the problem?"

"That...is..."

Cynthia hesitated and murmured. Looking back, she saw the hopeful clan members. She closed and opened her eyes and asked the question she had been curious about for a long time.

"Are you and Asseth partners?"

The other unicorns nodded, and their fiery gazes fell on Snape.

Snape was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

Unexpectedly, it was not just Asseth who fell here, but him as well.

"Are you curious?"

His eyes followed the man in the distance, and his tone of voice was very soft, like clouds hanging high in the sky, intangible and impossible to grasp.

Cynthia nodded sharply. At this point, it no longer bothered to hide itself. Satisfying curiosity... the curiosity of the tribe was more important.

"We're really curious."

After a pause, the Unicorn Clan leader who was thirsty for knowledge did not hesitate to sell his friend for the truth.

"I asked Assis a long time ago, but he always perfunctoryly said that you are someone he trusts and refused to say anything else."

Snape raised his eyebrows lightly, not surprised by what Artes said to the outside world.

Cynthia continued her tirade.

"But you seem to be more than just friends, you also have marks. I also heard what Zafar said last time. Your marks are so clear. I can feel that there is a powerful energy inside."

"So how could it not be."

Speaking of the back, Cynthia's voice was inaudible, and the unicorn behind her couldn't stand it. You and I complete her words one by one.

"Yes, yes, didn't you kiss?"

"And...and you're holding hands."

Snape's pupils suddenly tightened.

I didn’t expect that these unicorns have such sharp eyes, and you can still see the hands they are holding.

When he thought that their secretly looking, probing, and curious eyes might stay on the hands held by him and Assis for a long time, a strange sense of shame instantly enveloped his body, and he coughed slightly in embarrassment.

"Cough cough cough."

Cynthia risked her life and asked shamelessly, "Really? Really? Is it really true?"

"us--"

At this moment, Asseth in the wooden house suddenly looked over here, not knowing whether he sensed something.

They looked at each other from a distance.

"Yes."

Snape heard himself say this.

The violent heartbeat, accompanied by a calm but smiling voice, blended into the wind and reached every unicorn's ears.

They held their breath and realized that they had heard correctly. They looked at Snape and then at Artes in surprise.

Goddess of the Moon, they guessed it right!

As if he noticed something was wrong with the atmosphere here, Asseth raised his hand and waved it. From such a long distance, you could see the undisguised smile on his face.

Snape raised his lips slightly.

There is no deliberate ridicule, no distortion deliberately intended to scare people.

I just laughed because I wanted to.

"As you can imagine, we are partners."