HP: Embrace the Darkness

Merlin didn't wait long when the sound of opening the door came. He put down the chess piece in his hand, raised his head, and looked at Asseth up and down, a kind and satisfied smile appeared on his weathered face.

"Long time no see, Asses, you have changed a lot and are stronger than before."

Aces raised his eyebrows and closed the door with his backhand.

"Long time no see, sir, you seem to have changed more than me."

Merlin touched his face and said meaningfully: "But my essence has not changed, has it?"

As if to prove it to Asseth, when he spoke, his face kept changing, including names that Asses knew, ones he didn't know, men, women...

Everything is available.

Someone else here might have been frightened out of his wits, but Asseth didn't seem to notice. Shi Shiran sat down and asked curiously: "How is this done?"

"You can do it with a little trick, but you just haven't tried it."

Merlin's face finally settled into the face that Artes had seen him for the first time, that was his original face.

"The body is just a container, a container that can be changed. The soul is our foundation."

"In humans, only the soul remains unchanged."

Merlin stared closely into Asseth's eyes, trying to find some clue.

Asseth drank tea and looked back without knowing why, "Is there something wrong with me?"

"No." Merlin shook his head sincerely, "You are very normal, more normal than us."

A fresh, unfettered life is much more normal than life-long prisoners like them.

"Of course, these are not important to you right now. Let's talk about what is really important."

Merlin snapped his fingers, and a transparent world map appeared in mid-air.

It was different from the ordinary map. This map had an intricate magic circle on it, and the main body was a five-pointed star. If Asseth saw it correctly, one of the corners of the five-pointed star was in England.

"Is this... a ground net?" he asked.

Merlin pointed to the location of England.

"Yes, this is the rough composition of the underground network. Yesterday, the third node was destroyed, and the nodes close to the UK were also destroyed. In total, only two of the five nodes are still supporting the operation of the underground network. To put it simply , you are free in Britain."

Faced with Merlin's temptation, Artes didn't seem to understand. He frowned and asked, "Can't I move freely except in England?"

Merlin didn't know how to answer.

Aces suddenly smiled.

"Sir, it is illegal to imprison someone privately."

"It seems that I am nosy." Merlin also smiled, "You should be busy at the Ministry of Magic, so I won't disturb you. We are old and can't play as well as you young people."

As he spoke, he shook his hand, and a solid wooden staff appeared out of thin air and disappeared with him.

Aces did not leave immediately. He looked at the place where Merlin disappeared, his eyes flickering.

The purpose of Merlin's visit was obvious, which was to tell him that the network nodes had been destroyed, and that the law enforcers and the people behind them had minimal supervision over the UK, and might even be unable to see it at all.

But even he himself was not sure, so how could Merlin be sure that he would do something that the law enforcers were not allowed to do?

Space and time, destiny, soul...

According to his previous guess, time, space and soul are not within the red line. Researching these two magics will at most result in enhanced surveillance. Does this have anything to do with it?

Forget it, it’s useless to think too much.

If you keep going, you will definitely know the answer, it’s just a matter of how long it takes.

Aces frowned slightly, then relaxed quickly. He casually picked up the chess piece left by Merlin and dropped it on the chessboard on the table. He kicked the opposite chess piece out of the chessboard with his obsessed move. By accident, he saw the winner. The situation - the opponent's piece has a flaw.

One step wrong, step by step wrong.

The opponent suffered a crushing defeat.

"Only...the soul remains unchanged?"

With a spring-like smile on his lips, Asseth slowly restored the chessboard to its original position, then raised his knuckles and tapped the table.

"Nina."

Nina appeared happily, "Master, Nina is here. What does the master need Nina to do?"

"Clean the living room." Artes patted Nina on the head. "By the way, give Sev a breakfast. Then you will stay in Hogwarts during this period. Unless Sev asks you to come back, don't do it." return."

Don't want to come back?

The young master wants to drive Nina away?

Nina was about to cry when she suddenly remembered that Snape seemed no different from her master. She forced back her tears and raised a smile.

"Okay, Master."

Seeing that she didn't really cry, Asseth breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly left the living room.

Joel had been waiting at the door. When he saw Asseth, he hurried up to meet him.

"Master, the reaction you wanted is here. Multiple families have written letters, hoping to hold a meeting at Cavendish Manor to discuss their future and that of the magical world."

"The future of the wizarding world? Their confidence is beyond my imagination, but this meeting is indeed going to be held. After the Ministry of Magic is paralyzed, Voldemort's next step is the wizarding world and Hogwarts. This knife is almost useless."

Aces walked towards the study without stopping.

Joel suppressed his surprise and silently followed Artes' footsteps to the study. He stepped forward and knocked on the door for Artes. When he heard "come in" from inside, he opened the door and let Artes in.

Aces thanked him and walked into the study alone.

William sat on the chair. After writing the last word, he put down the pen, looked at Asseth, and pointed to the chair opposite, "Sit."

Asseth sat down.

"Good morning, Father. I'm so happy to see you working so hard."

William wanted to slap him, this unlucky son, who was he working so hard for! He actually came here to mock me so early in the morning.

"I'm not here to ridicule." As if seeing through William's speechlessness, Asseth took the initiative to explain, "Some people are worried about their future and want us to express our stance."

William became serious, "What do you mean?"

"Me?" Asseth blinked, "I'm not the head of the family. Of course, you need to make the decision, father."

William's heart was a little suffocated, he slammed the table and reluctantly took a step back, "Let's deal with it together."

"Father, you are the head of the family." Asses still refused to let go.

William was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He taught Asseth so many things, but in the end, Asseth used them all against him.

"State your bottom line."

With the goal achieved, Asses stopped trying to commit suicide and quickly stated his bottom line - William took the lead and he assisted.

"Okay, the meeting is scheduled for the afternoon. I would like to see what they can say."

William made the final decision.