HP: Embrace the Darkness

"Father, I'm still young and my ears are still working. You can keep your voice down."

Although Ases was smiling, his words pierced William's heart. Some time ago, Anna disliked him for not being as good-looking as he was when he was young.

William took a deep breath, and skillfully persuaded himself that this was his biological son, the kind he loved as dearly as he could be, then he gritted his teeth and lowered his voice.

"Is this... okay? Delicate young master."

"Not bad." Ases smiled and nodded.

Ases and William were used to this way of getting along and didn't think there was anything wrong with it, but Draco was stunned.

He had no doubt that if he dared to talk to his father like that, his father would kick him out of the house immediately without even a second of hesitation.

His brother is so brave - no, it should be his godfather who has a really good temper.

After William coaxed his increasingly difficult son, he continued with the previous topic.

"I received news that something seems to have happened at Malfoy Manor. Do you want to go over and take a look?"

As he spoke, he raised his eyebrows slightly.

"That person...has become stronger. The magic circle inside the manor is not enough to block him. His name can no longer be mentioned."

Cavendish Manor is equipped with a large magic circle to isolate it from outside detection. Previously, within the scope of Cavendish Manor, the spell cast by Voldemort on the name would be ineffective.

However, ten minutes ago, when he said Voldemort's name, he suddenly felt a palpitation. This was a wizard's instinctive sense of danger, which meant that Voldemort's strength was strong enough to ignore the barrier of the magic circle.

Aces raised an eyebrow.

The effect of the magic circle has been weakened?

It seems that Voldemort's strength has increased even faster after discovering the truth.

He sighed, and strengthened the magic circle of the manor, inputting some magic power into it to ensure daily operation, and the rest depended on the magic circle to obtain external energy.

"I have strengthened the manor magic circle. It should be sufficient for a short period of time. When I have time in the future, I will destroy it all and redraw it. The products from decades ago should have been eliminated long ago."

"Okay, you can handle these small matters."

William nodded and changed the subject.

"As for the situation at Malfoy Manor, I think we should find someone to check it out. If you have time, go. Remember to be safe and don't get discovered."

William habitually reminded Ases.

When he looked up, he saw that his son was slightly taller than him. He suddenly felt a little emotional and sighed.

"You've grown up. You were only up to my thigh back then, but now you're taller than me."

After saying this, he looked Draco over and shook his head subtly.

"Draco is still a little bit behind, but he will be there soon. From now on, it will be your era as young people. It's time for us, the older generation, to give up our home turf to you."

Aces and Draco looked at each other.

If they heard correctly, there was a hint of impatience in William's voice, and a relaxed and comfortable smile on his face?

"Cough-cough-"

William also realized that he had lost his composure, coughed twice, and quickly changed the subject.

"Children who don't sleep tend to grow short. Draco, go back to your room and rest. Come to my study at 7 a.m. tomorrow. Your father and Ases don't have time right now, so I'll take his place and teach you for a while."

Draco was selectively deaf and only heard the following words. His eyes suddenly lit up, "Thank you, Godfather. I will be there on time tomorrow."

"Good night, bro. I'm leaving now."

Platinum Peacock, feeling that he had gained something, was afraid that William would go back on his word, so he hurried out.

Asis stared at his receding back, and said with a hint of condemnation and reluctance: "Father, doesn't your conscience hurt? Draco hasn't even graduated yet."

"You were younger than him when you helped me." William said earnestly, "I can understand your love for him, but Aces, you will have your own family in the future. You can't keep Draco under your wings forever. I believe you understand this."

Of course Ases understood. He knew Draco's growth even better than William, and even his obstruction was not simply out of sympathy for Draco.

"Draco, I have other plans. At most... I can give him a week of free time at most."

William was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what had happened. He returned to him the look and accusatory words that Asseth had just given him with great remorse.

"Draco is still a child who has not graduated yet. He exploits child labor. Aces, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"Why does it hurt?"

The affectionate and gentle peach blossom eyes reveal a tactfulness that is not annoying, and the tone of voice is unclear.

"Everyone has his own unique value. Giving full play to their value is a respect for them. Father, I remember you taught me this, isn't it?"

William was speechless.

Aces smiled at him and bowed gracefully.

"It's getting late. Good night. Sweet dreams, my dear father."

Such shameless quibbling, such shameless double standards, such shameless smile.

He looks exactly like him and Anna! He is indeed their biological son!

William was not angry but happy, and smiled hypocritically: "Good night, my dear son, I hope you don't suddenly perform a magic trick tonight. Sometimes in love, you need to give each other some private space."

Aces' back paused, and his voice floated over in the slightly cool night, "But I have to go to Malfoy Manor in a disguise."

Almost forgot.

William frowned in annoyance, and couldn't help but recall what Anna said about him being old.

Is he really old and even his memory is declining?

That shouldn't be the case. He is only forty-four.

He was struggling, and returned to the bedroom. He couldn't help but ask his wife who was about to fall asleep, "Anna, am I really old?"

Anna was half asleep and half awake, and her mouth spoke the truth uncontrollably: "Um... Old? Ah, I lied to you, I was fooled."

William, who had doubted himself for the whole day and almost lost his confidence: "..."

It was his fault. How could he forget that when Anna was at Durmstrang, she deceived him for three years with her mouth that only said one thing to everyone and lied to him.

……

The zero o'clock bell rang.

There is only one day left in the countdown.

"Dolohov" returned to Malfoy Manor, ignored the calls of Lucius, Bella and others, and went straight to the dungeon.

The Death Eaters guarding the door saw that it was him and silently made way for him.

There were only windows at the top of the cells in the dungeon, and there were only a limited number of them, so very little moonlight could shine in. But the little moonlight was enough to reveal Dolokhov's pale face, which looked lifeless. He walked deep into the dungeon, surrounded by walls, before taking off his hood.

Nagini followed the soul's induction, crawled out from the shadows, and wrapped her hard snake head around Voldemort's hand.

Voldemort was unexpectedly patient with his last and only Horcrux, and he gently stroked the equally cold snake's body with his cold fingers.

"Good boy, don't worry, he will be yours soon."

Nagini understood, and her scarlet tongue spit out faster, and her greedy eyes wandered over Dolohov's body.

Voldemort smiled slightly, his stiff face and stiff smile made him look like a vampire who hid in filth and walked in darkness.

The next moment, he fell backwards.

Nagini swam over excitedly and slammed the soulless corpse against the wall, and its huge snake body slowly wrapped around the motionless corpse.

Start from the beginning and swallow it bit by bit.

The snake's body slowly arched up to form a large bulge, and the shape of a human body could be vaguely seen.

Voldemort's soul returned to his body hidden in the Chamber of Secrets. He slowly opened his eyes, shook his paralyzed hands, picked up his wand, stood up and walked out.

At this time, only Dolokhov's feet were left outside, motionless.

"Good boy, hurry up," he urged, rubbing his fingers on the wand.

Nagini immediately increased her swallowing speed, and soon, not even a trace of Dolokhov was left, completely entering Nagini's stomach.

"Good boy, let's go to a place where you can have a good meal. Remember what I said before, nothing is more important than your life."

The hissing sound like a snake spitting out its tongue was engraved on Nagini's soul without any explanation, turning into an invisible confinement.

Voldemort looked into Nagini's snake pupils, saw the numb obedience in them, nodded with satisfaction, and strode out of the dungeon with it, disappearing into the night. He did not notice that a figure behind him also disappeared.

The sky brightened and a new day arrived. Voldemort, who had disappeared for a night, returned to Malfoy Manor again, but the snake shadow of Nagini was no longer around him.

He came to the meeting room, sat in the main seat, closed his eyes and waited for the Death Eaters to arrive.