HP: Embrace the Darkness

Snape didn't answer in the end, and Athis didn't force him to answer. The two of them remained silent and skipped the topic at the same time.

The night seemed to grow thicker.

The water vapor in the air condenses to a certain level, and when inhaled into the nasal cavity it becomes much more moist.

Ases suddenly looked towards the main gate of Hogwarts Castle. He couldn't see anything from this position, but he had control over Hogwarts Castle and could sense that someone was coming, and it was an acquaintance.

"It's going to rain," he said.

As the headmaster, Snape could sense no less than Athis, but he did not expect that Athis would sense Dumbledore's arrival faster than him. He looked at Athis in surprise and was about to ask when Athis's face suddenly changed.

"Sev, I'm going to be gone for a while. Look into my eyes and use Legilimency. Some of my memories may be helpful to you."

Snape was not a indecisive person. After hearing what Athis said, he immediately looked at Athis.

Time was running out and Ases was not on guard against him, so he didn't use the spell so delicately. He simply and roughly flipped through his recent memories and took a quick look.

Snape, who was shocked by the content of Athis's memory, did not notice that in the dark night, Athis's face lost its color in an instant, and the hand hanging by his side trembled slightly, and his fingertips were abnormally white due to excessive force.

"He's really crazy." Snape looked up with a dark face, but saw Aces slowly turning around, as if preparing to leave.

"and many more."

There was a sudden palpitation in his heart. Although Snape didn't understand why, he subconsciously followed his inner desire and called out to Athis.

Aces paused, and in the silence, he hid in a place where the moonlight could not reach, turned slowly, and his casual voice contained the lightness of a clear spring flowing among the rocks, which made people yearn for it for no reason.

"Professor, are you missing me so soon?"

Snape choked. When it comes to shamelessness, he can't compare to Athis.

Distracted by Ases's sudden teasing, he naturally forgot the fleeting feeling and only remembered to tell Ases a few words in a hurry.

"No matter where you go or what you do, remember to stay calm. I don't need to tell you how stupid it is to be reckless."

The moonlight blurred Snape's cold and sharp eyes, leaving only his unknown tenderness.

Athis looked at Snape greedily, as if a mouthful of sweet wine had been poured into his heart. It was sweet at first, with endless aftertaste, and the aftereffect was enough to fill all his insatiable desires and make him willing to be drunk forever.

His Sifu is so gentle.

She was so gentle that he wanted to keep it secret, but he was only willing to keep it secret.

Ases put away his covetous look at the treasure and took two steps back.

His steps were hesitant at first, but when he saw Snape's open arms, he moved faster and faster, almost running into Snape's arms.

"I missed you." Aces whispered in Snape's ear.

The words, filled with longing and affection, simply placed the love in front of Snape.

This person's love seems to always be so warm and sincere.

Snape's heart softened and he couldn't help but raise his hand and put his arm around Athis's neck affectionately. His fingertips moved slightly and rubbed his skin, as if he was soothing a rolling tiger cub.

"Be safe, and when you come back, I want to tell you something."

Ases whispered "Okay", let go of her hand, and lowered his head to kiss her.

His movements were very gentle, pecking and picking slowly, and stopping after just a few tastes.

Snape only felt a warm feather lightly touch his lips and then disappear.

Sure enough, when he opened his eyes, Ases had disappeared, leaving only a faint ambiguity in the air.

This bit of ambiguity was quickly diluted by the noise outside.

Someone broke into Hogwarts.

Snape quickly restrained his expression and turned back into a rational double agent. He picked up the sword of Gryffindor and put it into the ring. He took one last look at the headmaster's office, put on the Disillusionment Charm without any reluctance, and opened the door of the headmaster's office.

Dumbledore was just walking up, and suddenly slowed down his pace, looking towards the door of the headmaster's office as if he had noticed something.

There was nothing there, but he looked at it seriously, his eyes narrowed into slits behind his lenses.

Snape walked forward without retreating or avoiding.

The two looked at each other as they walked.

Dumbledore's eyes were too complicated. Snape was in no mood to guess what Dumbledore was thinking as he did before. He just said silently in his heart, "We are even now," and walked towards the stairs alone.

He didn't notice that behind him, Dumbledore stopped and watched him leave quietly before continuing walking.

Ever since Snape moved into the headmaster's office, the cellar has become much quieter.

Miss Medusa and Mobido hung on the door listlessly every day, not even in the mood to talk. They were drowsy every day and spent their time sleeping.

But today seems particularly different.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard in the corridor where no one had been.

"It's the dean!"

Miss Medusa, who was most familiar with Snape, was the first to recognize Snape, and her excitement could not be concealed in her voice.

Walking in the familiar corridor, Snape relaxed a lot, and the Disillusionment Charm on his body gradually became less effective.

Mobido also woke up. Miss Medusa opened the door eagerly, and it activated the cleaning magic pattern and diligently cleaned the cellar that had just been cleaned in the morning.

"Thank you."

Snape nodded slightly to the two snakes.

Miss Medusa opened her mouth in an ungracious manner, and her tail excitedly whipped Mopido, and her voice almost broke.

"Mo, Mobido! Did I hear it right? The Dean is thanking me? Thank me!? These two words can actually be connected together? Is Merlin going to explode or is the magic world going to explode? This is unbelievable!"

Mobido had no choice but to block Miss Medusa's attack, and under the threat of Miss Medusa's eyes, he gave up resistance and corrected Miss Medusa's statement in a low voice.

"To be precise, he was thanking us."

Miss Medusa didn't care whether Snape was thanking her or both her and Mobbito. She just kept making noises in Mobbito's ears excitedly, and forced Mobbito to wake up after just waking up.

Mobbido responded to Miss Medusa's words from time to time. His clear eyes like glass followed Snape and stayed on the fireplace for a long time, as if he was worried.

It is very smart and has learned most of human knowledge in just a few years.

Although he still couldn't fully understand emotions, with the help of Athis and Snape's actions, he had a certain understanding of love - for example, he knew that Athis and Snape were going to spend their lives together, and he also knew why Athis and Snape wanted to move out of the cellar.

This was also the first time that it felt powerless. It was just an alchemical product made by Athis. It could not help Athis and Snape. The only thing it could do was to guard the cellar and wish the two of them all their wishes come true.

"Sister, do you think the young master and the master will succeed?" Mobido couldn't help but ask for help from Miss Medusa, who had lived longer.

Miss Medusa sighed, "I don't know, but I hope they succeed. After all, I like the current dean very much. Well... I also liked the previous dean, but he didn't like me at that time. He was mean every day and never talked to me."

Miss Medusa recalled the scene when she first met Snape.

At that time, Dumbledore came with a young man who looked deathly silent. It was really frightened and did not dare to contact him. It could only watch him lock himself in the potion room day and night, occasionally coming out to teach the little wizards as if completing a task, and then coming back with a look of disgust and irritability, and go straight to the potion room, staying there for the whole day.

So when did it start to like this difficult-to-approach dean?

Miss Medusa thought carefully.

Maybe it started when he saw Snape's back sitting there, or maybe it started when he saw the Gryffindor students playing a prank on it with a spell and punished the students fiercely.

In fact, Miss Medusa understood that Snape was simply maintaining the dignity of the Slytherin headmaster and hated those Gryffindors.

But, after all the years it has lived, this is the first time someone has helped it vent its anger!

This feeling was like it was also an equal snake. It liked it very much, and it also liked this cold dean.

Miss Medusa was immersed in her memories, and her cold vertical pupils were no longer indifferent.

It and Mobbido stared at the dying fireplace, wishing Athis and Snape the best.

That's all they can do.