HP: Embrace the Darkness

In the potions room in the cellar, Snape finished his work, waved his wand and looked at the time, and found that it was already night.

Thinking of what Ases said, he hesitated for a moment and accidentally saw the potion notebook.

Finally, he walked out of the potion room.

Strangely, there was no sign of the troll in the cellar.

Snape frowned, remembering that Artes had asked him if he was free in the afternoon.

Where did he go? Snape thought.

Snape looked at the wooden door of the potions room and then at the cellar door.

Forget it, wait.

Then, he came to the bookshelf, pulled out a book, sat on the sofa and read it.

After waiting for a while, Nina suddenly came to the cellar.

Snape looked up from his book.

"what's up?"

Nina whispered: "Master Asseth asked me to come to the cellar to order food at this time."

Snape remembered that this was indeed the case, he pursed his lips, and then said: "Same as last time, you get ready first, Asseth hasn't come back yet."

"Okay, Professor Snape."

After receiving the order, Nina left immediately.

Snape continued to read with his head down.

Time passed little by little. Snape, tired from reading, raised his head and waved his wand again.

More than two hours have passed

Snape's face couldn't help turning dark. Damn the troll, did he know his situation and still dared to run around?

He put the book away and waited sullenly on the sofa for Ass's return.

When Asseth returned to the cellar, it was already late and the sky was full of stars.

He walked through the basement corridor and as soon as he reached out and pushed open the cellar door, he was shocked by the posture of the Potions Master inside.

In the gloomy cellar, the Potion Master was sitting on the sofa facing the door, with his hands folded across his chest, his face frighteningly dark, and his eyes fixed on the door, as if he was waiting for him.

Wait for him? impossible! He must have seen it wrong!

Aces did not hesitate and immediately exited the cellar.

Ignoring Miss Medusa's gloating eyes on the door, she closed the door and pushed it open again.

The scene inside did not change at all. Even after seeing Asseth's behavior, the dark potion master's face became even more ugly, and he looked at him with a look that seemed to kill someone.

"Professor? Are you waiting for me?"

Afraid of being pretentious, Asseth was the first to ask, then closed the cellar door and walked to the Potions Master.

Snape did not answer the question immediately, but watched as the corners of Asseth's mouth moved slightly into a sarcastic smile.

"If Mr. Artes is so confident, please don't waste his precious time as a busy Potions Master."

Snape looked at Artes with undisguised anger in his eyes, and every word he spoke was filled with his master's emotions.

I was frightened by the Potions Master's sudden anger, and I didn't know how to explain the unicorn blessing.

Aces could only stand there, looking at Snape in confusion.

Seeing that Asses didn't respond and looked at him with a troubled expression, the atmosphere in the cellar was ignited by the almost substantive anger of the potion master.

"Professor Snape, I can serve the food... Uh, Master Artes! You are back!"

Just when they were deadlocked, Nina suddenly appeared in an apron, and her brisk voice broke the tense atmosphere in the cellar.

Before Asseth could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard Nina's next words.

"Professor Snape has been waiting for you to eat for a long time."

Nina spoke too fast, and the Potions Master's face froze before he could stop her.

"Professor, are you waiting for me to eat?"

Aces repeated the sentence subconsciously, and then he realized with hindsight that the professor was waiting for him to eat?

Snape looked at Nina and said expressionlessly: "No need."

"Okay, Professor Snape."

After saying that, Nina got the answer and was about to leave.

"Wait, Nina, please bring the food over in ten minutes."

Asseth quickly stopped Nina who was about to leave and gave instructions.

"Okay, Master Asseth"

Nina looked around at the two of them, and without hesitation chose to listen to Ases' words, snapped her fingers, and left the cellar.

After Nina left, Snape stood up with a sullen face and walked towards the potions room with his sleeves rolled up.

"professor."

Aces caught up and blocked Snape's path, preventing him from leaving, and then stretched out his hand towards him.

"I'm sorry that I came back late. I don't know how to explain it at the moment, but the professor can read it by himself."

After saying that, he passed his hand forward and motioned for Snape to check it.

Snape's face was gloomy, but he still grabbed Ass's wrist and skillfully used magic to check his condition.

Snape couldn't believe the results of the examination.

He raised his head in surprise and looked at Asseth in disbelief.

"How is this going?"

Artes calmed down and told Snape what happened this afternoon.

But he kept the blessing secret, and only said that he got help from a unicorn by chance.

unicorn?

Snape remained calm on the surface, but in his heart he already believed what Ass said.

There are not many wizards who can understand magical creatures like unicorns, but as a master of potions, he clearly knows how magical creatures like unicorns are.

Aces continued to explain.

"I really didn't mean to come back late, I just didn't pay attention to the time. I promise there won't be a next time."

Snape snorted coldly and did not comment on his words, but did not go to the potions room anymore.

"Professor, I'm hungry. Can you please accompany me to dinner?"

Seeing that Snape's attitude softened, Artes immediately climbed up the pole.

"Professor? I'm so hungry."

Aces pretended to be pitiful.

Seeing this, Snape glanced at him coldly, turned around and sat down on the sofa.

Miss Medusa at the door stared dumbfounded at the interaction between the two, wondering in her heart, is their dean really that easy to talk to?

Assei waited for him to sit down, then called Nina and asked her to bring the food up.

After the meal, Asseth was going back to the alchemy box to study the use of the half-moon pattern left by the unicorn leader.

On the way to the alchemy studio, when Asai saw the medicine garden outside the villa, he suddenly remembered that Snape hadn't come to pick herbs yet.

Without hesitation, Asseth turned and went to the potion room.

He stood at the door of the potion room, knocked gently, and after receiving permission from the potion master, Asses opened the door and walked in.

"Professor, do you need any herbs? I'll get them for you."

Snape glanced at the cauldron on the workbench and named several herbs.

Asseth wrote down his words one by one, turned around and prepared to pick it up for him from the alchemy box.

Before he could walk out of the room, he was stopped by the potion master.

"Wait, do you have anything going on later?"

Aces stopped, mouthing faster than his brain, and blurted out that it was okay.