HP: Embrace the Darkness

Transfiguration Office

After explaining his purpose, Ases handed over the school rules reform plan he had written overnight.

He and Snape both had great trust in this witch, and the content targeting Gryffindor in the plan was written very directly.

Professor McGonagall took the plan, flipped through it roughly, and suddenly her eyes went dark.

There were five pages in total in the plan, and three of them were caused by Gryffindor students.

Including but not limited to destroying public facilities, playing tricks on faculty and staff, bullying classmates, and harboring werewolves...

The remaining two pages are suggestions.

As the head of Gryffindor, Professor McGonagall's cheeks turned red.

She took a deep breath and closed the plan.

Make up your mind silently.

This time, we must punish these disobedient kids.

Especially the foursome!

In Professor McGonagall's opinion, since Athis had just arrived at Hogwarts and was not British, he should not have any obvious prejudice against the four colleges.

The reason for writing this school rules reform plan is because the actions of the four people yesterday discredited Gryffindor and caused Athis to question the Hogwarts school rules.

She would be upset if the foursome was not punished.

However, this plan is really good. It not only accurately identifies the hidden problems of Hogwarts, but also provides solutions. The solutions she has seen so far are very reliable.

Professor McGonagall glanced at Athis with appreciation, prepared herself mentally, and opened the plan to continue reading.

The wandering eyes saw a certain word, paused, vibrated a few times, and finally stopped on a line of small characters.

The witch looked up in disbelief, pointed and asked, "What does this mean? What does it mean that the principal took the lead in protecting a werewolf?"

Finally he saw the key point. He thought the witch would only discover it after someone reminded her.

Athis complained in his heart, and then enthusiastically told Professor McGonagall all about the illegal deal between Dumbledore and the four men.

Knowing that Professor McGonagall would not believe it easily, he did not say anything too definite, but ambiguous statements were the most suspicious.

The suspicion on Professor McGonagall's face became less and less, replaced by anger.

Is Albus crazy? How dare he play with the lives of so many students!

Asseth took the opportunity to suggest going to the scene tonight to take a look.

Even though Professor McGonagall is angry now, once she calms down, she will be persuaded by Dumbledore and will be soft-hearted and hide the secret for Lupin.

After all, the two have known each other for many years, and they have been both teacher and student and colleagues. In Professor McGonagall's heart, Dumbledore is no different from a relative.

However, the premise of being soft-hearted is that Professor McGonagall has not witnessed the werewolf's powerful destructive power and brutal behavior with her own eyes.

Once she sees him, the witch who cares about her students will never let Lupin stay.

As it happens, there is a full moon tonight.

Ases curled his lips and chuckled, hiding his achievement. He had calculated the time long ago, otherwise he would not have finished the plan overnight. You know, he was not that serious when writing papers in school.

Professor McGonagall slapped the plan on the table and agreed to Ases's suggestion: "I'll go and take a look tonight. Thank you for your reminder, Ases."

"I'm just thinking about Hogwarts," Athis said modestly.

Seeing that Professor McGonagall was in a bad mood, he said a few words and offered to leave.

Professor McGonagall was still angry and did not try to persuade him to stay. The two agreed on a time and Ases got up and left the office.

Night falls.

Aces brought the young Snape to the agreed location.

"I will use a spell to conceal your presence later. If you don't mind, you can just follow me."

Snape knew what Aces was talking about. He really didn't want anyone else to know what happened that day. He pursed his lips and shook his head.

"Click——"

Athis snapped his fingers, and Snape gradually disappeared from the spot.

Not long after, Professor McGonagall arrived.

The witch said hello and hurried towards the Shrieking Shack.

Athis was half a step behind her, and Snape followed behind Athis.

The closer they got to the Shrieking Shack, the darker the night became, until they reached the foot of the mountain. The darkness was cut open by the corner of the shack, and the chaotic memories of that night came flooding back to Snape, and his pace gradually slowed down.

As if unintentionally glancing to the side, Athis called out to Professor McGonagall, "Shall we just go in like this?"

Professor McGonagall slapped her forehead.

"Sorry, I forgot."

She took out her wand, pointed it at herself, and her figure gradually disappeared.

Athis followed closely behind, but unlike Professor McGonagall, he did not keep moving forward. Instead, he slowed down and cast a sound-isolating spell between the two of them.

Suddenly, there was no one to follow. It seemed that he was the only one left in the vast world. The fear that had been growing in Snape's heart was magnified again. He did not care that there was Professor McGonagall, and asked in a low voice: "Are you...are you still there?"

"Yes." Ases lowered his voice, "Keep going. I can sense your location and will follow you."

After a pause, he added.

"I've cast a soundproof spell. No one can hear us. You can always confirm my location with me."

The man's voice was exceptionally clear in the silent night, with a soothing tenderness.

The young Snape loosened his clenched fists. In a trance, he understood more clearly why the other Snape chose Aces.

There was no ridicule or pity, and even in those few short sentences, there was no mention of his fear of werewolves, but it easily soothed his inner anxiety.

And his pathetic and ridiculous self-esteem was not stimulated at all.

This can be regarded as a skill.

The three of them arrived outside the Shrieking Shack.

At this point, they could vaguely hear voices coming from inside. Professor McGonagall immediately recognized who was speaking. She stood in front of the window with a sullen face and listened carefully to what the person inside was saying.

Unfortunately, a few people inside were talking about how to play a prank on Athis. The ideas were more insulting than the other. Professor McGonagall was furious and couldn't believe that these were words spoken by her own student.

It seems that I haven’t written enough self-reviews!

At Ases's suggestion, Professor McGonagall punished them to write five self-reviews each, but now she feels that the punishment was too light. She should have punished them to write one hundred or eighty self-reviews in one go so that they would not have time to think of evil ideas!

But it’s not too late now. Before that, she will let them know what it means to be loved by the dean!

The witch rolled up her sleeves, held her wand and was about to go in to deal with the people.

At the critical moment, someone pulled her arm, and Professor McGonagall came back to her senses, remembered the purpose of today, clenched her teeth tightly, almost breaking them before she could barely suppress the anger in her heart and listened patiently.