HP: Embrace the Darkness

Mag, who was also troubled by the discord between the two houses, wiped away bitter tears, felt the same way, and began to reflect on herself for the first time.

It was already annoying enough for her to deal with the dispute between the two houses, and now Severus had to make potions for the culprit who caused the dispute. This...

Damn it! Severus has worked so hard, isn't it just biased towards Slytherin, isn't it just deducting points? Why not!

Anyway, Gryffindor will always be ranked last whether it is deducted or not, and most of the users of the potions brewed by Severus are Gryffindor students.

Thinking of this, Mag suddenly understood.

Yes, this point is equivalent to the Galleons that students spend on buying potions, it should be deducted!

Flitwick and Sprout, who were standing by, had no idea that McGonagall had changed her mind in such a short period of time. They felt sorry for Severus.

They thought they were busy enough, but...

Severus was even more excited than when Dumbledore teased him with Aces. He almost wanted to dig out Dumbledore's eyes and point them at the screen so that Dumbledore could see clearly what kind of life he led every day! !

Dumbledore scratched his white beard guiltily, not daring to speak.

It seems that he did go a bit too far.

In fact, just looking at one screen, the professors might not have such a deep feeling, but the problem lies in the fact that there is a comparison group next to it.

It is still a particularly distinct control group.

Severus on the left screen was in dire straits and was busy all over.

Right screen:

[Aces offered to help grade papers. He was responsible for all the papers for lower grades and simple potions. When Slytherin and Gryffindor quarreled, Aces could handle it according to the situation. If he couldn't handle it, he would find Snape and let Snape deal with it. During the Quidditch match, Aces played as the main force, changed the style of the Slytherin Quidditch team, and won Gryffindor with dignity. He was recognized by many Slytherin and Gryffindor, and was more adept at handling disputes between the two colleges, and no longer needed Snape to come forward. ]

Even though he still had inexplicable prejudice and implicit rejection towards Athis, Severus had to admit that in a world with Athis in it, "his" life was indeed a little better.

But only a little!

There are more and more differences in the images displayed on the screen.

Severus on the left screen was silent and gloomy. Although Snape on the right screen was still gloomy, his face gradually became rosy and not as lifeless as before.

Dumbledore, McGonagall and others stared in amazement at Snape, who was gaining weight and having a ruddy complexion, and they admired Aces from the bottom of their hearts.

Ases was able to accomplish what the four of them combined couldn't do. That's pretty amazing!

Mag and Sprout looked at each other and saw the same meaning in each other's eyes.

From then on, the two older witches silently made up their minds that even without Aces, they would raise Severus into Snape.

Severus, who didn't know that he would face the enthusiastic "love" of two witches in the future, felt a chill on his back. He looked around cautiously, but couldn't find the source of the chill. He had no choice but to be alert and be ready to fight back at any time.

By now, they probably understood the key point. They focused more on the right screen with Ases, and the left screen was only used for verification and comparison.

But the screen showed more than just Athis and Snape.

And Dumbledore and Grindelwald.

For the next ten minutes or so, the four watched Grindelwald and Dumbledore meet and talk.

Dumbledore's expression became increasingly complicated.

McGonagall had seen Dumbledore's grief for Grindelwald, and couldn't help but comfort him: "Albus, if you want to go... go ahead."

We are already old. If we delay any longer, we might not be able to see each other again.

McGonagall's eyes expressed the rest of the meaning clearly. Dumbledore closed his eyes and said neither yes nor no. He only breathed a sigh of relief when the scene cut back to Athis.

[Aces and Iris talked about a book, and that night they went on a night trip together to the restricted books section.]

Severus snorted coldly.

Dumbledore was sensitive to Severus' unusual emotions, but he held back and refrained from asking a provocative question like "Are you jealous?"

Of course, he was not afraid of being scolded.

The main thing is that he doesn’t do very well on the screen, running to Nurmengard every day.

He suspected that one second he asked Severus if he was jealous, and the next second Severus could shake off his jealous feelings.

This is a lose-lose situation.

[Aces is studying the newly acquired "Advanced Black Magic Revealed" in the Room of Requirement. The texture of his hands makes him pale. After a while, he takes off his buttons and uses them as gloves, and opens the "Advanced Black Magic Revealed"]

Dumbledore sat up straight outside the screen, unable to believe what was written on the page that flashed by.

Horcrux!?

Aces wants to study Horcruxes?

No wonder he, from another world, would be wary of Ases.

Severus knew Dumbledore too well to know what he was thinking without even looking.

"I hope your brain isn't glued together with sugar, Dumbledore. I assume you remember the scene at the beginning?"

Since he was able to survive and live so well, it meant that Voldemort was dead, and it was self-evident who killed him.

He didn't believe that a savior as stupid as Potter could defeat someone who could detect their sight across time and space in terms of strength.

Left screen: [Severus comes out of the potion room with an empty jar in his hand. He sees the pile of Christmas presents, carefully unpacks and sorts them, then tidies himself casually, puts on a black robe and leaves the cellar.]

At the same time, on the right screen: [Aces sorted out the Christmas gifts, sent a luxurious Christmas gift package to Snape, successfully received the Felicity Potion made by the potion master himself, and left the dormitory fully armed.]

The images on the two screens were unified for the first time, frozen in a dilapidated hut.

Feeling the gazes of several people, Severus glanced at Dumbledore: "Underground auction, the source of the raw materials for the potions provided to the hospital wing. I thought a certain headmaster at least knew how much raw materials those potions would take?"

Dumbledore was used to being bullied, so he assured Severus without changing his expression: "Next time I will find the supplier myself."

It's Grindelwald.

Don't waste such a good resource.

"An underground auction? That's not a place a first-year wizard should go to." Sprout said worriedly.

Left screen: [Severus rejected everyone with a cold face and momentum, entered the box alone, and waited for the auction to begin. ]

Another screen: [Aces drank the potion, entered the underground auction with a fake identity, sat in the box with his eyes closed, and opened his eyes only when he heard Snape's voice. ]

The same place, the same time, it is easy for people to connect the two pictures and blur the boundaries between the worlds.

Dumbledore and Severus, who were the most sober, were not affected, but the others were affected to varying degrees.

The emotional goblin professor moved around in his seat, but couldn't help whispering to McGonagall and Sprout.

"I suspect that world's Severus is about to receive another gift."

"Filius, I can hear you."

Flitwick closed his mouth in embarrassment and shrank back into his seat.