HP: Embrace the Darkness

Aces walked to the staff room alone.

He hadn't received the list of names for his afternoon class yet. Professor McGonagall wanted to send him the list in the morning, but accidentally forgot it in the staff room.

I can only ask Asseth to get it himself.

The staff room is actually the staff lounge.

The only people who are willing to stay there are Professor McGonagall who needs to deal with school affairs and the more casual Professor Flitwick.

None of the other professors were there very often.

So when Artes opened the door and saw Snape inside, he was a little suspicious that he had walked into the cellar.

Snape was holding a piece of parchment in his hand and was sitting on a chair looking through it boredly.

Hearing familiar footsteps, the turning of pages slowed down.

"Sev? Why are you here?"

Aces closed the door and walked over.

Snape lazily handed over the parchment in his hand, motioning for him to read the contents.

"It seems that our alchemy professor is quite popular at Hogwarts."

Aces took the parchment and realized that what Snape was looking at just now was the list he was looking for.

"As for the reason why I'm here, hey, I think you should ask that question about Lupin. He asked for a Boggart in class and found me here."

Snape raised his chin impatiently towards the wardrobe, with the same impatience in his eyes.

Looking at the wardrobe, a flash of light flashed in Ases's eyes, and intermittent fragments appeared.

His face gradually darkened.

Who gave Lupine the courage to induce students to slander Silver like this?

Snape was a little caught off guard by his sudden change of expression. Seeing that he kept looking at the closet, he thought he remembered seeing the Boggart again.

"I remember I told you that it was fake-"

"crunch-"

The door that had been closed by Artes just now opened, and Lupine walked in with a group of young wizards, interrupting Snape's unfinished words.

At this time, Snape's face looked no better.

"Lupin, what you want is in the closet." He gave a mocking smile, extremely provocative.

"Oh, I really hope your abilities are half as good as before after all these years of timidity."

"Otherwise, one of the previous Defense Against the Dark Arts professors will end up with you."

After saying that, contempt was clearly written in his eyes, and he strode past the students without giving Lu Ping any credit.

He even mocked Neville in front of the door.

What surprised the other young wizards was that Snape did not leave quickly as usual, but paused at the door.

When other people's eyes fell on him, he left with a stinky face, swinging his black robe.

"Professor Cavendish? What's the matter?"

After Snape left, Lupine turned to Arthas.

Artes slowly sat down on the chair where Snape had been sitting just now, crossed his legs and leaned back.

Then he casually glanced at the little wizard in the staff room and landed on Lupin.

"I'm here to get the class list, but I'm suddenly a little curious about the next class. Do you mind if I watch?"

"do not mind."

Lupine only thought that Artes was curious about the student's behavior, and did not take the fact that Artes stayed behind to heart.

He turned to ask about Boggart knowledge.

While they were in class, Asseth looked at the closet, with a hint of complexity in his eyes.

Although Boggarts were not rare outside, they were rare in Hogwarts. Snape probably wouldn't be able to find another Boggart for a while.

So this Boggart and the previous Boggart should be the same one.

The same one...

"Is there any classmate who is willing to come up and give you a demonstration?"

Lupin's voice interrupted Artes' thoughts.

"Mr. Longbottom, would you like to try?"

Seeing that no one came forward, Lu Ping casually nodded to Neville at the front.

Hearing this, Neville looked at the closet nervously.

The tall wardrobe was shaken by the impact of the Boggart inside. It was raised and then dropped to the ground, making a huge sound when it landed.

"I...can I?"

Being watched by so many people, Neville's face turned a little red, and he was frightened by the shaking sound from the wardrobe, and his face turned a little pale.

For a moment, his face turned red and white.

"Of course you can! There's nothing to be afraid of."

Lupine's voice was encouraging.

Neville was still a little flinching, thinking that Artes was here, he looked over cautiously.

He happened to look at Asseth who was paying attention to him.

Sensing his fear, Asseth smiled gently and nodded to him reassuringly.

The fear in Neville's heart calmed down a little with Aces' actions.

"I...what am I going to do?"

He mustered up the courage to raise his wand.

"Are you afraid of anything?" Lupine stared at Neville's mouth, as if he wanted to hear the answer he wanted.

This question is not difficult for Neville. What he has been most afraid of since he was a child is Snape.

"I'm afraid of—"

He looked around with some anxiety and fear, and when he saw Asseth, his voice suddenly disappeared.

He also saw Snape and Artes chatting in the staff room just now, and Artes was a Slytherin student before, so their relationship must not be bad.

Artes was so kind to him. If he said he was afraid of Artes' dean, would Artes be sad?

Thinking of this, Neville could not say the following words no matter what.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Lu Ping thought that he was still afraid to speak, so he continued to encourage him.

"It doesn't matter. It's normal to be afraid of things. You will overcome your fear. Trust me."

He encouraged him one after another, and others stared at him closely. Under a lot of pressure, Neville had to say the name "Snape" in a voice as thin as a gnat.

Suddenly, the staff room burst into laughter because of Neville's embarrassed look.

Lupine's eyes flashed meaningfully.

"Mr. Longbottom, I remember you lived with, um... your grandmother. Perhaps you could describe to us your grandmother's usual clothes?"

Neville was puzzled, but he still followed Lupine's instructions and described his grandmother's clothes.

The smile on Lupine's face became more pronounced.

"The Boggart may turn into Professor Snape next, but don't be afraid, you can recite the spell you just learned."

“Then try to picture in your mind what your grandmother would normally wear.”

"If it works well enough, you'll see Professor Snape wearing your grandmother's clothes, maybe with a red handbag."

As soon as the last words came out, there was a burst of laughter in the staff room, mostly Gryffindor students.

The Slytherin students looked unhappy.

Snape was their Head of House, after all.