HP: Embrace the Darkness

But Grindelwald is now in his old age.

As time passed, the overly paranoid wizard learned to listen to some acceptable advice.

And Asseth does handle emotions better than him.

The atmosphere between the two was silent for a while.

Suddenly, Grindelwald seemed to have made up his mind, and his expression became serious and sincere.

"what should I do?"

Aces raised his eyebrows, somewhat surprised by Grindelwald's choice, but didn't say much.

"It's actually very simple, treat each other with sincerity."

"Just admit it's your fault. There's no shame in keeping your head down. If you think there's something wrong with him, find an opportunity to communicate with him."

"Attention! It's not a quarrel or a taunt. It's a calm communication. It must be calm. If you can't stay calm emotionally, how can you ask the other party to stay calm too."

"Then you need to find the problem between you and solve it together. In the process, you must let him know your thoughts."

"And the most important thing is, never... give up communication."

Asseth deliberately emphasized the word "communication", and then stopped to give Grindelwald some time to think and accept.

While waiting, he took a sip of coffee to relieve the dryness of his throat.

I guess Grindelwald remembered about it, so he continued:

"Communication is an important bridge between two people and the easiest way to resolve conflicts."

"In other words, once you give up communicating with him, it's no different than giving up on him."

"And your mouth is for talking. You can express your love to him directly and generously. You need to let him know that you love him and know your thoughts."

Grindelwald listened carefully, and nodded seriously as soon as Artes stopped.

He also turned the spoons and cups on the table into parchment and quills respectively, and took notes while listening.

When Asseth saw this scene, he felt inexplicably like a child in our family had just grown up.

Stop!

Aces shuddered suddenly.

The love idiot in front of you is older than your father and mother. He belongs to your grandfather's generation, so you can't think too much.

Aces quickly cut off this ridiculous feeling and continued to explain to Grindelwald.

"There is also an appropriate show of weakness that can ease your relationship. He is the person you like, not someone else. There is no shame in showing weakness, especially when you do something wrong."

"My parents are childhood sweethearts. They have always been tit-for-tat growing up. Now, when my father does something wrong, doesn't he still always bow to my mother and show weakness? In turn, my mother is the same."

Aces used his parents as an example.

"Where are you and Mr. Snape?" Grindelwald asked this question out of a subtle and gossipy mentality.

"Sev and I..."

Artes was strangely silent for a while, and then looked at Grindelwald with a look of hatred.

"Can't you see? Sifu has always been soft-spoken and not tough-minded. If I treat him with a tough attitude, that will be what happens between us."

"So you are the one who bows your head between you?"

Grindelwald then asked. He didn't know why, but he was more interested in Artes and Snape than Artes' parents.

"I love him. He is the person I recognize and care about. What happened to me bowing to him?"

"And what's going on between us isn't called bowing down, it's called mutual tolerance. You did something wrong, but I didn't."

Artes glanced at Grindelwald with disgust.

"What if you do something wrong?"

Grindelwald continued to ask as if he didn't feel any dislike from Artes.

Asseth said angrily: "If you do something wrong, just admit it. You know you did it wrong. Why don't you just admit it because you are so humble?"

Grindelwald's eyes flashed with interest in watching the excitement, "What about Mr. Snape doing something wrong?"

"He can do no wrong." Artes replied without hesitation, looking at Grindelwald calmly.

Grindelwald sneered, "It's impossible for people to do wrong."

"I know, but I think he is right. Is there a problem with this?"

Aces looked like it was a matter of course.

Grindelwald was a bit speechless.

"You are biased."

"But Gellert, when you love someone, you will naturally be partial. You can't expect the person you fall in love to be fair and just. You can't treat everything fairly and justly when you love someone. Me too."

Aces still felt it was natural.

This time Grindelwald had nothing to say.

"And Sifu will apologize when he feels he has done something wrong, even if I don't think he is at fault."

See, I knew there were still normal people.

Grindelwald breathed a sigh of relief.

"Aren't you a little too nice to him?"

"Okay? I don't think I've done anything. Let me think about it..."

Asseth recalled their interactions with each other and suddenly frowned.

Grindelwald thought he realized what was wrong with him.

Unexpectedly, Asseth put down his coffee, got up and left.

"You reminded me that if I want to be better to him, I must first start by staying with him all the time."

"stop!"

Grindelwald quickly grabbed Ass's clothes and pushed him back to his original seat.

"you……"

He was just about to persuade Asseth not to fall into such a deep trap when he saw the smile in Asses's eyes.

"You lied to me!"

Aces lowered his eyes and eyebrows, hiding his smile.

"Not entirely. It's true that I want to be better to him, but it's false to be with him all the time. He needs space, and so do I."

"By the way, everything I just said only represents myself and my thoughts and understanding. You can judge for yourself whether it is right or not. You still have to explore the specific methods yourself. What works for me may not work for you."

Grindelwald looked at Artes steadily and suddenly sighed, "Your parents have taught you well. You understand love and are willing to love."

Aces smiled, "After all, my first introduction to love was them."

"Besides these, are there any other questions? If not, I'm going back."

"Didn't you say that you each need space?"

Taking into account the mood of Grindelwald, a lonely man, Artes reluctantly took back the words that were about to reach his lips and changed them to a relatively mild statement.

"Why do you think I had nothing to do with Dumbledore last night?"

Grindelwald suddenly had a bad feeling.

Is it...

Artes smiled and nodded, confirming Grindelwald's idea, but said it without any smile.

"It doesn't matter if you're by Dumbledore's side. If it doesn't work, I'll fight with you to vent my anger. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself and I'll take action against Dumbledore."

Grindelwald's expression was a little ugly.

The two people who had been chatting happily just now lost their smiles in an instant, and the atmosphere became condensed.

An invisible breeze surrounded the two of them. Asses raised his brows slightly, and the breeze disappeared.