HP: Embrace the Darkness

Aces didn't care about where they were going or what they were going to do. Instead, he was more concerned about the unconcealed pride on the platinum peacock's face in the classroom.

It could be said that he had just been in class for a long time, and Draco looked at him with this hesitant look for a long time. This look was much more serious than listening to the class.

Draco really couldn't hold back his desire to show off. You should know that he had been holding back this good news for a whole day.

Yesterday he searched all over Hogwarts but couldn't find Artes, otherwise he would have been nagging him all day now.

After all, there was an alchemy class today, but last night I was too excited to fall asleep and couldn't get up in the morning. When I came to the classroom, Asseth was already preparing for class.

He had no choice but to hold it in and wait until get out of class was over.

"Draco, come on."

Aces knew Draco. If he didn't speak, Draco could suffocate himself to death.

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, a platinum peacock waving its wings flew over.

"Let's go to the cellar and talk."

The peacock who flew over suddenly felt a little regretful. He quietly folded his wings. Before he could turn around and leave, Asses pulled him by the collar.

"Let's go."

Draco's resistance was futile, and he followed behind Aces aggrievedly, still muttering in his mouth.

"Tiantian...cellar,...office."

He didn't speak loudly, so Asseth didn't hear everything, but based on the bits and pieces he heard, it was easy to deduce the content of what he said.

"Draco, what are you talking about?"

Draco shuddered and immediately raised a fake smile to Artes, "What did you say? I didn't say anything. Did you hear it wrong?"

Aces failed to expose his lame lies.

Back at the cellar door, Snape, who had just finished his Potions class, bumped into Artes.

Seeing Draco shrinking behind Artes, he frowned slightly.

Aces looked back and frowned too.

What is this kid afraid of? He didn't even say hello. Is he being too indulgent?

"Draco, where's your demeanor?"

Draco received Arthur's warning look, immediately stood up straight, straightened his noble manner, and greeted Snape.

"Dean."

"Yes." Snape responded calmly, passed the two of them and turned to enter the door.

Aces also followed in with Draco.

"Tell me, it's a big deal that I've been holding back for so long." Aces sat down on the sofa and said to Draco, who could hardly hold it in anymore.

"My guardian angel is out."

Artes had just raised his hand to deliver tea to Snape and paused in mid-air, then turned to look at Draco in surprise, and Snape also looked at Draco.

Draco held his wand triumphantly.

"Let it out and have a look." Asses was the first to speak out.

"Call the gods to protect you."

A unicorn half as tall as a man jumped out from the tip of Draco's staff with a soft silver light, landed on the ground, and explored the cellar like a patrol.

When his eyes touched Artes and Snape, his eyes seemed to light up with joy, and he moved over to them in a humane manner, hovering around them affectionately.

Aces felt the closeness coming from the unicorn and involuntarily touched its head. When he touched the unicorn, soft and cold silver light emerged from his fingertips.

This time Asseth didn't control it, and the silvery white light climbed over his body, wrapping him gently.

In the Forbidden Forest, the unicorns that were either looking for food, taking a leisurely walk, or sleeping all opened their eyes, stood up, and made mysterious, chanting sounds toward the sky.

The sound floats far away...

Artes in the cellar seemed to be aware of it, and the light on his body became brighter and brighter. Snape subconsciously grabbed Artes' hand, but was gently bounced away by the light.

As if to comfort him, the light left a circle of silver light in the shape of a ring on his hand. Judging from the location, it should be the mark left by the unicorn when he delivered his blessing.

Not long after, under the gaze of the two people, the silver light gradually faded away, and the hand with clear joints stretched out first, interlocking with the fingers of the hand where the ring was with a hint of comfort.

Snape was observing the silver light on his hand, and was caught off guard and had no time to stop Artes' movement.

Looking along the hand, the dazzling but soft silver hair was scattered without restraint, attached to the clothes, or so light that it could no longer rest lightly on the hands held by the two of them.

Asseth's eyes were vacant, his extremely pale eyes filled with a terrifying calmness and indifference, and when he raised his eyes, he showed full compassion.

This look was very familiar to Snape. It was exactly the same as when they were chatting late at night at Seis Castle in Germany, and it made him feel unfounded fear.

Draco watched everything happen blankly.

He didn't understand why his patron saint made his brother change his appearance, and he didn't understand why the two people in front of him were looking at each other and holding hands.

"elder brother?"

Draco's voice broke the suffocating silence, and Snape took out his hand, but he didn't mean to reject Artes, he just changed the way - he put his hand on his forearm.

"Aces?"

Aces blinked slowly, the calmness in his eyes slowly faded, and when he raised his eyes, he met two pairs of eyes of different colors.

"I am fine."

He calmed down, gathered his hair and put it behind his back, and took out a dark green headband.

Anna had let him keep this look for a long time before, and he had become somewhat accustomed to long hair. Now he would not be in a hurry when tying it up, but it would look smooth and pleasing to the eye.

After tying up his hair, he began to explain.

"It was trying to tell me something... I now understand why there are so few wizards whose patron saints are magical animals."

"why?"

Draco couldn't wait to ask. He was really curious about why his patron saint was a unicorn.

Aces glanced at Draco, and there was an emotion in his eyes that Draco couldn't understand. It was a bit weird and strange, as if he was looking at a lucky guy who could pick up money wherever he walked.

"Because the conditions are very harsh, the most difficult thing is to get the heartfelt and complete recognition of that magical animal."

Snape instantly thought of Dumbledore's Phoenix Patronus, "Then Dumbledore..."

"Yes, he has been recognized by the Phoenix, but there is one thing... that is different. Dumbledore's family should have signed a contract with the Phoenix a long time ago. He has part of the Phoenix's blood flowing in him, so being recognized is better than others. Easier."

"And...Draco, your family probably hasn't signed a contract with a unicorn...right?"

Draco thought about it carefully, dug out all the Malfoy history he knew from his mind, read it over and over, and then shook his head in the affirmative.

"No."

This time, Aces's eyes were even more strange and strange, which made Draco shiver, feeling that he had done something heinous.

"So? What's the problem?"

he asked shakily.