HP: Embrace the Darkness

Unfortunately, if Susanna hates black dogs the most, then what Joel hates most is traitors.

Joel used to be a soldier. During his service, in a battle where he was sure to win, the entire army was almost wiped out because of one man's betrayal.

He was the only one who survived. The person who blocked the fatal shot for him was his best and closest comrade-in-arms, and also his brother.

Later, he recovered from his injuries and applied for retirement. He pursued the case for a year without rest, and finally gave up after crushing the traitor to ashes.

So what Joel hates most are traitors.

Now that he knew that Sirius had betrayed his friend, the disgust and murderous intent in his eyes overflowed uncontrollably. It was only because of Artes' order that he did not take action.

Sirius was lying on the floor of the dungeon in embarrassment. The cold touch of the ground stimulated his brain, making him more awake and calm. He breathed as lightly as possible and secretly looked at the gentleman-looking old man in front of him.

Joel's hearing was very good, and he immediately noticed that Sirius was deliberately breathing softly.

"Sit up when you wake up."

The old man ordered coldly, while looking away from Sirius and falling on the empty wall.

"You deliberately teamed up with werewolves to attack Master Artes, do you admit it or not?"

"I--"

Before Sirius finished speaking, Joel interrupted him and continued talking on his own.

"Since you admit your crime, let's discuss compensation."

Having said this, Joel paused for a moment, and his original cold tone was replaced by emotion and pride.

"Our young master is kind-hearted and did not send you to Azkaban directly, but as a steward, I must fulfill my duties, so do you accept the compensation of 100,000 gold galleons or not?"

Before Sirius could answer, Joel sighed directly: "It seems that you have learned a little bit about our young master's character."

"Okay, since you admit it, sign it."

After he finished speaking, a piece of parchment was thrown out of the ring and floated slowly in front of Sirius.

Sirius, who never finished a sentence during the whole process: "..."

This damn old man!

When did he admit it?

Joel's smile became more and more kind, but the murderous intent in his eyes became more and more serious.

"Should I sign if I admit it?"

Such strong murderous intent made Sirius clearly realize that if he didn't sign, this crazy old man might really kill him.

No, he couldn't die yet, he still had to protect Harry and kill the damn betrayer.

"If I sign, wouldn't it be one hundred thousand?"

Sirius gritted his teeth and struggled to hold himself up. He signed his name gracefully without even looking at the content on the parchment.

The moment the names were signed, the parchment burst out with dazzling white light. The white light rose up, split in two in mid-air and flew into the bodies of Sirius and Joel.

The contract is completed.

Joel put away the smile on his face and untied Sirius's restraints expressionlessly.

"follow me."

As soon as Sirius was free, he wanted to use magic to transform into Agmanis and escape.

But ten seconds passed, and he was still human.

He couldn't believe that his Agmanis would fail and frantically tried again and again.

Joel, who didn't hear the footsteps and followed him, turned around and sneered: "No need to try. Before you pay back the gold galleons, you can't use your magic power without my permission."

Sirius raised his head suddenly and shouted angrily: "What did you do to me!"

"What did I do to you?" Joel looked solemn and a little gloating, "This is part of the contract, which you signed and agreed to."

"contract?"

Only then did Sirius react and groped everywhere on his body, but the contract had long been integrated into his soul and could not be separated.

Sirius, who didn't find anything unusual after touching for a long time, suddenly remembered something and looked at Joel quickly.

"Golden Galleons, right? Isn't that what you want? Gold Galleons? I can return it now, and you take me to Black's ancestral home."

When he heard about Blake's ancestral home, a strange look suddenly appeared on Joel's face.

When he arrived, he knew all the affairs of the British families, and naturally he would not miss the fact that Mrs. Malfoy inherited all of Black's property.

He even knew that part of Black's property was in the manor above their heads.

It turns out that Master Asseth had settled everything at that time? It's really awesome, Joel admired it sincerely.

After praising him, he returned to being expressionless.

"If you want Black to pay this compensation for you, then unfortunately, the Black family's property has been inherited, and now there is nothing in the ancestral home except a house elf who stays behind."

"How can it be!"

"Nothing is impossible, and if I remember correctly you have been removed from Black's list. Even if you still have property, you cannot use it to pay compensation."

"how is this possible?"

Sirius' fingers scratched deeply across the floor, as if unwilling and confused.

"Nothing is impossible, I say it one last time, now please follow me."

Joel's patience was running out.

Sirius could hear his impatience and silently got up and followed Joel.

The place Joel took him to was the training ground at Cavendish Manor. Although Artes and Elise no longer use it, it has welcomed new users-several members of the Raven.

Ravens are the team that William and Anna prepared for Artes after he was born, in the name of Anna's patron saint, to protect her child.

There are twelve ravens in total.

Each of these twelve wizards was selected from the young wizards sponsored by Cavendish after careful observation and screening by William and his colleagues.

There are also some young wizards who have been serving Cavendish since their parents. They signed up voluntarily after learning the news.

Dewar is the only Muggle wizard and the only Raven to attend Hogwarts.

Now Asseth gradually walks to the stage.

To strengthen Cavendish's power in the UK and open up territory for Muller, they naturally followed Asses's footsteps and came to the UK.

Because it was not convenient for Artes to teach at Hogwarts, they usually lived in an independent building in Cavendish Manor.

Not far from the building is the training ground. In order to maintain the flexibility of physical function and brain battle, they will stay in the training ground for four hours every day and practice shifts of six people.

The time when there is no training is to implement Assis's decision and complete the task they have to complete every month-hunting down the bounties.