HP: Embrace the Darkness

The breeze was gentle, and the slight coolness it brought was not worth the warmth of the unicorn.

Aces leaned quietly against Cloris, his eyelashes suddenly trembled, and his peach blossom eyes slowly opened.

"Um...Clarius?"

His vision gradually became clearer and he could see clearly where he was pillowing his head, and Asseth quickly sat up.

"Sorry, I fell asleep. How are you?"

Cloris looked at Asseth tenderly, and slowly shook his head to indicate that he was fine.

"I'm fine, how about you? I can feel that you are different from usual when you come here. What's wrong with you? Asseth, can we help you?"

Aces was silent for a while, then said hoarsely: "I did encounter something."

"Well, what's that?" Cloris waited patiently for Asses' next words.

But Asseth didn't explain any more.

"The sleep I just had was already helpful to me. Thank you, Cloris, I slept very comfortably."

Cloris snorted and looked at Assese helplessly, as if looking at the naughty Estella.

"Since you don't want to say it, I won't ask."

"Also...there's no need to thank you to change the subject. I didn't help you much."

Aces smiled faintly, without any embarrassment at being exposed. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Estela running towards him. He stretched out his hand and caught the small cannonball.

"Aces! You caught me!"

Estela's joyful voice surrounded the ears of one person and one animal 360 degrees, attracting the attention of many unicorns, who all looked over.

Seeing that Asses was awake, their steps became brisk and they went about their business with peace of mind.

One of the unicorns suddenly remembered his leader's instructions and hurriedly ran to inform their leader.

"Yes, I caught you."

The man had a gentle voice and rubbed the little unicorn's head.

Aces's attitude was no different from usual, which finally made the worried little unicorn feel relieved, and he couldn't help complaining aggrievedly.

"You pushed me away before and didn't hug me."

"Well, it's my fault."

"Then you can't do this next time."

"Okay, I won't do this next time."

Aces patiently coaxed the little unicorn.

The little unicorn is particularly easy to satisfy. He can be coaxed to run around happily after just a few words.

Cloris watched them quietly from the side. At some point, Antonio came to it and looked at Ases and Estella with it.

Feeling his partner's company, Klaus was a little sad, "Ass is not happy."

Antonio rubbed Cloris's neck comfortingly and leaned against it, "I found it too."

"He's very unhappy, I can feel it." Cloris repeated, his tone indescribably sad.

When it first met Asses, Asses was not even close to its chest. In its heart, there was no difference between Asses and Estella, they were both its children.

Now its child is being wronged that it doesn't know about, but it can only watch and can't do anything.

"He'll be fine."

Antonio snorted heavily, his eyes falling on Ases and Estela, as if he was comforting Cloris, and he seemed to be comforting himself.

It's not that Artes didn't notice the worries of the two parents, but no one could help him in this matter.

So he could only pretend not to notice, play with Estella, and see if he could reassure the two worried unicorns with such actions.

"Ah...Asais!"

A unicorn with a silvery body came to Asseth's side. He was still breathing a little when he spoke, as if he was coming from a very far away place.

Cynthia took a moment to catch her breath before adjusting.

"I'm late, how are you now?"

"I'm fine." Asses took it for granted and began to comfort him, "Now I can at least hit two of you."

Hearing this, Cynthia glared at Asseth angrily and couldn't help but stamp the ground with her hooves.

"I care about you, but you're even thinking about hitting me."

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. Cynthia twisted her head decisively, tilted her head and pushed Asseth staggering, and was finally supported by Cloris's body.

"Chief, don't do this."

Cloris stepped forward gently but firmly, standing in front of Asseth to stop Cynthia's behavior.

Cynthia paused in silence, then remembered that there were not only it and Asseth, but also its tribesmen, and she immediately looked at Asseth with resentment.

"It's all your fault."

It swore that it had not been so childish before, and it was all his fault that it was embarrassed in front of its tribe.

"It's my fault." Aces responded gently.

"Forget it, I won't argue with you."

Cynthia made two clanging noises, stamping her hooves, and soon forgot about Asseth's displeasure, and turned to ask questions.

"Tell me, why did you come to us?"

The leader unicorn raised his head proudly and looked at Asseth with his bright eyes, as if waiting for him to say something.

"I……"

Artes was silent, not knowing how to explain.

"I wanted to come, so I came."

He was smiling when he said this, but none of the unicorns around him spoke, they only looked at him quietly.

Unicorns are creatures whose extreme purity makes them extremely sensitive to emotions.

In their eyes, Asseth was smiling, but they couldn't feel any joy from this smile.

Several beasts looked at each other.

As the leader, Cynthia stepped forward to Asseth and nudged him gently.

"Aces, if you are not happy, then we don't have to laugh."

Unicorns have very complicated feelings towards humans. They have been hurt and killed by humans, and they have also received kindness and protection from humans.

They don't give their sincerity easily, but once they give it, they can never take it back.

But Asseth is different from the sincere human beings. He is a cub of their tribe, their tribesman.

They will always stand with him.

Aces sighed softly, and the curvature of the corners of his lips disappeared.

"Feel sorry."

"no need to say sorry."

It was still Cynthia who stepped forward.

"In your human terms, we are a family, so you don't need to apologize to us. Families should tolerate each other without apologizing."

Asseth's eyes moved slightly, "...You are right."

This time, there was no need to move it deliberately, the corners of the lips naturally raised, revealing a very light smile.

Seeing him like this, Cynthia nodded with satisfaction, "That's right, that's it. If you apologize, we will feel unhappy."

"Is that so?"

Asseth was thoughtful, and suddenly the Potions Master who was angry after he apologized yesterday came to mind.

Shouldn't he apologize?

Family...Sif too.

"Correct."

"Correct."

Antonio and Cloris, who had been silent, also nodded firmly.

The soft silver light swayed and flashed as they moved.

They all nodded, and Asseth was more certain of this idea.

But if he doesn't apologize, how is he going to explain? How to calm down the Potions Master.

The prophecy certainly couldn't be told, but this disease... without the prophecy, how could he explain it.

Asseth, who was thinking, didn't notice that his originally silent and indifferent eyebrows gradually became vivid, and the glimmer of light returned to his eyes, lighting up the colors inside.