HP: Embrace the Darkness

"What else did you see? Tell me clearly!" Snape walked up to Harry and asked sternly.

Dumbledore helplessly stood in front of Harry, "Severus, calm down. Harry was very frightened. Let's take our time."

"Take your time?" Snape repeated Dumbledore's words and mocked, "Dumbledore, can your sugar-clogging brain turn around a little bit? We don't have time to wait for your savior to take his time."

"He's doing it, and I don't know about it! And your boy can see all of this, do you understand how serious the problem is!?"

Snape thought again of Voldemort's last unexplained temptation, and felt a chill in his heart, and subconsciously withdrew from Harry's sight.

"I know." Dumbledore sighed, "But Harry is obviously frightened now. Don't push him. Severus, I think you need to calm down."

"You said...I need to calm down?"

Snape glared at Dumbledore angrily.

Who was the reason why he was tempted by Voldemort?

It's not because of this savior whose mind is filled with slugs and splendens and who has no control over his own brain.

This damn old bee actually said he needed to calm down? Damn cool.

He was not the one being tempted.

The fire in Snape's heart burned even more when he thought of the deep meaning in Voldemort's words.

Artes looked at Snape's unusually violent reaction with concern, and looked at Dumbledore and Harry suspiciously. Is there something he didn't know?

"I heard...he said Severus."

Harry's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the confrontation between Dumbledore and Snape.

The fingers of Snape's left hand twitched nervously, and then, without any warning, the fingertips were grasped and squeezed lightly, with a strong sense of comfort.

It's Asseth.

Snape immediately realized who it was, and also realized that he had overreacted.

Based on Asseth's keenness, he might have already had doubts.

Snape's heart sank, and he immediately suppressed his temper and stared at Harry coldly.

Harry lowered his head, "I only heard laughter and some crying from the others. The name was shouted by that person, but I didn't hear the rest of the words."

Dumbledore stuffed a candy into his mouth and said thoughtfully: "Harry, you said you were lying down? Or did you see it from the perspective of lying down?"

"I..." Harry tried his best to remember, and pain came from his brain. He covered his head in pain, "It hurts!"

"Harry!" Dumbledore shouted out Harry's name sharply, his voice softer, "If it hurts, don't think about it, we always have other ways."

Harry wanted to nod, but his head hurt too much, and blood even appeared in front of his eyes.

"No... I can't control..."

His teeth began to chatter more and more violently, and he bit his tongue several times.

Seeing this, Dumbledore hurriedly took something and stuffed it into his mouth to prevent him from biting himself.

Then he went to the back of the bookcase to take out the potion, opened Harry's mouth, and poured it into him.

Thanks to the Disillusionment Curse, no one could see him, so Artis looked closely into Harry's eyes.

After seeing clearly the red eyes that looked like snake eyes but not snake eyes, he flashed his eyes and forcibly looked through Harry's memory, sequestering everything Harry had just seen and hiding it in the depths of his consciousness.

Dumbledore was still trying his best to pour potions on Harry to ensure his safety, completely unaware that someone came and left quietly.

Arthas retreated to Snape's side and placed the Disillusionment Charm and the Confusion Charm on Snape.

"Voldemort is trying to manipulate Potter, and it looks like he is about to succeed. I used some means to hide the scene that Potter saw just now, so Voldemort won't find it. Don't worry."

Dumbledore was staring at Harry with all his attention, always ready to pour the potion, unable to focus on anything else. Artes explained to Snape openly and in the end, he even leaned over and hugged him gently.

"If we don't want to see Voldemort, should we leave? Or wait for him to leave before we come back. Anyway, Dumbledore and Voldemort are old acquaintances. There will probably be a conversation. We can give them some space."

If it were at Malfoy Manor, Snape would not be afraid of seeing Voldemort. After all, Malfoy Manor is now Voldemort's lair.

But this was the principal's office at Hogwarts, and it was always inconvenient for him to appear here. Even if Voldemort couldn't see him, he still felt uncomfortable.

Snape made the decision, "Let's leave first."

"Okay, then... before we leave, let's remind Dumbledore that Voldemort is secretly manipulating Potter? Whether he knows it or not, it's always good to be on guard."

Catching the worry deep in Snape's eyes, Artes thoughtfully handed him up the steps.

Snape immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He had such a one-sided quarrel with Dumbledore just now. Even if Artes didn't mention it, he really didn't know how to keep his face and remind him.

Artes also understood, so instead of asking Snape to tell Dumbledore, he went up to tell Dumbledore what he had observed.

Dumbledore seemed a little surprised, but also a little relieved as expected.

He looked at Snape and Artes without any trace, and nodded casually, letting them do what they wanted.

Aces and Snape exited the principal's office because they might have to go back later. They didn't go far and waited by the window not far from the principal's office.

The moonlight outside is pouring out like water.

Snape stood quietly and looked into the distance.

Based on Potter's words, he sketched in his mind what Voldemort and those hyena-like Death Eaters had done, and thought about Voldemort's purpose in doing so.

Maybe there are so many things to think about that the temptations that you deliberately ignored are completely forgotten.

Or maybe, it was because he deliberately forgot.

Although escaping is shameful, it does work.

The Potions Master has personally experienced it and stamped it.

Seeing Snape's evasion, Artes became more curious and suspicious in his heart, but his face remained calm as he enjoyed the night view outside with Snape.

"Sev, what do you think they will talk about?"

Snape's heart dropped when he heard his name, and he said "I don't know".

Hearing this, Artes smiled and winked at Snape, then took out a pocket watch and said, "It doesn't matter, I don't know either, but we can try to listen."

Snape listened to the voice in the principal's room in surprise, "You avoided the alchemy tools that Dumbledore placed for eavesdropping? Where are they?"

"Secret." Artes smiled mysteriously, "Let's continue to listen to what they talk about."

Snape didn't feel anything wrong when he was hiding it, but when Asseth was pretending to be mysterious, he felt a little uncomfortable when he was hiding it.