HP: Embrace the Darkness

Go back to five days ago.

At that time, Susanna, who was having lunch, received an urgent letter from Anna.

Still a critical red all over.

She was so frightened that she couldn't take a breath and almost choked to death on the dining table.

Because Susanna was the last one in the family to get up, she was the only one in the restaurant now, so she had no worries and opened the letter directly in the restaurant.

There is not much content in the letter and the writing is sloppy.

Susanna was familiar with Anna's handwriting, and it didn't look like it was difficult. However, the more she read, the more serious her expression became. In the end, the fork in her hand was bent by her.

In the letter, Anna said that she had a nightmare at night. Although she could no longer remember the nightmare, she felt something was wrong and always felt flustered.

There are not many things that can make a mother panic, and one of them is her children.

So Anna insisted that there was something wrong with Artes, and wanted to go back immediately, but William stopped her due to physical reasons. She was anxious for a while, had a quarrel with William, and moved the fetal air in excitement, and was temporarily unwell. Way to get back right away.

The reason I wrote back this time was to ask Susanna to take care of Artes. She is not suitable for apparating now, so she can only use Muggle methods to get back slowly.

The signature was an anxious mother.

“Damn William, he quarreled with a pregnant woman!”

Susanna cursed, then looked at the end of the letter thoughtfully, as if she was remembering something, she stretched out her fingertips and tapped Anna's signature twice.

A line of small characters appeared.

This was a game she often played with Anna before. Unexpectedly, Anna still remembered it.

Surprise flashed across Susanna's eyes, and she immediately looked at the small words: Seeing is believing.

seeing is believing?

Does it mean that Asseth will lie and conceal something?

Susanna frowned involuntarily.

After thinking for a moment, she destroyed the letter and called out the house elf to clear the dishes.

When she was alone in the restaurant, she waved her wand and cast the Disillusionment Charm, and walked lightly to the third floor.

Aces's room is at the end.

When standing in front of Asseth's room, Susanna was still a little hesitant.

This hesitation reached its peak when he saw that there was no trace of the spell left in Asseth's room.

"Damn, my conscience hurts."

Susanna covered her heart, gently opened the door, ducked in, and immediately closed the door.

Aces's room was very tidy, the floor was spotless, things were neatly placed, and the quilts on the bed were placed in a specific way.

"...She's really a germaphobe." Susanna had to put on shoe covers before she dared to walk in.

Because the things in the room were so neat, Susanna checked them very slowly. Every time she looked at something, she had to put it back in its original direction and position.

Otherwise, she is afraid that she will forget how to put it later.

Susanna spent two hours doing this inspection. Finally, she found some evidence on a note tucked in a book.

“Why is death painless???”

Susanna couldn't believe what she saw. She took out a hand and rubbed her eyes, but the words in front of her still did not change.

"So Anna is right? Something will really happen to Artes, but why? How could Artes commit suicide? What reason does he have to commit suicide?"

Susanna murmured, the hand holding the book was still shaking slightly, and she almost threw the book away.

No, I have to look for it again.

What if it's a misunderstanding?

With little hope, Susanna carefully closed the book and put it back.

Thinking that since this note was stuck in the book, there might be some clues in other books, so Susanna began to look for the book specifically.

Aces has a lot of books. Not counting those in the study, there are more than twenty books in the room. Half of the more than twenty books are about alchemy, and the other half are about spells, potions, and Muggle psychiatry and psychology. .

Because he believed that no one in the manor would enter his room, these books were not hidden by Asseth, but were arranged in the bookcase.

"The interpretation of dreams, psychology and life, personality psychology, mob, and how to pretend to be a normal person are all psychology-type books."

Susanna read out the titles of the books one by one in order, her expression gradually becoming depressed.

She remembered that there was a time when Asses couldn't sleep at night, and he said he didn't want to sleep in bed.

Now it seems that where the bed is, it should be that time, Asses fell ill in a corner unknown to all of them.

But why is this happening?

Thinking about the fact that Artes would most likely have to endure the pain of his illness alone for countless nights.

Susanna's heart felt clogged.

That was her pampered nephew who could not be overestimated in saying that he was loved by countless people!

How is it possible to get this disease?

The anger that could not be vented was blocked in her heart. Susanna took several deep breaths and couldn't hold it down anymore. She just wanted to destroy the world and let the world sink with her nephew.

Damn it!

How was she going to explain to Anna now.

Susanna was even more annoyed.

She believed in Anna's love for Asseth, and had no doubt that when Anna knew the news, she would rush back regardless of her health.

But no!

Asseth is important, and so is Anna.

Susanna closed her eyes and decided to hide the news from Anna. At least until the child was born, Anna couldn't know the news.

"It's okay, isn't it just an illness? Just treat it. I have to stay calm. Uncle Joel is old and that bastard William is unreliable. Anna is pregnant and can't be frightened. Now she can only rely on me."

Susanna patted her face and forced herself to tidy up the room, not even sparing a hair.

She was very aware of Artes' vigilant temperament. Even with such a long hair, he would find clues from even a small scrap and follow the clues to find the murderer.

What's more, she was the only one in the manor with red and long hair, which was solid evidence. You didn't even need to use your brain to know that it was her who broke into the bedroom without permission.

Suzanne picked up a small piece of hair with a sad face, walked backward to the door, quietly opened the door and slipped out.

Passing by Joel's study, her pace slowed down and she looked through the gap to see Joel who was concentrating on writing.

Growing up, Susanna always had Joel to clean up her troubles. She had long been accustomed to looking for Joel whenever she had trouble.

It was the same now. She subconsciously wanted to tell Joel everything and let him find a way to help Asseth.

But in the end, Susanna just stood at the door for a while, then turned and went downstairs, sent Anna a calming letter, and then left the manor without taking a single cloud, and went to the Muggle library.