HP: Embrace the Darkness

Ases didn't really leave.

He stood on a small hill in the distance, watching the werewolves being suppressed by firepower, watching the werewolves being broken up, and then watching the werewolves regroup and launch a second attack without any change. He used empathy to the extreme but still could not find any trace of using his brain in the werewolves' moth-to-flame behavior.

"Do you feel stupid?"

Rowena's voice sounded behind Athis. Asthis raised his eyebrows without surprise and added two sentences following her words.

"It's unexpected yet predictable stupidity, a perfect interpretation of the product of strong limbs and simple mind. It's pretty cool."

Ronaldo glanced at Athis. This way of speaking, which incorporated sarcasm into every word, was not like Athis's style. Instead, it was more like Snape's style.

"It would be even more hurtful to ask Sifu to comment on it." As if he knew what Rowena was thinking, Aces curved his eyebrows and smiled a smile that had nothing to do with praise, motioning Rowena to look over there, "Besides, I wasn't wrong."

Rowena looked over and saw that the werewolves in the distance were retreating once again. This time, not only did they not learn their lesson, but they were smart enough to carry the bodies of their companions as shields and rush to the edge of the magic circle under a hail of bullets, and they killed themselves in the automatic counterattack function of the magic circle. The speed at which they fell into the trap was amazing.

"...What you said makes sense."

Rowena decided not to waste time on a stupid species, so she ran her fingers to her wrist and twisted a thin thread.

Ases glanced sideways, and his magic moved as he wished, floating the thin line over and hanging it in front of his eyes, examining it carefully.

The thin lines in the sunlight are like rippling waves on a black lake, shining brightly.

Ases had a hunch that this thing would not harm him, so he reached out and tried to touch it, but his fingers went straight through the thin wire.

"what is this?"

Rowena answered irrelevantly, "How much do you know about Merlin?"

Ases considered it for a moment, then shook his head regretfully: "It's pitifully little."

Rowena smiled knowingly.

"What a coincidence, me too. Merlin is different from us. Everyone knows when he reached the top, and no one knows in which year he was active. No one knows his true strength, but there is one thing everyone knows - he has an ex-friend with similar strength to him. The reason why I call him an ex-friend is because they broke up a long time ago."

Rowena felt a little guilty for revealing so much about Merlin in one breath. Thinking about what was going to be revealed next, she felt even more guilty. She glanced around to make sure that no one else could hear her words before clearing her throat and continuing in a low voice.

"That man is now the founder of the Law Enforcers. He is quite stubborn and has a worse temper than Godric and Salazar combined. He won't tolerate anyone saying otherwise. It was he who caught Herbo with something and asked everyone to supervise Herbo at the meeting. This was the first time in Herbo's life that someone treated him like this. Naturally, he was not convinced. When he was escaping, he turned back and used some despicable means. In the end, he was beaten to death."

"That's really tragic." Ases raised his eyebrows and made a comment without any sympathy.

Rowena paused, a hint of sympathy on her face. "In fact, there are even worse cases, but these involve personal privacy. You can ask Hailbo to see if he is willing to tell you."

Ases chuckled, the smile in his eyes floating on the surface and venting in the sound.

"Why should I know Hailbo's personal privacy? Let's get back to the point. What exactly is this line? What does it have to do with the person you mentioned?"

Rowena gave Athis a look that said she couldn't do anything to him. "We are all covered with such threads, but you can't see them. I borrowed this from Merlin. If I must explain, it's like an oxygen tube, continuously supplying us with energy to help us stay alive. It's energy that we can't control, except for that man."

Ases had just tried all the methods he could think of, but he really couldn't get any damage. He didn't doubt Rowena's words and passed the thread to Rowena.

"I understand. It's like the contract we signed. The principle is the same, but the result is different."

"Smart." Rowena smiled widely, looking at Aces as if he had seen some great treasure. "If every student was like you, who could understand things quickly and apply them to other situations, I wouldn't have been so angry many years ago."

"Thank you." Ases took one last look at the entrance of the manor where werewolves were "strewn all over the ground", raised his hand, and looked at Rowena inquiringly, "Shall we go? I'll find someone to go with us?"

"Walk."

After he finished speaking, Aces disappeared with Rowena.

Because he was in a bad condition, he used the simplest, crudest but most labor-saving method - a weakened version of Apparition.

The weakened version of Phantasm has a smaller sound, but the movement amplitude is larger. In simple terms, it is shaking.

It can definitely be called a drum washing machine.

So when Rowena stepped on the stable floor, her waist bent and she almost vomited.

Ases seemed unaffected by the dizziness. He held Rowena with one hand and put the other hand on his lips, signaling Rowena to be quiet. Then he raised his eyes to observe the situation in the room, and the smile on his brows faded a little.

This is a wooden house located on the seashore. There is a big rock where they are standing, which just blocks them. From this angle, you can see the people inside the wooden house arguing, but the people inside cannot see them.

Rowena took a long time to calm down. She leaned on the stone and looked at Athis. She asked in a low voice, "What happened to you? Why can such a simple apparition have such an effect?"

This really can't be blamed on Ases.

Apparition itself is more delicate than other spells and consumes more energy. If he doesn't save some energy, the two of them might not even be able to land accurately.

"I wasn't in a good mental state and I couldn't control myself." Ases didn't tell the truth, but he didn't lie either.

Rowena could naturally tell the difference between lies and the truth. She frowned suspiciously, but did not ask any more questions and turned her gaze towards the house.

"This is……"

"It's a bit of a stupid deal." Athelston paused and smiled, "You can also call it inviting a wolf into the house and seeking the skin of a tiger."

Harry twisted his body in the room. Rowena saw his face clearly, understood something, and sighed, "You are still too young."

"It's not a big problem. They found him a little too late. The cakes that should be divided have been distributed. If we intervene now, the gains will outweigh the losses."

Ases chatted with Rowena while listening patiently to the noise inside. Seeing that the people inside knew their limits and would not fight, the magic power gathered at his fingertips dissipated.

"Rowena, do me a favor and leave some life-saving spells for Potter."

Rowena was even more confused. Why did Ases let her do something that he could do by himself?

However, Rowena had lived for so many years and knew the taboos of getting along with others. She was also a smart person and knew clearly that she should not ask things that she should not ask. She was puzzled for only a few seconds, then suppressed her doubts in her heart and recited a few difficult spells to Harry.

She treated them all equally and read it to Hermione and Ron as well.

The wizards inside were either students or ordinary wizards, far inferior to Rowena. Rowena didn't want to be discovered by them, so they couldn't notice it at all. Only Ases saw a little eagle flying out from Rowena's body, landing on the shoulders of the three people with a clear target.

"They will live well in the future, so it doesn't matter whether they have protection or not."

After doing all this, Rowena began to explore the meaning behind Ases' behavior.

There was a smile on Ases' lips that she could not quite understand, the curve of his smile never changing, his long and narrow eyelashes were half-drooped, as if concealing the emotions within, without revealing a single flaw from head to toe.

“Is the future so trustworthy?”

Rowena was silent, not sure whether Ases was being sarcastic or hinting at something, so she could only give him a vague answer.

"……uncertain."

"is it?"

Aces spoke softly to himself, so quietly that Rowna, who was closest to him, didn't hear it, but Harry inside looked over.

Unfortunately, from his angle, there was only a big rock outside.

"Strange." The boy frowned in confusion.

Because of his silence, the quarrel paused and everyone looked outside.

"What's wrong, Harry?"

Harry shook his head. "I don't know. I just felt like someone was watching us."

Hermione was not as carefree as Harry. When she heard that there were people around, she said hello to them, picked up her wand and walked out.