On a cold, damp, rain-soaked night in Spider’s End, where violence thrives, ten-year-old Severus Snape, frail and trapped in despair, stares intently with his prematurely old, hate-filled black eyes at his drunken father’s fist as it crashes into his mother. Magic is his only hope of salvation, but he must wait another year for Hogwarts to call. At that very moment, a shadow blends into the rainy night and quietly stops at the mouth of the alley: Pusoka, a ten-year-old assassin, exhausted in body and mind after completing a “cleanup” mission.
There is no pity in Pusoka’s empty eyes, only bottomless weariness and confusion about the “meaning of being alive.” Yet the unquenchable, caged-beast defiance in Snape’s eyes is like a mirror, suddenly reflecting the past he has buried deep inside. His mentor Ilka’s elusive words, “Can’t find meaning in the darkness? Then try being a good person,” stir a faint ripple in his hollow heart. And so Pusoka moves.
No spells, no wand, only ghostlike speed, strikes as precise as a surgeon’s scalpel, and a faint, primal, icy pulse of magic that makes even the depths of Snape’s soul tremble. The nightmare named Tobias Snape is brought down neatly by Pusoka, like a piece of trash.
Stunned, Severus sees power: a pure force from the dark world, unlike magic, yet capable of tearing despair apart in an instant. He stakes everything on asking, “Teach me.” Pusoka looks into those black eyes burning with desire and leaves him with one cold question: “Do you want to learn how to kill?” And a promise to meet at sunset.
There aren't many chapters and I can't tell much, but the character of the male protagonist really poked me, and the interaction with Si was also very warm and cute. Seeing how Si Si worked hard to become stronger made me feel motivated to run in the morning again (fog). I look forward to the follow-up and set up a tent.
I think it's pretty