Hogwarts: I Am Such a Model Wizard

Chapter 446 Regulus (Thanks to the book friend who likes the prank Wheel of Fortune, 15 more chapters added)

 Subconsciously, Kyle reached out his hand to take out the locket.

“Be careful.” Sirius reminded, “This thing might also be some weird dark magic item.”

 “Yeah, you’re right.”

Even though he said this, Kyle took out the locket and gently wiped off the dust on it.

 The locket is as big as an egg and heavy. On the front is a gorgeous S, inlaid with many small emeralds, shining dimly under the dim light.

"This is not something from the Black family. I have never seen it before." Sirius came over and said thoughtfully: "They probably bought it from somewhere and threw it away to avoid any curse or black magic on it. ."

 “This is not garbage!” came a sharp voice from behind.

It was Kreacher, gasping for air and looking furious, then looking at Sirius and letting out a blood-curdling scream.

“…This is Master Regulus’s locket, he asked Kreacher to bring it back!”

"Regulus?" Lupine said, "I remember he seemed to be your brother. When you were in school, you didn't like each other and you often quarreled."

"Yes." Sirius lowered his head and said softly: "My stupid brother is too weak in temperament and easily believes in my parents' pure-blood theory. He thinks that people from the Black family are born noble. We always end up because of this. This quarrel ended on bad terms."

"Master Regulus is no fool!" Kreacher screamed: "He is the mistress's favorite son, much better than Master Sirius."

"I don't need you to remind me!" Sirius growled irritably: "Everyone said so, but what happened in the end, he died, that stupid idiot...he joined the Death Eaters!"

He gasped for air and said with red eyes:

"Throw it away. This thing is probably also a piece of dark magic, used by Death Eaters to harm people."

"No!" Kreacher screamed, jumping up to grab the locket in Kyle's hand.

 This was also the first time he robbed something in front of Sirius.

But Kyle just raised his hand slightly and dodged.

 “I can’t give you this,” Kyle said.

Kreacher wanted to grab more, but was stopped sharply.

 “Stand there and don’t move!” said Sirius.

Kreacher did not dare to disobey a direct order, but when he raised his head, the look he gave Sirius was filled with unforgettable hatred.

At this time, Lu Ping, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked: "Do you know what this is?"

"I know." Kyle didn't hide anything this time and said directly: "You should have heard of this... Slytherin's locket."

"What?"

The room fell into a brief silence.

Lupine took a deep breath after reacting, his face filled with disbelief.

“Wait a minute, you’re talking about the Slytherin from school, right?”

"Yes, it's Salazar Slytherin." Kelmo stroked the emerald on the locket, "It's just like the legendary Gryffindor sword."

"Wait a minute..." Sirius was still a little dazed, "Let me think about it. Slytherin's locket... was in Regulus's hands... and was finally placed in the Black family's house.

"Kyle, you must be joking, right, or this is simply a fake... Although I left this family when I was sixteen, I know very well that Black and Slytherin have absolutely nothing to do with each other."

Lupine's performance was similar. He felt that Regulus should have imitated it because he admired Slytherin too much.

“I don’t know whether the locket is real or fake, but I still know its other name.”

 “Another name? What does it mean?”

"Lupine teaches...Mr." Kyle asked: "I think you should have heard of it, the Chamber of Secrets in Hogwarts."

“Of course, I’ve heard about it, but it’s not very detailed, and the professors don’t want to say more.”

Lupine said, "It is said to be related to the mysterious man." "Yes, because of a diary that he left behind when he was in school. It caused trouble in the castle and almost caused Hogwarts to close the school."

Kyle held up the locket, "This thing gives me the same feeling as that diary back then."

 …

The room fell silent again, this time longer.

 Lupine and Sirius were both trying to digest this answer. Their first reactions were surprisingly consistent, and they both felt that Kyle had made a mistake.

 But through such long-term contact, they knew very well that Kyle was not the kind of person who was aimless.

"But why." Sirius said in a dry voice, "You-Know-Who's things will go into the hands of Regulus. As far as I know, he is not as trusted as Malfoy and Lestrange."

"You have to ask him about this." Kyle did not explain, but looked at Kreacher who was shaking beside him.

"Tell me why this thing is here." Sirius asked in a deep voice: "What does Regulus have to do with it."

 The elf seemed to have thought of something terrible, and his body trembled again, curling up into a ball. When he spoke, his voice was low and muffled.

"Master Sirius ran away. It was better to leave because he is a bad boy, but Master Regulus has self-respect. He knows what the name Black and his pure blood mean... In order to stop the wizard from hiding, So when he was sixteen years old, he joined the Dark Lord's organization. He was so proud at the time..."

"A year later, one day Master Regulus came to the kitchen to visit Kreacher. He said that the Dark Lord needed an elf... He contributed to Kreacher. This is an honor, an honor for himself and Kreacher..."

Kreacher's voice was choked with sobs, and he told intermittently how he was taken into a cave by Voldemort, and how he was forced to drink the potion in the stone basin...

“He threw a locket into the empty basin and filled the basin with potion...Then the Dark Lord boarded the boat and left, leaving Kreacher on the island..."

“Kreacher felt very uncomfortable and wanted to drink water from the lake...Many hands stretched out from the water, trying to drag Kreacher down..."

 “Then how did you escape?” Sirius asked.

　　The elf raised his ugly head and said, "Master Regulus said that Kreacher should go home."

“What happens after that?” Sirius’ voice became much softer, “Why does this thing appear here?”

  Kreacher told Master Regulus what had happened... hoping to be praised... but was not given.

“Master Regulus was very worried and asked Kreacher to hide... After a while, Master Regulus asked Kreacher to take him to the cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord had been.”

 “He made you drink the potion too?” Sirius said disgustedly.

Kreacher shook his head. He didn't know when his face was filled with tears, and tears were flowing down his long nose.

 Sirius's heart tightened, as if he had guessed something.

“Master Regulus took a locket from his pocket, just like the Dark Lord’s… He told Kreacher to hold it… and wait until the basin was dry… to change the locket…”

Kreacher’s cries became louder and louder.

"He ordered Kreacher to go home...not to tell anyone about it...but to find a way to destroy the first locket...and then he drank...drank the potion...Kreacher watched helplessly...Reguler Master Si... was dragged underwater... and then..."

"boom!"

 Sirius smashed the glass cabinet next to him with one punch, then he lifted Kreacher by the neck, like an angry beast, and roared:

"You just look at it like this? Why don't you save him? You can obviously bring him back!"

Lupine hurriedly stepped forward, trying to pull him away, "Calm down Padfoot and listen to what he has to say."

 But Sirius's hand was like a branding iron, and he couldn't break it open at all.

"Kreacher cannot... Master Regulus ordered Kreacher not to move... He ordered Kreacher not to move..."

The elf burst into tears, and even though Sirius was grabbing his neck, he still beat his head hard with his fists.

"Kreacher is useless. Kreacher was unable to destroy the box and failed to carry out the master's orders!"

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 (End of this chapter)