Ancient Warlocks at Hogwarts

After retorting to Sirius, Kreacher began to kneel on the floor, slamming his head on the ground while muttering in his mouth: "It's all old Kreacher's fault, it's all Kreacher's fault, Kreacher You didn’t fulfill Master Regulus’s order!”

Sirius frowned, and he suddenly said to Kreacher irritably: "That's enough, Kreacher! Stop playing your tricks and tell me how Regulus died? This is an order!"

A house elf cannot refuse his master's order. Even though Sirius has left the family long ago, he is still Kreacher's master, so the old elf can only shed tears and choke up his story about Thunder. The story of Gulus.

"Master Regulus is different from Master Sirius. He never does any unruly behavior. The mistress likes him very much. He knows what the name Black and his pure blood mean. For many years, he often Speaking of the Dark Lord..."

"Don't talk nonsense. I know he joined the Death Eaters. What I'm asking now is, how did my stupid brother die?" However, before Kreacher could finish speaking, Sirius interrupted him rudely. if.

This made the elf pause for a long time before continuing: "One day, Master Regulus came to the kitchen to visit Kreacher. Master Regulus has always liked Kreacher. He said to Kreacher... .He said the Dark Lord needed a house elf."

"Voldemort needs an elf?" Sirius stopped scolding Kreacher, although he still did not explain the cause of Regulus's death concisely.

But after all, this passage is related to the Dark Lord who is not completely dead. Not only Sirius is curious, but also Mr. Weasley is attracted to it.As members of the Order of the Phoenix, the organization that fought against the Death Eaters, they would naturally be interested in all news about Voldemort.

"Oh, yes, Master Regulus contributed to Kreacher." A look of fear appeared on the elf's wrinkled face, and he said: "This is an honor, Master Regulus said, yes His own glory and that of Kreacher. Kreacher must do whatever the Dark Lord asks of him...and go...home."

"So Kreacher went to the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord did not tell Kreacher what to do, but took Kreacher to a cave on the seaside. It was a large cave, and there was a large black lake inside the cave. There was a small small lake in the middle of the lake. Island, the Dark Lord took Kreacher on a boat to the island. There was a stone...stone basin filled with potion. The Dark...The Dark Lord asked Kreacher to drink..."

When he said this, Kreacher's body began to tremble. It was obviously not a good memory. Even after so many years, he could still clearly remember the pain at that time.

"Kreacher drank. While drinking, he saw many horrific scenes... Kreacher's internal organs were on fire... Kreacher called Master Regulus to save him and the mistress, but the Dark Lord just Laughing... He forced Kreacher to drink up the potion... He threw a locket into the empty basin... and filled the basin with potion. Then the Dark Lord got on the boat and left. Kreacher stayed on the island..."

"Kreacher needed water. He climbed to the edge of the island to drink from the black lake...but many hands, dead hands, reached out from the water and dragged Kreacher down..."

"Then what happened next?" Seeing Kreacher stop telling, Sirius asked impatiently: "How did you get back here? Voldemort had to take a boat to leave, how could you escape from that island? from?"

"Master Regulus said he wanted Kreacher to go home."

"I know, what I'm asking is how did you come back?"

"Master Regulus said that Kreacher should come home." The elf continued to repeat this sentence.

This almost made Sirius angry again, but fortunately Andre said for Kreacher: "It's Apparition. Obviously, Voldemort did not consider that the magic of house elves is different from the magic of our wizards, so he may be in An anti-Apparition spell was placed there, but it had no effect on Kreacher."

"But how could Voldemort make such a mistake?" The question was raised by Harry. He was still worried about the Dark Lord he met a few weeks ago. When he thought about the man who killed his parents, he seemed to have a strong feeling. Flames rose from his chest, but even so, he did not dare to underestimate the other party.

Mr. Weasley explained for Harry, he said: "I think his arrogance blinded his eyes. A person like him would not lower his head to study a house elf that is not worth mentioning in his eyes." .”

This is indeed the case, and not only Voldemort, but also other wizards rarely pay attention to house elves, a race at the bottom of the wizarding world. Even Hogwarts does not have an anti-Apparition spell for them.

"Okay," Sirius also accepted Andre's statement, and then asked: "So, what happened after that? What did Regulus do again?"

So Kreacher said hoarsely: "Master Regulus told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house. Later, one night, Master Regulus came to the cupboard again and found Kreacher. He looked like a It was weird, not like usual, Kreacher could see that he was very confused... The young master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord went. "

"What are you doing there?"

"Master...Master Regulus took out a locket from his pocket, just like the one of the Dark Lord." Kreacher couldn't stop his tears, and there was even a trace of snot dripping from his huge nose. : "He asked Kreacher to hold it and switch the locket after the stone basin was dry."

"He ordered Kreacher to leave... and leave him alone. He told Kreacher to go home... not to say anything to the mistress... about what he had done, but to destroy the locket he had brought back. And then he After drinking...drinking all the potion...Kreacher switched the locket and watched Master Regulus...being dragged underwater..."

This time, even if Andre and Mr. Weasley joined forces, they could no longer stop the furious Sirius. He grabbed Kreacher, his eyes widened so much that red bloodshot eyes could even be seen inside.

"How could you! How could you make little Regulus drink those potions!"

Even if we still don’t understand the purpose of the locket in Klee’s incision, Regulus’s act of sacrificing himself is enough to show that he woke up at the last moment, otherwise he would not have gone to the cave without telling Voldemort, let alone Will ask Kreacher to destroy the swapped locket.

This would of course make Sirius unbelievable that his somewhat cowardly brother would actually make such a choice, but no matter what, this story made him feel as if a gap had been opened in his heart, an indescribable feeling. Regret and pain instantly filled the place.