The Admiral of Hogwarts

Just as Sirius Black was weeping while holding his brother's body, the ship girls continued their work. In their opinion, allowing these poor people to rest in peace was their duty.

This purification work lasted a full hour. After the ship girls ran back and forth on the water several times, confirming that all the Yin corpses had been purified, they immediately sat down to rest.

Regardless, the previous high-intensity battle was definitely a test for people, so even if the ship girls weren't tired, they had to pretend a little to avoid Sirius Black seeing through their disguise.

After resting for a few minutes, the group packed up and walked outside. Sirius Black refused everyone's help and carried his brother's body on his back alone. Everyone was quiet along the way, and only Kreacher's low sobbing could be heard.

Using another vial of blood, they opened the stone archway and walked into the cave. Kreacher led the four of them back to Number 12, Grimmauld Place. When the door of the house was opened, all the gas lamps in the dark corridor lit up instantly.

The curtain covering the portrait of Sirius Black's mother was opened. But this time, the portrait didn't scream or curse, but watched the body on Sirius Black's back and covered her mouth, weeping.

Immediately, all the portraits in the corridor began to cry. After a long time away from home, Regulus finally returned to his home once again, and his soul had hope of being redeemed.

Soon, Hugo used alchemy to recast some of the furniture and silverware in the Black family's old house into a coffin and placed Regulus's body inside.

Then, Glory walked to the side of the coffin and raised the staff in her hand high above her head. As the milky white light gradually emerged from the staff and sprinkled into the coffin.

A wisp of black air emerged from Regulus's body and disappeared. The expression on the corpse's face also became more gentle. Finally, the soul that had been trapped in the body by dark magic was released.

Regulus's milky white soul slowly floated into the air from the corpse, looking at the people below. Seeing this scene, Kreacher burst into tears, and Sirius Black's tears also flowed down his face uncontrollably.

"We succeeded, Master!" Kreacher held up the locket that had been hanging around his neck and said to Regulus's soul, "I have done as you commanded."

Seeing the locket box being opened, Regulus's soul finally showed a smile, and then disappeared in a golden light. At the same time, the tightly frowned brows on the corpse's face also relaxed, as if he was asleep.

Seeing this scene, Sirius Black and Kreacher burst into tears, hugging the coffin. Everyone else present stood there quietly to express their condolences, and even people with rich emotions like Mrs. Weasley had red eyes.

That afternoon, they went together to the Black family cemetery, which had become completely desolate, to bury Regulus. This cemetery was near Grimmauld Place and was hidden by some magic.

In the center of the entire cemetery was a black marble monument, inlaid with the Black family crest in gold and the family motto: The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, Always Pure.

Around this monument, rows and rows of black tombstones were arranged neatly. They were of various shapes and sizes, but each was exquisitely carved, and the surnames of these tomb owners were all Black.

However, because it had been unattended for a long time, the cemetery seemed a bit desolate: the ground was covered with weeds, the trees had become twisted and ugly, most of the words on the tombstones appeared mottled and dim, and the tombstones themselves were somewhat dilapidated.

After a simple observation, Hugo discovered that these tombstones became less and less over time, and the quality of the tombstones and the level of magic applied to them became worse and worse, reflecting the decline of this family.

In a corner of the cemetery, Dumbledore, the Weasley family, the Granger siblings, and the ship girls all surrounded an ordinary tomb that was out of place with the surrounding style with solemn expressions, seeing the hero Regulus off on his final journey.

At the beginning, Sirius Black had planned to invite some people to attend Regulus's funeral. But after careful recollection, he realized that Regulus's friends back then were either licking Voldemort's robes or locked up in Azkaban. There wasn't a single normal person still active outside.

In addition, what Regulus had done before was indeed not suitable for public disclosure. As a result, these two reasons combined led to only a few acquaintances attending the entire funeral.

Throughout the funeral, Kreacher's crying continued intermittently. It was as if someone was scratching a blackboard with their fingernails, making everyone feel uncomfortable.

Although Hugo had never attended a pure-blood wizard's funeral before, and didn't know what the difference was between these pure-blood wizard funerals and ordinary people's funerals, Regulus's funeral now was clearly a very simple, even somewhat crude funeral.

Regulus's tombstone briefly read: Regulus Arcturus Black, forever rests here. He once went astray, but also knew how to return.

He defended justice and the dignity of the Black family with his life. He was a true hero and the pride of the Black family.

Perhaps for many pure-blood wizards, this kind of comment would be regarded as a kind of humiliation. But for Sirius Black and everyone else present now, this should be the best evaluation of Regulus, this hero.

Compared to Kreacher, who was constantly crying and wailing on the side, Sirius Black seemed very quiet. He just sat quietly beside the newly sealed tomb, gently stroking the tombstone with a haggard look.

The brief funeral ended in a solemn atmosphere. In the end, only the house-elf Kreacher was still sobbing loudly, while Sirius Black slowly recovered.

In fact, Sirius Black had a bad premonition after Regulus disappeared back then. And after so many years, the fact that Regulus, who was the most family-oriented, had not returned home further proved this premonition.

So, the most important point of this funeral now was to comfort the living and transform the image of his brother in Sirius Black's heart from a cowardly fool who was killed by pure-blood theory into a true hero.

From this point of view, this funeral was perfect. As for the material poverty, it seemed that Regulus's character wouldn't care either.

After the funeral, a big change took place in the mansion. Sirius Black's mother's portrait no longer cursed and scolded, at most rolling her eyes at those she looked down on.

And Kreacher also seemed much more energetic at once. With his help, the progress of cleaning the rooms was greatly accelerated. In just one day, they had cleaned 1/3 of the rooms.

The biggest change was in Sirius Black. After returning from the cemetery, he was much more active than before. According to him, he was not living alone now. His future was not only to live for himself, but also to fulfill his brother's wishes. Therefore, he must face every day positively in the days to come.

He even felt that he had an obligation to make the Black family great again. Of course, unlike the family that was once known for its pure-blood theory and dark magic, the great Black family in Sirius Black's mind should be a sunny and harmonious family like the Weasley family.