Admiral of Hogwarts

"What's next? What did my brother do after you told him these things?" After hearing the story just now, Sirius suddenly became excited.

He suddenly realized that Regulus, whom he had previously thought was weak, might be completely different from what he thought. At least judging from the current situation, Regulus should not have been executed by Voldemort because of cowardice as he had previously thought, but for a noble reason.

At this time, Sirius's eyes were bloodshot and he had an extremely anxious look on his face. If everyone hadn't been sitting around, he might have excitedly stepped forward to grab Kreacher by the collar and ask questions.

"Master Regulus is very worried, very worried." Kreacher hissed, "Regulus told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house." Then... after a while... one night, Regulus Master Les went to the cupboard and found Kreacher.

Master Regulus looked strange, not like his usual self, and Kreacher could see that he was in a state of confusion... The master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord had been...

"He made you drink the potion?" Hermione asked with some disgust. Although she had no plans to liberate the house elves now, as a person who grew up in modern society, she was naturally disgusted with this slavery system.

Kreacher shook his head and burst into tears. Hermione covered her mouth: she seemed to have guessed something.

"Re-Master Regulus took out a locket from his pocket, just like the Dark Lord's," Kreacher said, tears streaming down the sides of his long nose. "His name was Kreacher. Hold it until the stone basin is dry, then change the locket..."

When he said this, Kreacher was so sad that he couldn't help himself. He held on and continued:

"He ordered - Kreacher to go - leave him alone. He told Kreacher - to go home - not to say anything to the mistress - what he had done - but to destroy - the first locket. Then He drank it—drank the potion—Kreacher replaced the locket—and watched... Master Regulus... being dragged underwater... and then..."

"Stop talking, stop talking-" Sirius grabbed his hair hard, with a painful expression on his face.

In fact, when he was at home, the person who had the best relationship with Sirius was his younger brother Regulus. Unfortunately, after arriving at Hogwarts, due to various reasons, the two parties became farther and farther apart, and finally parted ways.

However, Sirius always thought that his brother was a Death Eater and died because of the internal struggle among the Death Eaters. Therefore, he usually subconsciously avoids his younger brother in his memory, and thinks that although his younger brother is pitiful, he is also to blame for himself.

But when Kreacher said something now, the memories related to Regulus in his mind suddenly revived, and he felt infinite annoyance and pain.

"Don't be too sad. These things are all caused by Voldemort's evil and ambition. You did nothing wrong." Mrs. Weasley patted Sirius' shoulder to comfort him.

Because of the commotion caused by Kreacher upstairs, Mrs. Weasley came up to check on the situation and heard Kreacher's story about Regulus.

"That is to say, you brought the locket home according to Regulus's order." Looking at Mrs. Weasley who was comforting Sirius, Hugo asked Kreacher another question. "Did you destroy it then?"

"Kreacher couldn't leave any trace on it." The old elf said sadly, not even caring that it was Hugo who asked him. "Kreacher tried all the methods, but none of them succeeded..."

"There are so many powerful magics on the box. Kreacher believed that it could only be destroyed from the inside, but it couldn't be opened... Kreacher punished himself repeatedly and tried again. Because Kreacher failed to carry out the order, Kreacher could not destroy it. Locket!”

"The mistress is mad with grief, because Master Regulus is missing, and Kreacher can't tell her what happened, not because Master Regulus forbids—forbids him from speaking to the family—the family— What happened in the cave..."

As a member of a pure-blood family, Regulus was familiar with all kinds of magic, especially some dark magic. Therefore, after receiving information from his house elf, he quickly learned that Voldemort was making Horcrux.

Realizing that something was wrong, Regulus immediately realized that he had to destroy this evil thing to stop Voldemort's evil deeds. He soon found himself alone and helpless:

He was a traditional Slytherin in school and came from a pure-blood family. After graduation, he joined the Death Eaters. Therefore, most of his acquaintances were Death Eaters and he could not reveal this matter at all.

At that time, the war had reached its climax, and as an open Death Eater, he was unable to find anyone who was fighting against Voldemort to help him.

So in the end, Regulus could only face this unprecedented evil alone, and even placed his last hope on house elves who were as humble as ants to pure-blood wizards.

Of course, this may also be left to his brother Sirius, because he knows that after his death, regardless of whether his parents agree or not, the heir will become Sirius.

Although the two brothers had different ideas at the time, they even had many disputes. But Regulus is still willing to believe that his brother Sirius will continue the work he hopes to do.

"This is really a tragedy." Hugo sighed. It is one thing to read about it in a novel, but it is another thing to experience it personally. This kind of person who sacrifices his life for a noble idea can be called a true hero from any angle.

At this time, the living room fell into silence, with only the sound of Kreacher sniffing. After everyone calmed down a little, Hugo said to Sirius, who had almost recovered:

"Sirius, I think this matter must be notified to the principal to solve. The magic level of house elves is not much weaker than that of ordinary wizards. Under normal circumstances, it will not be unable to destroy the locket."

"Considering that the magic on this locket is so strong and has been hidden so secretly by that person, it should be very important to that person, so I think this matter must be informed to Principal Dumbledore now."

"I'm going to find Dumbledore right now." Mrs. Weasley stood up immediately, patted Sirius on the shoulder and walked quickly downstairs.

"I think Dumbledore should be able to destroy this thing and fulfill Regulus's wish." Hugo said to Sirius.

"You must destroy it!" Hearing this, Kreacher suddenly jumped up and hugged Sirius, crying. Sirius was about to scold him out of habit, but he swallowed his words when he thought of something. It was just a bit stiff, so Kreacher sat there quietly and waited.

So everyone let Sirius rest aside, while the others quietly sorted out the things in the cabinet. Until 20 minutes later, the silence in the room was broken. Principal Dumbledore, wearing a purple robe, walked up from downstairs with a serious face.