It turned out that not long after Regulus joined the Death Eaters, he began to waver in his path as a Death Eater, but he was still unwilling to resist other Death Eaters and Voldemort.
One day, Voldemort asked Regulus to use his house elf Kreacher. Regulus thought it was an honor, so he gave Kreacher to Voldemort.
Voldemort used Kreacher to test the safety of his Horcrux hiding place, and then left alone, leaving Kreacher alone in the cave.
Kreacher, remembering Regulus's instructions to go home, drank the potion and disapparated back to Black's old house before the Inferi dragged him to the bottom of the lake.
And told Regulus everything that happened. At this moment, Regulus discovered that the locket that Voldemort had hidden before was a Horcrux, and realized that this was the secret to Voldemort's immortality.
This incident became the trigger for Regulus to decide to rebel against Voldemort.
What happened next was as Anduin guessed, Regulus made a replica of the locket and ordered Kreacher to take him to the cave where the real locket was hidden.
What is touching is that Regulus chose to drink the potion himself in the cave because he knew that only Kreacher could escape from there.
So he chose to sacrifice himself and ordered Kreacher to take the real one and put the fake one back, leaving him alone to leave the cave and find a way to destroy the Horcrux.
After hearing the whole story, Sirius slumped on the sofa as if he was deflated, while Kreacher even lay on the floor crying, as if he had lost his soul.
Even Anduin couldn't help but sigh. Regulus's willingness to sacrifice himself at such a critical moment was truly admirable. He could have given up on Kreacher.
After a while, Anduin looked at Kreacher again, "Where is the real Horcrux now?"
"I locked it in the closet in Master Regulus's room. It's all because of Kreacher's failure to completely destroy the Horcrux after so long."
"But Kreacher really tried his best. Kreacher used fire and stone to hit it, but the strange locket still didn't move." When Kreacher said this, he couldn't help but rush to the fireplace and use a fire stick.
Self-mutilation.
However, at this moment, Sirius grabbed Kreacher with quick eyes and hands, and at the same time cursed at him angrily, "Regulus asked you to come back, not to let you ruin yourself like you are now, your life
He gave it to me to sober up my mind!"
Obviously after hearing the past told by Kreacher, Sirius's attitude towards him also changed. This was the person who had placed his trust in his brother at the last moment of his life.
When Anduin saw that Sirius finally regained consciousness, he left the living room with relief and found the locket in Regulus's bedroom.
After confirming that the last Horcrux was included in the bag, Anduin breathed a sigh of relief.
Two days later, in the cemetery of Godric's Hollow, Sirius and Anduin held a small funeral for Regulus. Kreacher, Harry, and Dobby were present.
During this period, Kreacher acted even more sad than Sirius. In fact, two days ago, when Anduin showed the corpse of Regulus, Kreacher seemed extremely excited.
The only good news is that the relationship between Sirius and Kreacher has been eased during this period, and now Kreacher is no longer as sarcastic as he was before.
However, according to Anduin's guess, the reason why Kreacher became so extreme before may also be due to the influence of Horcruxes.
After staying with a Horcrux for so long, it's strange that his brain can become normal.
"How's it going? What are your plans next?"
In front of Regulus' tombstone, Anduin came to Sirius and asked softly.
"I just want to see Voldemort die in front of my eyes!" Sirius murmured with red eyes. Apparently he had just cried again in front of his brother's grave.
"They must pay a price, whether it's Voldemort or those Death Eaters!"
Sirius repeated it again, while looking at Anduin intently.
"To be honest, I was a little hesitant about your plan to wipe them all out before, but after what happened with Regulus, I hope those bastards will be destroyed more than you do."
"So, some dirty things shouldn't be allowed to exist in the world." Anduin nodded slightly, then looked at Kreacher in the distance, "What about him? I just heard Dobby say that you have been with
Kreacher terminated his employment?"
"I asked Kreacher for his opinion before. He wants to stay with Regulus and spend the rest of his life guarding his body."
Sirius looked at the house elf who had looked so hateful to him before, his eyes full of melancholy.
"Kreacher may have deeper feelings for Regulus than I do. He has been living because of pain these years. This is also the first time in his life that Kreacher has made a request to others, so I decided to grant him
.”
"Of course..." Sirius suddenly forced a smile on his face, "I really can't bear to continue living with him. He has been even more verbose these past two days than before."
Seeing Sirius in this state, Anduin knew that he had basically gotten over Regulus' sadness.
Of course, it may also be the reason why Sirius chose to hide this sadness deeper in his heart.
After settling Regulus's funeral affairs, Kreacher said goodbye to everyone and settled in Godric's Hollow Cemetery from then on.
However, in order to prevent him from scaring the Muggles living here, Anduin specially prepared an alchemy tool with a confusion spell for Kreacher, which could deflect the sight of non-wizard creatures, making them think he was seeing
It's actually an empty space.
Sirius took Harry back to 12 Grimmauld Place.
Among them, the happiest person is Dobby, who can finally give Black's old house a thorough cleaning.
As for Anduin, he returned to his base camp with several Horcruxes harvested during this period. He planned to use this summer vacation to study them and try to see if he could destroy the souls without destroying the items.
device.
Because these items are relics of the founder of Hogwarts, they are complete antiques, not to mention that they are items made by several founders, and they all have their own functions.
Not to mention the Ravenclaw diadem, which is said to increase the wearer's wisdom, the abilities of the other two items are also quite interesting.
Hufflepuff's golden cup can change the water poured into it into various wines, beverages, and even condiments such as soy sauce according to the user's wishes, which can be said to be quite practical.
This is also reflected in Hufflepuff’s personality of loving life and cooking. Even the magic items made are related to cooking.
The ability of another Slytherin locket is related to healing. The wizard who wears it can slowly repair wounds on the body, and even has certain effects on slowing down aging and beautifying the body.
In fact, Anduin discovered when he returned from Yinfa Mani Magic School that Slytherin had always presented himself as a sinister and cunning person.
But he himself is a highly skilled doctor, and he even runs the school infirmary at Hogwarts. In fact, some clues can be seen from the healing effect of the snake tree after it transforms into a tree.
Although the effectiveness of these items is not very useful to Anduin, they still have some research value. It is a pity to destroy them like this.
But just when Anduin returned to the base research institute, he found a strange woman lying in the laboratory hall, with Hogg and Shalltear whispering something next to her.
"Ahem!"
Anduin coughed twice, waking up the two people who were lying on the ground studying the strange woman.
"Who is this and why does he appear here inexplicably?"
The two people who were startled by him immediately turned around. Hogg was the first to answer, "Sir, we picked up this woman from Albania."
Picked it up? Before Anduin could figure out what nonsense Hogg was talking about, Shalltear next to him continued to add.
"Sir, do you still remember what you told us to monitor Voldemort before? Hogg and I have been following the old guy during this time."
"Recently, he has transferred his soul out of the Horcrux and parasitized it on a mouse. He escaped directly from the UK and hid in the Albanian forest, where he found Peter Pettigrew!"
"Huh?" Anduin was delighted when he heard this, "Any clues about Peter Pettigrew?"
"Not bad!" Hogg nodded and continued, "We followed Voldemort and quickly locked onto that guy. Voldemort seems to have his own way of targeting those Death Eaters. Perhaps this has something to do with the Dark Mark on their bodies."
Anduin nodded when he heard this, "This is similar to my previous guess, but I didn't expect that Voldemort would find Peter first. I thought it would take more effort."
"But..." Anduin looked at the figure on the ground hesitantly, "What does this have to do with her? Is she also a Death Eater?"
"No, this guy is just an unlucky guy!" Shalltear laughed, "After we locked onto Peter Pettigrew, we divided into two groups to monitor them separately."
"And this witch seemed to have recognized Peter Pettigrew's identity in Albania, and then she actually planned to follow him, perhaps out of curiosity!"
"But her tracking skills were so bad that she was almost discovered by Peter Pettigrew several times. In order not to alert the snake, I knocked her unconscious and brought her back. At this moment, Hogg and I were thinking about whether to take her back.
Wake up and ask for questioning."
"I see..." Anduin nodded clearly. It turned out that he had bumped into someone who was almost in the way. However, after taking a look at this woman, he suddenly realized that he seemed to have seen her somewhere.
"Huh? This person seems to be from the Ministry of Magic. I seem to have met her several times before at the Ministry of Magic." Anduin couldn't help but muttered.
"From the Ministry of Magic?" Shalltear and Hogg couldn't help but look at each other in embarrassment after hearing this. Could they be in trouble? Why did they kidnap someone from the Ministry of Magic? If it was an official, they might be in trouble.
trouble.
"Yeah." Anduin nodded, "But her position shouldn't be particularly high. I know everyone above the director level in the Ministry of Magic. If I remember correctly, she... seems to work in the Department of Magical Sports and Sports.
Forget it, let’s wake her up and ask her.”
"Yes!" The two men breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that they were not senior officials, and then shook the witch awake.
I don't know if it was because Shalltear was too harsh. The witch still looked confused after she woke up. After rubbing her eyes for a long time, she could clearly see Anduin in front of her.
"You... who are you? I remember you... who are you?" After the witch saw Anduin, she first showed a confused look on her face, then suddenly looked like she was suddenly enlightened, and then became confused again.
Seeing the other party's confused state, even Anduin began to wonder if Shalltear had damaged her brain.
"I am Anduin Wilson, the owner of Silver Flash Trading Company. Do you remember who you are, old friends from the Ministry of Magic? Do you still remember who you are?"
"Ah! Yes, yes!" The witch's eyes widened in sudden realization. "It's Mr. Wilson. I often hear Director Bagman and Director Crouch mention you. I am Bertha, an employee of the Department of Magical Sports and Sports."
Jorkins.”
Anduin was speechless when he heard this. He was very sure that he had met the other person several times in the Ministry of Magic. Why did the other person act like he had just met him?
You must know that in the entire British wizarding world, there may be people who Anduin doesn't know, but there are really only a handful of people who don't know him. The magical influence he had when he killed Voldemort last year was enough for everyone to recognize him.
's appearance.
"Just remember your name. Two of my subordinates happened to bump into you fainting in Albania, so they brought you back. Do you still remember what you were planning to do there?"
Anduin could tell that Bertha Jorkins seemed to be having trouble with her mind, so he made up a random excuse to see if he could get away with it.
"Ah? Is that so? That's really embarrassing..." Bertha got up from the ground, her mind seemed to be a little brighter than before.
"I originally thought I was just forgetful, but I didn't expect that I also fainted for no reason. I really want to thank you for your help." Bertha smiled and nodded slightly at Shalltear, which made Shalltear feel a little embarrassed.
"As for me going to Albania..."
Bertha paused for a moment, as if she was trying to remember, and then continued after a while.
"I remembered, I went to Albania for vacation. Some time ago, I was always unhelpful in preparing for the Quidditch World Cup, so Director Bagman specially granted me a long vacation to let me relax."
"But..." Bertha seemed to recall something again and hesitated in her words, "Before that, I remembered that I seemed to have seen a wanted criminal who had disappeared for a long time, and I was about to follow him to see who that guy was.
Well…I couldn’t remember clearly for a while.”
The latest first release. This chapter has been completed!