Hogwarts becomes host

This is an old-fashioned, but very useful trick.

Harry breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he just wanted to talk about how Sirius became as mean and vicious as Snape, constantly insulting and ridiculing his brother. It turned out to be a cliché.

Kreacher obviously didn't notice Sirius's plot, he screamed excitedly.

"Anyway, Master Sirius is a trash who was expelled from the family. He is not worthy of being a member of the Black family. Of course Kreacher dares to say that Master Regulus, he, he── quack quack"

Just when it was about to tell the secret, Kreacher suddenly froze and opened his mouth wide. Some invisible force was pulling and twisting its tongue, trying to tie the long and soft thing into a knot. The house elf let out a painful cry. There was a sound of retching, and the limbs were constantly dancing and struggling.

This scene was horrifying enough. Hermione and Daphne stood up suddenly and drew out their wands, but Sirius reacted faster.

"Things fall apart" Kreacher fell to the ground, the spell was broken successfully, but Sirius was not happy at all, he explained. "This is the Black family's locking curse. It will work if someone tries to get secrets out of the house elf. It seems that it can only tell us voluntarily."

"But, but you are also from the Black family," Hermione said in confusion.

"The judgment is mainly based on the cognitive status of the house elves." Sirius said calmly, with the expression of ridicule and hatred on his face again, "To prevent the traitor who was expelled from the family from hearing words from the house elves, after all, Black The family likes to drive people out of the house. Every time a decent person comes out, the whole family will declare to sever ties with him."

"So, Legilimency and Veritaserum cannot be used either" Daphne blinked and asked.

"No." Sirius leaned back in interest and creaked his chair, "I don't know about other families, but the elves of the Black family have defensive spells on them. If you use magic to force it, it will definitely die. It doesn’t matter, but Regulus’s clues are all gone.”

"Then what should we do now?" Ron scratched his head and looked at Elaine subconsciously, "Hey wake up, why are you still sleeping in this situation?"

Yes, Elaine had closed her eyes and dozed off on the table with her chin propped up on her hand.

She already knew the ins and outs and had no interest in Kreacher at all. In addition, it was almost eleven o'clock, which was the time for good children to rest. The most important thing was that taking out the memories was very heavy on the brain. Adair took it away. The portion size is not a small amount.

Bored and exhausted, Elaine fell asleep unconsciously.

Seeing her like that, everyone was a little dumbfounded. Hermione wanted to shake Elaine awake, but was stopped by Daphne.

"We can't rely on her every time." Daphne said seriously. At the same time, she gently raised her wand and let Elaine lie on her lap. "There are four people and an adult wizard here. Can't we still handle a household?" Elf?"

"That would be quite convincing if you didn't say it," Harry pointed out. "You just wanted her to sleep next to you."

"So what" Daphne replied confidently.

"You are right, my brother's affairs are not something that a thirteen-year-old girl can handle." Sirius said seriously, but the next second, he showed a malicious smile. "But, as the head of the Shafiq family, she shouldn't be so lax. We should teach her a lesson."

"Agree" "It seems interesting."

"It's up to you." "I have no objection."

Since there was not much opposition, Harry Ron picked up the quill on the table, and Sirius waved his wand, turning the ink into colorful colors. The three men slowly approached Elaine who was unaware.

Then, they were attacked by inkwells and quills.

Just before Elaine's face was drawn, the stationery suddenly broke away and rushed towards them, turning the three of them into big-faced faces. Elaine just rubbed back and adjusted to sleep comfortably on Daphne's lap. posture.

"There's magic on this quill and inkwell," Sirius said, wiping his face.

"Okay, I will remember to bring my own tools next time." Ron murmured bitterly, "Do you think that if I instigate George and Fred, will they fall for Elaine?"

"If you've had enough fun, please get back to the topic." Hermione sighed and said. "Why do we need to ask Kreacher about the cause of Regulus's death? Because Elaine and Dumbledore are planning to take us to a very dangerous place, which is related to Regulus's death. Can we infer that Regulus Just die there.”

Kreacher trembled.

"Why go to such a dangerous place?" Daphne said while stroking Elaine's hair. "Maybe there is something, treasure or secret hidden there. Regulus wanted to get it, but failed and died. Elaine's target should be the treasure there, or Regulus' body."

"The target should be the body." Hermione frowned and said seriously. "Divination allowed Elaine to see the scene where Regulus died. Since Kreacher is still alive, I guess that Kreacher should have watched Regulus die. Regulus got the thing, but died there. , ordered Kreacher to take the secret away before his death, so Elaine planned to rescue Regulus’ remains.”

Hermione didn't say anything about keeping secrets like that from Clifford again.

It is impossible to take risks in order to recover the body. The secret must be taken away by the house elves. It is not knowing what is hidden there that makes Elaine, Dumbledore and Regulus take such a big risk.

Hermione shook her head, she didn't like Elaine's utilitarian approach.

"Impossible" Sirius jumped up and shouted with a pale face, "Kreacher, you are looking at my brother and Regulus dying without saving him. He is a member of the Black family. You--it is impossible for you to do this. Tell me what you did."

As soon as Sirius questioned him, Kreacher burst into tears. He beat and pulled his head and face crazily, and spoke intermittently.

"K-Kreacher had no choice. Master Regulus ordered Kreacher to leave and leave him alone. He told Kreacher to go home and not tell the hostess what he had done, but he must destroy the pendant. Box, and then the young master drank, drank the potion, and Kreacher watched helplessly and watched Master Regulus being dragged underwater by the dead man. It was all Kreacher's fault. Kreacher regretted it. Kreacher should have disobeyed the young master. The order, it’s Kreacher’s fault who brought him out.”

"Oh Kreacher"

Hermione's eyes were red and she stepped forward to comfort Kreacher, but the house elf threw her hand away and continued to harm himself desperately.

"Kreacher came home, bringing Master Regulus's locket with him. The hostess went crazy with grief, because the master was missing, and Kreacher couldn't tell her what happened. He couldn't. The master forbade--forbade Kreacher Tell your family what happened in the cave." The elf screamed in pain while hurting himself, "Kreacher must fulfill Master Regulus's last order. Kreacher tried every method, but nothing worked. There is powerful magic on the box. Kreacher punishes himself, tries again, punishes himself, tries again. Kreacher cannot destroy the locket. It's all Kreacher's fault."

"All petrochemical"

Daphne, who couldn't stand it anymore - maybe because she was worried that Kreacher would wake up Elaine - directly cast a curse on Kreacher, and an uncomfortable atmosphere filled the room.

Hermione knelt next to Kreacher to help treat it. Sirius sat down on the chair and buried his face in his hands. Ron looked at the sleeping Elaine uneasily and enviously. Harry shook his head, trying to clear his mind. Some.

"He just said that Regulus ordered him to destroy a locket." Harry said hoarsely, "That thing, we should help your brother fulfill his last wish, Sirius."

Sirius didn't say anything. He still lowered his head and covered his face, as if his soul had been drained out.

Daphne sighed, she cast a spell to float Elaine to sleep on the bed, and she walked up to Kreacher.

"Kreacher, what you can't do, we can help you do it." After lifting the petrification spell, Daphne knelt down and said kindly to the elf. "Bring the locket and tell us everything we need to know in order to destroy it. It is not only your business, but also the last wish of your respected master, Regulus. Let us help you, You don’t have to do this alone.”

"Can you help Kreacher?" the elf asked hoarsely. "Why did Greengrass help Kreacher?"

"Because we are friends with Sirius." Daphne said softly. "We don't want to see his brother suffer. Regulus shouldn't die in an unknown place. He must have a decent funeral, return to the Black family cemetery, and rest with his parents and elders. We will do this." Everything, in the name of the Greengrass family."

Kreacher stood up tremblingly, with tearful eyes, bowed deeply to Daphne, and then disappeared with a crackle.

After a few seconds, it reappeared, holding a heavy locket in its hand. The locket was very beautifully made, especially the lid, which was carved with a large number of silver and green gems to create an S-shape, or snake-like shape. pattern.

Kreacher handed the thing to Daphne, and Harry, Hermione and Ron gathered around to study it.

"S, the silver and green Slytherin symbol," Hermione asked in confusion, "It's strange, why would Regulus want to destroy this thing? He should be a Slytherin too."

"Ask Kreacher." Ron spread his hands and said. "He should be willing to tell us what happened now, right?"

Kreacher bowed to them again, trembling with emotion and crying again.

"It's all the Dark Lord's fault," Kreacher cried, "Master Sirius escaped, and it would be better if he left, because he is a bad boy, and his unruly behavior broke my mistress' heart. But Master Regulus has self-respect. He knows what the name Black and his pure blood mean. He often talks about the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord wants wizards to stop hiding and come out to rule Muggles and Muggles. Future generations, living a noble life are all lies of liars.”

"Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord's organization when he was sixteen. He was so proud, so happy, and so sincere in wanting to help the Dark Lord. So the young master came to the kitchen to visit Kreacher. Master Regulus liked Kreacher the most. Yes, Kreacher also likes what Master Regulus said about the Dark Lord wanting a house elf."

"The Dark Lord wants a house elf," Harry asked in confusion, "What does he want to do with so many Death Eaters? Does he still need an elf to help him wash his clothes?"

"If Kreacher knew what happened at that time, Kreacher would rather die than go there," Kreacher said painfully. "Master Regulus contributed to Kreacher. This is an honor. The young master said that it was between him and Kreacher." For all his glory, Kreacher must do whatever the Dark Lord wants him to do, and then go home."

"Kreacher was so stupid. Kreacher went to the Dark Lord. The Dark Lord didn't tell Kreacher what to do. Instead, he took Kreacher to a large cave on the seaside. In the cave, there was a big black lake and a boat."

Kreacher looked clearly frightened, and he was crying, fearful, and regretful.

"There was a stone basin on the island, filled with magic potion. The Dark Lord asked Kreacher to drink the potion, which was poisonous. Kreacher felt that his internal organs were on fire. Kreacher shouted to Master Regulus to save him, and called the girl Master, the Dark Lord just laughed. He forced Kreacher to drink all the potion, threw the locket into an empty basin, filled the basin with potion, and boarded the ship, leaving Kreacher on the island."

"Kreacher felt extremely uncomfortable. Kreacher wanted to drink water, so he climbed to the edge of the island and drank the water from the black lake. Many hands, dead hands, stretched out from the water and dragged Kreacher down."

"It's the Inferi," Sirius finally said. "So Regulus took you back later. He regretted it, planned to resist Voldemort, and decided to destroy his treasure. Why didn't you come to me? Regulus, why are you a fool?"

"He can't go to you, Sirius." Hermione sniffed and said, "This thing must be very important to the mysterious man. Regulus wanted to use his death to protect his family. At that time, the dark forces were in full swing. If He went back gasping for breath, was discovered by the Death Eaters, and reported to the Dark Lord that he would rather die in that cave, only let Kreacher go back, and maintain the pure-blood concept of the Black family, so that his family would not be implicated"

Everyone understood after hearing this, and Harry sighed deeply.