The Admiral of Hogwarts

"And then? What did my brother do after you told him all of this?" Sirius asked, suddenly agitated after hearing the story.

He suddenly realized that Regulus, whom he had previously considered weak, might be completely different from what he had thought.

At least, judging from the current situation, Regulus was not executed by Voldemort for cowardice, as he had previously believed, but for some noble reason.

Sirius's eyes were bloodshot at this moment, and his face was extremely anxious.

If everyone wasn't sitting around, he might have excitedly grabbed Kreacher by the collar and pressed him for answers.

"Master Regulus was very worried, very worried," Kreacher croaked.

"Regulus told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house."

Then… after a while… one night, Master Regulus came to the cupboard to find Kreacher.

Master Regulus seemed strange, not like his usual self.

Kreacher could tell he was very troubled… Master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher had gone with the Dark Lord…

"He made you drink the potion?" Hermione asked, somewhat disgusted.

Although she didn't plan to free the house-elves now, as someone who grew up in modern society, she naturally felt revulsion towards this system of slavery.

Kreacher shook his head, bursting into tears.

Hermione covered her mouth; she seemed to have guessed something.

"Reg—Master Regulus took out a locket from his pocket, the same as the Dark Lord's," Kreacher said, tears streaming down his long nose.

"He told Kreacher to take it, and after the stone basin was empty, to switch the lockets…"

At this point, Kreacher was overcome with grief.

He forced himself to continue:

"He ordered—Kreacher to leave—to not care about him.

He told Kreacher—to go home—not to tell the Mistress—what he had done—but to destroy—the first locket."

Then he drank—drank all the potion—Kreacher switched the lockets—and watched helplessly… Master Regulus… being dragged underwater… and then…"

"Stop, stop!" Sirius grabbed his hair forcefully, a look of pain on his face.

In fact, when they were at home, Sirius was closest to his brother Regulus.

Unfortunately, after arriving at Hogwarts, they drifted further and further apart for various reasons, eventually parting ways.

However, Sirius had always believed that his brother was a Death Eater who died because of internal strife within the Death Eaters.

Therefore, he usually subconsciously avoided his brother in his memories and believed that although his brother was pitiful, he had brought it upon himself.

But now, what Kreacher said made those memories related to Regulus in his mind suddenly resurface, and he felt endless remorse and pain.

"Don't be too sad.

These things are all caused by Voldemort's evil and ambition, you didn't do anything wrong," Mrs. Weasley said, patting Sirius on the shoulder in安慰.

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

"So, you brought the locket back home according to Regulus's orders?" Hugo asked Kreacher, looking at Mrs. Weasley, who was comforting Sirius.

"Did you destroy it?"

"Kreacher couldn't leave a single mark on it," the old elf said sadly, not even noticing that it was Hugo who was asking him.

"Kreacher tried everything, but none of it worked…"

"The box has so many powerful spells on it.

Kreacher believes that it can only be destroyed from the inside, but it can't be opened… Kreacher repeatedly punished himself and tried again.

Because Kreacher failed to carry out the order, Kreacher couldn't destroy the locket!"

"The Mistress went mad with grief because Master Regulus disappeared.

Kreacher couldn't tell her what happened, couldn't, because Master Regulus forbade—forbade him to tell the family—about the cave…"

As a member of a pure-blood family, Regulus had heard of all kinds of magic, especially some dark magic.

Therefore, after getting information from his house-elf, he quickly realized that Voldemort was creating Horcruxes.

Realizing that the situation was not right, Regulus immediately realized that he had to destroy this evil thing to stop Voldemort's evil deeds.

He quickly found that he was isolated and helpless:

At school, he was a traditional Slytherin and came from a pure-blood family.

After graduation, he joined the Death Eaters, so most of his acquaintances were Death Eaters, and he couldn't reveal anything about this.

At that time, the war had entered its climax, and as a publicly known Death Eater, he couldn't find anyone fighting Voldemort to provide him with help.

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

Of course, this may also have been left for his brother Sirius, because he knew that after his death, whether his parents agreed or not, the heir would become Sirius.

Although the two brothers had different ideas in those years and even had many disputes, Regulus was still willing to believe that his brother Sirius would continue the work he hoped for in this regard.

"This is really a tragedy," Hugo sighed.

Seeing it in a novel is one thing, but experiencing it personally is another.

People who give their lives for a noble ideal like this can be called true heroes from any point of view.

At this time, the living room fell into silence, with only the sound of Kreacher sniffing.

After everyone calmed down a bit, Hugo said to Sirius, who had almost recovered:

"Sirius, I think this matter must be reported to the headmaster for resolution.

The magical level of house-elves is not much weaker than that of ordinary wizards.

Under normal circumstances, they shouldn't be unable to destroy the locket."

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

"I'll go find Dumbledore right now," Mrs. Weasley said, standing up immediately.

After patting Sirius on the shoulder, she quickly walked 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 jumped up and hugged Sirius, crying.

Sirius was about to scold him out of habit, but after thinking about something, he swallowed the words back.

He just somewhat stiffly made Kreacher sit there quietly and wait.

So next, 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.

Headmaster Dumbledore, wearing a purple robe, walked upstairs with a serious expression.