Chapter 493 The Story of Regulus

That day, the Dark Lord took it to a cave on the seaside and took a boat across a large dark lake to the small island in the middle of the lake.

"There is a stone basin on the island, filled with magic potion. The Dark Lord ordered Kreacher to drink it all..." Kreacher recalled something, trembling all over, and his words were a little awkward.

"Kreacher obeyed the order and drank. While drinking, he saw many horrific scenes... his internal organs seemed to be on fire... Kreacher called Master Regulus to save him and the mistress, but the Dark Lord just laughed. ... He forced Kreacher to drink up the potion... He threw a locket into the empty basin... and refilled the basin with potion."

Kreacher's words made everyone present shiver, and then the house elf cried and described how painful it was after taking the potion, as if a ball of fire rose up from his stomach and dried up. Every drop of water in your body!

"Kreacher needed water. He climbed to the edge of the island to drink the water from the black lake...many hands, dead hands, stretched out from the water and dragged Kreacher down..." Kreacher recalled his memories intermittently. experience.

"What's under the water should be the Inferi! This is a trap carefully laid by Voldemort to protect the locket." Lupine, who is the backbone of the Order of the Phoenix, heard Kreacher's words and quickly realized what was going on. .

"But why did Voldemort go to such great lengths to hide this thing?" Harry said very puzzled.

"This only shows that the locket is very important to Voldemort!" Ivan couldn't clearly explain that it was a Horcrux, so he could only remind him in a roundabout way.

Lupine, Harry and Sirius who were hiding in the dark all nodded in agreement. The more Voldemort wanted to protect something, the more they had to destroy it!

"No! You just said that you drank the magic potion and triggered the trap. How did you escape?" Lu Ping was keenly aware of what was wrong.

"Master Regulus said that he wanted Kreacher to go home, so Kreacher went home." Kreacher seemed to be still thinking about the original scene. No matter how Lupin and others asked him, he always looked blank. appearance.

At this time, Ivan spoke. "Kreacher must have used Disapparation to escape!"

"Voldemort shouldn't have left such an obvious loophole! There must be anti-Apparition magic there." Lupine frowned, he didn't believe that the man would be so unwise.

"No! The magic of elves is different from that of wizards. It can break through many restrictions. Just like in Hogwarts, wizards cannot perform apparation there, but elves can do it easily." Ivan explained.

It can only be said that Voldemort is too arrogant, or that the wizards are too arrogant. They simply look down on the lowly house elves and have never carefully studied the difference between their magic and wizards' magic.

As a result, many places appear to be well-defended, but to house elves, they are like a sieve.

"It's possible!" Lupine and Sirius nodded together. This was the first time they knew that a house elf could break through the anti-Apparition process, let alone someone with a high self-esteem like Voldemort. to understand.

The house elf Kreacher ignored everyone's words, and after a pause, he continued to speak on his own.

"After returning, Kreacher told Master Regulus what had happened. Master was very worried and told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house."

"After a while... Master Regulus suddenly found Kreacher. That day, Master Regulus acted very strangely, not at all like his usual self. Kreacher could see that he was very confused... The young master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord went..."

Kreacher slowly described to everyone the process and how it opened the secret entrance to the underground cave. He and Regulus took the boat and sailed to the island containing the potion.

"Then he asked you to drink the magic potion and take out the locket?" Lu Ping frowned, but he felt that the matter was not that simple.

However, Kreacher's next words were beyond everyone's expectations.

"No, Master Regulus did not do that!" Kreacher shouted, tears streaming down both sides of his long nose, and he continued to speak while sobbing.

"When he got there, the young master took out a locket from his pocket. It was the same as the one owned by the Dark Lord. He asked Kreacher to hold it. After the stone basin was dry, he would change the locket, and then..."

"Then Regulus drank all the potion?" Although it was a question, Ivan said it with certainty.

Lupine and Harry looked at Kreacher in disbelief.

The house elf was already in tears, and his sobbing became intermittent. Everyone needed to pay very close attention to understand what it said.

"Master Regulus ordered Kreacher to get the things and leave, leaving him alone. He told Kreacher to go home but must destroy the Dark Lord's locket...

Then he... drank the potion, Klee cut and replaced the locket, and watched... Master Regulus... being dragged underwater... and then..."

Sirius, who had been hiding in the dark with the Disillusionment Charm, couldn't bear it anymore. He rushed over, grabbed Kreacher's head, pointed his wand at it, and asked.

"So you just stood by and watched like this? You didn't drink the magic potion, why didn't you save him?! Why didn't you save him?!"

Sirius's eyes were red and he shouted at the top of his lungs.

Kreacher's eyes widened, he didn't expect Sirius to be here at all. He suddenly thought of something and realized that he had violated Regulus's order forbidding him to tell his family about the cave. He screamed immediately.

"Shut up! As the head of the Black family, I order you to speak out! Why don't you save him!" Sirius roared, his voice directly covering up Kreacher's scream!

"There are too many of them, there are too many dead people! Kreacher tried his best, really tried his best! Master Regulus asked Kreacher to leave and he cannot disobey the order! He can only go home." The old house elf burst into tears.

"Excuse! Since you know the existence of the Inferi, why don't you just take Regulus away after taking the things?"

Sirius interrupted Kreacher angrily, his eyes getting redder and redder, the pendant hanging on his right hand jingled, and the wand in his hand flashed a dangerous light. He stared at Kreacher's every word. said.

"I don't believe he would drink that potion instead of you, a dirty and despicable house elf!"

(If I take a day off, a single chapter will be deleted. If the comment fails to be pinned to the top, I will post it here. It will be updated tomorrow.) Thanks to book friend ClaudeS for the 100 starting coins.