"What's next, what did my brother do after you told him these things?" Sirius suddenly became excited after listening to the story just now. If Lupin hadn't stopped him, he might have gone up and grabbed Kreacher by the neck and asked.

"Young Master Regulus is very worried, very worried. Kreacher hissed, "Regulus told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house." And then ...... After a while...... One night, Master Regulus went to the cupboard and found Kreacher. Young Master Regulus looked strange, not like he usually looked, and Kreacher could tell that he was in turmoil...... The young master told Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord had been......

"He made you drink potions?" asked Hermione, with some disgust, although she had no intention of emancipating the house-elves right now, as someone who grew up in modern society, she was naturally averse to slavery.

Kreacher shook his head and wept bitterly. Hermione covered her mouth: she seemed to have guessed something.

"Ray—Master Regulus took out a locket from his pocket, the same one from the Dark Lord," Kreacher said, tears streaming down the sides of his long nose, "and he told Kreacher to take it, and when the stone basin was dry, replace the locket for a while......"

By the time he said this, Kreacher was already grief-stricken. He pressed on and continued:

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

"Say no more, don't say any more—" Sirius clutched at his hair, a pained expression on his face. Regulus was still too weak, and as soon as his parents told him to go to work as a Death Eater. It's all my fault, if only I could have persuaded him to leave the house. ”

"It's not your fault, you didn't do anything wrong. Lupin comforted from the side. "If anything, the biggest mistake is because of Voldemort's ambition and evil. Hermione nodded in agreement.

"So, you brought the locket home," Ryan, looking at Lupin, who was comforting Sirius, and Ryan, who felt that he didn't need to intervene, was determined to ask all about the locket, "have you tried to destroy it?"

"Kreacher couldn't leave a trace on it. The old elf said sadly, "Kreacher tried everything, but none of them succeeded...... There was so much magic on the box that Kreacher believed that the only way to destroy it was from the inside, but it couldn't be opened...... Kreacher punished himself repeatedly and tried again. The mistress went mad with grief, for Master Regulus was missing, and Kreacher could not tell her what had happened, because Master Regulus forbid—forbidden—to tell his family—the family about the rock—the cave......"

"Oh God......" Hermione turned around and put her arms around Ryan's neck before resting her head on his shoulder.

"The flame of justice and courage burns in people's hearts even in the darkest of times, and the possession of these noble virtues has nothing to do with their origin, education, or even blood. The only thing that is needed is to have hope in your heart. I think Sirius's brother must have died generously in the hope of overcoming that man. Ryan put his arm around Hermione's shoulders and comforted her.

Ryan also felt that his nose was sour at this time, and it was one thing to look at it inside, and it was another thing to experience it personally. This kind of person who gave his life for a noble idea can be called a true hero in any sense of the word.

The living room fell silent, save for the sound of Kreacher sniffling. After everyone calmed down a bit, Lane said to Lupin, who was almost recovered, "Professor, I think you may need to inform Principal Dumbledore. The magic level of a house-elf is not much weaker than that of an ordinary wizard, and something that is so strong in defense and allows that person to hide in such a complicated way should be very important to that person. This is beyond our reach. ”

"I'll go to Dumbledore right now. With that, Lupin immediately stood up, patted Sirius on the shoulder, and quickly walked downstairs.

"I think Dumbledore should be able to destroy this thing. Ryan said as he looked at Lupin, who was coming downstairs.

"You must destroy it!" Kreacher scurried and hugged Sirius, who was about to curse, but swallowed back the words at the thought of something. It's just a little stiff enough for Kreacher to sit there quietly and wait.

After waiting in silence for more than 20 minutes, footsteps came from the stairs. Dumbledore appeared at the top of the stairs in a purple robe. After saying hello to Sirius and the three of them, he asked his purpose very bluntly.

"You say you've found a locket of Slytherin relics that Voldemort hid with various traps, and you all think you can't do any harm to the box?

"This is it. Ryan handed the locket to Dumbledore and added. "I feel like this locket is a bit like the ring we met last time we met with Moody's. ”

"Got it. Dumbledore nodded solemnly, took out his wand and suspended the locket in the air with magic, and then pointed his wand at the locket and began to cast spells. Streams of golden-red flames erupted from his wand's head, eventually forming a phoenix phantom that swirled around the locket.

After more than ten seconds, the locket was completely wrapped in golden-red flames in the air, forming an artificial sun. Dumbledore's mouth began to slowly spit out unfamiliar pronunciations, but Lane, who had studied ancient magical scripts, knew that it was Anglo-Photock, a variation of the famous Rune script in Britain.

As the incantation was pronounced, streaks of black smoke emerged from the locket. After seeing this, Dumbledore dispersed the flames surrounding the locket, and then reached out to take it.

"Ryan, you're right. This is indeed another of Voldemort's Horcruxes. At this, Dumbledore looked a little helpless. "And unlike the ring last time, the core of this Horcrux is hidden inside the Slytherin locket. So his protection is stronger than the ring last time, which means that we are now facing the double protection of Slytherin and Voldemort. Such protection is difficult to open directly with brute force. ”

Looking at the unease on the faces of the four onlookers, Dumbledore added, "That being said, this Horcrux is also easier to destroy from another perspective. Because of the nature of the locket, it was difficult for Voldemort to fuse his soul with such an object. It can be seen that his spell simply strengthens the locket itself, so the split soul in it should simply be placed inside rather than combining objects. ”

This means that as long as the box can be opened, a simple piece of soul inside can be easily destroyed. After Dumbledore finished speaking, Ryan reacted. "I have a guess that this is a Slytherin locket, so maybe it will take some Slytherin method to open it. ”

"You mean Parseltongue?" Dumbledore reacted immediately.

"It's quite possible, and the mystery man also has the language. It was probably after discovering this that he chose to use this thing as his Horcrux. Ryan spoke in a conjectural tone about what he had.

"Your analysis should be correct. Dumbledore nodded. "The problem is that Parseltongue wizards aren't easy to find. ”

"I think Harry probably would, he used to say he had a conversation with a python before he went to school. Ryan said.

"Ah, that's a choice. However, because the spell that did not succeed in killing Harry, Voldemort's brain is likely to be connected to Harry's brain sometimes. Finding Harry would expose our plans to Voldemort, so this should only be used as a backup. By the way, you should keep this statement a secret, especially not to tell Harry himself. Dumbledore said solemnly, and the other four nodded earnestly.

Seeing that this option was rejected by Dumbledore, Ryan thought for a moment and said to Dumbledore. "I think I might snake talk, can you let me try it?"