Allen's hand shook lightly and grasped the end of the chain, and the octagonal metal border locket was displayed in front of Kreacher, who was stunned and couldn't stop crying, and it was difficult to contain his emotions.

The locket has an S supported in the front, a long inscription engraved on the back of the locket under the glossed surface, the box is embedded with a green gemstone with a snakeskin pattern, around the gem is engraved astrological symbols and visual azimuth notation, these symbols are related to the measurement of the relative angles of the planets and the astrological knowledge of their relationship to each other, the locket is also engraved with a ring symbol and other different symbols, a curved wire tightly wrapped around the locket, connecting a snake-like body.

Kreacher wiped his tearful eyes with his hand, "This was given to me by Master Regulus! You found it! Kreacher made a mistake, Kreacher failed to carry out the young master's orders and lost it!"

Sirius looked at the pendant suspiciously, and judging from his memories that Alan had probably won the deal that had cleared him in the third year, he shrugged his shoulders and didn't care, in fact he could take everything if Alan wanted to, of course, in that case, Sirius thought he would really have to go out and work for someone.

"Kreacher, do you know where it came from? What does Regulus have to do with it? Tell me everything you know, including the locket, and Regulus's relationship with it. Alan didn't rush him, patiently waited for him to calm down before asking, and then he pointed to the pendant and said to Sirius, who had an inquiring eye, "This locket your brother got is amazing, it should be a relic of Salazar Slytherin himself. ”

"Why didn't you tell me? We haven't heard anything from Regulus for so many years. Sirius roared, looking at Kreacher angrily.

"Master Regulus is missing, and the mistress is mad with grief, but Kreacher can't tell him what has happened, no, because Master Regulus forbid—forbids him to tell his home—his family—about the rock—the cave. Kreacher choked up and said, "Kreacher promised that Young Master Regulus couldn't say it!"

"I command you!" Sirius was annoyed to see that the clue had been with him all along, but he hadn't noticed it.

"Sirius, don't interject! Let me ask!" Alan hurriedly stopped another round of arguments before Hermione pleaded and the house-elf self-harmed, "Kreacher, your Regulus orders you not to tell the family, that is, the person surnamed Black explains his situation, but I am not a 'family', I can tell me if I come to ask you and tell me that it is not against the orders he gave you." ”

Kreacher froze, as if pondering whether using this loophole was against his master's orders.

Just when Sirius couldn't resist urging, Kreacher allowed himself to wipe the tears from his face, and when he spoke again, his voice was muffled, but he could hear it quite clearly in the quiet living room.

"Ever since the young Sirius Master escaped, my mistress has been heartbroken. But Master Regulus knew what the surname Black and his pure bloodline meant. Young Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord's organization, and he was so happy and proud. Until one day, Master Regulus came to visit Kreacher in the kitchen, and he said that the Dark Lord wanted an elf. Master Regulus contributed to Kreacher. "The old elf's voice was hoarse," said Master Regulus, who said it was an honor for himself and for Kreacher, who had to do everything the Dark Lord told him to do, and then go back—home. ”

"What did the Dark Lord make you do?" asked Allen, leaning forward.

Kreacher was short of breath and sobbed again, "...... There is a boat...... We arrived at a small island in the middle of the lake...... Stone basins, filled with potions. Black - The Dark Lord told Kreacher to drink. “

Kreacher trembled, and his deep voice trembled: "Kreacher has to be obedient, and he drank all the potions, but there are many terrifying sights when he drinks them...... The potion burned my heart, and Kreacher felt so thirsty that his internal organs were on fire,...... But no matter how Kreacher cried out, the Dark Lord just laughed. When the stone basin was empty, the Dark Lord threw a locket into it, and then filled it with potions. Kreacher needed water, so he climbed to the edge of the island and went to drink from the Black Lake...... Many dead men's hands dragged Kreacher down......"

"Oh, poor Kreacher. Hermione couldn't bear it, she couldn't imagine the pain and despair that the elf was going through, "How did you escape?" ”

Kreacher, who was looking at the necklace, snorted coldly, and although he didn't curse Hermione again, he didn't want to respond to her words.

"Regulus, look at what stupid thing you're following!" Sirius' disdainful tone made Kreacher furious, and he widened his bloodshot eyes, stretched out a finger, and said to Sirius very intimidatingly, "You are not allowed to slander Master Regulus!

"What about Regulus? what did he say and do when he found out?" Sirius was anxious to know about his brother, and didn't care about Kreacher's comparisons and insults—but Kreacher didn't answer his question about Regulus at all.

Alan glanced at Sirius, then deliberately "copy-pasted" his question and re-asked Kreacher.

"Young Master Regulus was so worried that he told Kreacher to hide in his house and not to go anywhere...... After some time, Master Regulus found Kreacher, who could tell that he was in turmoil...... He asked Kreacher to take him to the Dark Lord's cavern. ”

"He's a fool, what are you going to do there?" Sirius' fist slammed into the couch with a thud, and he had a bad feeling that this kind of serious disobedience to the Dark Lord's wishes did not bode well for his brother's situation.

Immediately after that, Sirius paused, and at this point he clearly felt that the devil's contract he had signed with Eren had been completed - Eren had given him the news of Regulus, and he was going to trade Kreacher to Eren - and now he had known the news that Regulus had been on the island in the middle of the lake where the Dark Lord had been, so the pact had been completed, and now Kreacher's master had been replaced by Alan Harris.

Sirius turned to Kreacher and said, "After today's things are done, you and Eren will leave, and you will no longer belong to the Black family." ”

Kreacher's big eyes, completely unprepared for this, suddenly looked at Sirius, and after a few seconds of stunned, his eyes were full of unforgettable hatred, and he was so thin that he could see the chest of his ribs rise and fall sharply, "How many things are you going to ruin in the family, you ruined! Kreacher will always belong to the ancient and noble Black family! Young master, you can't do this, your name has been removed from the tapestry by the mistress!"

"You have lost so many generations of the family's collection!" "The house-elf shuddered, staggered, hissed and cursed Sirius, and let out a blood-clotting scream, "my poor mistress, your faithful old Kreacher is about to be driven out by that ungrateful loser, nasty embryo...... Kreacher must not leave the Black family. ”

Sirius and Alan were both embarrassed, one of them had lost the family collection that countless generations of the Black family had worked hard for, and the other had gotten the family collection that countless generations of the Black family had worked hard to save.

"Kreacher has made a mistake, Kreacher can't carry out the young master's orders!Kreacher can't leave the Black family!" Kreacher rushed to the fire stick standing by the hearth, and he picked up the fire stick and struck himself on the head.

Hermione jumped up from the couch and threw herself in front of the elf, grabbing him by the shoulder, "Stop, don't hurt yourself." Hermione shrieked, but the voice was quickly drowned out by Kreacher's cries.

"The mudblood touched Kreacher, Kreacher won't allow it, what will the mistress say?" Kreacher pushed Hermione desperately but couldn't do anything about her strange power, and there was obvious boredom and disgust in his voice.

"It's okay, I don't care, this sudden news is a bolt from the blue for him, he is just too sad. Hermione quickly turned to Alan and Sirius and explained that she was afraid that Kreacher would be punished for it.

"Kreacher, I command you not to move!" Sirius, as host, was furious at the insult to his guests, but Kreacher still struggled and screamed, and his movements were unhindered.

Seeing the hateful and ugly appearance of the elf crying and screaming, Alan originally wanted to stop Kreacher by giving orders, but seeing Hermione's compassionate and benevolent expression, he paused and slowed down his tone: "Kreacher stop, I still have something to ask you about Regulus Black, you also think that your former master's efforts will not be in vain, right?"

The elf froze at once, he lay upright on the cold stone slab, tears pouring out of his sunken eye sockets, looking even sadder than the search for life - Kreacher found himself already bound by Alan's orders, which meant that it had changed owners.

Hermione looked at Kreacher with sympathy in her eyes, but she was finally able to let go of her hand, which was a good thing for her and Kreacher.