Chapter 492: The Story of Regulus
On that day, the Dark Lord took it to a cave by the sea, and took a boat through a large, dark lake to the island in the middle of the lake.
"There is a stone on the island... A stone basin filled with potions. Black... The Dark Lord ordered Kreacher to drink it all......" Kreacher remembered something, trembling all over, and his words were a little unpleasant.
Kreacher obeyed the order and drank, and as he drank it he saw many horrible sights...... It seems that all the internal organs are on fire...... Kreacher shouted to Master Regulus to save him, to call for the mistress, but the Dark Lord only laughed...... He forced Kreacher to drink all the potion...... He threw a locket into the empty basin...... And he filled the basin with potions. “
Kreacher's words sent chills down the sleeves of everyone present, and then the house-elf wept and described how painful he was after taking the potion, as if a fire had risen from his stomach and burned every drop of water out of his body!
Kreacher needed water, and he crawled to the edge of the island to drink from the Black Lake...... Many hands, dead man's hands, reached out of the water and dragged Kreacher down......" Klee snapped as he remembered his experience.
"There should be a corpse under the water! It was a trap that Voldemort had carefully set up to protect the locket. Lupin, who was 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 puzzled.
"That only shows how important that locket was to Voldemort!" Ivan couldn't tell it was a Horcrux, so he had to remind him around the corner.
Lupin, Harry, and Sirius, who was hiding in the shadows, nodded in agreement, the more Voldemort tried to protect something, the more they wanted to destroy it!
"That's not right! You just said you drank the potion and triggered the trap, so how did you escape? Lupin was keenly aware of what was wrong.
"Young Master Regulus said that he wanted Kreacher to go home, so Kreacher went home..."Kreacher seemed to still be thinking about the original scene, no matter how Lu Ping asked, it was all stunned.
At this time, Ivan spoke. "Kreacher must have escaped using the illusion shifter!"
"Voldemort wouldn't have left such a glaring flaw! There's bound to be anti-apparition magic. Lupin frowned, he didn't believe the man could be so unwise.
"Nope! Elves have different magic than wizards and can break through many limitations, just like at Hogwarts, where wizards can't cast apparitions, but elves can easily do it. Ivan explained.
It can only be said that Voldemort is too arrogant, or that wizards are too arrogant, and they don't look down on lowly house-elves at all, and they have never carefully studied the difference between their magic and wizarding magic.
As a result, many places appear to be well-defended, but to house-elves they are like a sieve.
"It's possible!" Lupin and Sirius in the shadows nodded together, it was the first time they knew that house-elves could break through anti-apparition shifting, let alone someone like Voldemort, who thought highly of himself.
The house-elf Kreacher ignored the words of the crowd, and after a pause, continued to himself.
"When he returned, Kreacher told Master Regulus what had happened... The young master was very worried, and told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house. ”
"After a while...... Master Regulus suddenly found Kreacher. On that day, Young Master Regulus behaved strangely, not at all like his usual appearance, and Kreacher could see that he was in a state of confusion...... The young master told Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave where Kreacher and the Dark Lord had been......"
Kreacher slowly described to everyone what had happened, and how it had opened the secret entrance to the underground cavern, and sailed with Regulus in a small boat to the island containing the potion...
"And then he made you drink the potion and took the locket out?" Lupin frowned, but he felt that things should not be that simple.
But Kreacher's next words were beyond everyone's expectations.
"No, Master Regulus didn't do that!" Kreacher yelled, tears streaming down the sides of his long nose as he continued to sob.
"When he got there, the young master took out a locket from his pocket, just like the one from the Dark Lord, and he told Kreacher to take it, and when the stone basin was dry, he replaced the locket, and... And then..."
"And Regulus drank all the potion?" Although it was a doubt, Ivan was sure.
Lupin and Harry looked at Kreacher in disbelief,
The house-elf was already in tears, sobbing was becoming intermittent, and it took a lot of effort to understand what it was saying...
"Master Regulus ordered Kreacher to leave as soon as he got his things, and leave him alone. He told Kreacher to go home... But the Dark Lord's locket must be destroyed...
And then he just... Having drunk the potion, Klee cut off the locket and watched as he watched...... Master Regulus...... Dragged underwater...... Then ......"
Sirius, who had been hiding in the shadows with the Illusion Charm, couldn't take it anymore, and he rushed over, grabbed Kreacher's head, pointed his wand at it, and asked.
"So you're just watching from the sidelines? You didn't drink the potion, why didn't you save him?! Why don't you save him?! ”
Sirius' eyes were red and he shouted hoarsely.
Kreacher's eyes widened, not expecting Sirius to be here, and it suddenly thought of something, and realized that it had violated Regulus's order to tell his family about the cave, and immediately screamed...
"Shut up! I command you to speak out as the head of the Black family! Why not save him! Sirius roared, his voice directly drowned out Kreacher's screams!
"There are too many of them... There are too many dead people! Kreacher did his best... Really tried my best! Master Regulus told Kreacher to leave... It cannot disobey orders! Only... Go home...", the old house-elf wept silently.
"Excuses! Since you know about the existence of the Yin Corpse, why don't you just take Regulus away after taking the things? ”
Sirius interrupted Kreacher's words in a fit of rage, his eyes growing redder, the locket hanging from his right hand clanging, his wand flashing dangerously, and he stared at Kreacher word by word.
"I don't believe he's going to drink that potion instead of you, a dirty and shitty house-elf!"