After seeing Harley and Hermione return with bread, the two middle-aged single men realized that they were hungry.

After thinking about it, I realized that they didn't seem to have eaten any food since yesterday's lunch.

Professor Lupin still maintained some demeanor somewhat, and Sirius simply tore off the bread and stuffed it in his mouth, not even using a knife, so to speak, he didn't care about the image at all.

During the meal, Harley gave Hermione a detailed account of the previous night's adventure and took out Regulus's fake locket.

According to the excuse that Harley had prepared, the locket had been taken out of the stone basin the previous night.

And that stone basin seems to be out of the special environment of the cave, and the magic on it is temporarily invalid, so that Harley can easily get it.

"That's normal, after all, the environment of that cave is so special." Professor Lupin nodded,

"I didn't expect you to think of such a way, directly cut the black slate and the island, pack it and take it away."

Sirius drank all the milk at hand, forced himself to swallow the bread in his mouth, and then took the fake locket.

The locket was very ordinary, a lap smaller than the Slytherin locket that Voldemort used to make the Horcruxes.

The box was made of plain metal, with no Slytherin pattern on it, and the ornate S-shaped markings made of emeralds were missing.

Sirius easily opened the locket, and a folded piece of parchment was tightly stuffed inside where the portrait should have been placed.

Without thinking, he took out the parchment and read it carefully, looking at the handwriting of Regulus on it, tears slowly rolling down.

“…… I'm willing to risk my death in the hope that you will be killed when you meet an opponent......"

Sirius read the words softly, his fingertips rubbing back and forth over the place behind Regulas' initials.

……

After breakfast, Sirius takes Harley and Hermione to Regulus' graveyard.

After all, Regulus is very sensitive, and in the eyes of other wizards, he is a standard Death Eater.

It's not easy to overturn the case for him, after all, Voldemort's Horcruxes are involved, and it's inconvenient to reveal them to the public.

Therefore, Sirius could not give him a funeral, but after removing the magic from Regulus's corpse, he buried him directly in the Black family cemetery.

Hallie stood in front of the tomb and looked at Sirius's words inscribed on the tombstone:

"There's a hero lying here, a hero who gave his life to fight Voldemort - Regulus Black!"

Sirius knelt solemnly on one knee in front of Regulus's tomb, carefully hanging the locket on the tombstone, and using magic to attach the parchment to the inscription.

He was going to read more books in the next two days, and find a way to stick this piece of parchment here permanently, and use magic to make it as incorruptible as possible.

For the next few days, Hallie and Hermione spent the next few days in the stacks of the Black House, borrowing several books before leaving.

This time, Sirius was going to return to Hogwarts with the trio, taking the Horcrux with him.

Professor Lupin plans to resign and leave Hogwarts as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts once he has submitted his follow-up plans.

After all, this abrupt transformation was still fresh in his memory, and Professor Lupin was afraid that this transformation would not be controlled and suddenly appear in class.

This time I was lucky and I was able to keep my memory, but what about next time?

What if you fall into a madness and it happens to be class time, facing a group of first-year students?

Unwilling to gamble with his students' lives, Professor Lupin voluntarily gave up his job.

Sirius, however, helped Lupin find a new job as a tutor.

In the process of dealing with the Yin Corps this time, Sirius was deeply aware of his lack of strength.

"Remus, if you think about it, we were fighting Voldemort as soon as we graduated, and we didn't study magic more deeply at all."

When Lupin wanted to turn down Sirius' offer, Sirius said,

"Then I was imprisoned in Azkaban for twelve years, and my magical knowledge and skills were not as good as they used to be."

"Voldemort has a Horcrux, he hasn't died yet, and there is a good chance that he will regain his strength and create war in the future."

"Remus, you know, I don't want to be a drag bottle."

After listening to Sirius's explanation, Professor Lupin admitted that he was right, and accepted Sirius' offer.

After arriving at Hogsmeade via the Apparition, Lupin used the Patronus to contact Professor Dumbledore, who had recently returned from Azkaban.

Two minutes later, a house-elf appeared at the Three Broomsticks Bar and brought the four back to the headmaster's office.

Professor Dumbledore was leaning back in his chair with a nonchalant expression and closed his eyes to recuperate, and he noticed that several people had greeted him happily when they arrived.

But Harley was keenly aware of the unconcealable tiredness in his eyes.

After a brief conversation, Professor Dumbledore's eyes gradually sharpened:

"Sirius, I heard from Phineas that a Voldemort Horcrux appeared in Black's house?"

"Yes, Professor Dumbledore." Sirius nodded vigorously and touched the pocket on his waist.

It was a bag that Sirius had turned out of Black's mansion with a Traceless Stretch Charm, and the space in the bag was no smaller than the one Harley was using now.

Sirius quickly figured out the puck and placed it on his desk.

The puck was still cold and awe-inspiring, showing no signs of melting.

Harley raised her hand, and black flames appeared out of thin air, melting the ice and covering up the curses and black magic inside.

Professor Dumbledore watched the scene silently, not saying anything.

When Hallie had finished everything, he reached for the locket, played with it carefully, and let out a burst of exclamation.

The old headmasters also gathered in the portrait with the best view, and even wanted to stick their heads out of the portrait.

After all, this was the first Founder's relic that Hogwarts had acquired.

The four founders all have a representative item, the Hufflepuff Gold Cup, which was originally in the hands of her descendants, but was lost hundreds of years ago.

I don't know if this treasure was secretly collected by a side branch, or if it was really lost.

The Ravenclaw crown was stolen in legend by Ravenclaw's daughter, Helena Ravenclaw.

As past headmasters, they naturally knew what the true identity of Ravenclaw's resident ghost, Miss Gray, was.

But with their status and dignity, they will not allow themselves to force Helena, they will only wait for her to tell the truth.

What's more, Helena seems to have been killed by Barrow, a Slytherin disciple and the Ghost Bloodman of Slytherin House.

What kind of exciting story happened in this, the principals don't know.

However, this also makes the possibility of Helena losing the Ravenclaw crown skyrocketing, after all, she was killed.

And Gryffindor's sword has long since disappeared with Gryffindor himself, and neither elves nor wizards have any news of this treasure.

As such, the Slytherin locket is the first relict of the founder's Hogwarts to collect in hundreds of years.

The only pity is that this locket was actually made into a Horcrux by that damn Voldemort!

"It's unforgivable, if I had been in my time, I would have strangled him in the first grade!"

A hook-nosed headmaster waved his stubby wand and looked at the locket with heartache.

The expressions of the other old principals were not good-looking, and they were arguing with each other about something.

After admiring the locket, Professor Dumbledore gently placed it on the table, then crossed his fingers and calmly looked at the four people in front of him:

"Sirius, please tell me about the causes, processes and results of this matter from your point of view, I want to do a comprehensive understanding."

Sirius nodded quickly, "Of course, Professor Dumbledore." ”

"It all started when I helped Harley take a leave of absence. You know, the Black family has a lot of books......"

When Kreacher first heard the story about Regulus, there was silence in the headmaster's office, and Fawkes could even be heard combing his feathers.

Although the old headmasters usually don't deal with Phineas, a Slytherin-born guy, they have all kinds of yin and yang weirdness.

But at this time, they still have respect for the children of Slytherin and Phineas, and absolute respect for their awareness, courage, love, and sacrifice!

"What an emotional child." Professor Dumbledore gently wiped tears from the corners of his eyes, then put his glasses back on.

"yes, I still remember him," said the Sorting Hat, who was lying on a nearby cupboard,

"I had assigned him to Slytherin, but it was only in response to his expectations."

"Actually, I think he can go into any house, which is extremely rare in the Black family."

Sirius waited until he buried Regulus before he stopped describing and waited for Dumbledore's response.

Professor Dumbledore's eyes were deep, one hand resting on his chin, and the other unconsciously tapping on the table:

"Cave ...... A cave ......"

Professor Dumbledore clearly remembered something, but more evidence was needed to support his hypothesis.

He looked at Sirius again, "Sirius, let me confirm when Remus became a werewolf." ”

Sirius shook his head in embarrassment, "Professor Dumbledore, I'm not sure. ”

"We were dealing with the corpse in that cave, and we didn't have time to determine the time."

"But ......," Sirius scratched at his hair, trying to remember what had happened,

"Less than two minutes after the appearance of that giant Yin corpse, this change occurred to Remus."

Professor Dumbledore's eyes were a little more puzzled.

Obviously, the problems encountered today were also very puzzling to a well-informed magic master like him.

After a moment's hesitation, he waved his wand.

A pen on the table automatically recorded Sirius's description on parchment, unchanged and unchanged.

"I'll ask the masters of this field about this question." Professor Dumbledore looked at Professor Lupin,

"And, Remus, I'm so sorry......"

"I know, Professor Dumbledore." Professor Lupin said in advance,

"When that happens, I'm sure I won't be in Hogwarts anymore. After all, this is disrespectful to the lives of students and a blasphemy against the profession of professors. ”

As he spoke, Lupin pulled out a roll of parchment from his robe:

"Actually, I talked to Sirius about this the other day, and here's my resignation report, and I have the rest of my lesson plan to follow."

"As for my luggage, I took it with me when I was preparing to leave school for the Easter holidays."

As he spoke, Professor Lupin smiled and added humorously, "After all, I don't have much luggage." ”

Professor Dumbledore took the parchment and put it aside without opening it.

He looked at Lupin's patched robes and sighed softly.

He understands that Lupin doesn't even do a simple goodbye to his students, and he also has a factor in thinking about himself.

Although it will be safe to say goodbye in front of the public, it will be safe to have your own company.

But if Lupin turns into a werewolf in full view, it will put a lot of pressure on himself.

This pressure is even greater than the stress that a student would have to bring to the realization of Professor Lupin's werewolf status.

After all, hearing that someone is a werewolf is not the same as seeing a werewolf transform in front of you, and the psychological impact on people is different.

"Remus, I'll explain your resignation to the students for you."

Professor Dumbledore nodded at Lupin, "Do you have any plans for the future?" Do you need my help? ”

"Don't bother you, Professor Dumbledore. I talked to Sirius and tutored him for a while. ”

Professor Lupin shook his head without thinking,

"Through this fight, Sirius thinks that he has been in Azkaban for too long, and in terms of strength...... There is a lot of room for improvement. ”

Professor Dumbledore nodded, "Okay, I see." Anything else? ”

Seeing that Lupin and Sirius had said they had said everything, Professor Dumbledore was going to talk to the two for a while.

Finally, Professor Dumbledore pointed to the parchment on the table, "Mentos. ”

The parchment shuddered, glowing blue, and then fell silent again.

"The Portkey's settings are the same as the last target, and they will take effect in three minutes. Bon voyage. ”

……

After seeing Sirius and Lupin off, Professor Dumbledore told Hermione to go back to the Gryffindor common room first, where he wanted to talk to Harry.

When Hermione closed the door, it was only Dumbledore and Harley left in the room.

……

……

(Thanks to the "Nine-Tailed Yanhu" boss for the reward!) ）

(End of chapter)