All things are three at Hogwarts

Compared with the locket that Allen took out before that really belonged to Salazar Slytherin himself, this one is neither as big as that one, nor lacks the pattern mark, nor does it have the gorgeous "s" mark unique to Slytherin. The locket popped open, revealing nothing inside except a folded piece of parchment tucked tightly in place of the portrait.

Allen took out the piece of parchment, quickly scanned the writing on it, then raised his head and said to Sirius and the others: "This is the last handwriting of Regulus."

Hermione, who was next to Allen, took the initiative to take the note, smoothed the wrinkles on it with her hands, spread it on the pedestal, and read the writing on it: "To the Dark Lord

I'll be dead before you read this

But I want you to know that I discovered your secret.

I stole the real Horcrux and planned to destroy it as quickly as possible.

I risk my life in the hope that you will be killed when you meet your opponent.

"rab"

After reading it, Hermione looked at the note with a look of admiration: "Regulus was probably the first person to discover that the mysterious man had made a Horcrux. He risked his own life in exchange for the real Horcrux. Horcrux, this Slytherin possesses the bravery of Gryffindor and the wisdom of Ravenclaw."

"I was so wrong, Regulus." Sirius punched the stone basin, and the annoyance and guilt in his heart became more and more intense. He regretted it endlessly, "I know that you sacrificed yourself to resist the mysterious man. , but I didn’t expect that it was to destroy one of his Horcruxes. I used to call you an idiot, but in fact it’s me who is ignorant, and you are a hero.”

"Confused old Kreacher... What did Kreacher do? Master Regulus was really resisting the Dark Lord. Kreacher made a mistake... Kreacher is a fool!" Just now Kreacher heard Hermione After reading the note, he moved to the base of the stone platform in disbelief to confirm the writing on it.

Kreacher had never believed Allen and the others' description that Regulus went to the cave to drink venom in order to fight the Dark Lord. After all, Kreacher had no idea what the mysterious man and Regulus did in the end. I don't know, thinking that Allen and the others are deceiving themselves. Until now, when he saw the note with his own eyes and confirmed the handwriting on it, he stood still as if he had been struck by lightning.

"Idiot, now you know how stupid it was for you to expose the information to my stupid lunatic cousin." Sirius glanced at Kreacher contemptuously, and Sirius, who was in pain and regret, had a mocking tone. More harsh.

"Kreacher actually did something that was opposite to Master Regulus' goal..." Kreacher, who was immersed in the pain of regret, did not retaliate against Sirius. He recalled what he had done and regretted it so much that he cried bitterly. When he got to the ground, he beat the ground desperately, his gray teeth exposed to the air from howling.

"Kreacher is not allowed to hurt himself." Hearing Kreacher's desperate soliloquy, Allen raised his head and glanced at Kreacher, seeing his tears falling down his big nose again, and his teeth that were gray because of his open mouth. Crying and being exposed to the air, before Hermione could react and before the elf made any overly emotional movements, Alan gave the order first, and then complained to Sirius, "I think Hermione just said It's very clear, and this is also due to your own attitude towards it. Since you have never regarded Kreacher as a creature with the same sensitive emotions as humans, then you did not expect what it would do because of these emotions. Yes, that’s the price you should pay.”

Following his order, the elf stood stiffly on the spot and cried, but did not make any move to harm himself.

"Horcruxes are the most evil black magic items in the world." Sirius didn't say anything more about Allen's accusation. He made a judgment and knew that Allen, who had obtained the collection of the Black family, didn't know about it from other sources. He would also learn about it from the collection of books in his family, so he tried to change the topic, "I noticed that your previous genuine article still looked basically intact, but I couldn't feel any evil in it. Power, does this mean that you have destroyed it and fulfilled Regulus’s last wish? The part of the mysterious man’s soul that was injected into it is no longer there?”

"Yes, but I have bad news to tell you. The mysterious man not only made one Horcrux, but in fact I have destroyed three of his Horcruxes." Allen doesn't plan to include Harry yet. The news about one of the Horcruxes was told to Sirius, but he still added an additional sentence, "I have cooperated with Dumbledore before, and the specific number and what they are are still being determined and investigated..."

"Master Allen... Kreacher, can it be understood that you have destroyed the locket that Master Regulus asked Kreacher to destroy?" The house elf's stature was more stooped, which made him look taller than Normally the whole person is one size smaller, "But... it looks very good?"

"Kreacher, the mysterious man's soul has been destroyed from Slytherin's locket. It is no longer a Horcrux." Allen said to the man who was holding his breath, as if he didn't dare to breathe but couldn't help but tremble. Kreacher said warmly, "This is the purpose of Regulus asking you to do this."

"The task that Regulus gave you, and the idea of ​​catalyzing it no matter what means you use, you have completed it, Kreacher..." Hermione understood the inner thoughts of the ugly house elf in front of her, and said softly. This result was confirmed for him.

After a roar with a completely distorted voice, the aging Kreacher walked over at a pace that was completely inconsistent with his age and usual. Finally, because of the excitement, his whole body fell down and crawled to the ground. Before anyone could worry, Before that, he rolled and crawled in front of Allen, imitating the behavior of the Death Eaters when facing the Dark Lord. He tried to kiss Allen's boots, but his tears, snot, and saliva covered his feet. .

"Stop it! Kreacher." Allen took two steps back. Being slightly mysophobic, he quickly cleaned himself up before shouting to the house elf who stayed where he was because of the order, "Don't get excited... Just take a rest by yourself."

"Kreacher thought that in this life... thought that he would never be able to fulfill Master Regulus's orders in this life... But Kreacher's new owner destroyed it! Kreacher did not let Master Regulus down!" Kreacher stopped obediently. He tried to kiss Allen's leather boots, and after he tried to clean the boots for the new owner and was cowered by the other party, the heavy stone that had been pressing on his chest for many years felt like it was being overturned, but suddenly something happened The sense of unreality made Kreacher turn over and lie down on the ground. He turned his back to the sky and looked at the stone wall above his head in confusion. He had completed the task that he had dreamed of completing in his life. After losing his life goal, he didn't know what else he should do. , which makes him look older.

Hermione looked at the house elf worriedly, as if she was worried that it would die at any time.

Sirius didn't say anything sarcastic just now. Looking at Hermione, he couldn't help but mutter: "Don't worry about it, this troublesome old thing won't die that easily. Maybe he will still live well after I die!"

"Ahem... In a sense, this is true..." Allen, who briefly recalled Sirius's original fate, shook his head, "You'd better not underestimate the power of language and make such prophecies. You know that I am also mysterious. The fate of the silent people in the Affairs Department can be changed, but they will always reveal some information to you inadvertently, so it is better that you say less about these words... Don't put on this face that you think I am very superstitious. , the mysterious man also believes in it, doesn’t he?”

"Speaking of which, the mysterious man is a lunatic. Doesn't he know that the soul should remain intact? Splitting it is an evil act that goes against nature?! The soul will become extremely unstable as long as it is split, not to mention many times. ! Therefore, even a large number of dark wizards are not willing to make Horcruxes, they prefer to die happily..." Sirius was surprised by the mysterious man's crazy behavior, but after noticing that Allen really knew about Horcruxes, he was worried about what he was seeing. This bad kid will try it himself. This time he thought he was tactfully changing his tone and trying to warn Allen not to try, "Well, no wonder the mysterious man seems to be getting more and more crazy. When he was young, It is said that he is a charming person, but what I can’t understand is that he doesn’t care about this hidden danger at all?”

"Harry told me that Dumbledore also destroyed a Horcrux, which was the ring belonging to Marvolo Gaunt from the family of You-Know-Who's mother..." Hermione spoke, and her voice sounded full of emotion. It's a little complicated, "As for the hidden dangers... Harry told me that although the mysterious man's mother came from the ancient Gaunt family, she died shortly after the mysterious man was born, and the mysterious man grew up in a Muggle orphanage. Yes, there is no difference between ordinary Muggle-born wizards... Even the Horcrux itself is a mysterious person. When he was a student, he learned about it from the dark magic books that were still in the forbidden book area at that time, and learned it from the learned Horace Silla. When Professor Ghorn asked, Professor Slughorn, out of love for him, revealed to him some secrets about the Horcrux that he made... So I think the birth of the mysterious man made him unclear at first. The dangers involved... and then he didn't care anymore."

"The birth of the mysterious man indeed limited his development to a great extent..." Allen agreed. "The mysterious man also dismissed the behavior of house elves, just like a purebred wizard who treats elves as beasts... …But the difference is that he would never have thought or bothered to understand that these elves might have magic that he didn’t have.”