Slytherin's salvation is nothingness

Normally, Sirius would have gone to ask what that powerful thing was. Now he just wanted to bring Regulus back quickly, with a serious look on his face.

Several people walked into the cave, which trended downwards, with Kreacher leading the way. Soon I came to a lake. The water was cold and dark, and I couldn't see what was underneath. There is a boulder protrusion in the center of the lake, forming a small area above the lake water. An old boat was tied to the rocks at my feet.

Cyrus looked at it with both eyes, "There are restrictions on the ship. If the magic power exceeds two people, it will sink to the bottom. Voldemort's wishful thinking was good... Dobby, Cool, Kreacher, you can move freely under the restrictions of Apparition. .Take us to the boulder in the center of the lake."

When we came to the boulder, there was a clear potion on a standing pillar. Lu Ping and others took their wands and cast lighting spells, but in this huge cave, a few rays of light were simply not enough. Sirius was about to jump into the water, but Cyrus held him back, "There are hundreds of inferi below. If we alert them, all of us will stay here."

Sirius looked at the water anxiously, "What should we do?! We are all here." Cyrus chuckled, "It seems that our new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor did not read the textbook carefully. The Inferi are afraid of fire... If the lighting If the curse is not enough, then use fierce fire."

Cyrus pointed to the sky, blue firelight gathered, and a giant snake hovered above the cave. The cold and damp cave suddenly became bright and hot. Cyrus directed the giant snake to climb down. Its huge body surrounded the lake, and the darkness under the water quickly shrank.

"You guys go down to look for Regulus. They won't wake up easily if they feel the light. Kull, you stay." Seeing that the light of the fire had a deterrent effect on the Inferi, several people used the head-soaking technique to enter the water.

"Do you want to drink the poison yourself? It was what Regulus drank. Let me do it." Lupine was still on the boulder. He had already noticed the jar of potion and did not get into the water as anxiously as Sirius.

Cyrus smiled back, "No, I will ask Kull to drink it. I checked, it will only make people weak and desperate, and will not cause any real harm. I want to control Li Huo up there, hurry up Go help them.”

Lupine couldn't stand Cyrus's insistence and then dived underwater. Cyrus knelt down and looked at Kull, who looked serious and didn't resent Cyrus' decision.

Cyrus smiled and said: "Feed me all the potion. No matter how I struggle to refuse or tell you to stop, you must insist on letting me drink it. This is an order."

"I found it! I found him!!" Sirius surfaced, dragging a body and slowly swimming towards the boulder. Then Lupine, Kreacher, and Dobby also surfaced and swam back to the boulder. Sirius dragged Regulus' body and lay on the boulder, laughing: "Hahahaha, I found you! Cyrus, I found him!"

"Cyrus!"

Lupine's anxious voice came as he jumped over Sirius and ran towards the girl sitting on the boulder. Lupine held Cyrus's shoulder, his face was pale and weak, and Kull beside him said with tears and snot in his nose: "Master ordered me... to give her the potion to drink... Master told me that she will be fine."

"What?! Cyrus, are you okay!?" Sirius also hurriedly got up, and the girl's weak laughter came, "It's so noisy, please keep your voice down... Kull, you did a good job. I'm okay. , Remus, help me up."

The man behind him picked up Cyrus, the girl stretched out her hand, and the giant snake of blue fire spiraled toward the water. The smell of burnt corpses was heard, all the corpses hidden under the water entered the giant snake, and the sound of cave collapse was heard.

"Let's go...back to Black's old house."

Cyrus was gently placed on the sofa in the living room by Lupine. Regardless of Sirius's roar, she took out a note from her pocket and handed it to him: I stole the real Horcrux and planned to destroy it as soon as possible. I am willing to die in the hope that you will be killed when you meet your opponent. RAB

"The forgotten hero... He knew that there was not much he could do, but he did not compromise. Even if he sacrificed his life, he still had to maintain the light in his heart... The creed of the Black family - eternal purity."

Cyrus took out the Slytherin locket that had been removed from the basilisk venom and hung it gently around Kreacher's neck, "This is the dawn that Regulus paid for with his life. I hope you will keep it safe for him." "

Then she fell on the sofa and slowly closed her eyes, "Stop screaming...let me sleep for a while." Originally, she wanted to get back the Slytherin locket, but she saw the note left by Regulus. Later changed his mind. He was willing to die just for the possibility of killing Voldemort, whom he was not sure would appear...

When Cyrus opened her eyes again, the dark green ceiling came into view. She was sleeping in a bedroom in Blake's old house. Looking around, it was cleaned very well.

Just as she was about to get up, a black figure jumped on the bed and pushed her down, licking Cyrus's cheek with a wet tongue. Cyrus stood up again and reached out to open the big black dog's mouth. "Sirius, don't make trouble."

The big black dog put its forelimbs on Cyrus' shoulders and pulled her, "If you want to be a dog for the rest of your life, I can satisfy you." Cyrus had just woken up, and her limbs were still a little weak, so she didn't want to make trouble with him at all. Sirius lay facelessly on top of Cyrus, "How long have I been sleeping?"

Sirius turned into human form, "It was only for one night. I thought something had happened to you. It scared me to death. Lupine and I called for Principal Dumbledore."

Cyrus nodded, and Sirius asked again: "What's the matter with the poison? Why don't you let us come?" Cyrus sighed, "I can't be sure whether the potion really has no substantial harm. It seems now That's true. It just makes people feel worse than death and weak. With such poison combined with hundreds of Inferi, it's probably not easy for Dumbledore to get out."

His shoulders were firmly grasped by him, and the man beside him hugged Cyrus, "Why are you doing dangerous things behind your back?! Do you not trust us!" Xi Lili's force was very strong, Cyrus I feel like I can't breathe easily. "It's not that I don't trust you. Didn't you help me this time?"

"It's obviously you who is helping us...always." His voice became lower, as if it was very difficult for him to say such words. "Okay, let me go. I'm about to be choked by you..." Cyrus struggled. Sirius weakened but did not let go, "Thank you, Cyrus. It was you who cleared my name, and it was you who rescued Regulus."

Cyrus shook his head slightly, "It's okay, we are friends. I think this is what friends should do." Sirius held Cyrus's hand and placed his other hand on the girl's cheek. His originally frivolous eyes became upright. Seriously, "Can we really just be friends?"

Seeing Cyrus's dull expression, he frowned and asked, "Do you like Snape?" "It doesn't matter if he likes it, the person in his heart is not me. After all, like can't compare to love..."

Lily Evans became the salvation of her husband's youth, and her death took away more than just her life. Cyrus didn't know if love was so unforgettable. Lily was the meaning of Snape's life, and the meaning of my life was Angus.

Cyrus suddenly remembered that when he held a pure-blood gathering at the Malfoy house, the Travers family gave him a German Shepherd that was very similar to Angus. She actually wanted to laugh, but she couldn't make a smiling expression, so she murmured in a low voice: "So that's it, she can't be replaced, and no one can... Of course I know that he is not my moon, but that beam of moonlight is real It's shining on me."

Sirius sat back on the bed and said dissatisfied: "What good is he? Just because he saved you? What happened between you and him?" Cyrus leaned on the bed and sighed, looking at Sirius, "Brother Call Mus, too, you all seem to be curious." Sirius called Lupine in. Lupine first asked Cyrus if he was feeling uncomfortable, and then he was relieved to see that Cyrus was okay.

"Look into my eyes, don't resist." Cyrus's eyes were scarlet, and the two of them were quickly attracted, his pupils dilated. Cyrus sat waiting for them to recover.

There were footsteps in the corridor. I opened the door and looked sideways. Sir? Cyrus walked out of the room, closed the door, and looked at the person, "Sir, why are you here?"

Snape glanced at the two people who were sitting still in the room, and gave Cyrus a bottle of potion. "Dumbledore asked me to make it." Cyrus looked at the potion, and a ring appeared in his hand. ,"Thank you, sir."

Snape's tone was very unkind, "Dumbledore told me, since you are going to destroy the Horcrux with these two guys! There is no one else, and you have to drink the poison yourself!"

Cyrus looked at Snape, "You have a special status. Knowing the information about Horcruxes will be much more dangerous than them."

Snape was speechless and clenched his fists. "Every time I do such a dangerous thing, I could faintly smell the smell of blood outside the principal's office that night. You also went to look for Horcruxes that day?!"

The girl nodded, showing no emotion on her face. Snape clicked his tongue, "Living like a doll, don't you have any thoughts of your own except replacing the will of others? If you want to die so much, just be neat!"

The potion bottle fell to the ground and shattered, and Snape saw tears welling up in the girl's blue eyes, each drop piercing his heart like a sharp knife. Realizing that her words had hurt her, "It's not... Cyrus, I..."

Snape's outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, momentarily at a loss. The girl wiped away her tears and waved her hands to clean up the glass shards on the ground. Yes, I will die sooner or later. Then why are you so close to Mr. At first I just wanted to repay my husband for saving my life, but now I want more and more. Cyrus seemed to understand why the picture he saw in the illusion did not include himself.

"People who never existed should disappear without a trace after death... Don't worry, Professor Snape, I will die sooner or later."

Her eyes were lowered, her tone was calm and indifferent, and her expression was numb, as if her soul had been hollowed out. As long as it's the same as before, if you don't think about anything, you won't be sad, and if you don't think about anything, you won't have expectations. Walked back into the room and shut out Snape.

Sirius and Lupine were still hallucinating. Cyrus sat back on the bed and covered his face. The sour taste came to his heart. Occlumency was working at a very fast speed, but he could not ignore the severe pain in his heart.

Hearing the noise coming from beside him, he suppressed the pain in his heart and looked up to see that both of them had complicated faces. Cyrus tried his best to put on a smile, which looked more like a wry smile, "First of all, I don't need sympathy. Besides, without my previous experience, I might not be as good as I am now."

Sirius hugged Cyrus tightly again. Lupine's eyes were a little red. Cyrus struggled and said, "I'm really going to be strangled by you." "Then, what's after those people..." Lupine asked, Cyrus Les responded with a sincere smile, "Some are dead, and some are worse off than dead."

"They deserve it! What a bunch of bastards!" Cyrus finally struggled out of Sirius' bear hug, "It's all over now."

Cyrus sat upright again, the complex expression in his eyes was severely suppressed, and his eyes were calm and indifferent. "Sirius, Remus. I want to make a deal with you." Sirius patted Cyrus on the head carelessly, "What kind of deal is not a deal? Just tell me, I will definitely help you!"

Cyrus took his hand away and said, "Listen to me."

"I need your loyalty. Higher than Dumbledore's loyalty. You two are members of the Order of the Phoenix. I will not interfere with the activities and plans of the Order of the Phoenix. But if I need it, you must first carry out the task from me. Specifically, What I can’t say now, may never be used.

As a price, Harry Potter will not be affected, which means that he will not be involved in the vortex of Voldemort's struggle in the future. You must also know the prophecy back then. Voldemort will not let go of this savior who can kill him. I think the only person who has the power to change the prophecy is me. "

"As for the werewolf group, I can't completely change the fact that they are werewolves. But I can guarantee that the research on the potion will continue. I think it is not impossible to prevent the werewolf gene from being passed on to the next generation. As long as it is in the Slytherin family Under the company, werewolves enjoy equal rights as other people.”

"This is not a favor from a friend. I need an accurate commitment. It's okay if you refuse, but it won't affect the fact that we are friends. As a guarantee, I can sign an unbreakable oath with you. So... what's your answer?"

Lupine looked up, "I trust you, Cyrus. Just don't put yourself in danger again, okay? I can help you, and I'll always be on your side."

Cyrus looked at Sirius, he was noncommittal, "Who asked you to protect Harry alone? I am his godfather, he can be protected by me. Hahaha, I have said that I will definitely agree to your request, and also What oath to sign?"

Sirius pulled Cyrus up and said, "Let's go! Let's go to dinner. Don't think about it anymore." Lupine walked out of the room, opened the door and saw Snape standing outside the door. "Professor Snape? It's Principal Dumbledore who asked Are you here?"

Snape ignored Lupine and looked at Cyrus beside Sirius. The girl walked straight past him without looking at him. "Cyrus, let's go out to eat and treat you to a treat!" Sirius chased Cyrus away, and Lupine said hello to Snape and left.

There was a sound of shattering potion bottles in the potions office, and Snape clenched his fists and punched the wall hard. After returning in time to the girl who gave him the Resurrection Stone, he felt complicated inside. Since the appearance of the girl, the frequency of his thoughts about Lily has decreased, and now his mind is almost filled with the figure of the girl.

He has been avoiding facing the position of these two people in his heart, the people he has always loved deeply and the people he cherishes now. But he needs to atone for his sins, so how can he drag the girl into the abyss? Holding the ring tightly, the figure that once occupied his heart appeared.

"Lily..."

Snape couldn't help but reached out to touch but found nothing. He knelt down and said, "Are you still blaming me... Everything is my fault. Believe me, I will protect you." Son, even if it costs you your life!"

The gentle female voice was vague, "Severus, I have never resented you. Thank you for protecting Harry, and I hope you can also be happy." The ring fell off his hand and the figure disappeared. Snape knew that this was not true but based on evidence. manifested in the individual's heart. The figure of the girl became clearer and clearer in my mind. What is happiness? How can a person like me get happiness?

When he heard that Dumbledore asked him to brew a tonic and send it to the Black Mansion, he refused on the spot, but became very panicked when he knew that it was for a girl. Under his questioning, Dumbledore told him about the Horcrux, remembering the faint smell of blood on the girl who deliberately avoided him that night.

He hurriedly went to the cellar to cook the potion all night. The moment the potion was brewed, he headed to the Black Mansion through the fireplace in Dumbledore's office. When he found no one in the living room, he went upstairs to search. A door in front opened, and the figure who thought about it day and night appeared. Seeing that the girl was okay, he gave her the ring and the potion.

She caught a glimpse of Lupine and Sirius in the room being affected by illusions. Was she letting them see their past experiences? Why were she so close to them, and why did she hide the search for the Horcrux from herself, even though he had promised to help her before? Once again, he hurt someone important through his words. The scene of the girl turning around and leaving gradually overlapped with the scene from decades ago, and he pushed her away with his own hands again.