Crossing into Regulus

Cleaning up in the Order of the Phoenix.

The originally chaotic old house became more and more chaotic. Everyone couldn't figure out whether Kreacher was really following Regulus' orders, and they couldn't do anything about the elf, so they had to swallow their anger and walk carefully in the corridor.

In the chaos and noise, Regulus found that Sirius, whom he had never met before, often appeared in front of him.The most obvious example was during dinner, after Regulus asked Molly for the nth time to hand him white bread, the next time he went to the restaurant he found himself queued next to Sirius.

Mollie said it was because both brothers asked her for baskets, so why didn't they sit together?Come on, is it fun to fight with each other and act coquettish to your cousin when you're that old?She was busy enough, she had six sons, and she didn't want to have two more.

Everyone at the table laughed loudly.

Regulus stared blankly at Molly, then at Sirius, who shrugged helplessly and took out two slices of bread from the basket.

"I didn't know he wanted to..." Regulus followed suit and whispered to Harry, twisting his body.

Harry lowered his head and restrained himself, one was the godfather and the other was Rael, he actually wanted to laugh too.

There was grievance in Regulus' voice, "Harry, I really didn't pay attention."

"Well, I know you weren't paying attention."

With the bread in his mouth, Sirius slapped Regulus on the back of the head with his free hand, as if he had always reconciled with his silent brother like this naturally.

Regulus simply couldn't keep up with the current situation.What's going on.

After dinner, the atmosphere in the club seemed to be a little more lively than usual, and George and Fred said that this was due to the little angel Regulus.

Regulus coughed a few times, trying to establish his status as an elder, but Harry felt that the twins were right, Rael was not only unchanged in appearance, he was also a real 19-year-old boy.To be honest, there are times when Rael is downright innocent and cute.

Regulus was completely depressed.

Do these people know who he is? Many of the knowledge he is proficient in are subjects that they don't even know at all. He thinks he is naive, and he thinks they are ignorant.

When the night activities in the club came to an end, Regulus could finally take a quiet walk in the corridor.Thanks to Kreacher, the gloomy old house is seeing light again.He simply didn't know how Kreacher did it. Sometimes Regulus felt that Kreacher was getting older, but most of the time the house elf seemed to be full of vitality, as if he could serve his young master for decades .

Every time Regulus saw the elf rejuvenated with the old house, he could only emphasize that Kreacher should pay attention to rest and health.

And every time Kreacher was moved to tears.

To his credit, though, Kreacher no longer screamed or made any other noises, and was now a proper house-elf worthy of Noble Black.

One night, in the middle of the night, Regulus met Sirius in his nightgown at the tapestry.Sirius was standing in front of the tapestry, thinking.

Regulus paused, walked over and stood side by side with him, his gaze aimlessly falling on the family tree.

"Look, I've got a hole burned here." Sirius pointed his finger at the spot he said.

Regulus rolled his eyes, "Well, I remember, you burned it after you ran away from home."

Sirius smiled, but this smile did not add to his unruly charm as usual, he looked very strange at the moment.

Regulus blinked, and tried to extend the topic, "Uh, actually, I'm quite envious of you, you seem so free."

At that time, the little boy hadn't seen what the world really looked like. His idol at that time was the Dark Lord, which didn't mean that the little boy had a sinister heart.After all, even from the perspective of Regulus now, the Dark Lord at that time looked quite normal, and he was quite personable and charismatic.

Sirius made a sound that he didn't know whether it was a snort or a laugh, and glanced at Regulus, "So you also understand now?"

Regulus had no idea what he was talking about.

Sirius added, "Although at a cost none of us understand, you finally got rid of You-Know-Who, didn't you?"

"Uh, do you mean the fact that I look young? You don't have to be jealous of me." Regulus stared blankly at Sirius.

His elder brother frowned exaggeratedly, showing his first sincere smile of the night, "I said, was your brain also abandoned on the road to freedom?"

Regulus opened his eyes wide and couldn't speak for a long time, so he waved away angrily. He was fed up with everyone treating him like a child. Before entering this house, he clearly did his job of protecting Harry. Well done, even though he wasn't officially commissioned at the time.How no one noticed this.

But before he could yell, someone yelled in a higher-pitched voice than his own, "Bastards! Bitches! Dirty and vile bastards! Bastards, freaks, ugly bastards, get out of here! How dare you defile The house of my ancestors—”

The sudden explosion of shouting and cursing in this silent night frightened Regulus, he stood in front of the portrait in a daze, and only had time to subconsciously draw a sound-proof barrier.

As soon as Sirius rushed over, he found that he couldn't hear the sound, but he could still see the ferocious and crazy face and movements of the old woman, as well as Regulus standing stupidly in front of the portrait.He took a few steps forward, trying to pull up the curtain, but as soon as he approached the small area, the sharp shouting sounded again, and he was so startled that he almost jumped up.

Regulus stretched out his hand to hold Sirius down, "Uh, I've blocked the sound, it's fine, no one will be woken up."

Sirius nodded, then turned his head and looked at him strangely.

"Just say what you want." Regulus frowned and looked at the portrait, thinking about how to take it down. He remembered that he didn't have this before. Why didn't Kreacher take it away?

"...I thought she wouldn't scold her when she saw it was you." Sirius paused for a while and said softly, he paused again, as if he couldn't bear it so he had to take a deep breath first, "Oh, so it seems...she In the end it was crazy, and also, the pure blood ending..."

Regulus didn't understand, Sirius suddenly looked very vulnerable, his eye sockets really turned red slowly, and his breath was a little unsteady, as if he was choking.

"Uh... are you okay?" Regulus thought for a long time and could only say this comforting sentence.

Sirius took a deep breath and turned to look at Regulus, "You didn't recognize it? That's right, she never scolded you like that before, she's changed a lot now, right?" He tilted his head and smiled hard.

Regulus suddenly understood what Sirius meant.

"Oh, no, I mean, wait," Regulus mechanically turned his head, looking at the crazy old woman in the portrait, "she, this, she is, that—"

"Yeah." Sirius nodded heavily.

"I, I don't know, I..." Regulus took two steps back and leaned against the wall behind him. He didn't know if the young man's soul fragment had some effect beyond his calculation, and now he felt Very bad, no strength at all, cold hands and feet, heart churning, want to vomit, and want to cry, he speaks incoherently, unable to control his tongue, "I'm sorry, I, I really, I don't know..."

The birth and death of Walburga Black on the hanging stand flashed before his eyes, 1925-1985.

At that time, at that time she was still alive.

He didn't go back, just because he couldn't pronounce the word mother.

And so she died, after 6 years of hopelessly waiting and desperately insane.

In the boy's memory, like all noble ladies, Mrs. Black may be a bit strict in etiquette and a bit annoying, but she still loves her son, and she is no more stingy with love than ordinary people.

He thought that she would continue to live peacefully after the initial venting, just like accepting the betrayal of her first son.

Maybe she won't be more angry, but feel honored. After all, at that time, no one knew what the boy was doing. She might feel that her son sacrificed his life for the sake of pure blood tomorrow.That might make it easier.

But he didn't expect that she would go crazy in the end.

She didn't put pure blood above her son's life at all, did she?

Even a little further, she just got angry with Sirius' betrayal and let it go.Didn't she end her temper so easily because she knew her son was safe?

And it all ended in a careless and irresponsible guess on his part.

Regulus looked forward unconsciously, tears poured out uncontrollably, he couldn't see the person holding him in front of him at all, he just grabbed the other person's clothes tightly, as if trying to use cloth Wring off your own fingers.

"Hey, Rael, let me say, how are you? Oh, damn it, I shouldn't have just told you that, I should at least try it out first." Sirius cursed, grabbing Regulus's wrist The arms pulled him up, but Regulus had no strength at all now, and Sirius had to push him against the wall to keep him from sliding to the floor again.

"Listen, Rael, come on, you're an adult, can you be strong? I know it's hard, but can we move on? Oh, come on, you make me feel hard-hearted." Sirius leaned close to Regulus' ear and said anxiously, he almost bit off his ear just to let Regulus listen to what he said.

"Hmm..." Regulus swallowed a big breath, trying to mobilize his autonomy, "I, no, I'm not, that means..."

Seeing that he could finally respond, Sirius breathed a sigh of relief, looked at him seriously and said, "Things have happened and passed, Rael, you have to understand this, it's not your fault, it's not any of us's fault ,do you know?"

Regulus nodded with a sob, almost hitting Sirius on the head.

"Okay, now tell me you're okay, so I can let you go to sleep." Sirius said seriously, continuing to stare at Regulus' reaction.

"I'm fine." Regulus avoided Sirius' sight, lowered his head and muttered softly.

Sirius let go of one hand and grabbed Regulus' chin, ordered him to look at him, and repeated forcefully, "Tell me you're okay."

Regulus frowned, raised his chin involuntarily, and the remaining tears slid down, "I'm really fine, just let me go."

Sirius looked at Regulus, let go of the shackles after a while, watched Regulus wipe his face, and sighed, "Rael, I know I'm not a good big brother, but now there are only two of us in Black Anyway, no matter what happened between us before, I hope we can be like ordinary brothers in the future, okay?"

"Okay." Regulus lowered his head and snorted.

Then Sirius opened his arms and embraced Regulus.

Regulus was stunned, feeling Sirius pat the back of his head and kiss the top of his hair, unable to turn around.

That said, he was still treated as a child by Sirius.

In the next few days, Regulus found that Hermione and Ginny were always evasive, looked at him suddenly and enthusiastically, and sometimes followed him, while Fred and George always smiled knowingly, As for Harry and Ron, they were always hesitant to say anything, and expressed great sympathy for him.

Finally, when Regulus couldn't take it anymore, he called the children together and asked what was going on.

The children looked at each other, and finally Ginny spoke on behalf of, "Uh, it's like this, Rael, before I say this, I have to say that I, uh, we all think you are very good, and Sirius is also very good." Okay, but Hermione and I are on your side."

Ron also nodded desperately, but Harry didn't dare to look up at Rael.

As for the twins, Regulus decided to ignore them as they hugged and moaned.

Ginny looked around and continued, "Well, a few days ago, at night, we came out to experiment with telescopic ears, and heard the conversation between you and Sirius, uh, you were very emotional at the time, and we were very worried, so we came down to see what happened. What's the matter... well, that's it."

So, what then?Regulus continued to wait for an explanation.

Hermione couldn't bear it anymore, and spoke very quickly, apparently she had been holding back for a long time, "Rael, you can't be fooled by Sirius' words of 'the only two Blacks', what else is 'ordinary? Brother', 'The past is over', I dare say he must have said these bastard words to more than a dozen girls (boys), don't trust him, and beware of him, Sirius is a lover Veteran, he still has many unimaginable tricks waiting for you. I don't comment on his previous lifestyle, but now he is doing something to you. This is simply too infuriating and unacceptable !"

When Hermione said this long paragraph, Regulus was dumbfounded, Harry almost buried his head under the table, the twins were still beside them, and Ron looked at them in disgust Ginny stared at Regulus waiting for the verdict.

"Uh——" Regulus made a sound, and the children immediately turned their heads to stare at him. He really didn't know what to say this time, "I, uh, I—"

"Regulus, come and help me! You are not young, don't think that you have nothing to do if you don't have a task, come here quickly!" Molly's shout penetrated a full three floors.

Regulus quickly jumped up and ran downstairs, he felt that this was really a sound of nature.