Chapter 232 Regulus

Hearing this familiar voice, Wright felt helpless, turned his head and looked at the door and said:

"Sirius, how come you're back so soon? Where are Harry and Lupin?"

Sirius appeared at the door, glanced at Kreacher who was lying on the ground, looked at Wright and said:

"I warned the Dursleys, but I'm still a little worried!"

"So, I talked it over with Lupin, and we decided it would be best to buy a house near Harry. I'll come back and get the money."

After he finished explaining, he paused, looked at Wright seriously, and continued:

"I have answered your question. Now can you tell me what Kreacher gave you?"

In response to Sirius' sincere words, Wright shook his head and said:

"Maybe Kreacher should tell you!"

"Kreacher? What on earth did he do without telling me..."

Without waiting for Sirius to ask, Wright cast a spell on the elf who had fainted on the ground: "Confuse the audience!"

Kreacher, who was under the control of the Confusion Curse, trembled and got up from the ground, and spoke about the past in a slurred manner:

"Back then, Master Sirius left the Black family because of his own willfulness."

"But everything has a price, because his departure not only makes the old master very sad, but even other families have opinions about the Black family."

"Master Regulus is more educated than that loser."

"Master knows what the Black family name and noble pure blood mean."

Sirius remained silent in response to Kreacher's unconscious accusation.

Although he did not think he was wrong, he knew how much harm it would bring to his family if he betrayed the Black family as the eldest son.

"And then? It seems like there's a lot more to this than meets the eye!"

A gentle voice came from behind Sirius, and then paused, explaining to Wright:

"I got a little impatient waiting, so I came back to take a look."

Seeing that there was one more person listening, Wright sighed helplessly, then controlled Kreacher to continue telling the story:

"Master Regulus joined the Dark Lord's camp carrying his own expectations and the honor of his family."

"One day, one year after joining, Master went downstairs to the kitchen to see Kreacher, and Master Regulus said to me...said to me..."

"Master said the Dark Lord needs a house-elf."

Kreacher's speech now began to stutter, as if he was resisting the control of Light's Confusion Spell.

"What do you mean? Voldemort needs an elf, and an elf this old at that."

Sirius and Lupin looked at each other, confused.

Kreacher, who was controlled by Light, murmured in pain:

"The young master said that this honor belongs to him and Kreacher."

"Kreacher must do whatever the Dark Lord tells him to do and return...home."

Kreacher seemed to recall an extremely horrifying scene, and his voice was mixed with wails of fear:

"That day, the Dark Lord took Kreacher to a cave by the sea. There was a huge black lake in it."

"The Dark Lord took Kreacher by boat to the island in the center of the lake."

"There, there is a stone basin filled with medicine... potion."

Kreacher seemed to be deeply trapped in this memory. He was trembling all over and wailing more frequently:

"The Dark... The Dark Lord wants Kreacher to drink the potion in the basin..."

"Kreacher obeyed the order. When Kreacher drank, he saw something terrible..."

"Kreacher's body felt like it was on fire...Kreacher begged the young master to save him, begged the mistress to save him..."

"But it was no use. All Kreacher could hear was the Dark Lord's laughter..."

"After the Dark Lord forced Kreacher to drink all the potion in the basin..."

"Just put a box in the empty basin... and then fill the basin up with more potion."

Kreacher's words, mixed with wails and screams, reminded Sirius and Lupin of the fear they felt when facing Voldemort.

Feeling that the Confusion Spell was slowly losing its effect due to Kreacher's extreme emotions, Wright increased his magic power output to strengthen the magic effect.

Kreacher, who had been shaking constantly, slowly calmed down under the strengthening magic and continued to tell his story:

"The Dark Lord abandoned Kreacher and rowed away, leaving Kreacher on the island."

"After drinking the potion, Kreacher felt very thirsty and needed water. Kreacher finally climbed to the edge of the island.

"Trying to get water from the black lake...many hands, many dead hands, stretched out from the water, reaching out to Kreacher..."

Having said this, Kreacher seemed to lose consciousness and fell completely silent.

Sirius waited a moment before speaking directly and irritably, "How did you escape from that weird place?"

Kreacher suddenly turned his head, looked at Sirius with lifeless eyes, and said in a firm tone:

"It was the Master who asked Kreacher to come back."

"Out of control?"

Lupin looked at Light and saw him shaking his head at him to indicate no.

But Sirius didn't care about that and asked directly: "How did you escape from those Inferi?"

Kreacher still repeated in a firm tone:

"It was the Master who asked Kreacher to come back."

"I know Regulus asked you to come back, but I'm asking how you came back."

"Yes, Master..."

……

Seeing that Kreacher always answered Sirius with the same sentence no matter how he asked, Wright directly revealed the answer:

"It was Apparition! Kreacher used 'Apparition' to escape."

Sirius completely disagreed with Wright's answer and said with a frown:

"But this shouldn't be the case! If this were possible, then Voldemort wouldn't be able to..."

Before he could finish, Wright started to explain:

"The magic in house elves is different from that in wizards! Unless they are expressly prohibited from using 'Apparition'."

"Even the spatial defenses of Hogwarts can't stop them."

After listening to Wright's explanation, Lupin showed a clear expression, while Sirius continued to ask:

"So what happened after you came back?"

"What did Regulus say after I told him all this?"

Kreacher, the repeater, jumped out of the question-and-answer loophole and mechanically answered Sirius' question:

"When the young master found out, he was very worried. Very worried."

“After instructing Kreacher to stay in the house and not go out, the young master left.”

"After a while! The young master will find Kreacher hiding in the house."

"Kreacher can see that the young master is very strange, different from usual, and seems to be mentally confused."

"The young master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, to the cave that Kreacher and the Dark Lord had been to..."

Kreacher stumbled over his experiences with Regulus.