Chapter 48 White? Or Black?
Hearing this familiar name, White seemed a little silent, and fell into deep thought.
He didn't say anything, just puffed on his cigar.
Sebastian didn't urge him, but just watched White smoke quietly.
The smoking man in front of him has another identity in the wizarding world. He comes from the famous Black family.
He is the youngest son of the Black family - Regulus Black, and he has an older brother named Sirius Black.
In the original book, although he joined Voldemort's Death Eaters, he did not do anything bad.
Regulus began to follow Voldemort at the age of 16, just for the Black family and the glory of pure blood.
Later, he began to hate Voldemort's cruel methods. He realized that his beliefs were wrong, so he strengthened his determination to fight Voldemort.
Finally, he found an opportunity and exchanged his life for Voldemort's Horcrux to destroy Voldemort's immortal life.
Sebastian likes this tragic character in the original work very much. After Regulus entered school, he has been showing his friendship to him.
Similar personalities also brought the two together and they became good friends who could talk about anything.
Funny enough, Sebastian and Sirius didn't have a good relationship because of Snape.
After Regulus and Sebastian became friends, Sirius was very unhappy, and the two brothers often had disputes about this.
It's not like Sebastian hadn't thought about stopping Regulus from joining the Death Eaters.
It’s a pity that the Black family was one of the first families to support Voldemort and got on Voldemort’s chariot early on.
After Sirius Black, the eldest son of the Black family, openly opposed Voldemort and was expelled from the family.
The Black family is in a very awkward position among the Death Eaters.
Therefore, for the Black family and for the glory of pure blood in Voldemort's mouth, Regulus joined the Death Eaters.
Sebastian and Regulus did not interrupt their friendship because of this. Although they became enemies on the surface, they kept in touch privately.
"If you want to know a person, you can't just look at what he says, but also look at what he does."
This is what Sebastian told Regulus, and Regulus remembered this advice from his good friend.
However, he was still attracted by the pure-blood future that Voldemort talked about.
Until he realized that Voldemort had no future for pure-bloods at all, and everything Voldemort did was for his brutal and dictatorial rule.
The collapse of his ideals and the conflict of his inner moral sense plunged Regulus into despair.
Voldemort was at the height of his power, and the Black family was in too deep for him to do anything.
He thought of his good friend's warning to him, so he found Sebastian and told him his helplessness.
Sebastian still remembers Regulus crying bitterly with remorse.
But he didn't have any good solution at the time.
After all, Regulus is not alone, he also has a mother, and his mother is Voldemort's most staunch supporter.
If Regulus betrayed the Death Eaters, Voldemort would not let the Black family go.
However, Sebastian knew Regulus' character very well and knew that he would make the same choice as in the original book.
In order to save his friend's life, Sebastian could only tell Regulus in a veiled way.
"If one day you discover the secret of the mysterious man's immortality, don't think about dealing with it alone. I will help you!"
To be on the safe side, Sebastian secretly found Regulus's house-elf Kreacher and asked it to ask for help when Regulus was in danger.
Sebastian was very glad that he had managed to keep this in mind and asked Kreacher to pay attention to Regulus' safety.
Regulus discovered the secret of Voldemort's immortality and decided to deal with the Horcruxes himself.
When Kreacher cried and asked Sebastian for help and took him to the cave where the Horcruxes were hidden, Regulus was being dragged into the water by the Inferi.
At the critical moment, Sebastian saved Regulus.
Looking at the lake bottom filled with Inferi, Regulus became depressed. He was no longer willing to go back and be Voldemort's accomplice.
With Kreacher's consent, he begged Sebastian to erase Kreacher's memory and then arranged for it to return to the Black family.
Afterwards, Sebastian took Regulus away to treat his body which was ravaged by poison.
However, although Regulus' body was healed, the mental trauma made him unable to recover and he completely turned into a walking corpse.
Heart disease needs heart medicine. In order to cheer up his friend, Sebastian drew a blueprint for Regulus.
A future where wizards no longer have to hide and live openly.
Regulus was attracted to this ideal.
Finally, he cheered up!
Under Sebastian's arrangement, he left the wizarding world and lived and studied in the Muggle world as a Muggle.
For 11 years, he had basically not returned to the wizarding world, except for a secret visit to his mother when she was dying.
After that, he had been staying in the Muggle world, helping Sebastian run his various businesses.
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When the entire cigar was burned out, Regulus sighed deeply.
"Just call me White. Black died 11 years ago."
"He died in that cold, damp cave full of infernal corpses..."
He paused, relief in his voice.
"Maybe one day I'll take back the Black name, but not now."
"I really like the blueprint you drew for me, and I regard it as a new ideal."
Regulus shook off his previous depression and spoke with fighting spirit.
"I work very hard to let wizards live openly in the sun!"
"Besides, I quite like this Muggle identity now, and I also like what I am doing now."
"What about Kreacher?" Sebastian asked, "Why don't you return the memory to it and let it come and take care of your daily life?"
"Kreacher..."
Regulus said with some emotion: "I feel a little sorry for it, even though I asked for its consent when I erased its memory."
"But since I've already modified its memory, let it think I'm dead."
"It doesn't need anyone to take care of it now, so it can live a more relaxed life."
"Besides, I am a Muggle now, and it is not appropriate for a house-elf to be around me."
"When I pick up the wand again one day, I will restore the last name of Black, return the memory to it, and recognize it."
Regulus sat up straight, staring at Seba Sebastian intently.
"Okay, okay, let's not talk about my personal affairs today."
"There's a famous saying among Muggles, 'Time is money'!"
"Let's talk about the company's development and planning."
"my friend!"
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