Everyday Players at Hogwarts.

Chapter 267 Regretful Sirius

It really is that simple.

A little fire, wood, and a few spells that you might not learn until your second or third year solved Voldemort's magical trap.

Although this is actually not that simple, the reason why it is so easy is only because of Kreacher, a bug that can go directly to the heart of the magic trap.

But one thing that bothered Harry was that Ron was becoming even more inflated.

"I'll just say it!"

"We've passed the defenses set up by Dumbledore and all the professors at Hogwarts, so Voldemort's is nothing!" Ron said excitedly.

"Petrification!" Draco drew out his wand after noticing the trembling of Regulus' marble-white fingers.

"What about Regulus?"

"Stay petrified like this?" Draco frowned.

"Sirius should have a solution."

"What kind of magical ritual is used to transform them into zombies or ghouls that obey orders?" Harry touched his chin.

"Zombies? They stink, and dead bodies ooze pus."

"Not to mention the ghouls. They won't stink, but they'll become uglier."

"If that's the case, we might as well bury it," Draco complained.

"Master Regulus cannot be buried!"

"Master Regulus is still alive! He can move!" Kreacher's bat ears covered with white hair trembled slightly, and he screamed immediately.

"Regulus?"

"Kreacher, do you have anything else of my brother hidden here?"

"I won't throw these things away. I order you to put them back in his room." Sirius's lazy voice came from outside the boiler room.

"Harry, you guys are here too."

"It's almost time for dinner," said Lupin.

Then there was the sound of two people's footsteps slowly approaching.

Crunch!

The door was opened.

"How come it's so clean-Regulus!"

"You're still alive! Where have you been all these years!" Sirius rushed in and hugged Regulus' body.

Kreacher next to him wanted to push Sirius away, but he couldn't move because he was his master. He was so anxious that he almost cried.

Regulus's temperatureless body made Sirius understand something.

Sirius trembled slightly and was silent for a long time, "Kreacher!"

"How is this going!"

Lupin, who was standing by, immediately understood what had happened. He held Sirius's trembling right hand and tried to comfort him.

"Kreacher promised Master Regulus not to tell his family." Kreacher refused with his neck stiff.

For some reason, Sirius did not get angry. He kept stroking Regulus' body with his trembling hands, as if he was thinking about something.

More like regret.

"Perhaps the Daily Prophet is right."

"I thought I could sacrifice everything for justice."

"But now I realize that I'm the same as Peter, I just haven't realized it yet." Sirius said hoarsely.

As a descendant of the Black family, an ancient clan proficient in the dark arts, he recognized Regulus' current state at a glance - he was an Inferi.

A being that does not need to eat and hates all living beings.

Because of their intact bodies and no odor, they are more popular than zombies and ghouls as servants by dark wizards.

In Sirius's opinion, this might be Voldemort's punishment on the Black family because he joined the Order of the Phoenix.

At this moment, even Ron knew that he shouldn't show a happy expression anymore.

He looked at Harry and Draco, indicating with his eyes who would tell the story of their adventures.

"Sirius, this is what happened." "When we came to Kreacher's room today, we found Slytherin's locket."

"I opened it using Parseltongue." Harry pointed to the pile of debris in the corner that looked like plastic.

For some reason, Harry suddenly felt that there was something wrong with this pile of debris.

But his concern for Sirius's current mood made him ignore this.

"Is Regulus hidden in there?"

"It fits the way Black died," Sirius said self-deprecatingly.

Slytherin's locket is one of Voldemort's treasures. Sirius, a member of the Black family, had the opportunity to see it once when he was young.

And Voldemort was actually willing to use such a precious treasure to store the executed Regulus. This was probably because of that crazy woman Bella.

After all, it was said that Voldemort had an affair with her.

Is this the real reason why my mother went crazy?

His own son was executed because of another son, and his body was placed in the Slytherin treasure and bestowed upon him.

This is ridiculous.

Harry, who was standing by, didn't know that Sirius was frantically imagining what he hadn't finished saying.

But he could see that Sirius's world-weariness had become even stronger, even stronger than when he discovered at Hogwarts that Scabbers was not Peter and was disliked by Harry.

So Harry coughed and continued, "After I destroyed the locket with the spell that defeated Voldemort, I learned from Kreacher's fragmentary words that Regulus was involved."

Sirius' ears trembled slightly, but he was clearly no longer in his own world.

Lupin, who was doing something nearby, signaled Harry to continue with his eyes.

Harry's mouth curled up slightly when he found that his method was effective. "We learned from Kreacher that Voldemort once asked Regulus for Kreacher and conducted an experiment that almost killed Kreacher."

"But because of the lack of regard for house-elf magic, and because Regulus asked Kreacher to return home after completing Voldemort's mission."

"Kreacher was able to return to the Black household."

"Regulus also learned of Voldemort's horrific experiments and the whereabouts of the locket."

"He made a replica and then went back to the place with Kreacher," said Harry.

"Then why didn't Regulus come back?!"

"It's this elf!" Sirius suddenly interrupted.

"And why did Regulus go to that place."

"Just for this box!" Sirius was furious, because his brother died because of a box.

"It's Slytherin's box."

"Perhaps this concerns the safety of Hogwarts," said Draco.

He had always felt that this box was related to Hogwarts' defensive magic.

"No, Harry did."

"He feels like he's facing Voldemort when facing this."

“And the box speaks for itself.”

"Have you ever read The Tales of Beedle the Bard? This is very similar to the story 'The Warlock's Hairy Heart'."

"Could this be the reason why Voldemort is not dead?" Ron suddenly said.

He may not be as knowledgeable as everyone present, but he is very familiar with the slang and fairy tales of the wizarding world.

"It's just a fairy tale." Draco frowned.

"No, many of the stories in The Tales of Beedle the Bard are true. I have read them."

"This locket may contain Voldemort's 'heart'." Harry said suddenly.

He knew that the Deathly Hallows were real, so this story was possible.

"Kids, I don't care what this or that bullshit Voldemort has to do with."

"I only care about my brother, why Regulus?" Sirius said darkly.

(End of this chapter)