In the next second, unprecedented anger occupied Sirius' brain.
"Kreacher!" he roared loudly, "You actually watched Regulus die without doing anything, he, he was still a child"
Although he already had a premonition, until now, Sirius couldn't believe that this was actually the truth of Regulus' death.
Before the words of reproach were finished, the house-elf was already punishing himself.
Before everyone could react, Kreacher had already fallen to the ground, banging his head on the floor hard, exhausting all the strength in his body.
"Stop him, stop him!" Hermione screamed, turning her head and shouting at Sirius, "Can't you see how cruel this thing is, he can only obey! Regulus He was ordered not to move, so he just stood there and watched those things happen."
Hearing Hermione's words, Sirius was silent, he looked at the house-elf who was looking for death with hatred, his eyes were full of anger.
Seeing that Sirius was not moving, Harry rushed over to stop Kreacher.
But it was useless, the strength of the old house elf was amazing, he slammed his head to the ground desperately.
If he doesn't stop it, he will soon kill himself here.
In the end, Ivan had to cast a confinement spell on him, and he was forced to stop.
Kreacher lay on the ground, panting and shaking, with green mucus glistening around his nose, blood streaming from his pale forehead, and red, bloodshot, tearful eyes. His appearance was extremely miserable, and Ivan had never seen such a pitiful scene.
"Sirius, we should be nicer to him," whispered Hermione, wiping her tears with the back of her hand.
"You told me to be nice to him!" Sirius said with a trace of cruelty in his deep voice, "He killed my brother, and he watched Regulus die, but he did nothing."
Looking at him now, he wished he could kill Kreacher himself.
"No, he doesn't think that way." Hermione hastily argued, "Kreacher is a slave, he can only obey orders, Regulus ordered him to do that, he has no way to resist. Push all responsibility to On him, it's very unfair. Look at him now, Regulus' death is more cruel and unacceptable to him than to all of us."
Sirius opened his mouth as if to argue, but Hermione didn't give him the chance.
"Sirius, I know the truth about Regulus' death, which is hard for you to accept, but from the information we have so far, Regulus has changed his mind, and this is the most important point!" Hermione looked Looking at Sirius, "Just now, you told us what you think of him. But now he is completely different from what you remembered. He is not weak at all. In order to protect Kreacher and the Black family, Regule He's fighting Voldemort. He's a hero, he's even braver than any Gryffindor I've ever known"
Sirius was speechless to retort, proud of what his brother had done.
He suddenly thought of what Regulus looked like when he was a child. At that time, he often followed behind his buttocks, looking at him with adoring eyes. Their relationship used to be very good. They once made an appointment to go to Hogwarts and enter Slytherin together.
But since I went to Hogwarts first, and since I entered Gryffindor College, everything has changed.
Sirius remembered that Regulus had had an argument with him when he came home from his first summer vacation.
They haven't spoken a word since then.
He always thought that Regulus became a Death Eater like a fool, and then died for no reason because of cowardice, but the truth was completely different.
He, like himself, was fighting Voldemort.
Although he did not openly resist and did not join the Order of the Phoenix, what he did was more brave, fearless and persevering than any member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Seeing Kreacher lying on the ground crying, Sirius had some emotion in his eyes for the first time. The house elf finally accompanied Regulus and bore the pain alone.
This also requires great courage. Sirius looked at Kreacher with complicated eyes, and seemed to finally regard this house elf as a creature with the same sensitive emotions as humans
In the basement, the atmosphere was gloomy and terrifying.
After Hermione said those words, Sirius remained silent.
Kreacher was weeping silently, beside him, Harry was panting heavily, with an unprecedented expression on his face.
Ivan sighed, and he said slowly, "Kreacher, when Regulus was dragged into the lake by those corpses, you brought this locket back and tried to destroy it, didn't you?"
"Yes, but Kreacher couldn't leave a mark on it." said the house-elf sadly, trying to punish himself, but couldn't move. "Kreacher tried everything, everything, but Not one, not one succeeded. So many powerful spells on the box, Kreacher punished himself, tried again, punished himself, tried again. Kreacher failed to carry out the order, Kreacher couldn't destroy the locket! Regu The disappearance of Master Les made the hostess go crazy with grief. Kreacher knew everything, but he couldn't tell her what happened. No, because Master Regulus forbade Kreacher to tell the hostess what happened in the cave. "
Kreacher was sobbing, completely broken down.
Beside him, Hermione looked at Kreacher, also in tears, but dared not touch him again.
"I just destroyed this locket to help you fulfill Regulus' last wish. You don't blame yourself for this anymore." Ivan opened the destroyed locket to Kreacher,
The house elf's eyes widened suddenly, and he let out a howl of surprise and pain. His eyes were wider than ever, and he looked at Ivan and the locket in his hand in disbelief.
After nearly half an hour, he gradually calmed down.
Kreacher twitched weakly, and seemed to have no strength left to cry.
Sirius, who had been silent all this time, also calmed down. He whispered to the house elf, "Get up, Kreacher, I still have something to ask you."
"I'm going to remove the magic on you now, don't hurt yourself again." Ivan waved his wand and said softly, "The spell stops immediately!"
Kreacher sat up propped up, rubbing his eyes with his fists like a child.
Then, he staggered up to Ivan, stretched out his hand and touched the locket in Ivan's hand, and then retracted it immediately.
"You, you helped Kreacher fulfill Master Regulus' order, you destroyed this locket!" Kreacher said incredulously, for the first time a trace of relief appeared on his face.
He looked at Ivan and Hermione, not the disgust and disdain he had before.
He seemed to forget their Muggle origins, and bowed low to Ivan, Harry, and Hermione respectively.
Although the action looks a little funny, there is no perfunctory between the expressions.
Ivan knew that because he destroyed the Slytherin locket and helped Kreacher complete Regulus' orders, he finally gained the friendship of the house elf.
Like Dobby, Kreacher now respects him from the bottom of his heart.
This is indeed a happy thing, and it is perhaps the most positive and optimistic change brought about by the destruction of this Horcrux.
Although Ivan didn't know, what use could the friendship of a house elf be
Maybe it will come in handy at a critical moment! (.)