After stabbing my ex-boyfriend, I went traveling

Yang Mei had heard a lot about how much of a bastard Sirius Black was, and why he was expelled from the Black family.

It makes people angry just by listening to it.

But after all, it was the Black family's miserable past, so they just talked about it briefly.

Let’s get back to Regulus Black.

After Sirius was expelled from the Black family, he was the only heir to the family, but he disappeared more than ten years ago.

"At least we all think he's missing," Lucius said. "So, he's... in the cave now?"

He wanted to ask if it was Regulus's body, but when he noticed that Narcissa had started wiping away tears, he didn't have the heart to say such a cruel thing.

Voldemort closed his eyes and leaned back in the soft chair.

Snape glanced at Voldemort and saw that he did not stop him, so he spoke up, "Inside that cave is a small lake. The stone basin containing the locket is located in an open space in the middle of the lake. The lake is full of Inferi!"

Everyone's expressions were not very good.

Snape's cheeks twitched violently twice, and he looked at Narcissa: "I have a guess, you'd better be mentally prepared."

Narcissa's face turned pale, her hands unconsciously clutching her skirt tightly: "Severus, tell me what you want, I can bear it."

"I don't know how much you know about the Despair Potion. It's an emerald green potion. Although it's liquid, people can't put their hands into it. They can't separate it, scoop it out, or drain it out. They can't use the Vanishing Charm to make it disappear directly... It can only be drunk. I personally call it the Rogue Potion.

Drinking this potion will cause hallucinations and bring great pain to the user. The stomach will feel like it is on fire and the user will instinctively seek water to drink.

Regulus probably drank the despair potion in the stone basin himself, but there is no other water source in the cave except the lake water..."

"You mean, after drinking the potion of despair, Regulus Black ran uncontrollably to the lake and the water, and was dragged into the lake by the Inferi?" Yang Mei stated the cruelest guess directly.

Narcissa uttered a short, sharp wail.

She looked around and said, "Regulus is a wizard, not a Muggle. Although there is little hope, there is still a possibility that he is alive. Let's find him first. Even if it is a corpse, we can't let him stay in a lake full of Inferi. What do you think?"

"Phil is right." Narcissa wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. "No matter what, we should find the person first."

OK, Yang Mei felt that this was about the end of the matter.

"Okay, then let's talk about the locket." Yang Mei shifted everyone's attention from Regulus to the Horcrux.

Voldemort opened his eyes as well.

"Regulus definitely didn't go to the cave alone. He couldn't drink the despair potion by himself. Someone had to force it into his stomach... So does he have someone very close to him? So close that he could entrust such an important matter to the other person?" Yang Mei looked at the people of the same generation as Regulus who were present.

Fleury crossed her arms and frowned, "As far as I know, Regulus can talk to anyone because of his mild temper, but he is only familiar with the few of us sitting here."

"Obviously, it wasn't any of us who helped him," Celeste said.

"This helper must be someone Regulus trusts very much and will definitely not betray him, but he must not be that smart and not that strong." Yang Mei said, leaning his arm on the table and supporting his chin.

"Why do you say he is not smart and not strong?" Draco didn't understand.

"If he was smart and powerful, Regulus wouldn't have been dragged into the lake by the Inferi." Yang Mei thought about it, "Does he have a companion house-elf?"

"Yes!" Narcissa said immediately, "His house-elf is called Kreacher, and he has been guarding the Black family's old house for many years. I talked to him when I visited Aunt Walburga.

Phil, do you mean that Kreacher cooperated with Regulus to swap the locket? The locket should be in the Black mansion now, right? "

At least we have a direction to look for. Let’s go to Number 12 Grimmauld Place!

The history of the Black family can be traced back to the Middle Ages, and at least one of Salazar's first batch of students had the last name Black.

This family attached great importance to bloodline. They were obsessed with the pursuit of pure blood and indiscriminately despised Muggles, Squibs, half-blood wizards and Muggle-born wizards.

In order to always remember the family's belief in pure blood, the Black family engraved the family motto on the family coat of arms - "Toujours Pur", which means "forever pure".

Based on the above description of the Black family, Yang Mei didn't know what kind of mental state their family members were in when they decided to choose the address of their ancestral home on a Muggle street.

Number 12 Grimmauld Place is located in a Muggle neighborhood in London, just a -minute walk from King's Cross Station.

From this perspective, it is quite convenient.

The previous head of the Black family, Orian Black, imposed all the existing protection measures in the wizarding world outside the mansion to ensure that no one, including Muggles and wizards, could find their way here without permission.

Because the house is invisible, the Muggles living nearby have long been accustomed to the outrageous situation of number 11 being next to number 13.

"More than a decade ago, Sirius provided the location of this place to Dumbledore, asking him to use it as the base of the Order of the Phoenix." Narcissa said with a complicated expression, "It was Bella who stepped in to teach Sirius a lesson and drove those people out of the Black Mansion. Otherwise, I can't imagine how angry and sad Aunt Walburga would be."

Lucius held his wife's shoulders and said, "Sissi, it's all in the past. Mrs. Black will figure it out, and then we will help redecorate the old Black house. Although no one lives here, we should not let it be abandoned."

The Malfoys were walking in the front. Seeing that his parents had no interest in paying attention to him, Draco walked at the back with Yang Mei.

"Phil, let me tell you, my mother brought me here once when I was little," Draco gestured to the gate, "Not far from the entrance, there is a portrait of Mrs. Black. I should call her grandmother. You have to be prepared, because she looks a little crazy."

The group stepped onto the stone steps at the door. The door without a keyhole was dark and mottled, and the word "down and out" was simply written on the door.

There was a silver, coiled snake-shaped door knocker hanging on the door, which looked ancient and mysterious.