Hogwarts: I graduated before the system came

Douglas thought to himself, "Good fellow! Even after being interrupted, he can still continue his emotions..."

Chapter 270 Sirius and Kreacher

"After the Dark Lord left, Kreacher was extremely thirsty and needed water. He climbed to the edge of the island to drink from the Black Lake, but many hands emerged from the water and tried to pull Kreacher down... Kreacher remembered Master Regulus's order to return home...

When Master Regulus found out that Kreacher had returned home, he was very worried. He told Kreacher to hide and not leave the house.

After a while... Master Regulus found Kreacher again. Kreacher could see that he was very confused. The master asked Kreacher to take him to the cave, the same cave that the Dark Lord had been to... Later, Master Regulus took out a locket from his pocket, which was exactly the same as the Dark Lord's.

He told Kreacher to wait until the stone basin was dry and then replace the locket. Then he ordered Kreacher to leave and not to bother with him... He told Kreacher to go home and not to tell the mistress about this, but to destroy the locket... Then... Then he drank the potion, Kreacher replaced the locket, and watched Master Regulus being dragged into the water..."

At this point, Kreacher burst into tears, turned around, grabbed the fence, and banged his head against it.

"Master Regulus forbade Kreacher to tell his family about this. Kreacher told this to Master Sirius. Kreacher disobeyed Master Regulus's orders... Kreacher did not destroy the locket. Kreacher is not a good elf..."

Douglas helplessly trapped Kreacher again, while Sirius stood there in a daze, looking at the locket in Douglas's hand, muttering:

"Is this the locket? Something Voldemort values ​​so much. Isn't it Slytherin's locket? Why is it worth him risking his life for this thing? Tell me why! He doesn't think that by stealing this thing, he can defeat Voldemort, right? Stupid idiot..."

Sirius' eyes were red, and he couldn't figure out what Regulus was doing.

Douglas took out a magic-suppressing stone box from his pocket and put the locket inside. Kreacher saw that Douglas put the locket away instead of destroying it, and he immediately cried anxiously. But this time, Douglas sealed his mouth to prevent him from talking nonsense.

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Then he explained: "To tell you the truth, it is not just Slytherin's locket, it is also Voldemort's Horcrux. It contains a piece of Voldemort's soul. Dumbledore has been looking for this thing. The Horcrux is the key to Voldemort's immortality, so we must destroy it. Obviously, Regulus has discovered Voldemort's secret..."

Douglas did not say anything else, but turned to look at Kreacher and said in a cold tone:

"If you think Regulus's Death Ward is so cheap, you could have told him about it after Voldemort returned... Bellatrix, Narcissa, and the others all have Black blood. You can certainly believe that you are loyal to them, while they are loyal to Voldemort."

Kreacher shook his head frantically and wanted to say something but Douglas sealed his mouth and he could only whimper.

Sirius looked stern when he heard this, and said to Kreacher fiercely in a hoarse voice:

"As the master of the Black family, I order you that no matter what happens, you are not allowed to reveal what happened today to anyone. Remember, no one.

Haha, you think I don't know why you dared to go against Regulus's request and tell me this? It's because I've already been removed from the family tree. You've never considered me a member of the Black family. Of course, I don't like this identity either...

But don't forget the Black family tradition. The house is passed down from generation to generation and must be passed down to the next male with the surname Black. Whether you and I accept this reality or not, I am now the last male in the Black family, and my orders cannot be disobeyed.

At this point, Sirius said to Douglas dissatisfiedly: "Such an important matter, why don't you drive it away and tell it?"

Douglas shrugged and said, "I don't care. Sooner or later, I will have to face Voldemort. I said this in front of him just to tell you two that no matter how much you dislike or hate it, reality is reality. Kreacher can't get rid of you, and you can't get rid of him either. Even if you can't treat it well in the future, don't be too harsh.

House-elves are also flesh and blood. They also know who is good to them and who is not, and they will also resist in their own way."

Dobby was so excited when he heard Douglas' words that he couldn't stop crying. He always thought that his boss was a really good person.

He didn't care too much about what Kreacher would do, but Sirius's psychological problems had to be addressed to some extent. To put it nicely, he was persistent, and to put it bluntly, he was paranoid. He did things impulsively and without considering the consequences. He didn't want his nephew to be influenced by Sirius in the future.

The members of the Black family are dead, but this house-elf who continues the spirit of the Black family is still alive. No matter how much Sirius hates the ideas of the Black family, reality is reality, and he is still tied to Kreacher. This is probably the reason why Sirius has such great resistance and disgust towards him.

He didn't think Sirius would consider Kreacher one of his own, and he didn't need one. To him, Kreacher was just a stubborn, Black-stained mold that he couldn't get rid of.

He thought that what Sirius had just said was correct, that Kreacher did not truly regard him as his master. Perhaps in Kreacher's heart, his master had always been Regulus.

He has always believed that the psychological study of house-elves is a very interesting topic, especially Kreacher in front of him. He has the blind loyalty of a house-elf, but also has his own dissatisfaction and resistance.

He is different from Dobby, who believes in freedom and is an individual, while a traditional house-elf like Kreacher only believes in his master, who is everything to him. However, he is also cunning and deceitful, and is very good at deceiving himself.

But now he wanted to see if Kreacher would still betray Sirius after he changed his attitude...

Of course, he was just preparing the research subject for this topic in advance and then handing it over to his student Hermione Granger to continue the research.

In his previous life, he felt that Hermione's understanding of house-elves was wrong. She analyzed each case individually and believed that the respect of others was not given by force but earned by oneself.

Dobby's freedom, respect and love were earned through hard work, but Kreacher...

Douglas suddenly felt like a very qualified and excellent teacher, having planned for his students' future two years in advance...

Chapter 271 Silent Guardian

Douglas, who had been looking out the window, noticed that Dumbledore and Lupin were looking over here in the square outside.

Douglas said to Sirius: "Sirius, go pick up Dumbledore and the others. They need you to come in."

After Sirius left, Douglas immediately released Kreacher's magic and said, "Dumbledore is here. Now we need you to take us to that place and bring back Regulus' remains. Please consider this."

Kreacher, who was about to continue punishing himself, immediately quieted down after hearing Douglas' words. He said excitedly, "Really? We're going to take back Master Regulus's remains. Yes, we have to take the Master back, but the Master has told Kreacher not to leave this room..."

Douglas sneered, thinking that you had remembered Regulus's order again, but he still said patiently: "Sirius is your master now, you don't have to worry about that, but I have a small request, that is, don't take us directly to that island later.

After all, no one knows what kind of evil magic Voldemort has set up there. If we suddenly appear there and it suddenly self-destructs, there will be no hope of recovering Regulus's remains.

You just need to lead us to the real entrance of the cave magic mechanism..."

Kreacher nodded with sobs, then he made a funny gesture towards Douglas. Douglas could see that he wanted to bow to him, but because of the deep-rooted ideas of the Black family, his body instinctively resisted this action.

After Dumbledore came in, he first looked at Douglas, then walked around him twice with a smile on his face and said, "I can understand the magic solidification and the Bubble Head Charm, but as for the Shield Charm, have you made the clothes on your body into magic props?"

Douglas casually removed the magic on his body and said with a smile, "This is a business secret. Please forgive me for not sharing it."

Then he took out Slytherin's locket again. Dumbledore's expression suddenly became nervous when he saw it. He drew his wand and carefully took the locket in his hand. After tapping it with his wand a few times, he suddenly discovered something. He glanced at the magic stone box in Douglas's hand, smiled helplessly, and then distanced himself from Douglas and carefully examined the locket.

After an inspection, Dumbledore came back with a relaxed look and said with a smile, "It seems that we are really destined to be with Slytherin. If we don't have that thing, perhaps we can only ask Harry to open this box."

Douglas tilted his head and smiled and asked, "So who will solve this problem this time?"

Dumbledore tossed the locket to Douglas and said, "I am old. You should handle this matter yourself. After all, you have more experience than me."

Douglas didn't hesitate and stretched out his hand: "You should carry that thing with you, right?"

Dumbledore smiled, then took out a delicate little wooden box from his pocket, took out a piece of mithril metal from it and handed it to Douglas.

After Douglas took the metal piece, he looked at Dumbledore again, blinked, and said, "That's it."

Dumbledore suddenly changed the subject and said, "Doclas, you are better than I thought. While I was still investigating Tom's early behavior, you had already found this thing directly.

Yes, I should have thought of it earlier. When the diary appeared, it showed that Tom had given something to some of his subordinates. Of course, he might not have told others what it was. He didn't trust anyone..."

Douglas coughed twice and said, "Ahem, Headmaster, you may have misunderstood. Voldemort didn't put this thing in anyone's hands. Instead, it was Regulus, Sirius's younger brother and a former Death Eater, who discovered Voldemort's biggest secret and stole it from his most closely guarded place..."

Douglas then briefly recounted the story that Critcher had told him.

After hearing Douglas's story, Lupin finally understood what had happened. No wonder he felt that the atmosphere in the room was wrong as soon as he entered. Sirius' eyes were also red when he came to pick him up just now. He hugged Sirius' shoulders tightly and patted him twice.

He knew how cold their relationship had been and how much Sirius despised his brother who wanted to become a Death Eater.

But as fate would have it, no one could have expected that Regulus would be braver and smarter than anyone else in dealing with Voldemort.

When everyone was complacent and proud of having failed to deal with Voldemort and escaping from him, Regulus had already found Voldemort's true lifeline. If it weren't for Regulus, he could hardly imagine how long it would take for people to discover the Horcrux that Voldemort hid in the cave.

Dumbledore said with emotion: "Regulus is a hero, who has been working silently behind all of us and even sacrificed his life.

Yes, he is very good. Tom’s secret was not discovered by many older people. Even I only knew about the existence of Horcruxes with Douglas’ help. How old was he at that time? 17 years old. What a wonderful age...”

Sirius' eyes were still red, and he murmured doubtfully: "He is just a stupid idiot..."

He didn't understand why Regulus, who always put family honor first, chose to sacrifice himself, even though there was a house-elf next to him who could drink the poison.

He even had a chance to escape and let Kreacher take him out of the cave, but in order to protect that group of stubborn and stupid Black family members, he would rather choose to die in obscurity.

Sirius looked at the dilapidated and shabby Black family residence. He didn't know what was there to protect for this rotten Black family...

Kreacher, trembling, looked at Dumbledore and said in a trembling voice, "Great Headmaster Dumbledore, hello, I want to ask you, can you really destroy that thing? Are you here to take me to pick up Master Regulus?"

After saying this, Kreacher looked at Douglas cautiously.

Douglas blinked, thinking that this guy still didn't trust him.

Dumbledore smiled, leaned over and said to Kreacher, "You have to believe Douglas that he can handle this matter."

Kreacher muttered, "Those are the Dark Lord's things. One by one... Kreacher has no other choice."

Chapter 272 Dumbledore: I want to collect the agency fee

Douglas checked the time and urged, "It's getting late. Let's get going. We can't let a hero lie in the cold lake on Christmas Day."

As soon as these words were spoken, Kreacher became excited again. Dobby stepped forward and grabbed Kreacher tightly, which made Kreacher even more excited... He kept shouting that he was unclean.

Finally, Kreacher finally calmed down after being harshly scolded by Sirius with red eyes.

Everyone turned their gaze to Douglas, who made the arrangements without hesitation:

"Kreacher, take Dobby with you to that place to familiarize yourself with the route, and then you two can come back to pick us up."

Then he took out a porcelain bottle, handed it to Dobby and said:

"This contains the powerful pills I developed. Using Apparition to carry people so frequently consumes a lot of energy, and I don't want any accidents to happen. Each time you send someone over, you two will take one pill."

Dobby bowed excitedly and said, "Dobby's boss is such a good man. He always considers Dobby..."

Kreacher kept his distance from Dobby with disgust. He did not respond to Douglas' words, but looked at Sirius.

Sirius frowned and said, "Look at me, just do what Doug says."

Kreacher shook his big head and muttered, "Oh, Master Sirius told Kreacher to listen to that... that Doug. Kreacher listens to Sirius."

After hearing what Kreacher said, Douglas was so angry that he kept gnashing his teeth. When Sirius called him Doug, his tone was at least normal, but Kreacher's words were full of sarcasm.

Just as Kreacher and Dobby came back to take Lupin and Sirius away, Dumbledore suddenly asked Douglas:

"Douglas, there are no Horcruxes in that cave anymore. Why did you go there? If you just want to bring back Regulus, I think Sirius and I are enough. You don't think Tom has hidden any treasure there, do you?"

Douglas raised his eyebrows and smiled. "This relates to another of my teaching plans. Although Hogwarts already has some teaching and experimental bases, do you think those places are more practical than the cave built by Voldemort?"

At this moment, Kreacher and Dobby returned again. Douglas asked them to wait for a moment, and then casually set up a soundproof magic shield.

Dumbledore was silent for a moment, then nodded.

Douglas continued:

"There's another benefit to doing this. If Voldemort returns again, do you think these students will still tremble at the sound of his name when they know they've been to the Dark Lord's lair?

I hope that in the future, no matter what kind of dark wizard my students face, they will not be afraid and stand on the side of justice, rather than retreating in fear of the other party's powerful strength. I want them to know that the other party is actually nothing. Because when they were in school, they were already playing games in the lair of a dark lord.

Dumbledore looked at Douglas in silence for a while, then suddenly smiled and asked, "And then?"

Douglas immediately showed a flattering smile on his face, took out a piece of parchment from his arms and handed it to Dumbledore, saying with a smile:

"So we need to build a safe and stable transmission channel connecting Hogwarts to here. Portkeys cannot be used because they are easily monitored by the Ministry of Magic. Apparition cannot be used because the students do not have this ability.

As it happens, I recently developed a teleportation array that can be used by multiple people. It requires some materials to build, so I hope the school can provide some help."

Dumbledore took the parchment and looked at the contents. He suddenly stopped laughing. "Douglas, can you explain to me why all 200 pounds of fresh dragon blood were used to draw the teleportation array? Yes, dragon blood can be used to draw some runes, but it shouldn't be necessary to use so much. And this dragon thigh meat... With all these things you have, I might as well make some small door keys... You know, we can't let the school board know about this project, so the funds will need to be deducted from some regular funds..."

Douglas said quickly: "Professor, the renovation of this practice site will definitely involve several deans. I think Voldemort's magic will

.It also has great research significance for them...

To be honest, many of the materials for this transmission certificate are only available to me, so some of the things mentioned here are equivalent exchanges."

Dumbledore nodded seriously and said, "Your explanation is perfect, but I will charge a middleman fee. Is that reasonable?"

......

In a huge cave, the surroundings are empty and extremely humid. The air is filled with the fishy smell of the sea, and the sound of waves crashing against rocks can be heard in the distance.

When Dumbledore and Douglas arrived, Lupin and Sirius were already looking around with their wands raised.

Dumbledore also raised his wand and observed the surrounding rock walls and the cave ceiling, then walked to where Sirius and Lupin were standing. There was a step at the edge of the cave, leading to a dark passage below...

Dumbledore took out a light put-out device that looked like a lighter from his pocket, and after hitting it, a circular light source floated towards the dark passage below.

Then they saw clearly that the tunnel was very damp and there was a lot of mud on the ground. Lupin frowned slightly and said:

"This doesn't look like the entrance to a secret room. It looks more like a passage from the outside, and it's connected to the sea. It's low tide now, so no water is coming in."

While several people were studying the passage, Douglas first arranged for Dobby to measure the size of the entire cave platform.

Dobby skillfully took out a magic measuring tape from his pocket and threw it casually. The tape began to measure according to Dobby's requirements and reported a data to Dobby after each measurement. Dobby carefully wrote it down in his notebook.

Douglas sneered as he looked sideways at Kreacher, who had been staring at Dumbledore and the other two. When he heard Lupin's judgment that it wasn't the entrance, Kreacher was visibly relieved. Then, turning around, he saw Douglas staring at him with a sneer. Kreacher froze in place, shaking his head and muttering softly.

In Douglas's opinion, this old guy was too thoughtful. He obviously knew where the entrance was and even knew how to open it, but he just didn't say it. His purpose was to see if these people could really open the Dark Lord's secret room.

Chapter 273 Dumbledore: Douglas, I need an explanation

Dumbledore continued to explore the cave wall with his wand for a while, and finally paused at a place. Then, pretending to find nothing, he said to everyone: