Hogwarts: Who uses a crowbar in wizard duels?

Less than a minute after Professor Moody lit the envelope, Dumbledore arrived at the Order of the Phoenix.

The letter told Dumbledore everything that had happened there.

"Kevin, Professor Moody says you've discovered Voldemort's things."

As soon as Dumbledore arrived, he came up to Kevin and asked him a question.

"Here it is."

Kevin handed the locket to Dumbledore.

Dumbledore took the locket in his hand and tried to use magic to analyze it, but found that magic was completely ineffective against it, and he was stunned.

Ineffective magic.

Moreover, it negates Kevin's physical attacks.

However, he could sense a very evil aura of dark magic emanating from it.

It was exactly the same as Tom's diary in the previous secret room.

Harry could still feel uncomfortable.

This is Voldemort's Horcrux!

Dumbledore was also filled with disbelief at this moment; he had already been suspicious of the Horcruxes.

Furthermore, it is suspected that Voldemort has more than one Horcrux, and now Kevin has discovered a second Horcrux.

It was discovered in their designated headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix.

"How did you, Kevin, discover this?"

Dumbledore looked at Kevin and then asked.

"These are all things that Harry and the others found and put here while cleaning their rooms."

"At first, I felt that this thing had a kind of dark magic vibe, very similar to Tom's diary from second grade. I tried to open it but couldn't, and I couldn't break it even if I smashed it."

"Plus, Harry said he could feel something uneasy, and I heard that Death Eaters used to come from Black's old house, so I wondered if this thing might be related to Voldemort."

"Could it be that the Death Eater brought back Voldemort's things?"

Sirius was taken aback by Kevin's words.

Several Death Eaters have come from the Black family, but only his long-deceased brother, Regulus Black, lives here.

Could it be something Voldemort entrusted to him for safekeeping?

"Harry, where did you find this?"

Dumbledore then turned to Harry and asked him the same question.

Harry pointed to a corner of the second-floor living room where there were two cabinets, one tall and one short.

"I found it in the crack of the closet; it looked like someone had deliberately hidden it."

"What is this thing, Professor Dumbledore?"

After Harry finished speaking, he asked curiously, feeling that Dumbledore seemed to take this matter very seriously.

However, Dumbledore did not answer; he needed to confirm further.

When it comes to hiding things, Sirius immediately thought of their house-elf, Kreacher.

He immediately ran out of the living room to find him, only to find Kreacher eavesdropping outside the door as soon as he stepped out.

"Kreacher! What are you doing out there! Do you know where this locket came from?!"

Sirius Black saw that Kreacher was eavesdropping on their conversation, which further confirmed his suspicions.

Kreacher must know something; his brother and this house-elf used to have a pretty good relationship.

In addition, he always liked to hide things.

So he picked up Kreacher, brought him into the room, and stood before Dumbledore, making him look at the locket before asking him in a stern voice.

But Kreacher refused to answer, wildly flailing his limbs in an attempt to break free from Sirius's large hand.

"Sirius, there's no need to get so worked up."

At this moment, Dumbledore patted Sirius on the shoulder and gestured for him to release Kreacher.

Sirius Black released Kreacher only after hearing Dumbledore's words.

Dumbledore crouched down and slowly asked Kreacher.

"Mr. Kreacher, do you know the origin of this locket? This is very important to us, and we hope you can tell us."

Perhaps because Dumbledore usually treated him fairly well, Kreacher's attitude towards Dumbledore also improved considerably.

"This is that mysterious person's locket..."

Kreacher curled up, staring at the locket, and said with disgust.

Upon hearing the name "mysterious man," everyone was certain that this truly was Voldemort's doing.

"Then why is he here? Has this mysterious person been here before?"

Dumbledore continued, "If Voldemort really came here, then this place is probably no longer safe to stay in."

He worried that there might be a curse left by Voldemort here, or perhaps a protective measure for the Horcruxes.

"No, this was asked to be brought back by Master Regulus 16 years ago..."

"Young Master Regulus switched the mysterious man's locket with an identical one..."

Switching?

Everyone was stunned when they heard this. Shouldn't Regulus be a loyal follower of Voldemort?

Why switch the locket and steal Voldemort's real locket?

"Kreacher, can you tell me what exactly happened back then?"

Kreacher seemed to be recalling something, his expression pained, and his eyes bloodshot.

"Back then, the mysterious man asked Master Regulus to provide him with a house-elf, and Master Regulus recommended Kreacher..."

"Kreacher followed the mysterious man to a cave by the sea, inside which was a black lake."

"The mysterious man took Kreacher by boat to a small island in the middle of the lake, where there was a stone basin filled with poison. He ordered Kreacher to drink all the poison in the basin."

"Kreacher did as instructed, but the poison caused him immense suffering, and many infernals crawled out of the lake and dragged him to the bottom..."

The mysterious man ignored Kreacher, placed the locket in the stone basin, filled it with poison, and then, laughing wildly, left the cave, abandoning Kreacher behind...

"But Master Regulus said he wanted Kreacher to come home, and Kreacher had to carry out his master's orders... so Kreacher returned..."

Kreacher spoke slowly, his voice tinged with a low growl and pain.

"So what happened next? How did you switch the locket?"

Dumbledore pressed on, saying that at this point it was certain that the locket was Voldemort's important Horcrux, but he wanted to know if Voldemort knew about the switch.

"Later...later Kreacher returned and told Master Regulus everything, but Master Regulus seemed very worried..."

"He told Kreacher to stay at home and not to go out, so that no one else would know that Kreacher was still alive, and then he left alone."

"Until some time later, one night, Master Regulus returned. He found Kreacher in the cupboard. Master Regulus looked very strange, unlike before..."

"Then young master Regulus ordered Kreacher to take him to that cave."

"Kreacher did as instructed..."

"Upon arriving there, Master Regulus presented Kreacher with an identical locket."

"Order Kreacher to switch the locket with this mysterious man's locket after he drinks the poison from the stone basin, and then leave immediately..."

"And we'll do everything we can to destroy this locket..."

"Kreacher did as instructed..."

"Kreacher watched helplessly as young Master Regulus was dragged to the bottom of the lake by the Inferi... but Kreacher had to carry out young Master Regulus's orders..."

"Afterwards, Kreacher brought the locket back, but no matter what he tried, he couldn't destroy it..."

After hearing Kreacher's explanation, no one expected that it was Regulus who betrayed Voldemort and brought back Voldemort's artifacts.

Sirius Black always believed that his brother was killed by Voldemort because of his own stupidity in following the wrong master.

I never expected there to be such a story.

Did his brother always harbor the intention of becoming a spy while serving the Dark Lord?

Obviously not.

He still remembered the pride and arrogance on his brother's face when he joined Voldemort's ranks.

Perhaps, it was only later that he finally discovered Voldemort's true nature.