Sirius sat blankly in the corner chair, no one knew what he was thinking.
Kayson sat on the other side, looked at Sirius across from him, and then at the locket in his hand.
He then looked at Kreacher, who was banging his head on the ground, and Dumbledore and Lupin, who remained silent.
"What should we do now?" Lupin asked.
"Destroy this Horcrux and find Regulus Black's body," Dumbledore replied.
"Is there any possibility... of restoring his reputation?" Sirius asked.
"I remember that child, Regulus. To him, none of that mattered. He didn't like being in the spotlight; he only needed his brother's approval... though he never received it."
Dumbledore's calm voice was like a sword piercing directly towards Sirius's throat.
On the other side, Kayson had already taken out the enchantment book. A Curse of Vanishing enveloped the locket, and then a purple glow flashed, and the locket disappeared with it.
Meanwhile, Sirius waved to Kreacher: "Do you still remember the place Regulus took you to back then?"
Kreacher nodded while crying: "Kreacher never forgot..."
"Then let's go, take us there." Sirius pulled Kreacher up, then placed his other hand on Lupin's shoulder.
Kreacher's other hand was held by Dumbledore, and Kayson also supported Dumbledore.
With a roar, they arrived in a cavern.
"Is this it?" Sirius asked.
"No, it's just that the space here is more stable than other places. Perhaps a House-elf can still use Apparition, but taking so many of us might be a bit stretched," Dumbledore murmured with his eyes closed.
"This is the entrance; you need to feed blood to the stone wall there." Kreacher pointed in a direction, and instantly a door frame appeared there, but it was still solid rock.
Sirius nodded, and without a word, pulled a delicate dagger from his pocket. He grasped the blade and then sharply pulled the dagger out. The next moment, blood gushed from his hand, dripping onto the ground.
He quickly smeared the blood from his hand onto the stone wall. Soon, the stone wall, feeling the blood, slowly opened.
Kayson, walking behind, watched Sirius's self-mutilating method with some silence, and at the same time, he stopped Lupin, who was about to rush forward to help bandage him.
"If a person believes they have done something wrong or wronged someone, they will unconsciously or consciously punish their body. This makes their mind feel better; let him be."
Lupin, listening to Kayson's explanation, also nodded and sighed helplessly. Soon, the group walked out of the cavern, and what greeted them was a huge black lake.
"There should be other means here besides Apparition," Lupin said.
"Yes... Actually, there's no need to find other means. The space here is indeed very stable, but not too stable; it can still be manipulated." Kayson said, releasing a field that enveloped the group, then looked towards the center of the sea, where he could see a large concentration of Dark Arts aura through his monocle.
As a burst of purple light scattered, the group arrived on a smooth stone slab.
"That locket was stolen by Master Regulus from the stone basin in the center," Kreacher stammered.
"But where is Regulus? I came to find Regulus." Sirius said, somewhat anxiously.
"You should observe your surroundings carefully, Sirius. I think Regulus has tragically become one of them," Dumbledore said calmly.
At this point, Sirius finally, uncharacteristically, focused a bit of his attention on the water surface nearby. The surface seemed calm, but through the water, one could see one intertwined body after another inside.
"These are Inferi." Lupin looked at the long-silent Sirius. Although he felt pity, under Dumbledore's gaze, he still spoke up to remind him.
"I know."
Kayson was good at comforting for minor upsets because he had experienced them frequently in the orphanage school when he was young, so he could analyze children's psychology well and provide targeted remedies.
However, when it came came to matters of life and death, he lost this advantage. He had not experienced life and death, so at such times, he had no effective way to comfort others.
After all, if you can't even empathize, how can you offer comfort?
"Sirius is a strong person, but we need to clear this basin of things for him. We need to know if Regulus left any contingency plans back then; this is for him," Dumbledore said, patting Kayson's shoulder to comfort him.
"I know, and I think you should really be comforting Sirius." Kayson said, pulling out the enchantment book for the Curse of Vanishing again.
After the Curse of Vanishing enveloped the bizarre liquid in the basin, as the Curse of Vanishing took effect, the bizarre liquid disappeared. However, in an instant, that pile of liquid surged out again, not a single drop less.
"Why is this?" Dumbledore pondered.
"Because that's not the true power of the Curse of Vanishing. Get me an Inferi," Kayson shouted to Lupin.
Soon, an Inferi was pulled out. Sirius even leaned in to look closely. He scrutinized it for a long time before finally confirming that this Inferi was not his brother, then he felt relieved and let Lupin hand it to Kayson.
The latter held the Curse of Vanishing in one hand and the Binding Curse in the other, using the Binding Curse to bind the Curse of Vanishing with the bizarre liquid in the stone basin. This way, as long as the Inferi, as the bound life, disappeared, then the corresponding bizarre liquid should also disappear. This was the true purpose of the Curse of Vanishing; the previous uses were all 'beggar's versions.'
"Give me an Avada," Kayson said.
Meanwhile, Dumbledore, looking at Lupin, who was holding his wand and mentally preparing himself, and Sirius, who was fumbling for his wand, smiled and pulled out his wand, pointing it at the Inferi that was sluggishly walking towards him.
"Avada Kedavra!"
As the half-dead Inferi was struck by the rule-based death spell, Avada Kedavra, it collapsed to the ground, and the bizarre liquid in the stone basin instantly vanished, never to surge out again.
"What's there?" Sirius asked with a dry throat.
"...Another locket, exactly like the one that was already destroyed."]}
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