Sirius was silent for a long time, feeling sick, as the emotions he had been suppressing for years burst forth.
When no one was looking, Sirius wiped the tears from his eyes with his hand. Regulus's death was great, and it gave them a chance to end Voldemort.
"I've been wrong about him all these years! Or I never really got to know him…"
Kreacher, the house-elf, was sobbing uncontrollably.
After a while, he felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy and quickly changed the topic. "Now that we have destroyed the Horcrux, which means that Voldemort no longer has an immortal body, we will be able to kill him completely the next time we meet!"
"Yes! We can tell Professor Dumbledore about this. He'll be so happy!" Harry exclaimed.
"I'm guessing Professor Dumbledore already knew about the Horcruxes. I'm afraid it won't be easy to destroy Lord Voldemort…" Ivan said, looking at Harry and the others in high spirits.
"Why do you say that?" Lupin frowned, looking at Ivan in confusion.
"I should have told you, I destroyed two similar things at Hogwarts in my second year," Ivan reminded them.
"So Voldemort had more than one Horcrux?!" Lupin exclaimed, realising this with a start.
Sirius couldn't help blurting out, "Is he mad? Who in their right mind would cut their soul into so many pieces?"
It was stated in this book that splitting the soul was an extremely evil thing, accompanied by unspeakable pain.
As far as they knew, three Horcruxes had been destroyed, and who knew how many had survived…
"Since when do you guys have the illusion that the Dark Lord is a normal person?" Ivan asked with a shrug.
He had seen Voldemort in his fifth year.
Such a handsome face. What a pity. Even if he was inferior to her, he was not far off.
If it were him, he would definitely not bear to disfigure himself in order to improve his strength.
Ivan shook his head at the thought, and proceeded to recount his conversation with Dumbledore after leaving the Chamber of Secrets in the previous school year.
"I think it was clear at the time that Professor Dumbledore had seen through the diary and the diadem, and thus praised Tom as the most brilliant student Hogwarts had ever seen…
At first, I didn't quite understand what the professor meant, but now I do!"
Yvonne gave a half-truth to her theory, then gave Harry an irrelevant look.
Four of Voldemort's Horcruxes have now been destroyed, except for the Hufflepuff Gold Cup in Gringotts and Nagini the Serpent, which has yet to be made!
This was also the most troublesome of all the Horcruxes!
Because Harry is not an enemy, but one of his best friends … Ivan is not cruel enough to do anything to get what he wants.
After all, Harry had never let him down in any way, and his generosity sometimes made Ivan ashamed.
He recalled that when he was in his first year, Harry was willing to lend him a dozen Galleons to get him through a shortage of ingredients for the Bloodline Fusion Potion.
Even after being rejected, he kept it in his heart, and gave her ten Galleons as a Christmas present on Christmas Day.
He was only able to get rid of Burke and the Black-Robed Wizards thanks to the Invisibility Cloak he borrowed from Harry.
Ivan could not bring himself to bite the hand that fed him, so he could only hope that Dumbledore would come up with a solution.
Sirius and Lupin did not know this, but were worried when they learned that Lord Voldemort owned multiple Horcruxes.
A Horcrux could be anything or anywhere, and its number was unknown. Finding one of these Horcruxes and destroying it was like looking for a needle in a haystack.
They felt weak at the thought…
"Well, at least we're one step closer to success, aren't we?" Harry said suddenly.
Harry's words woke up Lupin and Sirius, who were in a state of despair.
"You're right, Harry! At least now we know the secret of Voldemort's immortality and have destroyed several Horcruxes, we're close!" Sirius exclaimed, patting Harry on the shoulder.
Lupin laughed as well. They had survived the difficult times when Voldemort's might had suppressed the magical world.
At the moment, Voldemort was merely hiding in the shadows and waiting for them to destroy the Horcruxes one by one.
Sirius hesitated, then looked at Kreacher and asked, "Kreacher, do you remember how to get there? I mean, where Regulus obtained this Horcrux…"
"Of course, Kreacher… Kreacher will never forget…" the elderly house-elf said, trembling and choking.
Ever since witnessing Regulus being dragged into the lake by one hand after another, this memory has been etched into Kreacher's mind along with his remorse, which comes to mind every time he closes his eyes.
"Why do you ask, Sirius? Regulus has taken out the Horcruxes." Ivan frowned.
'I want Regulus's body back!' Sirius sighed.
"Do you have any idea what the risk is? What if he's been turned into an Inferius already?" Ivan disagreed with her. Regulus's spirit would not want them to risk their lives for a dead body.
"All the more reason to do so! The soul of the one who is made into an Inferius will never be saved, and in any case, I can't leave him in…in a place like that!" Sirius insisted.
When he learned that Regulus was alone in the cold lake with an endless number of Inferi, Sirius was devastated.
Finding Regulus's body was the only thing he could do for his brother.
Ivan shook his head in frustration. There was another possibility that he could not bring himself to mention, which was that Regulus might have been torn to pieces by the Inferius, perhaps with his bones sopping up…
However, in her place, Ivan could not tolerate the desecration of a loved one's body, so he did not try to dissuade her.
"In that case, let's inform Professor Dumbledore! If you really want Regulus to rest in peace… or do you expect us to cope with a pool full of Inferi?"