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Chapter 612: 12 Grimmauld Place

Peter said this with an innocent look on his face, his voice was as miserable as it could be, but unfortunately no one present was fooled by him. Even Hermione, who was the most naive, looked at him with disgust.

"Okay, Peter, everyone saw what you did, so there's no need to make excuses."

Dumbledore stepped forward and looked down at Peter.

Peter raised his head and looked at Dumbledore with a somewhat panicked look.

"D-Professor Dumbledore..."

"I have watched you two grow up together. Although you have a lot of minor flaws, I have never thought that they are a problem. As long as they can be corrected, it is always good.

When you joined the Order of the Phoenix with James, Sirius and others, I was very happy because I saw your efforts and the changes you had made.

It's a pity that you didn't become a better person in the end."

Dumbledore shook his head, his tone very calm, his expression unchanged.

But the more he did this, the more frightened Peter became, and his body began to tremble.

"No, no, Professor Dumbledore, please forgive me once, give me a chance..."

"You've had many opportunities, but you gave them all up. Now you've lived twelve extra years. It's time to accept your punishment."

Dumbledore took out his wand.

Peter wanted to say something else, but the spell had already fallen on him.

His expression suddenly became dull and his eyes became less lively.

Obviously, this is a dark magic, which should be similar to the Imperius Curse, a spell that can directly act on the soul.

With Dumbledore's identity and strength, he had countless ways to make Peter powerless to resist, but he still used black magic, which shows how angry and sad he was in his heart.

But all this could not be seen from his face. It was obvious that Dumbledore was more cunning than imagined.

"Next, I will contact Fudge. Peter's trial will be restarted soon. Sirius, during this time, I require you to return to number 12, Grimmauld Place. You are not allowed to leave without my permission."

"Ah? Professor Dumbledore..."

Sirius was completely dumbfounded when he heard this. How come he had finally escaped from Azkaban, only to be locked up in another prison?
Number 12, Grimmauld Place, that was a place he never wanted to go back to in his life. It was better to lock him up in the bunker of Hogwarts than there.

"Your name needs to be cleared. Only in this way can you live with Harry openly. Your personality is too erratic. Even after so many years, you haven't changed much since you were in school. If you are allowed to run around outside, what if something happens? Do you want Harry to lose his family again?"

"..."

Very good, this reason was very powerful, and Sirius was directly silenced.

"Secondly, I need you to help me with something, so you must return to number 12, Grimmauld Place. Also, Zhou Ming will go back with you, and he will tell you the details."

Dumbledore did not plan to act personally this time because he had more important things to do, which was to escort and monitor Peter throughout the process and not give him a chance to escape.

Of course, it was mainly because of Zhou Ming's presence that he could let go and do other things.

Zhou Ming’s magical attainments are not as good as Dumbledore’s at present, but his hard power is actually not much worse. If the two of them really had a life-and-death duel, Dumbledore is not sure that he can win.

And most importantly, Zhou Ming is completely immune to all kinds of black magic and curses. Dumbledore can be absolutely assured in handing the task of collecting Horcruxes to him.

Sirius turned his head to look at Zhou Ming who was smiling beside him, and pouted his lips, looking as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a dead fly.

He had just faced the opponent and was easily subdued. From that moment on, he knew that this young man's strength was probably far beyond his own.

Needless to say, I am very weak now. Even if I were in my prime, I would probably not be the opponent's match.

It would be a miracle if Sirius could be in a good mood when he thought about being defeated by such a young student and being tied up and thrown on the ground like a dead dog.

Unfortunately, he couldn't refuse Dumbledore's request now, because he also had unparalleled confidence in himself when it came to getting into trouble. He hoped that he could stay with Harry for the rest of his life, so he must not get into trouble again before completely clearing his name.

"Okay, everyone, let's go back to the castle first. Zhou, you can move freely from now on. I have opened the school door for you."

Dumbledore said, before tapping his wand at Peter.

The rat-like man quickly floated up from the ground and followed Dumbledore into the distance.

The others followed one after another, only Zhou Ming stood there motionless.

"Zhou Ming, you..."

Hermione gave him a curious look.

"You go back first. I have to follow this uncle to do some work."

Zhou Ming smiled.

Hermione looked at him, then at Sirius, nodded, and without saying anything more, she supported Ron and walked away.

Ron is still immersed in that indescribable mood, mainly because what happened today was too exciting for him.

Harry wanted to say a few more words to Sirius, but the current situation made him struggle.

"Harry, be obedient and go back to the castle with everyone else. I am fine now, am I not? When the charges against me are cleared in a while, I can stay with you forever. Just wait a little longer, it will be quick. You have to trust Dumbledore."

He whispered soothingly to Harry.

Harry was not an ignorant child, so he nodded, let go of Sirius, and walked away looking back every few steps.

The other professors had already left with Dumbledore, leaving only Lupin behind.

He looked at his old friend and had countless things to say.

"Okay, Remus, there's still a lot of time to go, right? Before I officially return, Harry will continue to be in your care, is that okay?"

"Of course, but even if you come back, I will still continue to take care of Harry."

"Ha! That's not up to you. Don't forget, I'm Harry's godfather."

"But I'm his professor."

The two of them laughed as they talked. Lupin walked up to Sirius and gave him a big hug. Then he turned around and quickly caught up with Harry, and left the Forbidden Forest together.

"Well, there are only two of us left now."

Zhou Ming then walked over and grabbed Sirius' arm.

Sirius was obviously extremely nervous for a moment, his muscles were tense, but he quickly relaxed. Apparently he also realized that Zhou Ming was not his enemy.

"Tell me the exact location of number 12 Grimmauld Place. No, tell me the location of the surrounding blocks."

It would be impossible to find the target by just saying the address. They needed to go to the vicinity first, and then follow Sirius's lead to find the real Black house.

Sirius was puzzled as to why Zhou Ming asked for the place now, but he didn't think much about it and casually said the name of a neighborhood. The next second, the two disappeared from the forbidden forest.

After a while.

"Ugh - I, I really didn't expect that you could actually Apparate... But could you please understand me? I just escaped from Azkaban. If you do this... I can't stand it... Ugh -"

Sirius was like a person who got carsick. As soon as he "got off the car", he held onto a big tree on the side of the road and started to dry heave.

He could only dry heave because his stomach was empty and he hadn't eaten anything. He had only intended to glance at Harry from a distance, but he was discovered on the spot, and Zhou Ming instantly appeared in front of him and knocked him down.

Not only was he completely unable to fight back during the whole process, he also had almost no chance to replenish his food. No, to be more precise, he had never had a proper meal since he was taken out of Azkaban. He had basically been hungry during this period.

"The most important thing is to solve the problem. You are in good physical condition, so it won't be easy for you to get into trouble."

It must be said that Sirius' physique is indeed good.

If it were an ordinary person, after being imprisoned in Azkaban for so many years, even if he could use the Animagus transformation to avoid the invasion of Dementors, the environment and daily treatment there alone would be enough to reduce a person's physical fitness to the limit.

Only a very small number of people can maintain a good physical condition after being detained for many years.

For example, Sirius Black, and his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.

So, the Black family's hidden ability is actually to enhance physical fitness?

Zhou Ming made irresponsible guesses.

After Sirius rested for a while and recovered a little, they followed his instructions and quickly arrived at Grimmauld Place and stood in front of an ordinary building.

Zhou Ming looked around and saw number 11 and number 13, but not number 12.

However, he could see the flow of magic power here, and saw that a stream of magic power entered the crack in the wall, which should be the entrance to No. 12.

Number 12 Grimmauld Place is not only protected by a spell similar to the Fidelius Charm, but it is also hidden by magic. There are even spells around it that change the Muggles' cognition, so that they don't realize that there is a missing house here.

"This is Blake's old house. To be honest, if I can, I really don't want to come back."

Blake sighed and told Zhou Ming how to get out of the old house.

As Zhou Ming waved his wand, the houses on both sides suddenly began to move, each moving to the sides. A house in the middle squeezed out little by little, which was the old house of Blake.

"But here's what I need."

"I never asked, what exactly are you looking for? Why is Professor Dumbledore so mysterious?"

Blake stepped forward and opened the door, and the two walked in.

The room was dim, giving people the feeling of going straight to a cellar as soon as they entered the door, but the air in the room was not very humid. There was a musty smell, but it was not heavy, and there was no dust on the ground. It was obvious that someone had been cleaning here.

Kreacher, an elderly house-elf, has served the Black family for generations and is proud of it. He even hopes to be beheaded and hung on the wall like his mother after his death. This would be the greatest honor for him.

During the years when the Black family was almost extinct, he had been the one taking care of the house, so when Sirius brought Zhou Ming in, Kreacher spotted them at the first moment.

Then he appeared in front of the two of them like a ghost, speaking completely disrespectful words in a very hoarse and low voice.

"Get out of here, Kreacher. If you say something like that again, I'll kick you out right now."

"The useless young master who made the old master sad is back, and he is here to destroy the old master's house again..."

"This is my home too! You..."

Sirius had never liked this house-elf before. He was simply a replica of his mother, with his mind full of pure-bloods and the most expensive things.

Now he was ordered by Dumbledore to stay here, but when he saw Kreacher, the evil fire in his belly couldn't help but burst out.

"Okay, let's get down to business, Kreacher. Have you ever seen a locket like this?"

Zhou Ming interrupted Sirius's intention to lose his temper, took out a fake locket from his pocket and showed it to Kreacher.

When Kreacher saw it, he was stunned and his body began to tremble violently.

"Have you seen it or not? Speak up!"

Sirius shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Kreacher can't lie to the young master. Kreacher has seen..."

"Have you seen it? Where?"

Sirius still doesn't know what this thing is, but since Dumbledore cares so much about it, he must help find it.

"Right, right at home."

Kreacher said with his head down.

"What are you waiting for? Take us there!"

"No, no, the Second Young Master won't allow it..."

"Regulus? Oh, then I have to find this thing. Could he be related to Voldemort?"

"Kreacher doesn't know. Kreacher knows nothing..."

Kreacher held his head and began to shut himself off.

Zhou Ming saw that this was not going to work, so he stepped forward and pulled Sirius away.

This guy is more likely to cause trouble than to help. I should have known this earlier and not let him speak.

"Hey, what are you doing..."

Just as Sirius was about to speak, Zhou Ming's spell came over and sealed his mouth.

Then he walked up to Kreacher and showed him the locket again.

"Kreacher, we found the fake and saw the note Regulus left inside. We know everything. The real locket should have been brought out by you, right? Before he died, did he ask you to destroy the locket, but you couldn't destroy it?"

"You...how did you know..."

Kreacher stared at him with wide eyes.

"Because this is a Horcrux, one of the most evil and strongest magical items. It is impossible to destroy it with ordinary methods. My purpose in coming here today is to get it and then destroy it.

So, if you don't want Regulus's last wish to remain unfulfilled, you'd better take me to find the locket now."

Zhou Ming looked at Kreacher and said in a deep voice.

(End of this chapter)