Leaving aside how Lucius Malfoy left Azkaban in a daze.
Elsewhere, in a somewhat desolate part of bustling London beneath the night sky, a silent funeral was taking place in the backyard of 12 Grimmauld Place.
Sadly, Regulus, who had already become an Inferius, had no hope of resurrection. All that remained was for a fire to return him to ashes and dust.
Few attended the funeral. Apart from Sirius, the sole surviving member of the Black family, and the house-elf Kreacher, there were only Dumbledore, Su Er, Hermione, the Weasley family except for Percy, and a few members of the Order of the Phoenix. No one else was there.
Severus Snape had no intention of attending the funeral afterward. As soon as he reached Grimmauld Place, he Disapparated.
A small mound of earth and a headstone engraved with the name Regulus Black became Regulus's final resting place.
Under normal circumstances, Regulus should have been buried in the Black family's ancestral graveyard.
Yes, just as ancient families in the East did, families in the West also had ancestral graveyards. Given the unusual circumstances, however, Regulus could only make his home in the backyard.
Sirius and Kreacher had dug the grave one shovelful at a time and buried him with their own hands, without the aid of magic at any point.
Kreacher stared blankly at the headstone in silence, tears streaming down his face. Though he grieved, the shackles upon him had been removed. Having fulfilled his master's final instruction, Kreacher had only longing left, and that longing would remain with him until his death.
The funeral began in silence and ended in silence.
To be honest, Su Er felt not the slightest trace of sorrow. It was not that he was cold-blooded, but that he truly could not put himself