The Monolith vanished. The arm armor writhed up its host's arm, and the wound healed completely in an instant. Su Ming chuckled as he watched his blood disappear, then gestured for the others to enter.
Hermione naturally knew what Miracle Serum could do, so she said nothing. Sirius, however, had wanted to treat him, perhaps with some sort of healing charm.
But the moment he touched his wand, Professor Wilson's wound had already healed.
He could only assume it was some advanced spellcasting technique that required neither incantation nor wand, and expressed his admiration.
Really, who would think a Hogwarts professor was a Squib?
Passing through The Doorway overflowing with silver light, they climbed the steps. After only a few steps, it felt as though the world had changed, and an exceedingly strange scene appeared before them.
If not for the lofty cavern ceiling overhead, with stalactites constantly dripping water, they would have surely thought they had returned to the seaside.
The black water blocking their path was unimaginably vast, stretching as far as the eye could see without a single ripple, like a pool filled with crude oil.
"No, Master Regulus!" Kreacher seemed to be hallucinating. He fell to his knees on the damp ground, covered his eyes, and began to cry. "Kreacher is bad! Kreacher deserves to die! Kreacher must punish himself!"
As he spoke, he tried to bash himself against the wall again. This time, the wand Sirius had only just taken into his hand immediately came in useful. He froze the House-elf where he stood.
Thinking of how his younger brother Regulus had died in a place like this, and how he had protected his family by ensuring no one knew what he had done...
Sirius was seething with rage, wishing he could kill Voldemort right