Chapter 802 Magic Contract
There was silence in the minister's office. Bones sat there without saying a word, not knowing what he was thinking.
Kyle sat opposite her, fiddling with the gold Galleon on the table out of boredom.
During this time, someone came to Bones to report on their work, but she drove him out and continued to be in a daze.
Kyle didn't push.
After an unknown amount of time, Bones finally came to his senses and looked up at Kyle.
“One hundred thousand Galleons, there is no way I can agree to it, or any minister would agree to it.
"This amount is so huge that it can even affect the normal operation of the Ministry of Magic."
"Is this the end of the discussion?" Kyle shrugged.
"That's not the case." Bones stood up. "I've come up with a compromise."
"What is it?"
"The Ministry of Magic is willing to pay you two thousand Galleons for the right to use this thing for a period of time, starting from now until we defeat You-Know-Who."
Kyle asked curiously, "What does this mean?"
"The conditions are still the same as before." Bones explained: "This communication item can only be used by the Ministry of Magic and is not allowed to appear anywhere else, but the time is not permanent.
"If we defeat You-Know-Who, this restriction will end. You can do whatever you want then, and the Ministry of Magic won't interfere."
"Two thousand Galleons, I'm still at a loss." Kyle said after thinking for a while.
"I'm not good at bargaining, this is the highest price I can offer." Bones said, "The Ministry of Magic must leave enough funds in reserve. If it's more, I can only say sorry."
"Okay." Kyle asked, "What if the mysterious man falls tomorrow?"
"The Ministry will still pay you two thousand Galleons," Bones blurted out.
"That sounds good." Kyle continued to ask, "But what if the mysterious man doesn't fall in ten or twenty years?"
"If that happens, it could only be because the Ministry of Magic no longer exists." Bones shook his head and said calmly, "Since even the Ministry of Magic no longer exists, there is no need for you to abide by the agreement, right?"
Kyle paused for a moment.
"Then, just do as you say."
"no problem."
Bones then took out parchment and a quill and quickly drew up a magic contract.
The content is not long, taking up less than half a page of parchment, even less than the homework of a first-year student at Hogwarts.
After writing the content, she placed her wand on the blank space on the parchment and whispered the spell.
The tip of the staff emitted a golden light, and a special symbol immediately appeared on the blank space of the parchment.
A bold capital 'M' with an upright magic wand embedded in the middle.
This is the symbol of the Ministry of Magic. Only the Minister can use special contract magic. This is on all important documents of the Ministry of Magic.
Bones turned the parchment around and pushed it towards Kyle.
Kyle took a look and waved the wand lightly, changing the number "2000" to "1800".
"What do you mean?" Bones asked.
"I've said before that Susan is an old customer of ours, and she's also my classmate from the same college. For that reason, I'll have to give her a discount."
"Only 10% off?"
"That's quite a few." Kyle took the quill, signed his name next to the sign, and tapped it with his wand.
Name magic can only be used by the person himself, and it is also the most critical step in a magic contract.
The symbol represents the Ministry of Magic, and the name represents Kyle. When this magic takes effect, it means that the contract is established and the contents above can no longer be modified.
"Well, it's a pleasure to work with you." Bones smiled and extended his hand. "To be honest, graduates like you are really rare. If possible, it seems that it would be a good choice to make you a deputy minister."
"Didn't you say this would take time?"
Kyle also extended his hand, and the two shook it gently.
"That's true. This is also the rule of the Wizengamot. The original intention is to prevent the minister from having too much power." Bones said, "But I believe that as long as you have more patience, there is a great possibility that you can sit in that position, and even... become the youngest minister."
"Well... let's talk about it later." Kyle smiled.
"What a pity." Bones sighed and took the initiative to change the subject: "You can see that I still have a lot of things to do next."
She pointed to the file that had just been delivered to her, "How about leaving the rest to you as well, including the necessary subpoenas, Sikor, and these signal badges."
"I should." Kyle nodded, "How much do you need?"
"According to the current number of Aurors and strikers, as well as those reserved for backup... let's make 350 first." Bones thought for a moment and said, "The logistics department has some tools that you should be able to use, or do you want to go home and make them?"
"No need for that. Just stay here." Kyle said, "Is my previous office still vacant?"
"Of course, I told you I'd keep it for you," Bones said. "Do you need anything?"
"If possible, please send me some raw materials." Kyle said, "Don't be so stupid, there is too much fairy magic on that thing, and nothing can be done with it."
"No problem, I'll have someone send it to you in a minute." Bones said, "Also, I'll prepare the Galleons in advance, so you can take them away anytime you're done."
“That’s great,” Kyle said with a smile.
No matter how much you say about other things, it will be useless. This is the only key.
……
Kyle then went to the office next door.
Not long after, the things he wanted were delivered. I don't know if it was intentional, but the one who delivered the things was none other than Cedric.
"Kyle?"
He placed a large piece of silver on the table. "I just wondered who would want something like this."
What he brought was impure silver that had not been purified and was not worth much. Of course, the real silver that could be used was similar to this one, except that it had an extra process unique to fairies.
"These are raw materials." Kyle said, "What did Bones ask you to do? Just deliver the stuff?"
"She also said I could stay and help if needed," Cedric said.
"Do you have time now?"
"Yes, after the Weasley brothers came, we can finally breathe a sigh of relief." Cedric said with a smile, "You really helped a lot. You called three helpers at once. When other departments knew about this, their eyes were red."
"It's just a small matter. You don't need to treat me to a meal." Kyle waved his hand and said nonchalantly, "If that's the case, then you can stay. It just so happens that there are quite a lot of things to be done this time. If I'm alone, I may not be able to finish it today."
"What on earth are you going to do?"
"Didn't Minister Bones tell you?"
"No, she just asked me to come here to deliver things and help." Cedric said, "I didn't even know you were at the Ministry before I came here."
"Well... to put it simply, it's just the old ways."
As Kyle spoke, he took out his magic wand and waved it gently, cutting a small piece off the silver one. Then he waved it again and turned it into a round silver coin. As for the details, it was even simpler. The patterns and lines on both sides were completed in less than half a minute.
Seeing what Kyle did, Cedric understood immediately.
"I see, you're making Sikor." He glanced at the door nervously and lowered his voice, "But you can't spend this kind of money. Others can tell the authenticity at a glance. And if the news gets out, the goblins won't let you go."
"Did you forget your brain in the drawer of your office when you came here?" Kyle gave him an unpleasant look. "This is the Ministry of Magic. Do you think I would make that kind of thing?"
"then you……"
"This is fake from the beginning." Kyle pointed at the silver coin on the table. "The shape, size, and pattern of the protrusions. Let's put it this way. There are a total of five places on it that are different from the Sickle. It just looks similar."
"So what are you doing?"
"Subpoena Coin."
"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Cedric glanced at Kyle. "If you had told me earlier, wouldn't I have understood?"
"I feel like you really left your brain in the drawer." Kyle shook his head. "Okay, get to work. Just follow the standard I just gave you."
Cedric didn't say anything else and started working immediately.
Because of his experience in school, he worked very quickly, making one prototype every minute on average, and the workmanship was so fine that it was exactly the same as the one Kyle used for demonstration.
While he worked, Kyle sat beside him, carving magic runes on the coin prototype.
This is also the most difficult step. If he just wants to make a silver coin, he can do it alone and doesn't need Cedric's help at all.
Fortunately, this is much simpler than the golden one. It only requires a magic formula and a symbol in the middle. After doing it more often, it can be done in about five minutes.
By noon, after learning from Kyle for half an hour, Cedric had already mastered the basics and started to help.
Of course, his proficiency was definitely not as good as Kyle's, and he would make mistakes occasionally, but that didn't have any impact. He could just use a spell to wash away the unfinished symbols and start over.
If the symbols cannot be modified after they are completed, just throw them aside and scrap them. Bones has given me a lot of raw materials anyway, so it doesn't matter if I waste them a little.
The two worked from morning till evening before finally completing... half of it.
There was no way. Bones wanted too many. After drawing magic runes for a whole day, Kyle felt his wrists ache. He really didn't want to continue.
"Go back and eat!"
Kyle put away his wand and stood up.
And because he had been sitting for a long time, he staggered a little when he stood up suddenly and almost sat back down.
"Are you okay?" Cedric asked, rubbing his wrist.
"It's okay," Kyle said, "I just feel a little regretful."
"regret?"
"If I had known the workload would be so heavy, I shouldn't have given a discount."
Kyle originally thought that making 100 pieces would be enough and he could finish it in one day, but he didn't expect that the amount would triple and the workload would increase sharply.
"Discount?" Cedric was even more confused. "What the hell is this?"
"Don't ask. You won't understand even if I tell you." Kyle stretched his body. "How about going to Grimmauld Place today? It seems like you haven't lived there before. It's a good opportunity for us to go together tomorrow."
"Okay." Cedric thought about it for a moment and agreed.
"Don't you need to go back and tell your father?"
"No, I can tell him through this." Cedric pulled a piece of parchment from his pocket.
Then the two of them packed up and left the Ministry of Magic.
But they did not go back together.
Cedric would use Apparition to go directly to a telephone booth two streets away from Grimmauld Place. It was a fixed Apparition location created by Moody, and a Muggle-Repelling Charm was cast around it to ensure that no one would occupy it.
Kyle first walked around the hallway, showing his face, and only used Apparition after making sure that no one was following him.
And after walking out of the phone booth, Kyle didn't rush back, but strolled outside for a while.
It was getting close to evening and there were many people on the street, but they were all in a hurry, looking anxious to go home, and no one looked at Kyle for the second time.
It wasn't until twenty minutes later that Kyle was sure that no one was following him.
It seems that Voldemort really let him go.
How should I put it? He was definitely happy, but at the same time, Kyle was a little confused.
It can be said that all seventy Death Eaters died because of Kyle, even including Voldemort's diehard fan, Bellatrix Lestrange.
Just let it go? That's not like his character.
As for whether Bellatrix was still alive... Kyle had never thought about this question. After being bitten directly by the basilisk, even Voldemort himself would have to be boiled again.
Kyle stood there for a while and stopped thinking about it.
Anyway, not being stared at was always a good thing. This discovery made Kyle in a good mood, and he even ate half a bowl of dinner extra.
He's not the only one.
Recently, the amount of dinner has been much larger than usual, mainly because the three Weasley children have a greater appetite, especially Ron. Every time he comes back, he eats voraciously. It seems as if all three meals were concentrated in the evening.
At the same time, the look in his eyes when he looked at Kyle became more and more ferocious, as if he might pounce on him and bite him at any time.
Fortunately, Cedric is here to help share the firepower today, because the most documents he has sorted out were sent by Cedric.
Ron racked his brains to understand how Cedric managed to do so many things every day, from collecting magical experiments, to capturing magical creatures wandering on the Muggle streets, to guest-starring as a member of other departments to erase the memories of Muggles.
It seems like he is everywhere.
But these things will eventually be written into a report... and Ron will write it.
After all, everyone else was busy running around outside and had no time, so he was the only one in the office.
Ron felt that the words he had written in the six years of schooling were not as many as those he had written in the past half month.
It was precisely because of this that he disliked Cedric, but with Mrs. Weasley around, he didn't dare to do anything out of line.
Cedric's room was arranged on the third floor, not far from Kyle's. The next day, before anyone else got up, the two finished breakfast and rushed to the Ministry of Magic.
The main reason was that Kyle wanted to finish the matter quickly and get the reward.
What about 1,800 Galleons? What if Bones changes his mind? It’s better to get it.
……
From early morning to sunset, the two of them had been busy all day without realizing it, but fortunately, all the coins were sent.
"Why do I feel like coming here to help you is more tiring than my usual job?" Cedric leaned back in his chair, rubbing his forehead with his fingers.
After drawing magic runes with full concentration for two days in a row, not only were his hands sore, his head was also swollen and he felt dizzy all over. He just wanted to have a good sleep.
He hasn't felt this way for a long time since graduation... No, it should be said that he rarely felt this way when he was at Hogwarts.
Despite this, Cedric still looked at the other lump of metal. "So what's this for, made to look like Nat?"
"No." Kyle shook his head. "This has another use. You go back and rest first. I can do it myself."
"You don't need my help?"
"No, this is easy." Kyle took out a bottle of blue potion and took a sip, while also handing one to Cedric.
This piece is of course what you need to make a badge.
It's not that he doesn't trust Cedric, it's mainly because Bones wrote in the contract that only she and Kyle could know about the special badge, and there was no way to tell a third person.
But Kyle was right about one thing, this thing was really simple, it only required three magic runes, and he could just draw them on when completing the transformation.
So Kyle took a deep breath and spent more than three hours, finally making badges that matched the number of coins in the message before dark.
Just special badges.
Kyle won't take over everything the Ministry needs...that's another price.
