Chapter 802: magic contract
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 galleons on the table boredly.
During this period, someone came to Bones to report work, but she kicked him out and continued to be in a daze.
Kyle didn’t rush either.
I don’t know how long it took for Bones to finally come back to his senses and look up at Kyle.
“One hundred thousand galleons, I cannot agree to it, or any minister would not agree to it.
“This amount is so large that it can even affect the normal operation of the Ministry of Magic.”
“There’s nothing to talk about?” Kyle shrugged.
"You can't say that." Bones stood up, "I thought of a compromise."
“What is it?”
“The Ministry of Magic is willing to use two thousand galleons to buy your right to use this thing for a period of time, starting from now until we defeat the mysterious man.”
Kyle asked curiously: "What does this mean?"
“It’s still the same conditions 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 it is not permanent.
"If we defeat You-Know-Who, this restriction will end. You can do whatever you want at that time, and the Ministry of Magic will not interfere."
“Two thousand galleons, I’m still a bit shortchanged.” Kyle thought for a while and said.
"I'm not good at bargaining, and this is the highest price I can give." Bones said, "The Ministry of Magic must leave enough funds as a backup. If it's any more, I can only say sorry." "
"Okay." Kyle asked, "What if the mysterious man falls tomorrow."
“The Ministry of Magic will still pay you two thousand galleons,” Bones blurted out.
"That sounds good." Kyle continued to ask: "But what if the mysterious man does not fall in ten or twenty years?"
"If that happens, it can 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. Isn't it?"
Kyle paused for a moment.
“Then, just do as you say.”
"no problem."
After that, Bones took out the parchment and quill, and quickly drew up a magic contract.
The content is not long, less than half a piece of parchment in total, even less than the homework of a first-year student at Hogwarts.
After writing the content, she placed her wand against the blank space of the parchment and whispered the spell.
The tip of the staff emits a burst of golden light, and a special symbol immediately appears in the blank space of the parchment.
In the middle of a bold capital ‘M’, there is an upright wand embedded in it.
This is the logo of the Ministry of Magic. Only the Minister can use special contract magic. This is found on all important documents of the Ministry of Magic.
Bones turned the parchment around and pushed it to Kyle.
Kyle took a look and waved the hand holding the wand, changing the number "2000" on it to "1800".
“What do you mean?” Bones asked.
“I’ve said it before, Susan is our old customer, and she’s also a classmate of the same college as me. For this reason, she must get a discount.”
“Only 10% off?”
“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 logo represents the Ministry of Magic, and the name represents Kyle. When this magic takes effect, it means that the contract is established, and the above content can no longer be modified.
"Then, happy cooperation." Bones smiled and extended his hand, "To be honest, graduates like you are really rare. If possible, letting you be a deputy minister seems to be a good choice. "
“Didn’t you say it would take time?”
Kyle also stretched out his hand, and the two shook it lightly.
"That's true. This is also a 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, it is very possible to get into that position." , even... became the youngest minister."
“Well… let’s talk about it later.” Kyle smiled.
“What a pity.” Bones sighed and changed the subject: “As you can see, I still have a lot to do next.”
She pointed to the document that had just been sent over, "How about I leave the other things to you, including the needed summons Sickle and these signal badges."
“Yes.” Kyle nodded, “How much do you need.”
"Based on the current number of Aurors and strikers, as well as the ones reserved for backup...let's make three hundred and fifty first." Bones thought for a while and said: "The logistics department has some tools that you should be able to use. Or do you want to go home and make it?”
“No need, just stay here.” Kyle said, “Is my previous office still vacant?”
"Of course, I told you to keep it for you." Bones said, "Do you need anything?"
“If you can, send me some raw materials.” Kyle said, “No real Sickle, there’s too much goblin magic on that thing to make anything possible.”
"No problem, I'll have someone send it to you in a moment." Bones said, "In addition, I will prepare the Galleons in advance, so you can take them away at any time after you finish."
“That’s great,” Kyle said with a smile.
It’s useless to say anything else, only this is the key.
…
After that, Kyle went to the office next door.
Not long after, what he wanted was also delivered. I don’t know if it was intentional or not, but the person who came to deliver something was none other than Cedric.
“Kyle?”
He put a large pile of silver nuggets on the table, "I just thought it was strange, who would want such a thing."
The silver he brought was impurity silver that had not been purified, and its value was not high. Of course, the real silver was similar to this, except that it had an additional process unique to goblins.
“Here are the raw materials,” Kyle said. “What did Bones ask you to do, just deliver stuff?”
“She also said I could stay and help if needed,” Cedric said.
“Do you have time now?”
"Yes, we can finally take a breather after the Weasley brothers came over." Cedric said with a smile, "You were really helpful. You called three helpers at once. Other departments know about this." My eyes were red afterwards.”
"It's all trivial. You don't need to treat me to dinner at all." Kyle waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "If that's the case, then you can stay. It just so happens that there is a lot to do this time. Only I may not be able to finish it today if I am alone.”
“What on earth are you going to do?”
“Didn’t Minister Bones tell you?”
“No, she only asked me to come here to deliver things and help.” Cedric said, “I didn’t even know you came to the Ministry of Magic before you came here.”
“Okay... to put it simply, it’s just what I’m doing.”
As Kyle spoke, he took out his wand and waved it gently, cutting off a small piece from the silver one, and then waved it again, turning 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 Kyle's operation, Cedric immediately understood.
"I understand, you are making Xi Ke." He glanced at the door nervously and lowered his voice: "But this kind of money cannot be spent. Others can tell the truth at a glance, and if it gets spread, The goblin won’t let you go either.”
“Did you forget your brain in the drawer in the office when you came here?” Kyle glanced at him angrily, “This is the Ministry of Magic, do you think I can do something like that?”
"and you…"
"This is a fake." Kyle pointed to the silver coins on the table. "The sudden shape, size, and pattern direction. Let's put it this way, there are a total of five places on it that are different from Si Ke. They just look like it. "" "Then what are you doing?"
“Messaging coin.”
“You should have told me earlier.” Cedric glanced at Kyle, “If you had told me earlier, wouldn’t I have understood?”
"I feel like you really forgot your brain in the drawer." Kyle shook his head, "Okay, let's work, just follow the standards I just set."
Cedric didn't say anything else and started working immediately.
Because of his experience in school, he worked very quickly. He could make one prototype every minute on average, and the workmanship was exquisite, exactly the same as the one Kyle used to demonstrate.
While he was working, Kyle sat next to him, carving magic symbols on the prototype of the coin.
This is also the most difficult step. If he just makes a silver coin, he can do it by himself, without Cedric's help at all.
Fortunately, this one is much simpler than the golden one. It only requires a magic formula and a symbol in the middle. Once you do it a lot, it can be done in about five minutes.
By noon, Cedric had learned from Kyle for half an hour, and he had already mastered it and started to help.
Of course, his proficiency is definitely not as good as Kyle's, and he will occasionally make mistakes, but this has no impact. He can just use a magic spell to wash away the unfinished symbols on it and start over.
If the icons are completed and cannot be modified, just throw them away and scrap them. Anyway, Bones has provided a lot of raw materials, so it doesn’t matter if they are a little rough.
The two of them worked from morning to evening, and finally finished...half of it.
There was no way. Bones asked for too much. After drawing magic symbols all day long, Kyle felt his wrists become sore. He really didn’t want to continue.
“Go back and eat!”
Kyle put away his wand, stood up and said.
And because he had been sitting for a long time, he staggered a little when he suddenly came up. He almost sat back down again.
“Are you okay?” Cedric asked, rubbing his wrist.
"It's okay." Kyle said, "I just regret it a little bit."
"regret?"
“If I had known the workload was so heavy, I shouldn’t have discounted it.”
Kyle originally thought that a hundred yuan would be enough, and he could finish it in just one day. However, unexpectedly, the amount tripled, and the workload skyrocketed.
“Discount?” Cedric was even more confused, “What are these and what?”
"Don't ask, you won't understand even if I tell you." Kyle moved his body. "How about going to Grimmauld Place today? It seems you haven't lived there yet. It just so happens that we can come together tomorrow."
“Alright.” Cedric thought for a moment and agreed.
“Don’t you need to go back and tell your father?”
“No, I can tell him through this.” Cedric took out a piece of parchment from his pocket.
Then the two simply packed up and left the Ministry of Magic.
But they did not go back together.
Cedric would use Apparition and go directly to a phone booth two streets away from Grimmauld Place. It was a fixed Apparition location created by Moody, and a Muggle expulsion spell was placed around it to ensure that It won't be occupied.
Kyle, on the other hand, walked around the foyer first and showed his face. After making sure that no one was following him, he used Apparition.
Moreover, Kyle who walked out of the phone booth did not rush back, but strolled outside for a while.
As evening approached, there were many people on the street, but they were all in a hurry, as if they were in a hurry to go home, and no one took a second look at Kyle.
It wasn’t until twenty minutes later that Kyle was sure that no one was really following him.
It seems that Voldemort really let him go.
How to put it this way, I am definitely happy, but at the same time Kyle is also a little confused.
Seventy Death Eaters can be said to have died because of Kyle, including even Voldemort's die-hard fan, Bellatrix Lestrange.
Just forget it? This is not like his character.
As for whether Bellatrix would be alive... Kyle never thought about this issue. He was bitten by the basilisk from the front. Even Voldemort himself would have to be cooked again.
Kyle stood there for a while and stopped thinking about it.
No matter what, it's always a good thing not to be stared at. This discovery made Kyle feel very good, and he even ate half a bowl more for dinner.
He is not alone in this either.
Recently, the amount of dinner has been much larger than usual, mainly because the three Weasley children have increased their appetites, especially Ron, who devours them every time he comes back. It feels like he has packed all three meals into the evening. .
At the same time, the eyes he looked at Kyle became more and more fierce, and he felt that he might pounce on him and bite him at any time.
Fortunately, Cedric was there to help share the firepower today, because the most documents he had sorted out were sent by Cedric.
Ron couldn't even scratch his head to figure out how Cedric did so many things every day, from recovering magical experimental items to capturing magical animals wandering the Muggle streets, to guest-starring other department members to eliminate them. Muggle memories.
He seems to be everywhere.
It's just that these things will eventually be written into reports...Ron will write them.
After all, everyone else is busy running outside and has no time. He is the only one in the office.
Ron felt that he had not written as much in the six years of school as he had in the past half month combined.
It was precisely because of this that he disliked Cedric, but with Mrs. Weasley around, he did not dare to do anything out of the ordinary.
Cedric's room was arranged on the third floor, not far from Kyle's. The next day, before anyone else got up, the two of them finished breakfast and rushed to the Ministry of Magic.
Mainly because Kyle wanted to finish the matter quickly and get the reward.
Eighteen hundred Galleons. What if Bones regrets it? It’s safer to get it.
…
From early morning to sunset, the two of them were busy for another day without realizing it, but fortunately, all the coins were sent.
“Why do I feel that coming to help you is more tiring than usual work.” Cedric sat back on the chair and rubbed his forehead with his fingers.
Have been concentrating on drawing the magic symbols for two days in a row. Not only is his hands sore, but his head is also swollen. He is feeling dizzy and just wants 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.
Even so, Cedric looked at another lump of metal. "So what's the point of this, making it look like Nat?"
"No." Kyle shook his head, "This has another use. You can go back and rest first. I can do it myself."
“You don’t need my help?”
"No, it's 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 is needed to make the badge.
It's not that he doesn't trust Cedric, it's mainly because Bones wrote in the contract that only she and Kyle know about the special badge, and there is no way to tell the third person.
However, Kyle was right about one thing. This thing is really simple. It only requires three magic words. He can easily draw it when the transformation is completed.
So Kyle took a deep breath, and spent more than three hours, and finally made a badge that matched the number of summon coins before dark.
It's just a special badge.
Keir won't take care of everything the Ministry of Magic needs...that's another price.
(End of this chapter)