But just as he walked into the elevator, he saw an acquaintance standing inside.

"Didn't I tell you to stay at number twelve, Grimmauld Place?"

Chris looked at Kyle who walked in from outside and was a little stunned for a moment.

He didn't think Kyle was an impulsive person before, but he couldn't understand why Kyle would risk leaving the safe house at this time and come to the Ministry of Magic where there were so many people and eyes.

Doesn't he know there are Death Eaters hiding here?

Thinking of this, Chris was about to get angry.

But the next second, a golden-red phoenix suddenly appeared on Kyle's shoulder.

"It's okay. I'm well prepared." Kyle said with a smile, "It's not that easy for the mysterious man to catch me. Besides, Fox brought me directly from home. I'm absolutely safe."

After hearing Kyle's words, Chris's anger instantly dissipated, but he still said with a straight face: "What if the You-Know-Who attacks the Ministry of Magic directly? You will cause a big trouble for everyone."

"I don't have the face to allow You-Know-Who to lead the Death Eaters to attack the Ministry of Magic regardless of everything?" Kyle curled his lips, "Besides, he doesn't dare to do that."

"Don't dare?"

"Yes." Kyle nodded and explained, "The last time the Death Eaters dared to attack the Ministry of Magic, it was because they were sure that Dumbledore would not be here. In addition, the Order of the Phoenix and some Aurors were paying attention to Privet Drive. It was a premeditated sneak attack.

“But it’s different now. No one knows where Dumbledore is. He might be somewhere in the Ministry of Magic. As long as he is unsure of Dumbledore’s whereabouts, the You-Know-Who won’t dare to come here rashly.

"As long as he doesn't come, the Death Eaters won't come either."

"Then how can you be sure that Dumbledore will be in the Ministry of Magic... or let the You-Know-Who think he is in the Ministry of Magic?" Chris continued to ask.

“That’s easy,” Kyle said.

At this moment, the elevator door opened, Fox flew out quickly, and turned into a ball of fire and disappeared amid exclamations.

When the elevator doors closed again, Kyle shrugged. "Well, Dumbledore is at the Ministry now."

Chris felt his temple throbbing.

But he had to admit that Kyle's move was indeed very effective.

The second floor was the most crowded floor, and it would probably not be long before the news of Fawkes' appearance at the Ministry of Magic spread.

The only phoenix known in the wizarding world is Fawkes, who is beside Dumbledore. It can be said that as long as it appears, it means that Dumbledore must be nearby.

"I really don't understand why Dumbledore entrusted the Phoenix to you." Chris rubbed his forehead.

"Maybe it's because I'm a kind person." Kyle said with a smile, "and I can chat with Fox."

Chris opened his mouth, "Okay, so why did you suddenly come to the Ministry of Magic."

"Because Hermione wanted to help, so I just recommended her."

The elevator stopped at the first floor and Kyle walked out quickly.

"Are you able to arrange for people to work in the Ministry of Magic now?" Chris, who was about to follow, paused, feeling incredible. After all, even he couldn't directly let a student who had not yet graduated come to work in the Ministry of Magic.

Even if it is a minister, a formal document has to be issued instead of just bringing the person over like going home for dinner.

"Of course not, they are just volunteers who are here to help." Kyle explained, "Every department is short of people right now, and they are so happy to have a free labor force available."

Chris nodded. If that was the case, it made much more sense.

"Where's Hermione?"

He looked back and saw that the person who had just entered the elevator was probably only Kyle.

"They've already started working." Kyle said casually, "The Muggle Mediation Committee didn't even enter the office door, and followed Perold out to work."

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Chris was even more confused. "Hermione is such a smart witch, and you want her to go to the Muggle Mediation Committee?"

"It's fitting, isn't it?"

"That's not the point." Chris took a deep breath. "I want to know, why don't you bring her to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures?"

"Ah?" Kyle blinked, "Are you short of people?"

"What do you think?" Chris said unhappily, "Why do you think I came to see Minister Bones? Just to ask for someone."

"So, which wizards do you think are most fond of illegally raising magical creatures?" asked Chris.

“The guys who set up shop in Knockturn Alley?” Kyle responded tentatively.

"To be precise, they are wizards who walk on the edge of darkness." Chris said, "For example, Mundungus is not a real dark wizard, but just walks in the gray area and does some illegal business.

"The most popular industries, whether it's smuggling, making dark magic items, or doing dangerous magic experiments, are almost all related to magical animals."

"At the same time, they are also the best candidates to become Death Eaters. Almost all of the new Death Eaters are these people.

"Guess where all those illegally bred magical animals and animals transformed by magical experiments went after they became Death Eaters?"

Kyle gradually realized something and began to feel guilty.

Chris quickly gave him the answer.

“Most of them were thrown away, especially those magical animals that were of low value and inconvenient to carry. They were thrown on the roadside when they went to work for the mysterious man.

"You know what? We are doing three times more than before."

"Yesterday, there were dogs with three tails and geese with two heads everywhere in Cornwall. Cedric stayed up all night to deal with these troubles, and he hasn't come back yet!"

Chris became angrier and angrier as he spoke. They were so busy in the department that they couldn't go home every day. Finally, a helper came, but he was pushed to another department by his son.

For a moment, he wanted to go to Bones and ask her to transfer Kyle to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures.

"I, I don't know either." Kyle turned his head away with a guilty look on his face. "No, I'll get you two more strong men. I think Fred and George are quite idle, so it wouldn't be a bad idea to find something for them to do."

"If I fail this time, you'd better be able to." Chris said unhappily.

Just at this time, they also arrived at the minister's office.

Chris ignored Kyle, straightened his clothes, knocked on the door and walked in.

Knowing that they had something important to discuss, Kyle did not follow them, but walked a little further and returned to his own office.

This office was originally assigned to him by Fudge. Although it was not big, it was much better than the partitioned offices in other departments. Moreover, it was a single room and very quiet.

Even though he hadn't been here for over a year, Bones hadn't taken it back since he came to power, so it was still his.

Thinking about it carefully, Kyle still felt a little embarrassed.

Although I haven't been here for a long time, the office is still spotless. Someone must be cleaning it all the time... or maybe it's a house-elf.

The Ministry of Magic also has house-elves, just not as many as Hogwarts. However, like the house-elves in the school kitchens, they usually hide themselves from others.

After all, in their opinion, the sign of a good house-elf is that you don't even know he exists.

Kyle sat behind the table, thought for a moment, then took out a piece of parchment and began to write something on it.

Half an hour later, the office door was pushed open and Amelia Bones walked in.

She looked no different from the last time we met, the only change was that she was wearing a pair of glasses.

It seems that the job of Minister of Magic is not an easy one.

"I heard from Chris that you're finally back to work." Bones walked over and said.

"Resign?" Bones frowned, his face turned serious, "Why, are you afraid?

"But I don't think you are that kind of person. Since our first official meeting, I could tell that you were not afraid of Death Eaters."

The first official meeting? It should be when he came to the Ministry of Magic for questioning, and the people who accused him were the three Death Eaters Lucius Malfoy, Karkaroff and McNeill.

At that time, he really did not show any fear, and later he even used the Wizengamot to make the three of them suffer a little.

"It can be considered as fear, but not in the sense you think."

Kyle explained, "Yesterday in Godric's Hollow, I saved some people and ruined the You-Know-Who's plan. You know, he's a mean guy, so I might have to hide for a while."

"Godric's Hollow." Bones said softly, "Wasn't it Dumbledore who saved the people that day?"

"I helped a little bit," Kyle said. "The You-Know-Who didn't dare to trouble Dumbledore, so he could only target me."

“That seems to make sense.”

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"Yeah," Kyle said, "So I have to hide for a while, so as not to be remembered all the time. But then, I definitely can't come to work at the Ministry of Magic."

"If that's the case," Bones said, "then you don't have to resign at all. I can keep this position and this office for you until the storm has passed."

Kyle looked up at Bones.

Something is wrong.

Kyle could understand why Fudge treated him preferentially. After all, in a sense, he was Fudge's chief military advisor and successfully helped Fudge avoid being ousted.

But why did Bones do that? It couldn't be that he admired his talent. Last year, when Kyle was in the Ministry of Magic, she was still recuperating in St. Mungo's, and the two had very little interaction.

Although he was confused, Kyle did not show it.

"That's great," he said, "but I don't want the salary. I can't just take the money for nothing. It would be embarrassing."

This time Bones didn't say anything, he just smiled, which was considered as his agreement.

The funding of the Ministry of Magic is indeed a bit tight, and the biggest sponsor has also defected to the enemy side, so every Galleon has to be calculated carefully now. The monthly salary of a senior assistant minister is not low, so it is better to save as much as possible during special times.

"So, you're leaving now?" she asked.

"Don't worry." Kyle handed the parchment on the table to Bones. "I'm here to work today. I have to make some contribution."

"What's this?"

"Subpoena parchment," Kyle said.

"Subpoena?" Bones pushed up his glasses and read the contents carefully.

At the same time, Kyle explained: "Each piece of parchment has a different number. Just write the number on it, and the content will appear on the corresponding parchment. It is much more efficient than the paper airplanes used by the Ministry of Magic now."

"That's a good idea." Bones raised his head and asked, "What about the safety issue? If the Auror who went out lost the parchment, wouldn't the enemy know our plan through it?"

"You can create a password restriction. It's not difficult." Kyle said, "But I didn't think about it that much. This is also used internally to improve office efficiency."

"Is that so?" Bones said, "But I think this thing looks familiar."

"Because it was used last year." Kyle said, "When solving the Dementor problem, it was used to notify the location information."

"Is this also something you came up with?"

“No, strictly speaking, it was just me who came up with it.” Kyle shook his head. “The idea came from someone else.”

"Who is it?"

"Hermione Granger, and Cedric Diggory." Kyle said, "They organized a Defense Against the Dark Arts study room when they were in school, and they used this to notify everyone of class time, but it was called a message coin at that time."

"Diggory?" Bones thought for a moment. "Cedric Diggory of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures?"

"That's right." Kyle nodded. "Also, Hermione is also at the Ministry of Magic. She will help out at the Muggle Mediation Committee for a month."

"Okay, I will seriously consider this proposal." Bones put away the parchment, "If it is approved... your salary will remain the same.

"In addition, if possible, I hope you can think of another communication tool that can be used by Aurors and strikers. This is the most important thing.

"Of course, you don't need to come to the Ministry of Magic. Just ask Chris to send it over when the time comes."

"I'll think about it," Kyle said.

"One more thing." Bones suddenly said, "I heard that Dumbledore also came to the Ministry of Magic today?"

"Really?" Kyle blinked. "Where is he? I just happen to have something to ask him."

"you do not know?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen him since yesterday afternoon."

Bones looked into Kyle's eyes.

"What's wrong?" Kyle asked.

"Oh, nothing," she said.

Bones left after that. She had a lot of things to do and couldn't stay here forever.

Kyle was called by Chris to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures and was busy in the office all day.

It wasn't until eight o'clock in the evening that Kyle finally looked up from the pile of documents and Chris came back from outside.

When they were alone in the office, Kyle told him what had happened during the day.

"That's easy," Chris said. "She doesn't want to keep you, she wants to keep Dumbledore."

"What's the meaning?"

"Because Dumbledore values ​​you very much, almost everyone knows this. Many people even say that he plans to train you to be the next headmaster of Hogwarts." Chris glanced at the closed door and said softly.

"How is that possible?" Kyle said immediately, "How old am I? Even if Dumbledore retires, the candidate for the headmaster can only be Professor McGonagall."

"It doesn't matter. What matters is what most people think," Chris said.

"She seems to have discovered that Dumbledore will not stay in the Ministry of Magic forever, so they need to use another form to strengthen their relationship with Dumbledore.

"Like you, or Harry. As long as either of you is in the Ministry, people will firmly believe that Dumbledore is on the Ministry's side as well."

"So I'm just a mascot." Kyle spread his hands. "Tsk, I didn't expect Bones to learn Fudge's tricks."

"She just wants to strengthen people's trust in the Ministry of Magic, and there's nothing wrong with that." Chris said, "If it were me, I would probably make the same choice."

"Okay, go back quickly." Chris patted Kyle's shoulder, "Remember to stay here tomorrow and don't come again. The Phoenix can't always appear in the Ministry of Magic."

"Okay." Kyle nodded. "Should I wait for Hermione? She just went out with Perold again and hasn't come back yet."

"No, Arthur will take her back then." Chris said, "Besides, she may not be back before ten o'clock. If you are willing to wait another two hours, I have no objection..."

"Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Weasley!"

…

(End of this chapter)