Chapter 803: A Grip on the Handle
"Why is there so little?"
That was the first thing Kyle heard when he showed up with the finished product to find Bones.
"Minister Bones, there are so many people in the Ministry of Magic. I can’t be expected to make all their ID badges."
"I already asked Cedric to help you, didn’t I?" Bones looked up from the mountain of paperwork in front of her, pushing her glasses up her nose. "If that’s not enough, I can assign you another assistant. How about one of the Weasley kids? I remember they’re also part of your little group... er, partnership."
"You have a good memory, but that’s not part of our agreement." Kyle shook his head and said firmly, "My job is only to handle the communication items used by the Aurors—or more precisely, the magical signal in the ID tags."
"As for the rest... strictly speaking, that falls under the Ministry’s responsibility. It’s not something I should do, nor something I can do. I’m not officially part of the Ministry anymore. If something goes wrong with the badges later, fixing it will be a hassle. You can’t just keep calling me back over and over."
In truth, what Kyle had produced in a little over three hours was just a semi-finished prototype. If the Ministry truly intended to use it as a functional ID badge, it would need a full set of enchantments to verify identity, including name-based magic.
The task wasn’t difficult, just extremely tedious—and it required being very familiar with everyone in the Ministry.
Kyle had no idea how many people worked there, but it was definitely in the hundreds, if not more. He had no desire to saddle himself with that kind of workload.
Ron had been complaining nonstop at home lately about how exhausting work was. Just listening to him was tiring enough... no need to experience it firsthand.
"In that case... alright. I’ll find someone else to handle it."