War Without Victors (13) After talking with Albert all the way, Kingsley's attitude toward certain matters had changed. In particular, he was willing to put more thought into cleaning up Hogwarts's mess.
The temporary Minister seemed to believe that they should not continue wasting their limited time and energy on the dead. As a result, what had once been a thorny problem was easily resolved.
At the very least, they no longer needed to consider how large a mass grave they would have to dig to bury the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of bodies without causing further trouble.
After all, finding a place and setting the bodies ablaze was certainly much easier than burying vast numbers of corpses.
Following a brief discussion between Ministry of Magic employees and Hogwarts professors, they ultimately decided to burn the bodies of the Dark wizards who had died in battle in an uninhabited wilderness some distance from Hogwarts, avoiding the harmful effects the smoke and stench might have on the school.
Many people sensed the changes within the Ministry of Magic. Even its employees were astonished. It felt as though a set of sluggish gears, after being flooded with lubricant, had begun turning silently and smoothly.
The entire Ministry was handling the various messes left behind by the Wizarding War with astonishing efficiency.
To outsiders, this meant Kingsley had already proven himself suited to be temporary Minister.
The Order of the Phoenix members, however, had fallen quiet because they had already guessed the reason.
Kingsley had clearly received guidance from someone extraordinary.
They all knew that Kingsley had long wanted to hire Albert as his Senior Advisor to help him get through the current crisis as quickly as possible.
Judging by the Ministry's present changes, Kingsley had undoubtedly succeeded.
Anyone who had truly understood Albert's