Since Voldemort's Remnants had been betrayed by their own and wiped out in one sweep by the Ministry of Magic, the British magical world had finally welcomed peace once more. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, long-lost smiles returning to their faces, and they gained a little more recognition for the new Minister of Magic, Kingsley.
Kingsley himself, however, had no time to care about how the outside world viewed him, because he had discovered that he—or rather, the Ministry of Magic—was facing a major problem.
After Voldemort's Remnants had been completely eradicated, the large number of Aurors recruited by the Ministry of Magic had lost their original purpose.
It was not that the British Ministry of Magic no longer needed Aurors, but that it no longer needed such a huge number of them.
The main reason was that keeping a large group of Aurors on the payroll for so long cost far too much. The Ministry of Magic's meagre budget simply could not withstand that kind of drain, and financial problems could easily arise.
As a result, downsizing part of the Auror Office had become inevitable.
But it was a thankless and troublesome task. The Aurors had worked overtime for months, losing sleep to preserve peace in the British magical world. Yet after they had finally dealt with Voldemort's Remnants, their reward was a redundancy notice from the Ministry of Magic?
Wouldn't that make them explode on the spot?
Even if they truly wanted to discard them once they had served their purpose, they had to make it look better.
Naturally, Kingsley could not do that openly either. Unless he wanted to alienate everyone, he would never do something so foolish.
So, he needed a suitable excuse.
Fortunately, there was far too much mess to clean up at the