Meanwhile, Jax had gone back to the ministry. While he had given money to Liam the day before, he decided that he had more questions about his money was being spent-naturally, he hadn't given the entire amount then either.

Liam made him wait longer than the day before. After nearly an hour's wait, Flint came up for him. "You have more money for us I take it?" he asked, though he looked annoyed to have to deal with him.

"I do," said Jax, "but I have questions first. Liam never really explained how he planned to reverse the dais or what my money was going towards.

Flint shook his head. "You can't talk about that up here!"

"Well, why not?" Jax asked. "Is this project not above board or something?"

"Come with me," said Flint, once again leading him down into the Department of Mysteries.

Liam looked over at Flint and Jax, annoyed. He had been looking at a history book. "I thought you were going to handle it?"

"He has questions," said Flint. "And I thought it best to bring him down here to avoid attention."

"I fail to see the issue with my asking questions upstairs," said Jax. "I am a very busy man. That is unless you have something to hide?"

Liam sighed. "Yes and no. The very nature of an unspeakable means that we must be cautious. What we do here is intended to be a secret, however it is with the knowledge and permission of the Minister for Magic of course."

"Of course," said Jax. "I just wanted to get an idea as to what my money was paying for, that's all."

Liam nodded. "As you can imagine, this project takes more funds than most. Our contractor..."

"Contractor?" Jax latched onto that as an opportunity. He was fairly certain as to who their 'contractor' was.

"Well, yes, we contract with different agencies," said Liam, vaguely.

"Like which agencies?" Jax asked.

"Just varied vested interests," said Liam.

"Like?" When Liam didn't answer, Jax shook his head. "Can you at least tell me who has a vested interest in this project?"

Liam sighed. "I can reach out and see if someone is willing to talk to you."

"Make sure that you do," said Jax, "because without a conversation, I'm not willing to give any more money."

Liam nodded. "We'll be in touch."

"You do that," said Jax, heading for the exit, with Flint scrambling to keep up, knowing that he would need to escort Jax out.