The group of Muggle High-level officials, their emotions complicated at that moment, did not really notice the helplessness in Griselda Marchbanks's tone.
Their thoughts had already, without their realizing it, drifted back to the time when they had first learned of the Paris Region Incident.
Unlike the Muggle leaders who dealt directly with the Ministry of Magic, most of them had been completely unaware of the existence of magic at the time.
Even when the Muggle leaders ordered them to use absurd stories to cover up bizarre accidents, they would never have considered magic as an explanation.
Thus, when they learned that Wizards could use so-called magic to move a Nuclear Bomb to the moon and render it harmless, the shock was almost world-shattering.
Especially once they learned that the person who had accomplished such a feat was actually a young man, that shock became utterly indescribable.
There was even a hint of fear mixed in with their shock.
To them, Nuclear Bombs were undoubtedly the most destructive weapons in existence, yet magic had neutralized one so easily?
Only later, after learning a little more about magic through various channels, did the raging waves in their hearts gradually settle.
At the very least, this knowledge allowed them to reassure themselves that moving a Nuclear Bomb to the moon or rendering one harmless must have required an immensely heavy price.
It was precisely because of this assumption that they felt certain things could be explained.
For instance, why had Dumbledore, hailed as "the greatest Wizard of the age," never publicly demonstrated such power again?
After all, only a miracle that could not be easily replicated matched their understanding of this kind of mysterious power.
Now that they were watching Vizet undertake "Bonus Question b)," that old shock and fear seemed faintly