Dumbledore clearly understood Anton.
As Muggle technology grew more powerful, it became harder and harder for wizards to hide away in some corner, unknown to the world. Perhaps only by retreating to the Moon could they preserve the old arrangement of keeping to themselves and leaving Muggles alone.
But that was hardly a good solution.
After all, Anton had created the Dark Magic Creature Sanctuary Tower long ago. It was large enough to house every wizard.
And yet wizards had never wanted to live that way.
Wizards were, in the end, part of humanity.
They weren't gods. They were simply a small group of people with extraordinary powers and the ability to perform magic.
They longed for Muggle society just as much as anyone else, and Muggle culture had deeply influenced them in countless areas, including clothing.
The simplest way to resolve the conflict between Earth and the Moon, and between wizards and Muggles, was to find a way to turn every Muggle into a wizard.
See? Then there'd be no more distinction between you and me.
Anton had already worked out how to do it. The Barrel Cottage Muggle-to-Wizard Conversion Site, created for the global Top 100 Tournament, had already turned many Muggles into wizards.
At the time, those Muggles had been becoming wizards step by step: through a Collective Consciousness Magical Power environment, the growth of Dark Magic Creatures, a struggle between the creatures and their minds, traces of a Magical Bloodline left in their bodies when the creatures died, and finally, a Magical Outburst that completed their transformation.
Back then, Anton had left Barrel Cottage and used the Collective Consciousness to travel to the Moon.
He'd had a few theories, and a premonition from some spiritual source. Perhaps the Moon would be more suitable.
Now, at this