Dumbledore's Unfathomable Depths

Hermione was somewhat doubtful.

What Andy said seemed to make some sense. From the perspective of human nature, desires could never be satisfied.

After obtaining one thing, one would naturally want another.

There must have been many people like Voldemort throughout history.

The International Statute of Secrecy officially came into effect in 1689. From then on, wizards had completely gone into hiding and no longer performed magic before Muggles.

In the Muggle world, wizards had become legends as well.

Yet before that, wizards had lived alongside Muggles. Hermione's expression grew somewhat grave.

She suddenly realized a serious problem.

Leaving aside powerful wizards like Andy, Dumbledore, and Voldemort, even wizards like Snape and Sirius would have been capable of ruling a group of Muggles in the age of cold weapons.

The Fiendfyre Curse could slaughter an entire city.

Even an ordinary Fire Curse could make an army kneel in surrender.

Wizards that powerful, even if there were only a few of them, were far beyond the ability of Muggles armed with swords to resist.

If that was the case, why had wizards not established nations of their own? Muggles hunting witches... people repeated it so often that everyone believed it. But thinking carefully, when large numbers of wizards gathered together, what could Muggles wielding cold weapons use to resist?

Numbers?

There was no need to think about it to know that was impossible.

"History of Magic..."

Hermione furrowed her brow, her expression grave. "There really is something strange about the history of magic."

"Right?"

Andy shrugged. "The International Statute of Secrecy came into effect in 1689, but according to the history of magic, wizards seemed to have gone into hiding long before that... They seemed never to have lived alongside Muggles."

"Andy, you're right!"

Hermione's eyes shone brightly. "Both magical history