"I know what you've been doing."
Dumbledore was rarely this direct. Clearly, he already had more than enough troubles. Airi simply stared at him, her expression unchanged.
"I found Tom Royd. He told me everything, Miss Airi..."
"Oh, so?"
Airi stared back at Dumbledore without the slightest hint of nervousness.
"What does the Ministry of Magic think? Or are you planning to do anything? I doubt the Ministry even cares what we're doing. All Fudge is worried about is that you'll usurp his position..."
"I only hope you can give us some time, you know..."
"Time, time, time. It's always the most valuable and least valuable thing."
Airi shook her head.
"Professor Dumbledore, I didn't tell you about this, but I'm not afraid of you finding out either. Do you know why? Because this is the inevitable trend. There are fewer and fewer pure-blood wizards, while there are more and more mixed-blood wizards and Muggle-born wizards. Yet pure-blood wizards have always occupied the upper ranks of the Wizarding World. They think they're above everyone else, that they can rule everything, and that none of this will ever change."
"But the Black Demon King is now..."
"That is exactly why Voldemort appeared."
Airi shook her head, cutting Dumbledore off.
"In my view, the Wizarding World needs a complete reform. Professor Dumbledore, when Voldemort died eleven years ago, you should have done it then. Voldemort was merely a symptom, not the cause. Why was Voldemort able to gather so many wizards around him? Was it really all because of threats? No. The truth is that pure-blood wizards felt threatened. They knew there were more and more Muggle-born wizards, and that if they did nothing, they would eventually be finished. Then Voldemort appeared and told them he would create an entirely new magical