As Kayson walked, he listened to Dumbledore explain the origins of the Wizarding Secrecy Law.
In the seventeenth century, wizards had their proud spines utterly broken by Muggles wielding pitchforks, steel blades, and single-shot muskets, and they formally began enforcing the Statute of Secrecy.
That situation had continued into modern society.
What was even more outrageous was that wizarding development had gradually slowed, while Muggles had entered an era of technological explosion, and the gap between the two had grown ever wider.
At first, wizards could still have fought a prolonged war against Muggles, but they had chosen to flee out of fear of the casualties.
Now, all that remained was fear of Muggles. Aside from a small number of pure-blood wizards who shut themselves away, buried their heads in the sand, and had inbred themselves into idiocy, still clinging to the notion that wizards were supreme and Muggles were nothing.
Yet even such pure-blood wizards only dared to throw their weight around in the wizarding world or bully unarmed, isolated Muggles.
No one had ever seen them go bully Muggles in a military camp... because bullets really could pierce a wizard's Protego and send them off to meet Merlin.
Of course, some quick-witted wizards had come up with two solutions. The first was the Muggle Repelling Charm. This spell could make Muggles remember something extremely important whenever they drew near, but if all Muggles truly learned of the wizarding world, the most important thing on their minds would probably be planting beacon-guided missiles into Hogwarts.
Some wizards had also thought of using the Imperius Curse to control Muggle leaders. Dumbledore acknowledged the ingenuity of the idea but pointed out its flaws.
For one thing, while the prohibition on the so-called Unforgivable Curses was as full of holes as a