Wizards and Muggles

"Mm... yes, yes." Arthur Weasley was stumped by Tierra's question as well; he did not understand what was wrong with his view.

"Yes, yes." Tierra smiled and rose to his feet. "No wonder the Wizarding World occasionally erupts with that kind of Muggle-hating rhetoric. From the very beginning, you never regarded Muggles as your own kind."

"You treated Muggles as aliens. You separated yourselves from them." Tierra began pacing around the conference room. "Of course, I do not blame you for that. It is how you were educated from childhood—you were taught to separate yourselves from Muggles. Even the friendliest among you merely see Muggles as... what did Mr. Weasley call them just now? Ah, yes, 'adorable creatures.'"

"Have you ever considered that Muggles and wizards might actually be the same species?"

Tierra keenly sensed several bursts of hostility rise in the conference room, only to be abruptly suppressed.

"M-Mr. Tierra, do you have... any evidence for saying that?" an elderly wizard with dark brown curls asked tremblingly.

Balázs Locke Hoffmannde, head of one of Germany's oldest wizarding families, had once been Gellert Grindelwald's most loyal supporter. Now, he had been brought under Tierra and Vinda Rosier's command.

"Excellent question, Mr. Hoffmannde." Smiling like a conscientious scholar or teacher, Tierra explained, "I thought the evidence was already quite obvious, but very well, let me lay it out again."

"First, appearance. Wizards and humans are the two groups on this planet that look the most alike. Have you forgotten that during the Witch Hunts, all we wizards needed to do was stop using magic and put on a little act to hide perfectly among Muggles?" As he spoke, Tierra made a gesture hated by all South Korean men. "Then there is the issue of reproduction between us."

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