Outlook

"We need to analyze what kind of people these Muggles who hate wizards are," Tierra said in a calm, slow tone, like a patient teacher. "Is it because the religious indoctrination they received from childhood makes them unable to accept us wizards as a group, or do they simply hate us because we possess magic and they do not?"

"So how should we deal with these two situations?" Tierra posed a question.

The wizards seated below exchanged looks again.

"Um... give them... use the Imperius Curse to change their minds?" said Doniel Klosterman, a young man in his thirties and the current head of the Klosterman Family in Finland.

"That is one method, but it is only suitable for reforming stubborn Muggle elites and members of the ruling class. It is not suitable for the vast numbers of lower- and middle-class Muggles," Tierra said. "Think again."

"Your Muggle Magical Transformation Plan!" Irina Smirnova said, as if she had suddenly figured it out. "Your Muggle Magical Transformation Plan is not merely intended to increase the wizarding population. More importantly, it is meant to further divide the diehard elements among the Muggles who hate wizards!"

"Clever, Irina," Tierra praised. "Very clever!"

"The conflict between wizards and Muggles has always existed." Tierra cleared his throat and began. "The most fundamental trait of wizards is that they can use magic, while Muggles cannot."

"For a long time, many in that group have harbored hostility toward wizards. They see wizards as freaks, monsters, or evil people."

"But does that mean Muggles do not like wizards? No, they like them one hundred percent. Telekinesis, flying through the sky and burrowing through the earth, transforming at will—who would not like that?" Tierra said. "If they did not, how could the so-called superhero comics, films, and cartoons they