The Lunar Exploration Report went not only to Hogwarts, but also to the other Three Wizarding Schools and every Ministry of Magic. They had spent so many Galleons; naturally, they had to show what had come of it.
And a place where no one had to worry about breaking the Secrecy Law when casting spells sounded appealing to voters. After all, many pure-bloods had followed one leader or another precisely because they hated all those restrictions.
Most importantly, the whole thing had style.
If Hogwarts and the other four schools had joined forces to develop a Deep-Sea Living Area or an Underground Living Area, plenty of wizards would have thought it sounded good, but something about it would still have felt off.
It sounded less like a proper place to live and more like locking wizards in a prison. That, along with the exorbitant cost, was why the Alchemical Eco-Box had never received much further research.
But this was entirely different.
Fudge's speech still rang in the ears of everyone who had attended those Ministry meetings.
"Look up, everyone. Look at the moon and the boundless Sea of Stars. The wizards' journey begins on the moon, and our goal is the stars and the sea!"
The Daily Prophet ran extra copies overnight. Even Magical Legends Magazine, which had come to ride the wave of publicity, rushed out a New Issue: a new legend was being written, and Dumbledore was continuing his!
Unlike the Daily Prophet, which had added only a page, A Legend had obtained plenty of firsthand material. It ran high-resolution images and short excerpts from the Dreamscape, along with pages of speculation about the future lunar settlement.
Andrew took the special issue from his roommate and stared at the cover. Only one enormous question mark remained in his