"In short..." Gellert Grindelwald returned to the bedboard. "With this 'Sword of Damocles,' Albus definitely won't have as hard a time dealing with Muggles as you imagine."
"Does that mean..." Selina Pendragon asked teasingly, "one Wizet is worth several Dumbledores?"
Gellert Grindelwald raised an eyebrow, pressed his lips together, and said nothing. He merely stared at Selina Pendragon.
"Fine!" Selina Pendragon raised both hands. "It was just a joke to lighten the mood."
"All that talk about the Witch-Hunting War, crushing ants, and studying wizards is far too heavy!"
Gellert Grindelwald's expression softened. "Those Muggles certainly won't neglect the matter of studying wizards..."
"This will likely be brought into the open. Perhaps... it will become a rather important topic after the International Confederation of Wizards Conference convenes."
"Really?" Selina Pendragon raised her brows. "Something like studying wizards can be openly put forward as a topic for discussion? How should I put this..."
"Anyway, after what you just said, I find the word 'study' uncomfortable. It makes me feel like I've become an ant. Dumbledore probably wouldn't support it, would he?"
"That depends on how you define the word 'study'..." Gellert Grindelwald said. "Don't forget that Hogwarts has a course called Muggle Studies."
"Albus told me that many people took that elective mainly to sleep through class... In truth, the course was quite meaningless..."
"I've seen Albus' textbook. Its so-called 'study' of Muggles was terribly outdated, still stuck three hundred years ago, when the International Statute of Secrecy had just been implemented."
"Of course! The Muggles' study of us is also terribly outdated, probably stuck around three hundred years ago as well... Looking at it that way, we're actually starting from the same line."
"If you dislike the word 'study'..." He raised his hands, touching his fingertips together before him in