Hermione nodded, her expression unchanged.
"Yes. Once there's a first, naturally there's a second. The Second Wizarding War happened about forty years ago, started by a guy called Voldemort."
"He was powerful, but apparently not very bright. In the end, superstition killed him."
Everyone was speechless. A wizard killed by superstition?
That sounded strange no matter how they looked at it, but Hermione seemed reluctant to say much about him, so they let it drop.
Coulson steadied himself and forced his thoughts back to the matter at hand.
After all that, they could naturally rule out the possibility that the Clairvoyant could see the future.
None of them believed the Clairvoyant could do something even wizards on Hermione's and Grindelwald's level couldn't.
Coulson immediately asked, "What about supernatural surveillance from a distance?"
That was another theory they had considered.
Hermione gave a soft scoff, with a hint of exasperation at their ignorance.
"That's even less likely."
"If someone were using supernatural means to spy on this place, there's no way I wouldn't sense anything."
She paused, then added with unquestionable confidence.
"Never mind your 'Clairvoyant,' who won't even show his face."
"Even for a Hogwarts professor or one of the Ministry of Magic's best Aurors, watching me remotely without alerting me would be an almost impossible task."
Hermione looked at their thoughtful expressions and continued:
"If this 'Clairvoyant' really could evade my senses and watch us in real time... he'd probably be on par with Dumbledore."
"Why would someone on that level single out your little team of ordinary people? Why go to all that trouble setting traps and probing you through a small fry like Quinn just to uncover the secret of your resurrection?"
She spread her hands, her tone teasing:
"Wouldn't it be simpler to kick down Nick