Next, Professor Abigail demonstrated an array of weapons:
Rifles, machine guns, sniper rifles, Mills bombs, and landmines.
And for those that couldn't be physically shown, models and videos were used to explain:
Atomic bombs, intercontinental missiles, white phosphorus bombs, thermobaric bombs, and depleted uranium bombs.
Tanks, fighter jets, bombers, battleships, and aircraft carriers.
Many young wizards, who knew little to nothing about Muggle technology, were repeatedly shocked. Malfoy couldn't help but ask, "Muggles have created all these terrifying weapons? Who exactly are they trying to fight?"
The students exchanged uneasy glances, eventually looking toward the Muggle-borns among them.
Hufflepuff's Justin Finch-Fletchley said nervously, "Don't look at me—I'm as shocked as you are."
Gryffindor's Seamus Finnigan, pretending to understand more than he did, said, "Well, you see, Muggles have wars all the time. Many Muggle countries are eager to invade others. For example… uh…"
He glanced toward Professor Abigail and swallowed the rest of his sentence.
Surprisingly, it was Professor Abigail herself who spoke. "That's correct. For instance, the United States. In the past several decades, the U.S. has fought against North Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Libya, Panama, Iraq…"
She looked at the puzzled faces of most students, gave a complicated smile, and continued, "Those are other countries around the world. In Iraq, the U.S. military even used depleted uranium weapons."
The students, recalling the video footage of depleted uranium weapons shown earlier, began to grasp the horrifying implications.
A girl hesitantly raised her hand.
Professor Abigail called on her. "Susan Bones?"
The braided girl, under the gaze of her peers, asked shakily, "Professor… is your country… bad? Like… like the Dark Lord?"
The room fell into a tense silence.
After a moment, Professor Abigail finally replied:
"What makes someone good or bad? That's something each person has to decide for themselves. You can think about it from your own perspective—whether a country is good or bad, whether wizards or Muggles are good or bad, whether an action is good or bad. Only after you've thought it through can you decide what to do."
It seemed as though she had said a lot, but at the same time, nothing at all. Susan's face looked as though it were filled with question marks.
However, having mustered all her courage just to ask the question, she didn't dare press for a follow-up.
Quietly, Theo whispered to Wade, "I think, even in the professor's eyes, the U.S. might be the bad guy. But it's her country, so she can't just outright say it's bad, right?"
Wade did not nod in agreement, but his gaze toward Professor Abigail grew more serious.
He had never encountered a wizard who understood Muggle weapons as thoroughly as Professor Abigail did.
And this wasn't the modern era of widespread social media, where information was easily accessible.
Some of the materials she mentioned were incredibly difficult to find, and others belonged to the latest intelligence—things even well-informed non-magical people might not know.
Yet, Professor Abigail casually shared it all with a group of underage students, as though it were just part of a standard lesson plan.
Seeing that the students seemed quite frightened, Professor Abigail lightened the mood by telling a few anecdotes.
"In truth, the chances of a wizard encountering these large-scale weapons of mass destruction are very low. From launch to detonation, there's usually enough time for a wizard to escape."
"Unless you're like my wizard friend Makena from Africa—he stubbornly believed he could withstand the blast of a bomb and ended up nearly being blown to pieces…"
"For wizards, the greatest danger isn't the weapons themselves but the arrogance born from ignorance."
"I have another friend, Dewent, who was once wandering down a Muggle street when he encountered a teenage boy holding a handgun and trying to rob him."
"Not knowing what a handgun was, he found the boy's posture amusing and burst out laughing. Before his laughter could finish, a bullet had already pierced his chest. The boy then robbed him of all his Galleons and casually snapped his wand in half."
Since Abigail told this story with a smile, the students couldn't help but laugh as well, thinking Dewent had been incredibly foolish.
After the laughter died down, Abigail turned serious.
"So… never underestimate any Muggle, children. Having magic doesn't make you superior."
"Any Muggle… even a child… if they're holding a handgun, they have the power to take a wizard's life."
"Remember that."
…
When the Defense Against the Dark Arts class ended, the weapons with their oily smell were covered up once again. Professor Abigail didn't say much else, and the students had no choice but to head back to the castle.
But the discussion about the lesson was far from over.
"Do you think the professor was telling the truth, Harry?" Ron asked curiously. "Are Muggle weapons really that powerful?"
"Uh… maybe?" Harry replied vaguely.
The Dursleys had a television, but they rarely watched programs about weapons or war. Aunt Petunia preferred mindless soap operas, and Dudley liked cartoons and boxing shows.
Harry glanced at the other two Muggle-born students.
Surprisingly, Hermione frowned for once.
This sort of knowledge wasn't related to academic performance. Although she had read many history books, none of them provided detailed descriptions of the weapons used by the warring sides.
"It's true," Wade said. "And there's even more that the professor didn't mention—like chemical weapons, biological weapons, and sonic weapons."
"...What are those?"
After a moment of silence, Ron politely asked.
Wade gave a simple explanation for everyone.
"Weapons of mass destruction that kill silently," Hermione summarized.
Harry tilted his head, thinking. "So even a very powerful wizard wouldn't be able to escape if they were within the range of an attack?"
"That's correct," Wade nodded. "Unless they used something like Apparition to leave before the attack. Shield charms like Protego definitely wouldn't be enough."
"Why are Muggles so eager to invent these things?" Ryan asked. "Even guns and bombs are already very powerful… Why do they keep creating more dangerous weapons?"
"Because if you fall behind, you get attacked," Wade replied. "For example, if those other countries had nuclear weapons, even the United States wouldn't bomb their territories so casually."
"Then…"
Ryan thought for a while before finally asking a deeply reflective question:
"Compared to Muggles… are wizards the ones who are falling behind now?"
Everyone paused simultaneously, as if they were unprepared students being forced to face a test they didn't want to take.
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