After understanding the problem, Takumi asked Grindelwald about the situation in detail, and Grindelwald also gave a detailed explanation.
To put it simply, the current main contradiction between wizards and ordinary people is mainly due to some living habits. The Wizarding World has been separated from the secular world for a long time. This has resulted in the living habits of wizards being very different from ordinary people; they are almost two different systems.
Many wizards have these living habits, especially some middle-aged and elderly wizards. After returning to the secular world, they have not changed yet and still retain their original habits, which has caused a lot of trouble to ordinary people living around them.
Things like casting spells at home, doing housework, refining medicine, practicing magic, etc., are fine and will basically not affect the surrounding neighbors. But things like using owls to send messages and keeping some pets, even magical animals, have a huge impact.
The owl that delivers the letter is not bad, but sometimes it will drop bird poop everywhere, which has some impact on environmental health and the psychology of the neighbors.
Even more influential are the pets of wizards. These pets are not only generally highly intelligent but also full of strange characteristics. In addition to the common cats and dogs, the weird ones include rats and toads; the more extreme ones include snakes and lizards, and even some birds of prey and predatory beasts.
Although these pets have high IQs, it does not mean that they will be very well-behaved. On the contrary, it is precisely because of their high IQ that sometimes they are more frightening. For example, they will quietly hide in corners to observe you, and sometimes they will even approach you quietly, which is generally difficult for ordinary people to detect.
This would be okay if it were the first few types of pets, but if it were the creatures that most humans would be instinctively afraid of, it's easy to be scared to death if one suddenly appears behind someone.
This is just regarding ordinary pets. If it is a magical animal, the problem will be even more serious. Magical animals are all born with their own abilities, which leaves ordinary people with little power to fight back in front of them. The habits of magical animals are also different from those of ordinary animals. Even wizards cannot appease them without being proficient in relevant knowledge. This leads to the fact that once magical animals cause trouble, ordinary people cannot handle it at all.
Then there's the issue of House-elves. This question is also important. First, ordinary people generally cannot accept that such creatures like goblins are actually called elves. The second issue is the situation and treatment of House-elves.
The relationship between House-elves and their employers is, to put it mildly, that of slaves and slave masters. It's the 20th century, and people are still practicing slavery?!
Therefore, after the existence of House-elves was exposed, the reputation of wizards, especially those from Pure-blood families who generally owned House-elves, plummeted in the hearts of ordinary people. While people say they cannot accept elves, they sympathize with them and resist the existence of this system.
At the same time, there is a more serious problem: Dark Wizards.
Although Grindelwald has been working very hard to capture Dark Wizards, there are still some fish that have slipped through the net. These Dark Wizards have also been noticed by ordinary people, but this is not the most terrible thing. After all, there are bad people and good people among ordinary people, and it is completely understandable that wizards are the same.
What's really fatal is when the methods of the Dark Wizards are exposed. The three Unforgivable Curses are okay; ordinary people and wizards have different values, and while they can't understand why wizards resist these forbidden spells specifically, they just know that they are afraid of their power.
What is most unacceptable to ordinary people are actually the products of Dark Wizards, such as forbidden potions and forbidden alchemy products. Because the raw materials for these products are all kinds of corpses, including human tissues. This is perverted behavior that is absolutely unacceptable to ordinary people.
Thanks to Grindelwald, who had already started to clean up the Dark Wizards, there were not many left in Camelot. Otherwise, ordinary people would have to break out in large-scale protest demonstrations and demand that the authorities go all out to exterminate them. But even if ordinary people did not take action, it is not to blame that the authorities were ineffective, but the wizard community was still criticized for being murderous.
These are all factors that have a negative impact on the integration of wizards and ordinary people. As they continue to be exposed, they are gradually beginning to offset the initial curiosity and favor of ordinary people towards wizards. The recent increase in civil disputes is just a concrete manifestation of this phenomenon.
The "fusion stagnation period" mentioned by Grindelwald can be said to be a very accurate summary. To put it simply, ordinary people do not dislike the return of wizards and generally welcome it. After all, there are real benefits to this, as evidenced by the recent improvement in Camelot's overall living standards and national power.
However, ordinary people cannot accept some aspects of wizards that they think are very bad. As for the wizards, in addition to the young wizards who are receptive and have made changes, many old stubborns feel that you ordinary people have no right to point fingers at us and care about this and that. Then, I still go my own way in life; the more you oppose me, the more I do it.
This is the main point of conflict between the two parties. Apart from the big problems that have been dealt with by the authorities, there are still many trivial problems in daily life.
After hearing this, Takumi frowned: "This is not possible. We must solve it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late if it develops into a confrontational problem."
Thinking about the internal chaos of the United States in the future, it started from this kind of piecemeal mess. Therefore, even if it is not for system tasks, these issues must be taken seriously. Takumi doesn't want this Camelot to turn into a mess in the future.
"I also know this. Not long ago, I raised the issue to the cabinet and convened a discussion meeting on it. However, due to differences in opinions, the specific reconciliation plan has not been passed yet."
Grindelwald also frowned, showing a somewhat troubled expression. In fact, as the leader of Camelot's Wizarding World, he is more concerned about this issue than anyone else. Because now the existence of wizards has been exposed, but they cannot fully integrate with the secular world, and it is even developing into a problem of antagonism.
Then the situation of the wizards will be more dangerous than before being exposed. If not handled well, it is possible that it will evolve into a war. And once in a fight, having gained the bonus of the return of wizards, the secular world armed with Magic Technology will definitely crush the wizards.
This situation, which is unfavorable to wizards, is undoubtedly what Grindelwald is most worried about and what he least wants to see.
"Fortunately, those big problems are already banned in the new Wizarding Law. As long as the Wizarding Administration continues to exist, it is unlikely to cause any big troubles."
"The current problems are mainly focused on civil disputes related to people's livelihood. These are actually easy to solve. We only need to issue some new laws to control them."
"But the problem lies in the control of this regulation."
"Too heavy is unfair to wizards; too light and ordinary people cannot accept it."