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Chapter 129: The History of Hogwarts
Nearly half of newborns could not be raised, the vast majority did not live past the age of forty, and the literacy rate among the common population was less than 1%.
Ordinary people were malnourished, gaunt, and unclean. They did not bathe, brush their teeth, or wash their hair. Hygiene conditions were appalling. From a distance, one could already smell a strong, unpleasant odor. Up close, their mouths revealed smoke-stained teeth and crude, vulgar speech.
In such circumstances, how could those proud, all-powerful wizards not look down on ordinary humans? Their disdain for Muggles was as natural as the sun, the moon, mountains, and seas relying on the solid earth beneath them—an earth that felt older and unchanging.
Given this social foundation, it could be said that for more than a thousand years—from the founding of Hogwarts until about a century ago, when the light of science finally ignited in the world and ordinary people began to ride the wave of scientific progress—wizarding discrimination against Muggles was, in a sense, "reasonable" and deeply rooted.
"At that time, wizards were at their strongest, while Muggles were at their most backward. Wizards chose to completely separate themselves from the Muggle world. They could not tolerate living in such a filthy and primitive society."
George spoke calmly, his expression indifferent.
It was difficult to say whether that decision had been right or wrong. Some might argue that wizards, with their power, should have changed the world—helping Muggles live longer, healthier, happier lives.
But unless magic could be fully understood and industrialized, such an idea was overly idealistic. Otherwise, even the most powerful wizard would be like a powerful machine that could not be replicated. Without everything else needed to support it, how much could a single machine truly accomplish?
At that time, most nobles were illiterate. Even magical knowledge could not be easily understood or accepted by ordinary people. Before modern scientific theory was established and productivity advanced, wizards were ultimately just powerful weapons—abilities that could not be applied broadly.
"The founding of Hogwarts was meant to separate wizards from the Muggle world."
Hermione's eyes sparkled.
She had considered many possible reasons for Hogwarts' creation: preserving knowledge, passing down magic, or forming alliances.
But she had never thought it was founded so that wizards could escape the world entirely and isolate themselves from ordinary society.
"Hiss…"
Harry couldn't help but be shocked. The idea that an entire group would isolate themselves from the world out of hatred was almost unimaginable.
"What a long history," Ron muttered, frowning. His own family was an old pure-blood line, yet he had never heard any of this. He was certain that not even his parents or ancestors had known.
He looked at George with a mixture of shock and admiration.
"This is terrifying," he said. "Or maybe… you're just like the founders themselves. Someone who understands them so clearly must think in the same way."
George did not respond immediately, as if lost in thought.
This was not like ordinary people hiding away from conflict or disaster. Wizards of that era possessed overwhelming power compared to the Muggle world.
If modern humans had developed the means to eliminate wizards, then in that ancient, savage age, wizards possessed the terrifying ability to wipe out all humanity.
In that era, wizards truly seemed unstoppable—almost godlike.
They not only looked down on Muggles; they isolated the entire world from themselves.
They were extremely arrogant… yet also deeply tragic.
Wizards were rational and proud—tall, elegant, precise in every action. They dealt in economics, poetry, and curses. They moved freely between light and darkness, without restraint. Their networks were strong and intelligent, seemingly without weakness.
They valued power and knowledge. They understood equality between men and women and believed in mutual assistance—but only among those they considered "their own kind."
The rest of the world, to them, was simply something "unclean."
Thus, they stood apart from the world itself.
The world did not belong to them.
It belonged to those who feared contamination.
It belonged to primitive, uncivilized humans—short, weak, unwashed, foul-smelling, and foul-mouthed.
They were reckless and ignorant of life and death, capable of fighting over a single insult or selling everything for a piece of land. They could value justice over life, or abandon everything for profit.
They stumbled toward destruction, indulging in madness, fearing everything while craving conquest.
And such people existed everywhere.
Their filth and backwardness made wizards unwilling to remain in the same world.
Wizards possessed terrifying destructive power, yet they could neither change the world nor adapt to it.
They could destroy humanity—but not elevate it. They could not teach magic widely, nor create more of their own kind.
Unable to change the world, yet unwilling to let the world change itself, they rejected coexistence.
They refused to serve as gods to ordinary people. They refused to display themselves in a filthy, backward world. In the end, they stood against the entire world.
"After isolating themselves from that impure world, wizards began to build their own pure kingdom. The wizarding world—and Hogwarts itself—was born from that vision," George said quietly.
It began as a beautiful idea. But all beautiful ideas are meaningless on their own. The world does not run on ideals alone—it runs on goodwill, reality, and compromise.
Wizards were not monsters. Nor were they evil.
They were simply the embodiment of an idea.
And an idea, by itself, is never enough.
"Hogwarts was founded. The four founders gathered young witches and wizards from all over, brought them to the castle, and trained them—creating the pure magical kingdom they envisioned."
But soon, disagreements arose.
On the issue of magical purity, Slytherin and the other founders held sharply different views. Slytherin believed the school should be far stricter in admissions. He accepted only those from pure wizarding families, refusing Muggle-born students entirely, believing them unreliable.
(Continued…)