\u201cThey are still going through it. Someone from the Ministry leaked that you\u2019re pregnant as well, so there\u2019s all sorts of an uproar, from how they could allow a pregnant woman to risk her life dealing with armed murderers, all the way to reminiscing about the official Malfoy-Potter pureblood doctrine\u201d, Hermione smiled, turning the next page of the Daily Prophet and biting into a biscuit.<\/p>\n
\u201cLadies and gentlemen, since the pureblood issue was central to multiple consecutive internecine wars in the wizarding community, my wife and I spent inordinate amounts of time, both in school and later, to figure out the solution, which I will now present for your consideration.<\/i><\/p>\n
We defined pure magical blood biologically and scientifically, not traditionally or ideologically. By our agreed definition, a pureblood magical person is one that possesses magical ability and is able to produce magical, viable and reproductively capable offspring. <\/i><\/p>\n
That\u2019s all there is, and we decided that it is all that actually matters, since the crux of the issue was dilution of magical blood and the resulting extinction of magical humans, which we both agreed to be an outcome that needs to be avoided at all cost. <\/i><\/p>\n
We decided that muggle-born wizards and witches should be considered of tentative blood status until their children are confirmed to be magical. At that point, their blood status should be revised to pureblood. A magical person who produces at least one non-magical child should have their status revised to half-blood. A magical person who produces only non-magical children should have their status as a magical person marked as non-heritable. <\/i><\/p>\n
We came to the conclusion that marriages between magical and non-magical people should be discouraged, but not outlawed, since a certain percentage of non-magical blood might be necessary to protect against inbreeding due to a very shallow magical breeding pool. However, since it increases likelihood of dilution of magical blood and non-magical offspring, it should be strongly advised against. <\/i><\/p>\n
On the other hand, magical offspring of non-magical people should be carefully observed, since they tend to be highly magical, like my mother, Lily Evans, who was a generational talent and an extraordinary witch, and my friend, Hermione Krum, n\u00e9e Granger, who is an incredibly talented person. The only question with such persons should be heritability of magic, and viability and reproductive ability of their offspring, but assuming all is well, their genetic diversity should be considered vital for the long-term genetic health of the magical community. Rather than being called derogatory slurs, their blood should be seen as the saving grace for our collective genetic health and an absolute treasure. <\/i><\/p>\n
As heirs to the ancient magical families of Malfoy, Potter, Black and Peverell, and with additional endorsements from the families of Dumbledore, Krum, Longbottom, Prewett, Lovegood and Weasley, we offer this interpretation and recommend it to be enshrined as official policy and doctrine. Thank you for your attention.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cWell, they are right that I should stop doing field work once my pregnancy advances enough, but that should be in six months or so, and I\u2019ll be the first one to know when I need to relegate myself to a desk job, letting Harry make the headlines for a change\u201d, Lyra smiled, buttering her croissant. \u201cAlso, Harry, you lied\u201d, she grinned at her husband.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnly a little\u201d, he smiled back, sipping his tea.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told them I\u2019m the significantly better fighter between the two of us. That\u2019s completely untrue. We are very close to being completely equal; I can use a greater variety of wandless magic, and you can use more powerful magic under extreme conditions such as flying on a broom at lethal speeds. That by no means makes me significantly better\u201d, she pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wanted you to get due credit, for a change\u201d, he grinned. \u201cAfter all, you made a critical breakthrough in magic, and then taught me how to do it. You literally held my hand through it, and I thought you should be publicly praised for your achievement\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThank you\u201d, she glowed. \u201cBut you still lied\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll be sure to mention it in my next confession\u201d, he grinned.<\/p>\n
\u201cConsidering you don\u2019t go to church, that will be never\u201d, she snickered.<\/p>\n
\u201cExactly\u201d, he agreed and kissed her hand. \u201cAlso, it\u2019s tactically useful to be underestimated\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe two of you are scary\u201d, Viktor pointed out, as Hermione giggled.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to teach me wandless magic too, I feel like a neglected orphan here\u201d, she smiled.<\/p>\n
\u201cNext time we\u2019re playing with the kids. They keep asking for glowy lights\u201d, Lyra giggled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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