After leaving Gringotts, Adam stood outside the still-crowded Flourish and Blotts and only then remembered that he should have stayed at Gringotts a little longer.
The treasures in the secret vault had dazzled him so much that he had completely forgotten there was a con artist over here fleecing people.
Fortunately, there were far fewer people in the bookstore by then, enough that it did not interfere with his book-buying. Just as Adam picked up a new textbook and was paying for it, a figure leaped out from the shadows—
"Ha!"
"Klon, you still haven't left?"
Klon grabbed Adam by the shoulders, but Adam was not surprised in the slightest. If he had not noticed him, Klon would have already been flung away by the Shield Card.
"Of course not! My mum's still over there in line!"
"...Your mum is still in line?"
"Yeah. The people who've gotten their books signed by now were all the ones who started lining up early in the morning."
Well, damn...
Adam gained a clearer understanding of just how popular Lockhart was.
"Huh? Adam, why are you only buying one book?"
"I already bought the others."
Klon was startled.
"You like Lockhart too?"
"The plots in his books are pretty exciting."
"Then I have some good news. Do you want to hear it?"
"Good news?"
Adam raised an eyebrow.
"Did your Niffler have babies?"
"Oh, not yet. It'll still be a few months, so don't get impatient... No, that's not it. It's good news about Lockhart!"
"Oh..."
Adam's voice carried a trace of disappointment.
"So what is it?"
"Lockhart is going to be our Defense Against the Dark Arts professor!"
"Oh..."
Klon looked rather disappointed at Adam's reaction.
"What? You really don't seem interested in Lockhart at all... Then do you want to hear