The Trace Is Just Something They Made Up to Scare You / Going Overboard with Spells Can Lead to Disaster

This famous bestselling author, Mr. Gilderoy Lockhart, truly was an outstanding wizard who possessed both power and knowledge.

Harry had only skimmed through Walking with Trolls, yet he was immediately astonished by its gripping plot and highly professional expertise.

In his opinion, Lockhart himself, the man who had written this book, understood Trolls no less well than Professor Quirrell did, and perhaps even had some uniquely insightful views of his own.

Then... were all his other books personal experiences as well?

So he had actually seen a Yeti?

That was a magical creature rumored to appear only in certain regions of China. Scamander had failed to encounter one during his last trip to China, and had been depressed about it for quite some time!

Looking at the stack of travelogues before him, Harry could not help secretly praising Gilderoy Lockhart. The man really did have the goods~

"He really is very captivating. A few days ago, because he came here to sign and sell books, our shop's sales shot up quite a bit too~" Seeing that Harry seemed particularly interested in Lockhart's works, the bookshop owner came over to chat with him. "Oh, right. Because of Mr. Lockhart, the Malfoys and the Weasleys even got into a fight back then~"

"A fight? Draco Malfoy and Ron Weasley?" Harry asked curiously.

"No, the adults from both families—Lucius and Arthur."

"Them?"

Harry froze at that, having never imagined that Lucius, who prided himself on his pure-blood status and always looked down his nose at everyone, would one day get into a physical brawl.

"Harry, do you know what I found out?" Hermione suddenly skipped over. "Mr. Lockhart is going to be our Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher for the new school year!!"

"Really?" Harry's eyes lit up as well when he