Fighting for Justice Takes a Team Effort / A Certain Professor's Scandalous Secrets Are Explosive

"..."

The previously frenzied forbidden book seemed to sense that Harry was not someone to be trifled with. It obediently fell silent and shrank back.

"Tch~" Harry disdainfully put away his wand.

The essence of magic was, in truth, a power where the strong ruled. Whether taming an Obscurus or forming friendships with magical creatures, it all ultimately came down to Harry himself being strong enough.

Only equals could earn recognition; superiority brought control. It was as simple as that.

That was why Harry could intimidate the troublesome Cornish Pixies with nothing but his presence and a roar, and why he could now frighten this unruly book with a tiny spell alone.

"What just happened? Why was it so loud over here?"

"It's nothing. This book was throwing a tantrum, so I had a proper chat with it~"

After such a commotion, Madam Pince naturally came over to inspect the situation. But seeing that neither Harry nor the books in the Restricted Section had been harmed, she did not question him further.

With the library about to close, Harry bade Madam Pince farewell and hurried back to Filch's caretaker's cottage.

Filch happened to have taken Mrs. Norris out on patrol, giving Harry the perfect chance to investigate the secrets hidden within this noisy book.

When he had heard the book's wailing earlier, he had sensed an almost negligible mental attack. He therefore felt that some of its contents might be helpful to his current research.

"The release of magic... Does such a straightforward subject really need to be banned?"

Once he began reading the book in earnest, Harry could not help finding it strange. The opening did not introduce any powerful Dark magic targeting the mind, as he had expected. Instead, it merely explained some simple and easily understood magical