With extraordinary comprehension, I built a floating city at Hogwarts.

“Of course… you’d ask me for help.” Levin sincerely grasped the girl’s shoulders. “You must remember that no matter what difficulties you encounter, you still have me as your friend, right?”

As he spoke, he proudly patted his chest:

"You also have me, the Ravenclaw genius, dragon slayer, recipient of the Order of Merlin First Class, and president of the Academy of Erudition, as your backer. When you encounter problems that you can't solve on your own, you don't need to bear them alone. You can always ask me for help."

Levin's words deeply moved the girl: "Thank you, thank you Levin, you're so kind to me."

As she spoke, she hugged him tightly.

Levin readily accepted the girl's hug and then said, "As for this matter, I am willing to fund Hagrid and hire a lawyer to represent him. I will also tell my friend in the Department of Magical Creatures Control to have her exert influence on this case."

"Oh, Levin, that's so kind of you. By the way, I also have some Galleons here, not many, but..."

At this point, Hermione felt a little embarrassed, knowing that her meager Galleons were utterly useless against a lawyer who charged by the hour.

"It's alright, as long as you do your best." Levin didn't refuse her kindness.

After all, she'd feel better if she felt a little involved.

Chapter 222 Forbidden Forest Eye Insertion

As the young wizards returned one by one, school resumed classes.

Levin soon met Hagrid in a magical creatures class.

To their surprise, Hagrid made a bonfire to cheer them up, and it was full of fire lizards.

This lesson was particularly interesting. The students collected dry branches and leaves to keep the fire burning, while fire-loving salamanders jumped around on the charred, self-heating wood.

After class, Levin didn't leave immediately. He stayed behind, watching Hagrid busy cleaning up the fire left by the young wizards, putting the salamanders one by one into a furnace.

"Your lesson today was fantastic," Levin said, stepping forward to praise him.

"Oh, it's Levin. I'm glad you like him." Hagrid forced a smile, seemingly trying to perk himself up a bit.

Levin immediately noticed the crumpled document in his hand and asked, "May I take a look?"

“Oh, of course!” Hagrid handed the document to Levin.

"Court date: April 20th. You will need to bring the Hippogriff involved in the case to the Ministry of Magic in London for a hearing before the Committee on the Handling of Dangerous Animals," Levin read out, word by word.

Hagrid, despite being a half-giant, was as fragile as a child at heart. He couldn't bear just hearing Levin read official documents, and tears streamed down his disheveled beard.

“Oh, that’s so cruel,” Hagrid choked out, wiping his eyes with his sleeve. “The Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Animals… 747… Buckbeak wasn’t dangerous at all…”

Although Levin also liked the Falcon, even he had to admit that Buckbeak's claim of not being dangerous was only true for a half-giant like Hagrid, or a strongman like Levin.

To ordinary wizards, the eagle is a dangerous creature.

Of course, this doesn't stop Levin from helping Hagrid.

“You know what, Hagrid? Hermione spent the entire vacation preparing your defense?” Levin patted Hagrid’s broad shoulder, trying to comfort him.

“Oh…yes, yes, I know,” Hagrid said, rubbing his eyes and trying to hold back his tears and snot. “Hermione…what a wonderful girl, she has done so much for me.”

“But it’s no use!” Hagrid shook his head, continuing to sob. “Those devils on the Committee to Deal with Dangerous Animals, Lucius Malfoy bribed them! They all took his dirty money! If I lose, Buckbeak—”

An even stronger sob prevented Hagrid from speaking any further.

Seeing that the other person was about to burst into tears, Levin quickly offered his solution and told him, "Actually, I have some friends in the Ministry of Magic, all of whom I met during last year's dragon-slaying trip. They are not afraid of Lucius Malfoy."

“Thank you, thank you, Levin, you’re a good friend too.” Hagrid wiped away his tears, hope appearing in his eyes. In the big man’s eyes, Levin, who had subdued a series of powerful magical creatures, was second only to Dumbledore in terms of reliability. “But I can’t let you spend money. I have some things here… you know, things I…”

"What we collected in the forest should be enough to exchange for some Galleons."

As Hagrid spoke, he began to calculate his assets, and his words made Levin's eyes light up.

Who would have thought there would be such a surprise?

As the warden of the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts, Hagrid wasn't as poor as one might imagine. In fact, even the cushions in his hut were woven from unicorn hair.

Many precious magical materials produced in the Forbidden Forest pass through his hands.

It could be said that Hagrid's inventory was quite substantial, even in Levin's eyes.

Just as Levin said, it wasn't a big deal. All it took was a few words from his "dragon maid," Onyxia, to subdue Lucius Malfoy and make him surrender without a fight.

When he told Hermione that he had settled things with the lawyer and the relationship, the girl felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off her shoulders, and she felt relieved.

The girl already had to worry about Hagrid and cope with twelve courses, which was a heavy burden even with the help of the time-changer.

Every evening, Levin would sit with Hermione in a corner of the library to study.

The table in front of her was always piled high with various textbooks and study materials.

This includes, but is not limited to, arithmetic divination charts, rune dictionaries, diagrams of Muggles moving heavy objects, and countless densely packed notebooks.

She no longer studies in the Gryffindor common room.

Levin understood her thoughts very well.

After all, it would be awkward to see Harry and Ron after they had argued.

It's better to study in the library, where Levin can keep you company.

The only thing that made her uncomfortable was that when she studied with Levin, she would always run into other girls sharing a table.

The most frequent visitor was Cho Chang from Ravenclaw, followed by Ciri and Penelope, and even Ginny would occasionally join in.

What upset Hermione the most was Luna Lovegood.

Every time the girl came, she would talk to Levin about topics he couldn't understand, such as "psychic powers." When he asked her, he found out that she actually had a rare talent called "psychic talent." Levin was excited and began to teach her the skills of a psionicist.

Damn it, why am I not the one with "psychic talent"?

February arrived quickly, but the biting cold weather remained unchanged.

For the entire month, Levin had an extra task in addition to his regular work: searching for Spots in the Forbidden Forest.

According to Hermione, the pet mouse had become very uneasy ever since Sirius's attack, coupled with Crookshanks's targeting...

The freckles had already disappeared during the Christmas holidays.

Ron always believed that Crookshanks murdered him, which brought his conflict with Hermione to its peak.

Now that Scabbers has escaped from Ron, catching it will be much more difficult.

According to the Weasley twins' "Marvel's Map," Scabbers is not in the castle because his name cannot be found on the map.

According to Levin's prophetic magic, Scabbers did not escape the boundaries of Hogwarts—more specific information was unavailable to Levin due to his insufficient knowledge of Scabbers or Peter Pettigrew.

But that was enough for Levin to make his judgment.

Since Scabbers is at Hogwarts and not in the castle, he can only hide in the Forbidden Forest.

So he spent a whole month using druidic magic to set up sentry posts all over the Forbidden Forest, using the plant vision in the Forbidden Forest to search for its traces.

This is almost equivalent to placing true sight wards all over the forbidden forest.

No matter how inconspicuous Scabbers is as a rat, where can it hide in front of Levin's "eyes" that are spread throughout the Forbidden Forest?

Sure enough, that evening, while Levin and Hermione were reading in the library, they suddenly sensed that the detection magic in the Forbidden Forest had been triggered.

Chapter 223 The Stalker and Diarrhea Sugar

"Sorry, Hermione, I have something to do tonight and I have to leave first."

Levin said goodbye to the girl, left the library, and hurried toward the Forbidden Forest while sending a message to Sirius.

Then he discovered that a little tagalong had appeared behind him.

It's Draco Malfoy.

This young master harbored a grudge because Levin had rejected his kind offer.

However, he was hindered by Levin's strength and the professors' favoritism towards him, leaving him powerless to change the situation.

In the end, they came up with a solution that wasn't really a solution, just like how they dealt with Harry in the first year: they caught him breaking the rules.

Everyone knows that Levin is an outstanding student at Hogwarts.

But no one would believe that this outstanding student was truly a model student who never violated school rules.

If Levin were truly a model student, he wouldn't have been able to kill the Basilisk in the first place.

Malfoy was trying to capitalize on this.

For the past month, he had heard that people had noticed Levin lurking in the Forbidden Forest every night, but they hadn't been able to find any evidence against him.

But today, he saw with his own eyes the other party running into the forbidden forest.

So he secretly (in his own mind) followed behind, intending to catch him red-handed.

Unfortunately, Malfoy overestimated his stealth skills.

His skill was not only obvious to Levin, but also to the other junior wizards.

For example, Ron Weasley.

Ron stubbornly believes that Hermione's Crookshanks killed Scabbers.

He found it hard to accept the loss of his pet mouse, so he often searched the castle for traces of Crook Hill, hoping to find his pet's remains or something.

Unexpectedly, he discovered that Draco Malfoy was stalking Levin Green.

Out of curiosity, and also out of dislike for Malfoy, he secretly followed them, wanting to find out what the two were doing.

But what Malfoy and Ron didn't know was that there were other experts behind them.

It was a male wizard wearing a black cloak, with a pale and gloomy face.

It was Professor Severus Snape.

He saw the Weasley boys following Malfoy and assumed the two had some kind of conflict, so he followed Ron and Malfoy to make sure they wouldn't cause any trouble.

It would be even better if we could catch Ron making his move and deduct a few points from Gryffindor.

Levin, who was walking at the front, noticed the little train that had been pulled up behind him and was both amused and exasperated.

But upon closer reflection, he realized he didn't like any of Ron, Malfoy, or Snape.

Why not take this opportunity to play a little prank on them?

Thinking of this, Levin couldn't help but slow down.

If he maintained his original speed, he would be fine before entering the Forbidden Forest.

Once inside the Forbidden Forest, Malfoy simply couldn't keep up with his pace.