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

But all of this requires sufficient human and material resources.

He, as a school wizard, couldn't have done it alone.

Even if he single-handedly develops a new magic system and becomes a wizard who surpasses Dumbledore, it won't work.

He needs more help.

Hermione and Ciri were the people he chose.

Female Auror Tonks is also one of them.

But that's not enough.

Levin also needs someone who truly holds power and influence to support him in terms of official channels, public opinion, and influence.

In a long-term plan, those who possess this power should naturally be our own people.

Aside from Levin himself, Hermione, Ciri, and Tonks all possess considerable potential.

But potential is just potential; it takes time to transform it into real power.

Before that, someone has to pave the way for them.

In Levin's original plan, he needed to win over the established forces in the wizarding world through power intimidation and profit sharing.

In order to achieve their own goals.

But now, Jaina's appearance has given him a breakthrough.

Jaina Proudmoore, you don't want to never be able to return to your homeland, Azeroth, do you?

Chapter 53 Return to School

Besides his future prospects and status, Tonks also received two other rewards this time.

The Order of Merlin medals will be awarded in a concentrated ceremony at a later time.

The prize money has already been paid to her.

Tonks felt unworthy of all the honors he had received, so he decided to give all of the Galleon prize money to Levin.

Levin always preferred more money, so he didn't refuse her offer.

But he didn't accept it all; he left half for Tonks.

Therefore, his total assets have now reached 1800 Galleons.

Levin had a wonderful time during the rest of her vacation. The Tonks were very nice people and adored their daughter's benefactors.

In addition to Levin's pleasing appearance, mature personality, and the boost from his psychic abilities... perhaps we should also add to our pity for his past.

In short, Levin was treated almost like their own child, and this excessive enthusiasm even made Levin somewhat uncomfortable.

In the past few days, besides chatting and reading at Tonks' house, Levin also went shopping with Tonks in Diagon Alley. After that, Levin took Tonks on a tour of the Muggle world in London and bought a lot of Christmas gifts.

In the wizarding world, it is customary for relatives and friends to exchange Christmas gifts, and Levin naturally followed suit.

He himself received many Christmas gifts.

Professor Flitwick gave him a book of his personal notes on spells, a testament to his high expectations of his students.

Several of his friends in Ravenclaw, including Stephen and Kevin, also sent gifts, mostly magical snacks.

Hermione gave him a Conway Stewart handmade fountain pen.

After learning that Levin's automatic pen could copy words automatically because of the "copying spell" and was not a magical item, Miss Granger had been thinking about getting him a better pen.

Along with the gift came an apology letter.

The letter carefully detailed the whole story and expressed apologies for not having properly persuaded the person involved.

"Little girl, I'm not angry with you."

After reading the letter, Levin couldn't help but chuckle, finding the little girl's earnestness adorable. So he wrote back a letter of understanding.

Mr. and Mrs. Tonks' gift was two decent dresses; they seemed particularly worried that Levin didn't have enough clothes to wear.

Tonks' gift was an Auror combat belt with attachments for potion bottles, a scope, and other gadgets, making them readily available during combat.

What surprised Levin the most was Cho Chang and Ciri.

The two young ladies also gave him gifts.

Zhang Qiu's gift was a handmade mung bean cake, as a token of her connection to her hometown, now living in a foreign land.

Cirella gave him a shiny little knife. No wonder she's a witch. Why didn't she join Gryffindor back then?

Levin's gift was much simpler.

Most of his Christmas gifts were Muggle specialties, which is in line with his Muggle background, but it seemed a bit perfunctory.

So he secretly decided that he would study alchemy hard next year and try to exchange his Christmas presents for homemade magical items.

Finally, he also gave a big gift to the Leerke Orphanage where he came from.

A donation of a full £500.

It might be a loss to directly exchange Gallons for pounds, but it was, after all, a token of his goodwill.

Only Tonks didn't receive any Christmas presents.

Because what he gave her was a week-long magical training program.

During this week, Levin taught her five simple and practical arcane spells: Dance of Light, Mage Armor, Grease, Invisibility, and Mirror Image.

He actually wanted to teach more and more complex spells, but time was limited, and arcane magic was too different from the native spells of the Harry Potter world.

In just one week, Tonks struggled to learn even these five spells.

In the end, Levin could only leave behind a notebook, and agreed to write to him if he had any questions.

If I really want to learn more, I can only wait until summer vacation.

Before he knew it, the holiday was over. Levin waved goodbye to the Tonks family with reluctance and boarded the train to Hogwarts.

Returning to Hogwarts was undoubtedly a pleasant experience for Levin.

After spending two weeks at home, the young wizards reunited, excitedly sharing their holiday experiences, which gave Levin a bit of a headache.

What holiday experiences can he share?

It is said that he broke into a cave occupied by a group of poachers, rescued a captured Auror, and together with the Auror, wiped out the entire poacher gang.

Not to mention that this matter is completely impossible to tell anyone, even if he did tell, someone would have to believe him.

So whenever someone talks to him about their holiday experiences, he can only use the same old excuse to brush them off:

"Indeed," "Really?", "And then?"—this three-part phrase always works.

After dealing with who knows how many little wizards who came to chat with him,

Levin finally met someone who had important business with him.

That was the Gryffindor expedition team.

However, their condition was somewhat strange.

Hermione and Harry, one on each side, forcibly brought Ron, who had his head down, to him as if escorting a prisoner.

"This is what you are."

Levin was somewhat confused.

"Ron!"

"hurry up!"

Hermione and Harry urged them on.

So the boy pouted, his face flushed, and looked at Levin. After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence:

"I'm so sorry, Levin, about what happened before the holidays... I'm really sorry, I shouldn't have treated you that way..."

He stumbled and stammered through the entire sentence, which consisted of twenty-six characters, and it took him a full minute to finally get it out.

Levin didn't quite understand at first, and it took him a while to realize what he was referring to.

Given his maturity, he wouldn't get angry with a group of 11-year-olds over such a trivial matter out of unfounded jealousy.

So he nodded and, under the other's expectant gaze, replied, "It's nothing, Ron, I've already forgotten about it."

"That's good, that's good."

Ron's flushed face finally relaxed. Being forgiven by Levin meant that he had not only restored a friendship but also reached an understanding with his two other friends—it was too painful to be blamed for doing something wrong by two friends.

The other two members of the trio seemed somewhat useless compared to the know-it-all Miss, and the man beside them didn't chime in but wore an awkward smile.

Of the trio, Hermione was the happiest at this moment.

The fact that she had a secret from someone else and had to keep it from Levin gave her a strange sense of guilt and remorse, as if she had betrayed the other person.

This feeling struck her as very strange.

She and Levin also had many little secrets they were keeping from Harry and Ron.

For example, Levin secretly taught her a few self-created spells.

Why doesn't she feel any guilt towards Harry and Ron?

Aren't we all friends?

Hermione's little brain couldn't understand this, but she was glad that she no longer had to bear that guilt and could speak freely in front of Levin.

So she said frankly, "Levin, do you remember that big three-headed dog? Actually, we've been trying to figure out what it was guarding."

She didn't forget to provide what they considered crucial information: "We suspect this is what Professor Snape wanted. Harry said he saw bite marks on Snape's feet, and Professor Snape also cast a curse on Harry during the Gryffindor vs. Slytherin match..."

Ron quickly added, "We asked Hagrid earlier, and he accidentally mentioned Nicolas Flamel's name. We suspect that what Snape wants must be related to him."

“That’s why you wanted to find out who Nicolas Flamel was,” Levin concluded.

Ron nodded awkwardly; this was the very thing that had caused him to have a falling out with Levin.

To make matters worse, they still haven't figured out who Nicolas Flamel is during this holiday.

It's one thing for Hermione to go home for the holidays, but...

He and Harry spent the entire holiday at Hogwarts, but made absolutely no progress on this matter.