"We will talk about the name later. It seems that you are preparing to take action recently," Victor said, observing Sebastian carefully.
Putting down the teacup, Sebastian looked at Victor and smiled knowingly, "We said at the beginning that we would not talk about those particular things."
"For example, the fact that you have secretly controlled M.O.D.O.K.?" Victor asked directly.
Sebastian raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Victor with genuine surprise, and said with some confusion, "How did you know about that?"
"Do not worry, I am the only one who knows. In fact, I knew it by pure chance. Although I cannot tell you how I know, unless there is an accident, others will not be able to discover the fact that M.O.D.O.K. is controlled by you," Victor assured him.
"Then what are you going to do after you go back? Kill him directly?" Sebastian asked pointedly.
Victor shrugged and was very happy that he could let Sebastian suffer a little surprise for once. This made him feel for the first time in a long time that he was not completely unable to reach Sebastian's level. It made him feel that Sebastian, as a friend, was not completely incomparable to him. Sometimes, people's feelings are so strange and complicated.
"It was Victor who discovered that M.O.D.O.K. was controlled by you, not Doctor Doom. What happened here stays here. Victor's affairs are Victor's, and Doctor Doom's affairs are Doctor Doom's. I can tell the difference very clearly," Victor explained.
Shaking his head and laughing, Sebastian looked at Victor and said, "Okay, I will owe you a favor this time."
After drinking the last sip of tea, Victor stood up and said to Sebastian with a smile, "Then remember to treat me to better refreshments next time. The refreshments you prepared last time were very good. I still remember the taste vividly. It is a pity that you, a stingy person, did not share them with me at all. This time, let us keep the favor on that refreshment."
"That is settled then. Next time I will prepare a kind of icy refreshment for you. I guarantee you will like it," Sebastian promised.
"Okay, then I will take my leave," Victor said.
As Victor's words fell, Sebastian snapped his fingers slightly, and a shimmering portal appeared in front of Victor. Without any hesitation, Victor stepped into it and disappeared from Sebastian's sight.
Now that Sebastian has mastered the power of magic and become the source of it, he no longer needs a wand to cast spells. Spells, ingredients, and hand seals are no longer necessary, and he can cast magic with a single thought.
Of course, an ordinary wand in Sebastian's hand has no effect on enhancing his magic anymore, but a wand like one crafted from the Golden Apple Tree, or the one he is preparing from the World Tree, can significantly increase his power, increasing both the power and sophistication of his spells to an astonishing degree. This is why Sebastian still retains the habit of using a wand to cast spells.
After Victor left, Sebastian stood up and looked at the vast Hogwarts grounds below. The new class was about to begin its intake. The crows had spread again yesterday, and the faculty and students at Hogwarts were getting back on track. Every Hogwarts teacher, even the most inferior in skill, could be considered a formidable wizard in the eyes of the outside magical world.
The strongest teachers at Hogwarts are already leaders of small and medium-sized magical organizations. More importantly, they continue to grow stronger with each passing day. When the new students arrive, Sebastian plans to introduce assistant teaching positions, filling them with the top ten students in their respective subjects from the first graduating class.
After they graduate, Sebastian can recruit new teachers from these assistants.
While contemplating Hogwarts' future development, Sebastian visited the second tower, recently built. If the Space Tower serves as the core for defense and teleportation, then this second tower, which Sebastian has named the Tower of Power, is Hogwarts's means of counterattack and source of offensive strength.
Sebastian will place the Power Stone he brought back from Xandar in this Tower of Power.
However, the power of the Power Stone is too intense and violent, requiring the Tower of Power to be more sophisticated and sturdy than the Space Tower and the underground chamber, otherwise it will not be able to withstand the Stone's unbridled destructive power. For this reason, preparations and construction of the tower, which began upon Sebastian's return, are still underway.
Arriving at the top of the tower, he saw Iron Engineers drawing magic circles and preparing magical equipment according to Sebastian's designs. He checked carefully and confirmed there were no major problems before turning and leaving.
Once the Tower of Power was completed, Hogwarts would truly become a fortress capable of both offense and defense. Even if Thanos, empowered by the Dark Phoenix Authority, arrived personally, it would be a difficult task to breach Hogwarts. Sebastian was reassured by this thought.