Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Yeah, this is all very silly. They should just have the spell be keyed off the caster's level, rather than the level the spell was cast at. This is a layer of complication that will impact play something like 1% of the time.I already said it in a different thread: you can cast find familiar with your lowest spell slot or as a ritual and chose to revive the old familar/ steed you summoned with a higher spell.
So you only cast it once at level 9 annd then just use the ritual/free cast version.