Act IV Before the Exam
1. Norton Pavilion
Late at night, Kassel Academy, Norton Pavilion.
All the members of the student council attended the meeting. The head of the student council, Cesare Gattuso, sat on the sofa in front of the fireplace, with the black hunting knife, Dictator, on his knees, and the phoenix emblem of the Gattuso family hanging above his head. The silence had lasted for a long time. The crystal chandelier illuminated everyone's pale faces.
"This is the first time in three years that we will lose the right to use the Norton Mansion. In other words, this will be the last meeting we hold here.”A senior committee member said sadly," This is a crushing defeat for the Student Union. We should admit it.”
"But we didn't lose to the Lionheart Cultist. Chu Zihang isn't the winner!”Another committee member said.
"We can file a complaint. Only formal students can be the winner of 'One Day of Freedom'. It doesn't belong to us or the Lionheart Order. It's like a random character in a game!”A second-year committee member stood up.
"To whom? Discipline committee or school board?" The senior committee member shrugged and shook his head." One Day of Freedom is a game day for the school. Who will help us decide?”
" I can't accept letting the Norton Pavilion go like this," a committee member said excitedly." Who knows where that freshman came from?‘S 'grade freshman, what a joke! Did he look like one? Did you notice, when we looked at him, he
My hands have been shaking!"
"I noticed! I also can't believe that he's an'S 'class F. This is ridiculous! A person from China…who could guarantee that he wasn't someone arranged by Chu Zihang? It was a Chinese trick! "If we really give up the Norton Pavilion, the person who will move in might be Chu Zihang," someone said loudly.
Frustration was ignited into anger. Some of the members of the Student Union advocated loudly, while others whispered to each other. Since Caesar took control of the Student Union, they had always been the winners of "One Day of Freedom". The Student Union finally grew into a society that could compete with the most traditional brotherhood of Kassel College, the Lionheart Society. Even if the Lionheart Society suddenly had an "A" grade student, Chu Zihang, they could not take the Norton Mansion from them. And now, they had lost to a timid freshman. The crowd was agitated.
"Caesar." Nono, who had been leaning against the fireplace, suddenly said.
The committee members suddenly noticed that Caesar had already left the sofa. He took out a bottle of cogna from the wine cabinet next to him and poured himself a glass. Everyone stopped talking. All eyes followed Caesar, who silently walked out of the door with the glass of wine.
"Caesar." Nono called out to him.
Caesar stopped and turned his head to look at the people in the conference room. His ice-blue eyes were expressionless." I have never refused to talk to cowards. Cowards will refuse to admit their failure.”
" Caesar, we just…" The senior committee member tried to explain.
Caesar raised his hand and interrupted him." Enough, I don't want to discuss the reason for the failure. I've checked the records of the academy's students. Lu Mingfei, an'S 'grade freshman, from China. He's an official student of Kassel Academy, one of us. He shot Chu Zihang and me twice and won this year's 'One Day of Freedom'. According to the rules of the game, if we lose, the Lionheart Society will remain silent, which means that Chu Zihang has tacitly agreed. If we go back on our word, it will be a disgrace to us.”
The committee members looked at each other silently and then lowered their heads.
"Then, according to the rules of the past years, we'll sell the Norton Pavilion tomorrow?”The senior committee member asked in a low voice.
" I've already handed a check to the Finance Committee and rented the Amber Hall next door as the activity venue for the Student Union next year. This place will belong to that Lu Mingfei from midnight onwards.”Caesar placed the half-drunk cogna on the windowsill." But I don't think Lu Mingfei has time to enjoy this building yet. He should be worried about tomorrow's ability assessment test, right?”
"Do you think he will fail the ability assessment exam?”Nono asked.
"I don't know. All of you have taken the test before, so you know how difficult it is. It will tell us how pure Lu Mingfei's dragon blood is and how much potential he has. Many of you had high grades when you entered the school, but were demoted after the ability assessment test. I'm looking forward to seeing Lu Mingfei's results.”Caesar looked at everyone and smiled coldly." I think Chu Zihang is looking forward to it too.”
"For that loser, maybe it will drop directly to Z? If there was a level like 'Z'.”Nono shrugged.
"Currently, the lowest is Fingel's 'F'.”a committee member said.
All the committee members looked at each other and smiled. The atmosphere suddenly became relaxed. They remembered the ability assessment test that frightened all the freshmen and understood Caesar's intentions. It wasn't easy for the winner of the Norton Pavilion to laugh. If an " S " grade student was really demoted to an " F " grade, then even if he stayed in the Norton Pavilion, he would still be regarded as a joke by the entire academy.
Nono noticed that Caesar stopped laughing when the others were laughing. Caesar lowered his head and touched his heart, which was where Lu Mingfei had shot him.
2. lonely
Dorm 303, District 1.
"In short, the ability assessment test is shortened to EeeI, and the correct pronunciation is E× traction Evailration Exarn. It was mainly used to identify the student's dragon bloodline. The descendants of dragon blood had a rather obvious resonance with the dragon language. The Dragon Emperor and Dragon King both had the ability to speak spiritually. Within the scope of their abilities, their words would become a rule. Language was a tool for the dragon race to display their abilities.”Fingal explained to Lu Mingfei," Some students have a high proportion of dragon blood, but they inherited the 'trash genes' of the dragon race. Their abilities are not enough, so they will be demoted after passing the Wasteland Eee. Those who are really unqualified will be expelled.”
" I didn't apply for it." Lu Mingfei's face was bitter." I'm basically being kidnapped, okay?" And even ordered to drop out of school?"
"But I'll have to erase your memory of being here anyway, you signed the consent form when you entered, and besides, aren't you going home now and missing your college entrance exams this year?”
"This is an overbearing clause! No one listened to Lu Mingfei's words. Professor Guderian was very puzzled by the fact that his new student, who had " amazing potential ", did not resonate with the basic arcane incantations of the dragon race at all. He claimed that he had encountered an academic problem, so he went to the library in deep thought.
There was a brief silence in the dormitory. The window was open, and Lu Mingfei sat on his lower bunk with his head drooping. He looked out at the beautiful full moon outside the window. The moonlight shone on the red tiles of the cathedral's steeple, and the comfortable night wind blew on his body. This kind of quiet beauty gave him an illusion. In fact, those unhappy things were all illusions. He had just arrived at an American university and was about to start a new student life. Now, he had just met his senior who was like a big brother. As long as he lay down and had a good sleep, the sun would shine on him tomorrow. It was especially beautiful. The dragon, the destructive alchemical weapon hidden in the ice cellar, the two factions that wanted his life, Nono's handsome boyfriend... they would all disappear.
Yes, it disappeared and everything returned to normal.
As he thought about it in a daze, the corners of his mouth actually curled into a smile. This was a skill that he had practiced for many years. Over the years, whenever he felt that something was not going his way, he would face the moonlight that shone through the window and think that it was all fake. In fact, everything was fine. After a good night's sleep, he would not have to go to school tomorrow. Who cared about the rest?
"Your smile is very cheap." Fingel lowered his head from the upper bunk, his messy hair hanging down like a withered lotus.
"You look like a hanging ghost." Lu Mingfei had effectively convinced himself, and his mood had entered a noble realm where he was neither happy for others nor sad for himself.
He counterattacked Fingal.
"Have you tried brainwashing?"
"No, but I can wash the dishes and clothes.”Lu Mingfei replied calmly. He thought that Fingel must be trying to scare him. At this time, the best way was to show him a poker face. It was like Lu Mingze rolling his eyes and telling Lu Mingfei that he saw Chen Wenwen shopping in the bookstore with a 9th class student. He didn't know what to say, but Chen Wenwen was smiling happily. Lu Mingfei would look up and put on a blank face and say, What? Brother, are you talking to me? Lu Wuze couldn't break his thick skin, so he could only retreat in frustration.
" Actually, brainwashing isn't uncomfortable. It's just that I always feel a little stupid after I'm done." Fingal didn't follow Lu Mingfei's train of thought at all. He continued," Didn't a philosopher in China say something like that? People suffer because they have a good memory. A fool is good, but a fool doesn't suffer.”
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment." That's not a philosopher. It's a person called Ouyang Feng in a movie called 'Eastern Evil and Western Poison'…I think I'm already stupid enough.”
"If you feel that there's something in your heart that you can't remember clearly but is very important, will you think about it all day? Are you afraid that if you don't want to, you'll forget it forever?" Fingel had a serious expression on his face, as if he was discussing something important about his outlook on life and the world. However, Lu Mingfei knew that Fingel was actually just comforting him by saying that even if he failed the damn 3E exam, it would just be a brainwash and he would be able to turn over a new leaf. However, Lu Mingfei thought about this question for a long time. He nodded." Of course I will. I'm most afraid of the feeling of remembering something but not remembering anything.
It's over."
" Then you can't." Fingal sighed." That's the feeling of brainwashing. You always feel like you've forgotten something. It's fine if you're in a good mood, but if you're in a bad mood, you'll break your head thinking.”
"So what? I don't understand Korean, and I don't understand Dragon Language either. I'll definitely fail tomorrow. If I fail, I'll just brainwash myself and go home to repeat my studies. If I can't get into university, I'll just wait for a job…I hope the brainwashing won't be too painful.”Lu Mingfei said softly and sighed for no reason.
Fingal was silent for a moment." You sighed just now.”
"I know. I've experienced so many earth-shattering things today. Can't I sigh at night? I shouldn't have accepted that admission letter in a rush. I knew it. How could a really good thing fall on me?”
"You don't want to return to China." Fingal suddenly said.
Lu Mingfei was stunned. He didn't understand what Fingel meant. Fingel suddenly spoke in a very certain tone, as if he wanted to remind him of something.
"I don't care. I don't care about many things.”Lu Mingfei rested his hands behind his head and leaned against the headboard. Speaking of which, this bed was really comfortable. Kassel Academy was indeed a school for the wealthy, just like Professor Guderian had said. The environment and equipment were all first-class. However, he was about to leave this place.
"You don't want to return to China." Fingal repeated.
“What? Brother, are you talking to me?" Lu Mingfei knew that he was being stubborn. He suddenly wanted to cover his ears and not listen to anything.
Fingel grabbed the mattress on the upper bunk with both hands and slowly sat down on Lu Mingfei's lower bunk with an extremely difficult flip." Actually, there's really nothing good about Kassel Academy. You don't even have Dragon Character Resonance. Even if you have dragon blood, you probably inherited a bunch of useless junk genes. Why don't you go back to China? That's not bad either. You're not like the hot-blooded young man in the comics who shouts,'My destiny is to travel the world and kill giant dragons', right?”
"Brother. I didn't say it wasn't good. I can only return to China, right?”Lu Mingfei didn't know what to say to Fingel's silver-gray Aryan eyes.
"But you sighed." said Fingal.
Lu Mingfei was silent for a few seconds. Suddenly, a stream of fire rushed up from his sternum. he shouted angrily at Fingal."What do you want, you nag, nag? What does it matter to you what I think? Aren't you a good-for-nothing who hasn't graduated for so many years? Aren't you very impressive? You still owe me money? How many cups of Coke did you drink? Are you going to pay me back or shut up?"
He regretted it the moment he said that. Fingal might be his only friend here, and Nono, whom he once considered a friend…was now with a man who was determined to destroy him, right? In fact, Fingel was just being kind. He had probably read too many philosophy books, so he was pedantic. However, compared to those people who looked at you with cold eyes, wasn't a cynic quite cute?
Fingel patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder." Brother, you're flustered and exasperated.”
Lu Mingfei looked at Fingel's serious face under his messy hair and lowered his head helplessly.
"Didn't you keep nagging me to drop out of school? Is it too late for me to quit now?”said Fingal."I almost thought you were serious,"
Lu Mingfei shook his head." I'm not joking. I really mean it." By the way, why didn't you drop out after entering Kassel Academy? What was so good about this place? Look, you've been in school for eight years…"
"Will you die if you don't poke people's scars?"
"Oh, then let's talk about the journey of the heart.”
" Because of the 'Sorrow of Blood'." Fingal shrugged.
"Sorrow of Blood?" This was the first time Lu Mingfei had heard of this term.
"When the proportion of dragon blood reaches a certain level, you are no longer considered a true human. This kind of bloodline would give you extraordinary abilities, but it would also bring you a huge sense of alienation. Only contact between dragons could eliminate this sense of alienation. Therefore, the high purity of the dragon bloodline would naturally cause the descendants to gather. This was determined by genes. The dragon race relied on the ability of Blood Sorrow to gather from all over the world. " Usually, once the dragon descendants know their identity, they will feel as if their souls have awakened from the depths..." Fingal suddenly widened his eyes." Wait, wait... Have you never felt this way before? you
Never felt particularly…lonely?"
" Lonely, 7." Lu Mingfei looked up at the ceiling and thought back to the past 18 years of his life. He shook his head in confusion." I'm not lonely."”
Fingal scratched his head." We want to judge whether you are lonely or not. First, we need to see if you know what loneliness is. Come, define loneliness.”
"Is your philosophical mind jumping again? Loneliness…was the feeling of wanting to find someone to keep you company, to talk to you, to have a belly full of things to say, but there was no such person, right?”Lu Mingfei suddenly thought of the Lonely Gluttonous Snake, and the mischievous fellow smiled as if his scheme had succeeded.
"The philosophical definition is that you feel that you are different from the people around you or the environment around you. You lack communication channels, which produces a negative emotion.”
said Fingal."Do you think you're any different from the people around you?”
"No, except that I don't have parents. They like girls, and so do I.”
"When we were at the train station in Chicago, I saw you staring into space.
What were you thinking about when you were in a daze?"
Lu Mingfei looked up at the ceiling. He thought for a while and shook his head." Actually, I don't know. It's just that it's quiet when I look far away. I just want to kill some time. I'm like this at home too. I don't have any friends to play with anyway.”
"What were others doing when you were in a daze?”
Lu Mingfei was taken aback." I've never thought about it."”
Fingal slapped his thigh." This is loneliness! It was caused by the Sorrow of Blood!"
Lu Mingfei was a little shocked. He didn't expect to live alone for so many years without realizing it. His powerful dragon bloodline had destined him to be lonely and miserable. This made him feel very tall and strong…
" Actually…I really don't feel lonely or anything…" Lu Mingfei felt that he should tell the truth after a moment of hesitation.
"You don't have parents, and you don't have any merits other than playing games. You can't pick up girls, and your grades aren't good. You don't even have a friend who's good enough for you.”This time, it was Fingal's turn to be puzzled.
"But so what if you feel lonely? If you feel lonely, it's just that you're in a worse mood.”Lu Mingfei spread his hands." In the past, no one talked to you. You felt lonely, but no one talked to you.”
Fingal was stunned for a moment and repeated Lu Mingfei's words that sounded like a contradiction but also like a truth." You feel lonely... but there's still no one to talk to you... It seems to make sense..."
"Actually, as long as you think of a way to be happier, you won't feel lonely. It's also very interesting to be in a daze alone. I used to be in a daze on the balcony of my house at night.”Lu Mingfei seemed to want to comfort Fingel instead.
"You're a strange creature, what are you thinking?”
Lu Mingfei was stunned. He scratched his head and couldn't answer.
In fact, he knew the answer, but he couldn't say it out loud. If he said it out loud, Fingal would laugh at him and say that this way of killing time was really cold and sad. During those nights, Lu Mingfei would focus on his fingertips, using his hand as a gun to point at the traffic light at the intersection and say " Pa ". He would imagine that a Vitality Bomb on his fingertip would fly to the traffic light and immediately change color, thus proving that he had some kind of magical ability. This Mini games would occasionally succeed, but most of the time, it would fail. Lu Mingfei thought that he was not focused enough, so he closed his eyes and thought for a while before using his hand to make a gun gesture again.
Shoot. Say "Pa".
The virtual gunshots traveled far away with the night wind, dispersing into the darkness.
He sometimes suspected that it was this habit that made him a genius archer. However, it was this genius that caused him to fall into the gap between the two factions the moment he stepped into Kassel Academy.
" So," Fingal shrugged," although your life was boring, you didn't feel lonely. You didn't respond to the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg's arcane incantation, and 'Blood Sorrow' didn't work on you. You're just an ordinary person... Why don't you want to go back to China?”
Lu Mingfei rolled his eyes as he pondered. Slowly, he lowered his head. He felt tired. He rested his elbows on his knees, lowered his head, and scratched his head with both hands.
" I really think that'S 'class is wrong. I really think I'm very ordinary... but at home," he hesitated for a moment and said softly," I have nothing. If there was nothing at home, would you go back?”He raised his head, frowning and looking at Fingel with a bitter face.
Fingel didn't say anything. He just looked at Lu Mingfei silently, and an expression flashed across his silver-gray eyes. Sympathy or some sort of lonely secretion? Lu Mingfei didn't understand.
" Even wild lilies have their own spring, and even little wild seeds want to sprout." Lu Mingfei looked around." Even though I'm an ordinary person, I want people to pay attention to me, girls to like me, and something to brag about…I can't be a passerby for the rest of my life just because I don't have the ability and am ordinary, right? What's the point of that? "But I really don't have anything at home." He spread his hands."Nothing…I'm hungry. Do you have anything to eat?"”
Fingal seemed to agree and nodded slightly." There's no one here. I'll call the evening service for you. Did they give you your student ID?" Give it to me for a while."
"Wow! The restaurant even has evening service? Is this a luxury hotel?" Lu Mingfei felt a little more energetic and took out his student ID card from the plastic folder.
He came out and handed it to Fingal." Do all students have this service?”
"With this card, you can not only order dinner at night. You will understand in the future.”Fingel read Lu Mingfei's student ID number." Please send two truffle bread, two fried foie gras with lemon juice, and a bottle of champagne to Dorm 303 in District 1…Yes, an ice bucket and lemon peel, and a roast goose. We're a little hungry, so two herring rolls with cheese."”
Twenty minutes later, the waiter in white knocked on the door of the dormitory. The dining cart was filled with pure silver utensils. It was a feast that Fingel had ordered, and its exquisiteness surpassed any of the high-end restaurants that Lu Mingfei had visited. The waiters also brought their own tables and tablecloths. They helped Lu Mingfei and Fingel set up the table in the middle of the dormitory. After setting up the cutlery, they solemnly placed the ice bucket with the champagne bottle in the middle, placed two frozen glasses in front of the two, and finally lit a candle inserted in the silver candlestick before leaving.
"Eat! People were made of steel. If they didn't eat, they would be starving. After eating, they would think about the 3E exam. There will be a way out when the car comes to the mountain." Fingal spoke Chinese fluently and looked extremely hungry. He grabbed the truffle bread and chewed on it." Get started!”
Lu Mingfei felt that this cynical senior who looked like he had a muddled head suddenly became extremely cute and spoke the truth. He immediately put down his knife and fork and tore off a goose leg to chew on, then boldly handed the other goose leg to Fingel. Fingel took the goose leg, and the two of them smiled brightly through the candlelight like brothers.
At this moment, on the top floor of the library, which was less than 500 meters away from Dorm 303 in District 1, the Dragon Literature Research Area.
Professor Guderian, the teacher of the two troublemakers, was standing at the top of the ladder, reaching for a document, his head almost touching the ceiling light. The bookshelves here were more than three meters tall and made of Burmese hardwoods. Under the snow-white light, they had an iron-like luster and luster. On the bookshelves were 10-centimeter thick hardcover books. When opened, they were transparent sealed clips that had been drained of air. Ancient copper scrolls were preserved in them. The words engraved on the copper sheets had been buried under the ice sea for thousands of years, waiting for people to interpret them.
"Gordian, what made you wake up from the joy of taking in an S grade student and suddenly focus so much on the study of dragon language?”someone is
he said under the ladder.
Professor Guderian pulled down the round glasses on his forehead and looked down. He saw a spherical object that was as kind as a ceiling lamp.
"Hey, Manstein, why are you here so late at night?”Professor Guderian greeted his old friend in surprise.
Professor Manstein touched his hairless head." I'm here to look for information. I'm very interested in your new student.”
"Yes! Yes!" Professor Guderian nodded hard." He's the only exception. I found a lot of unusual things about him, but I haven't figured it out yet.”
"What I'm interested in is that as an ordinary student, he actually fired without fear when facing Chu Zihang's Golden Dragon Eyes today. I thought that only a few people in this academy could do this, but your student, Lu Mingfei, did it. How did he do it?”Professor Manstein asked coldly.
"He's very smart, very sensitive to precision, and he's an'S 'class student, he's definitely not ordinary!”Professor Guderian thought about it and gave his student a high evaluation.
"Isn't it painful to talk from such a high place?”Professor Manstein asked coldly.
"I think you're being a little too harsh.”Professor Guderian thumped his back. His old spine could not support the long reading.
"Guderian, ever since we shared the same dormitory at Harvard, you're as crazy as ever!”Professor Manstein sighed." You should think about it from another perspective. The Golden Dragon Eye has only appeared on Chu Zihang, a student. It represents a very high purity of dragon blood. According to the ancient records, only dragons at the level of princes have the 'eternal' Golden Dragon Eye. When you look directly at it, it is equivalent to casting the voice of a 'king' and forcing the other party to temporarily submit to you. Only some people with high purity of dragon blood could resist it. At that time, Chu Zihang had already thrown down his weapon and thought that he had won. However, the Golden Dragon Eyes didn't affect Lu Mingfei at all. Facing this fellow dragon whose strength was comparable to a Dragon King, Lu Mingfei calmly fired a shot. Was Lu Mingfei's dragon blood that pure?”
Professor Guderian scratched his white hair." It's not strange for anything to happen to an S-class dragon descendant. Chu Zihang is only an A-class.”
"I really want to shake you off that ladder!”Professor Manstein said fiercely. He had a headache about the lack of intelligence of his classmates, old friends, and colleagues.
" Then I'll come down myself." Professor Guderian climbed down the ladder." What's so serious that the head of the Discipline Committee has to be dispatched?"”
"He has no reaction to the Emperor, right?”Professor Manstein looked straight into Professor Guderian's eyes. The blue-gray eyes of the Aryans had a cold metallic light.
Professor Guderian was stunned and nodded." Yes. For some reason, I tried to recite the arcane incantation of the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg to him. It was the part where the spirit of the Emperor said,'Praise the awakening of my king. Destruction is rebirth.' However, he didn't seem to have any resonance at all. This was the only case of a dragon descendant being immune to the Emperor so far, which was why I came to the library late at night.”
" In the past 50 years, there has never been a dragon descendant who did not respond to the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg's 'speaking spirit'. Nidhogg is the only ancestor of the dragon race, and the ability of the' speaking spirit 'Emperor is to awaken the reverence for the Dragon Emperor that is eternal in the genes of any dragon descendant, allowing them to recall the past when the dragon race ruled the world through time. He should be crying bitterly and kneeling on the ground as if worshipping a god, but what was his response?”
" He said I was singing…" Professor Guderian was embarrassed.
Professor Manstein handed a copper scroll sealed in a cylindrical glass bottle to Professor Guderian." The Ice Sea Fragment, serial number AD0099. I
I've found the information you need.”
"A remnant of the first letter AD?" Professor Guderian was shocked." This is a top-secret ancient document!”
"Only the oldest documents contain secrets of the highest level.”Professor Manstein took a deep breath." The effect of the 'Emperor' is on all the dragon descendants who submit to the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg, but there is indeed a group of dragon descendants who do not submit to Nidhogg.
Professor Guderian stared at the ancient book in his hand and suddenly remembered. He could not help but say loudly," The White King mentioned in the Dragon Clan's Code of Affairs: Secret Chapter?”
" Only the White King's blood descendants won't submit to the Black Dragon Emperor, Nidhogg. The White King's Oracle is the only thing we know that can restrain the Emperor.
After it betrayed the Dragon Emperor as a priest, it used an oracle on all its descendants.”
Professor Guderian pondered for a moment and shook his head." The descendants of the White King are just a legend. According to the records on the bronze pillar of the Ice Sea, the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg destroyed the White King with his supreme power, killed it, ate its flesh, turned its bones into ice chips, melted the ice chips, and poured them into the volcano, completely destroying the body and soul of the White King. Then, the White King no longer exists. Its spirit of speech
I lost my power."
" The White King Rebellion was the largest rebellion in the history of the dragon race. One-third of the dragon race became rebels. After the Dragon Emperor Nidhogg suppressed this rebellion, he recorded the outcome of the rebels with a bronze pillar. This is the Ice Sea Copper Pillar Watch we found in Greenland.”Professor Manstein said," This means that the Ice Sea Bronze Pillar Watch is the history written by Nidhogg's 'Black King'. The Dragon Emperor will undoubtedly emphasize that the rebel leader has been completely eliminated, but as the first generation, the purest dragon bloodline...
Was the White King's soul really that easy to destroy? Perhaps it was still alive and sleeping somewhere, just like the other dragon princes.”
"Lu Mingfei is…a descendant of the White King?”Professor Guderian shivered and then looked ecstatic." We haven't discovered any White King yet."
Demon descendants! The White King is a dragon that is close to humans. If the White King is still in slumber, it might even help us! I knew Lu Mingfei was extraordinary!”
"You're celebrating too early." Professor Manstein took out a pipe from his pocket and lit it up. He took a few puffs and exhaled a mouthful of thick smoke. He took a deep breath and said," My research on the history of the dragon race is no less than yours, but I don't believe that the White King will help humans.‘The White King only wants to use the strength of humans to make up for his own shortcomings. The Dragon race is completely different from us. They are an intelligent race and have unparalleled strength. However, they are an alien race. It is impossible for them to truly sympathize with humans. The White King might just be a vicious king with a sanctimonious appearance. It might even be crueler than the Dark King. The Dark King regarded himself as a god and the humans as sheep. If the White King wanted to seize the power of the Dark King, he would turn the sheep into an army. The number of humans who died under its rule was far more than the number who died in the hands of the Dark King. On the surface of the copper pillar, King Bai's throne was stained with the blood of the commoners, hinting at King Bai's ruthlessness.”
Professor Guderian's face was a little pale. He didn't know how to continue. The only sound in the library was the ancient clock on the wall.
"Actually, we're not complete humans either.”After a long time, Professor Guderian muttered," Even if Lu Mingfei is really a descendant of the White King, it might not be a bad thing.”
"But we are all descendants of the Dark King, descendants of the Dark King who have the heart of a human. Our original enemy was only a pure-blooded dragon. If the White King's descendants join this war, our chances of victory will be even smaller.”Professor Manstein smoked his pipe." Who knows what kind of legacy the White King will leave for its descendants?" Lu Mingfei might become our enemy when the White King's blood truly awakens!”
He patted Professor Guderian's shoulder." He might punish us like the Dark King punished the White King…He's an S-grade student with unparalleled potential.”
"What do you want to say?" Professor Guderian suddenly raised his head and asked loudly.
"I'm considering whether I should tell the principal about my guess. If it's the root of the problem, we should solve it as soon as possible!”Professor Manstein said solemnly.
Professor Guderian felt his blood turn cold. He understood what Professor Manstein meant. He also knew what kind of mission this seemingly lively campus had. They were decisive and never hesitated. He lowered his head and did not speak for a long time.
Professor Manstein took out his phone from his pocket and called the principal's number, but he didn't call immediately. He looked at Professor Guderian through the lens and was still waiting for his old friend's judgment. After all, Lu Mingfei was his student. A report from the Discipline Committee could completely destroy a new school.
. Professor Guderian suddenly raised his head, grabbed Professor Manstein's hand, and slowly closed the phone.
" Lu Mingfei..." Professor Guderian paused for a long time and finally said the sentence he had thought of." He's a very good child!"”
Professor Manstein touched his bald head and frowned as he looked up at the ceiling lights. He and Guderian were classmates in the same dorm at Harvard and had been friends for decades. He knew that Guderian was far from being as stupid in academics as he was in life…In fact, Manstein copied Guderian's academic reports until he graduated with his Ph.D. Almost every time Guderian seriously said something puzzling, he thought deeply about it. Manstein had developed a habit of not showing fear at this time. He had to think carefully before answering.
Professor Guderian put the Ice Sea Fragment on the table and studied it carefully with a magnifying glass. Professor Manstein looked up and pondered like a statue. The ancient clock on the wall clicked.
With a click, time ticked by, as if it was a countdown before the world was created.
" Okay, I admit defeat." Professor Manstein suddenly raised his hands." You see, I admit defeat. I don't understand... Are you playing charades with me?" I've already admitted defeat. Tell me the answer now!”
Professor Guderian pulled his glasses down from the bridge of his nose and looked at Professor Manstein in a daze." I really mean, I think Lu Mingfei is a good kid…"
"Are you saying that the kindness of his human nature will resist the summoning of the White King's blood?”Professor Manstein seemed to understand.
" No." Professor Guderian shrugged." I just remember Nono telling me that he was crying in the ladies 'room when he received a letter from his parents.”
"Wait!" said Professor Manstein." What does this have to do with the Blood of the White King?”
" No, I just think that as a child, he is quite kind... We can't deprive him of his opportunity..." Professor Guderian paused." We still remember our childhood, right?" At that time, the two of us tried our best to reach out and hold each other's hands through the iron bars... At that time, did you think that something would suddenly change your life?”
Professor Manstein was really stunned this time. He lowered his head and silently looked at the phone in his hand. His voice traveled through decades and reached his ears.
"Pull those two crazy kids away! What are they doing?"
"Damn it! Let go! I'm warning you not to get yourself into trouble!”
"It's time for electrotherapy! Stop talking nonsense! Bring him to the electrotherapy room!"
He seemed to feel the pain of electrotherapy again, as if broken blades were cutting his body. After every huge shock, he would smell a faint burning smell and want to cry. He always looked at the only square window above his head, longing to fly like a bird, longing for something to fall from the sky and change his life.
Yes, he did not forget. Whether it was him or Gordian, they would never forget the sorrow that flowed with their blood.
4. cheating
" There's actually a shortcut to pass the 3E exam." Fingel threw the goose leg he had eaten clean back onto the plate, leaned forward, and looked at Lu Mingfei with burning eyes." All exams are methods. Methods are invented by people, and things invented by people must have flaws!”
Lu Mingfei was stunned. He felt the joy of a drowning man grabbing onto a straw. If it wasn't the cynic Fingel in front of him but Nono, he would definitely not be able to resist hugging him.
"Senior Brother!" He changed to the most intimate form of address that he could use. The Chinese was broad and profound, and calling him "Senior" was far less intimate than calling him "Senior Brother". He felt like a chivalrous teenager who had formed a gang to explore the world." What good ideas do you have?"”
"Since you've already treated me to food, I'll tell you everything!”Fingal was obviously very convinced by this. He patted his chest and said," Junior Brother, do you know how many lines of dragon language have been deciphered so far?”
"I don't know." Lu Mingfei shook his head." I don't know anything. Even if you say that Long Wen is a turnip, I'll believe it."”
" There are only 76 sentences in total," Fingal said." The last person in history who knew the Dragon Language grammar was Nicholas Flamel.
Gai died in the 15th century, but some people say that he is still alive. He's a medieval Paris scribe. He doesn't seem to have accomplished anything, but…"
"I know him. I've seen Harry Potter.”Lu Mingfei raised his hand." Although it's pirated, there aren't any typos.”
Fingal frowned."What Harry Potter?" Don't come up with some novel plot to interrupt me. We are now discussing a great civilization that ended in the Mythological Era!”
"Can I pass tomorrow's 3E exam after I say 'Great Civilization'?”
"Nonsense, I also know the principle of applying what I've learned. If it's useless, why would I talk to you now? You were supposed to learn this in the second grade 'Alchemy Principles II' class. I'm telling you in advance because it will be helpful for your exam tomorrow!”Fingal said very seriously," In short, this scribe is the only alchemy master in history who refined the Philosopher's Stone. This is because he bought an alchemy manuscript when he was copying the only book. The book recorded the Dragon Language grammar. After he learned the secret of the dragon language, he didn't pass it on to others. Instead, he summarized 76 obscure incantations. These incantations were passed down, and they are the number of dragon languages that we can currently decipher.”
"What is the Philosopher's Stone?”Lu Mingfei couldn't help but ask.
" It's the fifth element that can break through the boundary between matter and spirit. This is a divine artifact mentioned in the work of the alchemy master, Redmond Luller. Dragons study spirit, humans study matter, and the Philosopher's Stone is a magical thing that can penetrate matter and spirit. Alright…these are all to be learned in Alchemy Principles II. I can give you my class notes when the time comes. Now shut up and don't ask these useless questions!”" That's why the content of the exam has always been these 76 sentences. The number of questions derived from them is also very limited, about 200 questions.”
"Senior Brother, are you saying that there is a question bank?" Lu Mingfei was enlightened.
" Of course." Fingal looked cautiously in the direction of the door." Keep your voice down, or someone might eavesdrop." Of course, there is a question bank, but I will tell you how to set the questions first. The exam was very simple. When you entered the examination room, they would only give you a piece of white paper and a pencil. They would not give you any hints. However, they would play the recording of the Dragon Character in a very low voice. If you didn't pay attention, you would think that it was just a mosquito humming. However, for dragon descendants, these dragon incantations would resonate directly with their spirit and would appear extremely clear. You just had to record them in Korean according to the sound you heard. There were a total of 12 questions, and those who answered 6 of them correctly would pass. Those who answered 8 of them correctly would be able to take advanced courses, and those who answered 10 of them correctly would be'S 'grade students!”
"There are more than 200 questions!" Lu Mingfei was a little dumbfounded." You can differentiate between two hundred different mosquito hums?”
"You really are a Dragon Bloodline. Some of the humming sounds in your mind are like thunder. I used to be an 'A' class too. At that time, I felt a deafening chanting sound in my mind.”
"That means it's not multiple-choice question 7." Lu Mingfei's forehead started to sweat.
"Then what's the use of having a question bank? I can still memorize more than 200 questions?”
Fingel stretched his arm across the table and patted Lu Mingfei's shoulder." You have me!”
"Are you going to…text me the answer?”Lu Mingfei guessed.
"I'll tell you in advance that I don't have a phone yet.”
" No, no," Fingal waved his hand." You don't know how Cassel College prevents cheating. Amazing, the surveillance equipment on site included both scientific and alchemy technology, which would completely block all signals attempting to enter the examination hall. " Ordinary methods won't work, but think about it, if you knew the questions beforehand…" Fingal's eyebrows twitched, like a little girl who was trying to entice passersby to buy fake Aweto.
"Then no one will know!"”
"Then do I still have to memorize the question bank?" Lu Mingfei was a little dumbfounded." More than 200 mosquito questions? There are only six hours left before the exam starts. Do you think I'm a genius?”
" You're an 'S'-level student, so you should be a genius... Maybe something went wrong, so you're so stupid... I want to tell you the real secret. The biggest flaw in the artificial examination system of Kassel Academy is that..." Fingal paused." They use old papers!”
"Cycle?" Lu Mingfei didn't understand.
"To put it simply, there are a total of eight sets of test papers. They are used every eight years and are never changed!”
"Are the professors out of their minds? Isn't this a secret?" Lu Mingfei's eyes widened. As a student from Celestial High School, he couldn't believe it.
How could the examination system of the Dragon Slaying Academy be so stupid? It had been decades since the restoration of the college entrance examination in China. When had the teachers not come up with hundreds of sets of mock questions? Which repetition
Pass? Kong Yiji said that there were four ways to write the word 'Hui'. There were at least forty ways to write a question in the college entrance examination.
"Think about it, how many people can come here to take the exam? " There are dozens of them every year." Fingal shrugged." And they are all geniuses. They will graduate in four years and join the executive department after graduation. They will search for the dragon race's relics all over the world. How can they record the exam questions and leak them to the freshmen? " So, it's actually safe to go once every eight years, but sometimes…" He started to raise his eyebrows again as if he was flirting with Lu Mingfei." I told you that I've been in school for eight years, right?"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" Lu Mingfei understood immediately and stood up excitedly." So the exam questions this year are exactly the same as the one you had when you first entered school!”
"3000 dollars is non-negotiable. If you have no money, you can postpone the payment. After deducting the 497 dollars you already treated me and the 2 dollars I had for drinking coke at Chicago station, you…
You still owe me 2501 yuan. I'll take the change and buy my set of questions for 2500 yuan. Whether you agree or not depends on your decision. I'll count down from ten seconds!”Fingal
He also stood up and spoke as fast as a bullet. His voice was firm as if he had drawn a knife and cut through iron.
“10!9!8……”
"Wait a minute…Hey!" Lu Mingfei waved his hand forcefully.
“7!6!”
"You should at least look at the goods, right? Senior Brother 7, you can't force me to buy and sell!”
“5!4!”
"But what if the questions are wrong? Do you have three packs after sale? Do you have a receipt?"
“3!2!”
"Hey, big brother! Can you hear me talking to you…Damn it…Deal!”Lu Mingfei seemed to have collapsed. He sat down and panted heavily.
He was panting heavily.
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