Kassel Academy, Rector's Office, Lu Mingfei and Principal Angers sit opposite each other for afternoon tea.

The cup of black tea has a golden glow, and the tea is accompanied by a muffin sprinkled with rose dew.

The Rector's Afternoon Tea is a very popular special honor at the Kassel Academy, and the importance of this award even exceeds that of the scholarship, which can also be seen from the side of the rector's popularity.

Lu Mingfei took a sip of the black tea in the cup and looked around, the principal's office was not far from Valhalla, but it looked quite low-key on the outside, and the interior was enough to form a strong contrast with the low-key appearance.

The interior of the two-story building is almost a bookshelf, with oil paintings on the walls, the bookshelves reaching up to the ceiling, and the sets of books in the shelves indicate that the bookshelf is not just an ornament, everything indicates that it should be called a bookstore.

The principal looked at Lu Mingfei's expression, and his face showed a little smugness: "Do you like my office?" ”

"Dream design." Lu Mingfei nodded, during the time when he was obsessed with martial arts novels, he also fantasized about having such a similar bookstore.

"Congratulations, the first semester GPA of 4.0, this is what I promised, in addition, your internship class score is also a perfect score, this is not something that can be obtained by hard work, there are only a handful of people in history who have scored perfect marks in the internship class at the Kassel Academy."

"Maybe the previous internship class wasn't so dangerous."

"Yes, most of the content of the usual internship class is to explore and excavate the dragon relics, if there happens to be a dragon awakening, it will also be incorporated into the relevant action, of course, it will not be as powerful as this operation, but the greater the risk, the greater the gain," the principal said, "You are very lucky, you can participate in the action against the dragon king when you are a student, presumably the internship class paper can also cause a sensation in the industry, by the way, if you haven't thought about what to write, I have helped you think of a topic, "Analysis of the Four Great Sovereigns of the Dragon Family", what do you think?" ”

"Sounds so deep...... It's not like anything I can write. Lu Mingfei scratched his head and said.

"It's okay, you can ask your mentor, Professor Guderian, to help you revise it afterwards, you don't mind letting him hang the name of the second work, right?" The Headmaster smiled and said, "In fact, your discovery is amazing, you have proved two things through practice, the first is that the 'Four Great Sovereigns' mentioned in the Ice Sea Fragment do exist, they are the first generation of the Black King Nidhogg himself, and second, the 'Twin Sons on the Throne' has also been confirmed, and it has been confirmed that the Bronze and Fire Kings are a pair of brothers, and this information is very important to our cause." ”

"That being said, it's not my fault alone." Lu Ming is not sincere.

"Then it's your turn next, I can see that you still have some doubts, you might as well tell me." The principal clasped his hands on the desk, looked at Lu Mingfei and said.

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment, then raised his head: "Dragon King...... Why does it look like a human? ”

The principal nodded: "In the perception of ordinary people, maybe slaying a dragon is like killing a big lizard with wings, but in fact, the dragon clan with high-level bloodline can be said to be ever-changing, they can look like humans, or they can be like cats and dogs, but obviously they can't be seen as humans and cats and dogs, they are still aliens, and their understanding of the whole world is different from ours, this is not just a matter of position, but reality." ”

The principal said, handed Lu Mingfei a large envelope, Lu Mingfei opened it, his hand trembled slightly, inside was a photo, a photo of Lao Tang, he and a group of young people around a table playing cards, it seemed to be a café in the background, the sun was shining, Lao Tang looked no different from those young people.

"His name is Ronald Don, Chinese-American, adopted by a couple, he dropped out of high school and lived in a slum in Brooklyn, New York, doing some secret jobs to earn money." "We already had information about him when we made the action plan, and we didn't tell you because we knew you met online," the principal said. ”

"Alas......" the expression on Lu Mingfei's face was a little sad, "How did he become the Dragon King?" ”

"It's not becoming, he is." The headmaster corrected the mistake in Lu Mingfei's words, "According to the "Ice Sea Fragment", the King of Bronze and Fire has been living in the bronze palace of Northern Europe, but there is no record of them since a certain BC, and the harvest of this operation roughly completes this history, they went to China, and during the period of Wang Mang's usurpation of the Han Dynasty, Norton assumed the name Li Xiong, and used the power of dragons to encourage Gongsun Shu to become emperor and establish the White Emperor City. ”

"The reason why they did this is unknown, in short, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu defeated Gongsun Shu with the help of the power of some dragon-slaying family, and the White Emperor City was also destroyed under the Yanling Candle Dragon, the two brothers were forced to 'cocoon' their souls, and that jar was the 'egg' used by the Dragon King to reproduce a new body, and the hatching sequence was different, the elder brother left the egg first, but failed to recover his memory, and he didn't know why he was exiled to the United States. He lived in the United States as a human for more than twenty years, and was convinced that he was human until he was awakened by his awakened brother. The principal told all this.

"Has all this information been studied in such detail?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"It's just speculation based on what is known, they're dead, and no one knows their story."

"Aren't dragons immortal? I've heard that they're dead and will wake up someday in the future. ”

"Normally, this is the case, as long as the high-level dragons prepare the 'eggs' first and complete the 'cocooning' of the soul, they can be resurrected again." The headmaster said, "This time the situation is different, Norton didn't try to 'cocoon', he seems to have only strengthened his body to deal with our sniping, if he successfully hatches a dragon body, he can release the most powerful 'candle dragon' in the fire type of speech, and the White Emperor City will be destroyed by this speech." ”

"What a big hatred, what a big hate, this is a posture of taking the same end." Lu Mingfei thought of that Norton, it turned out that he had all the memories of Old Tang, but his last look seemed to be that he no longer knew himself, or as the principal said, dragons are dragons, Old Tang is just an insignificant identity in his long life, he regained Norton's identity, and he will no longer regard himself as a friend.

"We can only speculate that he wants revenge." The headmaster sighed, "In order to protect him, Constantine also gave up 'cocooning', so that Constantine is confirmed to be dead and can never be resurrected, which is probably the reason why Norton wants to take revenge on the world, we still don't know enough about dragons, I don't know if they will have brotherly feelings or anything like that, but it seems that they are different from 'Deadpool', maybe they do, this is a rare similarity between them and humans." ”

"Deadpool?" Lu Mingfei was a little curious about this proper noun, obviously the Deadpool in the principal's mouth had nothing to do with the chatty red tights pervert in Marvel.

"Hybrids whose bloodline exceeds the safe limit can easily degenerate into Deadpool, their spirit succumbs to the bloodline, they become fanatical seekers of dragon blood, they lose all the emotions that normal humans have, they are walking dead who obey the orders of dragons, so we call them 'Deadpool'." When the headmaster said this topic, it seemed that even his eyes dimmed a little, "Deadpool is extremely harmful, will attack all non-Deadpool and dragon life, there are many half-bloods with blood on the verge of danger, after struggling for many years, they have fallen into Deadpool, and they do not hesitate to mutilate their family and friends, their souls have become monsters." ”

Lu Mingfei was silent, he could already imagine what a tragic picture it was.

The principal got up and walked to Lu Mingfei's side and patted him on the shoulder: "This is the cruelty of war, all of us have already stood our ground from the beginning. ”

Lu Mingfei nodded, still feeling that this topic was a little too heavy, he glanced at the photo in his hand, Lao Tang had been rescued by him, how to go the rest of the way, his friend could only give blessings.

Lu Mingfei thought for a while, and then asked: "We made such a big fuss in China, didn't we alarm anyone, right?" ”

"This time it should be fine, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, there were no ships on the river at that time, and the view was blocked by steam. However, our actions will continue, and no one knows how long the dragons' secrets will be kept. I only hope that we can end this war before the truth is revealed. The principal said.

"Why keep this secret? Wouldn't letting more people know about it and gathering more strength? ”

The principal shook his head with a smile, and said slowly: "Many young people will have such doubts, in fact, for thousands of years, the dragon slayer family has always refused to disclose these secrets, the reasons are very complicated, I will pick one of them to explain it to you, first of all, the secret exposure of the dragon clan also means the secret exposure of the hybrid race, maybe in the face of the dragon clan, the hybrid race can work together with humans, but in other aspects, think about it, what will be the consequences?" ”

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"If you've watched the "X-Men" series of movies, maybe you'll better understand what I'm talking about, in fact, the contradictions between half-breeds and ordinary people have a long history, such as the famous 'witch hunt' in Europe, not only half-breeds, but also many unrelated ordinary people are involved in it and become victims." The headmaster still had a smile on his face, but he said something that made Lu Mingfei shudder, "We stand on the side of the human race against the dragon race, but we are neither a dragon nor a complete human race, maybe when human civilization goes further, this problem will have a chance to be solved, so our consensus is- wait." ”

"Wait for civilization to advance, wait for the destruction of the dragons, and wait for the day when there will be no half-breeds or half-bloods in this world who can stand on the stage of human history with dignity." The principal said, with a long sigh, "Lu Mingfei, do you understand what I said?" ”

Lu Mingfei sat stunned, unable to say a word, and after a while, he smiled bitterly: "I didn't expect that I would have the day when I would think about the fate of mankind." ”

"It's a reality we're all born with." The principal said, took out an envelope from his pocket and put it in front of Lu Mingfei, "Okay, don't be so heavy, let's talk about some happy topics, I have a letter from an unknown place here, compared to the GPA4.0 and the invitation to the principal's afternoon tea, I think this is a more joyful thing for you." ”

It was a plain white envelope, with no stamps or postmarks on it, sealed with red fire paint on the back, and a line of handwriting on the front: "Principal Angers turns to Ming Fei (receiving)".

Lu Mingfei took the envelope and opened it, his hands trembling slightly throughout the whole process.

"Ming Fei:

We've received your report card, and that's probably the best news we've received this year. You're doing a great job, far better than me and your dad did.

I wish I could be by your side at this moment, maybe you are still lying on the hospital bed, I want to hold your hand and let our little man sign my name.

But I can't do it, what we're doing now has been going on for a full twenty years, there's not much time left, and once I leave, it may be too late. As a mother, I am very incompetent not to be there for my children when they need it most, but I think in the future you will understand what I have done, and when it is over, I will come back and ask for your forgiveness.

You've taken a beautiful first step, and you'll grow into a son who comforts me and understands us.

I worked hard for ten months to conceive and give birth to you, and every day for those ten months and for the next eighteen years, I imagined what you would look like as you grew up.

I set the time for us to meet when you were twenty-two years old, I mean the year you graduated from the Kassel Academy, and your dad and I have been planning for many years to attend your graduation ceremony and watch our only son put on his bachelor's gown.

In short, no matter what you become, you are always the greatest pride in my life.

We love you, always.

Mom

Giovanni

P.S. Your father sat and watched while I wrote this letter, but he was roasting a rabbit, and his hands were full of oil, and he couldn't touch the pen, and he dictated a lot of things for me to write to you, but I thought it was all nonsense, so I won't take up space, except for one sentence that I found valuable, 'Son, you are eighteen years old and an adult...... If you have to find a girlfriend, I don't care too much about you......"

Lu Mingfei silently restored the letter to its original state, put it in the envelope, and then carefully inserted it into the pocket of the school uniform.

"One last thing, then." The principal stared at Lu Mingfei's eyes, "Article 4 of Chapter 15 of the School Regulations of the Kassel Academy, the people involved in the operation are not allowed to exchange details of the operation with each other afterwards, and all information after the operation is completed will be stored in the file. So, those details that you don't want to tell me...... Don't tell anyone either. No problem, right? ”

Lu Mingfei was a little weak-hearted, but he had a very natural expression, this was the lying skill he had practiced before: "What...... Detail? ”

"Judging from the report, Caesar's storm torpedo killed the dragon king Norton, and Professor Manstein also said that his speech spirit did not perceive the life breath of the dragon king Norton, but we did not find his bones, according to Chen Motong's report, she was attacked by the presence of the suspected dragon king Norton underwater, whether it was Norton or not, but she was indeed seriously injured. So I'm curious, if Chen Motong was attacked, why were you spared? "As far as I know, muscle strains all over the body are not usually the same. ”

"I'm not trying to ask that, though, whether there's something we don't know about, or if you have any reason not to say it." The principal added, "I personally want to believe you, if you don't say it, then I won't ask." ”

"Well, I see." Lu Mingfei got up and bowed to the principal, "Then I'll leave first." ”

The principal nodded, and Lu Mingfei turned around and walked down the stairs.