"So Kassel Academy is an academy that trains dragon slayers?"

"Yes."

"Don't you have to keep this a secret from me?"

"It was supposed to be a secret, but you helped us a lot in the mission to capture Yukio Yamachi, so you don't need to."

Chu Zihang was talking to Ian when his mobile phone rang.

Purr~

He looked at his desk, and the screen lit up to show that the contact was Mentor Schneider, a call from Kassel.

"I'm sorry, it's my mentor who called me, please allow me to leave for a moment." Chu Zihang said.

"Please." Ian put his hands on the table.

Chu Zihang nodded, pushed open the door, came to the outside of the private room, and connected the phone.

"The principal wants us to recruit him to the Kassel Academy." Schneider got straight to the point and said, "Do you think he wants to join us?" ”

"He said he was interested in us, and for so many years, he had been looking for his kind." Chu Zihang replied.

"With a bloodline as high as his, it's normal to have blood mourning, and you're also one of the few half-bloods who found the academy by yourself."

"Is my next task to recruit him?"

"You don't fit at the negotiating table, what you have to do is to explain to him what he can get and the responsibilities he must take when he joins Kassel, and let him choose the rest, if he doesn't want to, then don't force it, the principal will go and see him personally."

"The headmaster is coming in person?"

"The principal gave him an S-class evaluation, and after so many years, the principal can be recognized as an S-level half-breed, and he can count it on one hand."

"I see."

"Whatever the outcome, remember to report back to me."

"Okay."

The phone hung up, Chu Zihang put the phone in his pocket and returned to the private room.

"What's the matter with your mentor?" Ian asked.

"He asked me to invite you to Kassel." Chu Zihang sat down.

"Why?"

"Because the headmaster gave you an S-class evaluation, you are a hybrid like no other."

"What do I get when I join Kassel?"

"Scholarship, knowledge of dragons and spirits, and an insurance policy for the transportation of remains."

"I understand the first two, what is the body transportation insurance?"

"Teachers and students in Kassel have an insurance policy that will airlift your body back to your hometown free of charge if you die during a dragon-slaying event."

"Sounds good."

"If necessary, I can explain each clause to you in detail."

"You've memorized all of those terms?"

"I have a good memory, and I can memorize things after reading them once."

"Word for word?"

"Word for word."

"I've thought about it, I'll join you."

"Okay."

Chu Zihang nodded, stretched out his right hand, and Ian shook hands with him.

"Welcome to Kassel."

Chu Zihang felt that it was very pleasant to have a conversation with Ian, it was rare to have such a pleasant conversation.

"So I'm a member of Kassel now?"

Ian thinks Chu Zihang is very interesting, compared to Lu Mingfei, it is simply the other extreme.

One has a lot to say, and the other wants the whole world to be silent.

"There are still a few more agreements to sign, and after Norma enters your voiceprint, you'll officially join Kassel." Chu Zihang said: "Until then, I also need some personal information about you to transfer your student status to Kassel." ”

Chu Zihang took out a small notebook with a ballpoint pen from the inner pocket of his coat and wrote down on the paper what Ian needed to fill in.

"You write the information on it, and I will help you complete the rest of the formalities."

"Okay." Ian took the pen and paper handed over by Chu Zihang, and filled in his personal information according to the file forged by MAGI.

In the file, he was an orphan who grew up in a welfare home, and later used his talent for language to work as an online translator and outsource, earning his own living expenses and tuition fees.

The orphanage closed down seven years ago, and the land was bought by a milk processing factory to be converted into a milk wholesale factory, so it's hard to trace his past.

The field trip would be a difficult and tedious task, and it would be difficult for Kassel to verify the authenticity of the information in a short period of time, which would be enough time for him to understand the spirit and the half-blood.

After filling in the information, Chu Zihang didn't say much, and took Ian to go through the procedure.

The café itself is one of the external strongholds in Kassel and provides services to the commissioners of the Executive Department, including accommodation, ammunition and of course Norma's access.

Chu Zihang doesn't talk much, but he is very reliable and efficient.

He helped Ian go through the transfer procedures alone, and by the way, in Norma's system, he entered Ian's voiceprint and opened various permissions.

Even Schneider was amazed by Chu Zihang's speed, and within ten minutes of the call, the application for admission of new students appeared on the background system of the college.

Soon, Schneider pressed the agree button here, and asked Chu Zihang to bring Ian back with the freshmen who had participated in the war training class when he returned to school.

"From now on, we are alumni." Chu Zihang and Ian exchanged phone numbers and email addresses: "I am your admission recommender, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask me." ”

"Definitely." Ian smiled.

Ian likes people like Chu Zihang, although he lacks a bit of humor, but he has a straightforward temperament, and he has something to say, and there are not so many twists and turns.

This kind of person is very suitable for being a business partner, and it is also very suitable for being an assistant, and you don't have to worry about him doing something that he doesn't have.

"The scheduled departure time is tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, we depart from Los Angeles Airport, transfer to the train at Chicago Railway Station, arrive at the college at seven o'clock in the evening, if you feel that the time is too tight, I can apply to delay the departure time, the latest can be delayed until two o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow." Chu Zihang said.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll go with you." Ian said, "I don't have anything to take with me, didn't you say that the S-class has a lot of benefits?" There should be free dormitories and bedding, right? ”

"The college implements closed management, requiring all students to live on campus, so everything in life is complete, you don't need to pay extra, in addition, your scholarship has 100,000 US dollars a year, the money will be paid to your student card, Kassel's student card is also a global UnionPay card, you don't buy too expensive things, it should be enough to spend."

"Then I won't go back to pack my luggage, it's all cheap anyway, so it's better to get a new one."

"Then you can stay tonight, the hotel next door to the café is also a Kassel property." Chu Zihang took a room card from the front desk: "You stay in the hotel for one night, I will call you tomorrow morning, the hotel provides free breakfast, and we will set off after the meal." ”

"Has anyone ever said you're a good fit to be a secretary?" Ian took the keycard.

"Very little." Chu Zihang said.

That night, Ian checked into the Ritz-Carlton.

It can be seen that Kassel's financial resources are abundant, and he lived in the senior suite of this five-star hotel for free, and Chu Zihang's room was next door to him.

The Chinese boy, though taciturn, could feel his intentions everywhere, and he provided Ian with as much convenience and peace of mind as possible.

Before going to bed, Ian used the hotel's computer to log on to the Kassel Academy's intranet forum.

The pinned posts he browsed were all related to a certain person.

Lu Mingfei, the humorous young man, actually joined the Kassel Academy and became the center of the conversation.

He felt that the descriptions of these posts needed to be verified, and they didn't look like the Lu Mingfei he knew at all, but looking at the photos, they looked exactly like the young man he had seen.

I don't know if it's the same person, or if you can only confirm it when you meet in person.

The plane flew non-stop from Los Angeles to Chicago in four hours, and Ian loved the feeling of flying in the sky, looking down from that small round window with a rushing river and sometimes a rolling mountain range.

Chu Zihang sat next to him, even on the plane, Chu Zihang didn't stop for a moment, either reading a book or writing a report.

He seems to be very enthusiastic about the job of slaying dragons, very hard, and Ian has not seen him rest.

Ian found a familiar feeling in him, like himself ten years ago, as if he had some reason to push himself to the limit.

The plane was about to land, and the tall blonde flight attendant walked over and asked the passengers to put away the small table and remove the headphones.

Chu Zihang finally put down the unfinished experimental report, and only in this case did he allow himself to take a breath.

"I'm a little curious, why did you join Kassel?" Ian accosted.

Chu Zihang rarely hesitated and did not answer this question directly.

"If it's inconvenient to say, then I didn't ask." Ian said.

"I really can't give details into that." Chu Zihang reorganized his mood: "But there are some things that can be said, I joined Kassel to find traces related to my father, and only in Kassel can I have a chance to find him." ”

"It seems that you and your dad have a good relationship." Ian felt the weightlessness of the plane landing.

"He's done a lot for me, but I haven't done anything for him." Chu Zihang shook his head.

Chu Zihang fell into silence again, he seemed to recall something, and there was a deep sadness in his eyes.

The plane landed at the airport and taxied on the runway, and Ian patted Chu Zihang on the shoulder.

"If one day, you need my help, remember to call me, I will come."

Chu Zihang was stunned for a moment, and on his paralyzed face, there was an imperceptible smile: "Thank you, I'm the same, tell me if you need my help." ”

Chicago's Union train station is bustling with people.

Chu Zihang glanced at his watch, the CC1000 train was coming, and there were a total of 42 people on this train, most of whom were freshmen and sophomores who participated in the war training course.

A red carpet gate in front of the door, but never opened, suddenly opened, and a ticket inspector in a dark green uniform stepped out of the door.

It was the most normal thing for a ticket inspector to appear at a train station, but the ticket inspector was very special, the dark green uniform was made of fine cashmere, the cuffs and trousers were embroidered with gold thread, the pocket watch tied to the gold chain was carried in the small pocket of the waistcoat, and an intricate and quaint badge hung on his chest, on which was a giant tree that was half withered and half glorious.

"It's amazing." Ian complained in his heart.

The closer he got to Kassel, the more he felt that Kassel had a lot of money, and he built a special train.

With a humble smile, the ticket inspector walked through the hall to Chu Zihang and Ian, and bowed slightly: "I have heard about the new S-class, and the principal has specially instructed me to remember to entertain distinguished guests, so I specially arranged a VIP box for the two of them." ”

"Actually, there is no need to engage in differential treatment." Ian said, "I can take a regular car. ”

"This is not called differential treatment, on the battlefield, the more advanced the bloodline of the half-blood, the greater the risk, this is the reward that heroes deserve." The conductor said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"Is this something that can be said? It's a public place. Ian remembers that the world of half-breeds is a secret from ordinary people.

"It's okay, no one else will notice our conversation." The conductor smiled faintly.

Ian looked around, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, the people around him were doing their own thing, and no one was looking at it.

"This is also the effect of words?" Ian asked.

"Please get in the car." The conductor did not explain and stretched out his hand to invite.

Forty-one people other than Ian had special tickets, and they checked them in to the station.

Passing through the old red brick passage, they reached the far end of the platform, which is reserved for the CC1000 special express train.

The platform is simple and elegant, and the train that can stop in front of the platform is extremely advanced, shaped like a bullet and its trailing traces, and the silver World Tree pattern extends from the front of the car to the three cars behind.

"Please." The white-gloved conductor opened the door for Ian and Chu Zihang.

Ian walked into this VIP car and felt that it must not be cheap to build as soon as he entered the door.

There were no seats in the carriages, some were huge leather sofas and paintings.

Chu Zihang sat on the sofa, took out his unfinished report, and then wrote hard.

Ian thought to himself, this guy is really a workaholic, and he has a fight with himself before.

But now Ian, there are not so many things to do, the world seems to be peaceful on the surface, at least the dragons are not as swaggering as the apostles to destroy the world, and there is no crisis in history that almost destroyed the world like the second shock.

His mentality when he came to this world was almost a tourist, and according to the data collected in Bronze City that day, dragons were not very capable of frontal combat, but dragons had many incredible superpowers.

He didn't feel any threat, so he was calm, took a popular science book related to the dragon clan on the shelf, and read it comfortably on the sofa, without disturbing each other with Chu Zihang.

He's here to study dragons and spirits, he's a pacifist, and if someone needs help one day, he doesn't mind helping.

Kassel also seems to be a peace-keeping organization, and one day, after they have established a foundation of trust, they may be able to cooperate, but now is not the time to be exposed, his knowledge of the world is very limited, and he cannot act rashly, and caution is the best policy.

Everything must be prepared with many hands, and once you become arrogant, you are not far from failure.

Even if he wants to cooperate, he must first find out the details of Kassel to ensure that this organization is genuinely pursuing peace, and not like SEELE, which appears to be maintaining world peace but actually has ulterior motives.

He has to hide in the shadows so that he can take the initiative.

Time passed quickly, and the sky began to darken.

IAN TOOK A NAP AS MAGI KEPT AN EYE ON HIS SURROUNDINGS, WAKING HIM UP WITH AN ELECTRIC CURRENT THAT STIMULATED HIS SKIN.

Besides, there is Chu Zihang, although he doesn't spend much time with Chu Zihang, Ian feels that this Chinese boy is very trustworthy.

If Lu Mingfei was here, he would definitely not sleep so comfortably.

After a while, he was woken up by the sound of a whistle, and the CC1000 train stopped in front of the platform deep in the mountains, he sat up and looked out the window, there was a quiet silver lake, and on the opposite side of the lake, halfway up the mountainside, the secluded campus was lit with a quiet light, like a mysterious castle.

Kassel Academy, arrival.

"I don't know if there's KFC in this college." Ian pondered.

(End of chapter)