Family heirloom, then turned into a demon girl

Chapter 238 Mission: 01-6 Preparatory School
For Nero, finding Lu Mingfei wasn't difficult. Shilan Middle School, the elite private school he attended, was quite famous. He asked around in the underground internet cafes near the school and found the student who was the best at StarCraft and looked listless. It was definitely him.

But the question is whether Lu Mingfei is worth her looking for him.

Nero's ultimate mission is to prevent the Black King's resurrection. However, the Mayans predicted the Black King's resurrection date, which is 2012. By the time the fourth installment of Dragon Tribe arrives, the timeline is already in 2012, and half of the eight elemental dragon kings have yet to appear, with the Black King nowhere to be seen. Therefore, Nero can essentially conclude that each successful slaying of a dragon king will delay the apocalypse.

In other words, Nero only needed to slay Norton, the "wrathful" dragon king of bronze and fire. After completing this goal, she should be able to return to the small garden.

And a mere Norton—honestly, he wasn't much of a presence. As a master of alchemy, and a recently awakened Dragon King, Norton's direct combat capabilities were honestly pathetic. Lu Mingfei was forced to risk his life to defeat him, largely due to the inconvenience of fighting underwater, but that wasn't a big deal for Nero.

In other words, she didn't need Lu Mingfei's help at all. Even if he didn't come to Kassel Academy in the end, it didn't matter to Nero.

Of course, this might be a bit of an exaggeration. Nero might not be able to handle every Dragon King, and Kassel Academy still needed Lu Mingfei. However, for Nero herself, meeting Lu Mingfei was indeed not helpful to her.

But Nero finally arrived. It wasn't anything more than a fear that if Lu Mingfei was destined to be the one to take the Dragon King's head, he might become even more like a hopeless case. He was the kind of protagonist who wouldn't budge until his pants burned through. If he really became a jerk, it wouldn't be a good thing for the world.

Therefore, he had to be given some precautions in advance. After all, his ordinariness was just an illusion, and the secret of his life had never been fully revealed.

Nero, thinking all this, was currently playing Snake on the rooftop. The screen looked dim in the midday sun. It was 2009, and while smartphones had been invented, they weren't yet widespread. Their functionality and available apps were limited, so Nero didn't bother using them. She leaned against the fence, her hand holding the phone jutting out from the rooftop, looking like it could fall apart if she wasn't careful.

She was at school. Nero's trip back home wasn't just to see Lu Mingfei, but mainly because she had agreed to enroll in the preparatory class at Kassel College with Principal Angers.

On the one hand, this move was to let Nero learn about dragons in advance, and on the other hand, it would allow her, a "European", to become familiar with the daily life of speaking Chinese. Although Ange had spoken Chinese when talking to Nero before, he certainly could not have imagined that Chinese was no different from Nero's mother tongue.

On the contrary, the preparatory school's "bloodline test" was a minor problem. All half-bloods in this world could be considered descendants of the black dragon Nidhogg, including those of the "White King's Bloodline." Therefore, Nidhogg's "Word Spirit" power and the language used to control it were passed down through his bloodline. All half-bloods reacted to this language, learning portions of the dragon language through hallucinations and auditory hallucinations. This was the principle behind the bloodline test.

By playing dragon language mixed with other sounds, the half-bloods would be tricked into hallucinating, seeing hidden text within the illusion and recording it. Others would then be able to use these records to determine the purity of their bloodline and determine their rank. Even if Nero had been recommended by the school board, he couldn't avoid this exam.

But since there was no way to avoid it, Nero naturally made preparations. Before setting out, the Ouroboros provided her with a black gem crafted from the "Dragon's Shadow"—the shadow of a pure-blooded dragon. The gem itself possessed no power, but when it was attached to the "Thousand Words Earrings" (a translation function) she had previously received from the Gift Game, it allowed her to directly understand the language.

And now that she understood, she could learn. After a series of practice, Nero was now able to try speaking in Dragon Language. However, even if she did, she couldn't mobilize the elemental power to form spiritual words. After all, this was still a power that came from her bloodline; language was only the medium.

Lu Mingfei could even use his words in English and Chinese. Anyway, through rote memorization, Nero had passed the bloodline test. Now she just had to focus on attending this preparatory school and wait for the acceptance letter from Ange. The preparatory class was only six months—perhaps extended to a year and a half for those who hadn't finished high school, but Nero's character had already skipped a grade and completed it. And since Nero enrolled mid-term, the time would be even shorter.

By the way, it is set that he went to high school in Japan.

"--Hey!"

A scream, clearly intended to scare someone, came from behind Nero. Nero's hand trembled, and Snake took one more step and crashed into the wall.

She turned back with a hint of dissatisfaction. It was indeed Xia Mi who had called her. She was also a preparatory student, expected to study for a year and a half, and had arrived only a few months earlier than Nero. She was a harmless, lively and charming little beauty.

Incidentally, she is the same age as Nero - in the setting.

"What's up?" Nero said, putting her phone away indifferently. Most of the time, she was at least polite and wouldn't explicitly say, "I don't want anything to do with you." Xia Mi was one of the few people who received that honor.

It's not because she's too enthusiastic, but...

"I'm just concerned about my classmates~" Xia Mi ignored Nero's cold face and forced herself to move closer, gesturing with her hands above Nero's head and in front of him: "If you are always picky about food, you will not only not grow taller, but also not grow up~"

Apparently, she had followed me all the way from the cafeteria. But Nero wasn't really picky about food; she just ate very little each time.

Nero was annoyed and wanted to chase her away, but Xia Mi was as sticky as a piece of taffy. The more he pushed her away, the more she kept clinging to him. So what else could Nero say? We humans and dragons can't coexist. Will you please keep your distance?

Yes, Xia Mi is not a human, but a dragon. More precisely, she is one of the eight elemental dragon kings, half of "Earth and Mountain".

She would one day stand against humans, for no reason other than she was a dragon, the firstborn of the black dragon Nidhogg.

So no matter how friendly she acted, she was still Nero's enemy.

(End of this chapter)