Dragons begin with courage

Analysis and Preliminary Action Plan Regarding Suspected Signs of Awakening of the "King of Bronze and Fire" in the Three Gorges Reservoir Area of ​​China

Just one glance.

Just one glance.

In those old eyes that always carried a gentlemanly smile but were unfathomable, all the reminiscence, gentleness, and weariness vanished instantly! In their place was an almost tangible, chilling killing intent that froze everything, and beneath that coldness, a karmic fire called "revenge" that had been burning fiercely for over a hundred years!

A warm "home"?

He once possessed it. It wasn't just a club; it was an entire "family" that he regarded as his life and his faith—Menek, the Chief, Ash... those vibrant faces, those smiles brighter than the sun.

Then... they were all engulfed by the Dragon King's flames and reduced to ashes.

The glory and warmth of the original Lionheart Society have long been buried in the ruins and bloodshed of a century ago.

Hilbert Jean Angers, who now sits in this position, has never been a nostalgic gentleman.

He was just a zombie from the old era, crawled back from hell, driven by the marrow of hatred, refusing to take his last breath.

His fingers traced the cold report, his knuckles turning slightly white from the pressure, his eyes sharp as a quenched blade, fixed on the distant eastern horizon.

The new lion cubs have found a den and are beginning to sharpen their claws and teeth.

And the aging zombie should once again grip the folding knife to complete that long-delayed... bloody funeral. Even if this funeral results in the sacrifice of many, many people, it will not be in vain.

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"I thought it would be like Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where a hat would be put on my head and I would have to make a choice."

Looking at the course schedule transmitted via the school's intranet while in his dormitory, Lu Mingfei said somewhat pretentiously, "Oh, Lu Mingfei, you have great potential. You'd be perfect for Gryffindor! Like that."

Monday: Alchemy and Chemistry - Alchemy Lab - Professor Gerd Rudolf Manstein

Tuesday: Introduction to Dragon Genealogy - Norton Hall - Professor von Schneider

Wednesday: "Alchemy and Scientific Engineering Applications" - Engineering Building - Professor Carl

Thursday: "Magic Mechanical Design" - Alchemy Lab - Professor Mans Rundstedt

Friday: "An Introduction to Practical Cold Weapon Combat" - Professor Masafumi Tomiyama

In addition to these required courses, there are elective courses, just like the courses for first-year university students, and students are required to take at least two of them.

For example, Professor Guderian, whom Lu Mingfei was familiar with, was the professor who taught the elective course "Dragon History," as well as courses like "The Science of Words," "Old Norse," and "Dragon Anatomy and Physiology," which Lu Mingfei had never even heard of. However, what surprised Lu Mingfei the most was that "Chinese Language and Literature" was a required course for admission, and all students at Kassel College were required to learn Chinese and Chinese characters.

Lu Mingfei didn't arrange this course because he is Chinese.

Lu Mingfei, who had just been experiencing a sense of fantasy, suddenly felt as if he had been pulled back to reality.

Isn't this just a university course schedule? However, the names of these courses made Lu Mingfei realize that this was indeed that fantastical otherworld, not the real world.

"You'll get used to it." Fingel appeared behind Lu Mingfei with a grin, looking at the course schedule on the computer screen, and said, "Most of the first-year courses are introductory and usually quite gentle; the professors will take into account the freshmen's learning abilities. But..."

"Just like you said, Harry Potter received 'special treatment' at Hogwarts, and as an S-class student, you're pretty much the same as Harry Potter."

Lu Mingfei swallowed hard, suddenly feeling as if the timetable in his hand was incredibly heavy.

However, both Lu Mingfei and Fingel tacitly overlooked one thing: Lu Mingfei didn't have any roommates. Generally speaking, freshmen would live together, and students in the same major and class would live in the same or adjacent dormitories to facilitate attending classes and discussing academic issues together. But Lu Mingfei was an exception. He lived with Fingel, an eighth-year student, and had no other freshman roommates. The rooms next to him were all empty.

In other words, Lu Mingfei does not belong to any class or department. He is in his own class and only attends classes with other freshmen. After class, he goes back to his dormitory to complete his assignments.

Harry Potter at least had two little ones by his side, while Lu Mingfei didn't even have any classmates.

In fact, Lu Mingfei also noticed this "special treatment". Even if he was stupid, he knew that Fingel was not just a "senior who studied abroad", but a monitor and guardian who was arranged by the school to monitor him.

S-class bloodline also means S-class danger.

Monday's Alchemy and Chemistry class was scheduled for 8 a.m. Because Lu Mingfei was at 8 a.m., Fingel, that lazy pig, was still fast asleep in bed. Without any classmates, Lu Mingfei set off early to find the Alchemy Experiment Building—a gray, box-shaped building that looked out of place with the other Gothic buildings in the academy. It had no windows on the surface, only a heavy bronze door covered with densely packed dragon symbols.

"Authentication," Norma's electronic voice came from the speaker next to the door.

Lu Mingfei frantically pulled out his S-class student ID and pressed it against the sensor area on the side of the door. The bronze door slid open silently, revealing a corridor inside that glowed with a cold, eerie blue light.

Completely different from Hogwarts, this place features ultra-modern decor. The corridors are lined with laboratories, and through the thick, blast-proof glass, Lu Mingfei can see what's inside: in some rooms, faintly glowing crystals float; in others, a silver liquid flows autonomously in the air, forming complex geometric shapes; and in yet another room, a device made entirely of transparent crystal emits a low hum, with golden sparks leaping along unseen paths inside.

"Don't go in there carelessly, these things are much more potent than nitroglycerin."

A familiar voice came from behind. Nono appeared at the end of the corridor, leaning against a door frame marked "B17". Today she was wearing a white lab coat over a dark red turtleneck sweater, her long burgundy hair was casually draped, and the four-leaf clover earrings on her earlobes glittered in the cold light of the laboratory.

"Senior sister?" Lu Mingfei was somewhat surprised. "You also chose this course?"

"Me?" Nono smiled and shook her head. "I'm Professor Mans's teaching assistant. I'm here specifically to keep an eye on certain S-class freshmen who might blow up the lab."

Nono pushed open the laboratory door behind her, and a complex smell wafted out—a mixture of metal, sulfur, some kind of sweet spice, and a hint of…blood.

The laboratory was far more spacious inside than it appeared from the outside. More than thirty workbenches were arranged in a circle, each equipped with strangely shaped instruments: there were crystal flasks engraved with dragon patterns, metal stands that looked like medieval torture instruments, and quill pens that were automatically writing complex formulas. The most striking feature was the huge circular workbench in the center of the laboratory, on which dozens of sealed containers were placed, containing various indescribable substances—fragments of bone that shimmered with a metallic luster, dark red tissue that slowly pulsated in the liquid, and even a fist-sized heart covered with fine scales.

Those are dragon-related materials!