Lu Mingfei doesn't want to be a superhero

"Aki, I'm not very hungry right now," Ye Sheng said, swallowing hard.

"No picky eating!" Shuto Aki crossed her arms in front of her chest. "I know these sushi taste mediocre, but you need to replenish your nutrition and concentrate on writing your thesis right now. Please bear with the taste of the food for now."

Lu Mingfei couldn't help but glance at the sushi in the bento box, then at Shudeya, and thought to himself, "You call this just average? That last bite almost killed me!"

“By the way, because Ye Sheng said someone has moved in, I made extra this time,” Jiu Deya said to Lu Mingfei, somewhat apologetically, “I’m sorry, junior brother, my cooking skills aren’t very good.”

"You're too modest. Your interrogation skills are unparalleled. Even someone made of iron couldn't withstand this plate of sushi," Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

"It's alright, senior sister. I ate a lot for supper yesterday, so I'm not very hungry yet. I won't eat anything," Lu Mingfei quickly replied.

Ye Sheng looked at Lu Mingfei with disbelief—We went to sleep right after we finished talking yesterday, you didn't even have a midnight snack!

Seeing that Ye Sheng seemed about to say something, Lu Mingfei quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Senior Sister, did you see anything strange when you came up from downstairs? I heard it was a bit noisy downstairs."

Shokuya pointed to her cheek with her index finger: "Oh yes! There seems to be a gay guy downstairs who had a fight with his lover and is begging for forgiveness. There are a lot of people watching, and I feel sorry for him."

"There's something interesting going on here, I have to see!" Lu Mingfei hurriedly ran to the window. He had only wanted to change the subject, but he didn't expect there to be such a juicy story.

Through the window, he saw a crowd gathered downstairs. In the center of the crowd was a burly young man wearing a plaid shirt, holding up a huge sign with the words "I'm sorry! Junior brother! I was wrong! Come back!" written in bright red ink.

Coupled with the young man's heartbroken expression, the words on the sign seemed to be written in blood, each word a tearful lament, making people feel sorry for him. Some of the female students around even went over to comfort him.

Lu Mingfei's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot—if he wasn't mistaken, the person downstairs... was Fingel, right?

"This person must love his junior brother very much. Is it true that relationships between people of the same sex are more complicated and fraught with difficulties?" Jiu Deya also walked to the window and stood side by side with Lu Mingfei, sighing, "There must be a tragic love story between them, right?"

Lu Mingfei covered his face.

"Junior brother, what's wrong?" Shudeya noticed something was wrong.

"It's nothing, I... just have a bit of a headache."

126. Chapter 125 Chen Motong

Kassel College, teaching building, the entrance to a large classroom.

Lu Mingfei glanced at the classroom name and nodded: "It should be here."

He had just come out of the quiet room the principal had prepared for him, where he practiced controlling the Mark of Conquest. Once his control over the Mark of Conquest reached a certain level, he would be able to brand the red dragon cub with the Mark of Conquest.

However, he couldn't stay in the meditation room forever. During his time at the academy, he also needed to audit some basic alchemy courses to prove his talent in learning alchemy.

The next class in this classroom will be "Magic Mechanical Design" for first-year students.

The concept of "magical machines" originated from mixed-race groups in the Middle Ages or even earlier. Simply put, they are devices that use "magic" as their driving force.

Of course, this "magic" is a medieval concept. At that time, there was no concept of science, and many phenomena that modern physics can explain were considered "magic" at the time. Even alchemy was a part of magic. To put it bluntly, any device with built-in energy that could move on its own was almost always called a "magical machine." And with the level of technology in that primitive era, the only way to achieve this was basically through alchemy.

In modern times, with the widespread use of steam and electricity, almost all machines with built-in energy sources fit the definition of "magical machinery" from that era. For example, gasoline-powered cars or battery-powered mobile phones fit the concept of "magical machinery" from the Middle Ages.

Therefore, the modern definition of "magical machinery" has changed. Only those products created using both alchemy and modern technology can be defined as "magical machinery".

Modern mechanical engineering is characterized by its complexity, high cost, difficulty in achieving assembly line operation, and powerful usability.

A small revolver that can be carried in a pocket, whose bullets are more powerful than those of ordinary sniper rifles.

A bomb that can be disguised as a button has an explosive power comparable to a hand grenade.

A windproof lighter that can shoot out a thin, sword-like jet of fire that can melt steel from a meter away.

Lu Mingfei had seen in the information Norma provided that these were all excellent magically powered machines produced by the Equipment Department, whose power was unanimously recognized by the students—however, many people had also complained that all three items had the risk of exploding.

It's normal for the bombs to explode, but why did the other two explode? Lu Mingfei couldn't figure this out when he saw the document.

The academy does not teach pure alchemy for a simple reason—ordinary alchemy has no advantage in the face of modern technology, and advanced alchemy that can reach realms inaccessible to contemporary technology cannot be taught by a university.

If such talent could be mass-produced, the academy wouldn't only have two alchemy masters.

Therefore, the academy simply did not offer a separate alchemy course; all alchemical knowledge was taught in the Magic Mechanical Design course.

Lu Mingfei found a seat in the back row and looked around. All the students around him were handsome men and beautiful women.

However, after secretly observing for a long time, he couldn't find a single girl among them who could compare to Xiao Tiannv. Even the prettiest one among them was noticeably inferior to Xiao Tiannv.

Because he was auditing the class, Lu Mingfei specifically chose first grade, as the knowledge there was relatively easier to understand.

Senior Brother Chu is also a first-year student now, and he should be attending classes, but he just received half a dragon corpse and someone wanted to buy it, so he took a day off to deal with it, leaving Lu Mingfei to handle it himself.

Just as he was using the textbooks he had received from Norman to cover his face and secretly observe the girls' pretty faces and good figures, he keenly noticed that a girl was walking towards him.

Oh no! Have we been discovered?!

Lu Mingfei immediately sat up straight, lowered his head to read, and kept his eyes straight ahead.

But the girl walked over and sat down next to him, seemingly only interested in the seat.

Lu Mingfei turned his head and glanced at her, then paused for a moment—she was one of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen at school, comparable to Susie, but still not quite as pretty as Little Fairy.

What attracted his attention more than her face was the girl's hair.

The deep red hair reminded him of an acquaintance.

An acquaintance who still owes him a lizard.

Seemingly noticing that Lu Mingfei was looking at her, the girl turned her head, chewed her bubble gum, and raised an eyebrow at Lu Mingfei: "You're Lu Mingfei?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback: "May I ask who you are?"

“Chen Motong, first year, Minister of the Organization Department of the Student Council,” the girl said, blowing bubbles as she reached out her hand to Lu Mingfei. “Nice to meet you. You can call me Nuonuo.”

“Hello, my name is Lu Mingfei,” Lu Mingfei shook hands with her, but he hadn’t enrolled yet and didn’t have a nickname, so he didn’t seem to have anything to introduce himself. After hesitating for a moment, he added, “I’m the grand-nephew of Principal Angers.”

Nono: ? ? ?

Faced with this self-introduction, which was comparable to "my district chief father," even Nuonuo couldn't help but remain silent for a few seconds.

She really couldn't think of a response.

"Um, how do you know me? I shouldn't have enrolled in school yet," Lu Mingfei said curiously, letting go of Nuonuo's hand.

Although his existence is not a secret to the higher-ups of the major powers, the students should only know that the school is about to welcome an S-class student who has not appeared for decades. They should not know that this student is named Lu Mingfei, let alone that this student has already secretly come to the school and is auditing classes here.

“My boyfriend told me that he’s the student council president and his family has quite a background,” Nono said casually. “As for how he found out, I don’t know.”

Lu Mingfei thought for a moment: "Is your boyfriend Caesar Gattuso?"

"You know?" Nono was also somewhat surprised.

How could I not know? Your student council is our Lionheart Club's biggest competitor. If I don't even know the name of our competitor's leader, wouldn't I be wasting my time?

Lu Mingfei thought to himself.

Actually, Susie had mentioned the competition between the Lionheart Society and the Student Council to him a long time ago. Senior Brother Chu was even more straightforward and told him directly that the Lionheart Society was currently at a disadvantage compared to the Student Council. The leader of the other side, Caesar Gattuso, had both money and personal charisma, so the Student Council was thriving under his leadership. For Lu Mingfei, joining either the Lionheart Society or the Student Council would be a good choice, and he wouldn't blame Lu Mingfei for choosing either one.

Lu Mingfei naturally sided with his senior brother without hesitation, but correspondingly, he also remembered the name Caesar Gattuso—to receive such high praise from Senior Brother Chu, the other party must also be a prodigy.

“Someone told me they mentioned you guys,” Lu Mingfei picked up his book and was about to get up. “I need to stay away from you. I’m a member of the Lionheart Society. It would be troublesome if people misunderstood that I have a private relationship with your student council.”

The head of the student union's organization department came to him personally; it was obvious he wanted to recruit him into the student union. Unfortunately, it was too late. Senior Brother Chu and Senior Sister Su arrived before the student union, and he was already a member of the Lionheart Society!

Nono was taken aback: "When did you become a member of the Lionheart Society?"

“It has been like that for a long time,” Lu Mingfei said frankly after standing up. “The president of the Lionheart Society is my senior from high school.”

"What kind of powerful connections do you have?!" Nono couldn't help but think to herself.

Not only is he the principal's grand-nephew, but he's also Chu Zihang's junior brother. Are your parents even S-level?

Seeing that Lu Ming was about to leave, Nuonuo grabbed him: "Don't go, let's chat a little longer. Haven't you heard that if you're upright, you have nothing to fear? You haven't been having an affair with the student council, so what are you afraid of misunderstandings about?"

"You're Chinese too, do you even know the idiom 'falling into a plum trough'?" Lu Mingfei retorted.

“Then we can switch identities,” Nuonuo said. “Do you know Susie? She’s the vice president of your Lionheart Club, and she’s my best friend! Sitting at the same table with your vice president’s best friend can’t be considered colluding with the student council, can it?”

"Really?" Lu Mingfei asked with a suspicious look.

Susie had never mentioned this best friend to him before.

"Look!" Nono turned her phone screen toward Lu Mingfei. It showed a photo of Susie and Nono hugging each other intimately.

Nuonuo scrolled through the photos one by one; they were all intimate pictures of her and Susie.

One or two photos may not prove anything, but the photos Nono showed covered a variety of events, places and scenes, and were clearly recorded by friends who often hang out together over time.

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment and asked, "Even if you have a relationship with Senior Sister Su, why are you sitting with me?"

"Just curious," Nono said matter-of-factly. "S-class students are rarer than pandas. If a panda suddenly appeared at your school, wouldn't you want to touch it and take a look?"

Lu Mingfei was speechless.

Although Nono's reasoning was logical, from a more realistic perspective, he still suspected that Nono was there to recruit him—a more appropriate term now would be "poaching" him.

While chatting casually with Nuonuo, Lu Mingfei secretly sent a message to Su Qian on his phone, asking if she had a best friend named Nuonuo. Unfortunately, she didn't reply, probably because she was busy with something and hadn't seen the message.

127. Profiling in Chapter 126, Equipment Department

In the Magic Mechanical Design class.

The professor walked into the classroom, and the bell rang almost at the same time the teacher stood on the podium, as if it had been rehearsed.

What felt more like a rehearsal was that as soon as the school bell rang, the entire classroom fell completely silent, so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The students who were whispering just a second ago now looked like contemplative sculptures.

Even Nuonuo, who had just been acting all mischievous, now seemed like a model student who was oblivious to everything around her.

Lu Mingfei was taken aback, wondering if the academic atmosphere at Kassel College was really this serious.

But he quickly realized that it was simply because the professor on the stage had such a powerful aura. When he stood on the stage, it was as if the entire classroom was filled with his imposing eyes, making everyone feel like they were sitting on pins and needles.

“We have a new student auditing our class today, so let me give a brief self-introduction,” the dignified professor said, standing on the podium. “My name is Mans Rundstedt, and I am the professor of the Magic Mechanics Design course.”

After a pause, Professor Mans said, "Alright, let's start class. Everyone, turn to page 138."

Lu Mingfei thought to himself, "This professor is really decisive and efficient."

“Professor Mans is one of the best professors in the school and my mentor,” Nono whispered. “He is an academic expert in magical mechanics and should have joined the Equipment Department, but because of his strong personal combat and leadership abilities, he joined the Execution Department instead and is one of the two pillars of the Execution Department.”

"Two pillars?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback.

“It’s Professor Schneider, the head of the Executive Department, and Professor Mans,” Nono said in a low voice. “Professor Schneider was seriously disabled during a mission, so he stepped down to the second line and only does command. Professor Mans is the mainstay on the front line. By the way, your president Chu Zihang’s mentor is Professor Schneider.”