Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

When he saw the Aspasia restaurant membership card being flipped through Xiao Tiannv's slender fingers, his heart suddenly fluttered, and he inexplicably recalled the drunken banter he had made with Xiao Tiannv when they dined at the Aspasia restaurant.

"Do you still like Portuguese food?" Little Fairy asked, looking up as she sat opposite him.

"The food at your place is all pretty good."

Lu Mingfei raised his head to answer, and the moment his eyes met Xiao Tiannv's across the distance, she immediately looked away.

"To be precise, that's my uncle's house... Never mind, I'll just order the dishes from his house for you." The little fairy lowered her head, called over the waiter, and ordered the dishes one by one in Portuguese, which Lu Mingfei couldn't understand.

The dishes were served one after another, neatly arranged. Actually, eating was secondary; Lu Mingfei had just felt for a moment that he should do something, so he called out to Xiao Tiannv.

But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that there was nothing he could do for the little fairy. At most, he could only accompany her to have a meal and go somewhere fun.

"Suddenly I feel like I'm living a more and more conflicted life?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned.

These words were certainly Lu Mingfei's inner thoughts, but they weren't spoken by him, or even in his own mind. Rather, they were spoken by someone whispering in his ear.

Startled, he looked up, and the gesture of glaring coldly at Lu Mingfei was executed in one smooth motion.

Lu Mingze, dressed in a Portuguese-style outfit, sat opposite him, greeting him with a smile, as if he had just returned from a trip.

Upon closer inspection, Lu Mingfei realized that Lu Mingze's clothes were exactly the same as the ones Su Xiaoqiang had bought for him. The only difference was that Lu Mingze's clothes were smaller, a children's version of Lu Mingfei's outfit.

The little devil, his feet dangling off the floor, greeted us in Portuguese: "Olá (Hello)! Brother, Há muito tempo no ver (Long time no see)!"

"I don't want to see you either," Lu Mingfei said gruffly, giving Lu Mingze a cold look.

He didn't have much negative emotion towards Lu Mingze. He might have been a little afraid before because Lu Mingze had genuinely coerced and lured him, taking three-quarters of his life in exchange.

But now that he has died twice, and his health bar should have been refreshed to 100%, his fear of Lu Mingze has almost completely subsided.

The only thing that bothered him about the little devil was the bad luck buff he had, like the rain god always bringing rain whenever he went out. Nothing good ever happened whenever this guy appeared by his side.

"Brother, those words of yours are truly hurtful. I traveled all the way from China to find you, and all that was for this." Lu Mingze pretended to sniffle.

Lu Mingfei sneered: "You seem quite happy, huh? You've been visiting quite a few tourist attractions these past few days, haven't you?"

"There's no other way." Lu Mingze spread his hands innocently. "After all, it's a rare trip to my sister-in-law's hometown, so I have to take a look around."

Lu Mingfei stuck out his tongue: "Ptooey, who's your sister-in-law?"

"Brother, all your three palaces, six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines are my sisters-in-law!" The little devil stretched out his tiny, childlike fingers, counting them one by one: "Let me count... Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, Chen Wenwen, Xia Mi..."

"Stop." Lu Mingfei quickly made a "stop" gesture. "Did you come all this way just to spread rumors about me? Speak your mind, or get to the point. I still need to eat."

"Caldo Verde soup, bacalhau, Portuguese fried cod cakes..."

Lu Mingze turned to look at the dishes on the table, naming them one by one like Han Xin inspecting his troops: "Although they are all classic Portuguese dishes, I still prefer Chinese food the most, followed by French and Japanese food."

After saying that, he picked up the fork in front of Lu Mingfei, forked a piece of cod cake, and put it in his mouth.

"However, the cod used is quite high-quality; the meat is fresh and has a smooth, creamy texture," Lu Mingze commented.

"It's not like it's for you to eat, yet you're being picky." Lu Mingfei pouted.

He didn't show any dissatisfaction with Lu Mingze using his own knife and fork to eat his own food, nor did he urge Lu Mingze any further.

He and Lu Mingze were already old acquaintances. Although he still didn't know the pattern of Lu Mingze's appearance, he knew that most of the things Lu Mingze did during the time stop would not affect reality. After the time stop ended, the food on his plate would remain unchanged.

The more anxious you appear, the more leisurely Lu Mingze will keep you in suspense. At this point, it's better for Lu Mingze to talk to himself. After he's said all his nonsense, he'll naturally reveal his true purpose for appearing.

Sure enough, after Lu Mingze tasted all the dishes on Lu Mingfei's plate, he pulled out a napkin from somewhere, wiped his mouth, and said with a smile, "Brother, remember to thank your wife for her hospitality later. I'm full, now let's get down to business."

Lu Mingfei finally sat up straight, like a student who was finally willing to start listening attentively to the teacher's lecture.

The little devil's nonsense can go in one ear and out the other, but once he says he's going to get down to business, you have to listen carefully to what he says next. Just like how he always brings bad luck when he appears, he often tells Lu Mingfei how to solve the problems that are about to arise.

This was an experience Lu Mingfei gained after learning from his mistakes. Once, he was wary of Lu Mingze, disregarded his words, and hid in the wine cellar to drink and escape, which ultimately led to something he would regret for the rest of his life.

Although Lu Mingfei still felt that Lu Mingze was eyeing his meager life points... he would no longer run away from what needed to be done.

If there's anything he's grown in since his rebirth, besides his improved physical abilities and emotional intelligence, which makes him no longer embarrassed in front of girls and can handle them with ease, it's that he no longer runs away from problems that need to be faced.

“Speak,” Lu Mingfei said.

“First of all…” Lu Mingze said, “Brother, are you really not going to honor that bet? Your sister-in-law said that back then, and I think she would definitely agree as long as you bring it up.”

“First of all,” Lu Mingfei interrupted Lu Mingze expressionlessly, “your sister-in-law is currently only Liu Miaomiao; secondly, your brother is not a fickle person; and thirdly, if you’re only here to spout your twisted harem theory, then you can get lost.”

"I'm not like Lu Mingze from your old Lu family, I can't just roll away smoothly." Lu Mingze laughed brightly. "Besides, sharing your love equally with everyone who loves you isn't called being fickle. Brother, don't you really like watching Stephen Chow's movies? Wei Xiaobao had seven wives! Or are you actually afraid that I'll reveal your true thoughts and corrupt your Daoist heart?"

"Take care, and don't see me off!" Lu Mingfei said as he saw his guest off.

"Alright, alright, brother, you really can't take a joke." Lu Mingze shrugged, sighed, and suddenly changed the subject: "Portugal hasn't been very peaceful lately."

"I know that, it's just smuggling antimony or something secretly, right?"

Lu Mingfei wanted to settle accounts with Lu Mingze as soon as he brought this up: "Didn't you tell me before? You even got my visa and plane ticket, tricking me into coming to Portugal to protect Su Xiaoqiang. Turns out, her family is a mixed-race family, and they even have connections with Kassel College."

"If I didn't say that, would you have followed me here all the way?" Lu Mingze had a mischievous grin on his face. "You're not one to take the initiative, not just Chen Wenwen, not just Nuonuo, and not just Liu Miaomiao now. If I hadn't been pushing your butt all the time, you'd probably still be single forever."

"Pah! What do you mean by 'pushing butts'? Can't kids talk less lewdly?"

“Where in this world is there a clean devil?” Lu Mingze smiled. “And the ‘unrest’ I’m talking about isn’t just ordinary unrest; it might be more serious than you imagine, brother.”

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, his expression gradually becoming serious. Although he didn't know exactly what kind of creature the Little Devil was, he knew what kind of being he was. When he held the Seven Deadly Sins in his hands, even slaying dragons and destroying the world were trivial matters for him. The so-called King of Earth and Mountains, who was said to hold the power of "power" among the Four Sovereigns, was not even worth mentioning in front of him.

Even Lu Mingze said things weren't peaceful... which might mean that the danger of what happened in Portugal was truly beyond Lu Mingfei's imagination.

"How dangerous?" Lu Mingfei sat up straight. "Dragon King level?"

"It's not that bad," Lu Mingze said, "but compared to events at the Dragon King level, it's only a little bit off. Brother, how many hybrid organizations do you know?"

"A mixed-race organization?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback, wondering how Lu Mingze had suddenly steered the conversation this way.

He paused, looked into Lu Mingze's eyes, and slowly answered, "Kassel College?"

"Count me in."

"The Secret Society? The Eight Snake Clan?"

"That's all. Anything else?"

"Anything else?" Lu Mingfei pondered, then suddenly remembered the name of an organization he had heard from Charlotte a few days ago.

"The Solomon Temple Assembly?" Lu Mingfei asked.

“Bingo!” Lu Mingze nodded. “The Solomon Temple is the largest and most powerful hybrid organization in Europe. Of course, hybrids have been developing for thousands of years, so there are many more organizations than this. But these are the more established ones.”

"So what? You suddenly appeared just to give me a lesson on the world of hybrids?"

“Of course not,” Lu Mingze said calmly. “I just wanted to tell you, brother, that all of these organizations, except for the Snake Clan which is relatively far away, have basically sent people to participate in the investigation of the ‘Antimony Incident’—so you know how dangerous this incident is, right?”

Have they basically all sent people to Portugal?

Lu Mingfei was taken aback. He knew that Kassel College had sent people to Portugal. After all, he was now living under the same roof as Aki and the others, seeing them every day. The Solomon Temple was a mixed-race organization native to Europe, so it was normal for them to send people to Portugal.

only……

"The Secret Society has also sent people?" Lu Mingfei asked after a moment of contemplation.

Lu Mingze smiled. "Brother, haven't you already met her?"

"You've seen him? I don't remember him."

"It's not 'he', it's 'she'."

"she?"

Lu Mingfei paused for a moment, trying hard to recall the women he had met recently. Suddenly, a name popped into his mind, and he turned to look at the little devil: "You mean Charlotte? She's actually a member of the Camarilla?"

Seeing Lu Mingze nod with a smile, Lu Mingfei was quite surprised. He hadn't expected that the little girl, who was even younger than him, was actually a member of the most powerful and mysterious mixed-race organization, the Camarilla. He had thought the Camarilla was full of old guys like Principal Angers.

But then he remembered the story Angers had told him about his grandfather, Lu Shanyan. When the Lionheart Society, the elite organization within the Secret Society, was first established, its members, including the legendary dragon-slaying hero Meneke Cassel, were all quite young.

His grandfather, Lushanyan, and Principal Angers, who was only a second-tier figure in the Secret Service at the time, were both only in their early twenties.

Looking at it this way, it's not so surprising that Charlotte joined the Camarilla at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

“To be precise, being a member of the Secret Service is just one of her identities,” Lu Mingze said, turning his head. “Didn’t you see her surname on her passport? Gao Tinggen. Brother, think about where you’ve seen that name before.”

"Kotingen?"

To be honest, he had always felt that the surname sounded familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before, but he just couldn't remember where. Now that Lu Mingze had mentioned it, Lu Mingfei lowered his head and pondered again.

Damn it, where have I seen this before?

“Kassel College, the place you always go to before you go on missions, brother,” Lu Mingze reminded him.

"Kassel College? The place we need to go before the mission."

Lu Mingfei was taken aback, trying hard to recall the procedures he had followed when carrying out missions. Outside of school, there were few rules; Norma would usually just send the mission to their email. But inside the school, there were procedures to follow: reporting to the execution department, signing an agreement with the equipment department not to misuse weapons, and so on.

Wait, the Equipment Department?

"Damn, isn't there a portrait of a guy named Gauteen hanging on the wall next to the equipment department's gate? Is Charlotte related to that guy?"

Lu Mingfei recalled a painting he saw every time he went to the equipment department, which looked exactly like the famous quotes hanging on the walls of elementary school classrooms in China.

“Brother, you finally remembered.” Lu Mingze grinned. “The first minister of the Equipment Department was from the Göttingen family. What you saw was a portrait of the first minister of the Equipment Department. In fact, the Göttingen family is one of the oldest alchemical families in Europe and one of the seven board member families of Kassel College.”

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Chapter 223 The woman's current phone call

In the eyes of most mixed-race individuals, Kassel College is not lacking in geniuses.

Like Principal Angers, he has many titles: a member of the first Lionheart Society, the great leader of Kassel College, the sole survivor of the "Summer Mourning" incident, and one of the most powerful hybrids in existence. He is a legendary figure even among hybrids all over the world.

There's also the mysterious Vice Principal Night Watchman, the legendary alchemist, one of the few hybrids in the world who can be rated S-class alongside the Principal, and the Word of Power: Commandments which has a powerful binding force on hybrids.

The two individuals mentioned above are representative figures among the geniuses of Kassel College. Of course, S-level student Lu Mingfei was also praised as a genius by his mentors, the first Lu Dui, Guderian, and the second Lu Dui, the principal Angers.

However, only those inside Kassel College knew that the group in the Equipment Department were the most prominent "geniuses" at Kassel College.

Genius on the left, madman on the right.

In Lu Mingfei's memory, the people in the Equipment Department were a bunch of scientific fanatics, dedicated to integrating various alchemical achievements with modern weapons. They did things however crazy they wanted, never considering the consequences. They had once developed a tactical missile equipped with a silver-plated warhead and conducted weapons tests in the Sahara Desert, which were mistakenly identified as a nuclear explosion by the Pentagon's spy satellite 'Tunguska'.

In his few interactions with Charlotte, Lu Mingfei's assessment of her was: calm, composed, and mature beyond her years, with a terrible sense of direction and social anxiety. This personality was completely different from the bomb-obsessed person he remembered from the equipment department.

Although Lu Mingfei didn't see the madness of that group of lunatics in Charlotte, he didn't doubt Lu Mingze's words. The Little Devil might be unpredictable, but the information he provided had never been wrong.

Lu Mingze usually tried every trick in the book to lure Lu Mingfei into dangerous situations. He never expected that Lu Mingze would appear this time specifically to remind him to be careful. Surprised, Lu Mingfei was even touched and nodded, saying, "I know, I'll be careful."