Lu Mingfei doesn’t want to be a superhero

Austria, home of the Gottingen family.

In the pure white building like a small palace, the atmosphere suddenly fell into strange embarrassment and silence.

I'm... a maid?

The girl with some baby fat on her face looked at Lu Mingfei expressionlessly, her original good impression of this handsome guy shattered like a soap bubble.

"I am the contemporary patriarch of the Gaotingen family, Charlotte Gaotingen. Welcome to your arrival, distinguished guest." Charlotte emphasized the word "contemporary patriarch" very strongly.

"You? The patriarch?" Lu Mingfei was stunned and shook his head, "Don't lie to me. I saw Norma's photo of the patriarch before I came here. The patriarch of the Gaotinggen family is obviously an old man with a white beard."

"The photo you see is my grandfather," Charlotte said. "Not long ago, my grandfather abdicated due to physical discomfort. Now I am taking his place. Due to some special reasons, the external information of the patriarch of the Gaotingen family has not been modified. So the information you get from Norma is lagging behind."

"So that's it. Sorry, sorry, I thought you were a maid just now." Lu Mingfei apologized quickly.

Can you forget about the maid? Look at my hand-sewn dress and my pretty face. How do I look like a maid?

Charlotte was going crazy.

Originally, she had a pretty good impression of Lu Mingfei. After all, in her understanding, apart from the principal and Tutor Flamel, the S-class members in the secret party were basically school directors and elders. These people were comparable to each other. She is an old woman, with an average age that is almost reaching three digits. As the only youthful and energetic S-level member of the secret party, she is incompatible with these old men.

And now, finally, there is another S-class freshman named Lu Mingfei who is the same age group as her. Charlotte inevitably feels a little familiar with him.

So in order to leave a good impression on the S-class people she had never met before during this meeting, she specially prepared a dress. She got up early today, put on makeup, changed clothes, and even put down her alchemy research for today. , waited eagerly for Lu Mingfei for a day.

As a result, Lu Mingfei regarded her as a maid as soon as they met.

This is more insulting than ogling a blind man. This is a princess ogling the blind man. The blind man sighed and said, "Which rich family has such a beautiful maid?"

If she hadn't been worried about being scolded by her grandfather, she would have really wanted to teach Lu Mingfei a lesson immediately - she might not be able to defeat this S-class freshman outside, but the powerful alchemy matrix is ​​carved in the family, and even the third generation of ancient dragons are here will be severely suppressed.

Charlotte quietly grinded her teeth, thinking about the feasibility of sneaking a few alchemy tools into Lu Mingfei's house to attack him while he was away from the family.

Lu Mingfei didn't know that Charlotte was secretly planning to put a sack on him. His attention was focused elsewhere - why did the Gaotingen family conceal the information of the patriarch?

But after thinking about it, he realized that the huge Gaotingen family could only let a girl who seemed to be underage take over after the old patriarch retired. This incident itself could be the motivation for the Gaotingen family to conceal the information-if it weren't for the family There is an internal problem. Why should such a young girl assume the important position of clan leader?

However, Lu Mingfei didn't care about what problems the Gaotingen family had. He only cared about one thing: "Chief Gaotinggen, when will we start the alchemy course?"

"Don't worry, I have arranged a place for you in the family. Please rest first. The granting of alchemy will officially begin tomorrow," Charlotte said. "Besides, we are both S-class, so you don't have to be so polite. Just call me by my name." That’s it.”

"Okay, Miss Charlotte." Lu Mingfei said smoothly.

"Speaking of which, although the family information is confidential to the outside world, it is not a secret to the school board. I have also participated in the school board meeting and met with Principal Angers. Didn't Principal Angers tell you? Have you told me about my situation?" Charlotte asked.

"No, he never mentioned it to me at all," Lu Mingfei shook his head, "Maybe it's because the principal is old and his memory is not very good."

Charlotte:…

This was the first time she had seen someone who dared to openly say that the legendary dragon slayer of the Secret Party was old. Even Frost, the acting patriarch of the Gattuso family and the school director, did not dare to say so in public.

…

Gaotingen family, Lu Mingfei's residence.

Lu Mingfei's residence was arranged in a small villa with a yard and a fence. Charlotte said apologetically that the Gaotingen family was small and could not dedicate a maid to serve Lu Mingfei personally. If there was any need, just give it to Lu Mingfei. Just call the housekeeper and they will take care of it.

Lu Mingfei didn't care about this. Although in Tony's world, his family did have many beautiful maids that Tony had prepared for him, he had been driven by his aunt to run errands and do housework since he was a child. He was not the kind of person who couldn't take care of himself without maids. Young Master.

"Hello, principal?" Lu Mingfei dialed the phone.

"Mingfei!" The dynamic jazz music on the phone was mixed with Anger's voice, "Have you arrived at the Gottingen family?"

"I'm here, principal, where are you and why are you so noisy?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I'm attending a music festival in Rio de Janeiro." The sound of dance steps can be vaguely heard in the background of jazz music. "I feel relieved when you arrive. If nothing happens, I will hang up first. Making phone calls will affect my dancing."

Lu Mingfei twitched his lips and couldn't help complaining: "Principal, why didn't you remind me that the current patriarch of the Gaotinggen family has been replaced? I just made a big mistake because I didn't know the identity of the Gaotinggen patriarch. I mistook the clan leader for the maid who came to welcome me to meet the clan leader."

"Oh, you mean Charlotte, right? She is a very cute child, and she is so beautiful. How could you mistake her for a maid?" Angers asked in confusion.

"I've seen too many beautiful girls, and I'm a little tired of aesthetics." Lu Mingfei said honestly.

In terms of appearance, the girl he met at the airport when he went to Viana do Castelo was definitely the first, and the little goddess was the second, and she seemed to have become a little more beautiful after becoming a mixed race, with a faint Beyond the posture of the girl at the airport, if Xiao Tiannu's roommate Ling could look a few years older, he would probably be a little worse than Su Xiaoqiang...

"But don't worry, Charlotte's child has a very good character. Don't worry about her holding a grudge." Angers comforted her.

"That's good." Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief.

…

At the same time, in Charlotte's private alchemy laboratory.

Charlotte was sitting at the experimental table, concentrating on an experiment.

"Ah... sneeze!" Charlotte sneezed heavily and couldn't help but whisper to herself, "Strange, why do I feel like I catch cold easily recently? It shouldn't be, I am of A+ grade blood..."

…

The next day, early morning.

The sun illuminated a small black building covered with ivy. On the first floor of the small building, Lu Mingfei was led by Charlotte and pushed the door open.

"Sorry, although according to the deal, you have the right to read part of the book collection, the library is an important place of the family and no outsiders are allowed to enter. I will take out the books you need for you. During this time, please study here. "Charlotte changed into a dress that hung down to her calf. It was not as elegant as when they first met, but more casual.

"No problem." Lu Mingfei nodded while looking into the room. The furnishings were very simple, with only a long table, a few chairs and a few bookshelves filled with books.

"This is where the family used to hold meetings and discuss alchemy, but it was nearly a hundred years ago. At that time, there were still many members of the family who could communicate and discuss with each other. By the time I was born, this place had been idle for a long time. ," Charlotte sat down on a chair at the long table, "The books in the bookshelf are also about alchemy knowledge, but they are not precious enough to need to be stored in the library. You can read them at will, but please don't Take it out."

Lu Mingfei sat down on the chair opposite Charlotte.

"I heard that you have taught yourself some alchemy. Do you have a basic understanding of alchemy?" Charlotte suddenly became serious and serious. Even though her cute little face still had baby fat, Lu Mingfei was still inexplicable. It felt like meeting the head teacher, and my whole body became energetic.

"Alchemy has many schools and branches, such as Jewish alchemy, Zurich school alchemy, Vienna school alchemy, etc. that originated in Europe, Chinese alchemy and Indian alchemy that originated in Asia, Egyptian alchemy, and ancient Greek alchemy. Alchemy, etc... Each alchemy has different principles, concepts and pursuits, and they blend and influence each other with the development of the times," Charlotte said, "For example, the alchemy of the Gattingen family is a combination of several European methods. A system of knowledge formed by the alchemy school."

"Although there are huge differences between different schools of alchemy, they all have four basic elements." Charlotte stood up and walked to a whiteboard next to the table to write and draw. "These four elements are formula, flame, container and spirit. .”

"Needless to say the formula, any alchemy product requires strict processing steps of raw materials before it can be formed. These steps come together to form a 'recipe'. Every mature alchemy formula is priceless, and the way to obtain the formula is nothing more than self-development. , excavating ruins, and trading with other alchemists," Charlotte paused, then continued, "And flame is literal. Fire accelerates the change of matter and plays an irreplaceable role in alchemy. Function, alchemists of all ages have been looking for different combustion materials and pursuing higher flame temperatures."

"Isn't it possible to create extremely high-temperature flames with modern technology?" Lu Mingfei raised his hand and asked like a good student.

"That's right," Charlotte nodded, "So there are almost no restrictions on alchemy when it comes to flames. The only thing you need to pay attention to is that some recipes must use the flame produced by burning a specific material."

"Containers, as the name suggests, are the places where substances are contained when alchemy is used to transform them. Most of the time they refer to furnaces and crucibles. The former extracts metals from ores and converts them into alchemical metals, while the latter is used to refine some more... "Fine alchemical substances," Charlotte said, "In alchemy, the concept of container is very important and even has some sacred properties."

"For example, some ancient alchemists believed that the process of alchemy imitated the birth of life, and compared the refining product to a baby. Then the container for the birth of this 'baby' is equivalent to The concept of the 'womb' that nurtures life," Charlotte said, "Sir Newton even explored the origin of the world by observing the movement of matter in the alchemical crucible."

"In short, in alchemy, the concept of container is very important. The quality of the container has a great influence on the alchemy products. Ordinary containers are not difficult to forge, but powerful containers are very rare. Almost all of them are from the remains of dragons. They were dug out, or simply the trophies of slaying the dragon and searching for its treasure."

Charlotte said: "The family will provide you with a set of high-quality furnaces and crucibles, which are more than sufficient for general alchemy. However, if your goal is to become an alchemy master, the quality of the furnaces and crucibles provided by the family is not good enough." Far from enough."

Lu Mingfei nodded, thinking that the deal was worth it, and he even gave him teaching aids.

"Finally, there is the most important 'spirit'. The spirit here refers to both the spirit as the fifth element and the spirit of the alchemist himself," Charlotte said, "In alchemy, the spirit will play the most important role. Generally speaking, alchemists use their own spirit as a catalyst for catalysis and guidance. However, the spirit of hybrids is limited after all and cannot be compared with pure-blood dragons. Therefore, in order to take advantage of it, the Philosopher's Stone was born. .”

"Historical records show that the first hybrid in Europe to research the Philosopher's Stone was Merlin. As a pure spiritual element, hybrids can borrow the power of the Philosopher's Stone to catalyze and guide alchemy, and the Philosopher's Stone does not There will be some loss due to this. Of course, if the Philosopher's Stone is used as a weapon to kill dragons, then the Philosopher's Stone will be consumed," Charlotte said, "Considering that the Philosopher's Stone It’s so precious that we usually don’t use it as a one-time weapon, it’s really a waste, unless the target is a Dragon King level object.”

Lu Mingfei raised his hand and asked, "Hasn't there any mixed-race race that has ever considered improving their mental strength?"

Charlotte glanced at Lu Mingfei in surprise: "This is what I want to say next. Alchemists in history have never stopped pursuing the pursuit of 'improving spiritual power', but without exception, all of them have Failed."

"All failed?" Lu Mingfei was a little surprised.

"Well, spiritual power is not like the 'qi' in Eastern martial arts novels that can be improved through methods such as meditation. Its upper limit is fixed from the moment the mixed race is born, and it changes as the mixed race grows. Enhancement reaches its peak in adulthood, and then gradually declines as the hybrid ages. The upper limit cannot be increased through any form of exercise. The only way to break the upper limit is to improve the bloodline. The higher the bloodline, the higher the upper limit of the mental power of the hybrid. The higher." Charlotte said.

"But improving the bloodline is an abyss. If you are not careful, you will turn into a deadpool. Some alchemists who are unwilling to take risks believe that since the Philosopher's Stone is pure spiritual power, it can theoretically be absorbed into the spiritual power of hybrids... …" Charlotte said, spreading her hands, "All the mixed-breeds who tried this behavior died violently. Facts have proved that pure spiritual elements are not a tonic for the soul, but a poison."

"But many years of exploration are not without success. Gradually, people discovered that although they cannot increase the amount of spirit, they can improve the hybrid's ability to control their own spirit through some methods. This will not only gain huge advantages in alchemy, but also make it more powerful. Being able to resist the erosion of the spirit by dragon blood, to put it bluntly, makes it harder for people to become Deadpool."

"Wait a minute, doesn't that mean that after stabilizing their mental state, the hybrid can try to use some more radical methods to improve their bloodline without worrying about becoming a deadpool." Lu Mingfei said in surprise.

"That's right, but there are very few hybrids who can do this," Charlotte said. "There are many ways to improve your bloodline. In addition to potions, I also know about an ancient black blood called 'Blood'. Witchcraft, which releases the power of dragon blood by suppressing one's own human spirit, is also called the 'Road to the Gods' because the person who invented this technology believed that by refining blood in this way, humans could reach the realm of dragons. , that is, 'god'. But it turns out that this technology only leads to hell."

"But there are very few ways to stabilize the spirit. Coincidentally, the Gaotingen family has a set of such methods that can continuously stabilize the mental state of the mixed race. In theory, after reaching the limit, as long as you don't use too desperate methods to improve Bloodline almost eliminates the risk of becoming Deadpool.”

"There is such a technology!" Lu Mingfei looked surprised.

Charlotte nodded: "Yes, it originated from Jewish alchemy and is called the 'Path of the Fire Sword'."