Lu Mingfei doesn’t want to be a superhero

Early morning, in Austria, in the Göttingen family home, in a low black building.

Charlotte and Lu Mingfei stood in front of a big table.

As a desk, this table is a bit too big. It is almost comparable to the long table used for banquets in aristocratic castles in movies. It is densely filled with various utensils, materials and papers.

"Now that Mr. Lu Mingfei has understood the seven sefirot..." Charlotte paused unconsciously as she said this, feeling a little tight in her chest, "Next, let's move on to the techniques and techniques of alchemy. Teaching in recipes.”

"Modern science believes that chemistry originated from ancient alchemy. The simplest example is that Chinese Taoist priests created explosives when refining alchemy. Later, the method of refining gunpowder was also recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" - 'Whereas gunpowder is Saltpeter and sulfur are the main ingredients, supplemented by plant ash. The nature of saltpeter is to yin, and the nature of sulfur is to yang. The two divine objects of yin and yang meet in a seamless space."

"Do you still understand Chinese alchemy?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

"I know a little bit, alchemist is a profession where you will never feel guilty that you have too much knowledge," Charlotte said, "But the alchemy of the Gaotingen family combines many kinds of alchemy in Europe and forms its own system. My energy It mainly focuses on family alchemy, and has limited understanding of Eastern alchemy. Hmm... If I remember correctly, one of the gathering places for Eastern alchemy should be Longhu Mountain in China, but the Gaotinggen family and Longhu Mountain We have never met each other.”

The words Longhu Mountain and Alchemy didn't seem to match, so Lu Mingfei thought to himself that Alchemy might be more appropriate.

"Back to the topic, alchemy and chemistry do have something in common, but alchemy, as a dragon technology, is fundamentally different from chemistry, a human technology." Charlotte clapped her hands gently, signaling Lu Mingfei to look at her .

"Chemistry is technology without spiritual elements, but alchemy cannot do without spiritual elements. This is the biggest difference between chemistry and alchemy - for chemical creation, as long as the steps are strictly followed, no matter whether it is famous Researchers around the world and students in high school classrooms can all complete the same experiment and produce the same substance."

Charlotte picked up a quartz test tube, which contained about one-third of the transparent crystals, with a metallic color on the surface: "But alchemy must involve the alchemist's spiritual element, so the alchemist's spiritual power must be involved." Strength and activity determine whether it can extract the substance you want. For example, the crystals in my hands are called 'star antimony'. Only very skilled alchemists can extract it. I have known its formula since I was a child and saw it with my own eyes. Grandpa has refined it countless times, but it was not until last year that I was able to refine star antimony on my own."

So you're just beating around the bush and saying you're great? Lu Mingfei complained in his heart.

"For this reason, in addition to the mental strength of an alchemist, the skill of guiding the changes of substances and elements during the alchemy process is also a top priority," Charlotte said, "You are undoubtedly excellent in mental power. But in terms of alchemy skills, it often takes years of study and practice to accumulate them.”

Lu Mingfei looked like he was open-minded and eager to learn, and nodded while listening.

Charlotte was fiddling with the bottles and jars on the table while secretly looking at Lu Mingfei - I don't believe you have such a perverted talent in alchemy skills!

"In alchemy, there are several most basic but important substances, such as refined sulfur, mercury solution, mithril and active crystal. As the first lesson, I will teach you how to make these most basic substances. "Charlotte said, "Although it is a foundation, it refers to the foundation of the Gaotingen family. For ordinary alchemists, this is already a difficult course, and Kassel College will not include it in the curriculum. If all goes well, you should be able to make them on your own within a month.”

night.

Lu Mingfei placed a bright blue crystal in front of his eyes and marveled: "Is this an active crystal..."

"Yes, it is the carrier that carries the alchemical circuits in most large alchemical instruments." Charlotte said expressionlessly.

One day, no, one day to be precise, Lu Mingfei learned how to make refined sulfur and active crystal.

It took her a week to learn how to make these two materials, and the purity of the extracted materials was obviously one level worse than Lu Mingfei's.

At this moment, looking at Lu Mingfei next to her, who was as interested as a primary school student who saw a shell, Charlotte had the urge to grab him by the collar and ask him, "Are you still a human being?"

Even if the legendary sage Merlin is resurrected, it will probably be nothing more than this!

"Charlotte, look at how well my crystal is refined. Is it pure enough?" Lu Mingfei handed the clear blue crystal to Charlotte's eyes.

Charlotte:…

After a moment of silence, Charlotte showed Lu Mingfei a decent but not heartfelt smile: "You are very pure, Mr. Lu Mingfei, you are very talented, even slightly better than me, I When I first started, I couldn’t extract active crystals of such high purity.”

"Miss Charlotte, you're flattering me," Lu Mingfei said modestly instinctively, "It's probably just because I understand more of the essence, so I have an advantage in terms of mental power."

Charlotte:…

What the hell...you're talking as if your understanding of the Sefirot was picked up or given as a gift by playing games with money. Your understanding of the Sefirot is fast enough to stab me in the heart, and now you have to make up for it. right!

Due to the strict education she received since childhood, Charlotte can still barely maintain her "noble lady-like smile" from breaking down, but she is already roaring deep in her heart - "I want to hit him! I really want to hit him, what should I do?" "

This is why Charlotte misunderstood Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei knew that it did not take him one day to understand all the sefirot. In fact, it took him more than ten days, and at that time he had already learned all the essences from ancient times. I learned a lot of spiritual magic knowledge from the mage, and I can draw conclusions by analogy. It's just that he spent time in another world, so in Charlotte's opinion, he only spent one day.

Considering that Charlotte had said before that her talent was similar to his own, Lu Mingfei estimated that she must not have understood the seven sefirot when she first tried to refine it, which is why she made the statement just now.

When Charlotte and Lu Mingfei came out of the small building together, although Charlotte's expression and behavior were still decent, if you look carefully, you can see that there is no highlight in her eyes.

…

Three poles above the moon, in Charlotte's bedroom.

Charlotte was sitting at her desk, with a large book spread out on the table. Charlotte was reading and writing something on a leather notebook.

"Miss, it's very late, you should go to bed," the maid who had taken care of her since childhood came over with a cup and reminded softly, "You have been staying up late recently, and you haven't gone to bed on time for a long time."

"Wait, I'll watch for a while." Charlotte didn't even look up.

"Miss, didn't you always say that staying up late would be bad for your skin?" The maid was a little confused.

"It's okay, I'm a mixed race and have good skin." Charlotte picked up the milk and drank it all, licked the milk stains from the corner of her mouth, and continued to focus on the book.

"What's wrong with you?" the maid became more and more confused. "Back when I asked you to work harder, you always excused yourself by saying that genius requires a balance between work and rest. Why are you suddenly working so hard now?"

"Is it because the master's condition has worsened again..." The maid subconsciously covered her mouth when she said this, with tears in her eyes.

"Don't guess! Grandpa is fine!" Charlotte turned her head and glared at the maid with a dark face, "Can't you hope for something better?"

"I'm sorry, Miss!" the maid quickly bowed and apologized, a little aggrieved, "It's just that your diligence has been abnormal recently, I'm a little worried..."

"You don't have to worry about this!" Charlotte snorted and turned her head.

What did she say? Recently, a young man who is more talented than her came to the house and broke her guard, making her unable to sleep and eat well, and unable to sleep unless she studied? Then does she still want the face of the talented girl from the Gaotinggen family?

The reprimanded maid lowered her head, her eyes flickering where Charlotte couldn't see her.

…

As Lu Mingfei studied diligently, half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

In the black low building, Lu Mingfei was looking through a parchment, and Charlotte came over with a brand new leather-bound notebook.

Lu Mingfei looked at Charlotte who was walking over - she was wearing a black dress today, covering from shoulders to calves, outlining the girl's beautiful young curves, but her face was obviously more haggard than when he first arrived. Her appearance, especially the shallow dark circles under her eyes, inexplicably gave her the temperament of a gloomy beauty.

"Mr. Lu Mingfei, you are going back tomorrow, right?" Charlotte approached and asked.

"Well, I am also a student after all, so I can't skip classes all the time," Lu Mingfei scratched his head. "The principal said that except for Professor Mans, who teaches magic mechanical design, all the teachers have gone to him to complain about me. I have to Let’s go back and take classes for a while before coming back. Well…if we come back again, it might be during the winter vacation.”

A teacher goes to the principal to complain about a student, but this kind of thing still happens? Charlotte complained in her heart, but when she thought that the person involved was Lu Mingfei, she felt that it seemed quite normal.

"The Gaotingen family's books are not allowed to be taken out, so I wrote the courses you will learn next in this book. You can study by yourself according to the contents in school." Charlotte handed the book to Lu Mingfei .

Lu Mingfei opened the book and took a look. It was full of handwritten alchemical knowledge, symbols and ritual patterns.

"This is the essence that I extracted from ten parchments. It can be regarded as a small circumvention of the loopholes in the family regulations." Charlotte sat down next to Lu Mingfei and relaxed on the back of the chair.

Perhaps because of the familiarity, she can now relax a little in front of Lu Mingfei, at least she doesn't have to maintain the qualities of a young lady.

"Is it okay to exploit loopholes in the family rules like this? Will it affect you, Miss Charlotte?" Lu Mingfei was a little worried and put down the book, "Actually, I'm not that anxious. You can continue studying after I get here. of."

"How can that be done?" Charlotte frowned slightly, "I can't let an alchemy genius waste my time."

Lu Mingfei wanted to say something else, but Charlotte directly picked up the book and handed it to Lu Mingfei: "Don't worry, I am at least the acting patriarch. I won't be discovered if I exploit a loophole."

Lu Mingfei hesitated for a moment, then stopped insisting and took the notebook: "Thank you, Miss Charlotte."

"I heard you called me Miss Charlotte for half a month," Charlotte looked at Lu Mingfei and chuckled, "We should be considered friends. If you don't mind, you can call me by my name."

"Thank you, Charlotte." Lu Mingfei said smoothly.

Charlotte nodded, accepted Lu Mingfei's thanks, and then said: "By the way, the last few pages of the book are empty. I didn't know what to write, so I wrote down a technique on the road to becoming a god. Your path to the Fire Sword has already understood the seven sefirot. Even if you use the path to the Gods to stimulate your bloodline, the side effects will be negligible."

The so-called path to the gods refers in a broad sense to all means that can improve the blood of mixed-races. In a narrow sense, it refers to those techniques that can make the blood explode without relying on external objects and overdraw their strength. In the Middle Ages, mixed-races considered it to be "black magic" ” or a form of “black magic”, the reason being that using this power would make it easier for hybrids to become Deadpools.

"The Path of the Fire Sword still has this effect?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.

Charlotte nodded: "The stability of mental power can be said to be a panacea. It can be used in all aspects, including resisting the erosion of dragon blood."

Having said this, Charlotte paused, stood up with a mysterious look on her face, and approached Lu Mingfei: "I'll tell you a secret secretly."

The elegant fragrance of the girl floated to Lu Mingfei together with her low voice: "Principal Ange learned the way of the fire sword from my grandfather. I heard him tell my grandfather that he himself can learn from the lion. The skill on the road to becoming a god called "Violent Blood" passed down by the Heart Society, because he understood the seven sources of matter, he had almost no side effects when using "Violent Blood"."

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment.

He really didn't know that the principal had such a method, but considering that he was a legendary dragon slayer who had been famous in Europe for nearly a hundred years, it didn't seem unusual for the principal to order anything.

"By the way, remember to keep it a secret. Now the Secret Party has listed this technique of extracting power from blood as a taboo." After sharing the secret with Lu Mingfei, Charlotte sat back down again, "Although the Seven Sources can To counteract the side effects of the Road to the Gods, but according to the explicit regulations, no one can use the power of the Road to the Gods. If discovered, they must undergo severe scrutiny to eliminate the risk of becoming a deadpool."

Lu Mingfei nodded seriously: "I understand, Charlotte, don't worry, I will never reveal this secret, and I will never pass on the skills of the road to becoming a god."

"Actually, the rumor is fine. Although the Road to the Gods has some value, hybrids have developed many similar technologies for thousands of years. Bigger families will have similar things as their trump cards, so it doesn't really count. Whatever is very precious, just treat it as a personal gift from me. You can do whatever you want with it," Charlotte said indifferently. "But I do suggest that you don't show it to others. Others don't have the mental stability like you. To this extent, the price of rashly using the path to becoming a god is unbearable."

Lu Mingfei nodded repeatedly to show that he understood.

…

The next morning, Charlotte stood by her bedroom window on the third floor, watching the white electric car below drive out of the manor - Lu Mingfei was in the car, and the housekeeper took him to the airport.

Watching Lu Mingfei leave, she suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Shaking her head to get rid of such outrageous thoughts, Charlotte went downstairs alone, walked into the study, opened a hidden door, and walked along the long passage.

Her eyes gradually opened up and became brighter. Charlotte exhaled gently, and mist condensed in front of her.

She looked towards the room at the end of the corridor, where there was a huge life-support device that combined alchemy and biotechnology. Countless pipes extended to a seat like a dentist's operating table, and an old man was lying on the seat.

"Grandpa." Charlotte called softly.

The old man's body was glowing with an abnormal iron-gray color. He slowly opened his eyelids and looked at Charlotte with almost pupilless eyes: "Has Principal Ange's junior returned?"

"Yeah." Charlotte nodded.

"What a gifted child," the old man sighed. "I really envy Principal Angers for meeting such an outstanding heir."

"I don't think he should inherit the position of principal and engage in political battles with the old foxes of the Secret Party." Charlotte shook her head. "He should be an alchemist master like Master Flamel and provide his own wisdom to the Secret Party. It's more valuable to fight on the battlefield or argue with the school directors."

"Don't forget that you are also a school director now," the old man smiled weakly, "But... you are actually right."

Without waiting for Charlotte to reply, the old man continued speaking on his own: "What do you think, we absorb him into the Golden Dawn?"