Chapter Summaries

Lu Mingfei arrived at Kassel College with Amon and Finn, then dreamed that Lu Mingze warned him to watch out for his senior brother. After Finn woke him for a psychological assessment, Amon said he was curious to see the college’s evidence of Dragon Kind.

• On the train, Lu Mingfei returned from a vision of the Black Dragon and found Finn sitting across from him while Amon remained beside him.
• Lu Mingfei, Finn, and Amon reached Kassel College, and Finn led Lu Mingfei to the dormitory they would share while Amon took the room next door.
• Lu Mingfei dreamed of Lu Mingze, who warned him to watch out for his senior brother, but the darkness swallowed the dream before he could learn more.
• Finn woke Lu Mingfei in the afternoon and told him that he and Amon had appointments for psychological counseling.
• Amon greeted Lu Mingfei and said he was curious to see the college’s collection of evidence proving Dragon Kind existed.

Masashi Toyama showed Lu Mingfei a dragon scale and a living Red Dragon Cub to prove Dragon Kind existed. When Amon handled the awakened hatchling, it cowered before him, leaving Toyama and Finn alarmed by Amon’s recklessness and mental state.

• Masashi Toyama introduced himself as Kassel College’s psychological counselor and warned Lu Mingfei to watch his mental health.
• Toyama showed Lu Mingfei a dragon scale, and Amon fired a pistol at it to demonstrate that it resisted bullets.
• Toyama revealed a Red Dragon Cub preserved in Formalin, convincing Lu Mingfei that dragons were real.
• Amon opened the container and pulled out the living hatchling, startling Toyama and Finn.
• The hatchling prepared to breathe fire at Amon, but it met his gaze, whimpered, and trembled as Amon examined it.

Amon tested the Red Dragon Cub’s obedience and asked to keep it as a pet, while Lu Mingfei discovered that the dragon also submitted to him. Masashi Toyama secured the cub back in its container, but Finn remained wary of Amon.

• Amon made the Red Dragon Cub perform tricks, astonishing Lu Mingfei, Finn, and Masashi Toyama.
• Amon handed the cub to Lu Mingfei, and it submitted to him when he stroked its head.
• Masashi Toyama demanded that Amon return the dragon to the Archives, and Amon asked if he could keep it as a pet.
• Finn and Masashi Toyama warned Amon against showing affection for Dragon Kind, but Amon protested that the cub was a helpless animal.
• Amon reluctantly returned the cub to its container, and Masashi Toyama locked it securely inside.
• Finn continued to suspect that Amon would not give up on the dragon.

After Finn warned Lu Mingfei about the danger of Dragon Kind, Amon explained why the College feared peaceful coexistence and admitted he had proposed keeping a dragon because he found it interesting. Amon also explained Lu Mingfei’s Spirit Vision and his own mental intervention, then offered to help investigate the mysterious boy if they could leave the College grounds, where the Vice Principal’s Precept suppressed Spirit Words.

• Masashi Toyama crossed out his initial concern about Amon’s affinity for Dragon Kind and assessed him as a rational lunatic who did not reject it.
• Finn warned Lu Mingfei that Dragon Kind were dangerous and left him and Amon to explore campus.
• Amon explained that the College’s hostility toward Dragon Kind was meant to guard against mental corruption and infiltration, then said he had suggested raising a dragon simply because it sounded interesting.
• Amon described Lu Mingfei’s Spirit Vision as a possible ancestral memory and said the little boy might be a manifestation of Lu Mingfei’s subconscious.
• Amon revealed that he had used his Spirit Word to place a Mental Mark on Lu Mingfei and agreed to help investigate the boy by leaving another mark outside the College’s Precept field.

Amon settled into Kassel College and told Xia Mi about a revived Red Dragon Cub, while Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze spoke with their family and Lu Mingfei asked Naga about dragons. Naga admitted she knew about dragons, and their monitored conversation appeared on another terminal as someone asked EVA if she remembered her.

• Amon told Xia Mi that the CC1000 Express delay had postponed his arrival at Kassel College and described the college’s surroundings and the Equipment Department’s experiments.
• Amon asked Xia Mi to arrange a plastic model of the Red Dragon Cub he had revived after opening it during enrollment counseling.
• Lu Mingze brooded over the disappearance of Scar of the Sunset while his aunt worried about him, and Lu Mingfei spoke with his uncle and messaged his cousin.
• Lu Mingfei told Lu Mingze that Kassel College had demanding physical requirements, then asked Naga whether she knew what the college contained.
• Naga admitted she knew about dragons, and NOMA monitored and analyzed their conversation before a man asked EVA whether she remembered Scarlet Naga.

As Kassel College prepared for the new term, Finn von Frings turned Lu Mingfei’s sudden fame into a betting pool about his future club affiliation. Lu Mingfei refused to help manipulate the wagers, but Finn and Amon began plotting a new pool together.

• Finn von Frings sold candid photos of Lu Mingfei before another student posted a picture of the S-Class freshman on the college forum.
• Lu Mingfei read the forum’s discussions about He Xiaomeng, Freedom Day, and Chu Zihang, while Finn uploaded his photo collection and started a betting pool on Lu Mingfei’s club choice.
• Lu Mingfei confronted Finn over the photos and betting pool, then accepted five late-night meals in exchange for sparing him.
• Finn proposed that Lu Mingfei help them bet on the club affiliation with the highest payout, but Lu Mingfei refused and hurried away.
• Amon appeared beside Finn and suggested opening a betting pool about He Xiaomeng, prompting the two to begin plotting together.

With Kassel College’s Freedom Day turning into a simulated battle between the Student Union and the Lionheart Society, Amon explained the rules to a terrified Lu Mingfei. Amon revealed that he and Finn had bet on a fourth outcome and planned to make it happen by taking out both sides, recruiting Lu Mingfei into the scheme.

• Lu Mingfei worried to Amon that his poor grades and fitness would keep him from graduating, and Amon told him to take things one step at a time.
• A campus alarm sounded, and Amon explained that it was Freedom Day as artillery blasts and armed students transformed the grounds into a battlefield.
• Amon pulled Lu Mingfei into cover and reassured him that the weapons used alchemical rounds and were meant to simulate combat, though explosions could still cause injuries.
• Amon told Lu Mingfei about his and Finn’s betting pool on the battle’s winner and proposed making the fourth option—neither side winning—come true.
• Amon said he and Lu Mingfei would take out both the Student Union and the Lionheart Society, leaving Lu Mingfei stunned that he was expected to join in.

Amon brought Lu Mingfei into the Freedom Day battle, where they ambushed a Lionheart Society squad and Lu took up sniper support. After Lu shot another Lionheart member and narrowly evaded Lancelot’s counterfire, the fight between their small team and the Lionheart Society had begun in earnest.

• Amon led Lu Mingfei to the flank of a Lionheart Society squad, where he shot five members with a modified M1911 before they could fire.
• Amon gave Lu a sniper rifle and ammunition, and Lu also picked up an M14 before moving to a second-floor firing position.
• Lancelot and a black-haired sniper reported the squad’s sudden defeat to Chu Zihang, who allowed Lancelot to investigate cautiously.
• Lu spotted Lionheart Society members approaching, and Amon explained that they would defeat several teams before openly joining the battle.
• Lu fired from a window and hit a Lionheart member, then relocated as Lancelot’s squad took cover and returned fire.
• Lu ducked just in time to avoid Lancelot’s shot, leaving Lancelot surprised by his evasion.

Amon and Lu Mingfei worked together to ambush Lancelot’s Lionheart Society squad, using flanking fire and a daring sniper shot to break the squad’s formation. Lancelot reported the losses to Chu Zihang and warned that he could no longer provide support.

• Amon used the distraction from Lu Mingfei’s sniper fire to take down two Lionheart Society members before Lancelot’s squad pinned him behind a flower bed.
• Lancelot ordered suppressive fire and sent three members to flank Amon, while Lu Mingfei spotted the maneuver from the third floor.
• Lu Mingfei made a sideways jump shot through a window, hitting a member who was suppressing Amon and interrupting the fire net.
• Amon broke cover, shot another opponent, and escaped into a nearby building as the attempted flank failed.
• Lancelot told Chu Zihang that the squad had lost five people to two unidentified shooters and would switch to cautious tactics; Su Qian was astonished by their effectiveness.

Lu Mingfei and Amon fought their way through Lancelot’s squad inside the building. After Lu Mingfei gained confidence from taking down seven opponents, Amon defeated Lancelot in close combat with a concealed shot, leaving the Lionheart Society vice president unconscious.

• Lancelot led his remaining men in a coordinated advance on the building and split them between the two staircases.
• Amon slipped down the outside of the stairwell and shot the three men guarding it, while Lu Mingfei ambushed Lancelot’s group in the corridor and took down five more.
• Lu Mingfei realized he had defeated seven opponents and began to believe he might be a genius.
• Amon returned to the second floor, and he and Lu Mingfei confronted the last surviving opponent, whom Amon identified as Lancelot, the Lionheart Society’s vice president.
• Amon lunged through the window and fought Lancelot hand to hand before shooting him with a concealed miniature revolver, knocking him unconscious.

Amon declared himself and Lu Mingfei a third faction in Freedom Day, drawing both student societies’ attention and prompting Caesar to add the pair to his wager with Chu Zihang. Amon planned to ally with Chu Zihang against Caesar, but warned Lu Mingfei that the Lionheart Society might turn on them once the balance of power shifted.

• Amon took Lancelot’s communicator and told Chu Zihang that he and Lu Mingfei were entering Freedom Day as an independent third faction.
• Chu Zihang informed Caesar of the new contenders, and Caesar agreed to their entry while wagering that Lu Mingfei and Amon would join the winning society.
• Amon accepted Caesar’s terms, while Lu Mingfei worried that being announced as an S-Class had made him a target.
• Chu Zihang and Caesar alerted their members to engage Lu Mingfei and Amon, and Amon explained the battlefield objectives and elimination rules to Lu Mingfei.
• Amon proposed joining forces with Chu Zihang’s Lionheart Society to take down Caesar’s stronger Student Union, then warned Lu Mingfei to beware of the alliance turning against them.

Amon and Lu Mingfei allied with Chu Zihang’s Lionheart Society against Caesar’s Student Union, but Su Qian’s strategy and Caesar’s suspicions turned the alliance into a tense standoff. Caesar and Chen Motong moved to confront the two freshmen, and the chapter ended as an elite assault pinned Amon and Lu Mingfei behind cover.

• Chu Zihang accepted Amon’s offer to join forces, and Amon and Lu Mingfei helped the Lionheart Society inflict heavy losses on the Student Union.
• Caesar ordered the Student Union to fall back into a defensive position, and the battle stalled near the Church.
• Su Qian told Chu Zihang to slow the Lionheart Society’s attack so the Student Union would target Amon and Lu Mingfei while the Lionheart Society conserved its strength.
• Chen Motong deduced that the Lionheart Society was guarding against its allies, and Caesar decided to confront Amon and Lu Mingfei with her.
• Amon warned Lu Mingfei that an elite spearhead team might attack them, and a barrage of gunfire and a rocket blast struck their position.

Amon fought Caesar and Chen Motong while Lu Mingfei escaped, using his teammate’s safety as a reason to keep Chen from pursuing him. Amon gained the upper hand and shot Caesar in the shoulder, prompting Chen Motong to surrender.

• Amon shot twice at Chen Motong to stop her pursuing Lu Mingfei, who fled after Amon urged him to move.
• Caesar challenged Amon to join the Student Union, but Amon declined and insisted they fight fairly.
• Amon attacked Chen Motong, then kept her from breaking away as she and Caesar fought him together.
• Lu Mingfei watched from behind a wall, unable to find a safe shot, while Amon’s reflexes and agility gradually turned the fight in his favor.
• Amon shot Caesar in the shoulder with his miniature revolver, and Chen Motong surrendered.

After Amon defeated Caesar and Chen Motong, he had Lu Mingfei take command of the Student Union by impersonating Caesar over the radio. Lu Mingfei’s game-inspired tactics turned the battle against the Lionheart Society, but Amon shot Su Qian, prompting Chu Zihang to charge through the Student Union’s lines.

• Amon explained that the Student Union still posed a threat, then shot Chen Motong and revealed she and Caesar were engaged.
• Amon used a voice-mimicking bow tie to make Lu Mingfei impersonate Caesar and command the Student Union squads.
• Lu Mingfei used StarCraft-inspired tactics to disrupt the Lionheart Society’s formations and push its members into unfavorable terrain.
• Amon shot Su Qian while she was coordinating the Lionheart Society’s defense, and Chu Zihang understood her final apology.
• Chu Zihang drew Murasame and charged through Lu Mingfei’s carefully arranged formation.

Lu Mingfei drew the Student Union and Lionheart Society into a fierce battle while Amon confronted Chu Zihang inside the church. As the duel continued and the battle outside neared its decision, Lu Mingfei expected Amon to use the hidden revolver he kept in his sleeve.

• Lu Mingfei ordered the Student Union to let Chu Zihang through, then launched an all-out assault on Lionheart Society's headquarters to intensify the fighting.
• Chu Zihang entered the church and found Lu Mingfei and He Xiaomeng instead of Caesar; he realized they had defeated Caesar.
• Amon suddenly attacked Chu Zihang with Dictator, and Chu Zihang met his strikes with Murasame.
• Amon pressed the attack while Chu Zihang defended and countered, leaving Lu Mingfei impressed but worried that the duel was taking too long.
• Lu Mingfei thought Amon still had a hidden silver revolver that could turn the fight in his favor.

Amon and Lu Mingfei secured the Student Union’s victory by defeating Chu Zihang and ambushing the remaining Student Union members at the Lionheart Society headquarters. Lu Mingfei pulled down the black flag, ending the battle.

• Amon’s empty revolver failed to fire during his duel with Chu Zihang, and Chu Zihang nearly struck him with Murasame.
• Lu Mingfei shot Chu Zihang in the back, and Amon praised Lu Mingfei’s leadership and explained the significance of Golden Eyes.
• Amon and Lu Mingfei headed to the Lionheart Society headquarters after the distant fighting fell silent.
• Amon and Lu Mingfei ambushed the Student Union members gathered around the black flag and incapacitated them with Frigg Bullets.
• At Amon’s encouragement, Lu Mingfei pulled down the black flag and ended the battle.

After Amon and Lu Mingfei captured both flags and defeated the Student Union and Lionheart Society, the students woke to discover their victory. Caesar and Chu Zihang acknowledged the loss and recognized the two freshmen as rivals, while Lu Mingfei stood his ground before them.

• Professor Manstein lamented the damage to campus property as doctors revived the students who had been knocked unconscious during the match.
• The students discovered Amon and Lu Mingfei holding both flags and learned that Caesar and Chu Zihang had also been found unconscious.
• Amon urged Lu Mingfei to act like a victor, and Lu Mingfei gained confidence as the gathered students reacted to his commanding gaze.
• Caesar acknowledged the defeat, praised the freshmen, and named Lu Mingfei and He Xiaomeng as new rivals on his list.
• Chu Zihang plainly admitted, "You won," while Lu Mingfei met both presidents’ gazes without backing down.

After Amon helped Lu Mingfei hold his ground, the students celebrated their victory in Freedom Day and Principal Angers overruled Professor Manstein’s attempt to end the event. Lu Mingfei felt welcomed at Kassel, while Amon declined Angers’s invitation to take Introduction to Dragon Genealogy because it was not part of his Fast-Track Class curriculum.

• Amon encouraged Lu Mingfei as they faced Caesar and Chu Zihang, then declared that victory belonged to them.
• Caesar and Chu Zihang applauded Amon and Lu Mingfei, and the students joined in celebrating their victory.
• Professor Manstein objected to the students’ conduct and called Principal Angers to report the violations and demand that Freedom Day end.
• Angers allowed the event to continue, praised Amon and Lu Mingfei, and invited them to speak with him.
• Amon declined Angers’s invitation to take Introduction to Dragon Genealogy because his Fast-Track Class curriculum did not include it.
• The students cheered and celebrated together, and Lu Mingfei felt that Kassel was more welcoming than his old school.

Angers and Manstein discussed Lu Mingfei and He Xiaomeng's Freedom Day victory, the danger of an unknown Nibelungen, and the upcoming Kuimen Project aboard the Moriah. Back at the dorm, Lu Mingfei shared in the winnings and sold Zero his contact information, then discovered she had sent him another thousand dollars.

• Angers told Manstein that Lu Mingfei and He Xiaomeng had defeated both the Student Union and the Lionheart Society in Freedom Day.
• Angers and Manstein discussed the Corpse Guardian near He Xiaomeng's former home and the possibility of an undiscovered Nibelungen, then confirmed that the Kuimen Project would begin in one week.
• Three Crows followed the Moriah's tugboat, with one carrying a small black cloth bag.
• Amon collected his agreed-upon half of Finn's Freedom Day betting profits, and Finn celebrated his windfall with Lu Mingfei.
• Lu Mingfei described his feats during Freedom Day, then messaged Zero in response to her five-hundred-dollar bounty for his contact information.
• Zero paid Lu Mingfei five hundred dollars for his forum contact, then sent another thousand after he gave her his QQ number and phone number.

Su Enxi, Zero, and Mai Sakatoku discussed He Xiaomeng’s influence on their plans and the imminent dragon-slaying operation. At Kassel, Finn urged Lu Mingfei to pursue Zero, while Amon offered him the other Freedom Day privileges.

• Su Enxi reacted to Lu Mingfei’s Freedom Day performance, and Mai Sakatoku suggested that Amon was guiding him while appearing to follow Fenrir and Jormungandr.
• Zero warned that He Xiaomeng might delay Lu Mingfei’s bloodline awakening and increase casualties at Kassel College, though the imminent operation would proceed largely unchanged.
• Finn showed Lu Mingfei Zero’s photo, and Lu Mingfei felt an inexplicable familiarity with her face.
• Finn and Amon teased Lu Mingfei about pursuing Zero and asked whether he was still hung up on Chen Wenwen.
• Amon offered Lu Mingfei the direct entry to next year’s Star of the College finals and the privilege of pursuing a girl who could not reject him for three months.