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"As if anyone's afraid of you." Xia Mi certainly had no reason to back down. This peaceful enjoyment was for a battle to follow, which held a special meaning, like a trial. And she wasn't afraid at all.

"But Lu Mingfei doesn't seem to have much fighting spirit. How about we place some bets?" Chen Motong subtly revealed his true intentions.

"For example?" Xia Mi squinted.

"How about we make it more interesting? Let's make some bets... like a condition, whoever loses has to do something for the other, what do you think?" Chen Motong said in a calm tone, trying not to be noticed.

Xia Mi suddenly became alert. She was always sensitive to promises, agreements, and vows. She instantly became clear-headed and knew that this red-haired girl was very likely hiding bad intentions. She secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei's face and then shook her head vigorously.

She wouldn't be stubborn about something like this! The boy sitting right next to her on the same boat was already hers, so why take such a risk?

But Lu Mingfei seemed to have become interested in this matter again; his eyes sparkled with an unexpected joy.

“That’s fine, but I don’t want any promises or anything like that,” Lu Mingfei said. “If I beat you, tell me about your background; I’m very interested.”

He was very honest and confident.

Xia Mi secretly gasped. She wasn't unaware that Lu Mingfei had mentioned this to her, so she understood his curiosity about Chen Motong's background—not to mention him, even she was a little curious herself…

But she really didn't want to take the risk. What if Chen Motong cheated and, after winning, put his arm around Lu Mingfei's waist and said something like, "The condition is that you serve me well tonight"... then she would eat him alive.

But it's too late for her to object now.

Chen Motong excitedly pointed into the distance and explained the rules of the competition. After Lu Mingfei was fully prepared, she shouted "Ready!" repeatedly, as if afraid of being accused of false starting. Only after Lu Mingfei started moving did she follow suit.

"You can't renege on your debt if you lose!"

After emphasizing this point, she swung her arms and rowed hard. However, Susie, who was fighting bravely behind her, was obviously the main force. After only a few strokes, beads of sweat began to appear on Susie's forehead.

Perhaps it was the reward for such hard work that the two girls were surprisingly fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were ahead.

"Oh!" Xia Mi cried out anxiously, slapping Lu Mingfei's oar with her own. "Oh! Oh!"

Lu Mingfei knew what she was anxious about—these two seemingly honest girls were cheating! He also realized that Susie's Word of Power was "Sword Control," which was the ability to manipulate magnetic fields, and that the ship wasn't entirely made of wood; it contained a considerable amount of steel material, and was now being propelled forward at high speed by the Word of Power, Sword Control.

The red-haired girl had planned it all out, which is why she deliberately made herself appear fair. Ms. Susie was now so exhausted she was about to faint, but their boat was moving like a motorboat, even stirring up a layer of white waves.

Lu Mingfei also became anxious. Even if he didn't care about finding out Chen Motong's background, just thinking about the so-called "conditions" she mentioned made him nervous... This guy has set up such a big scheme, he must have evil intentions!

He hurriedly tried to manipulate the elements of water and wind.

But before that, he suddenly felt a dangerous aura coming from behind him. The Queen of Earth and Mountains, who wielded great power, sat up straight, her face buried in darkness, pitch black, but her eyes were glowing. She swung her oars as if to overturn the lake, rowing again and again. The slow wooden boat suddenly accelerated, almost skimming the surface of the water. Lu Mingfei couldn't even react in time and was controlled by inertia, falling into her arms.

The people on both sides were suddenly hit by waves that rose without wind. The red-haired girl, who thought she had victory in her grasp, was suddenly swallowed up by a white wave of air just before she reached the finish line. It was the water mist that a girl had vigorously splashed up.

In the blink of an eye, Xia Mi won the competition. She straightened the boat with her oar, exhaled white steam from her mouth, raised her eyes, and looked at the guy who couldn't win even if he cheated.

"Trying to snatch someone from me? Humph!" She stood up, raised her oar, and swaggered around.

……

But looking at Lu Mingfei sitting earnestly next to Chen Motong, listening to her tell the secrets of her past, Xia Mi couldn't help but fall into self-doubt for a few seconds. She suddenly felt that she seemed to have won, but also that she hadn't completely won.

Xia Mi rested her chin on her hand, gazing at the water plants on the shore and Zero, who was squatting by the water plants, watching over them. She sighed helplessly.

She felt she should rummage through her mind to uncover more secrets about Odin...

Chapter 184 This lady wants a date

It was just an ordinary afternoon, but the activity room was anything but peaceful today.

"Zero, go and chase them away," Xia Mi whispered to Zero, covering her mouth.

"Why don't you go?" Zero now always scoffs at the suggestions of some treacherous viper.

Xia Mi thought to herself, "They're having such a nice chat over there. If I go up and chase them all away, wouldn't that make me seem unkind? Maintaining a good image is very important in relationships, little sister!"

"Because this kind of thing should be handled by people of equal status. Although we are both vice presidents, your name comes before mine. Do you know what it means when your name comes first at a meeting in our country?" She whispered seductively to Zero, covering her mouth.

“I know,” Zero said. “It was the same in the Soviet Union.”

"Wow, what an old-fashioned name! It sounds like you were born before the Soviet Union collapsed." Xia Mi couldn't help but change the subject because of this statement.

However, she quickly turned back and continued to entice, "Since you know this, you should be at the forefront even more. You are the first-ranked vice president, so you have a much stronger voice than I do!"

“But the president himself is right there, doesn’t he have a stronger voice?” Zero was convinced there was something fishy going on, and she refused to fall for it no matter what.

However, Zero actually agreed with Xia Mi's statement; these guys really should leave.

Lu Mingfei was sitting in his usual spot, whispering some secrets to Chu Zihang, who was listening attentively and taking notes. Beside Chu Zihang was Susie, who was busy organizing papers, and further out was Lancelot.

This place seems a bit too crowded now.

At first, Zero was quite happy when people came to the activity room, especially big shots from other clubs. It was like a mother seeing her autistic child finally make a new friend. But gradually, she noticed something was wrong. Chu Zihang was coming to see Lu Mingfei too often, and slowly, the students who liked to follow him also started to follow him. So, over time, the activity room became crowded, and people would sit there for an entire afternoon.

“If I had known he was asking about Odin to tell others, and that this would be the result, I wouldn’t have told him! I’ve racked my brains to the point of exhaustion…” Xia Mi said softly and indignantly, huddled in a corner fiddling with her little flower.

“But you’ve used this kind of thing to blackmail him quite a bit.” Zero despised this kind of behavior of getting the benefit and then acting innocent.

“That’s different. We need to train anyway. You don’t want to see him come in last place in the rowing and become a laughing stock of the academy, do you?” Xia Mi shamelessly quoted Chen Motong.

“I’m good at this kind of thing, you can leave it to me,” Zero said. “He doesn’t need to train hard every day, and the two of us can compete. Even if we lose, he won’t become a laughing stock.”

"Uh..." Xia Mi's inner thoughts were being poked and prodded, and for a moment she had no words to refute them.

Zero propped herself up on her knees and walked toward the kettle. This was because the activity room had suddenly become a new addition due to the increased number of guests, and she was going to pour some tea for the guests... Needless to say, this was probably another result of her long-term research into social customs.

Xia Mi sighed deeply, her heart filled with anticipation for someone to take her on a hydrofoil cruise on the lake today. But looking at the group of people in the distance, heads huddled together as if whispering secrets, she really didn't know how to interrupt this spy—

The front door was suddenly pushed open forcefully.

Generally speaking, this place is considered an "elegant place," and no ordinary people frequent it. At the very least, people know to knock before entering. There is probably only one person who would so brazenly push open the door and barge in.

Xia Mi sprang to her feet like a spring, turned around at lightning speed, her hair flying behind her, and strode towards the door. Her palm strike was both steady and ruthless, pushing the man who hadn't even stepped into the room far away.

"What are you doing here?" she asked angrily.

The last visitor hadn't even left yet, and another annoying guy was already showing up. It's already afternoon, can't people even go out and have fun?!

"Come on, I'm nominally your older brother, can't you be a little more polite? Besides, I'm here to see Lu Mingfei, not you, so move aside." Old Tang was wearing a uniform and looked much more presentable than he had a few days ago, when he was covered in dust.

However, he still had that carefree and irresponsible demeanor, like a bandit who had infiltrated the regular army on campus.

"I really don't know what the censorship department in Kassel was eating? How could they let someone like you in? They're going to be riddled with holes!" Xia Mi said, her teeth itching with hatred.

"Wow! You actually have the nerve to say that? You wanted to close the door as soon as you got on the bus, huh?" Old Tang yelled. "I really gave you a sword for nothing back then, you ungrateful bastard!"

"How dare you say that? That sword broke the moment it was used!" Xia Mi said angrily as soon as she picked up the sword. "Besides! What is lust? What is lust!"

"Lust..." Old Tang's indignation suddenly turned into an uncontrollable smile. He shifted his gaze elsewhere. "You already know that, so why ask? It's pointless."

Xia Mi inhaled and exhaled, staring intently at Old Tang, trying to kill him with her gaze.

However, Old Tang had something to say about these topics. His expression turned serious. "I remember, the Seven Deadly Sins and Constantine are in the same place, so it turns out that what you said about Constantine being in your hands was true..."

"So you think I'm lying to you?" Xia Mi sneered. "If it weren't for someone's soft heart and insistence on stopping me, I would have eaten him whole, and sprinkled some cumin on him!"

"Then I have to kowtow to my brother!" Old Tang nodded and rushed into the house.

"Wait a minute—" Xia Mi easily grabbed the man who was much taller than her.

For Norton right now, recovery is an extremely long process, so he's in no hurry to return to his palace. In fact, he believes that staying on campus and under Lu Mingfei's watchful eye until the recovery period is over is the safest course of action. He doesn't want to be attacked by some guy as soon as he boards the plane and fall into the sea, where a giant serpent of Midgard is waiting with its mouth wide open.

Similarly, being grabbed by this former younger sister was something I could only do helplessly.

"Do me a favor," Xia Mi said.

"I won't help."

"I'll treat you to two meals." Xia Mi took out a crumpled fifty-dollar bill from her pocket and handed it to Old Tang with a pained expression. "Go in and chase those guys out of there. Do whatever you want with this money."

Old Tang was clearly a high-quality bounty hunter; he didn't care about the difficulty of the mission, only how much the bounty was.

"Really, anything is acceptable?" he asked.

"Any method will do, just get them all out of here quickly, we have things to do," Xia Mi said.

Old Tang smirked, then strode into the room. Thunderous vibrations echoed throughout the room. After a while, the guys who initially seemed unwilling to leave departed quickly, as if driven by whips.

Then, Old Tang appeared from the doorway, flashing a greedy smile at the fifty dollars on the other side.

"Not bad~" Xia Mi's mood improved as well. "What did you say?"

"I'll be frank, I said you want to go on a date with Lu Mingfei, you're so excited you're almost crying, please don't delay any longer." Old Tang grinned, "When they heard it was such an important matter, they quickly left."

Xia Mi blinked in astonishment.

Do you really need to say something like that? If it weren't for wanting to maintain a gentle and kind image in front of that idiot, I would have just rushed up and punched them away myself, wouldn't I? You've completely ruined my image!

But Old Tang had a smug look on his face, as if he knew exactly what the little girl was thinking. He just shrugged and kept laughing.

Then, Lu Mingfei also peeked out from the doorway, looking over in confusion.

"What? A date?" Lu Mingfei asked, bewildered.

Xia Mi felt that the guy named Norton deserved to be torn to pieces by sharp teeth!

Chapter 185 I Will Always Believe in Zero

“That’s right, is there a problem? If it weren’t for the fact that she wanted to go on a date with you, why would she be so angry and chase those people away?” Old Tang said bluntly, sitting down on the floor.

He originally wanted to sit in Xia Mi's chair, but this woman was too stingy and only left him a seat on the ground. Not only did she not allow him to touch Lu Mingfei's seat, she also protected Miss Ling's chair behind her.

“Mingming, let me tell you something—” Old Tang was not afraid of angering the petty Jormungandr, and generously took Lu Mingfei’s hand to tell him his heartfelt words.

He spoke earnestly, "I advise you to find yourself a new lover. Don't stay with such a stingy person. She just said she'd give me fifty dollars if I got rid of those guys, and now she's reneges on her promise! She's inhuman, oh, she's never been human to begin with."

"I'll give you the money..." Lu Mingfei could only take the money out of his pocket.

Old Tang beamed with joy upon receiving his reward, displaying the flair of a bounty hunter. However, as someone's nominal older brother, he still felt compelled to add a few more words: "You're spoiling her too much. She's already wicked, and if this continues, she'll only get worse! She'll be on the verge of flying!"

"Shut up, are you jealous?" Xia Mi was completely defiant, unlike her usual self who was embarrassed to show her feelings. She held her head high and did not deny that she was very proud of it, proud of someone's favoritism.

“我才不眼红，当初老尼够宠着我啦，我又不是缺爱的小孩，不像是某位，整天眼巴巴地望着老尼，连话都说不上，被一只黑泥鳅单防……”老唐抿着嘴，一副欠揍样。

“Old Ni…” Lu Mingfei’s lips twitched, “Why don’t you call him Brother Ni…”

"Hey! This is America, it's politically incorrect!"

Old Tang's thunderous voice rang out again. He slapped Lu Mingfei's shoulder hard, and the frail Lu was almost sent flying out of the house. This time, Xia Mi, who had been suffering from anger, could no longer sit still and slapped Old Tang on the head even harder. Then Old Tang flew straight out. This long table, which was pieced together with tape and was full of tenacious will and perseverance despite its disability, finally announced its retirement.

……

"Don't worry about it, it's just a table. I'll pay you back when I get my salary from the school's student affairs department." Old Tang waved his hand dismissively. "Besides, I think there's some place called Norton Pavilion. The people there haven't paid any copyright fees, so I'll grant you permission to use it. You're welcome."

"The school's public affairs department really hit the jackpot by hiring you..." Lu Mingfei sincerely felt that Kassel was actually a very makeshift organization.

Actually, after asking those nanny-like girls to eliminate any suspicious traces of Lao Tang, and based on what he had seen and heard, Lu Mingfei thought that Lao Tang would most likely be recruited into the school's public affairs department. However, he did not expect it to go so smoothly. These guys only conducted a cursory bloodline screening before making a decision.

But probably no one would have imagined that a Dragon King would do such a thing...

Lu Mingfei muttered that Kassel was now just like the "Black Society" in Detective Conan, and it was hard to say how many people weren't undercover agents... Sometimes he felt that Fingel, who slept on the top bunk, was also an undercover agent... That guy was actually quite serious when he talked in his sleep, and he looked like a wounded man.

"That person must be so happy they can't sleep tonight. I heard Chen Motong lives in the Norton Mansion." Xia Mi said sourly, secretly cursing Kassel for being such a blind bunch of people. Why didn't they build a magnificent building called the Jormungandr Mansion!

“She lives in the student dormitory, not in the Norton Building.” Lu Mingfei subconsciously picked up where Xia Mi left off, then realized he had said too much.

The girl, who was already prone to sourness, has now turned into a vinegar vat, with vinegar being distilled into gaseous form from her head.

Old Tang, not one to shy away from trouble, had intended to give Jormungandr, who was in the mood for a good stimulant, a jab. But after seeing the cold glint in her scale-covered fists, he obediently shut his mouth.

Lu Mingfei also avoided this topic and began to inquire about Odin's secrets from Lao Tang.

This is precisely why Lao Tang came.

"Well..." Old Tang hesitated, "To be honest, I don't really know what to say. In the history I know, his territory has always been in the Arctic. Of course, that was a long time ago, when I was living in the Bronze Palace in Northern Europe... um—"

He paused abruptly, pointing to Zero watering the flowers in the corner, "Is it really okay to let her hear too?"

“It’s okay, don’t doubt Zero. Even if one day I myself can’t trust her, she will still be trustworthy.” Lu Mingfei’s trust was evident in his words.

The girl watering the flowers trembled slightly, but she maintained the posture of watering the flowers, leaving only her back view.

“Alright,” Old Tang continued, “but I think you probably also know that the Arctic is Old Ni’s territory, and his throne used to be there.”

"I really do not know……"

Lu Mingfei had no recollection of it, but now he knew.

“Odin is an arrogant fellow. Although Norton was the first to be born from the elements and should be the eldest son, Odin always considered himself the crown prince. I simply can’t find the words to describe his desire for the throne.” Old Tang smiled faintly. When he talked about these historical events, he finally no longer seemed like that slovenly young man.

He said, "Even the so-called 'rebellion' was his doing. Apart from the two brothers, everyone else was forcibly tied to the warship. Actually, thinking about it now, I feel quite regretful... How good the old days were! We didn't have to worry about the sword of Damocles hanging over our heads, and we wouldn't get kicked by the cheerleader after going to the aquarium!"

"Don't try to sneak in your own agenda..."