Dragon Raja: Dragon Slaying Begins with System Hosting

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That girl is undoubtedly the school beauty!

Often, it's difficult to determine whether a girl is pretty or not, or whether she's the class beauty. Normal students don't have the time or inclination to hold such a contest. Besides, who's considered more attractive is highly subjective; some people like oval faces, others prefer round faces…

Chen Wenwen and her two friends are indeed amazing. They have excellent grades and are far ahead of ordinary girls in all aspects, which is why they can compete for beauty and talent in the class.

Even so, the title of "school beauty" remained a distant legend. It wasn't until Xia Mi appeared that people realized that the title of "school beauty" was actually something that could be held by someone!

[...Perhaps I could use Xia Mi as a 'catfish' to increase my own popularity, and the reason for my friendship with Xia Mi could also pique the curiosity of girls. But if I do this, I need to maintain a proper distance between us in public...]

The system looked at the boy and said, "We've known each other for a long time, and we're good friends."

Lu Mingfei had been seen playing badminton with Xia Mi several times before, and many students had seen it. Su Xiaoqiang knew this, but most of the students still didn't know.

Now they can know.

If their relationship progresses further, they need to maintain a certain distance. Xia Mi can't just openly say that she is Lu Mingfei's girlfriend, can she?

As a close friend, Lu Mingfei could continue to navigate the delicate balance among these girls...

The boy who was talking to Lu Mingfei opened his eyes wide, but for a moment he didn't know what to say. It felt like he was getting to know Lu Mingfei all over again!

You secretly got in touch with the school beauty without making a sound? And judging from the situation, you two seem to be getting along quite well?

Lu Mingfei, what are you doing?! Do you also want to be listed on this "Deserving of Death" list that we designed for Chu Zihang? Then you will be the enemy of all the boys at Shilan Middle School! Have you thought this through?

Besides, didn't you like Chen Wenwen? How could you fall for someone else so quickly...?

After school in the afternoon, Xia Mi ran to the classroom and found Lu Mingfei under the strange gazes of a group of people.

Chapter 43 Why do I have to pay taxes to slay a dragon?

Now that they're in their second year of high school, most of the students in the class know each other, so they can immediately recognize any unfamiliar students who come over.

Not to mention, she is the most beautiful girl in the entire Shilan Middle School.

Xia Mi remained silent, waiting patiently like a devoted girlfriend. Lu Mingfei also kept quiet, and the two of them walked out silently in full view of everyone.

The unspoken understanding between the two left the class looking at each other in bewilderment, and a bold idea emerged in their minds.

Su Xiaoqiang's face was full of suspicion.

When she first learned that Xia Mi and Chu Zihang both knew Lu Mingfei, she was incredulous. But who doesn't have friends? It's not like Chu Zihang and Xia Mi couldn't be friends with Lu Mingfei. However, given the current situation, Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi seem to have more than just ordinary friends! There has to be something fishy going on!

Everyone had different thoughts, but their initial surprise turned into confusion; they understood Lu Mingfei less and less.

After Lu Mingfei and Xia Mi walked out of the school building's staircase, the crowd of students leaving school was no longer so crowded.

Xia Mi immediately explained, "Boss, I didn't tell anyone about your royalties. I haven't mentioned it to any outsiders."

Lu Mingfei nodded: "I know, it must be that Sister Su mentioned my talent to some parent, and since I've been in the spotlight at school these past few days, the news got out."

"Is that so?" Xia Mi glanced at Lu Mingfei and, seeing that he didn't seem to suspect her, said, "So what do we do now?"

"What do you mean, what should we do?" Lu Mingfei asked, somewhat puzzled.

The system couldn't analyze what Xia Mi was asking either.

"Uh, well..." Xia Mi suddenly thought of something and didn't know what to say for a moment.

You can't exactly say that some slutty women have their eyes on you, can you? She has a wide network of connections and knows that quite a few people have been secretly inquiring about Lu Mingfei, this newly rich guy, since they learned that he makes tens of thousands a month.

It wasn't that the thugs wanted to rob someone for some pocket money, but rather some... rather vain kids who were easily led astray.

While few students at Shangshilan Middle School come from impoverished families, a good family background doesn't necessarily mean they are wealthy. Their money comes from their families, and whether they have it or not depends on their family's attitude. Their families may not necessarily dote on Lu Mingze like Lu Mingfei's uncle's family. Moreover, being wealthy can lead them to know more, and to be more competitive and vain.

The simplest manifestation of this is that many students in the school are comparing themselves to other big foreign brands like Nike and Adidas...

Xia Mi originally wanted to tell the boss to be careful of those gold diggers, but then she suddenly remembered that Lu Mingfei wasn't a big spender.

Because Lu Mingfei never had any money before, when he taught people how to play games and did proxy gaming at internet cafes, he shamelessly begged for food and drinks, and he was a notorious glutton... A guy like that shouldn't attract gold diggers, right?

Lu Mingfei looked at her with a puzzled expression, but in the end Xia Mi still said, "It's nothing."

Seeing that she had nothing to say, Lu Mingfei didn't know what to say either. He wasn't a very good communicator, and it was a miracle that he could suppress the urge to offend people with his words.

However, the observant system noticed a problem: […As you are about to leave school, do not remind her. Continue the conversation with other questions to distract her. Lead the way to the car and “casually” take her out for dinner…]

The system was manipulating people's minds. When Lu Mingfei saw this analysis, he almost lost his focus. Fortunately, he managed to get the system to log in in time so as not to expose any flaws.

The system silently took half a step forward, saying to Xia Mi, "The company is located on Kaixuan Road, and the employee dormitory is in Liguang New Residence Community. Do you live in the employee dormitory? If not, I'll give you a housing allowance. Since you're underage and don't have a driver's license, we can't provide you with a car, but the transportation allowance can be calculated as a taxi."

"Triumphant Road? Liguang New Residence?" Xia Mi seemed to think for a moment before remembering where it was referring to, and after pondering for a while, she said, "Let me see. It is indeed a bit far, about a 20-minute walk, and taking a taxi might not be convenient. By the way, boss, where do you live now, and how do you get to school every day?"

The system silently said, "Regent Hotel, I have a driver."

"Emmm..." Xia Mi was momentarily speechless upon hearing that he had a driver. Was he truly her boss? Offering such generous treatment to someone as talented as her, yet not letting her endure any of the hardships of starting a business?

As the system predicted, Xia Mi's mind was not on the road because she was chatting with him. Before she knew it, the system, which was half a step ahead of her, had led her out of the school.

When Xia Mi arrived in front of the black Volkswagen Golf, she came to her senses and realized that she had walked so far from school. She hadn't eaten yet!

"Let's go out for dinner together, and we can chat." The system sent out the invitation to dinner for the second time.

The first time, Xia Mi politely declined because the two weren't very familiar with each other, but this time Xia Mi didn't hesitate and nodded to open the car door.

Now, if she went back to the school cafeteria, not only would she have to queue, but she'd also have to eat leftovers at the back of the line… Since she was already thinking about eating out, she had no intention of refusing. Besides, Lu Mingfei was now her boss and sugar daddy!

“The driver…” Xia Mi glanced at the driver discreetly.

The driver wearing white gloves seemed out of place in this Volkswagen Golf. Such a driver should be sitting in the driver's seat of a Bentley, Maybach, Rolls-Royce, or at the very least, a BBA (BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Audi) series car.

The system assumed she was worried the driver wouldn't listen to secrets about the dragon race, so it said, "He was assigned to me by the major shareholder. He's one of our own, so you can talk to him without worry."

"Oh, oh." Xia Mi nodded in sudden realization.

"What do you want to eat?" the system asked her.

"Anything is fine to eat?"

"Eating dragon meat from the sky is unacceptable."

"How about hot pot?"

"Ah."

So the two of them successfully arrived at a fairly well-known hot pot restaurant – Haidilao.

This Haidilao restaurant only expanded to their city this year, and it is considered one of the first stores outside of first-tier cities in their strategic plan. It has become quite well-known because of its good service.

After the two entered, the waiter immediately busied himself with serving them. Xia Mi sat down and picked up the menu.

"What would you like?" the waiter asked her.

Xia Mi glanced at the prices on the menu, silently calculated the portion sizes in her mind, and then looked at Lu Mingfei, who was expressionless across from her.

She had originally planned to treat Boss Lu to dinner, and quietly said, "Can I leave now?"

"My treat," Lu Mingfei said generously, then looked down to order.

"This hot pot restaurant is too expensive..." Xia Mi muttered quietly, seemingly distressed about the cost, completely oblivious to the fact that the waiter was right next to her.

“Taxes can be deducted by using company accounts.”

Hearing his words, Xia Mi really wanted to ask why there was a tax to pay for slaying dragons... but the waiter was right next to her, so she didn't feel comfortable asking.

Chapter 44 The Purpose of Slaying the Dragon

After ordering, the waiter left, and Xia Mi finally asked her question.

"Boss, why do we have to pay taxes for slaying dragons?"

“Companies always need revenue, and legitimate business activities are required, which in turn require the payment of taxes,” Lu Mingfei explained.

"Oh, okay." Xia Mi asked about the company: "When will the company start operations? What should we do first? Research the ultimate weapon?"

"The company will be all packed up by tomorrow. I'll take you there tomorrow. As for what to do, you don't need to do anything right now. I'll go and bring back some books so you can learn about the Dragon Clan first."

"Slaying a dragon must be quite complicated, right? There might be some things that require official intervention? Does the Chinese government have an organization responsible for this kind of thing? Something like the Dragon Group in those urban novels?"

"The Dragon Group doesn't have one, but there are official organizations that handle this matter. I'll contact them when the time comes..."

They chatted about company business for quite a while, and when someone walked by, they tacitly fell silent and ate hot pot.

Having finished discussing that matter, Xia Mi asked about other things.

For example... how did Lu Mingfei come up with the idea of ​​slaying dragons to save the world? How does a renowned international dragon-slaying organization like Kassel College operate?

Lu Mingfei pondered for a while, because the system was analyzing a lot of things at once. The system had reacted, but his mouth hadn't.

He began by explaining the operation of the dragon-slaying organization: "Behind Kassel College is actually the European Secret Party, a very ancient dragon-slaying organization that has been spontaneously and silently fighting against the resurgence of dragons for thousands of years... Sounds like a very honorable thing, right? After all, they are heroes who slay dragons and save the world."

"Mmm." Xia Mi nodded. The actions of the Secret Party were indeed like those in myths and fairy tales, making them heroes who saved the world.

Looking at the system's final analysis, Lu Mingfei suddenly understood why the system chose to establish its own dragon-slaying force. It preferred to start from scratch step by step rather than join another dragon-slaying organization and then gradually climb to the top to take over someone else's dragon-slaying force.

Although they are both doing the job of slaying dragons, and it seems like they are seeking common ground while reserving differences, their ultimate goals are different, and they may have to fight a civil war first.

He said, "But the Secret Society families gain not only honor and death from slaying dragons, but also substantial and enormous benefits. Dragonbone Crosses are excellent alchemical materials; when refined into Philosopher's Stones, they can cause immense damage to dragon-blooded creatures. At the same time, dragons possess vast wealth; killing dragons is equivalent to taking over the enormous wealth accumulated by dragons over thousands of years."

The Secret Society's dragon-slaying is actually a business. It's a high-risk, high-reward business.

"As for why I slayed the dragon, it wasn't for those benefits..."

The system provides an analysis of this issue: the core issue is fame, fortune, and showing off in front of others! To put it bluntly, it's about showing off, but you can't say it like that, or it would be too much of a frivolous pursuit.

Ordinary workers are content with a well-paying job as long as the boss pays them on time. But Xia Mi isn't the kind of ordinary person who just coasts through each day; she has the ability to achieve far greater and more ambitious goals for herself.

To win her unwavering loyalty, besides trying to sway her with good treatment when she's broke, you also need to have a core set of ideals and beliefs.

Lu Mingfei said, "You might find it a little funny, but when I was a kid, I used to play StarCraft on the computer during summer vacation and fantasized that I would be a hero who saves the world. But after I really understood the world of dragons, I realized why I wanted to be a hero, because I can't bear to see the suffering in the world."

A while ago, a flood occurred in the southwest. Mud and gravel washed away the dikes, and the farmers who were busy harvesting corn, the women who were carrying children and running to the hillside, and the old people who were kneeling on the ridges of the fields crying and shouting... they didn't even know what had happened.

The geological bureau report later stated "suspected geological disaster caused by prehistoric cave collapse," but my friend told me otherwise! The cave murals depict bronze pillars engraved with dragon-patterned sacrificial scenes—totems meant to protect their people, yet they were used as food for their followers. However, this is the true history; enslaving humanity was what the dragon dynasties truly did. They were noble dragons, indifferent to the lives of weak humans. Just as humans wouldn't care about the deaths of chickens and ducks, I am human.

While the Secret Society panned for gold in the pyramids, my friend scavenged fragments of dragon bones in the fields. While Kassel boasted of his dragon-slaying exploits, my friend witnessed the water contaminated by dragon blood causing an entire village to grow bone spurs and die in despair and agony. They weren't facing certain death, but their worth wasn't enough for a hybrid to save them.

Dragons are my enemies, and so are human hybrids who seek to usurp their position.

When Lu Mingfei said this, his face was expressionless and his eyes were extremely cold, completely contrary to his words that he wanted to be passionate.

"So when I knew I had enough power, I wanted to change these things. To establish a heart for heaven and earth, to establish a destiny for the people, to continue the lost learning of the past sages, and to usher in an era of peace for all generations—the four sentences of Zhang Zai are too far removed from me, but slaying dragons is easy."

Lu Mingfei's expression remained indifferent, showing no murderous intent, no pity, and no ambition to achieve his grand goals; it was as if he were just casually chatting.