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EPISODE 6

EPISODE 6: THE NIBELUNGEN PLAN

Senpai, what happened to the documents?

I gave them to administration.

They'll reach the college via a secret route.

Our mission's over. Let's hurry to the airport.

We're taking the red-eye.

Oh, right. We're going back to the college.

We'll stop by my house.

What about my passport?

Administration's already handled it.

Everything should be waiting for you at the airport.

Senpai, your wounds are healing awfully fast.

Blood Rage makes my cells regenerate faster.

What's Blood Rage?

A skill that enables one to enhance their bloodline through training the mind.

Using it can grant you power similar to a dragon's,

even if your bloodline is weak.

It's useful when you want to slay a dragon.

Um, can you walk on your own?

I'll be fine.

His wounds healed, sure.

But he still seems tired.

Are these the only places around here?

It'll have to do.

My body's fine. No scars.

No damage to my organs. Nothing wrong at all.

But this...

Did I get hit with a glass fragment during the fight?

I can just pull it out, and it'll be fine.

My blood is highly corrosive.

It'll burn a hole in the room.

I look the same as ever.

Maybe a little pale, I guess.

The "me" who lives here is someone else entirely.

A good student. A good kid.

TOP STUDENT IN THE CITY CHAMPION Good at basketball. Likes to read.

Never violent. Never hangs out with the wrong crowd.

The son my parents love.

If they saw my bloodstained clothes, they'd be disappointed.

They'd realize they've been raising a monster.

No time to say goodbye, huh?

It's always like that with Mom.

She moves at her own pace. And when she sleeps, she's out like a light.

You're home, sir?

Are you leaving already?

Yeah. I'm headed out tonight.

You're leaving without talking to the master or your mother?

I'm sure you have time to eat dinner.

I spoke with them yesterday.

Dad has a business dinner.

Oh, yes. He's eating with some co-workers.

Don't let her sleep on the sofa too much.

She'll catch a cold.

She was just in the kitchen, though.

She asked me to buy vinegar.

When I came back, she was on the sofa...

Cooking?! Crap!

Don't tell me...

Oh, no!

Are you all right?

Yeah.

What is this?

Um, this is...

- probably steamed gyoza! - Steamed gyoza?

Yes. You were leaving again, so she wanted to make steamed gyoza.

They're too burnt to eat. Throw them out.

I will.

Be sure to buy low-fat milk for my mother every day.

It's all she drinks.

One sugar cube.

Warm it for five minutes, and give it to her before bed.

Don't worry. The same routine as always, right?

I'll be going.

You're not going to wake her?

I'm not good with goodbyes.

Every time she sees me off, she tries to kiss me a bunch.

Enter.

The principal wishes to know if you would like a drink, sir.

He wants me at the school board meeting, right?

Is everyone here?

One has yet to arrive.

Is that them?

There are seven on the board.

There should be one more.

They've never been present. I don't know their name.

The data on them is top-secret.

Each year they donate a huge amount to the school,

but never use the power it gives them.

It's interesting to know there's someone like that out there.

The board may have its own plans.

And what might those be?

Their dragon blood has given them positions of power.

They're looking far into the future.

Are any of them also on the Council of Elders?

No, the Council of Elders is a shadow.

The school board stands in the light.

The principal is an executor selected by the board.

The Council of Elders, those who hold power in the shadows...

You can think of them like the upper and lower houses of parliament in Ei.

It's possible for power to pass from one to the other.

At the moment, power is concentrated in the hands of the principal.

And the board is his to do with as he sees fit.

And so I have to wait for these powerful people to talk to me?

They're very interested in you.

I'm sure they have high hopes.

Powerful people, huh?

We're all here, I see.

Let us now begin this year's meeting

of the Cassel College school board.

Frost.

There's no need to obey the rule about tapping the desk to speak.

This is an internal meeting.

Rules are not to be changed frivolously.

So, what about the report on the Bronze?

It's ready. You'll find it in the file you have in front of you.

My...

The Dragon Emperor of Bronze and Flames is dead?

Dead?

Anjou, is this report correct?

No one has ever been able to confirm the death of a Dragon Emperor.

It is the unshakable truth.

I want proof, then.

The proof is in this box.

Look as you like.

Let me see...

A philosopher's stone?

A miracle of alchemy. The philosopher's stone.

Anjou, what is the meaning of this?

It's proof. Of the Dragon Emperor's death.

Absurd. Philosopher's stones are rare, but what does this prove?

I'll have someone confirm it on my behalf.

Charlotte, you're our alchemy expert.

Would you kindly explain?

Fine.

A philosopher's stone is a crystallized psychic element.

But they contain impurities,

which means they're normally rough, and dark-colored.

It looks like a philosopher's stone.

But it's actually something else, refined by the purest elemental fire.

Refined how?

There's only one way to refine something with any of the four elements.

Using the bones of the Dragon Emperor corresponding to that element.

Which means this was made with the bones of the Dragon Emperor of Bronze and Flames.

Dragon Emperor Norton?

Not Norton. His younger brother, Dragon Emperor Constantine.

So you're saying this crystal was refined with Constantine's bones, Anjou?

Is the Dragon Emperor of Bronze and Flames really dead?

Can you assure me he won't revive?

Information about a Dragon Emperor's revival is secret.

I can't reveal that here.

My research has revealed that the bones only function when the Dragon Emperor is dead.

If it's not dead, they're only good for decoration.

Your research?

Anjou, how will you prove this?

I'm sure I can't persuade you myself.

But Charlotte, you can prove it.

Anjou's right.

Constantine is...

...truly dead.

So you've found a way to kill a Dragon Emperor.

Will it work on the other Dragon Emperors?

Of course.

Not that it will be easy.

The Dragon Emperor of Bronze and Flames was, in fact, twins.

So, all four great rulers...?

That would be correct.

So? Are Constantine's bones somewhere safe?

Indeed.

You may believe they are. But whether we agree is another matter.

Only two people in the world have access to the place where they are stored.

- Two? - Myself and the one in charge of the safes.

Which means out of all of us,

you're the only one who can touch the Dragon Emperor's bones?

- Am I wrong, principal? - You are correct.

Don't try to take over the school.

Just handle the administrative duties we charged you with.

I'm a fine administrator, aren't I?

- And? - Believe in me.

I agree with Anjou.

He's always been a strong leader.

Being a strong leader

and being a professional dragon slayer are two different things.

Does that matter?

Our priority is killing the Dragon Emperors.

The board should have the bones.

Their worth is immeasurable.

If I give them to the board,

you and the Gattuso family will do with them as you please.

Anjou! Watch your tongue!

I'm speaking as a member of the board.

The Gattuso family has nothing to do with this.

Oh, Mr. Frost, you may discharge me from my position if you like.

But until you do, I have no intention of giving you the bones.

You overstep yourself.

The fate of the bones isn't on today's agenda.

Only the board has the right to the bones, though.

Anjou has exceeded his authority!

– Anjou has exceeded his authority! – May we move on?

– This is meaningless compared to the death of a Dragon Emperor. – Calm down. We're in the middle of a meeting.

– Calm down. We're in the middle of a meeting. – The bones belong to the board!

This discussion is going nowhere.

Let's end it.

You can fire me,

but no one can take my place.

True. You are irreplaceable right now.

You have the total support of the students and the executors.

Indeed.

Anjou, we'll discuss the bones another time.

This letter is from the Council of Elders.

It contains their thoughts about the future.

A love letter?

If the future is still to come, then you can read it later.

If it's not a love letter, then I'm in no hurry to read it.

Onto our next topic.

The candidate for the Nibelungen Plan.

Mr. Caesar Gattuso.

Unanimously re-elected as the head of the student union.

His GPA is 2.7, but so was the prior president of our country.

Once reprimanded for filling a pool with beer during winter and holding a swim meet.

I wanted to fill it with champagne, but finding enough of one type was difficult.

There's only one reason he's here.

He was the one who killed Dragon Emperor Norton.

Caesar, I cannot reveal to you the names of the board's members,

except for your uncle.

Did you say hello to him?

I wasn't called here because I'm a Gattuso, right?

We called you to discuss the Nibelungen Plan.

Nibelungen... the mythological land of the dead.

Why that name?

The Bronze Palace was the land of the dead as well.

And on that battlefield, you defeated Dragon Emperor Norton.

What did you feel then?

Fear.

Fear welling up from deep within me.

And that's the truth.

To train dragon slayers, they must feel that fear for themselves.

Only those with the strongest bloodlines and most unshakable will can kill a Dragon Emperor

and retain their pride.

So?

And so we must train up the strongest of the strong at the college.

Because our greatest trial is about to come.

Greatest trial?

The prophecy of myths.

The other four Dragon Emperors are about to awaken.

And finally, the great Black Dragon Emperor.

They're all awakening at once?

How exciting.

Before that happens, we must prepare our organization and its leaders.

We'll select the greatest student with the strongest bloodline,

and pour everything we can into them.

And that's me?

You're one of the candidates.

If "pouring everything we can" into me

means increasing my training menu and curriculum, I don't recommend it.

My GPA is 2.7.

No.

We'll be enhancing your bloodline.

Strengthening it will enable you to use more than one Yanling,

and surpass the Dragon Emperors themselves.

Even the four great rulers?

Yes, that is the Nibelungen Plan.

The Council of Elders came up with a way to enhance a bloodline.

This is an incredible gift.

It will grant you great power, but it comes at an equal cost.

Caesar, is this what you desire?

Reminds me of something. A marriage vow?

- Caesar! - Even if it means a painful death,

plenty of hybrids would jump at the chance to be the strongest among us.

Why me?

Because of your talent.

Why not Chu Zihang?

He's never killed a Dragon Emperor.

Lu Mingfei, then.

He's still new. And many still doubt his status as an S-Rank.

He severely wounded Constantine.

Principal Anjou, his S-Rank status may have been a whim,

but I wouldn't entrust my life to someone useless

in a close-range battle with a Dragon Emperor.

Your reasoning doesn't hold water.

That's true.

For this particular choice,

your uncle prioritized not just a bloodline, but leadership ability as well.

And you are by far the greatest leader of the new generation.

Chu Zihang can't compare in that respect.

So your uncle feels that you, Caesar Gattuso, are the only possible candidate.

Caesar, now you understand.

The clan both loves you and expects greatness from you.

Uncle, have you ever lost the person you cared for most?

Oh, I forgot.

Someone like you would never have anyone they hold dear.

You would never understand...

...that losing something only makes you obsess over it more.

I'm sorry, but I refuse your proposal.

Caesar, you...

If there's nothing else to discuss, I'm leaving.

- What's that? - Oh, you were on a mission the whole time, so I figured you hadn't eaten.

I bought this for you.

At this hour, it was all that was open.

For me?

Yes. Let's eat together.

Thanks.

Zihang... be careful.