Dragon Clan Fanfiction: The Embers Burn Bright

Lu Mingfei's fourth deal comes to an end, and Odin's shadow retreats for now. The sun still shines over Cassell College, but deep beneath the earth, dark currents have long been churning. The Black King’s lingering soul has not faded, and the lonely fate of the mixed-bloods has never paused for even a moment.

He is Cassell's most inconspicuous E-rank freshman: silent, timid, insecure, and sensitive. Everyone laughs at him as the useless one among the mixed-bloods, unaware that he bears the fate of a coffin keeper who has guarded it for ten thousand years. With 99 percent of his bloodline sealed, he hides an ancestral power capable of crushing the dragons.

An accidental adventure in a Nibelungen triggers a forbidden Word Spirit within him. Its burning flames illuminate secrets buried for a thousand years, as well as the bonds the young people cannot escape. The cold-on-the-outside, warm-on-the-inside daughter of a prestigious family is the only light in his darkness. A pure, fragile, and silent guardian stays by his side through deadly dangers. And there are the equally lonely S-rank teaching assistant Lu Mingfei, the taciturn and hard-edged Chu Zihang, the proud and unruly Caesar... Shoulder to shoulder, the young people face the dragon crisis and fight against the rebels' schemes, yet in the end, none can escape the judgment of fate.

The coffin keeper's duty is to burn himself away and seal the darkness. He longs for an ordinary life, yet must ultimately shoulder everything. He finds the one he loves, but can only gaze at her across a coffin. He possesses supreme power, but cannot regain the warmth of those by his side.

The flames burn bright forever: a symbol of protection, and an endless regret. Once again, this is a tale of the loneliness and tragedy unique to the Dragon Clan. The young people give everything they have, only for it to end in an unresolved silence.