My name is Qiuyuchen. I’m sixteen this year. And yes, I’m a transmigrator from another world... no, that’s not quite right. I’m a transmigrated dragon. Right now, I’m just an ordinary high school freshman.

My body is human, but the soul inside me is a dragon’s. Over the past sixteen years, I’ve worked hard to learn this world’s rules, and little by little, I’ve come to understand how it works. Of course, that took a lot of time. Forgetting the laws of my old world was way too hard.

“Hey, Doom Dragon, why not give us a dragon breath today?”

“Come on, I already told you. That was just the insane crap I said during my chuuni phase. So quit making fun of me, you old perv.”

The guy who suddenly slapped my shoulder from behind was my best friend, Shen Yufeng. His nickname was “Old Perv.” On the outside, he looked clean-cut and refined. On the inside, though, he was a total freak.

Back in middle school, the two of us caused no end of trouble. The fact that we actually graduated smoothly was basically thanks to our teachers showing mercy and not killing us. And since the two of us were so ridiculously close, I naturally ended up getting labeled a “weirdo” too. A huge part of why I can’t get a girlfriend has everything to do with this guy.

“You’re still calling me Old Perv? We’re in high school now. Let’s leave the past in the past. And stop bringing up nicknames so casually. Otherwise, our rose-colored new life is gonna slip farther and farther away.”

Just like me, Old Perv was also a pitiful soul nobody loved. The main reason was simple: he was way too sleazy. So the two of us were basically brothers in misery.

Of course, we’d known each other since we were little. In this world’s terms, we’d grown up together since we were running around in split-crotch pants. That was why he was also the first person I told my secret to—that I was the Doom Dragon. It was just that we were too young back then, and once we got older, he started thinking it was just my chuuni delusions.

“Where is she? Where is she? Where’s the high school girl running with toast in her mouth while yelling she’s gonna be late? Hurry up and crash into my arms already!”

Seriously, would that kind of setup really appear in real life?

And even if it did, there was no way she’d crash into his arms.

If that one-in-ten-thousand chance really happened, I’d go buy a lottery ticket on the spot and pray I’d never have to work another day in my life.

“Oh crap! I’m gonna be late!”

Beside me, Shen Yufeng patted my shoulder and said in a low voice, “Did you hear that? I can feel it. A young high school girl is nearby.”

I really wanted to tell him to get help and stay on his meds. But with my absurdly sharp hearing, I really had heard a girl’s voice. And it sounded pretty sweet too.

For a dragon that had been thirsty for ten thousand years, a young, lively girl really did have endless appeal.

“Move! I’m gonna crash!”

A black figure was sprinting straight at me and Shen Yufeng at no less than five meters per second. Just from a rough estimate, if she hit us, my rose-colored campus life would probably begin and end in a hospital bed.

“Sorry, buddy.”

I grabbed Shen Yufeng by the arm and hurled him in a perfect three-hundred-sixty-degree throw. That way, I could perfectly defend myself against this massive impact.

Some people might think that was inhumane. To that, I can only say: you’re too young.

Who was Shen Yufeng?

Back in elementary school, he once set a record by flipping up twenty girls’ skirts in a single day. Then he got chased across four school building zones by them nonstop. And after taking a full beating from that many people, he still showed up to school the next day completely unharmed.

You could say this guy had the toughest body I’d ever seen since coming to human society. If you want to forge a perfect physique, you’ve got to start young.

The moment Shen Yufeng saw a girl running toward him, he spread his arms wide, clearly planning to let her throw herself into his embrace.

I thought the two of them were definitely going to collide.

But what neither of us expected was that the girl jumped.

Then she planted one foot right on Shen Yufeng’s face, sprang up again, and landed cleanly with a perfect side flip.

Holy crap. Was she some kind of sports ace? A national-level gymnast?

The girl didn’t even look back. She just kept running forward. Her swift figure was hard even for me to track, and before long, she vanished.

“Hey, Old Perv, you okay? Want me to call you an ambulance?”

If I’d known something this tragic would happen, I never would’ve made him suffer like that. Sure, Old Perv had practically trained himself into an indestructible body, but getting a shoe sole stamped across your face was not something just anyone could endure.

Farewell, my comrade.

Your rose-colored campus life had not yet begun, and already it had been greeted by the funeral of roses.

I will inherit your will and enjoy school life to the fullest in your place.

So rest in peace.

“Uh... don’t worry, I can still take it. Quick, look at my face. Is it ruined?”

“Other than some dirt on it, your face is still as handsome as ever.”

“Really? Good. Then let’s hurry to school. Otherwise we’ll miss the opening ceremony. Is there water in your bottle? Lend me some so I can wash my face.”

“Wait, don’t. That’s—”

Before I could finish, Shen Yufeng had already opened my bottle and poured it over his face. Golden, warm liquid splashed all across his cheeks...

I covered my eyes with one hand. I couldn’t bear to look at the tragic scene.

“Ah... that was the juice my mom made for me. Great. Now you’ve wasted it.”

“Damn it! Do you have even a shred of humanity? Is your only concern the juice? What the hell am I supposed to do now?”

“Go wash your face in the school restroom already. You’re not seriously planning to go to class like that, are you?”

I had no idea what it felt like to wash your face with juice, but the way Shen Yufeng looked right now was honestly hilarious. Of course, I knew that if I laughed out loud, this guy would definitely chase me through several streets.

It wasn’t that I was scared of him. I just really didn’t want to become the center of attention on my first day of school. Getting chased through the streets by a man with yellow liquid all over his face, or ending up wrestling with him in public... just imagining that scene was enough to make my skin crawl.

“The reason I’m being treated like this today is all because of that woman who stepped on my face. If I ever see her again, I swear I won’t let her off. By the way, Yuchen, did you get a good look at what she looked like?”

“I didn’t see clearly either. I only know she was wearing the same school uniform as us.”

Sorry, Old Perv. I was actually the one who shoved you out there. But I really didn’t expect things to turn out like this. If your rose-colored campus life is gone for good, then please, don’t blame me. I swear I’ll take this secret to the grave.

“Yuchen, I’m at the lowest point in my life right now. Don’t you think it’s a bit too much to abandon me at a time like this?”

I turned my head and started whistling. “Am I? I’m right here beside you, aren’t I?”

“This counts as beside me? You’re five meters away from me right now! Are we even still bros?”

Yeah, that’s right. We really were best friends who’d grown up together. But that didn’t mean I was going to follow you straight into hell. Couldn’t you see the looks people around us were giving? Did you really want to drag me into self-destruction with you?

Shen Yufeng walked up in front of me and grabbed my hand. The smell of juice on his face made me instinctively take a few steps back. I shouted, “Don’t come over here! People are watching! Don’t you think the way we look right now is already bad enough?”

“Wuwu... are you disgusted by me? For more than ten years, I always thought you treated me the best. Now you’ve turned me into this, and you don’t feel even a little guilty?”

Huh?

What kind of stupid nonsense was that?

And why did those lines sound weirdly wrong to me on a subconscious level?

Besides, I already warned you there was juice in the bottle. You were the one who moved too fast and ended up like this. And I haven’t even settled the score with you for wasting my whole bottle yet. But somehow you’re pinning it on me instead?

“Tsk tsk, morals really are declining. Are young people these days really this open?”

“Playing with someone’s body and feelings, then abandoning him after? That’s just awful.”

“Whoa, is this a live BL scene? This is so exciting. I have to stay and watch the whole thing.”

...

Before I knew it, quite a crowd had gathered around us. There were uncles and aunties in their fifties and sixties, and there were students in the same uniform as us too. If we didn’t leave now, being late would be the least of our problems.

I shook off Shen Yufeng’s hand, then patted his shoulder with a serious look.

“Move it, idiot. If you keep clowning around, that juice on your face is never coming off. You don’t want your rose-colored campus life to end before it even starts, right?”

“Right, my rose-colored life is still waiting for me. Let’s go!”

It was like Shen Yufeng suddenly realized something. Even though I’d just shaken him off, he grabbed my arm again. And this time, he started running while dragging me along with him. I wanted to tell him to stop, but the guy didn’t give me any chance.

“Nani, nani? Did the top and bottom switch?”

“Two such handsome guys are actually BL? Does this world seriously leave no way out for us women?”

“Ahh, morals are declining, morals are declining!”

And just like that, my first day of school with Shen Yufeng began in the middle of this ridiculous farce.