Chen Motong

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Chen Motong (陈墨瞳) nicknamed "**NoNo**" (诺诺) is the female protagonist of Dragon Raja, an A-Rank student, one of the main representatives of the Student Union, Caesar Gattuso's fiancée and Lu Mingfei's love interest through the story.

She was nicknamed "the little witch" and "the red-haired Miko". She displays a bratty attitude and little interest in respecting boundaries when she talks about other people's lives and personalities. Despite this, she is well intentioned and protective of her friends. She also has a tendency to push others to act in a brave and decisive way.

After witnessing her mother's death at a young age, Nono became emotionally distant through the rest of her life. She was never able to make use of Yanling, yet her resonance with the draconic language and profiling skills were outstanding enough to get her an A-rank status from Cassell College.

She became the secretary of the Student Union, where she distinguished herself as the most unique among the A-Rank female students, Nono started a romantic relationship with Caesar Gattuso and befriended her roommate Susie. During her third year, she assisted the school in recruiting Lu Mingfei, whom she gave the American name "Ricardo M. Lu".

After adopting Mingfei as a "sidekick" they were sent on a dragon-slayer mission to the City of bronze, where she saved Mingfei's life and was fatally wounded by Norton during their escape. With the help of Lu Mingze, Mingfei healed her and brought her back to safety. Nono didn't know what happened but believed that Mingfei played a role in saving her and became grateful to him.

At the start of her last year at the college, she remotely assisted Mingfei and Chu Zihang during an SS-class investigation using her profiling ability. She received a marriage proposal from Caesar through a text message and initially hesitated to accept it. She was among the students that were sent to Beijing to investigate the awakening of the King of Earth and Mountains. The following day, she accepted Caesar's second proposal.

During Fenrir's awakening, she and Caesar repelled the Kamaitachi that escaped the subway and alerted Mingfei, asking him to evacuate.

She dropped out of Cassell College at the request of the Gattuso Family, joining a bridal school to prepare for her marriage. When Mingfei showed up to ask for her help to locate Chu Zihang, she declined. Nono was victim to a powerful Yanling that made her and the rest of the world forget about Chu Zihang and therefore believed Mingfei to be insane.

Finger ultimately kidnapped her and she reluctantly joined them, hoping that Mingfei was right. She and Finger ended up sending him to a mental hospital, while she researched on her own. Her search led her to Zihang's mother, who finally remembered her son. The pair was chased by the Dragon King Odin, who was aiming to kill Nono, but she was saved at the last second by Lu Mingfei, who gave the last quarter of his life to Lu Mingze in exchange for killing Odin.

## Appearance

Motong is described as an attractive girl in her early twenties, "with long legs and a thin waist". She has red eyes, matching her dark-red hair. She always wears a four-leaf clover earring on her left ear. She is half Chinese and half Indian.

## Biography

### Early childhood

Much of Motong's background is shrouded in secrecy. She suffered from loneliness and a constant feeling of powerlessness, having to find her own strength in order to get by.

Her mother died when she was very young, Nono didn't cry or made a single noise for two days and two nights. According to her adoptive mother, Motong lost her willingness to love others. She also started celebrating her birthday on the date of her mother's death, hoping that she'd be watching over her.

### Going to college

She entered Cassell College at the age of 18, where she displayed an outstanding affinity to the draconic language during the 3E test, in which she witnessed a dark shadowy figure consuming her mother's soul. This granted her an A-Rank, distinguishing herself as the rarest and most unique A-Rank on the school. Nono was incapable of using Yanling, but manifested an ability called "Profiling", which allowed her to use her environment to recreate past events. She considered herself lucky, since Yanling skills were demanding and came with a toll on the user's mind and body, regardless, other students didn't take her seriously, and referred to her as a "Semi-A-Rank"

She was assigned a roommate named Susie, who also became her best friend and confidant.

#### Meeting Caesar

> I'm going to Chicago! I'm going to Chicago! Would anyone like to go to Chicago with me?
>
> -Nono

One rainy night Susie told her about a bar in Chicago, in which a bartender had a parrot on his shoulder, and the guests were allowed to converse with it. Nono excitedly invited Susie to go there, but she refused due to the heavy rain. In response, Nono drove a convertible around the dormitory and shouted an invitation to whoever wanted to go to Chicago with her.

Caesar Gattuso, president of the Student Union fell in love with her immediately, so he jumped from the third floor and shot one of his desert eagles at the sky to scare the other students from getting ahead of him. He was immediately surrounded by armed agents of the gear department, and they took the pair to get scolded by Professor Manstein. After that, he mobilized a train with his A-Rank privileges and they went to Chicago together, but the bar was closed.

They started a romantic relationship soon after. She considered Caesar to be the only student who was worthy of her, a sentiment he shared since he only aimed for the best among the best. This led Nono to believe that she'd be easily replaced by any A-Rank girl who could prove herself more exceptional than her.

Nono joined the Student Union and became its vice-president. She and Caesar developed a reputation as troublesome students, constantly throwing parties and damaging school property. One night they decided to start a winter swimming competition after filling the pool with beer. She was known for her whimsical attitude and was very popular among her male peers.

### Recruiting Lu Mingfei

During her second year, she was assigned to accompany Professor Guderian, Ye Sheng and Sakatoku Aki in their process of recruiting Lu Mingfei, an S-Rank candidate from China, who was unaware of his hybrid heritage. She challenged Mingfei to a Starcraft match, which she was about to lose until she requested Norma's help. The day of Mingfei's interview, she decided to leave her assignment to "go out and play around".

When she returned after experiencing a stomach-ache due to her interest in street food, she found Mingfei crying in a stall inside of the women's restroom. She accompanied him back to the interviewer's table where she started eating from the sushi plates of her peers and displayed a lot of her "bratty" traits. Despite openly criticizing Mingfei's lack of boldness and fearful personality, he took it in a constructive manner and felt truly understood for the first time in his life.

That evening, through text messages, Nono advised him on ways to get a date from his highschool crush, Chen Wenwen. Nono's three step method consisted in playing the right music, giving the girl flowers and writing a good confession speech. The very next day, Mingfei and Wenwen were having a walk, she intruded and took them both to get ice cream. She chatted with Mingfei's crush while he couldn't hear them.

Nono spied on Chen Wenwen's conversations through Norma. Knowing that Mingfei would get rejected, she felt bad for him and arrived in a red Ferrari at the theater that night to pull Mingfei away from his failed confession attempt. She gave him an American name on the spot (Ricardo M. Lu). A helicopter arrived for them after she finally convinced him to join the school.

### Third year in Cassell

#### Day of Liberty

On the day of Mingfei's arrival to the college, Nono and the rest of the school engaged on the annual Day of Liberty Free-for-All match. As one of the last players standing, she found Mingfei hiding among some ruins and got distracted by him, leading her to get shot by Susie, who was playing in the opposite team. Believing her to be genuinely dead (due to the realistic-looking effects of the Frigga Bullets), Mingfei shot Susie, then interrupted the fight between Caesar and Zihang and shot them both on the spot, making him win the event. After waking up from the effects of the sedatives, she left the field.

The next day, she helped Professor Manstein to apply the 3E test for the new candidates. She discussed the vision of her mother's death with her teachers.

#### Supporting the execution bureau

During the Bureau's mission in the City of Bronze, all elite students were summoned to offer their support at finding a safe exit for Aki and Ye Sheng. Nono dragged Mingfei to the console room, where he provided a map with the help of Lu Mingze.

#### The Dance

    Nono kept her birthdays a secret from everyone else. Caesar obtained the date through the school's student records and decided to hold a dance to celebrate the occasion. Nono invited Mingfei and Finger to the dance through an e-mail. She advised them to rent formal clothes from the drama club if they didn't have any. When they arrived at the Amber Hall, she took their hands and escorted them to the main hall. During the celebration Nono enjoyed herself, she danced a tango with a Japanese student and then with Caesar.

#### Fireworks

After Caesar gave a speech in which he invited all the attendees to join the Student Union, the Dragon Raja attacked the campus. Nono surprised Mingfei trying to run away and invited him to follow her instead. Much to his surprise, she wasn't interested in defending the school and asked him to drive her to the top of a mountain to see the stars.

This puzzled Mingfei, since the sky was cloudy that night. On their way up, Nono explained him the nature of Yanling and her inability to make use of it, then she decided to take a quick nap.

    After reaching their destination, she suggested they dip their feet in the lake, but the water was cold, so they challenged each other to do it first. She revealed that the dance was in fact her birthday celebration, and that despite keeping her birth date a secret for many years, deep down she still wanted to receive gifts. Suddenly, hundreds of fireflies took flight, revealing themselves to be the "stars" that Nono mentioned earlier.

After teasing him for his evident romantic interest in her and reminding him of his opportunity to ask her out on a date (due to his victory at the Day of Liberty), she asked Mingfei to become her first sidekick instead. Lu Mingze initiated a fireworks show with her name on it, which moved her to tears, but the whole spectacle was attributed to Caesar by everyone who witnessed it.

#### Facing the ghost

On their way back, the pair came face to face with Old Tang, an old friend of Mingfei and, unknown to them, one of the mercenaries that attacked the school earlier. After almost hitting him with his car, Mingfei recognized him. Their reunion was interrupted by a resurrected Constantine, who recognized Tang as his long lost brother.

The four of them ran back to the school, where they met Finger, who proposed they used the pool as a hiding spot, since water might counter the dragon's fire element. They crossed paths with Caesar and Mai Sakatoku. Nono ran into Caesar's arms, who asked her to stay away from danger and promised her a birthday gift (a copy of his book, dedicated to her along with wine and candles).

### Mission to the city of bronze

Two months after the attack on the college (which ended with Constantine's death and Norton recovering his status as a dragon king), Caesar reunited the student union and announced a new dragonslayer mission. Once at the Three Gorges Dam, She and Mingfei were assigned to locate Norton deep underwater and plant an explosive on its cocoon before it hatched into its dragon form.

Trying to access the city of bronze, Mingfei got trapped on the entrance door by a living spirit, which caused him to bleed uncontrollably. Fearing he would suffer a heart attack from the oxygen leak next to his open wound, Nono tried to use her brother's blood, since contact with blood of high purity would unlock and open the gate, but she dropped the container by accident. Before she could recover it, Mingfei's own blood proved itself effective, and the gate released his arm.

Once inside, they explored the palace and located the house where the dragon brothers lived. Using her profiling skill, Nono recreated a moment of their lives and understood some of their nature. Noticing the whole place was about to collapse, the pair began their escape from the city, relying on Norma and Finger's support to find an exit.

On their way out, they located the body of Ye Sheng, along with a bronze case that he tied to his torso. Deciding to take him back with them, Nono tied the case to her own body, while Mingfei carried Ye Sheng's. Nono apologized to Mingfei for bringing him along with her to such a risky mission. Noticing Mingfei had a leak in his diving suit, she removed her own and gave it to him, believing her training would allow her to reach the surface while holding her breath.

After requesting the diving bell to take them out, they were ambushed by Norton, who impaled Nono's torso with his tail. The wound was fatal, causing Mingfei to make a deal with Lu Mingze, giving up a quarter of his life in exchange for saving her and providing a way to defeat the dragon king. Mingfei brought Nono back to life using Don't Die. With the help of the Seven Deadly Sins (a set of alchemic swords located inside the bronze case), Mingfei mortally wounded Norton, who then received one final shot in the head from Mai Sakatoku. Nono was taken back to safety, without remembering Mingfei's actions, she was received by Caesar on the surface.

#### Valentine's day

After being relocated to a new dorm room with Susie, the pair refused to go out on Valentine's Day, forcing Caesar and Zihang to make a truce and bake some pizza with them. Nono bought Mingfei a box of chocolates as a gift for helping Caesar to save her life.

### Fourth School Year

#### Assisting Zihang

Before starting her second year, Norma contacted her to offer remote support to Mingfei and Zihang during an investigation in Beijing. Using *Profiling* to guide them through the last moments of an Execution Bureau agent. She pretended not to remember Mingfei's birthday, feeling confused about how to handle his evident feelings for her.

#### Marriage proposal

While bathing on thermal waters with Susie, who wanted to know her thoughts on Mingfei's unrequited love, Nono received a lengthy text message from Caesar, who declared his intentions to marry her, even if it meant renouncing his family. Doubtful, Nono submerged herself in the water, experiencing post-traumatic stress from her incident in the City of Bronze. Later, she recorded a birthday song for Mingfei and sent it to him, but Lu Mingze intercepted the message, intending to use it as a way to manipulate Mingfei in the future.

#### Zihang's trial

Caesar's proposal was soon known by the whole school, the news depressed Mingfei and he spiraled into alcoholism. Nono showed up at Chu Zihang's trial, where Caesar gave an unexpectedly supporting speech for his rival (due to a secret arrangement that he made with Susie in exchange for the Blood Rage files). Nono was delighted by this and jumped into Caesar's arms.

#### Mission in Beijing

Nono traveled with other students to Beijing in order to track down Fenrir, the lord of Earth and Mountains. She evaded the rest of the students and went for a swim on the Kunming lake. Susie contacted her and questioned her reason to doubt marrying Caesar. Nono denied being doubtful and dived on the cold waters. Her wound wasn't entirely healed, and the pain suddenly impeded her movement. Believing she would drown to her death, she saw someone swimming to her rescue, initially believing it to be Lu Mingfei, it turned out to be Caesar instead, who then proposed to her again with fireworks and a helicopter that televised the event. She accepted begrudgingly.

    Caesar bought a Fend Guan Xia (a traditional bridal dress) for his bride. Nono tried it out while a tailor-made adjustments. On their way out of a shopping mall, the ground opened and hundreds of Kamaitachi emerged from it. Caesar jumped down to find the source of the creatures while Nono stayed behind to prevent them from leaving the building. Worrying about Mingfei's safety, she called him on the phone, believing he was still sleeping at the hotel. In reality, Mingfei was in Fenrir's Nibelungen, after Mingze finally allowed him to receive her birthday song, Mingfei made a second deal to defeat the dragon king.

On her birthday, Mingfei casually carried a backpack around, it was obvious to Nono that he intended to give her a gift, every other classmate avoided doing such things, since they felt intimidated by Caesar. The gift that Mingfei nervously gave her was a cheap alarm clock that ran around her bedroom on wheels and forced her to get up.

Sometime after that, a professional photographer who documented Nono's life took a series of pictures of her friendship with Susie. Since some of the photographs were said to "display the sexiness of youth", Nono didn't allow Mingfei to watch them and hid the album on a time capsule. Caesar had to leave Chicago and went with Zihang and Mingfei on an assignment to Japan.

After Caesar returned from his mission, she was requested by the Gattuso family to leave Cassell College and start bridal training.

## Relationships

#### Caesar Gattuso

Nono caught Caesar's attention because of her unique personality, her talents were different as well, Nono couldn't use Yanling, yet she was A-Ranked by the school regardless. Caesar declared multiple times that whoever he would have as a girlfriend had to be the best among the best. Nono also considered Caesar to be the only one who was worthy of her. This led Nono to feel replaceable by anyone who could prove herself to be more unique in Caesar's eyes.

However, Caesar's devotion to Nono was more genuine than she anticipated, with him proving to be willing to defy his entire family and status if they attempted to interfere with his decision to marry her. While Nono accepts Caesar's feelings, she has difficulties accepting the role that his family has planned for her as a bride, since she finds it emotionally suffocating.

#### Lu Mingfei

Nono is aware of Mingfei's romantic feelings for her, but she doesn't share them. Knowing how it feels to be alone and defenseless, she struggles to resist the urge to support him and constantly tries to push him to be braver and more decisive. Nono sees herself as an older sister figure, considering his crush to be a temporary thing and hoping that he will find someone who is more compatible with him.

#### Susie

Susie is Nono's best friend and confidant. They both hold similar positions at their respective clubs and are not afraid to be professionally competitive. While she struggles to understand Nono's thoughts, she was the only person who managed to reach her when Nono decided to ignore everyone else's calls and messages. She is supportive of her relationship with Caesar and is regularly curious about her strange relationship with Mingfei. Nono tends to tease her about her passive attitude towards Chu Zihang.

#### Rudolf Manstein

Before his death, Mance Rundstedt chose Manstein to become Nono's tutor in his place. Back in his student days, Manstein had a crush on Nono's adoptive mother. He's shown to take care of Motong, being willing to defy the School Board by burning her files to keep her safe from the Nibelungen project.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Dragon Raja I - http://longzu5.net/206.html
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dragon Raja II - http://longzu5.net/205.html
3. ↑ Dragon Raia III - http://longzu5.net/204.html