It was a sunny day on a small island named Biol somewhere in the Mediterranean sea, the island was surrounded by other mostly inhabitant islands, all those islands belong to the country Kesio, the island was a colony of the English empire that was never conquered by any other country, the chain of islands are now one separate small country, the island didn't have too many fancy shops or malls it had the essentials for survival and some other stores for entertainment
The summer break has just ended, once again every kid walked to their school, the school bell was about to ring, a bunch of kids arrived at the school, the school was a mixture of junior and high school, the island didn't have too many students so it wouldn't be beneficial if they made 2 separate schools, after some minutes the bell rang and slowly every student gathered at the schoolyard
"Good morning kids! Welcome to another happy school year, I hope we can all get along with each other and make sure you are kind to your new teachers, also I want to mention that actions like those that happened the last years will be unacceptable, I'm sure everyone knows what I'm talking about"
said the principal, with a fixated look on the first years of high school
"Anyway, I don't want to start the year with a negative attitude, so let's skip this part, all of you enter your classrooms, pick your desks and wait in the classroom so you can meet your new teachers"
all the kids started to walk inside the school, on their way in an incident happened
"Hey look who decided to come out of his shit-cave"
a group of male kids surrounded a boy, the boy seemed annoyed
"What do you want Floga? I didn't do anything to you!"
the boy told him as he was glaring at him, the boy quickly got slapped by Floga, the other members of the group were blocking everything so the teachers couldn't see them
"Why do you look at me like that you bastard!!! it has been 3 months Luck and it seems like you forgot who rules here!"
Floga told him angrily, the group was looking at Luck with a smug
'damn you all! what happened? we used to be friends'
Luck thought as he was getting beaten up, after a little time they left Luck alone and went inside the school, Luck quickly recovered and walked into the school
'I hope the teachers won't notice this...'
Luck thought, eventually he entered the school and the day continued as if nothing happened...
"So this is the place? looks pretty nice, I hope they have good food too!"
said a beautiful girl with long white hair she also had beautiful red eyes as she looked at the island of Biol from a neighboring island, this island is the main source of income for Biol since this island is a huge worldwide salt-making place with a bunch of salt caves
"If I remember correctly Kamira told me that there was a sudden appearance of mana on this island, I can feel it from the big island but this one barely has any mana presence, maybe she confused the islands..."
before the girl could leave she was trapped in a mana zone, mana zone is a big mana-generated place that can either appear at random or a person can create it, people mainly use them so they can fight against other mana users, on this occasion it was a manmade, 2 men created this mana zone
"Who are you and what are you doing here?"
one of the men asked the girl
"Do you by any chance sell illegal equipment here?"
the girl ignored his question by asking one herself
"I ask the questions missy not you! so quickly speak before we attack you!"
the man said
"I will give you another chance to admit that you are the criminals, if you don't I will simply have to force you to say it, and keep in mind if you attack me I will defend myself, so don't blame me if you die in the process"
the 2 men hesitated for a moment but in the end, they still attacked, but before they attacked they mumbled something to each other
"She works for UMP let's attack her, I will attack from the right you attack her from the left"
the 2 men then initiated an attack and charged at the girl
"Don't tell me I didn't warn you"
the girl said with a smile on her face, she then proceeded to crush one of the man's skulls with a single punch, she was so fast that the man couldn't even react, this shocked the other man, he then fell to the ground from fear
"Please spare me! I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry..."
the man begged, he wasn't spared, the girl slashed him in half with a wave of air, after that the girl broke out of the mana zone, the whole place was clean as if nothing had happened all thanks to the mana zone
"Now that this problem is solved I have to locate the equipment"
she said, she then closed her eyes and raised her hands, a small sphere appeared and she then made it as huge as the whole island it was something like a force field, after some seconds she located them, and in a flash, she ran to their location, it was a small salt cave, she quickly arrived and searched around with a similar force field as before
'it must be underground'
she thought, she then conjured some kind of a huge shovel and started to dig, not long after she found a crate
"Here it is, now let's see what they were hiding"
she said as she opened the crate, the crate contained some kind of gloves and clothes, they seemed to glow with a very weak light
"All this for this crap but I guess I have to take them now since I did all this to get them"
she said as she picked up the clothes, as she was picking them up she notice that the clothes didn't fit her, they were bigger than her, the girl then took out her phone and proceeded to send a voice message
"Captain Kamira, I secured the mana equipment, the place was secured by 2 fresh mana users they didn't even know how to use the elements, the box they were hiding contained just some mana-infused clothes, they are not something special they are barely even enchanted so I will be taking them, now I will proceed with the main mission, I will text you back when I finish"
she then closed her smartphone and quickly exited the cave, she then faced Biol's direction, she enhanced her legs with mana and launched herself at the island, she flew through the air but the momentum she had wasn't enough to reach the island before she could meet the water she once again enhanced her legs and stepped on the water and launched herself again, this time she easily made it to the port of the island
'Now let's figure out where is the school, it can't be that hard, I also have my papers and all, I just have to show them the papers and I'm in, just like that'
she thought, the girl then wandered around asking random people about the school and shortly she arrived, but on her way to the school she could feel a huge amount of mana flying left and right, it wasn't normal but she ignored it, for now, the girl arrived on a teaching hour so everyone was inside a classroom
she easily walked to the principal's office and started negotiating
"Can I help you miss?"
the principal asked
"Yes I actually want to apply to this school, is it possible?"
she asked with a sweet smile
"It is but I need your parents or guardians here with you, you can't just enter this school"
the principal told her with a look of frustration, the girl gave him the papers, the paper contained her information and a note stuck to an envelope, the note said
This is a note from the CEO of the UMP and NSP accept this girl into the school and make sure she graduates it and I will give you a sum of 1.000.000€ you will receive your 200.000€ if you accept her and the other when she graduates if you approve her, the girl will send me a message informing me and I will quickly send you the sum
the principal was shocked, he couldn't believe his eyes
"How old are you girl?"
he asked with enthusiasm
"I'm 16"
she said, sweet now follow me, he showed her the way to her class, she followed him and after some seconds of walking she reached her classroom, the principal quickly nocked at the door and entered
"I'm sorry for the disruption, but there is a new student, you may enter"
he said as she entered the classroom
'oh she is a baddie'
Floga thought
"Introduce yourself to the class"
the teacher told her
"Hello everyone my name is Caroline Leviathan, nice to meet you all, I'm hoping we can all be good friends!"
Caroline said with a big smile, she instantly captured the attention of Luck, he was amazed by her looks
"Sweet name Caroline, now go sit on an empty seat, so we can continue the lesson"
Caroline nodded, she quickly notice that the desk that Luck was sitting at had an empty seat so she decided to sit there, Luck was freaking out, he quickly became the center of attention and the clear target since he was lucky enough to sit beside this beauty
"psst, what lesson is this?"
she asked Luck
"t-t-this is p-philosophy"
Luck awkwardly replied
"Oh I see, thank you! you don't mind if I sleep do you?"
Caroline asked him, Luck was caught off guard but he didn't have a problem, so Caroline lowered her head and fell asleep, the lesson continued normally without any problem after the period ended the bell rang, Caroline woke up from the sound of the bell
"It's over already? that sucks"
she said as she was resting her head on the desk
"W-Would you mind moving please"
Luck asked her politely, she then moved her chair so Luck could get out of his corner
'Why the hell does he have bruises on him? I guess it's not my problem'
She thought, Luck then went outside to the schoolyard, Floga and his crew followed him, once they got to a place where they could be far from the teachers they ganged up on Luck
"You lucky bastard, you had her all for yourself, I bet you looked at her multiple times! you must be feeling lucky right now huh bastard!!!"
Floga said as he was pushing him aggressively to the wall, Luck felt weak
"Stop that! it's not my fault that she sat beside me is it? I will give you my seat if you want, so leave me alone"
Luck said in an attempt to drive Floga and his crew away, Floga didn't back down though, in fact, he just laughed and kept on bullying him
"HEY, YOU! STOP THAT RIGHT NOW!"
Caroline screamed at them, she caught them by surprise
"Hey shut the fuck up! do you think you are some kind of hero?"
Floga told her, he left Luck alone and started approaching Caroline, but before he could get closer Luck grabbed him by his shirt and pulled him away, Floga fell to the ground but he quickly recovered
"DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH YOU, BASTARD?!!!"
Floga told him furiously, he then threw a punch in Luck's direction, Caroline blocked it and countered attacked with a kick on his liver, Floga quickly fell down from the hit
"What are you doing you bastards!"
a friend of Floga told them, before he could take action Caroline quickly hit him with a 2 punch combo on his chin, she knocked him out, after him she uppercut another one of his friends, he collapsed too, Caroline left only one person unharmed
"Make sure they are ok or else you will get double the punches ya hear me punk?!"
she told him while she glared at him, Luck was confused, he didn't believe that a girl that looked that sweet could beat up all the bullies that he had, Caroline quickly grabbed him by his hand and told him
"Follow me, I don't want to get in trouble!"
Luck didn't have an option but to follow, this day for Luck was something different
'maybe things will finally change'
he thought as he was running with Caroline to a place that they could hide
After the little inconvenient they had behind the school Caroline and Luck quickly went to the roof of the school so they can hide, the roof was a specialized place where mostly the seniors relax, but in the recent years the school allowed everyone to have access there but they first had to be checked by the guard so the school knew that students didn't smoke up there"Hey Caroline, I think is a bad idea to stay up here, I mean it's the senior's territory, Floga also stays here with his crew"Luck warned Caroline, she didn't seem to care that much"Calm down, worst case scenario we get jumped by all of the thugs of your school, best case scenario they don't even think of searching up here, I don't know about you but I'm taking my chances"Caroline replied to him, she then decide to sit down so she can relax"Hey, your name is Luck right?"she asked"M-Me yes, you must have heard it from the others right?"he replied anxiously, that bothered Caroline"Calm down, the way you act really
"You said you are interested in knowing your category, sadly for you, I can not help you right now, we have to enter a mana zone or just go somewhere private, you can't just reveal your category in front of normal humans or else you will face consequences"Caroline told Luck"That's okay, so let's quickly finish our drinks and let's go to my house, we will figure out things there"Luck said, he seemed excited about his reveal, it was normal, Luck lived his whole life being bored and bothered, a change like that was a once in a lifetime chance that would never come to Luck ever again so he clinched on it, Caroline admired his enthusiasm"Hey Luck, do you like someone?'Caroline asked him, Luck choked on his tea"What are you saying out of the blue? Yea I do but what does it have to do with this contract?""It's related but I don't want to spoil the surprise for you!"Caroline replied with a smile on her face'How can this possibly be related to the contract?'Luck thought, after that a
Luck was feeling very uncomfortable sitting at the same table as Kamira, her overwhelming power was too much for Luck to handle, the silence was bothering him indescribably, Luck had this feeling of danger, he wanted to leave that table but before he could even stand Kamira stopped him"Sit down kid, I ordered food for you so wait until it arrives, as you can see I'm currently eating that's why I'm quiet, as soon as I finish my food I will explain everything"Kamira's words calmed down Luck"Thank you so much! you didn't need to order me food though, so about Caroline..."Luck tried to ask, but Kamira quickly interrupted him with a deadly stare, Luck instinctively stopped talking, Luck thought that if he continued to speak he would die, Kamira's death stare was interrupted by the waitress"There is your food sir, the meal we prepared for you it's a Pasta Alla Norma, after you are done with your lunch call us so we can also deliver your dessert"the waitress told him in English, Luck w
"Get ready Luck your first fight will start now!"Caroline told him as she pushed him towards the intruder, Luck didn't feel ready to fight him but he didn't have a choice, this man was robbing his house, he couldn't just let him leave, upon closer inspection Luck realized that he knew the man, the man had recently graduated from high school, it was his ex-senior student"Hey, Niccolo! why are you doing this? you know that I'm struggling with money, so why did you come to rob me?""Shut it, you idiot! Who leaves without locking the door? besides, you can't do anything I'm stronger than you and nobody will believe you if you tell the police? You already know that my mum works as a cop"Luck didn't say anything, he just raised his guard up"You truly are unlucky Niccolo, Today isn't really my day so I could use a sandbag"Caroline was surprised by Luck's change of mood, he seemed scared before but now he looked like he has an intent to kill, before Niccolo could make another move Luck c
Luck entered a big rather weird room with the lady, as he took a good look around the place Luck noticed that behind the colorful room there was a weird machine, it looked like a coffin but it had multiple cables and tubes attached to it, there was also a big screen attached to the wall where all the cables came from, the lady guided Luck into this weird looking room"If it's possible take off your clothes and enter the machine"The lady told him, Luck was devastated"Like right now? W-with you in the room?"Luck said embarrassed, the lady sighed and walked outside the room, Luck then felt a little more comfortable, he then undressed and entered the machine'Why does it have water inside it'He wondered as he came in contact with the shallow water"HEY I'M INSIDE, NOW WHAT?"Luck screamed in order for the lady to hear, she then entered the room and walked up to the TV screen, she pressed multiple buttons and the machine rose up"What is happening? What is this machine?"Luck asked, bu
Welcome, all! this is the first C.C(Characters Chapter) of PARALLEL, since 7 chapters have already been uploaded I thought that it would be a good idea to inform you and give you more detail about the characters and the world of PARALLEL, also this chapter is a celebration of my second book being contracted, Now let us start with the characters designs I have in mind Luck: He is an island boy that was birthed and raised in the country of Kesio and his main hobbies are volleyball, working out, and playing video games, he is muscular and quite strong, he likes to do things privately, Luck also likes the idea of fighting to the death because he thinks that someone's true self can be revealed in the blink of death, his favorite food? probably beans, he is 177cm or 5'8ft tall and he is 15 years old and his birthday is on the 22nd of December (22/12), he has short black hair and bright yellow/golden eyes, Luck is also a bit tanned since he spent all of his summers on the beach Caroline: Sh
The atmosphere around Africa and most specifically a village in Kenya was completely different from Luck's hometown, the culture, the people, the weather, everything was different, even though Luck hadn't been to Kenya before it felt like home, and the people are to blame for this feeling, the people welcomed Luck with open hands, they also seemed to have a good relationship with Gnomon"They seem to love us, why is that?"Luck asked curiously"There are multiple reasons for that, we provide them food, academic knowledge, and a safe shelter, they can basically sleep with their doors open and nobody will attempt to steal anything since they don't lack anything"Gnomon told Luck, it was abnormal for Luck"Do you mean that you have money to support a whole city?""No, I don't! We actually have money to support all of the countries in Africa"Gnomon replied, Luck was left with an open mouth, after the small discussion Gnomon guided Luck to his favorite place, it was called "The devil's sn
Caroline and the others quickly exited the house and walked up to a wall"Here it is, do you guys feel it?"Caroline asked them with an excited look on her face"Feel what?"Luck asked confused "The mana of course! I guess you are way too new to mana"Caroline said, she then grabbed Luck and Destiny by their shoulder"Prepare yourselves for what you are about to see!"Caroline said, that made the 2 of them anxious, Caroline then entered the mana zone with them, once they all saw the mana zone they were amazed, it was a brand new world, it was a tropical jungle but the trees and plants had completely different colors, there were also standing on one of the multiple cubes that this mana zone had, gravity was also a lighter there"Oh my god! This place is insane!"Destiny yelled in amazement, Luck thought the same too"Guys come quick! we have to find the mana zone's core!"Caroline told them"Wait! Why do we need to find the core?"Luck asked"To make it simple for you, if we slay the
2 weeks passed after the awkward conversation Luck had with Caroline, Luck attended multiple training sessions and also kept studying so he can stay on top of his class, during those 2 weeks Caroline had secretly moved to Destiny's house, Luck and Caroline had stopped hugging out together after what happened, because Caroline couldn't face him yet, despite Destiny's tries to make her talk to Luck and settle everything she continuously denied so Luck started hugging out with himself and occasionally with Floga, that happened when Floga's friends weren't around since they would have never allowed Luck into their group, in those 2 weeks Luck learned how to use the basics of all of his elements but elements such as Illusion and Destruction were more advanced from his other, during those 2 weeks Luck also had the time to focus on what happened back there, Luck had his suspicion but he never said anything, he didn't want to blindly accuse Caroline of liking him so he kept it to himself but
Their walk to the hotel was a hasty one since they were racing each other for the first place that secured their turn on the shower, they both ran with all of their might but Caroline was the victor 'Even though I run twice a week Caroline still is superior to me in stamina, I have to make sure I catch up to her if I want make it in this dangerous world' Luck thought as he sat on his bed, Caroline had already gotten into the shower and was showering at the time "THAT'S WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU MESS WITH THE GREAT CAROLINE!" She yelled from inside the bathroom "YOU WERE THE ONE THAT CHALLENGED ME IN THE FIRST PLACE DUMB ASS!" Luck yelled back with a pinch of salt in his voice, Caroline then continued he shower silently but as she was showering she remembered something "LUCK WE FORGOT ABOUT THE GOODS IN THE MANA ZONE!" Luck wasn't very concerned about the items that they didn't get in the mana zone since he doesn't have a single clue about what a mana zone item is like, even though
While Luck and Caroline were on their way to a pizza house they felt a weird sensation of mana, they both felt it but they didn't react strangely to it"You feel it too don't you?"Luck asked Caroline, he stopped walking and slowly turned around to look at her"I feel it but I think it's nothing, it's probably a randomly generated mana zone so we can simply ignore it!"Caroline said as she kept moving forwards, but before she could get ahead of Luck he grabbed her wrist"Why not explore it?"He asked with a smile on his face, Caroline smiled back"I didn't think you are the type to jump in danger but I won't complain"Caroline then walked closer to the source of this weird sensation"I'm entering in if I'm not back in 10 seconds then don't enter"Caroline said, and before Luck could say anything, she vanished like thief in the night, Luck waited and before he knew it Caroline popped out of the mana zone, no harm was done to her"It's amazing inside there, let's go explore!"Caroline t
After a disastrous argument, Caroline ended up running away, Luck tried to chase her but to his surprise, he bumped into his mom, she was coming back from work, right now Luck and his mom are sitting at a café, Luck had many things to explain"A school trip you say? I don't remember our school having this kind of money"Luck's mother said as she looked him in the eyes"The money is not theirs, you see a company came to make some educational lessons in our school and the top students got to visit their H.Q here in New York, that's why I'm here"Luck said with a not-so-convincing face"Then where are the others?""It's a bit embarrassing to say it but I got lost..."Luck's words were suspicious to his mom so she kept on asking questions"What is the name of this company?"that question brought Luck to a tough spot"I'm not so sure, maybe UMP?"he said without thinking'Damn it! Why did I say that? There is no way UMP is a real company?'"United Mathematicians Paradise, a company created
Luck and Caroline quickly packed some things with them in a small bag and they headed to the port, and to their surprise Gnomon was waiting for them there"Hey Captain Gnomon what are you doing here?"Luck asked while he approached him"Nothing special, I just got some complains by my robot saying that a certain someone that may or may not be with us is abusing it"Gnomon said as he stared at Caroline, Caroline noticed"What? Are you jealous that I like your robot self more than you? You just have to realize that you are not a likable person"Caroline said with a look of superiority"Fancy coming out of an annoying girl like you, why did you come here? Don't you have a house to destroy?"Gnomon replied with a smile, Caroline gave him the finger"Shut up dumbass and fly us to New York already!"Caroline demanded'I didn't know that those 2 are this close'Luck thought as he watched them insult each other"Gather around me!"Gnomon told them, Luck stood in front of Gnomon and Caroline u
After these eventful things Caroline took Luck back to his house and made him lay on his bed, he needed rest after what he endured, as for Caroline she went to the UMP's base in Italy, Kamira had some explaining to do to both of them, but Luck could take his turn when he finally wakes up, after a quick trip Caroline arrived at the base early in the morning, Kamira was still there doing some paperwork for the agency, Caroline burst into her office with no care in the world"Kamira what was that yesterday?"she asked her, Caroline was implying about the meeting"I apologize for what happened, it wasn't supposed to turn out like that, you see my father is an unexpected man, I didn't expect that he would actually hit Luck when he did that"Kamira answered, she was afraid of her father and Caroline could see that by the expression she had when she spoke about him"And you expect me to stay calm just because he is "unexpected"? Hell no I can't, I want to speak to him in person and solve our
After their punishment from Gnomon ended Luck and Floga returned to the class as if nothing happen, and the day continued normally, Luck, Caroline and Destiny hung out together and Floga stayed with his "friends", the day passed quickly 'It's pretty nice sitting here and attending a class instead of fighting, it just reminds me how peaceful my life used to be before' Luck wondered with a smile of gladness, meanwhile, Caroline was thinking something else 'I wonder what are we going to eat today, oh wait, the furnace is broken, by the way, why does Luck smell like a cigar? Does he smoke' Well she wasn't specifically thinking about 1 thing, Caroline couldn't focus on the lesson for even a minute, Luck in the other hand was paying attention to everything the teacher said, the time passed quickly for Luck "That's all for today's class, you are free to leave but make sure to review your homework carefully since there are some questions you can't answer hastily" the teacher told them be
After this eventful evening for Luck and Caroline, the 2 of them got back to their home and slept without saying another word, nobody dared to speak after what happened, after their peaceful nap they woke up to a new week, the weekend was over so they had to return back to school, so they both got ready to go for school, even though they wanted to speak on their way to school they still hadn't recovered from the argument they had yesterday so they remained silent, once they reached the school Destiny was waiting for them at the gate of the school"Good morning guys! How did your training go during the weekend?"Destiny asked enthusiastically"Oh man it was very eventful you can say, I don't know if you heard but I got into a fight with Kamira! She is so damn powerful, she launched beams left and right, and the beams were no joke, they produced an explosion almost like half of our school, it was insane!"Caroline said with a stupid smirk, Destiny was left with a wide-open mouth"W-Wait
After Luck used the element of creation to create bullets Risha was left with her mouth wide open, she couldn't believe her eyes'Kamira did say that he was important but I didn't expect him to be this much'Risha thought, Luck noticed Risha's expression and asked her"What's wrong? Did I do something bad?""No everything is good, I just forgot about one thing, so please continue your training while I'm not here"Risha told him, she then quickly ran outside the training and straight into Kamira's office, everyone working in the base's offices was wondering why she was running like that"Miss Kamira I have very important news to tell you"Risha said as she barged into her office"Well if you are barging in like that then it must be important, so what is it?"Kamira asked calmly"Luck... Luck seems to be a divine too!"Kamira stood up"Take me to him!"Kamira said in surprise, Risha then led Kamira to the training where Luck was training, he was still practicing his shooting skills"Luc