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 before dismissing the class, everyone was eager to leave but before they could Luck gathered up everyone that knew about the parallel world and told them about the meeting
"That sounds nice but how are we supposed to get there, Gnomon didn't tell us anything about a meeting"
Floga replied to Luck, Floga looked very unhappy that he had to attend another one of UMP things
"I can fly you there"
Caroline said with an innocent smile
"Yea that's not happening"
Luck quickly replied, he knew that Caroline's method would be something unpleasant
"Whyyy? I swear it will be safe!"
Caroline promised but Luck still didn't trust, and her innocent face couldn't tell Luck otherwise
"Shouldn't we just trust Caroline? If she knows away to take us there then she is our best time at arriving there in time"
Destiny asked, even if she agreed with Luck she still had to acknowledge the pressure of time
"See? even Destiny agrees with me so let's do it we don't have anything to lose"
Caroline spoke as if she competed with Luck, Luck agreed but he still was a bit worried
"So what's the plan"
Luck asked with hesitation, Caroline's straight face slowly turned into a smiling one, Caroline created a mana zone and she then began to fly, she then created a big net
"Get in!"
Caroline yelled to them, so the 3 of them slowly entered the net
"Now what?"
Floga asked, Caroline built up some speed and she then began to fly at a high speed towards the base in Italy, the 3 were screaming and yelling out of fear, Caroline's speed was so fast that they couldn't see anything, not because of the speed but because if they opened their eyes the air pressure would end up damaging their eyes, but in 30 minutes they arrived at the port of Palermo, that's where Caroline stop
"Whoa! this was really an experience wasn't it?"
Caroline asked them with a smile of proudness, but it was kind of useless to ask since the 3 of them were like corpses, they were trying to figure out how to walk once again, Floga was the first that snapped back to his senses since he does something similar with his powers
"Are you crazy? Destiny almost passed out and I barely managed to hold myself in the net"
Floga furiously yelled at Caroline, but she was unfazed by his loud voice
"Come on stop whining, if any of you had fallen outside the net I would have caught you"
Caroline tried to explain, around this time Luck and Destiny also snapped back, they were equally mad, but before they could have gone off to Caroline all of their phones rang at the same time, they individually picked them up, it was a recorded message from Kamira
"Please arrive at 3:45 P.M please, I'm sorry that I didn't send anyone to take you, Caroline could help you get there quicker than any plane could, please excuse my forgetful ness, when you get here I will reward you as an apology gift"
the message then ended, and everyone looked at Caroline with a look of denial
"Do you understand now? I would have taken you either way and if I took you now I would have gone a lot faster, so please don't be that made at me, anyways, prepare yourselves for another ride since we have to fly there fast, we only have 15 minutes"
Caroline said, everyone seemed annoyed but it was the only way to get there, after another trouble some travel the group arrived at the base at 3:42 P.M, Luck Floga and Destiny used those 3 minutes to rest and after the time came the 4 of them entered a big room that contained some screens on each side of the walls and a big round table, Kamira took a seat near Gnomon and invited the other 4 to some nearby seats, so everyone could sit close, after a minute a lot of important people entered the room, their power was overwhelming Luck and Destiny, Floga was a bit more used to strong people so he could stand their presence, after some closer inspection Luck could recognize only one person, he was the same man that was in the informational videos he had seen when he first came into the agency
"Welcome here ladies and gentlemen, I called you here today to introduce you to the 4 candidates we choose to attend the mugged cargo ship mission, they are relatively new members of the attacking unit but I can assure you that they are promising"
Kamira said to the others but she was cut off while she spoke, by the familiar man
"Aren't you a bit bold to assign *these* people to the mission? You know it's an important mission"
he asked while emphasizing the world "these", it looked like he didn't have any faith in them
"Not really as you can see our main unit is Caroline Leviathan, the well-known sin of pride and a divine, she has proven multiple times that she is more than capable to lead a team, next up we have Luck Gestalt, who is a late bloomer but he is a divine and to prove that can you please use the 3 elements you know Luck?"
Kamira asked Luck, he was caught off guard and was a bit anxious but he stood up
"So... here is my illusion"
he said as he produced a single clone of himself
"Now for my creation"
He said while he created a small knife and to finish off he created a little fire with his hands, the looks from the other officials were cold and emotionless, which made Luck even more anxious
"Is that all? Don't you know how to do anything else?"
the familiar man asked, Kamira answered for Luck
"As I said he is a late bloomer so he isn't very used to his powers"
She said, that made the man furious
"I didn't ask you Kamira, I asked the kid, don't butt into other people's business"
Luck was a bit surprised by his attitude toward her
"It's exactly as Captain Kamira said, but sir do you mind if I ask you a question?"
Luck asked, the people sitting at the table look a bit worried
"Go ahead!"
the man said as he moved his hands
"Who exactly are you? I have seen you in some of the tapes here but I never learned who you were, in fact, I don't know anyone in this room so can you please introduce yourselves!"
everyone in the room looked beyond shocked and, scared? But the familiar man laughed slightly
"You are a very straight forwards kid, I like it!"
he said
"I'm James Khora or the CEO of the UMP, and the men beside me are the leaders of the UMP that are in foreign countries, but they mostly address themselves as the CEO of UMP but that's wrong since there is only one CEO and that's me"
'Oh, I thought Kamira was the CEO but that makes sense now, but wait he said "James Khora" so is he like the father of Kamira and Gnomon or something?'
Luck thought, he then sat down on his seat
"This is Floga and Destiny, Floga has an affinity to the element of destruction, he has been active in the parallel world for 1 year and finally, Destiny is the newer member of the agency and she has an affinity to the element of celestial"
Kamira said, James didn't seem that impressed by their talents
"So you have the son of the devil and the sister of Hope under you and you still haven't managed to make them captain level?"
James asked Kamira with a look of disappointment, when Floga, Destiny, and Luck heard the name "Hope" their facial expression changed
"What did you just say?"
Luck asked James with a deadly stare, all of the other leaders looked at Luck with a weird look, James himself was a bit surprised by Luck's words, but before he could answer Luck spoke again
"I asked something! How do you know Hope? And why do you know my father?"
He asked while standing up
"That doesn't concern you kid! Now sit down before you make me angry, foolishness can only be tolerated up until to a certain point and you are past that point"
James replied with an angry tone, Kamira also pulled gently his shirt implying to cooperate, so that's what he did he sat down but he didn't stop glaring at him
"Sorry about that Mr. Khora, is there any other thing you want to add to the new members?"
Kamira asked him
"Yea I sure do, why is this devil taking part, she may be a divine but she is also a devil, her whole family is trying to destroy us, how can we be so sure that she isn't a traitor"
James asked Kamira, Caroline was shaking while hearing that but she still replied
"I can assure you that I will not"
James was even more furious than before, he immediately grabbed his glass of water and spilled it all over Caroline
"Shut your mouth devil, you do not have permission to talk while I'm here, open your mouth again and you will all face consequences!"
James yelled at Caroline, but in flash, Luck created a sword and pointed it at James's neck, he was standing on top of the table, once they saw him all the leaders stood up and directed guns and their power at Luck
"Ho, ho, You sure are a stupid one!"
James told Luck with a smirk
"Apologize to Caroline right now!"
Luck demanded, but before he knew it he was punched by James, the attack launched him to the wall and Luck fell unconscious, the clash to the wall would have been deadly for Luck if it wasn't for Gnomon, when Luck was launched he quickly grabbed him crashing to the wall in the process
"LUUUCK!!!"
Caroline and Destiny screamed, they then quickly run to check up on Luck, Floga simply remained in his seat out of shock
'I couldn't even see the attack, what kind of monster is this guy?'
Floga thought
"Luck open your eyes, you idiot!"
Caroline yelled, as she slapped Luck's face
"Haha! What a sight, a devil caring for a human's health"
James said as he laughed, when Caroline heard that she stood up and unleashed her power, her aura was deadly and she was really about to attack him but Gnomon used his SMZ and took them out of the area and moved them to the UMP's H.Q, Gnomon took even Floga with them, once he broke his SMZ and revealed to everyone they were in the H.Q they were surprised but Caroline was mad
"TAKE ME BACK TO THIS BASTARD!"
Caroline said angrily while grabbing Gnomon by his clothes
"I can't do that Caroline and you know it so please try to remain calm, Luck needs your help now"
Gnomon said with a calm look, that snapped Caroline back
"Destiny help me heal him"
Caroline said as she quickly picked up Luck, she then placed his head on her thighs and started healing his head, Gnomon saw the situation was in control so he was about to go back to the meeting
"Take me with you!"
Floga said to Gnomon before leaving, he still had a shocked expression
"You can follow me but just so you know I will not slow down for any reason"
He said as he began to fly, Floga followed him by shooting fire out of his legs and flying, but it was futile since the meeting would have ended if they didn't go fast enough which they didn't because even if Gnomon said he won't slow down he actually was flying slow from the start, after some time Floga ran out of mana so Gnomon had to carry him there, once they arrived the meeting had ended Kamira told Gnomon to go pick up Luck and the others from the H.Q and also return Floga to Biol, this time Gnomon took a jet and once he arrived at the base he saw Destiny sleeping on the couch and Caroline sitting by some stairs with Luck resting on her thighs
"Wake Luck and Destiny up and get in the jet"
Gnomon said with a tired look, but Caroline didn't reply, when Gnomon got close Caroline looked at him with a wild stare
"Don't touch Luck, he will wake up when he wants, if you want take Destiny and leave, I will be responsible for him"
Caroline told him, Gnomon took Destiny without saying a single word, and then the only people that remained were Luck and Caroline, Caroline was staring deeply into Luck waiting for him to wake up, and while watching him all of the good times with Luck came back to Caroline and eventually all of the bad stuff too
'I never shared such a relationship with anyone besides you, you always know when I'm sad angry, or happy, you are a big reason why I'm happy right now, having someone to care for me like you makes me feel special, there is no one that loves me like you do!'
Caroline thought, she then was embarrassed by her thoughts
'L-Love? Luck doesn't love me! He has a crush on Destiny, not me!'
She thought again
'Is this why I told Gnomon to take Destiny and leave? Was it because I l-like him?'
Caroline thought while she stared at Luck's face, her whole face turned red after she thought that, and having Luck laying on her thighs didn't help the situation, but for some reason, she couldn't take her eyes off Luck, is it because of love?